{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3406", "width": "2439", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "O\\nV\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2I o\\n-A.\\nV\\nr.O\\n**t-.\\no\\n.^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i\\nV\\n.0^\\n1\\n%M^iy^-\\nv^^\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2V\\n-*-_\\no\\no\\n\u00c2\u00a31^ 5\\nO\\nt-o^\\nA\\nv\\no A?\\no5\\no\\nK\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lOx.\\n^O\\nKVi-^\\nV^^\\nv~ O.\\n^0\\nt a\\no\\nX", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "%o \u00e2\u0080\u009ev^^ Vo^ --^.v*^ Vo\\nt^ \u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^^-^o.-r-V V ^V c^\\n-^i^ ^W ^0^ ^0^\\no V\\nJ 1\\n.v\\n4 o i ,0\\no\\nV r^ 0^ c o O A^ :t.\\n-^^0^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^q.\\no\\ncv\\n,0 T O", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "i", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "T II E\\nFOUNDERS AND BUILDERS\\nOF THE\\nORANGES\\nCOMPRISING A HISTORY OF THE OUTLYING DISTRICT OF NEWARK, SUBSE-\\nQUENTLY KNOWN AS ORANGE, AND OF THE LATER INTERNAL DIVI-\\nSIONS, VIZ.: SOUTH ORANGE, WEST ORANGE, AND EAST\\nORANGE; ALSO A HISTORY OF THE EARLY SETTLERS\\n(^R FOUNDERS, AND OF THOSE WHO HAVE\\nBEEN IDENTIFIED WITH ITS GROWTH\\nAND PROSPERITY, KNOWN AS\\nTHE BUILDERS.\\nI 0G6 I SOO\\nILLUSTRATED\\nBY\\nHENRY WHITTEAIORE\\nAUTHOR OF THE HISTORY OF MONTCLAIR ILLUSTRATED. REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF\\nROCKLAND COUNTY, N. Y., HISTORY OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY, CONN.,\\nHISTORY OF STEAM NAVIGATION. AND OTHER WORKS.\\nNEWARK, N. J.\\nL. J. Hardham, Printer and Bookbinder,\\n243 245 Market Street.\\n1896", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0011.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "v^\\\\^^", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0012.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nTIIE generous support given, and tlu- hearty a[ipreciation shown by the people of the adjoin-\\ning township of Montclair, (nr the recently ]5ublislied liistory of that township, led the\\nauthor to undertake the mucli more difficult and laborious task of compiling a history of\\nthe (^ranges, under the title of Till-; ForxDKRS AN i Biii.DKRS of Till-: ()RA\\\\(;ks.\\n.Although three histories of this locality have been published duiing the past thirty odd\\nyears, careful research and tiiorough investigation have brought to light many new and interesting\\nfacts, and for the first time a complete history of all the Oranges, including the history of the\\nseveral churches, schools, societies, etc.. is presented to the public. This covers a period of two\\nhundreil and thirty years 1666 to 1896\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and shows a growth almost unprecedentetl in the history\\nof any similar locality. The past and present are presented in the strongest light the old land-\\nmarks of the Founders and the beautiful homes of the Builders are illustrated in the highest style\\nof modern art, while the personal history of both Founders and Builders, together with a large\\namount of interesting genealogical data has been collected at great expense and severe labor.\\nNearly three years of incessant toil, day and night, has been spent in this undertaking, and the\\nauthor has endeavoi ed to place himself in communication with every man and woman in the\\nOranges who could in any wa\\\\- contribute to the interest of the work by furnishing personal or\\nother data.\\nThe author is greatly indebteil to the editors of the Orange Chronicle and Journal, the South\\nOrange Bulletin and East Orange (jazctte for man_\\\\- favors, and for their generous assistance and\\nhearty cooperation, without which the c im|iilation of a work of this kind would h.ive been almost\\nimpossible.\\nThanks are due to Judge Ricord, as the representati\\\\e of the New Jersey Historical Society,\\nfor valuable aid. F^ree access has been afforded the author to the large collection of old deeds,\\nrecords, papers, etc., relating to the early history of the State, and also to the files of the Newark\\nCentinrl and other i)ul)lications in the possession of this Society.\\nOrwck, N. J iS j6. II. W.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0013.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "^^4 ^1\\n0", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0014.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nTHE generous support given, and the liearty appreciation shown by the people of the adjoin-\\ning township of Montclair, for the recently jjubh shed history of that township, led the\\nauthor to undertake the much more difficult and laborious task of compiling a histoiy of\\nthe Oranges, under the title of TiiK ForNiiKRS and Hrii.DKRS ok Till-: )r.\\\\N(;i-;s.\\n.Aithnugh three histories of this locality have been published duiing the past tliirty odtl\\nyears, careful research and thorough investigation have brought to light many new and interesting\\nfacts, and for the first time a complete history of all the Oranges, including the history of the\\nseveral churches, schools, societies, etc., is presented to the public. Tiiis covers a period of tuo\\niiundred and thirty years 1666 to iSg^ and shows a growth almost unprecedented in the history\\nof any similar locality. The past and present are presented in the strongest light; the old land-\\nmarks of the Founders and the beautiful homes of the Builders are illustrated in the highest stj-le\\nof modern art, while the personal history of both Founders and Builders, together with a large\\nainount of interesting genealogical data has been collected at great expense and severe labor.\\nNearly three years of incessant toil, day and night, has been spent in this undertaking, and the\\nauthor h.is endeavored to place himself in communicatiim with every man and woman in the\\nOranges who could in any wa\\\\ contribute to the interest of the work b\\\\- furnishing personal or\\nother d.11,1.\\nThe author is greatly indebtetl to the etlitors of the Orange Chronicle and Joiinial, the South\\nOrange Bulletin and East Orange (lazettc for man\\\\- favors, and for their generous assistance and\\nhearty cooperation, without which the compilation of a work of this kind would have been almost\\nimpossible.\\nThanks are due to Judge Ricord, as the representative of the New Jersey Historical Society,\\nfor valuable aid. I- ree access has been afforded the author to the large collection of old deeds,\\nrecords, papers, etc., relating to the early history of the State, and also to the files of the Newark\\nCcntincl and other ])ublications in the ]iossession of this .Society.\\n()kA\\\\ ;i;, N. J 1896. H. w.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0015.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0016.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "SUBTECT INUKX\\nGENERAL HISTORY, PERTAININO TO SETTLEHENT.\\nDiscdVt-ry ami Oicupalion of East New Jersey, p. i. Aboriginees, p. 2. Geological Kormatioii. p. 8. Setlleiiient of Newark\\nIts Foiiiulers, p. i i. First Cliunli of Newark, p. iS.\\nORANGE BEFORE ITS SEPARATION FROM NEWARK.\\nFirst Settlement, p. 21. Discovery of Copper Mines, p. 21. Moun Iafn .Sociktv. p. 25. Mills, p. 2;. Revolutionary\\nWar, p. 29.\\nERECTION OF ORANGE AS A SEPARATE TOWNSHIP.\\nOrigin of the Name, p. 36. Manufactures, p. 37. The Founders and Their Descen lanls, p. 40. Military History, p. 120,\\nHighways, .Streets, Public Communication, p. 127. Kailroads, p. 129.\\nRELIGIOUS INTERESTS, CHURCHES, ETC.\\nPRESBVrtRlAN. First I res., Orange, p. 132. Central Pres.. p. 151. Hillside Pres.. p, 155. First (ierman Pres., p. 159.\\nGerman Pres., Orange Valley, p. i6r. Biick I res.. East Orange, p. 139. First or .Munn Avenue Pres.. p. 146. Elm-\\nwood Chapel, p. 150. Bethel Pres., p. 152. Arlington .Avenue Pres.. p. 158. St. Cloud Pres., West Oraiii^e. p. 153.\\nPleasant Valley German, p. 161. First Pres.. South Orange, p. 143. Trinity Pres.. p. 156.\\nEl ISCOP.AL. Grace Protestant. Orange, p. 164. All Saints Orange alley, p. 169. St. Mark s, West Orange, p. 162.\\nChurch of the Holy Innocents, p. r7i. Church of the llolv Comnurnion, South Orange, \u00e2\u0096\u00a0p. 163. St. Andrews, p. 171.\\nChrist Church, East Orange, p. 168. St. Paul s, 170.\\nMl THOniST. First M. E.. Orange, p. 172. Calvary M. E., East Orange, p. 174. Ferry M. E., p. 177. Sandford Street\\nM. E., p. 178. .M. E. Chuich, South Orange, p. 176. M. E. Church, Maplewood. p. 175.\\nB.APTIST. North Orange Baptist. Orange, p. 180. First Baptist, /f^/j/ Orange, \\\\i. \\\\y Washington Street Baptist, p. 1S5.\\nProspect Street Baptist, p. 185.\\nCn.NC.REGATIdN.AL. Orange alley Congregational, Orange, p. 186. Grove Street, Cong., East Orange, p. 188. Trinity\\nCong., p. 1 89.\\nOthkr Protkstam Churchks.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Society of the New Jeiusalem, Orange, p. 191. First Unitarian. Orange, p. r93. First\\nReformed (Dutch), East Oiange. p. i9r. Young Men s Christian Association, Orange, p. 199.\\nCatholic. St. John s. Orange, p. 195. Church of Our Lady of the Valley, p 198. St. Winand s, p. 198. Church of Our\\nLady Help of Christians, East Oran-;e. p. r97. Church of Immaculate Conception, South Orange, p. 198. Seton\\nHall College. South Orange, p. 198.\\nCHURCH PROPERTY, ETC.\\nProprietary I.anu Gka.n is. p. 137. Sale of Puhlic I.and.s, p 138.\\nCemeteries. Orange Cemetery, p. 200. St. Mark s, p. 201. Rosedale, p. 201.\\nCIVIL HISTORY OF ORANGE.\\ni)K\\\\M.K CI IV, p. 202. Municipal, p. 202. Police Department, p. 203. Fire Department, p. 204. Water Works, p. 206.\\nMayors of, p. 207. Industries, p 212.\\nBanks. Orange National, p. 214. Second National, p. 215. Orange Savings Bank, p. 2r5. Half Dime Savings Bank, p. 216.\\nEdI CATIO.nai..\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Public and Private Schools, p. 2r6. State Legislation, etc., p. 217. The First School at the Mountain, p. 218.\\nSchools and School-houses, p. 218. The Fi-ee School System, p. 219. High School. No. r, Lincoln Ave.. Park .Ave.,\\nForest St.. Oakwood Ave., p. 221. Board of Education, p. 221. Private Schools, p. 221. Public Libraries, p. 228.\\nTin. Press. -Orange Journal, p. 222. Orange Record, p. 225. Orange Chronicle, p. 225.\\nNew England Society, p. 230. Mu.sic Hall. p. 232. Musical Societies, p. 233.\\nUenevoi.EN r AND CllARlTABLE Organiz AlTONS. Orange (Orphan Home, p. 236. Memorial Hospital and Training School,\\np. 237. House of the Good Shepherd, p. 242. Orange Bureau of Associated Charities, p. 243.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0017.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "VI\\nLodges. A/usonic.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Union Lodge, No. ir. p. 243. Corinthian Lodge. No. 57. p. 244. Masonic Hall, p. 244. Orange\\nCliapler, No. 23. p. 245. Odd Felhrws. Lafayetle Lodge, No. 12, p. 245. John F. Morse Lodge. No. iSj. 1). O. H.,\\nNo. 186, Live Oak. No. 181. p. 246.\\nTkmperanCR. Washington Temple of Honor, p. 246. Oak and ine Temple of Honor and Temperance, p. 246. Woman s\\nChristian Temperance Union, p. 246.\\nBenefici. ^kv. Orange Council, No. 975, Royal Arcanmn, p. 247. Hillside Council, No. 1,329. K. A., p. 247. Llevvdlyn\\nCouncil, No. 1 1, Golden Star Fraternity, p. 248.\\nGk.\\\\ND Armv of the Rf.PUBLIC\u00e2\u0080\u0094 L zal Dodd Post, No. 12, p. 248.\\nClubs.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Woman s Club, of Orange, p. 249. Orange Club, p. 251. Orange Alhlelic Clul). p. 251. Essex County Country\\nClub, p. 253. Orange Whist Club, p. 259. Orange Lawn Tennis Club. p. 362.\\nThe Builders of Ok anc.e. Genealogical and Biographical, p. 260.\\nWEST ORANGE TOWNSHIP.\\nErection of Township, p. 301. Township Government, p. 303.\\nEdUCVTIONAL Public Schools, Etc.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 St. Mark s. No. i. Valley School. No. 2. Washington School, No. 3, Pleasant Dale\\nSchool, No. 4, Mount Pleasant School No. 5, Si. Cloud School, No. 6, p. 304. Hoard of l- .duc.\\\\lion, p. 305.\\nChai.vbe.ate Spring and Huiton Park, p. 305. 306.\\nLlewellyn Park and lis Residents, p. 310.\\nResidences on the Nokthfield Road, p. 338. Mountainside, p. 338. Belhurst, p. 342.\\nMountain Ridcf. and us Residents, p. 344. Maywood, p. 349.\\nSOUTH ORANGE TOWNSHIP.\\nOLD Landmarks, p. 353. Highways, Streets, etc., p. 354.\\nVillage of South Orange. Montrose Park. p. 357. Meadow Land Society, \\\\t. 338.\\nEducational, p. 358. Salaries of Teachers, Free Schools, etc., p. 359.\\nSouth Orange Likuarv Association, p. 360. South Orange lintUtin. p. 361. South Or.mge Field Club, p. 363.\\nOrange Lawn Tennis Club. p. 362.\\nLodges. Century Lodge. No. 100. F. li A. M., 362. Hope Lodge, No. 179, I. O. O. F., p. 362.\\nPersonal History and Homes of the Builders of South Orange, p. 363.\\nEAST ORANGE TOWNSHIP.\\nErection of TiiWNsillP. p 388. Township Officers, p. 389, Police Department, 390. Fire Department, p. 391. Water\\nWorks, p. 392.\\nBanks and Financial In.stitutions. People s Bank, p. 304 The -Savings Investment and Trust Company, p. 395. East\\nOrange National Bank, p. 396. East Orange Safe Deposit Company, p. 396.\\nEast Orange Gazette, p 397.\\nEducational Public and Private Schools. \u00e2\u0080\u0094High School, Columbian, Franklin, p. 399. .-Ashland, Elmwood, Eastern,\\np. 400. Private Schools, p. 400.\\nLodges.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hope Lodge, No. 124, F. A. M., East Orange Lodge, No. 242, I. O, O. F., East Orange Division, No. 184. Sons\\nof Temperance, Arlington Council, No. 626. p. 401.\\nThe East Orange Improvement Society, p. 402.\\nProminen T Families and Beautiful Homes, p. 402.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0018.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "C HAPTKK I.\\nDISCOVERY AND OCCUPATION OF EAST NEW JERSEY.\\nTHE A150RIGINEES.\\nOXCERNING the discovery of the harbor of New York and the opposite shore of New\\njersey, imich lias been written and different conclusions reached. It may, however, be\\nafely asserted tliat tiic honor of its discovery docs not belong to the distinguished\\ncommander of de Halve Maan. In 1497, Jean and Sebastian Cabot, under commis-\\n^^K^ r sion of Henry VU, of England, sailed along the coast of North America and claimed for\\nt .j their master the entire country, the shore of which they occasionally saw at a distance.\\n?^X 1524, Jolian de Verrazzano, a Florentine navigator in the service of Francis I,\\nA- King of France, made a voyage to the North American coast and, from the account\\nwhich he gave, is believed to have entered the harbor of New York. Governor Stuy-\\nvesant, in his Manifesto to the Governor of Maryland, says: The French were,\\nin the year of our Lord God Almighty 1524, the second followers of the discovery in these northern\\nparts of this America by Johan de Verrazzano.\\nIn 1525, Estevan Gomez, a Portuguese in the service of the Emperor Charles V, who had fitted out\\nthe expedition for the purpose of discovering a shorter passage to the Moluccas, visited the bay of New\\nYork. On Ribero s map\u00e2\u0080\u0094 which embodies the outlines of the map of Gomez the whole countrj\\nfrom New Jersey to Rhode Island, is called //le land of Estevan Gomez.\\nHenry Hudson, an English sailor, whom the Dutch writers called the bold Englishman, was\\ninduced to enter the service of the Dutch East Indian Company, at Amsterdam. He was an\\nexperienced navigator; had already, under the patronage of some London merchants, made two\\nattempts in 1607 and 1608 to discover his favorite passage, and still had unshaken faith in final\\nsuccess. The company put him in command of a yacht or Vlie boat called the Half Moon, of\\nthirty lasts burden and manned b\\\\- a crew of twenty, partly Dutch and partly English. By his\\nagreement with the company, dated January 8, 1609, 1^^ to sail about the first of April in search of\\na passage by the north side of Nova Zembla, and to continue along that parallel until he was able to\\nsail south to the latitude of sixty degrees, and then hasten back to report to his cniployers. He set\\nsail April 6. 1609. Disreganling his instructions, however, in his anxiety to discover his favorite object,\\nhe coasted along from Newfoundland as far south as Chesapeake, and returning, cast anchor inside of\\nSandy Hook. Here he lay for a few days, cultivating an acquaintance with the Indians, who seemed\\nhighly pleased with the pale-face. In his journal he says: The people of the country came aboard\\nof us, seeming very glad at our coming, and brought green tobacco and gave us of it for knives and\\nbeads. They go in deer skins, loose, well dressed. They desire clothes and are very civil. On the\\neleventh, Hudson passed tiirough what is now called The Narrows, and discovered the Kill von Kull,\\nthrough which he came to Newark Ha\\\\- which he called Acliter Cull, or after-bay, because it lay behind\\nNew York Bay.\\nThe report of Hudson s discovery created great excitement, and in 1610 a ship was sent out by the\\nDutch West India Company for the purpose of trading its furs. Five years later, the company\\nobtained a grant of the exclusive trade on Hudson s River, and built forts and established trading posts\\nat New Amsterdam, Albany and the Rondout Kill.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0019.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "2 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nSubsequently, a number of Swedes settled in New Netherlands and for a long time the coitntry was\\nheld by them and the Dutch, both agreeing to resist the pretensions of the English. Difficulties which\\narose compelled the Swedes to give up their possessions in 1655, and the Dutch were left in full\\npossession.\\nThe claim of the English, founded on Cabot s discovery, had never been abandoned, though the\\nDutch and Swedish settlers resisted every endeavor to locate an English colony as early as 1640. A\\nthrifty colony was maintained by the Dutch for about fift\\\\- years. In 1660, howe\\\\er, Charles II\\nrecovered the throne of his fathers. England and Holland at this time were rivals in trade, and were\\noften placetl in direct opposition to each other. Fearing the evil consequences that might result from\\nthe establishment of a Dutch colnny in his possessions, Charles II gave a patent to his brother James,\\nDuke of York, on the 12th of March, 1664, of all that part of New Netherlands King east of Delaware\\nBay, and sent a force under Sir Robert Carr and Col. Richard Nicoll to dispossess the Dutch of their\\nterritory in the New World. General Stuyvesant, of New Amsterdam, was, by reason of his defenseless\\ncondition, compelled to surrender without resistance, and the conquest of the colony on the Delaware\\nwas accomplished by Sir Robert Carr with the expenditure of two barrels of powder and twenty shot.\\nThe Duke s squadron was yet on the Atlantic and the country yet in possession of the Dutch,\\nwhen he, by deeds of lease and release, dated the 24th of June, conveyed to John. Lord Berkeley, a\\nbrother of the Governor of Virginia, and Sir George Carteret, the tract of land lying betVtVcri^ tlie\\nHudson and the Delaware Rivers, which said tract of land is hereafter to be called by the name or\\nnames of Neiv dxsarea or New Jersey. [The name was given in compliment to Sir George Carteret,\\nwho had defended the island of Jersey against the long Parliament in the civil war, but the powers of\\ngovernment which had been expressly granted by the Duke were not in terms conveyed, though it\\nwould seem that both parties deemed them to have passed by tlie grant.\\nThe proprietors formed a constitution, or as it was termed, concessions and agreements of the lords\\nproprietors, which secured equal privileges and liberty of conscience to all and it continued in force\\ntill the division of the province, in 1676. In August, 1665, Philip Carteret, a brother of Sir George,\\nwas appointed governor, and he made Elizabethtown the seat of government. The constitution\\nestablished a representative government, and made liberal provision for the settlers. In a few jxars\\ndomestic disputes arose, ami in 1672 an insurrection occurred, compelling General Carteret to leave the\\nprovince.\\nIn 1673, England and Holland were at war, antl a squadron was sent by the Dutch to repossess\\nNew Netherlands, which was surrendered without resistance by Captain Manning, in the absence of\\nGovernor Lovelace. On the conclusion of peace between England and Holland, New Netherlands was\\nrestored to the former. The Governor of New York, Major Edmund Andros, claimed juristiiction over\\nNew Jersey, insisting that the Dutch conquest extinguished the proprietary title; but early in 1675\\nGovernor Carteret returned and resumed the government of the eastern part of the province. He was\\nkindly received by the people, who had become dissatisfied with the arbitrary rule of Goxernor Andros.\\nA new set of concessions was published, and peaceable subordination was established in the colony.\\nGovernor Antlros, howexer, continueil his efforts to enforce his claims of jurisdiction and issued a\\nproclamation abrogating the Carteret government and recpiiring all persons to submit forthwith to the\\nKing s authority as embotlied in himself. To this the people of Newark replied: The town being\\nmet together, give their positive answer to the Governor of York s writ that tluy h i\\\\e taken the oath\\nof allegiance to the King and fidelity to the present government, and until we ha\\\\e sufllcient order from\\nhis Majesty we will stand by the same. Subsequently, Carteret himself wrote to Andros: It was\\nby his Majesty s commands that this government was established, and without the same commands shall\\nnever be resigned but with our lives and fortunes, the people resolving to live and die with the name of\\ntrue subjects, and not traitors. The difiRculty was finally settled by a reaffirmation from England of\\nCarteret s authority, and a complete renunciation by the Duke of York of governmental right in New\\nJersey.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0020.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Buiuiers ok the Oranges. 3\\nSir George Carteret dicil in 1^179. \\\\W \\\\u- will ho directed tlie sale of tliat jjart of the i)rovince for\\ntlie payment of his debts ami it was accordinijly sold to William I enn and eleven others, wlio were\\ntermed the twelve proprietors. A fresh impetus was j^iven to the settlement of the country, especially\\nby the people of Scotland. Each of llie twelve proprietors took a partner and they all came to be\\nknown as the twenty-four picipiictnis, Awd to tlieni the Duke of nik, (ui the i.)th of March, 1682,\\nmade a fresh grant.\\nUnder the new reijime in New Jersey, Robert Harclay, one of the proprietors, was chosen Governor\\nfor life, with power to name his tleputies. There were, in succession, Tliomas Kudyard (1683), Gawen\\nLawrie, Lord Neil Campbell and Alexander Hamilton.\\nIn West New Jersey, Samuel Jennings was commissioned deputy governor by Hyllinge in 1680, and\\ndurini; the ne.xt jear he com cncd an assembl)- which adopted a constitution and form of government.\\nHis successors were Thomas 01i\\\\e, John .S. Keene, William Welsh, Daniel Co.\\\\e and Andrew Hamilton.\\nIn I/OC the condition of affairs in both provinces had arri\\\\ed at that state when the benefits of\\ngood government were not attainable. Each had many proprietors and their conflicting interests\\noccasioned such disc ird that tlie people became (piite willing to listen to overtures for a surrender of\\nthe proprietary government. The ])r(iprietors, weary of contending with each other and witii the\\npeople, drew u|i an instnuiunt whereby they surrendered their right of government to the crown, which\\nwas accepted by Uueen Anne, on the 17th of April, 1702. The Queen at once reunited the two\\nprovinces ami placed the government of New Jersey, as well as of New York, in the hanils of her\\nkinsman. Lord Cornbury.\\nCornbury s rule was terminated by the revocation of his commission, in 170S. He was succeeded\\nby John, Lord Lovelace, who soon died, and the functions of government were discharged by Lieutenant-\\nGovernor Inglesby till 1710, when Governor Hunter commenced his administration. He was followed,\\nin 1720, b_\\\\- William Hurnet, who was removed to Boston in 1727. John Montgomerie then became\\nGovernor and continued until his death, in 1731. The government then devolved on John Anderson,\\nPresident of the Council, who died in about two weeks, and was succeeded by John Hamilton (son of\\nAndrew Hamilton, Governor under the proprietors), who served nearly two years. In 1738, Lewis\\nMorris, Esq., was appointed Governor of New Jersey, separate from New York. His successors were\\nJohn Reading, Johathan Belcher, John Boone, Josiah Hardy and, in 1763, William Franklin, the last\\nof the ro\\\\\\\\ d governors, and a son of Benjamin I i,inklin.\\nTHE DELAWARES AND OTHER TRIHi:S OF INDIANS.\\nHudson s journal indicates that the Indians on the east side of tlu- Iludscm Ri\\\\er, who were\\nallies of the Iroquois, held an intercourse with those on the west side, and that the former were a much\\nmore fierce and unplacable people than the latter.\\nOn the point where New York is now built, Hudson fount! tlie Indians a verj hostile people, but\\nthose living on the western side from the Kills upward, came daily on board the vessel while she laj- at\\nanchor in the river, bringing with them to barter furs, the largest and finest oysters, Indian corn, beans,\\npumpkins, squashes, grapes and some apples, all of which they exchanged for trifles.\\nHudson found the shores on both sides as pleasant with Grasse and Flowers and goodly Trees as\\never they had scene, and very sweet smells came frau them.\\nAt this time the southern and eastern portions of New York were inhabited by the Mohican or\\nMohegan Indians; while that portion west from the Hudson River was occupied by five confederate\\ntribes, afterward named by the English the Five Nations, and by the French, the Iroquois, and\\nby themselves called Hodenosaunec people of the Long House. The long house formed by this\\nconfederacy extended east and west through the State, having at its eastern portal the Mohawks and at\\nits western the Senecas, while between them dwelt the Oneidas, Onondagas and Cayugas and after\\n1714, a sixth nation the Tuscaroras, southeast from Oneida Lake. Of these Indians, Parkman says\\nthat at the commencement of the seventeenth century, in the region now forming the State of New", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0021.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "4 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nYork, a power was rising to a ferocious vitality which, but for the presence of Europeans, would\\nprobably have subjected, absorbed or exterminated every other Indian community east of the Missis-\\nsippi and north of the Ohio.\\nThere is no positive proof as to the time when the Iroquois confederacy was formed. It was\\nprobably at the beginning of the fifteenth century, or about a hundred years before Columbus crossed\\nthe Atlantic Ocean. The teeming East is the mother of those historic myths in which figure in divine\\ngrandeur, the founders of nations. Among these is Hi-a-wat-ha, the founder of the Iroquois confeder-\\nacy. Their traditions tell us that this personage, whom in later years they revered as the incarnation of\\nwisdom, came from the serene dwelling in the skies and took up his abode with the Onondagas, then\\nthe most favored of the Five Nations of the great Iroquois family living within the domain of the\\npresent State of New York.\\nAt the meeting for the formation of the confederacy, after listening to the discussion. Hi-a-wat-ha\\narose and addressed the people b\\\\- nations, saying as he pointed towards the heads of each\\nYou (the Mohawksi who are sitting under the shadow of TJie Great Tree, whose roots sink deep\\ninto the earth and whose branches spread wide around, shall be the first nation, nearest the rising of the\\nsun, because you are war like and mighty_\\nYou (Oncidas) who recline your bodies against Tlie Everlasting Stone emblem of wisdom that\\ncannot be moved, shall be the second nation, because you always give wise council.\\nYou (the Onondagas) who have your habitations at the foot of TIte Great Hills and are over-\\nshadowed by their crags, shall be the third nation, because you are always greatly gifted in speech.\\nYou (the Cayugas) the people who live in The Open Country and possessed of much wisdom, shall\\nbe the fourth nation, because you understand better the art of raising corn and beans and making houses.\\nYou (the Senecas) whose dwelling is in The Dark Forest, nearer the setting sun, and whose home\\nis everywhere, shall be the fifth nation, because of your superior cunning in hunting.\\nUnite, you five nations, and have one common interest and no foe shall disturb or subdue you.\\nYou, the people, who are as the feeble bushes, and you who are a fishing people (addressing some who\\nhad come from the Delawares and from the seashore) may place yourselves under our protection and\\nwe will defend you; and you of the South and West may do the same. We earnestly desire the\\nalliance and friendship of you all. Brothers, if we unite in this great bund, the Great Spirit will smile\\nupon us and we shall be free, prosperous and happy; but if we remain, we shall be subject to His frown.\\nWe shall be enslaved, ruined, perhaps annihilated wc may perish under the war-storm, and our names\\nbe no longer remembered by good men nor repeated in the dance and song. Brothers, these are the\\nwords of Hi-a-wat-ha. I have said it. I am done.\\nMost writers on Indian antiquities have considered the tribes of the lower Hudson and of East\\nNew Jersey as branches of the general Delaware nation or Lenni Lenape, w hich means original people.\\nThis was a title which they had adopted under the claim that they were descended from the most\\nancient of all Indian ancestors. This claim was admitted by the Wyandots, Miamis and more than\\ntwenty other aboriginal nations, who accorded to the Lenape the title of grandfathers, or a people\\nwhose ancestors ante-dated their own. The Rev. John Heckewelder, in his History of the Manners and\\nCustoms of the Indian Nations, says of the Delaware nation\\nThey will not admit that the whites are superior beings. They sa) that the hair of their heads,\\ntheir features, and the various colors of their eyes evince that they are not, like themselves, Lenni\\nLenape, an original people, a race of men that has existed unchanged from the beginning of time, but\\nthat they are a mixetl race and therefore a troublesome one. Whoever they may be, the Great Spirit,\\nknowing the wickedness of their disposition, fcunul it necessary to give them a Great Book, and taught\\nthem how to read it, that thej- might know and observe what He wished them to do and what to abstain\\nfrom. But they the Indians have no need of an\\\\ such book to let them know the will of their\\nMaker; they find it engraved on their own hearts they have had a sufficient discernment given to\\nthem to distinguish good from evil, and by follmving tli.it they are sure not to err.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0022.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 5\\nBarton says of tlieiii Tlicy arc acknowledged to be of more ancient establishment in the\\ncountry than man\\\\- others, and their language appears to ha\\\\e greater spread than that of any of the\\nnumerous nations of this great continent.\\nThe name by which these Indians arc best known- th.it of Delawares was imposed upon them\\nby tlie Englisli because they inhabited the waters of the river Delaware. The Delawares tell us that\\nthey were formerly a very powerful people, iidiabiting the country to a great distance and spreading\\nalong the seashore far east and south. The great spread of their language seems to show that this must\\nhave been the case. Most of the other tribes called the Delawares their grandfather.\\nThe Delaware nation consists of three tribes the Unaniis or Wanami. the Unatachtigo or\\nWunathchtigo, and the Minsi or Monsees. The Mahicanni or Mohicans are certainly sprung from the\\nDelawares, but are not comprehended by these last as a branch in making uj) their nation.\\nAll the Indian nations to the southward and westwanl distinguished the Delawares by the name\\nof Wapanachki, or people toxuards the rising of the sun.\\nThe Minsi or Monsees, called also Minnisinks, formed a part of the Delaware nation. They called\\nthemselves Minissi, or the Peninsula peojjle. because they inhabited the Minnisink. The tradition of\\ntheir Indians informs us that they originalU dwelt in or under a lake from whence they have sprung.\\nThe Miamis also say that they sprang out of a lake.\\nThe Delawares, or Lenni Lenape, occupied a domain extending along the seashore from tlie\\nChesapeake to the country bonlering Long Islaiul Sound. But from the coast it reached the Susque-\\nhanna Valley to the foot of the Alleghany Mountains, and on the north joined the .southern frontier of\\ntheir domineering neighbors, the hated and dreaded Iroquois. This domain included not only the\\ncounties of Bergen, Passaic, Hudson and I-lsse.K, but all of the State of New Jersey.\\nIn the organization of the savage communities of the continent, one feature, more or less conspicu-\\nous, continually appears. Each nation or tribe to adopt the names by which these communities are\\nusuall}- known is sub-diviiled into several clans. These clans are not locallj- separate, but are mingled\\nthroughout the nation. All the members of each clan are, or are assumed to be, intimately joined in\\nconsanguinit}-. Hence, it is held an abomination for two persons of the same clan to intermarry and\\nhence, again, it follows that every family must contain members of at least two clans. Each clan has\\nits name, as the clan of the Hawk, of the Wolf, or of the Tortoise; and each has for its emblem the\\nfigure of the beast, bird, reptile, plant or other object, from which its name is derived. This emblem,\\ncalled totfiit, is often tattooed on the clansman s body or rudely painted over the entrance of his lodge.\\nThe child belongs to the clan, not of the father, but of the mother. In other word.s, descent, not of\\nthe totem alone, but of all rank, titles and posse.ssions, is through the female. The son of a chief can\\nnever be a chief by hereditary title, though he may become so by force of personal influence or\\nachievement. Neither can he inherit from his father so much as a tobacco-pipe. All posse.ssions pass\\nof right to the brothers of the chief, or to the sons of his sisters, since these are all sprung from a\\ncommon mother.\\nThe principal tribes composing the I.enni I.cnape or Delaware nation, were those of the Unamis or\\nTurtle, the Unalachtgo or Turkey, and the Minsi or Wolf. The tribes who occupied and roamed over\\nthe counties of Bergen, Pa.ssaic, Hudson and Essex were those of the Turkey and Wolf branches of the\\nLenni Lenajie nation, Init the possessions and boundaries of each cannot be clearly defined. There was\\nprobably a tribe for every ten or twenty miles, each taking their names from the streams near which\\nthey severally located.\\nIn 1648, they were governed by about twenty kings, which might seem to warrant the belief that\\ntheir numbers were great; but the insignificance of this regal sway is seen from the fact that in one case\\ntwelve hundretl were under two kings, and some kings h;id only forty subjects, so that these rulers might\\nwith greater correctness be called chiefs.\\nThe Wolf, commonly called the Min.si (corruptly called Minscy), had chosen to live back of the other\\ntwo tribes and formed a kind of bulwark for their protection, watching the nations of the Mungwe. and", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0023.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "6 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nbeing at hand to afford aid in case of rupture witli them. The Minsi were considered the most warlike\\nand active branch of the Lcnape.\\nThose most intimately connected with tliis region where the Minisies and Mohicans the former\\nbeing the inhabitants of tlic range of countr_\\\\- from Minnisink to Staten Island, and from the Hudson\\nto the Raritan Valley. The latter inhabited the east side of the lower Hudson to its mouth. The\\nDutch called them respectively Swannekins and the Manhicans. According to Brodhead, the former\\nwere called Wabingi or VVappinges, the latter name, as Heckewelder claims, being derived from the\\nDelaware word waping, signifying opossum. These were divided into numerous tribes, and the latter\\n.igain into clans. In this section of New Jersey they were called Raritans, Hackensacks (or Ackinkes-\\nhacky), Pomptons and Tappaens. On Manhattan Island dwelt the fierce Manhattans, whom De Laet\\ncalls a wicked nation antl enemies of the Dutch.\\nWhitehead, in his East New Jersey under the Proprietary Governments, concludes that there\\nwere not more than two thousand Indians within the province while it was under the dcimination of the\\nDutch. Fift) \\\\ears later it was stated that they the Indians are greatly decreased in numbers. And\\nthe Indians themselves say that two of them die to every Christian that comes here. The Delawares\\nappear to have been formerly the superiors of the other nations of North America comprehended\\nwithin the limits of those mentioned. Their traditional historj which is still extant, proves this asser-\\ntion. But by the cunning of the Five Nations, who are perhaps the greatest politicians of all the\\nNorth American Indians, they were allured into a war with the Five Nations, and finalh- were\\nconquered.\\nBefore the European explorers had penetrated the territories of the Lenape, the power and prowess\\nof the Iroquois had reduced the former nation to the condition of vassals, and when, in 1742, they were\\ncommanded by the old Iroquois chief, Connosscitigo, at the treat\\\\- of council in Philadelphia, instantly\\nto leave the court lujuse and to prepare to vacate their hunting grounds on the Delaware and its tribut-\\naries, the outraged and insulted red men were completely crestfallen and crushed but they had no\\nallern,iti\\\\e, and must obey. The)- at once left the presence of the Iroquois, returned to their homes\\nwhich were now to he their homes no longer, and soon afterward migrated to the country bordering the\\nSuscpiehanna and beyond that river.\\nThe Indians of this locality were (juiet, peaceable and domestic in tluir habits, and there existed\\namong them a code of honor engraven on their hearts by the Great Spirit which woukl put to shame\\ntheir white neighbors, who were kept in restraint only by wholesome laws \\\\igorously enforced, and all\\nattempts by the Dutch to corrupt and demoralize their savage neighbors b)- the introduction of fire\\nwater met with a manly resistance on the part of the Indian chiefs.\\nLocal Indian names and other evidences clearlj indicate that the territory comprised within the\\noriginal boundaries of Newark was at one time the habitation of one or more of the several clans of\\nIndians. Early surveys show that Indian paths led through this region of country, and that the route\\nof the various tribes in passing from the seashore to the interior led along this line. On one of the\\nearly maps is shown the Indian path which led to the Minisink. From the Shrewsbury north-west it\\ncrossed the Raritan west of Amboy, and thence northerly to Minisink Island in the Delaware. This\\nwas the great path from the .sea to the Minisink, the Indian Council seat. The most direct route from\\nthe Hudson to Minisink Islantl was through the great notch on the First Mountain, about six miles\\nnoith of Orange, which struck the main ])ath near Little Falls. There were also intersecting paths\\nthiough the same territory. The se\\\\eral routes led to the Minisink, about se\\\\en miles west of\\nWalchschunk Mountain, through the notch at Eagle Rock and other openings through the mountain.\\nLocal Names. Nearly, if not quite all the Indian names in this locality indicate their origin from\\nthe language of the Delaware Indians, most of them being misspelt as well as misinterpreteil. Wacliung,\\nreferring to the First Mountain, is evidently a corruption of VVachtschunk, meaning on the hill.\\nThe name of Watse.ssing or Wardesson, as early applied to Bloomfield, is doubtless from the word\\nWaktschiechen, meaning crooked. Mr. D. G. Brinton, author of Aboriginal American Authors and", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0024.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 7\\ntheir Productions, writes: I would say that you areijuitc ri^ ht in supposing VVatchunj^ VVatschunk\\n-on the Inll, or at the mountain, or the hilly spot. The name Watsessing I take to be a form of\\nWaktschieciien, is crooktd (i. c, a roatl, a stream, etc.). In this case, the traditional rendering you give\\nseems to hk- well founded.\\nPachseyink Wxl/cy is doubtless the original of Passaic or Pc.sayic, as spelled in the\\nearly records. Hachkihacaiiink\u00e2\u0080\u0094in the the field Sepunk to or on the river Hatink in or near the\\nc.utii Meechek.icliink at tlic big rock: Tekenink in the woods; Tapewi chi the river bank.\\nI-AKK .WIM K. :,MiiKlN KA.-^i I ki M 1,1,K\\\\VK1,1.\\\\ PARK.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0025.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "GHAPTEl-^ II.\\nGEOLOGICAL FORMATION OF ESSEX COUNTY.\\nFROM PROF. GEORGK H. COOK S GEOLOGY OF THE STATE.\\nHAT portion of New Jersey which is of the Triassic or Red Sand Stone Age, is included\\nin a belt of country which has the Highland range of mountains on its north-west\\nside, and a line almost straight from Staten Island Sound, near Woodbridge, to\\nTrenton, on its south-east. It has the northern boundary and the Hudson River on\\nthe north-east, ;uid the Delaware on the south-west. The area within these bounds is\\nentirely free from rocks of an earlier age, and also from any extensive formations of a\\nlater period. The strong and decided red color of the prevailing rock of this forma-\\ntion has given name to the whole, and while most of the names of the kind have been\\ndiscarded by the geologists, this is so striking and suggestive that it receives the\\napproval of all.\\nProminent in the Triassic district are the two long and parallel ranges of trap rock, known in Essex\\nCounty as the First and Second Mountains. The eastcrmost or outer ridge we shall call, for convenience\\nof description, the First Mountain, while the inner parallel range may be termed Second Mountain.\\nThe former, rising at Pluckamin, in Somerset County, has an east-southeast trend for seven miles, to the\\ngorge through which passes Middle Brook. The continuous ridge runs thence on an east and north-east\\ncourse to Millburn, in Essex County, a distance of sixteen miles, where the gap between the two ends\\nof the disconnected range is about one and one-half miles. From Milburn to Paterson, a distance of\\nfifteen miles, its course is a little east of north. The whole lengtli of this mountain, from its rise at\\nPluckamin to its terminus near Sicomae, is forty-eight miles, and its general trend is north-northeast.\\nThe prominent and characteristic feature nf this mountain is the great difference between its inner\\nand outer slopes. That toward the Second Miuintain is gentle, while that toward the red sandstone\\ncountry is steep, and in many places precipitous. The former corresj)onds to the dip of the shale or\\nsandstone which forms the basis upon which the traj) rests, and at nearly all points trap constitutes the\\nrock of this declivity. The steep outer slope shows sandstone or shale at the base and up to the\\nprecipitous bluffs of trap, covered, however, in places, by the debris from the rock above. The breadth of\\nthis range is quite uniform, from one to two miles. The height is also remarkably uniform, ranging\\nfrom three hundred to six hundred and fifty feet above the level of the sea.\\nEverywhere, the trap forms the crest and upper portion of this slope, under which is the sandstone\\ngenerally covered by trap debris. The top of the sandstone is from one hundred to one hundred and\\nfifty feet below the top of the mountain. The located line marks the base of this steep face, and is at\\nthe same distance from the top of the mountain. It is plain on all roads crosssing the ridge, e.g., on\\nthe old South Orange Turnpike, the mountain roail, Mount Pleasant Turnpike, near the Llewellyn S.\\nHaskell place, also in the Park, in West Orange Township.\\nThe Western boundary line of the trap of the First Mountain follows the general direction of the\\nvalley included between the First and Second Mountains. The drift here, also, renders the tracing of a\\ngeological line cpiite difficult. lUit from the known uniformity of the trap slope and an examination of\\nthe surface configuration of the county, ami a few points of outcrop, the line can be quite accurately\\nfixed and described. Generally, it follows the line of least elevation or at the bottom of the \\\\alley, and\\nis in most cases at the foot of the first mountain slope. Beginning at the northern entl of this range,\\nthe Oldham Creek is coincident with a line almost to the pond north of Haledon thence running east", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0026.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nof this villa;^c aiul at the same side of the creek, it meets the Passaic River west of the mouth of\\nOldham Creek, and follows the river for a mile to the Morris and Essex Canal, which constitutes the\\nwest boundary of this range to the Little F alls and Notch Road. The trap appears at several points\\nalong the river from the mouth of the creek to the bend in the former, where the line leaves it. East\\nof this the First Mountain is made up of several rocky ridges, separated by narrow valleys.\\nFrom the Notch Road southward, the trap boundary follows the same general direction as the\\nmountains crosses the county line, the cre.t forming the boundary line between Caldwell and Montclair\\ntownships to the east of Verona Village, to the watershed of the Verona Valley, near the upper side of\\nLlewellyn Park, west nf Eagle Rock; thence down the valley of the west branch of Railway Riveras\\nfar as the old South Orange Roail. Approaching the stream, it at length crosses it and intersects the\\nMorris and Essex branch of the D. L. W. R. R., about three-quarters of a mile west of Millburn\\nVillage. Along the line just mentioned, drift knolls and beds rest upon the lower portions of the trap\\nslope near the crest of the main and subordinate ridges the rock is frequently seen. Near Millburn,\\nthe slope is less obscured by drift, although west and southwest of the village it hides all rocks.\\nThe features of the Second Mountain are similar to those of the First. The boundary line between\\nthem is of the same general course as that of the mountain itself, and also parallel throughout with the\\nFirst Mountain. The prolongation of the range at each extremity beyond the ends of the outer range\\nmakes this mountain longer than the other by five miles. Throughout a portion of the range its\\nstructure is apparently complicated by one or more subordinate ridges, quite similar to the main or\\nouter one. There can scarcely be a doubt that the whole mass is one unbroken body of trap rock.\\nFreestone and Sandstone Quarries. Quarries were opened in Esse.x County as early as 1700,\\nand many of the old farm houses were built of this reddish sandstone. Nearly all of the old grave-\\nstones in Orange cemetry, on Main street, are of this material, and the inscriptions on them are well\\npreserved.\\nIn the east face of the Watchung or Orange Mountains, in West Orange Township, trap rock is\\nquarried extensively for road material. These quarries ha\\\\e each a cracker for breaking up the stone, and\\nthey supply a I irge amnint annually f )r the construction of Telford roads in all the Oranges, Montclair,\\nRloomfield and other localities. Stones from the old quarry in Llewellyn Park were quarried in 1S67-8\\nfor building St. John s Roman Catholic Church, in Orange.\\nThe quarr\\\\ ing for trap rock at\\nO Rourke s ([uarrj on the face of\\nOrange Mountain, brought to view,\\nin 1824, a most remarkable and inter-\\nesting exposure of basaltic columns.\\nThe surface, for about seven hundreil\\nfeet along the mountain, is made up\\nof columns of rock as perfect in form\\nas if cut out by workmen and packed\\nin as closely as the hexagonal cells\\nin a hone\\\\ comb.\\nThe columns are mostly six-\\nsided, though there are some with\\nonly five sides, and those with still\\nother numbers of sides are occasion-\\nally met with. Those at the two\\nextremities of the quarry are perpen-\\ndicular an l perhaps thirty feet high,\\nwhile the higher portion in the mid-\\ndle is made up of columns which are basaltic columns.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0027.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "lo The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nmore or less inclined as if directed towards a central line. The columns in the same part of the quarry\\narc quite uniform in size and appearance, but those at the northeast end are much the largest, some of\\nthem beiny four feet across at a single side; those at the southeast are smaller, but still very large,\\nbeing from two to two and a half feet across the sides, while those in the middle are perhaps a foot or\\nmore in the same measurement.\\nThese rocks rise to the very crest of the mountain and make all of its higher and rougher parts, but\\nunderneath them is a great platform of red sandstone extending back and slanting downwards into the\\nmountain. At the quarry, this rock is only from four to five feet below the working bottom, and these\\ngigantic pillars seem to stand upon it.\\nWhile most interesting geological phenomena are found in remote, uncleared and rough places, this\\nis near to excellent roads, and the working of the quarry has cleared off all the loose rubbish from the\\nsurface and left the rock of the mountain clear and perfectly open to view.\\nIt belongs to the same class of rocks, both in material and structure, with the Giant s Causewa\\\\-, in\\nIreland, but is on a much larger scale.\\n^2^\\n.^S\\nK2", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0028.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "HAPTKN III.\\nTHE SETTLEMENT OF NEVVARK.-ITS FOUNDERS.\\nKARLY as 1658, a settlement was begun upon what was called the IJergen grant, on\\nwhich a trading station had been established by the Dutch, forty years before. In 1663,\\n.1 band of Puritans from Long Island obtained permission of the Dutch to plant their\\nnstitutions on the banks of the Raritan and Minisink. In the following year, some\\nfamilies of Quakers were found on the south side of Raritan Bay.\\nReference has already been made to the conveyance, in 1663, of Charles II to his\\nbrother James, Duke of York, of a tract of land stretching from the Connecticut River\\nto the Delaware; and of the portion now called New Jersey, to John Lord Berkley and\\nS Sir George Carteret. The portion was again divided, in 1676, between Sir George and\\ni the assigns of Lord Berkley, the former taking the eastern part. Carteret, by his will,\\ndated December 5, 1678, devised to certain trustees therein named, a power to sell East New Jersey a\\ntrust which was executed three years later by a sale, conveying the same in fee to William Penn, Robert\\nWest and others to the number of twelve. These twelve proprietors, by particular deeds, took each a\\npartner, so that East New Jersey became vested in twenty-four persons, who became known as the twenty-\\nfour Proprietors. By these a Council of Proprietors was appointed, to consist of at least one-third part of\\nthe whole number of proprietors, or their proxies, and possessing all necessary powers of administration.\\nTo encourage immigration, the proprietors Berkley and Carteret published their Charters of\\nConcessions, prescribing the fundamental rules and methods by which property in their lands should\\nbe acquired. One was That all such persons who should transport themselves into the province of\\nNew Jersey within certain times limited by the said concessions, should be entitled to grants or patents\\nunder the seal of the province, for certain quantities of acres in the said Concessions expressed, paying\\ntherefor, yearl\\\\-, the rent of one half penny sterling money for every acre so to be granted. Another\\nrule was That all lands should be purchased by the governor and council, from the Indians, from time\\nto time as there should be occasion, in the name of the Lords Proprietors; and every person settling\\nwas to pay his proportion of that purchase money and charges. It will be seen that the proprietors\\nrecognized in these rules, the right of the Indians to a compensation for their lands, tvhilc they monopol-\\nized the right of purchase. No others could buy but through them. The Indians could only sell to\\nthem, \\\\gainst this assumption of power over the soil and its original tenants, there was made, subse-\\nquently, a vigorous and determined opposition.\\nIn August, 1665, Philip Carteret, a brother of Sir George, having received an appointment from the\\nproprietors as governor of the colony, appeared among the tenants of the scattered cabins about\\nEiizabethtown, which was then but a cluster of four houses. In honor of Lady Carteret, the place\\nreceived her name and rose into dignity as the capital of the province. The settlement of Newark\\nby immigrants from Connecticut began the following year.\\nWhat is now the State of Connecticut originally consisted of two colonies Connecticut and New\\nHaven. The settlement of the former began at the mouth of the Connecticut River, in 163 1, under a\\npatent granted to Lord Say and Seal and Lord Brook the location receiving the name of Saybrook.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0029.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "12 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nThe free phinters of Hartford, Windsor and Wethersfield (emigrants from the Mass. colon_\\\\-) resolved to\\nform themselves into a distinct commonwealth, and on the 14th of January, 1639, they convened at\\nHartford and adopted a constitution. The preamble of this instrument set forth that it was to preserve\\nthe liberty and purity of the Gospell as they understood it, and the regulation of civil affairs.\\nThis was the first constitution adopted in the New World, and it recognized among its fundamental\\nprinciples the great bulwark of American freedom. It has been said of it that it was simple in its terms,\\ncomprehensive in its policy, methodical in its arrangement, and beautiful in its adaption of parts to a\\nwhole.\\nThe same year, 1639. Fairfield and Stratford were founded under the jurisdiction of Connecticut,\\nand in 1644 tlie Colony of Connecticut purchased from Colonel Fenwick the jurisdiction right in the\\nColony of Sa\\\\^brook. This then embraced the territory of the Connecticut Colony.\\nWhen New IJaven Colony entered into combination with Connecticut, it consisted of the planta-\\ntions at New lla\\\\^en, Southold (L.I.) and Stamford. Guilford and Milford were shortly afterwards\\nreceived as component parts of the jurisdiction. In the spring of 1644, Totoket, or Rranford (purchased\\nfrom the Indians in 1639 and partially settled at this time), a place for a small plantation betwixt New\\nHaven and Guilford, was sold to Mr. Swain and others from Wethersfield, upon condition tiiat they\\nshould join in our jurisdiction with New Haven and the other plantations upon the fundamental\\nagreement, settled in October, 1643, which they, duly considering, readily accepted. Southampton, on\\nLong Island, having placed itself under the jurisdiction of Connecticut, a minority of the people with\\ntheir minister, Rev. Abraham Pierson, pr.eferring the theocratic constitution of New Haven, removed to\\nHranford and united themselves with the company from Wethersfield. From this time to its dissolution,\\nthe jurisdiction consisted of the six plantations of New Haven, Southold (L. I.), Stamford, Guilford,\\nMilford and Branford.\\nIn two important particulars. New IIa\\\\cn tliffercd fwm the other colonies. It was a part of its\\nfuntlamental law that onl_\\\\- church members should be free burgesses or voters. By fundamental, was\\nmeant unchangeable. The fundamental law established by the planters of Ouinnepiac (New Haven),\\non the fourth day of the fourth month, called June, 1639, and afterward assented to by the other\\nplantations constituting the jurisdiction of New Haven, was designed to be unalterable. It was under-\\nstood to be a compact or agreement from whicli those who had assented to it could not recede.\\nA controversy arose between the colonies of Connecticut and New Haven, growing out of the new\\ncharter granted to Connecticut b\\\\- Charles II, in 1662. A communication from the Connecticut Colony\\nwas read at a meeting of the freemen of the New Haven Colony, held at New Haven, November 4,\\n1662, .setting forth the advantages of the patent, with the earnest desire *4iat there may be a happy\\nand comfortable union between yourselves and us according to the terms of the charter.\\nNotwithstanding these peaceful negotiations, the inhabitants of the New Haven Colony were\\ngreatly disturbed at the possible termination of affairs. Mr. Davenport and other ministers were\\nstrongly of the opinion that all government powers should be vested in the churches and the churches\\nwere unanimously opposed to being united with Connecticut. In New Haven, only church members\\nin full coDiniunion could be freemen. The adopted tenet of the Connecticut Colony was that all\\nbaptized persons not convicted of scandalous actions, are so far church members that, upon acknowledg-\\ning their baptismal covenant and promising an outivard cm\\\\{Q\\\\\\\\x\\\\\\\\ i\\\\ to it, though without any pretension\\nto inward and spiritual religion, they may present their children for baptism. This was known as the\\nHalf-Way Covenant, and continued in force in Connecticut for more than a luindred years.\\nThe proposed union aroused deep feeling through all the New Haven Colony settlements. Branford\\npeople were especially disturbed. Rev. Mr. Pierson and others had left Southam[)ton, L. I., because\\nthey found it was claimed by Connecticut. Now they were to be under Connecticut jurisdiction after\\nall. This was the bhghting of all their hopes. They did not believe there could be any good and safe\\ngovernment for Christian people unless the voting and office-holding were all in the hands of Christians.\\nHaving spent so much of their means and so much of their labor on houses, fences, mills, lands, and", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0030.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 13\\ndone so imicli for living com fort abl\\\\ it was a serious matter to break up, go into anotlier wilderness and\\nbegin again. Their labor of twentv-tliree years meant a great deal.\\nKxcessivei)- alarminLj aiul tlistasteful were these views to the supporters of the policy of the fathers.\\nW iliiout muiiey. erctlit r politic. il .iffiliations of any importance, tliey yet clung to tlie hope of inde-\\npendence, believetl the danger from England to be averted and spurned the Christless rule of\\nConnecticut. Mr. Davenport was very bitter at the action of Leite. He wrote to Gov. W intiirop, in\\n1663: As for wiiat Mr. I, cite unite to yourself, it was his private doing, without the consent or\\nknowledge of any of us in the colony it was not done l)y him according to his public trust as Governor,\\nbut contrary to it.\\nA serious division of sentiment had arisen in the colony which threatened its ver_\\\\ existence. New\\nHaven and Ikanford supported the cause of Godly Government. but Mr. Leite was continued in his\\noffice and the nominal head of the elder faction, Matthew Gilbert, was, as usual, chosen to the subordin-\\nate office of Deputy Governor. Many now began openly to declare themselves citizens of Connecticut\\nand to ignore the New Haven officers and laws. Taxes could not be collected and the colony, unable\\nto pay the regular salaries of its officials, was plunging deeper and deeper into debt. Discouraged and\\nalmost disheartened at the inexorable logic of events, Mr. Davenport exclaimed, The cause of Christ\\nin New Haven is miserably lost.\\nThe possible overthrow of his plans had been forscen by Mr. Davenport and by the leaders of his\\nl)arty during the quarrel with the townsmen in 1658-60, and at that time they had secretly sent out\\nwise men of good report in search of a New Canaan.\\nThey turned naturally to the Delaware region with which they were alreaily familiar, having\\npreviously invested large amounts in that locality. A Committee of inspection was sent thither in 1661\\nand on the 8th of November, Matthew Gilbert, Deputy Governor of the Colony of New Haven, wrote\\nfrom Milford to Governor Stuyvesant, at New Amsterdam, informing him that a Companie of\\nConsiderable that came into N. E. that they might serve God w a pure conscience and enjoy such\\nliberties and priviledges, both Civill and Ecclesiasticall. as might best advantage unto, and strengthen\\nthem in the end and worke aforesaid, w also, through the mercy of God, they have enjoyed for more\\nthan twentie yeares together, and the Lord haveing blessed them w posterities so that their numbers\\nare increased and they being desirous to p vide for their posterities so that their outward comfortable\\nsubsistance and their souUes welfare might in the use of suitable means through the blessing of the\\nAlmighty, be obtained, that this company having been encouraged so to do by the courtesy extended\\nby the Governor to persons appointed to visit some adjacent parts on a previous occasion, had\\nappointed a committee of four of their most prominent men, at the head of which was Robert Treat,\\nto confer with him relative to the terms upon which they might begin to plant, and thereafter secure\\nadditions to those who might wish to join them for the enlargement of the Kingdom of Christ in the\\nCongregational way, and secure all other means of comfort, and subordination thereunto. In behalf,\\ntherefore, of the Committee, sundry propositions were submitted for which, as they were from true\\nmen and not spies, a careful consideration was .solicited with a view to a return of a definite answer to\\neach.\\nFive conditions of willingness to settle under Dutch rule were submitted to Stuyvesant, and he\\nrefused assent to all of them, desiring especially to retain control of the election of officers and the right\\nof appeal to the Dutch tribunals. These negotiations remained for a time in abeyance.\\nStuyvesant, however, was exceedingly an.xious to obtain such immigration, and in the winter of\\n1662-3, Robert Treat, Philip Groves and John Gregory again communicated with him and found him\\ndisposed to make some concessions; he finally wrote home for instructions. In June, 1663. Mr. Treat\\nwrote to Stuyvesant to inquire if the instructions had come, and complained of hindrances at home to\\nthe consummation of the scheme.\\nStyuvesant s instructions, which finally arrived, bearing date March 23, 1663, urging him to secure\\nthe English for subjects by every means and every concession if necessary. Stuyvesant replied to Treat", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0031.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "14 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nJuly 20, inviting him to come, and reserving only a formal confirmation of officers and the right of\\nappeal in important causes and in capital cases, unless the criminal party confessed. The rapid succes-\\nsion of events checked the transaction with the Dutch at this point. The high-handed discourtesy of\\nthe Connecticut Legislature united for a time all the New Haven factions in opposition to W inthrop s\\nCharter and led to important action on the part of the colonists. In January, 1664, the General Court for\\nthe Jurisdiction voted that The Committee shall treate with Captain Scott about getting a pattent for\\nDelaware.\\nThe simimer of 1644 brought the unexpected surrender of the New Netherlands to the Duke of\\nVork, on the 13th of December following New Haven, Branford and Guilford voted to submit to\\nConnecticut. One week after the surrender to Connecticut had been recorded, a letter was addressed\\ni)y William Jones, magistrate of New Haven, to Colonel NichoUs, depicting the great wrong and\\ninjury of the Colony at Delaware Bay. The Indians of whom we purchased the land there do owne\\nour right and much desire the coming of the English. It was hoped that A further search of our\\nrecords may be further improved by your honor as your wisdom shall think fit.\\nAppeals to Colonel Nicholls were futile. In the meantime, Governor Philip Carteret arrived and\\nfixed his capitol at Elizabctlitowii. In August, 1665, he sent letters to New England, offering to settlers\\nevery civil and religious privilege. A committee, consisting of Robert Treat and one or two other\\nprominent men of Millford, was dispatched to New Jersey to satisfy the community that the picture\\npresented of the great advantages to be derived was not overdrawn. Reference has been made to the\\nfact that unsuccessful attempts had been made at different times, to plant an offshoot of the New Haven\\nColony on the banks of the Delaware, and it seems that the Millford committee first turned their steps\\nthither with a view of selecting a site near the present Burlington. But not being pleased with what\\nthey saw in West Jersey, they returned and visited Governor Carteret at Elizabeth, at whose suggestion\\nthey determined upon a location on the Passaic. It is said that a formal agreement, comprising fifteen\\narticles, was entered into after a full discussion of the provisions of the concessions, but the document\\nis lost. There was probably a reference to it in the record of a Town Meeting at New Haven,\\nDecember 4, 1665. Mr. Jones tolde thee towne about Delaware. The Articles were reatl antl it was\\nsaid that a Committee for the ordering of that affayre was appointed.\\nAs the concessions required all land to be taken u[j under a warrant fri^m the Governor, and as Treat\\nand his companions were equally decided in requiring an extinguishment of the Indian title prior to\\nsettlement, these mutual requirements were considered satisfactorily met by Carteret s furnishing Treat\\nw itli a letter to the Sachem having control of the desired tract, requesting him to give the immigrants\\npossession, and promising to pay therefor, there having been some prior negotiations for the land. On\\nthe subject of real estate in the New World, says Bancroft, the Puritans difTercd from the lawyers\\nwidely; asserting that the heathen, as a part of the lineal descendants of Noah, had a rightful claim to\\ntheir lands. Charged with this document. Treat and his friends returned to Connecticut to make\\narrangements for the removal, and early in the Spring of 1666, the first immigrants from Milford em-\\nbarked for New Jersey. The record states that At a meeting touching the intended design of many\\nof the inhabitants of Branford the following was subscribed: Dcut. i, 13; Ex. xviii, 2; Dent. x\\\\ii, 15;\\nJere. xxxvi, 21. Take you wise men and understanding, and known amoug your tribes, and I will\\nmake them rulers over you. Moreover, thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear\\nGod, men of truth, hating covetousness and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, of hun-\\ndreds, rulers of fifteen, and rulers of tens, etc.) i. That none shall be admitted freemen, or free\\nburgesses within our town upon Passaic River, in the province of New Jersey, but such planters as are\\nmembers of some or other of the Congregational churches nor shall an)- but such be chosen to magis-\\ntracy or to carry on civil judicature, or as deputies or assistants to have power to vote in establishing\\nhiws, and making or repealing them, or to any chief military trust or office; nor shall any but such\\nchurch members have any vote in such elections; though all others admitted to be planters ha\\\\e right\\nin their pro[)er inheritance, and do so and shall enjoy all other civil liberties and privileges according to", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0032.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "The Founders and IU ii.ders of the Oranges. 15\\nall laws, orders, grants, which arc or shall licrcaftor be made for this town. 2. We shall, witii care and\\ndilij^ence, provide for maintain. mce of the purity of rehgion as professed in Congregational churches.\\nWliereunto inscribed the inhabitants from Branford\\nJasper Crane, Aura Pierson, Sam i, Swaine, Lawrance Ward,\\nThomas Blatchi.v, Samuel Plum, Josl\\\\h Ward, Samuel Rose,\\nThomas Pierson, John Warde, John Catling, RiniARD Harrison,\\nEliENEZER CaNI-IELD, JoHN VVaRL) SENIOR, EU. HaLL, JoHN HARRISON.\\nJohn Crane, Thos. Huntington, Delivered Crane. Aaron Blatciily.\\nJohn Johnson, (his mark), Thomas L. Lvun (his mark).\\nMost of these signers moved with Mr. Pierson to Newark. They went by vessel down Long Island\\nSound. There is a tradition that Elizabeth Swaine, the daughter of Samuel, was the first to land on\\nthe shore of Newark, having been merrily handed up the bank by her gallant lover, Israel Ward, in his\\nambition to secure for her that mark of priority. She was then nineteen years of age.\\nThe omission on the part of Treat, to deliver promptly the letter to the Indians, with which he was\\nfurnished by Carteret, and to complete the arrangements for the occupancy of the desired tract, was the\\ncause of unexpected embarrassment and delay. On attempting to land their goods at some point on\\nthe river, they were warned off by Indians on the ground, who claimed to be the owners, and informed\\nthem that they had not yet parted with their right thereto. The goods were therefore reladen and a\\nreport of the circumstances made to the Governor.\\nIn the interview that followed, these difficulties were probably removed. Samuel Edsall, a resident\\non Bergen Neck, to whom the neighboring chiefs had become known through several negotiations with\\nthem that he had conducteil, both on his own account and as interpreter for others, was authorized by\\nCarteret to effect the purchase. Accompanied by Treat and some others of the newcomers, he\\nproceeded up the Hackensack to confer with those who claimed to be the proprietors of the land west\\nof the Passaic. In Treat s account of the negotiations, he says: One Perro laid claim to the said\\nPassaic lands, which is now called Newark, and the result of our treaty was, that we obtained of a body\\nof said Indians to give us a meeting at Passaic, and soon after they came, all the proprietors, viz.:\\nPerro, and his kindred, with the Sagamores that were able to travel, Orton being very old, but approved\\nof Perro s acting and then w-e acted by the advice, order and approbation of the said Governor who\\nwas troubled for our sakes) and also of our interpreters, the said Governor approving of them (one John\\nCapteen, a Dutchman, and Samuel Ed.sall), and was willing and approved that we should purchase a\\ntract of land for a township.\\nA bill of sale was made out, arrangements made for taking possession, and soon the little party,\\nrelieved from their close quarters on board the vessels, were established on the site of the contemplated\\ntown.\\nWhile these preliminary measures were being consummated, an opportunity was afforded for the\\npreparation and execution of written stipulations with certain agents from Guilford and Branford who\\niiad either been fellow passengers with the Milford people, or had arrived subsequently that the set-\\ntlers from those places should be permitted to join in forming one common township, provided definite\\nintimations to that effect should be received prior to the ensuing 1st of November. The meeting at\\nwhich this agreement was made was held, i)robably, on board of one of the vessels lying near Eliz-\\nabethtown, on the 2ist of May, and was verified by the signature of Robert Treat for the Milford\\npeople, and Samuel Swain for those of Guilford and Branford, on the 24th of the same month; it being,\\nthey say, their desire to be of one heart, and consent, through God s blessing, with one hand they\\nmay endeavor the carrying on of spiritual concernments, as also civil and town affairs, according to God\\nand a godly government.\\nThe document signed by the peo[)lc of Branford, already referred to, was dispatched to Milford,\\nand in the ensuing month the inhabitants declared their consent and readiness to conform to its", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0033.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "i6\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nrequirements. Subsequently, at a meeting on the 24th of June, 1C67, shortly after the arrival of the\\nUranford families, the Milford men also subscribed to the document. The following is a list of names in\\ntheir order:\\nRobert Treat, Obadiah Bruen,\\nJeremiah Pecke, Michael Tompkins,\\nJohn Browne, John Rogers,\\nRohekt KiTCIlELL, his mark,\\nRoBEUT V. LvMENS, his mark.\\nDaniel Tichenor, John Baldwin, Sen.,\\nTiioM. Johnson,\\nhis mark.\\nZechakiah Burwell.\\nGeo. Day.\\nEi HRAiM Burwell,\\nNath l Wheeler.\\nRoiiiiKT English,\\nEph .m 1 ennington,\\nA/.ARiAii Crane,\\nMatthew Camfield. Samuel Kitchei.l.\\nStephen Freeman, Henry Lyon,\\nStephen Davis, Edward Rigs,\\nJ. B. Brooks, his mark,\\nFrancis V. Linle, his mark,\\nJohn Baldwin. Jr., John Tompkins,\\nJohn Curtis,\\nRobert R. Dennison,\\nWilliam Campe.\\nHauns Albers,\\nMartin Tichenor,\\nSamuel Lyon,\\nThomas Morris,\\nJohn Browne, Jr.,\\nJoseph Riggs,\\nhis mark,\\nJoseph Walters,\\nHugh Roberts,\\nJona. Seargeant,\\nStephen Bond.\\nThe arrangement entered into with the Indians through the agency of Samuel Edsall, which\\npreceded the settlement, was perfected by the execution of a more formal instrument at a conference\\nwith them held at the head of the Cove of Bound Broi)k, July 1 1, 1667, which defines the boundaries\\nas follows:\\nThat Wee. the said Wapannick, the Sakaniaker, Wamesane Peter, Captamin. Wecaprokikam, Napeani. Perawe, Sessom,\\nManiustonie, Cacanakrue, and Harish, doe, for ourselves and With Consent of the Indians, Bargain, sell and deliver, a Certain\\ntract of Land, Upland and Meadow of all sorts; Wether Brooks, Rivers, Swamps, Springs, fishings. Trees of all sorts.\\nQuarries and Mines, or Metals of what sort soever. With full liberty of hunting and fouling upon the same. Excepting Liberty\\nof hunting for the above said proprietors that were upon the upper cummons, and of fishing in the above said Pesayak River\\nwhich tract of Land is bounded and Limited with the bay Eastward, and the great River Pesayak Northward, the great Creke\\nor River in the meadow running to the head of the Cove, and from thence bareing a West Line for the South bounds, wh. said\\nGreat Creke is Commonly Called and known by the name of Weequachick on the West Line backwards in the Country to the fool\\nof the great mountain called Watchung, being as is Judged, about seven or eight miles from Pesayak town the said Mountaine\\nas Wee are Informed, hath one branch of Elizabethtown River running near the said foot of the mountaine the bounds\\nnortherly, viz Pesayak River reaches to the Third River above the towne, y River is called Yauntakah and from thence\\nupon a northwest line to the aforesaid mountaine all of which before mentioned Lands for the several kinds of them, and all\\nthe singular benefits and Privileges Ijelonging to them, with y= sevral bounds affixed and expressed herein, as also free liberty\\nand range for Cattle, horses, hoggs, and that though they range beyond any of the bounds in this Deed expressed, to feed and\\npasture Without Molestion or of damage to the owners of cattle c., above said. Wee. the above said Indians, Wapamuck\\nc., doe sell, Aliienate, make over, and Confirm all Right, Title and Interest of us, our heires and Successors, for ever Unto\\nthe said Lands c., as above mentioned, to Mr. Obadiah Bruen. Mr. Samuel Kitchell. Mr. Michael Tompkins. John Browne,\\nand Robert Denison, townsmen and .-Xgents for y^ English Inhabitants of Pesayak, to them, their heires and associates for\\nEver to have hold and dispose of. Without Claim, Let or Molestation from ourselves or any other Whatsoever. These Lands,\\nc., are thus sold and delivered for and in consideration of fifty double hands of powder; one hundred b.irs of lead, twenty\\naxes, twenty Coates, ten Guns, twenty Pistols, ten Kettles, ten Swords, four blankets, four barrells of beere, ten pair of\\nbreeches, fifty knives, twenty howes, eight hundred fathom of wampem, two Ankers of Liequers, or something Equivalent,\\nand three troopers Coates; these things are received, only a small number engaged to them by bill. etc.\\nEleven years later, on the 13th of March, 1678, the western limits of the tract were extended to the\\ntop of the moimtain by a deed from two other Indians, the consideration for the extension being t\u00c2\u00abo\\nguns, three coates and thirteen cans of rum. The boundary line of the town on the south, separating\\nit from Elizabethtown, as agreed upon on the 20th of May, 1668, ran from tlie lop of a little\\nround hill named Divident hill and from thence to run upon a northwest line into the country until\\nit reached the Watchung Mountain. The commissioners appointed for this work from Newark were\\nJasper Crane, Robert Treat, Matthew Camfield, Samuel Swaine and Thomas Johnson; from Elizabeth-\\ntown. John Ogden, Luke Watson, Robert liond and JetTrey Jones.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0034.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "The FouNnKRS and Huii.ders of the Oranges.\\n\u00c2\u00ab7\\nIt was proposed by the Milford settlers to call the new settieiiicnt after their own town in the New\\nHaven Colony, and it was called Milford until the arrival of the Hranford people. Then, upon a formal\\norfjanization of the town government, the name was dropped and Newark substituted. The substitute\\nappears to have been agreed upon in honor of Rev. Abraham Pierson, the first pastoral Shepherd of\\nthe [)lace, who came originally from Newark-on-Trent, and who, although second on the list of the\\nHranford emigrants, was second to none in the esteem and reverence of the entire community. In the\\nold Town Hook, which is still preserved, the name is written NeW-Worke.\\nThe territory thus acquired by moral right from the natives, and by legal right from the proprietors,\\nincluded the present city of Newark, the city of Orange and the townships of East, West and South\\nOrange, Bloomficld, Belleville, Clinton and Montclair.\\nIn the division of the lands, each settler received a home lot in the town laid out on the river,\\nfor which lots were drawn, the division being in strict conformity with Hebrew precedents always the\\nPuritanic model. There were, also, first, second and third divisions of the upland, with an equitable\\ndistribution of the bogged meadow.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0035.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER IV\\nLAYING THK FOUNDATIONS OF A -GODLY GOVERNMENT.\\nERECTION OF THE FIRST CHURCH EDIFICE IN NEWARK.\\nI TER nearly thirty years of wanderings, the little band of expatriated New Haven colon-\\nists found at last their ideal Canaan. Without counting the exodus from England to\\nLynn, Mass., there were then three removals within thirty years and each time in search\\nof a Government according to God. i. From Lynn to Southampton, L. I.; 2. Thence\\ntoBranford; 3. From Branford to New Jersey. It has been stated that Branford Church\\nmoved bodily to Newark this, however, is an exaggeration. Mr. Pierson was a more bit-\\nter partisan than Mr. Davenport, and the history of his flock was indeed a moving one.\\nOur Towne on Passaick was fitly named by its founders, New-Worke. It was\\nto be a work of love. Recognizing as they did the Fatherhood of God and the\\nBrotherhood of Man, they built accordingly. A government was established in the\\nwilderness, the fundamental principles of which were drawn from the Mosaic law. The history of this\\npeople for more than a quarter of a century was a repetition of God s chosen people under the rule and\\nguidance of the judges and prophets. On entering the land of Canaan, however, they did not\\nattempt to drive out the heathen, but lived at peace with their Indian neighbors. In the testimony\\nof the Council of Proprietors at a later period, it is stated that: We are well assured that since the\\nfirst settlement of New Jersey, there is not one instance can be assigned of any breach of peace with\\nthe Indians thereof (though very few of the other provinces can say so as to their Indians), nor that any\\nproprietor ever presumed to dispossess one of them, or disturb him in his possession but have always\\namicably paid them for their claims, from time to time, as they could agree with them.\\nThere was nothing false, nothing Pharisical about these Puritan settlers. They were brave and\\nhonest enough to say exactly what they meant and what they desired, and while they encouraged\\nhonest settlers to come among them, they embodied in their Fundamental Agreements the following\\narticle The planters agree to submit to such magistrates as shall be annually chosen b\\\\- the Friends\\nfrom among themselves, and to such laws as we had in the place whence we came. Another provision\\nwas as follows\\nItem, It is agreed upon th.it in case any shall come into us or rise up amongst us that shall will-\\ningly or willfully disturb us in our Peace and .Settlements, and especially that would subvert us from the\\nReligion and Worship of God, and cannot or will not keep their opinions to themselves, or be reclaimed\\nafter due time and means of conviction and reclaiming hath been used, it is unanimously agreed upon\\nand consented unto, as a Fundamental Agreement and Order, that all (such) persons so ill-disposed and\\naffected, shall, after notice given them from the town, quietly depart the place seasonably, the Town\\nallowing them valuable consideration for their Lands and Houses as indifferent men shall price them, or\\nelse leave them to make the best of them to any Man the Township shall approve of.\\nThe capacity of this people for self-government was early tested. Will you know, inquires", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0036.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "TitE Founders and Ruilders of the Oranges. 19\\nHancroft, witli how little government a community of husbandmen may be safe? For twelve years\\nthe whole province was not in a settled condition. From June, 1689, to Au^nist, 1692, East Jersey had\\nno government whatever. The maintenance of order during this period rested wholly with the local\\nauthorities and with the people themselves. A town meeting was accordingly convened, March 25,\\n16S9-90, to provide for the exigency. Hamilton, the Deputy Governor, having left for Furope the\\npreceding August, it was Voted, that there shall be a committee chosen to order all affairs, in as\\nprudent a way as they can, for the safety and preservation of ourselves, wives, children and estates,\\naccording to the capacity we are in. The committee consisted of Mr. Ward, Mr. Johnson, Azariah\\nCrane (^son of Jasper Crane), William Camp, Fdward Ball and John Hrown, with those in military\\ncapacity. It was well for tlie little commonwealth, in those times of disorder, that they were qualified\\nnot only for the carrying on of spiritual concernments, but also for the regulation of civil nitii lo vn\\nnjfiitrs ciccorditii^ to God iiiid a godly government. It was not simply that they were a covtvtunity of\\nliusbtindincH, as intiiiiatcd b\\\\- the historian, that made them safe without the protection of provincial\\nlaws; they had a higher law, a more imperative rule of action, written upon the heart.\\nAmong the inducements held out to immigrants at an early period to settle in New Jersey, was\\nthat it was worthy the name of Paradi.se, because in addition to its natural advantages it had no\\nlawyers, physicians or parsons. At this period, however, lawyers were in great demand, and it was said\\nthat no men grow rich here so fast as gentlemen of the bar. The parsons, too, exercised a potent\\ninfluence on the local government.\\nIt was emphatically a Christian community that was established here, by no means faultless, but\\none that recognized the truth that it is the river from which men drink and live, not such as they bend\\nover to see themselves reflected in before they die, that flows untainted and perennial a community in\\nwhich religion was no abstraction, but a living, active, vivifying principle.\\nAn agreement entered into by the Founders of Newark and the Oranges, on the 30th of October,\\n1666, provided first, That none shall be admitted freemen or free IJurgesses within our Town upon the\\nPassaic River, in the Province of New Jersey, but such Planters as are members of some or other of\\nthe Congregational Churches, nor shall any but such be chosen to Magistracy or to Carry on an\\\\- part of\\nCivil Judicature, or as Deputies or assistants, to have power to Vote in establishing Laws and making\\nor repealing them, or to any Chief Military Trust or OfTice. Nor shall any but such Church Members\\nhave any Vote in any such elections; Tho all others admitted to be planters have right to their proper\\nInheritance, and do and shall enjoy all other Civil Liberties and Privileges, according to all Laws,\\nOrders, Grants, which are or hereafter shall be made for this Town. Second, We shall, with care and\\nDilligence, provide for the maintainance of the purity of I^eligion professeil in the Congregational\\nChurches. Among the signers to this agreement are the names of Harrison, I^aidwin, Campe, Browne,\\nCamfield and others who became the Founders of the Oranges.\\nAfter the first division of home Lotts, bogge Meadow, etc., the people turned their attention\\nto the erection of a house of worship. The church organization known as the First Church of\\nNewark was actually established before Newark was settled, it having been organized in Hranford, in\\n1644. In October, 1666, the church, with its pastor, its deacons, its records, and the major portion of\\nits congregation, was simply translated from Branford to Newark; so that its church work was\\nreally continued uninterruptedly. Dr. Steams saj s of it: The First Church in Newark appears to\\nbe the oldest fully organized church in the State of New Jersey. On September to, 1668, steps were\\nfirst taken to erect a place of worship. It was voted in the town meeting to build a meeting house as\\nsoon as may be. This was the central object of interest in every community of the Puritans. A joint\\nletter sent in 1684 to the Proprietors in Scotland, by David Barclay, Arthur F orbes and Gawen Lawrie,\\nsays: The people being mostly New England men, do mostly incline to their w.iy; and in every town\\nthere is a meeting house, where they worship publich- every week. They have no public laws in the\\ncountry for maintaining public teachers, but the towns that have them make way within themselves\\nto maintain them.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0037.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "20 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nThe whole town helped in the erection of the building. It was 36 feet in length, 26 feet in breadth\\nand 13 feet between the joists, with a leuter to it all the length, which will make it 36 feet square.\\nThe site selected was on the highway leading to the mountain it was said to be nearly opposite what is\\nnow Mechanic street, or in the corner of what is known as the old town burying ground. It stood then\\nwith its gable ends pointing to the north and south, and the broadside nigh pointing on a square with\\nthe street, in the precise spot which Mr. Pierson the elder. Deacon Ward and Mr. Treat had assigned\\nfor it. It was Newark s first church edifice and first place of general business the theatre of all\\nimportant transactions, religious, civil, military, during the first half-century of its existence. There the\\ntownsmen, after lecture, held their stated meetings and there, on any alarm, the brave soldiers of the\\nlittle community assembled with their arms at the beat or the drum to defend their homes and altars,\\ntheir little ones and their wives.\\nA singular custom connected with this church and which prevailed among most, if not all the New\\nEngland churches, was the social distinction observed in seating the members. Concerning seating\\nPersons in the Meeting-house, it was agreed that persons should be placed according to Office, Age,\\nEstate, Infirmity and Desent of Parentage; by estate is meant that Estate as Persons purchased and took\\nup Land by, together with the present Estate comparing all these together. Michael Tompkins, whose\\nson settled in that part of Newark now known as South Orange, was appointed to do this work.\\nIn the Newark Town Records, it is recorded January i, 1666-7, that John Baldwin, Junior,\\nThomas Pierson, Junior, Thomas Pierson, Senior, John Catlin, William Camp, Azariah Crane and\\nGeorge Day are chosen townsmen for the year ensuing. These townsmen are appointed to meet every\\nlecture day in the afternoon. [The Baldwins, Piersons, Camps and Days are among the Founders of\\nthe Oranges.]\\nRev. Abraham Pierson, the Moses who led his people out of the wilderness to this New Canaan,\\nwas an old man when he came to Newark, and after twelve years faithful service, he was gathered unto\\nhis people. He was succeeded by his son, who was his assistant during nine years of his pastorate.\\nOthers followed the younger Pierson and continued in the good old way. The sixth regular pastor of\\nthe First Church was Rev. Joseph Webb, a graduate of Yale, who was ordained by the Presbytery of\\nPhiladelphia, October 22, 1719. The Presbyterian ordination and settlement of Mr. Webb is the first\\nindication which appears of the people turning aside from the Congregational way. Though the\\nleanings of the second Pierson were toward Presbyterianism, the form of worship in his time and during\\nthe time of his successors until Mr. Webb s advent, was Congregational. There is no record of the\\nprecise time of the change. The difference between the two forms was, comparatively, so slight that\\nfrom the first, in New England and New Jersey, persons of both persuasions lived in peace, harmony\\nand good fellowship together, except when firebrand zealots appeared in their midst and sowed discord.\\nAbout the year 1682, when half the twenty-four Proprietors were Scotch, great numbers of that race\\narrived and settled in New Jersey, and the historian Grahame remarks that American Society was\\nenriched with a valuable accession of virtue that had been refined by adversity and piety and invigor\\nated by persecution.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0038.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "C HAI TKR V.\\nSETTLEMENT WITHIN THE TERRITORY OE THE TRESENT ORANGES.\\nPURCHASE OF LANDS. DISCOVERY OF COPPER MINES.\\nE boundaries of Newark, a.s described in its cliarter, dated Aprieil y I2tli, 1715, were\\nas follows: Hounded Easterly by a Great Creek that runs from Hackingsack Bay\\nthroui,di y Salt Meadow called by the Indians, Wequahick, and now known by\\ny Name of Hound Creek, and Continuing from the head of y said Creek to the head\\nof a Cove to a Markt Tree; from thence it Extended Westerly upon a Straight Line.\\nby Computation, Seven Miles be the Same more or less, to the End or foot of the\\nGreat Mountain and to the Ridge thereof, called by the Indians, Wachung, near\\nwhere Runs a branch of the Railway River from thence Extending on a Northerly\\nCourse along the Ridge of the Said Mountain to a heap of Stones Erected to\\nAscertain the boundary between the s d Town of Newark and the Town of Achquick-\\natnuck; from thence running a Southeast Course by Achquickatnuck Bound Line, to where the brook\\nor Rivulet called by the Indians Yantokah, but now known by the name of Third River, Emptieth itself\\ninto i assayack River, and from thence Continuing Down along by the said Passaick River and\\nHackingsack Hay to the mouth of the said Hound Creek.\\nAs the population increased, the settlement on the Passaic River began to spread itself toward the\\nmountain and in the direction of what is now known as the Oranges. Lands were assigned to parties\\nnear to and on the Mountain soon after the settlement at Newark began. By the survey of land made\\nin 1G67, Widow Hannah Freeman hath for her division of upland lying near the Mountain, containing\\n40 acres, bounded with Sergeant Richard Harrison, North, and by the common. South and East, and\\nwith the top of the Mountain, West.\\nRobert Symon, by warrant dated August 19, 1675, had forty-four acres, part of his third division\\non the mountain, bounded northwest by the mountain; northeast, by lands of John Baldwin, Sr.;\\nsoutheast, by Captain Samuel Swaine, and southwest, by Richard Harrison.\\nAugust 28, 1675, Samuel Swaine had forty acres at the foot of the mountain, bounded on the\\nnorth by John Baldwin, Sr., and on the west by Robert Symon and Richard Harri.son, and on the east,\\nby Richard Harrison, and on the south by the Common.\\nJohn Baldwin, Sr., had, September 10, 1675, for his third division, forty acres near the mountain.\\nand bounded north by Capt. Samuel Swaine and John Catlin, on the east i)y Richard Harrison, on the\\nsouth by John Ward, on the west by the top of the mountain.\\nFebruary 13, 1678-9. Anthony Oleff doth confess his Fault in taking up land and meadow\\ncontrary to the Town Order, and doth freely submit to the town s Dispose. And upon his Desire, he\\nis admitted a Planter.\\nAnthony Oleff hath granted to him forty Acres of Land at the Mountain, which was laid\\nout to him by the Surveyor. j\\nSeptember 27, 1680. //cw.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Nathaniel Wheeler, Edward Riggs and Joseph Riggs have a Grant to\\ntake up Land upon the upper Chestnut hill by Rahway River, near the Stone House, provided they\\nexceed not above fifty acres apiece.\\nAt what time the settlement began at the Mountain is nnt known, but from the description given", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0039.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "22 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nunder the head of Earl) Roads, it is evident that there were at least three dwellings on the side\\nof the mountain previous to 1705, viz.: The Stone house in South Orange, Nathaniel Wheeler s and\\nAnthon} Oleff s in what is now Button Park, near the site of the stone bridge in Llewellyn Park.\\nThe Anthony Oleff farm was bounded on the south by Samuel Harrison, on the west by the mountain,\\nand on the north and east by unsurveyed lands. It included on its northern border the street now\\nknown as Valley Road, or that part near Tory Corners.\\nRichard Harrison had fifty acres on the north side of Widow Freeman s lot also fifteen acres\\nupon the branch of Rahway River, bounded on the west by John Catlin and John Baldwin Sr., on the\\neast by a small brook running from the mountain, and on the north and south by the common.\\nThomas Johnson s tract, granted in 1679, of about fifty acres, lay at the foot of the mountain,\\nbounded by the lands of John Ward Sr., and John Ward. Jr.\\nOn June 13, 1679, Fifty-nine acres of upland were surveyed to Joseph Harrison. It was bounded\\non the north by lands of Benjamin Harrison, and on the northwest by Perroth s Brook.\\nIn March, 1685, Paul, George and Samuel Day, sons of George Day, had surveyed to thcni sixt\\\\-\\nacres of land, bounded on the west b\\\\- the mountain, on the south by Matthew Williams land, on the\\neast by Wigwam Brook, and on the north by the common.\\nAbout 16SS, iMatthew Williains exchanged with George Day part of his Newark property for lands\\nbounded by the mountain, Wigivam Brook and the lands of Samuel Day. This property was located\\nin that part of West Orange known during and after the Revolutionary War as Tory Corners.\\nUnder the head of Early Roads, described as Another Highway from the wa\\\\- at the foot of the\\nMountain, running up to the top of the Mountain on the North side of Amos Williams House, it is\\nclearly shown that there was a dwelling here some time previous to 1705. This house is said to have\\nbeen built by Matthew, the father of Amos Williams.\\nMatthew Williams, with others, was admitted a planter in 1680, provitled they pay their ]iurchase\\nfor lands as others have done. There is no evidence to show that any of the above named farms were\\nunder improvement or occupied as places of residence before 1680.\\nWhether Daniel Dod built his house at what was afterwards called Dodd Town before the\\nstreet or highway to that point was laid out. is not known. The celebrated Bill in Chancery\\nmentions surveys for Daniel Dod, in 1679, by warrant from the Proprietors.\\nDiscovery and Successful Operation of Copper Mines. It was soon after the settlement\\nat the mountain and the opening of the roads connecting therewitli that a copper mine at Belleville\\nand another on the John Dod farm near the present Bloomfield line was discovered. The first\\ndiscovery, in 1719, was on the plantation of Arent Schuyler, opposite Belleville. It was a part of what\\nwas then known as Barbadoes Neck, which extended from the bay between the entrance of the two\\nrivers, Hackensack and Passaic, about seven miles north to ]5oiling Spring, now known as Rutherford\\nPark. The property was purchased from Edmund Kingsland.\\nA negro slave, while employed in the field, turned up a greenish heavy stone from the soil which\\nattracted his attention, not only on account of its color, but of its unusual weight. He took it to\\nhis master who had it forwarded to England, where it was assayed and shown to contain eight)- per\\ncent, of pure copper.\\nArent Schuyler, during his lifetime, did not work the mine with such energy and profit as his son\\nJohn afterwards did, yet he sent to the l?ritish Copper and Brass Foundry, England, thirteen hundred\\nand eighty-six tons of rich copper ore.\\nShortly after the discovery of the Schuyler mine, copper in large quantities was found on the lands\\nof John Dod, who owned about 500 acres, extending from a line a little west of the Bethel Presbyterian\\nChurch north and northeast towards Bloomfield. Articles of agreement between John Dod, and Gideon\\nVan Winkle and Johannes Cowman, all of Newark, dated February 24, 1720 (still in the hands of his\\ndescendants), grants free liberty for the term of twenty-five years to search for and tlig in any of the\\nlands or any part of the lands belonging to John Dod, within the limits of his patent, or other", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0040.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "TiiK Founders and Huii.ders of the Oranc.es. 23\\npatent, by which he liolds his land in the bounds of Newark, not undermining any building or buildings,\\nto seek for any mines, minerals, copiier or any other metals or ore whatsover. The expenses and\\nprofits were to be equally shared by both parties. A stamping mill was erected on the stream and the\\nmine was operated by these parties for several years.\\nAnother deed, dated October 8th, 1735 (now in the hands of John B. Dodd, son of Reuben \\\\V.),\\nin favor of William Roe, for and in consideration of the sum of fifty pounds Currant money of this\\nProvince, doth Demise, Grant and Let For and During the whole time and Term\\nof Ten Years from that Twenty-forth Day of Fcbruar\\\\-, shall be in the year of our Lord One Thousand\\nSeven Huntlred and Forty-five, etc. That the said William Roe, his heirs and assigns, sliall\\nhave full and free Liberty, power and authority from time to time and at all times to dig, make and sink\\n.uiy pitt, shaft or trench in any or any part of the Lands beloni^ ing unto him, the said John Dod, within\\nthe IJounds or limits of his Patent by which he holds his lands, c., in quest of any Oarc. mines,\\nminerals. Copper or any other metalls or Oare whatsover.\\nHereby is Libert)- Granted unto the said William Roe, his heirs and asssigns, c.,\\nTogether with Liberty of both Wood and Timber to be gotten on any part of said Land for the\\ncarrying on of said work. That if the said mine shall appear within the Bounds or Limits\\nabovesaid and to continue Good as That it will answer in Effect the costs and expenses of s William\\nRoe during the above Limited Term, then the said Dod shall have and be invested with the Right and\\nproperty of one equal half of the Erected Engine and Stamping Mill, c.\\nA bond of indemnity for the faithful performance, etc., was executed by William Roe, which\\nrecites That William Roe, of Newark, in the County of Essex, and Eastern Devision of Nova\\nCeserea, in America, Gen am Holden and stand firmly Bound unto John Dod, of the Town, County\\nand Devision of aforesaid, Miller, in the full and first sum of One Thousand Pounds Currant Lawful\\nmoney of this Province, c.\\nThe terms of the above lease were never completed, as appears by the following: Articles of\\nAgreement made and concluded upon this Eighteenth Day of October, Anno Domini One Thousand\\nSeven hundred and Thirty-nine, being the Thirteenth year of the Reign of our Soveraign, Lord George\\nthe Second, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, c., by and between\\nI rind Lucas of the City, County and Province of New York, merch and Company, with him said Lucas\\nconcerned in the affairs of Mining, of the one Part, and John Dod, of Newark, in the County of Essex\\nand Province of New Jersey, Miller, and Company, with him said Dod concerned in a Grist Mill (^Situate\\nin Newark aforesaid, at the Mountain Plantations So Called, and upon a Stream or River commonly\\nCalled and Known by the name of Second River, of the other Part), Pursuant unto the undertakings\\nand Covenant obligations of the Persons abovesaid, and more particularly to the End Due Trj-al and\\nSearch may be made in the Lands of said John Dod, on Rattlesnake Plain, by said Frind Lucas and\\nCompany, in quest of Ore, according to Compact, c. The parties above mentioned do for themselves,\\ntheir Executors, Administrators and Assigns, Covenant, agree and oblige themselves as they shall or\\nmay Concern each one or both of them.\\nThe said John Dod and Company Doth hereby yield, Give and Grant unto him, the said Frind\\nLucas and Company, as aforesaid, their heirs and assigns, the whole and sole use and benefit or\\npreviliges of the Stream or River aforesaid from the Grist Mill, Dam or floom unto the mine works to\\nmake and carrj up a Drift and Dead Water Level for the venting or Carrying off the water from the\\nMine or Course of Ore, in the lands aforesaid. The said Granted Previlige to be and Remain to\\nthem, said P rind Lucas and Company, their E.xecutors and Assigns, during the whole term or time of\\ntheir Lease in the Premeses.\\nSaid Lucas and Company shall make and Carry up a Drift and Water Levell from the Dam or\\nfloom aforesaid unto a Certain Stationed Stone set up at the head or on the Race filled up and\\nnear by the side of the old Levell said Drift or Levell to be well secured with Stone and to be and\\nbear in the bottom thereof three foot in Breadth when finished.\\ny\\\\", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0041.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "24 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nIt is Covenanted and Agreed and Concluded that tlie said John Dod and Company shall have\\nthe Liberty and Privilige to Erect and Set up a Grist Mill in or upon the Levell aforesaid, and to bring\\ndown a Stream or Course of water upon the Wheel of said Mill as may be thought most Convenient.\\nIn case said Lucas and Company should find occasion to sink a pump in the aforesaid Levell and\\nsett or Erect a Crank Engine to take the water off their works, it is agreed they shall have the use and\\nbenefit of the Stream or Course of water brought down as aforesaid, he paying said Dod and Company\\nwhat Moneys, Charges or Expenses they shall have been at in Digging a Race, making a dam or\\notherwise Bringing it Down.\\nTiie abovesaid Drift or Dead Water Levell shall be Carryed up as aforesaid and Compleated by or\\nbefore the first day of April ne.xt ensuing the date of these Presents. And, moreover, in case the said\\nMill and Engine shall be Sett up and Erected and a Stream or Course of Water brought down as\\naforesaid, said Dod and Company shall have the use and benefit of so much of the same as shall be\\nfound over and above what may be necdfull to work or carry the aforesaid Engine. And for the True\\nPerformance and all and Singular the Articles, Covenants, Clauses, Conditions and Agreements herein\\nInserted and as above Specified, each and either of the Said Parties do hereby Bind themselves unto\\nthe other. In witness whereof, they have hereunto Interchangably met and sett their hands and Seals\\nthe Day and Year first above written.\\nSigned, Sealed and Delivered in presence of\\nFrind Lucas, [seal]\\nSamuel Fakmar, Clauser Case, [seal]\\nSamuel Lardlem, Anekam Case, [seal]\\nDaniel Taylor. Erasmus x Johos. [seal]\\nmark\\nTradition says that the mine was successfully worked for several years and that large quantities of\\nthe ore were shipped to England. It was abandoned about 1760, or possibly sooner, on account of the\\nwater, the floor of the mine becoming lower than the creek, thereby arresting drainage.\\nThe entrance to the mine was large enough for the passage of a horse and cart, and within the\\nrecollection of people now living there were still traces of the excavation and quantities of debris\\nsurrounding it. About 1856, a sensational article appeared in one of the Newark papers, entitled A\\nPart of Orange Sunk The occasion of this was the sinking of a considerable surface of the earth\\nnear the entrance to the mine, caused, probably, by the decay of the timber supports of the mine\\nbeneath.\\nIn two of the contracts made by John Dod one in 1715, the other in 1745 -it will be noticed that\\nprovision was made for a crank engine and it is fair to presume that the engine or engines were\\nprovided in accordance therewith, yet it is claimed that the steam engine brought over in 1753 for the\\nBelleville mine was the first ever brought to this country. The burden of proof rests with these\\nclaimants to show that the Dod mine, which was worked successfully for twenty or twenty-five years,\\nwith a stipulation in both contracts providing for a steam engine, none was ever used.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0042.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "CHAFTKK VI.\\nTHE MOUNTAIN SOCIETY.\\nTHE LAND CONTROVERSY. THE FIR.ST GRIST MH.L. S.WV MH.LS, ETC.\\n,frj^atfm 1 1 H roads and highways to the mountains, the population gradually increased and the\\na M ^S M settlers in the whole section of country embraced in what is now Montclair, the Oranges\\nini!wyf* Bloomfield were united together under the name of TilE MOUNTAIN SociKTY.\\n:5^^t J Among the old papers preserved by the trustees of the First Presbyterian Church, of\\n^J^^*f Orange, is a deed of twenty acres of land sold by Thomas Gardner to Samuel Freeman,\\ny Samuel Pierson, Matthew Williams and Samuel Wheeler, and the Society at the Mountain\\n^_P associated with them, which bears date January 13, 1719.\\nv^^T^ The settlers at the mountain erected their meeting-house, called their pastor. Rev.\\n(S(^ Daniel Taylor, made man\\\\- improvements in the locality and became a separate and\\ndistinct community. They lived in peace and quietness for several years until about\\n1734, when the land troubles began. In 1702, the agitation and excitement of the people who found\\nthe way of progress blocked bj- the jealousies and rivalries of the East New Jersey Proprietors,\\nculminated in disturbance and confusion. The proprietors, finding their embarrassments increasing,\\nvoluntarily surrendered the right of their government, but not their right to the soil. The surrender of\\ntheir government rights was accepted by Queen Anne, April 17, 1702. It was stipulated, among the\\nconditions of the transfer, that the crown disclaims all right to the province of New Jersey other than\\nthe government, and owns the soil and quit-rents, c., to belong to the said General Proprietors and the\\nGovernors are directed not to permit any other person or persons besides the said General Proprietors\\nto purchase any land whatsoever from the Indians within the limits of the grant. By an act of the\\nAssembly, published in November, 1703, after the arrival of Lord Cornbury, not only all the Indian\\npurchases which had not been made by the Proprietors before that time were declared null and void\\nunless grants for them were obtained within six months, but also all who should thereafter make\\npurchases of the Indians except Proprietors (and they only in the manner prescribed by the act), should\\nforfeit forty shillings per acre for every acre so purchased.\\nThe point matle in defense of this stringent prohibition was, Has not the crown of England a\\nright to those void or unhabited countries which are discovered by any of its subjects? Has not the\\ncrown of England a right to restrain its subjects from treating with any heathen nation whatsoever?\\nHas not the crown of England at least granted that right to the proprietors by the grants of New\\nJersey under the great seal of England?\\nAt this juncture the settlers of Newark, still intent upon the possession of the tract beyond the\\nFirst Mountain and unmindful of the claims of the proprietors, made purchase directly from the\\nIndians of the land westward or nurthwest of Newark within the compass of the Passaick River, and\\nso southward unto Miiuiisink Path, viz., all lands as yet unpurchased of the heathen. The deed was\\nexecuted by Loantique, Taphow, Manshum and divers other Indians. This document was lost by fire\\nin the house of Jonathan Pierson, in Newark, about the year 1744. It bore date March, 1701-2. This\\ndeed was confirmed through renewal by King Quiehtoe. King Tischewokamin, Shaphoe and Taupis, as\\nthe successors and heirs of the original grantors. It was executed March 14, 1744-5. The amount\\npaid for the tract of thirteen thousand five hundred acres was one hundred and thirty pounds New", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0043.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "26 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nYork currency, or about three hundred and twenty-five dollars. This tract included the section from\\nFullerton s Urook, below Swinefield liridye, to a point near Little Falls, and between Second Mountain\\nand Passaic River.\\nThe townspeople of Newark, to the number of one hundred and one individuals, assumed\\nthemselves to be joint proprietors of this tract Ij ing west of the First Mountain which the\\\\- caused to be\\ndivided in lots or shares. During the period to 1740, the section acijuired a \\\\er_\\\\- limited population.\\nFrom 1734 to 1750, the settlers were greatly harrassed bj the se\\\\eral proprietors, who demanded\\npayment for lands occupied. The first organized opposition to this demand began with the inhabitants\\nof the Mountain Society in 1734, as shown by the following /irci/w/A- copj- of an agreement entered into\\nby the planters to defend their rights:\\ncut \u00e2\u0096\u00a0eL-yna/ Lna_^: H^ue^^/^ /s~ y 2^\\nA av^rX floue^^v.^^ V^ Rn ^ar^^^-*^ 3H ^A. V_\\n^^t. Ju-^SriJeA^ g^TT^^cteriti t^tlt^a^ Z^^z\u00c2\u00ab a-^J^c/^^i^gf -^g-^\\nijiti^oJA, a\u00c2\u00a3^(i^ 4 ^JU.^ Bjv^ \u00e2\u0096\u00a0^iJ^tKe/^ i^PASLt-eyx^ ^eyjoay^/., Yi.^^, MZY /C\\n^t \u00c2\u00a7Q,euJi 9 u)rr.c^ err. gLatei -^Ji^\\nThe proprietors used reasonable persuasion to induce the settlers to purchase or lease their holdings,\\nbut a long controversy followed. Several riots occurred, the jail at Newark was raided upon se\\\\eral\\noccasions to release those who had been imprisoned for unlawful transactions in opposition to the\\nrights and claims of the proprietors. The jail was broken open on Januar)- i, 1746, when the rescuing\\nparty were led by Mr. Thomas Gould in person, who carried a flag. On November 13. 1749, the house", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0044.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\n27\\nof Abraham Phillips, of Horseneck, one of the parties who recognized the proprietors claims, was\\nbrokxn open, the owner turned out and a stock of oats burned. The people became very much excited\\nat this juncture and in March following, the acts of the rioters caused general alarm.\\nTile General Proprietors referred their claims to the courts and the long suit-at-law following\\nresulted disastrously to the settlers. Many lost their homes, while others were reduced to the extremcst\\nstraits in repurchasing the lands for which they had previously paid and which they had improved by\\nyears of tnil. There were thirty-live families, however, found in the northwest portion of Horseneck,\\nseveral of whom were bona fide purcliasers from other proprietors, whose transactions dated as far back\\nas 1716. Their titles were confirmed. The remaining families shared the persecutions and disasters of\\ntheir neighbors to the east and south whose titles were held to be void, and all were dispossessed.\\nThe First Grist Mill the Townc of Ncivark. Town Meeting, 3plt Mare/i, i6jo, the motion\\nof setting up the building of a Mill in our Town of Newark. The Town at length Made a full agree-\\nment with Mr. Robert Treat and Serg t Ricli d Harrison about the Building and Maintaining of a\\nSufficient Corn Mill, to be set upon the Little Brook called the Mill Brook, with suitable Necessary s\\nand Making the Dams and all oiher Provisions needfull for and belonging to the s^ Mill, and furnishing\\nthe same with a gooil Miller, and to keep it in good repair; to grind all the Town s Grists into Good\\nMeal, giving such due Attendance thereto as the Town being the one party and the owners of s Mill\\nthe other party shall from time to time and at all times Agree upon, for the Twelfth part of Indian\\nCorn and the Sixteenth of all other Grain. And for their Encouragement to sit upon the Work with\\nas Speed as they can, and upon their Effecting and Maintaining thereof, the s Town doth promise and\\nagree to and with the s Treat and Harrison that they shall have the sole privilege of the s Brook, not\\nprejudicing Common Highways, with all of the Town s Grists from time to time, all Stones capable of\\nMillstones in the Town s utmost limits and hounds, with ,ill the Timber that was prepared for it by Jos.\\nHorton, with two days work of every Man and Woman that holds an Allotment in the town, with all\\nthe Lands formerly Granted to Jos. Horton entailed to the Mill in all respects as their own Lands\\nduring the Time and Term of their ILuing and Upholding the s Mill, they being not to be Alienated\\nor disposetl from the Mill without the Consent of the Town; and also Thirty Pounds to be paid to the\\ns Crane and Harrison, their Heirs or Assigns, at or before the first of March next, in Good Wheat,\\nPork, Beef or one-fourth in Good Indian Corn, at such Prices as may be like to procure Iron, Millstones\\nor the Workmen s Wages, viz.: Winter Wheat at 5s. per bushel; Summer do. at 4s. jd.; Pork, 3d. per\\nlb Beef at 2d., and Indian Corn at 2s. 6d. per bush l and upon these Conditions the said Town, with\\ntheir two inhabitants aforesaid, have Mutually Bargained and agreed for the carrying on this Work.\\nThe first grist mill erected in Orange\\nwas that of John Dod, a miller by\\ntrade, which is shown by leases and\\ncontracts now in the hands of his des-\\ncendants to have been built previous to\\n1735. It was located upon the north\\nside of Seconil River at the point where\\nMidland Avenue now crosses it. It was\\nreached by a narrow road leading in\\nfrom the Doddtown Road (now Dodd\\nStreet) at a point a few feet east of\\nwhere Brighton Avenue now intersects\\nthat highway. It was owned and oper-\\nated at that time by John Dod and\\ncontinued to be used as a grist mill for\\nmore than a hundred years. For a\\nperiod of about twenty years, it was Hi.urftOnsiM. lUuUnTf U\u00c2\u00abdJ, Tiuiurnur", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0045.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "28 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nleased to certain parties as a woolen mill. About ten years before the death of David Dod, it came\\ninto the possession of Reuben W., his son, who again converted it into a grist mill, and it was run by\\nhim in connection with his store, in Orange, for about twenty-five years.\\nThe accompanying engraving represents the mill as it was in 1856. Some time later, the wing or\\nmiller s living department, was separated from the main building anil moved about 200 feet east in order\\nto accommodate the proposed Midland Avenue, which it would have completely obstructed. The\\nsupply of water from Second River which for more than a hundred years had furnished sufficient power\\nto run the mill, gradually diminished, and during the last few years of its existence, steam power was\\nintroduced and other improvements made. This ancient landmark, connecting the past with the\\npresent, remained intact until December 24, 188-, when it was destroyed by fire, and .soon after, during\\na severe autumn storm, the dam was broken down, the stream returned to its natural course and, with\\nthis exception, nothing remains to mark the spot where, more than a century and a half ago, the first\\nstamping mill and the first grist mill were erected and the stream first arrested in its course to supply\\nthe power to run them.\\nI wandered by the brookside,\\nI wandered by the mill\\nI could not hear the brook flow,\\nThe noisy wheel was still.\\nSaw Mills. The first houses built by the settlers of Newark were doubtless of hewn timber.\\nThe Newark Town Records of June 19, 1695, contain the following: Thomas Davis hath Libert) to\\nset up a Saw Mill to have the use of timbers in any common Lands, provided he shall let any of\\ntlie Inhabitants have Boards as cheap as others and before Strangers. This is supposed to have been\\nthe saw mill on Toney s Brook (the main tributary of Second River) on a site near the pond above the\\nrecent Wheeler s paper mill, in Montclair. In the survey made to Jacob Arents in 1718, near Rahwa)-\\nRiver (in South Orange), and the line dividing Newark and Elizabcthtown, reference is made in the\\ndescrijjtion of the boundaries to the 5i chains below saw mill.\\nSamuel Harrison s saw mill, on Wigwam Brook, was built about 1728. A man by the name of\\nSandford was the millwright. The mill stood on the present Washington, near Day Street, in Orange.\\nThe Dod saw mill, located a short distance north of Dodd Street, near Glenwood Avenue, is said\\nto have been in use for a century and a half. It was probably built soon after the copper mine was\\nopened. It was torn down in 1886.\\nOther mills were in existence here at a very early period, and as the wants of the colonists increased\\nthe facilities also increased. Many of the early houses were built of sawed boards and timber the red\\nsandstone or freestone, however, began to be quarried as early as 1721 and a number of houses were\\nerected of this material.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0046.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "CHAPTKl- Vll\\nORANGE IN THK WAR Ol 11 1 1 REVOLUTION.\\nIvEVIOUS to tlie Revolution. Orange was c]i\\\\idcd into several localities which were\\ntlcsignated bj- the names of the families who had settled in each. IJetween Hrick\\nChurch and Grove Street it was known as Pecktown the Orange Valley was known\\nas Freemantown in the vicinity of Washington Street ant! Valley Road it was\\nknown as Williamstown, and later as Tory Corners.\\nThe whole of East New Jersey suffered to a greater or less extent by the incur-\\nsions of Hritish troops and their Hessian hirelings. At two different periods of the\\nRevolution, Orange was exposed to the raids of the British, and on two separate\\noccasions Washington was encamped in the immediate vicinitj The first was on his\\nretreat through New Jersey in November, 1776. The American army had suffered a\\nseries of disasters beginning with the battle of Long Island, in August, followed by that of Kip s Kay,\\nin September, the forced evacuation of New York, the defeat at White Plains, in October, and lastly\\nthe defeat and capitulation of the troops at Fort Washington, on the i6th of November. From Fort\\nLee, on the opposite side of the Hudson, Washington, with General Greene and Tom Paine, witnessed\\nthe defeat of the little band of patriots but could afford no relief.\\nOn the Joth of November, four days after the capture of Fort Washington, Lord Cornwallis, with\\nan arm\\\\- of five thousand troops, crossed the Hudson from Uobb s Ferry on the cnsl side to Clostcr\\nLanding between Dobb s P crry and Fort Lee, to the zvfst bank of the Hudson and, with artillery,\\nclimbed a steep rocky road to the top of the Palisades unobserved by Greene. Washington was notified\\nearly in the morning by a courier from Tappan. Greene fied in haste from Fort Lee with two thousand\\nmen leaving behind cannon, tents, stores and camp equippage, barely escaping capture. Washington\\ncovered the retreat of the garrison so effectually that less than one hundred stragglers were made\\nprisoners.\\nLi a letter from Gen. Washington dated Hackensack. Nov. 19, 1776, he says: The unhappy affair\\nof the i6th has been succeeded by further misfortunes. Yesterday morning a large body of the enemy\\nlanded between Dobb s Ferry and Fort Lee. Their object was evidently to enclose the whole of our\\ntroops and stores that lay between the North and the Hackensack Rivers, which form aver)- narrow neck\\nof land.\\nWashington pressed forward with his little army until he reached the Passaic River. \\\\n a letter\\ndated Acquackanonck, 3ist November, 1776, he writes: After the unfortunate loss of Fort\\nWashington it was determined to evacuate Fort Lee in a great measure, as it was in a manner useless\\nin obstructing the passage of the North River without the assistance of Fort Washington.\\nFinding we were in the same danger of being put between Hackensack and Passaic Rivers that we had\\nbeen between the North and the Hackensack, and also finding tiie country, from the levelness and open-\\nness, unfit for making a stand, it was determined to draw the whole of our force over this side of the river,\\nwhere we can watch the operations of the enemy without danger of their surrounding us or making a\\nlodgement in our rear.\\nWashington continued his march to Newark where he arrived on the evening of the 22d of November.\\nFollowing slowly in pursuit came the British troops under the command of Cornwallis. Washington", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0047.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "30 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nencamped in wliat was then the village of Newark from the 22d until the morning of the 28th. In the\\nmeantime he had his lookouts at Eagle Rock and at other points on the mountain watching the\\napproaching enemy. On the morning of the 2Sth of November, the sixth day after his entry,\\nWashington departed from Newark on the retreat southward. Just as the American troops moved out,\\nthe advance guard of Cornwallis mo\\\\cd in from the north. Instead of pressing forward in pursuit, the\\nBritish troops remained at Newark until the morning of December ist, when they resumed their march\\nand came witliin firing distance of the rear guard of Washington as the guards crossed the Raritan\\nRiver at New Brunswick, destroying part of the bridge as they passed over. Cornwallis left in Newark\\na strong guard, which remained till after the battle of Trenton.\\nA division of the American army, as it receded from the approach of Cornwallis, is said to have\\npassed tlirough Orange. Turning down the road now known as Scotland Street, it was just out of\\nsight when a detachment of the enemy appeared. A British officer in command inquired of two\\nfarmers who were just entering the \\\\illage from over the mountain, if the American troops had passed\\nthat way. Being answered in the affirmative, he then inquired as to their numbers and was told that\\nthe woods in that direction were full of them. Fearing an ambuscade, he called a halt and encamped\\nfor the night in the old burying-ground.\\nIt was during these movements in the autumn and winter of 1776 that the people of this locality\\nwere constantly harrasesd by British soldiers and Hessian hirelings. The mountainous range that\\ndi\\\\ ides the township of Orange was the limit of the enemy s incursions in this direction. Behind it\\nlarge numbers of the exposed inhabitants took refuge with such property as they were able to remove.\\nA few of the inhabitants, however, remained at their homes trusting in the promises of British\\nprotection, but learned, when it was too late, that these jjromises afforded them no protection against\\nthe merciless Hessians.\\nDr. Hoyt, in his History of the First Church of Orange, says: The whole vicinit\\\\ was\\ntraversed b)- foraging parties and troops sent out for plunder. The Hessians were particulary dreaded\\nfor their merciless depredations and cruelties. A company of these mercenaries came in this direction\\nfrom Bloomfield. A few of the party riding in advance promised protection to such of the inhabitants\\nas .should remain in their homes. If the people fled, as many did, they afterwards returned to find their\\nhouses and farmyards thoroughly stripped. Nor were the plunderers overscrupulous to discriminate\\nbetween friends and foe.\\nMr. James Jones, of Bloomfield, hearing of the approach of the British arm\\\\-, loaded hastily his\\nwagon with such articles as were most valuable and was about .starting for the mountain with his faniih-\\nwhen the enemy came upon him. The captured family were taken to New York, where they remained\\ntill the end of the war. They afterward went to Nova Scotia.\\nCornelius, a brother of James Jones and father of C\\\\ rus Jones, was li\\\\ing near the Junction (now\\nEast Orange). His house was plundered and his hogs and cattle taken by the Hessians, the family\\nhaving temporarily left the premises. After their return a skirmish occurred a little east of their\\nresidence, on the hill b\\\\- Judge John Peck s, between several Highlanders and three Americans, whose\\nnames were John Wright, John Tichenor and Joshua Shaw. Wright and his party having muskets\\nwhile the others had only swords, ordered the latter to lay down their weapons. This was done, but as\\nthe men with the muskets came within reach, the swords were dexterously caught again and laid\\nupon them with bloody effect. The captors were now the vanquished and were left upon the ground\\nbadly wounded, while the Highlanders retreated to the army. It was then about noon. The .same\\nafternoon, a company of the enemy returned and entered the house of Mr. Jones in search of the\\ntliree rebels, whom Moses Jones, a nephew of Cornelius, had in the meantime taken upon a sled and\\nremoved to their homes in the neighborhood of Doddtown. Not finding the rebels at the house,\\nthey set a guard over Mrs. Jones while they took her husband to the barn to renew the .searcii. While\\nthey were thus engaged the nephew returned witli his team and sleil, which was covered with the blood\\nof the woundcil men. This led to the capture of the niLii, who w xre released on the following day.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0048.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 31\\nJonathan Sayrc, a mercliant of Newark, liaii at this time a quantity of whiskey in store on the\\ndock by the river. On learning; of the approacli of the British army, he had this iiastily renujved to an\\nempty barn behmj^iiig to Caleb Baitlwin on a lane leading north froin the ])resent Main Street, whicli\\nsoon afterward received the baptismal {internally not externally) name of Whiskey Lane. Tliis was a\\nsecluded spot and supposetl to be a safe hidinL^-place for spirits. It was carefully covered over by a\\nquantity of salt hay. but did not escajie the vigilance of the Hessians. A foraging party of these\\nmarauders encampetl for the niL;ht in this locality and some of them having entered the barn for a more\\ncomfortable night s rest, discovered that the hay, although considerably elevated, rested on a solid\\nfoundation, and a further investigation revealed the presence of spirits bencatU. After imbibing freely\\nthey became unconscious and saw in their dreams\\nSpirits above ami spirits below,\\n.Spirits of joy and spirits of woe.\\nThe owner of the whiskey never atteinpted to reclaim it and before the end of the war it had all\\ndisappeared.\\nMany incidents of thrilling interest were related from time to tiine by the surviving veterans of the\\nwar, but as no record was kept, tradition has furnished few particulars.\\nThe bloody struggle at Trenton (Dec. 26. 1776), followed by the equally severely contested one at\\nPrinceton fjan 3, 1777), and the determined conflict of Monmouth (June 28, 1778), and tliat of Spring-\\nfield (June 23, 1780), attest the horrors of war cnduretl on New Jersey soil, not to .say anything of tiie\\nfrequent minor skirmishes along the same line of territory intervening between the two contending\\narmies. liut even where bloodshed did not occur the feeling of insecurity was scarcely less than\\nwhere the battle roar was heard.\\nUnder an anicntled act of the Provincial Congress of New Jersey, passed August 16. 1775, all\\nofficers chosen were ordered to be commissioned by the Provincial Congress or the Committee\\nof Safety. Penalties and fines were then exacted for disobedience and refusal to bear arms or absence\\nat muster. Under this plan Essex County was to raise two regiments.\\nThese companies of militia, called Minute Men, were held in constant readiness on the shortest\\nnotice to march to any place where assistance might be required for the defense of this or any neighbor-\\ning colony. They were to continue in service four months and they had precedence of rank over the\\ncommon militia of the Province.\\nOn October 28, 1775, the Congress of New Jersey passed more stringent measures in relation to the\\nmilitia. Men capable of bearing arms who were requested to enroll by the first military ordinance were\\nnow directed to do so. They were directed, with all convenient speed to furnish themselves with a\\ngood musket or firelock and bayonet, sword or toinahawk, a steel ramrod, worm, priming wire and\\nbrush fitted thereto, a cartouch box to contain twenty-three rounds of cartridges, twelve flints and a\\nknapsack. They were also directed to keep at their places of abode one pound of powder and three\\npounds of bullets. Fines, if not paid, were ordered to be collected by warrants of distress, levied\\non the goods and chattels of the offender. In case of an alarm the Minute Men were directed to\\nrepair immediately to their captain s residence and he was to march his company instantly to oppose\\nthe enemj-. Companies of light horse were ordered to be raised among the militia.\\nThe drafts made upon the Newark militia from time to time took many from their farms in this\\npart of the town. An order dated Newark, August 29, 1777, and signed by Samuel Hayes, was\\naddressed to Captain Williams, or the officer cominanding in his absence, to detach his proportion of\\niTien to relieve those on duty there whose month was just expiring: also to meet with his subalterns at\\nthe house of Captain Pierson, to-morrow at three o clock P. M., to appoint ofificers for said detachment\\nthe saine to march into this town on Sunday, at three o clock P. M.\\nThere were some who disobeyed these orders through thoughtlessness or carele.ssness and others\\nmen who were opposed to the war\u00e2\u0080\u0094 upon w hom these orders were ineffectual. At a court-martial\\nheld at Newark Mountain, July 7, 1780, at the house of Samuel Munn for the trial of several persons,", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0049.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "32 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nsoldiers in Col. Philip V. Cortlandt s regiment, Essex County militia, belonging to Capt. Thomas\\nWilliams company, being charged for disobeying orders and not turning out as their proper tour of\\nduty the 2i)th day of June last, and on the alarm the 23d of June, and for desertion agreeably to an\\nact of the Governor, Council and General Assembly in that case made and provided, entitled an act\\nfor the more effectual defense of the State in case of invasion or incursion of the enemy. The\\ncourt having met according to order, found three persons guilty of the above charges and unani-\\nmously agreed to fine them in the following sums Jonathan Williams, ^^500; Charles Crane, 200\\nJoseph Tompkins, ;^3 15s. The presiding officer of the court-martial was Capt. Josiah Pierson. The\\nother members of the court were Capt. Thomas Williams, Isaac Gillam, Henry Jarolaman, Lieutenants\\nHenry Squier, John Edwards, Ensigns Remington Parcel, Thomas Baldwin, Ralph Post.\\nThe fines thus imposed on these delinquents appear to the reader of the present day excessive, but\\nthe old adage that figures will not lie has its exception in this statement.\\nBy the act of June 9, 1780, about a month before these penalties were imposed, the legislature had\\nestimated the currency of the State at the rate of one Spanish milled dollar in lieu of forty dollars of\\nthe bills now in circulation thus, the largest fine of ii^jOO amounted only to twelve and one-half\\nSpanish milled dollars. So depreciated was the currency as stated by the officers of the New Jersey\\nLine in a memorial addressed by them to the legislature, that four months pay of a soldier would not\\nprocure for his family a single bushel of wheat, and tlie pay of a colonel would not purchase oats for\\nhis horse.\\nIndividual records and traditions show that there were many enlisted men from this part of the\\ncounty, but no separate list has been kept of them. Many names connected with the old families are\\nfound in the rosters of the different companies. In the same families were found patriots and tories\\nmen who honestly differed in their opinions, and it required a greater amount of courage to be found\\non the side of the latter than on that of the former.\\nThe question has often been raised as to whether Washington ever encamped in this \\\\icinity.\\nThis has been recently settled beyond dispute by the exhaustive sketch entitled, Crancstown during\\nthe Revolutionary War, by Rev. Oliver Crane, D. D., L.L. 1)., which appeared in the History of\\nMontclair, Illustrated, compiled antl iniblished by the author of this work, as follows:\\nIn Gen. Washington s Revolutionary Orders, issued during the years 1778-1782, and edited by\\nHenry Whiting, Lt.-Col., U. S. A., New York, 1S44, 1846, occurs the following order, viz.:\\nHeadquarters, Totowav, October 23d, 17S0.\\nThe Corps of Light Infantry will remove (rom their present Encampment, and take post on the most convenient ground,\\nto the Cranetovvn Gap and the Notch, for the more effectual security of our Right. Gen. St. Clair will take care of the\\napproaches on the Left, Col. Mayland s Regiment will furnish the necessary Patrols and will take a new Position for that\\npurpose. The Officers of the Army are to be furnished with two rations per day until further Orders.\\nThis fixes the precise date of march from Totoway for the occupancy of what Gen. Lafayette calls\\nour Station at Crane stown, but Gen. Washington, Cranctown,Gap. The order, it will be noticed, is\\nsufficiently definite for marching, but docs not reveal the design of the movement and for the obvious\\nreason that it was not General Washington s intention to do so lest, by any unforeseen accident, the\\norder be conveyed to the enemy, and so the secret aim Gen. Lafayette s night attack on Staten Island\\nbe known and thwarted. I^ut it settles the point that tlie Post occupied was Cranetown Gap\\nor Crane stown Station, directly at the foot of Crane s Gap.\\nThe forced inactivity of the army for six long months, made all the more unendurable b) the recent\\ntreason of Arnold, whose report had perwaded the ranks prior to the return of the Commander-in-chief,\\nrendered both officers and soldiers exceedingly eager for a renewal of hostilities; especially was this\\ntrue of Gen. Lafayette, whose impetuous spirit could hardly brook delay, and he panted for an oppor-\\ntunity to avenge the treason which had seemed for the moment to stain the lionor of the noble cause\\nwhich he so ardently espoused. He therefore entreated Gen. Washington to be permitted to strike a\\nblow which, if successful, would be felt by the enemy.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0050.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Huii.oers of the Oranges. 33\\nIt was know 11 by scouts that Sir Ilciiiy Clinton liail at this time a large amount of military stores\\non Statcn Island, guarded mainly by Hessians. Lafaj-ctte projjoscd to secure these by a niglit attack,\\nand such was his im[)ortunity that the Commander-in-Chief yielded; and in order to be in nearer\\nproximity to aid, if needed, the endeavor, lie gave orders for the main divisions of the army to move\\nsouthward, Tiiis was done, and tiie station selected in which to await the result of the movement\\nunder Lafayette, was at Cranestown. The position was well chosen, commanding as it did the pass\\nacross the mountain, and at the junction of the roads both from Newark and Orange to that point.\\nWashington appropriated the largest house in the town, and one best located, the old Crane mansion,\\nthen owned by William Crane, himself at the time in the ranks. Washington took possession of the\\ntwo lower rooms on the west side of the main hall, while members of his staff occupied the other side\\nand all the second story rooms. Just back of the rear and smaller room was an old-fashioned lean-to\\nwhich had been, and was then, the kitchen. On the evening of his excellency s arrival, Merc_\\\\- Crane,\\nthen ill charge of the house, as she was ha\\\\ing her slaves prepare supper for her distinguished guest,\\ncame to the General and apologeticallj explained her deep regret that she had no tea to serve to lier\\nguests. Never mind, my good lady, replied his excellency, unperturbed, please have a crust toasted\\nand use it for tea. That is good enough tea for me. Her an.xieties thus allayed, she hastened to\\nfurnish the best that her house afforded for the supper of her worthy guests. After supper, another\\n(lifTiculty caused no slight solicitude in the mind of the patriotic hostess. Owing to the unusual demand\\nfor beds, none was left for Generals Washington and Lafaj-ette in the lower back room, which had\\nbeen chosen by tiicm, but which had been hitherto used as a dining-room. This deficiency was made\\nknown to his e.xcellency by the hostess with even deeper regret than the fact of her having no tea.\\n15ut there is plenty of straw in the barn, is there not? rejoined her courteous guest. Abundance,\\nwas the ([uick response. Iinmediatel) Washington had several bundles ordered and spread in a corner\\nof the room; and there on it, wrapped in their army blankets, that night slept two of the noblest\\nGenerals whose names are on the scroll of fame. Doubtless, better accommodations were devised for\\ntheir convenience while they remained in occupancy thereafter.\\nDuring the three weeks of Washington s remaining in headquarters at Cranestown, the troops were\\nencamped directly to the south of the old mansion, their tents standing thick all along the meadows,\\nthen wholly unobstructed, from Valley Road to what is now Mountain Avenue, and guarding the inter-\\nsection of the old Newark Road (now Church Street) with the road leading to Orange and thence to\\nElizabethtown and beyond. As Washington had brought his army there for a purpose, preparations\\nwere immediately set on foot to further the designs of the enthusiastic leader, Lafayette, in his plan of\\nattack on Staten Lsland. Hoats were ordered brought down the Passaic River to a point where the\\ncrossing of the Kill was to be effected, while others were hastily constructed on wagons to be conveyed\\noverland to the required place of embarkation. All things seemed at length in readiness for the\\nattempt which promised success. Lafayette, with his command, repaired to the designated spot with\\nall .secrecy on the e\\\\ ening of October 26th, not doubting but that the boats ordered would be there to\\nconvey his command over the narrow stream. All night long he and his splendidly equipped corps\\nwaited impatient!)- to hail tiie sight of the wishedfor boats, but they came not. From some unaccount-\\nable cause they were delayed, until the dawn warned the disappointed watchers that their so much\\ncoveted opportunity was past, and that they had nothing now to do but to return ti) their quarters.\\nBut, happily, just at this point we are supplied with very important data respecting the fact of the\\noccupancy of Cranestown by Washington at this juncture. Soon after Gen. Laf.iyette had fairly started\\non his return to headquarters, he dispatched a courier with a letter to the Commander-in-Chief, stating\\nthe unfortunate outcome of the attempt and this letter we find in The Memoirs of Lafayette, by\\nhis son, George Washington Lafayette, and published in English in New York, 1S37. The letter is\\ndated at Elizabethtown, October 27, 1780, and is found on pages 48 1 -2 of the first volume. It reads\\nas follows I have taken my position between Elizabethtown and Connecticut Farms. General\\nClinton has not the time of making any disposition against us. To-morrow, at nine or ten, I will march", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0051.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "34 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nto otir position of Crane stoivii, and the day after to-morrow to Totowa, unless I receive contrary orders.\\nNewark Mountain (Orange) was ratlier too far to marcli it tliis niyht, and too near for to-morrow;\\nbecause our men. being in want of blankets, will like better to join their tents again. If your Excellency\\napproves of this arrangement, I beg you will order our baggage to wait for us on our position of Crane s-\\ntoivn if you dislike the disposition, your orders may reach us on the road. This fi.xes exactly the\\ndate of the occupancy of Crancstown as temporary headquarters and also supplies the specific object,\\nwhile distinctly stating that the troops were there in tents.\\nShortly afterward General Washington withdrew his troops from Crancstown to their strongly\\nentrenched positions on the heights on the left bank of the Passaic, at Totowa. Fortunatch-, we have\\na very exact description of the location and appearance of each corps along the line of entrenchments\\nhere. The Marquis de Chastellux, a French officer under Count Kochambcau, was sent by the latter\\non a visit of observation at this very time througli New Jersey and thence on into irginia: and he h.is\\ngiven us a very clear statement of the disposition of the American forces at Totowa as he found them,\\nNovember 23, 1780. It may be remarked that Gen. Lafayette (or the Marquis, as he was then usually\\nstyled) had, on the th of August previous, taken command of the corps of light infantr}-, consisting of\\nsi.x battalions, composed each of six companies of men chosen from the different lines of the army.\\nThese battalions were divided into two brigades, one commanded by Gen. Hand, the other by Gen.\\nPoor. As the command of the Marquis was the pick of the army, it had assigned to it in position the\\npost of honor as the vanguard. 15oth officers and soldiers were better clothed than the rest of the\\narmy, and made a handsomer appearance on parade. Each soldier, says the Marquis de Chastellux,\\nwore a helmet made of hard leather, with a crest of horse hair. The officers were armed with\\nespontoons, or rather half pikes, antl the subalterns with fusils (muskets); but both were provided with\\nshort and light sabres brought from France and made a present of to them b\\\\- M. de la Fayette. This\\ncorps was posted, says the Marquis de Chastellux, in an excellent position. It occupied two heights\\nseparated by a small bottom, but with an easy communication between tlicni. The river Totohaw, or\\nSecond River (Passaic), projects its right and it is here that it makes a considerable elbow, and turning\\ntowards the south, falls into the bay of Newark. The principal front and all the left flank to a great\\ndistance are covered by a rivulet (Saddle Creek) which comes from Paramus, and falls into the same\\nriver. Two miles beyond this position of the vanguard, keeping the river on the left, lay the main\\narmy, under the respective commands of Generals Wayne, Huntington, Glover, Knox (Commander of\\nArtillery), and others. The army, continues Marquis de Chastellux, was encamped on two heights\\nand in one line, in an extended but very good position, having a wood in the rear and in front the river,\\nwhich is very difficult of passage everywhere except at Totohaw bridge. But the situation would be\\nquite in favor of an army defending the left bank, the heights on that side everywhere commanding\\nthose of the right. Two miles beyond the bridge is a meeting-house of a hexagonal form, which is\\ngiven to their places of worship by the Dutch Presbyterians, who are very numerous in the Jerseys.\\nNot far from where the army lay, the same accurate observer tells us, was the great cataract called\\nTotohaw (Passaic) Fall. which interested him much in i ,issing. At length, after passing thick woods\\non the right, I found myself in a small plain where I saw a handsome farm a small camp which seemed to\\ncover it, a large tent extending to the court, and several waggons arountl it, convinced me that this was\\nhis Excellency s quarter; for it is thus that Mr. Washington is called in the army and throughout\\nAmerica.\\nSuch, as far as we have been able, b\\\\ throwing side-lights upt)n the screen to bring out more clearly\\nthe picture, were the circumstances attending Gen. Washington s temporar\\\\- occupancy of Crancstown\\nwith his army; and such the position of the several lines at Totowa, on his return thither in con.se-\\nqucnce of the abortive scheme of Gen. Lafayette to attack Staten Island. For five long years had\\nNew Jersey been the scene of varying warfare, and for a full year no important aggressive movement\\niiad been made by the army, while signs of depression were becoming more and more evident in the\\nminds of the patriots and not a few even began to doubt the outcome of the already long-continued", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0052.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "Tiiic Founders and Him dkrs ok the Oranges.\\n35\\nstruggle. The troojis at this time were, ami had for mmuhs been, poorly clad and scantily fed. The\\nterm of service of not a few was e.\\\\[)irinLj. and the) were an.\\\\ioiis to return to their (in some instances,\\ndevastated) homes Congress was well-nigh powerless to aid by reason of the refusal of several of the\\nStates to recognize Congressional authority; the credit of the country was at discount, and money\\nobtainable only on individual and responsible guarantees treason had already shown itself, and might\\nbecome unearthed elsewhere at any time all these an.xieties were pressing ujjon the mind of the\\nCommander-in-chief at once, and _\\\\et not a tjuiver of discouragement was apparent either in his\\ncountenance or his acts, but he proceeded to lay plans with the same imperturbability that had .always\\ncharacterized him. Just five days after the Marquis de Chastellu.v had left the entrenched army at\\nTotowa (November 28, 17S0), Gen. Washington assigned to the difTerent divisions of the army (then\\nreduced to only a little over lo.OOO troops) their winter quarters, his own being established at New\\nWindsor, Ct. The New Jersey line was to quarter at Pompton, N. J., the Pennsylvania line at Morristown,\\nthe Maryland regiment of horse at Lancaster, Pa., and Sheldon s horse at Colchester, Ct.; one New York\\nregiment at Fort Schuyler, one at Saratoga, and the remainder of the line at Albany, Schenectady and\\nother ex-posed points. But a brighter dawn than any in the past was drawing nigh. As already stated,\\nin less than a year from that very time (on October 17, 1781), came the surrender of Lord Cornwallis\\nand the recognition of .\\\\nurican independence by European nations.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0053.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER VIII.\\nERECTION OF ORANGE AS A SEPARATE TOWNSHIR\\nITS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE FOUNDERS AND THEIR\\nDESCENDANTS.\\nXTIL 1782, the only name by which the settlements aloni^ the mountain and extending\\ntoward the Newark settlement was known was that of the Mountain Society. There\\nwere several small hamlets embraced within the territory of wliat is now the Oranges\\nwhich were designated by the names of the principal families living in these localities,\\nas Ereemantown, Williamstown, Pecktown, etc.\\nAs the population increased the importance of ha\\\\-ing a name to designate the\\nparish was a subject of frequent discussion. Public meetings were held and several\\nnames were proposed. At one of these meetings Mr. John Munn jokingly suggested\\nthe name of Orange-field. Several names with the word field as a prefix had been\\nsuggested. The name of Orange struck a popular chord and it was then suggested that\\nas the locality was both mountain and valley, that the word Dale would be more appropriate, and by\\npopular consent this became the name. The first public application of the name to this locality was\\nmade by Rev. Jedediah Chapman at a meeting of the Presbytery, in 1782, when Orange Dale was\\nnamed as the place of tlie next meeting. The first reference to the name in connection with this locality\\nappeared in the Town Records of Newark, in 1790. when John Ogden (O. Mountain 1. was appointed\\nto the ofifice of road overseer.\\nThe iniiabitants soon foiuul that it was only necessar)- to give the locality a name in order to start\\na business boom, and they no doubt believed, with Col. Sellers, that there was millions in it. The\\nfollowing advertisement appeared in Wood s Newark Gazette and Nnv Jersey Advertiser, of June 10, 1795:\\nr\\nTO BE SOLD\\nBy way of pul)lic vendue, on -Saturday, liie 25th of July, twenty-three building lots, pleasantly situated in Orange Dale, on\\nthe main road, opposite the meeting-house and adjoining the academy. Four of said k)ts have a never-failing stream of water\\nrunning through them, which renders them convenient for tanning business. On one of said lots there is a well of excellent water\\nand likew ise a number of good fruit trees dispersed through the different lots, all of which are fronting on a road which renders\\nthem convenient for both mercantile and mechanical busmess. They are situated in a vi-r\\\\ nourishing part of the country, and\\nwould be very convenient for any person or persons who may wish to take in boarders. MATTHEW CONDIT.\\nJOSEPH CONE.\\nTlic name of Orange was first applied to the place the year following and the Dale was\\ndropped. This was in an advertisement which appeared in the same paper:\\nOpened on Tuesday, the 17th, inst., under the immediate instruction of .Mr. Wyckoff, who has taught the English and\\nlearned languages, the arts and sciences in this place with approbation and success for a number of years. Those who choose\\nto send their children to this institution may be assured that great care and .altention will be paid both 10 their education and\\nmorals under the attendance, direction and Influence of a board of trustees annually chosen by the parish for that purpose.\\nOrange, May 24, 1796. JF.ni .ni.Ml CH.M M.AN. Prfsideiit.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0054.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "TlIK FoUNIiK.US AND lil I I.DKRS ()V Tlir. OUANOKS. 37\\nOrange became a separate township under an act of the State legislature\\nPassed the 27lh day of November, 1806.\\nI. I5e it enacted, the Council and General Assembly 0/ tin s Sl ile, anil 1/ is herchy enacted by the authority of the\\nsame, that nil that part of the township of Newark, in the County of Essex, lying and being within the following boundaries,\\nto wit lieginning at a spring called the lioiling Spring, on the land of Stephen I). Day; running thence in a straight line\\nsouthwardly to the bridge in the highway, near Daviil I eck s; thence running southwardly in a straight line to a bridge in the\\nhighway, near Sayres Roberts in Campton thence southwardly in a straight line to Elizabeth township to the line of\\nSpringfield township thence along the same to the line of Caldwell township thence along the line of said township to a\\npoint on the first mountain called Stephen Crane s Notch thence southwardly to Turkey Eagle Rock thence caslwardly to a\\nbridge on the highway, near I hineas Crane s thence eastwardly to a bridge on the highway, between the house of Silas Dod\\nand Nathaniel Dod; thence in a straight line to the I5oiling Spring, the place of lieginning\u00e2\u0080\u0094 shall be and the same is hereby set\\noff friiin thf township of Newark and the same is hereby established a separate township, to be called the Township of Orange.\\nThe territory embracing the four Oranges into which they were sub^Liiucntly diviilcd by acts of\\nthe State legislature, are bounded as follows: Northeast by Bloomfield and Montclair townships,\\nsoutheast by the city of Newark, south by Clinton township and Union Counl\\\\-, southwest by Milburn\\ntownship, tiorthwcst b\\\\- Livingston and north by Caldwell towiiship. The old form of township\\ngovernment continued for a little over half a century, and during this period the population increased\\nfrom lumdrcds tn thousands, and from a small agricultural and manufacturing village to a prosperous\\nand thriving townshi[i.\\nIn the clearing up and settlement of this part of Newark, subsequently known as Orange township,\\nit was found that the timber could be utilized for other purposes than that of fire-wood, and naturally\\nthe inhabitants, many of whom were skilled as coopers and carpenters, turned their attention to the\\nmanufacture of staves and heading from the large quantity of oak and ash timber with which the\\npresent site of the city of Orange abounded. It became a source of profitable revenue for the pioneers\\nwho had payments to make on their land purchases. An extensive trade in this line was carried on\\nbetween Newark and the West India Islands through the owners of vessels who did the carrying trade.\\nThe staves and headings split from the oak and ash and were sold to west India traders, manufactuicd\\ninto sugar and molasses bogheads and carried to all parts of the then civilized world. This industiy\\nwas carried on until the introduction of saw mills, about 1720, when it was found that the timber could\\nbe more profitably used in the construction f frame buildings, which rapidly succeeded the old log\\nhouses and barns.\\nCultivating Atple Trees and the Manufacture ov Cider. The soil of East New Jersey\\nseems peculiarly adapted to the growth of the apple. Soon after the first colony located here, apple seeds\\nbrought from Connecticut were planted in this their virgin soil. Reference to the planting of these\\ntrees is made in the Town Records as early as 1C78, and four years later Governor Carteret, in writing\\nto the proprietors in England, said: At Newark is made great quantities of cyder exceeding any that we\\nhave from Ne-M England, Rhode Island or Long Island. The careful cultivation of this fruit improved\\nthe quality and in time almost every farmer in the county had his apple orchard. The famous Halilwin,\\nHarrison and Canfield apples which attained a world-wide reputation, originated among the families of\\nthat name in this locality, and no doubt Ebenezer Canfield, who had the best farm at the mountain,\\nintroduced the apple bearing his name. After the close of the Revolution, cider mills and distilleries\\nwere established all over the county, and Orange, then a part of Newark, became famous for the rich\\nquality of its cider made from the Canfield and Harrison apples, and thousands of barrels were annually\\nshipped to the South and other parts of the country, and were even exported to Europe. Applejack\\nbecame the favorite beverage of the tipplers, and distilleries multiplied, while intemperance increased.\\nThe government tax on spirits and the increased consumption of blue grass from Kentucky put an\\nend to this industiy.\\nLong before the invention of machinery for the purpose, Orange had become a great manufacturing", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0055.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "38 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\ncentre for boots and shoes made from the leather manufactured at the several tanneries in Orange and\\nvicinity. As early as 1697-8 the Town Records of Newark show that land was given to Azariah Crane\\nout of the common, and enjoy it so long as he doth follow the trade of tanning. Soon after the\\nclose of the Revolution, Benjamin Williams, who had been carrying on a cider mill and distillery, started\\na tannery or shoe shop and currying shop. Samuel and Amos, sons of Benjamin, did a thriving business\\nin this line for many years. They also ground the bark and shipped it to England. Others also did a\\nprofitable business in this line.\\nThe tanning business led naturally to the manufacturing of shoes, ami many of the farmers found it\\nprofitable to devote a portion of their time to the manufacture of shoes. Ihese were carried to New\\nYork in wagons and sold to wholesale dealers who packed them in hogsheads and shipped them to other\\nmarkets. An extensive trade was done during the war of 1S12 in the manufacture of arm_\\\\- shoes. The\\nindustry increased in extent, gradual!}- improving in style and quality, and men s and women s shoes of\\nthe finest grade and qualit)- were shipped to the eastern, western and southern markets. The largest\\ntrade was carried on directly with the Southern States. The panic of 57, the stoppage of trade with\\nthe South and the large indebtedness of Southern merchants at the breaking out of the war, crippled\\nthe manufacturers to such an extent that many of them were obliged to go out of business. The\\nmanufacture of army shoes caused a temporary revival of trade, but Eastern competitors soon drew the\\ntrade in that direction.\\nWhen Orange became a separate township, in 1806, there was but the one church First Presbyterian\\nand not more than two or three stores. Stephen D. Day was the pioneer merchant, he having started\\nin business six years before Orange separated from Newark. During the first quarter of a century the\\npopulation increased to nearly four thousand. Through the discovery of the mineral springs, in 1820,\\nit had already become known as a health resort and there was a material increase in the summer\\npopulation.\\nGordon s Gazeteer, published in 1830-33, says: Orange Township, bounded northwest by Cald-\\nwell, northeast by Bloomfield, east and southeast by Newark, south b}- Union, southwest b}- Springfield,\\nand west by Livingston; centrally distant northwest from Newark four and one-half miles; greatest\\nlength north and south, seven miles; breadth east and west, five miles; surface on the west, hilly, etc.\\nOrange the first town. South Orange, Camptown, Middleville and Jefferson Village are towns\\nof the township. It is drained northeast by Second River and southwest b\\\\- branches of the Rahway.\\nPopulation in 1830,3,887. Iti 1832, there were in the township 625 ta.xables, 172 householders whose\\nrateables did not exceed $30 in value, 76 single men, 15 merchants, 3 grist mills, 2 saw mills, 40 tan vats,\\n362 horses and mules, and 1,099 neat cattle above the age of three years; and it paid State ta.x,\\n$298.19: county, $780.20; poor, $600; road, $1,050.\\nOrange is a straggling village of the preceding township and a post-town, extending about three\\nmiles along the turnpike road from Newark to Dover and distant about three miles northwest from the\\nformer. Contains one Episcopal, one Methodist and two Presbyterian churches, two taverns, 10 stores,\\ntwo saw mills and a bark mill, from 200 to 230 dwellings, many of them very neat and commodious.\\nMr. F. W. Baldwin, in the Orange Chronicle, December 19, 1891, sa)-s The population in 1840\\nand for man }-ears later was almost entirely native. Ireland had scarcely begun to send her ship-loads\\nof laborers to our shores, antl it was an uncommon thing to meet either a foreigner or a colored man.\\nSuch a thing as a beer saloon was unknown and all the tippling was done at the old tavern, then\\nkept 1)) Isaac M. Smith in the same building now known as the Central Hotel, or in the Park House,\\nkept by Barnabas Day. Shoemaking was the onl\\\\- manufacturing industr\\\\- of any consequence then\\npursued and the custom was for a man to have his shop alongsiile his house.\\nIt was the custom at that time for nearl_\\\\- all the shoe manufactures to keep stores, and instead of\\npaying money to their workmen they issuetl books in which the work done was credited a)id the goods\\nfrom the store were charged.\\nMain Street was at that time a sleepy village thoroughfare; its roadbed soft and santly in dry", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0056.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Biih.dkks ok iiik Oranges. 39\\nwiatliLi ami nuuldy up lo tlic \\\\va_L, i)n hubs in spiin;, and fall. The street was edged with a row of tall\\nsycamores that in summer cast a grateful shade and shielded the occasional passer-by from the scorching\\nra\\\\-s of the midday sun.\\nThere were only two hotels in the village aiul the only independent stores were those of S. D. Day\\niS: Hailey, which stood on the present site of Music Hall and which was the original of the present firm\\nof Hailey, Everett Co.; John M. IJndsley, the predecessor of N. G. Lindslcy and later of John N.\\nLindsley, and William Condit, at the corner of Main and Centre Streets. They all kept general country\\nstores.\\nThere were no special stores of any kind, the first drug store being that of Cyrus D. Minor,\\nlocated on Main Street, about 1850. Such a thing as a newspaper was almost unknown. Here and\\nthere a more progressive citizen than the average subscribed for the Seiitiiul or the Eag/c, published in\\nNewark, and when a manufacturer had occasion to go to New York, which was a day s undertaking, he\\nwould bring with him a copy of the Herald.\\nStreet paving or sidewalk flagging had not been thought of, the first man to introduce this\\nimprovement being Moses H. Can field, who carried on a large shoe manufacturing business where\\nLibrary Hall now stands, and who flagged to the full width the sidewalk fronting his shop.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0057.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "(HAPTKR IX.\\nTHE FOUNDERS OF THE ORANGES AND THEHi DESCENDANTS.\\nHE Founders of the OrAiNGES embraced not only the original settlers many of wlKmi\\nleft no descendants but a large class who came at a later period and engaged in farming\\no\u00c2\u00bb in the various industries that sprang up soon after the close of the Revolution. Tlie\\nlist of Founders includes those who settled in Orange previous to its erection as a\\nseparate township in iSoO.\\nOld wills, deeds and other records show that many of the early settlers could neither\\nread nor write, and their mark affixed to these documents established their legality\\nbe\\\\-ontl question. These men left their mark on the community, and their character for\\nhonesty, uprightness and devotion to principle is incffaceably stamped on the pages of\\nhistory. These men brought into the wilderness with them the energy of the Anglo-\\nSaxon and the \\\\-igorous yet rigorous and stable religious principles of the Puritan. Entering this then\\nforest with bold hearts, they placed the rude cabin by the side of the wigwam and made the forest\\nvocal at once with praise to God and with the sounds of civilized industry. Allotments of land by\\nand on the mountain, to .settlers, at a very early period were made, but at what time they actually took\\npossession and erected their dwellings is not known. The two oldest houses still .standing in the\\nOranges are the stone house in South Orange and the Samuel Harrison place in Orange, near Tory\\nCorners, in Washington Street. The former was erected before 1680.\\nAugust 19, 1675, Robert Symon, by warrant, had forty acres, part of his third division on the\\nmountain, bounded northwest by the mountain, northeast by lands of John Baldwin, Sr., .southeast by\\nCapt. Samuel Swaine and southwest by Richard Harrison.\\nAugust 28, 1675, Samuel Swaine had forty acres at the foot of the mountain, bounded on the north\\nby John Baldwin, Sr., on the west by Robert Symon and Richard Harrison, on the east by Richard\\nHarrison and on the south by the common.\\nSeptember 10, 1675, John Bald\\\\\\\\in,Sr had for his third division, forty acres near the mountain and\\nbounded north by Capt. Samuel Swaine and John Catlin, on the east by Richard Harrison, on the south\\nby John Ward known as John Ward, Turner on the west by the top of the mountain.\\nJohn Catlin had sixty acres extending to the top of the mountain.\\nRichard Harrison had fifty acres on the north side of Widow Freeman s lot. also fifteen acres\\nupon the branch of tlie Railway River, bounded on the west by John Catlin and John Baldwin, Sr.,\\non the east by a small brook running from the mountain, and on the north and south b\\\\- the common.\\nIn June 9, 1679, Thomas Johnson s tract lay at the foot of the mountain, measuring thirteen by\\nfifty chains and bounded on the nortii by lands of John Ward, Sr.. on the south by lands of John\\nWard, Sr., on the cast by the plain and on the west by the top of the hill. Said tract to remain for\\nfifty acres, allowance being made for bad land.\\nJohn Ward, Sr., had fifty acres bounded on the north b\\\\ Thomas Johnson, on the east by the plain,\\non the south by John Catlin and on the west by the hill.\\nAnthony Oleff had fifty acres bounded on the south by Samuel Harrison, on the west by tlie\\nmountain, on the nortli and east bv unsurveved lands. He married the wiilow of George Day and died", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0058.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 41\\nwithout issue, March 16, 1723, aged eighty-seven years. The Oleff farm was purchased by Peleg Shores\\nwho conveyed the eastern and southern portions of it (one equal half) to Jonathan Lindsiey. He sold\\nit to David Williams who, in 1730, purchased the other half of the farm.\\nOn June 13, 1679, fifty-nine acres of upland were surveyed to Joseph Harrison. It was bounded\\non the north by lands of Benjamin Harrison and on the northeast by Perroth s Brook.\\nApril 27, 1694, a warrant was issued to John Gardner in right of Abraham Pierson, for a tract at\\nthe foot of the mountain, bounded on the northeast by lands of Azariah Crane and on the southwest by\\nlands of Jasper Crane.\\nDaniel Riggs. fourth son of Joseph, one of the original settlers of what is now South Orange, was\\nappointed to settle the estate of his father after the latter s death, and the list of names which appear\\nin his account book in 1744, show the residents of the first and second generation living at that time.\\nAmong these arc Aaron and Timothy Ball, Job Brown, Daniel Baldwin, Ichabod Burnet, Samuel\\nCrowell, Nathaniel Campbell, Thomas Cushman, Samuel and Isaac Condit, Thomas Day, Thomas Dean,\\nEbenezer Farcn. Samuel Freeman, Ebenezer ami Gilbert lledtlen, Joseph Jones, Jeremiah Johnson,\\nSam l Lamson, Benjamin, Ebenezer and Josiah Lindsiey, Xatlianiel, Samuel and Swain Ogden, Timothy\\nOsborn, Joseph Pierson, Hugh Robords, Elisha Stainsborough, William Smith, Daniel Taylor, Benony\\nTomas, James Tompkins, Leonard Ward.\\nThe farm of Daniel Riggs extended from Railway River to the westerly side of the mountain.\\nThe dwelling house stood upon the site now occupied by the rectory of the Church of the H(jly\\nCommunion, in South Orange.\\nEdward Ball was the founder of this family in Essex County. He came with the Branford settlers.\\nHe was High Sheriff of Essex in 1693. He owned land at the mountain adjoining that of Azariah\\nCrane, at Cranetown.\\nTimothy Ball, son of Thomas and grandson of Edward Ball, settled in South Orange. The\\nhomestead of Timothy, on the Ridgewood Road, is still standing and in a good state of repair.\\nInscribed on a stone in the chimney are the letters, T. E. B., 1743, showing that the house was built\\nthat year. An addition was probably built in 1772, as shown by the figures in another chimney. He\\nmarried Esther Bruen, probably a granddaughter of Obadiah Bruen.\\nJohn Brown, one of the Milford settlers of Newark, in 1666, was the founder of this family in\\nSouth Orange. He had a Patent for forty acres beyond Elizabeth River, which he bequeathed to his\\nsons Joseph and Thomas. The Newark Records, under date of 16S6, contain the following Item.\\nJoseph Brown and Thomas Brown have Liberty granted to exchange their Father s Third Division of\\nLand lying beyond Elizabeth River, and to take up the quantity thereof on this side of Raway River\\nbelow the mouth of the Stone House Brook. They also had liberty to take up sixty acres of land\\nbetween them.\\nThe survey for Joseph Brown was made by the town surveyor in 1686, which describes a piece of\\nupland granted by the Town vote, 30 acres on the mountain side down to Rahway River, bounded by\\nthe River east, John Treat south, top of the Hill west and Thomas Brown north. Added to this was\\nthe following memorandum Note.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This land hath a House on it, built by Joseph Brown and Thomas\\nBrown, either of them having an equal share of it. This was probably the second house built in South\\nOrange, the Stone House by Stone House Brook being the first.\\nThe land given to Joseph Brown, it is said, has remained in the possession of his family and\\ndescendants and is a part of the property owned by Abijah F. Tillou, who married a daughter of\\nSamuel Brown, a descendant of Joseph.\\nMichael Tompkins, who was of Milford 1639, was one of the original Newark settlers. Michael\\nTompkins, Jr., owned land within the present boundaries of South Orange. He had fifty-four acres\\nadjacent to the lands he purchased of Mr. Treat which, from the description, evidently refers to a survey\\nmade for John Treat, April 27, 1694, for a a tract of upland by Rahway River on the east side,\\nbeginning at the Stone House Brook, thence down the river twenty-six chains, c.\\ny", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0059.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "42 The Founders and Builders of the OrangeS.\\nIn 175 I, Samuel Tompkins conveyed to Jonathan Tompkins, for five sliillintjs, one hundred acres,\\nbounded west by the Rahway River, north by Stone House Brook, east by a highway (referring probably\\nto the present Prospect Street).\\nA survey of land at the mountain dated April 27, 1694, for Martin Tichenor, bounded east by the\\nriver, west by the mountain, north John Brown, south Thomas Brow n. He was one of the original\\nsettlers of Newark.\\nHenry Squier, in 1774, lived in the stone house on what is now known as the Redmond estate.\\nJohn Walls, mentioned as the carpenter, had several tracts of land in South Orange as early\\nas 1721.\\nIn July, 1713, Allen Wilkinson conveyed to Robert Campbell nine and one-half acres on the east\\nside of Rahway River.\\nThomas Lutldington was an early settler in South Orange, and Luddington s Brook is mentioned\\nin a deed dated December 12, 1728, by Josiah Ogden and wife to Samuel Freeman, Jr.\\nSamuel Crowell s land is mentioned in a road record in 1728.\\nTHE BALDWIN FAHILY.\\nThe name Baldwin is said to be derived fiom the words Bald, quick or speedy, and win, an old\\nword signifying victor or conqueror the true signification being the speedy conqueror or victor.\\nThe Baldwins, Earls of Flanders, were contemporary with Alfred the Great, whose son Baldwin (2d)\\nmarried the daughter of Robert of France, who.se daughter Matilda married William the Conqueror.\\nBaldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury, with a train of 200 horses and 300 foot, his banner inscribed with\\nthe name of Thomas O Becket, went on a crusade with RICHARD C(JiUR DE LlON, in 1120.\\nMost of the Baldwins of the Oranges trace their ancestry, through Benjamin, to Joseph Baldwin,\\none of the first settlers in Milford, Conn., in 1639. This Joseph was probably the brother of Timothy\\nand Nathaniel, sons of Richanl Baldwin, of Cholesburj Count}- Bucks, England, whose will was proved\\nin 1633. Joseph r(.-mo\\\\ cd to Hadley, Mass. His wife, Hannah, joined the church June 23, 1644, and\\nhis four children were then baptized. These were: Joseph, born 1640, Benjamin, born 1642, Hannah,\\nborn 1644, Mary, born 1645, Elizabeth, born 1646, Martha, born 1647, Jonathan, born 1649. Joseph (i)\\ngave his property in Milford to his sons Benjamin. Jonathan and Joseph.\\nSECOND QENERATION.\\nHknJAMIN Baldwin (i), second child of Joseph and Hannah Baldwin, was baptized in\\nIhulie) Mass., June 23, 1644, and was taken thence b\\\\- his parents to Milfortl. He marrieil Hannah,\\ntiaughter of Jonathan Sargent, one of the Branford signers of the Fundamental Agreement, at\\nNewark, in 1666. Benjamin Baldwin s name does not appear on the list but he evidently came with the\\nother settlers, as his name is on the Sure List of Every Man s estate, in 1667. His Home Lott in\\nNewark was bounded east by Washington Street, west by High Street, and extended abo\\\\e the present\\nline of New Street to the canal. The Town Records of Newark, September, 1668, contains the follow-\\ning Item. the town hath granted to Seth Tompkins, Liberty to lay downe his Own Home Lott and\\ntake up that which was formerly Granted to Benjamin Baldwin. Whether Benjamin (1) removed to\\nSouth Orange is not definitely known, but at a Town Meeting held March 19, 1673-4, il^ is. also agreed\\nthat Weavers Thomas Pierson and Benjamin Baldwin shall be considered by the Surveyors to make\\ntheir out lotts on the Hill shorter.\\nAt a Town Meeting, January 24, 1686-7, it is agreed that Benjamin Baldwin s or Stephen Davis s\\nhalf Bushel shall be the standard which .shall be thought most suitable, and all Measures shall be sealed\\nwith an N and all Weights shall be tried by brass Weights if they can be had.\\nTown Meeting, January 1st, 1693-4. Item. Benjamin Baldwin is chosen Constable and he hath\\nchosen Jonathan Baldwin, his son, for his Deputy.\\nThe children of Benjamin and Hannah (Sergeant) Baldwin were Benjamin (2), Jonathan, Sarah, Joseph.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0060.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "The Founders and JUulders of the Oranges. 43\\nthiro qeneration.\\nBenjamin Baldwin (2), eldest child of Benjamin (i) and Hannah (Sergeant) Baldwin, was born in\\nNewark (probably in that part now known as South Orant, c) about 1690. His children were David,\\nborn 1715, Anroii, born about 1717, Sarah, born 1720, Bciijauiin (3), born 1730.\\nFOURTH GENERATION.\\nLine of Aaron ,1), son of Benjannin (2).\\nAarox Baldwin, second child of Benjamin (2), was born in South Orange, about 1717. He\\nowned and died in the stone house (still standing, 1896) situated on the northwest corner of South\\nOrange Avenue and Muiin Avenue, in South Orange. He was a member in communion of the\\nMountain Society prior to 1756. By his will, dated September 7, 1797, he devised to his son Elias,\\nforty acres of my land on the westerly end by Klizabeth River. To son Aaron, my house\\nand all my land which I have not given to Elias, etc. Aaron (2), however, died intestate before his\\nfather, in LS05, and the father, Aaron Sr., made a codicil to his will in which he devises to grandsons\\nNehemiah, Joel and Cyrus, and further provides that their mother the widow of his son Aaron should\\nbe entitled to the same right of dower in the estate as she would have been had the propcrtj been\\nvested in her husband and had he died intestate. The children of Aaron, Sr., were Zenas, born 1748;\\nAaron (2j, baptized February 5, 1758; Elias A.; Elizabeth, married Richard Harrison; Eunice; Sarah,\\nborn 1766, married Aaron Munn; Susannah; Tabitha, born 1752, married Aaron Crane Hannah, born\\n1762. married Deacon Joseph I ierson Phebe.\\nKIRTH OENERATION.\\nAaron Baldwin (2), second child of Aaron (i), was born in South Orange and baptized at the\\nchurch in Orange, February 5, 1758; he died in 1S05 at the home of his son Nehemiah. He served as\\na private in the War of the Revolution as a member of Capt. Squiers company. Second Regiment,\\nEssex also Capt. Craig s company. State troops. He married. May 5, 1 780, Sarah Baldwin, of Newark,\\nborn July 7, 1762, daughter of Joel Baldwin. Their children were Mary, born 1780, married Moses\\nMunn; Nflicviialt, born November 4, 1783; Samuel, born 1786; Cyrus (i), born 1788, died 1793; Joel,\\nborn 1790; Ira Cjrus (2), born 1795, Phebe, born 1797; Lucetta, born 1799; Sarah and Matilda L., twins,\\nburn June 23, 1S02. Hoth Aaron and his father died at the house of Nehemiah. in South Orange.\\nSI CTH GENERATION.\\nNehemiah Baldwin, second child of Aaron and Sarah Baldwin, was born at the homestead\\nin South Orange, November 4, 1783. The fact that his father and grandfather died at his house shows\\nthat he supported both of them in their old age. He married Rhoila Terrill, daughter of Amos Terrill,\\nof South Orange. They had issue Eliza, Aaron Ludlow, Aaron \\\\Wg^?,\\\\ Samuel A., born April 7, 1808,\\nAmarantha, Phebe Louisa, Mary Elizabeth, George W.\\nSEVENTH GENEKATION.\\nSamui:l a. Baldwin, fourth child of Nehemiah and Rhoda (Terrell) Baldwin, was born at the\\nold Baldwin homestead, corner of South Orange Avenue and Munn Avenue, in South Orange, April 7,\\n180S. He married, first. September I, 1830, Letitia Davis Ward, daughter of Abraham K. Ward, and\\nhad issue Enim.i Wliybrew, married Dr. Joseph Corwin, of Newark; Anna Adelaide, born 1834, died\\n1855; Frederick Wellington, born July 14, 1S39; Theodore Ailing (^Rev.), born November 1, 1843.\\nmarried Matilda Jane, daughter of William E. Layton, went as a missionary to Turkey in 1867 and still\\nresides there. Samuel A. Baldw in married, second, Mary Addis, daughter of Miles Addis, of Addisville,\\nPa. By this marriage he had Wilmer Addis, Mary Adelaide, Elizabeth and Jane DuBois.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0061.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "44 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\neighth gkneration.\\nWiLMER Addis Baldwin, son of Samuel A. and Mary (Addis) Baldwin, was born in Newark, July\\n19, 1854. He is a member of the firm of J. W. Goddard Son, New York. He has resided in East\\nOrange since 1891. He married Anna B., daughter of John Smith Hartshorne, of Newark, and has\\nthree children, viz.: Mabel Hartshorne, Anna Hartshorne and Elizabeth Carol.\\nFOURTH GEXERA.TION.\\nLine of Benjamin (3), son of Benjan^in (2). of Benjannin (1).\\nBenjamin Baldwin (3), son of Benjamin Baldwin (2), was born in South Orange in 1730. In his\\nwill, dated September i, 1801, proved April 9, 1804, among other devises, gives to eldest son Josiah, in\\naddition to the farm he now lives on, all that ten-acre lot I bought of Benjamin Coe, adjoining on\\nGershom Kilborn. To son Uzal all that farm he now lives on. To son Jephtha\\nall the farm I now live on, including the land I bought of Jabez Pierson.\\nThe children of Benjamin (3) were Josiah, horn 1755, died 1826, married Lydia Ogden Jeptha,\\nborn 1778, killed by railroad cars at Market Street crossing, in Newark, in 1852, married Catharine\\nBishop; Uzal, married Sarah Parrott Rhoda, married John Myers; Phebe, married Isaac Condit\\nMary, married, first, Joseph Cone, second. John Personettc Abbey, married Jonathan Condit; Eunice,\\nmarried James Condit; Zebula.\\nThe Uzal Baldwin farm became the property of East Orange township, for use as the Poor Farm.\\nThe Jeptha Baldwin farm became the property of his son Benjamin and was sold by him to the\\nMontrose Park syndicate, and is now within the precincts of Montrose Park, since annexed to the village\\nof South Orange.\\nKIETH GENERATION.\\nLine of Benjanrxin (3).\\nJosiah Baldwin, son of Benjamin (3), [of Benjamin (21, of Benjamin (0, of Joseph], was born in\\n1755. married Lydia Ogden and had Abram, married Sarah Baldwin; Samuel, married Mary Meeker\\nRachael, married Munson Josiah O., born 1796, married Ann Munn Elizabeth, born 1782,\\nmarried Jonathan Lindsley Sarah, married Joel Harrison Mary, married Cyrus Baldwin Abbey,\\nmarried Joel Baldwin; Harriet, born 1800; James E. Smith, born 1798.\\nJeptha I^aldwin, son of Benjamin 3), [of Benjamin (2). of Benjamin (i), of Joseph], was born\\n1778, died 1852, married Catherine Bishop. They had issue, Mary, married Jabez Harrison; Clarissa,\\nmarried Charles Ailing; Susan, born iSi 1, married Matthias Crane; Eliza, born iSlo, married Ira T-\\nFreeman; Sarah, married John Lindslej Catherine B., born 1816, married Robert P. Day; Amelia F.,\\nborn 1817, married Charles Williams; Margaret, married Joseph Wilde; Emma A., married Walter\\nTompkins; Virginia; George W.; Benjamin E., married Rebecca Tompkins; Aaron Bishop, married\\nCatharine Mason.\\nUSAL Baldwin, son of Benjamin (3), [of Benjamin (2), of Benjamin (i), of Joseph], married Sarah\\nParrott. They had issue Jeptha William W., married Phebe Lindsley; Matilda, married Elias Ross\\nUzal; Sarah, married Daniel Camp; Josiah L., married Antoinette Ouimby Abby.\\nSECOND GENERATION.\\nLine Of Jonathan., son of Joseph Baldwin, the Ancestor.\\nJonathan Baldwin, son of Joseph and Hannah Baldwin, was born Februarj- 15, 1649. He\\nmarried, first, Hannah Ward, born 1663, died 1693. He married, second, Thankful Strong. He died\\nDec. 13, 1739. He had children, Jolin, born May 22, 1683; Joseph, baptized 1685. He married a\\nMiss Bruen. He died in 1777.\\nTHIRD GENERATION.\\nJohn Baldwin, son of Jonathan and (Bruen) Baldwin, was born May 22, 1683 died January\\n20, 1773- He had a son, Ezekiel.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0062.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "Till-; Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\n45\\nFOURTH GENERATION.\\nEZEKIEL Baldwin, son of John Baldwin, was born December iq, 1719. He married Sarah,\\ndaughter of Benjamin Baldwin, (2), and had issue, Gabriel, born 1740, married, first, Rebecca Little,\\nsecond, Hannah F oster. His children were: Jeptiia, born 1744, married Plicbe Freeman; Eunice,\\nbnrn 1743, married Samuel Smith; Mary W., born 1752, married Isaac Munn Rachael, born 1755,\\nmarried Zadoc Hedden CoUb. born 1757; Benjamin, married Isabella Albright.\\nKIRTH GENERATION,\\nCalei: Baldwin, son of Ezekiel, was born October 21, 1757. He served in the War of the Revolu-\\ntion, as pri\\\\ate in Capt. .Abraham L\\\\on s company. Second Regiment of Essex. He had charge, at one\\ntime, of several British prisoners. He died in 1799, shortly before the birth of his youngest son. Caleb.\\nHe married Lydia Johnson and had children, Eunice, married Simeon Crane Sarah, married Henry\\nBaldwin Betsy, married Louis Dodd Catharine, married Jabez Freeman David, Isaac, Caleb.\\nSI LTH GENERATION.\\nCaleb B.\\\\LDWIN (2), youngest son of Caleb and Lydia (Johnson) Baldwin, was born in Orange,\\nNovember 2S, 1799, after the death of his father. He is now (1895) one of the oldest persons in Essex\\nCounty, in full possession of all his mental faculties and a man of remarkable vigor and strength for his\\nage. He is able to walk four miles a day without fatigue. In his boj-hood, he attended school in the\\nold white school-house that stood on the site of the present Brick Church. His teacher was Nathaniel\\nBruen. After completing his studies he was apprenticed to his brother David at the trade of shoe-\\nmaking. About 1827, he opened a shop of his\\nown and carried on a successful trade for about\\nfive years and then started in the meat business.\\nAbout 1836, he opened a country store in Main\\nStreet, in what is now East Orange, and became\\none of the first countr\\\\- merchants in this local-\\nity. In 1S47, Mr. Baldwin obtained a position\\nin the office of the Newark Daily Advcrliscr,\\nwhich he hekl for twenty years and enjoj ed the\\nconfidence of his employers. He left the\\nemploy of the Advertiser to accept a position\\nin the office of the Newark Water Board and\\nafter twelve years of active service he retired,\\nhaving reached his eightieth year.\\nIn his younger days, Mr. Baldwin ser\\\\ed\\nten years as a member of two different military\\ncompanies of Orange, one of which was com-\\nmanded by Capt. Robinson. Many of the old\\nr volutionary soldiers were still living and the\\nmilitary ardor of the young men was at its\\nheight. It was in 1824, when Mr. Baldwin had\\njust reached his twenty-fifth year, that one of\\nthe greatest events in the history of Essex\\nCounty took place. This was the reception of\\nLafayette by the people of Newark, on his\\nsecond visit to this country. All the military\\nI\\nC.\\\\LEH BALDWIN (2).\\nof the county turned out on that occasion, and Mr. Baldwin marched with his company from Orange to\\nNewark and took part in the the great celebrations, his company, among others, being reviewed by the\\nMarquis de Lafayette and the Governor of New Jersc\\\\-.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0063.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "46 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nWith the exception of his military career, Mr. Baldwin iias led a very uneventful life. He has\\nmade the best of his opportunities. With malice toward none and charity for all, he has endeavored\\nto live up to the golden rule. Upright, honest and conscientious in all his dealings, he has always\\nproved himself worthy of the trust and confidence reposed in him, and in his declining \\\\-ears he has a\\nconscience void of offence.\\nMr. Baldwin married, first, in 1S25, Sarah, daughter of Bethucl Pierson, son of Samuel (3), of Samuel\\n(2) of Samuel (i), son of Thomas Pierson, one of the original ]?ranford settlers of Newark, and brother\\nof Rev. Abraham Pierson. The children of Caleb Baldwin by his first wife were\\nI. Marv, born July 28, 1826. married Caleb Ncagles. 2. HrRAM PlERSOX, born July 20, 1828.\\nGeneral passenger agent of the Central Railroad of New Jersey; Married Caroline E. Schnyder,\\ndaughter of Aaron Schnyder, of Easton, Pa. Their children are: Mary Gertrude; Maggie S.,\\nmarried Henry M. Byllesby Emily Pierson, married Isaac Post; Caroline Napier, married\\nWarrington G. Lawrence. 3. OsCAR L., born March 29, 1S32, married Isabel, daughter of Charles R.\\nAkers. Issue: Charles R., I.sabel, Joseph Halsey, Edith Merchant. 4. WiLLlAM H., born December\\n25, 1834; resides in Newark. Married Cornelia Price, of Newark, and has four children, viz.: Elizabeth,\\nmarried Frederick F. Guild; Oscar H.; Bertha, married F. Walter Lawrence; Raymond S.\\nCaleb Baldwin married, second, Abby D., daughter of Lewis Munn, and had issue, Sarah C, married\\nJames Clark; Theodore Frelinghuyscn, married Adele Laeis, daughter of Feli.x Laeis, of St. Louis, Mo.\\nTHIRD OENKRATION,\\nLine of Joseph, son of Jonathan, son of Joseph Baldwin.\\nJoseph B.\\\\LD\\\\VIN, son of Jonathan, was born November, 29, 16S5. He married Miss Bruen and\\nhad, among other children, a son, Amos.\\nAmos B.\\\\LD\\\\V1N, known as Deacon Amos, son of Joseph and Bruen) Baldwin, was born\\nabout 1720. He was a devout, earnest Christian and a man of considerable note in his day. He was\\none of the earliest deacons of the First Church and was one of the six elders wlio welcomed Rev.\\nJedediah Chapman to the pastorate, in 1766. He married Mary, daughter of Rev. Daniel Taylor, the\\nfirst pastor of the Mountain Society, in 1721, and had a son, Lewis.\\nLewis Baldwin, son of Amos and Mary (Ta\\\\lon Baldwin, was born in Orange, October 22, 1744.\\nlir married Martha, ilaughter of Samuel Williams and had a son, Henry.\\nHenry Baldwin, son of Lewis and i\\\\lartha (Williams) Baldwin, was born in Orange, May 24, 1773.\\nHe married Sarah, daughter of Caleb Baldwin, and had a son, Cyrus.\\nCyrus Baldwin, son of Henry and Sarah Baldwin, was born in th.it i)art of East Orange\\nknown as Brick Church, in 1808. He had only the advantages of the little neighborhood district school\\nand yet he accomplished more than many collegiate graduates of the present age. He grew up on\\nthe farm and employed his leisure hours during the winter months, as did most of his neighbors, in\\nthe manufacture of shoes. He took up surveying without any previous instruction and for many years\\nbefore his death was the only surveyor in this locality outside of Newark. He was consciencious and\\npainstaking, and his work could always be relied upon. He was employed by Mr. Haskell to\\nmake all the surveys for Llewellyn Park and during his lifetime he laid out hundreds of acres\\ninto city lots. He made the original survey of Rosedale Cemetery, Orange. His work extended for\\nmiles beyond the Oranges. He was for many years justice of the peace and the only recognized legal\\ncounsellor in this neighborhood. He drew up most of the wills, deeds and other legal documents, not\\none of which has ever been contested on the ground of legal imperfections. He was a man\\nof great natural abilitj- ;uid sound common sense. He was often called upon to arbitrate disputes\\nbetween neighbors and seldnm failed to .irr.uigc matters to the satisf.iction of both parties.\\nHe enjoyed the confidence and respect of the i)eople during his whole life, and not a single act of his\\never brought dishonor or reproach on the name. By his wise and equitable decisions in the settlement", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0064.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 47\\nof disputes, he ilmibtless saved thousands of dollars in litigation that might have ensued had the parties\\nemployed the usual methods. While not specially active in Christian work, he lived very near to the\\nstandard of the golden rule and set a worthy example for Christians to follow. While a man of decided\\nconvictions, he never gave offence by intruding\\nhis views on others, and ventured an opinion\\nonly when called upon to do so. He was a\\ndevoted husband, a kind neighbor and a stead-\\nfast friend. He died August 30, 1854. He\\nmarried Klizabeth Cooper, third child of Giles\\nand Sally (Wicks Mandeville. She was born\\nJuly 8, 1810. Their children were: Henry\\nWicks, born 1831, died July 31, 1868; Giles\\nMandcville, born 1833, died August 3, 1888;\\nAlbert and Abrain Mande\\\\ille, twins, were born\\nJulys. 835.\\nAlljERT Baldwin, third child of Cyrus\\nand Elizabeth (Mandeville) Baldwin, was born\\nat the homestead, in East Orange, July 5, 1835.\\nHe had none of the advantages of the higher\\neducation enjoyed by those of the present gener-\\nation. He mastered the rudimentary branches,\\nhowerer, in the little village school, and fitted\\nhimself for the honorable position which he\\nhas filled for so many years. He entered the\\nOrange Bank as a boy when Stephen D. Day was\\nits president and W. A. Vermilyea its cashier.\\nH, en 1 J r il CYRUS BALDWIN.\\ne acquired a sufficient knowledge of the\\nbusiness in three or four years to enable him to obtain a position in the City Bank, of Newark, in 1856,\\nas receiving and paying teller. The only other employees at that time were a book-keeper, clerk and\\nrunner. The capital stock of the bank was $300,000, and the deposits amounted to \u00c2\u00a7300,000 annu-\\nally. Even with this amount of business it was a very responsible position for a young man to fill.\\nHe inherited from his father, however, those strong traits and sterling tjualities that would enable a\\nman to succeed in any undertaking, and he proved himself fully equal to the duties he assumed and\\nfor forty years he has conducted its affairs with rare fidelity and devotion that has won for him the\\nwarmest affection and confidence of his associates. In 1858 he became its cashier, and now holds the\\ndual position of cashier and vice-president. During his administration, the deposits have increased\\nfrom three hundred thousand annually to nearly two million, the capital stock increased to half a million\\nand the working force to three times the original number. There are probably few. if any, bank\\nemployees in the city of Newark who can show so extended a record of faithful service. The\\nstaying and sterling qualities of the Baldwin family, however, are proverbial.\\nThe foundation of Mr. Baldwin s success was laid in his native town, but he has not resided there\\nsince early manhood. His winters have been spent in Newark and his summers at Convent Station, on\\nthe Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad. He has had no time to attend to affairs outside of\\nthe bank, its duties requiring his undivided attention. He has been for many years a vestryman of\\nGrace Episcopal Church, Newark. Mr. Baldwin married, in May, 1861, Jennet P., daughter of Charles\\nHooker, M. D., of New Haven, Conn., a descendant of Rev. Thomas Hooker, who came to New\\nEngland in 1633, settled in Hartford in 1636 and founded the first church in Connecticut. Mr.\\nBaldwin s wife died in 1883, leaving children, Charles Hooker, Albert Henry, and Jennet Eliza.\\nAbRAM Mandeville Baldwin, son of Cyrus and Elizabeth (Mandeville) Baldwin, and twin", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0065.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "48 Tnii Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nbrotliLT of Albert Baldwin, of Newark, was born at the homestead, on Prospect Street, near Main Street,\\nEast Orange, July 5, 1835. After leaving school, he began his business career as clerk in the shoe\\nmanufactory of Joseph A. Condit. In 1859 he established a retail boot and shoe store and was the\\npioneer in the retail trade, the business liaving previously been done by country stores which dealt in\\nevery class of goods. He soon establisiied a reputation for first-class goods and honest dealings, and\\nwas enabled to carry a larger stock and greater variet)- than his general store competitors. He\\nerected a large frame building at 345 Main Street, Orange, which was destroyed by fire in 1S73. This\\nwas replaced by a fine brick building where he has since carried on a successful and constantly increasing\\ntrade. During his business career of over thirty-five years, he has passed through the various money\\ncrises and has been able to meet promptl\\\\- all his obligations, and notwithstanding the fact that competit-\\nors have entered the field from time to time, he has kept well in advance and held his patrons. Like\\nhis brother, he has devoted his time to his business and mingled but little in public affairs He has\\nbeen a regular attendant at the lirick Church for man\\\\- years and has led an exemplar}-, upright life,\\nhonored and respected by his neighbors.\\nTHE CANFIELD FAHILY.\\nMai rilEW Canfield, the American ancestor of this family, was one of the original settlers of the\\nNew Haven Colony. His name is in the royal charter as petitioner and grantee in 1639. He swore\\nallegiance in 1644. He married Sarah, daughter of Richard Treat, of Wethersfield, Conn., before 1643.\\nTheir children were Samuel, Sarah, Ehcnczer, Matthew, Hannah, Rachael, Jonathan, Mary. He was a\\nrepresentative at the General Court in 1654, until the union of the Connecticut and New Haven\\ncolonies. He came with the colonists to Newark in 1666, and both Matthew and his son Ebenezer\\nsigned the two Fundamental Agreements. He was one of the committee chosen consisting of Seven\\nMen that should have full Power to hear, e.Kamine and judge of every Man s Estate and Persons, as\\ntheir Rule, c. He was also one of the commissioners chosen to agree upon and fully issue the\\nDivident Line and Bounds between Elizabeth Town and Newark. He died in Newark in 1673. His\\nson Matthew had a .son John, who purchased of C. Ball, 50 acres near the mountain, in 1705.\\nSKCOND GENERATION.\\nEliENEZER Canfield, eldest child of Matthew and Sarah (Treat) Canfield. was born in 1649, and\\ndied in 1694. He married Bethia and had a son Joseph.\\nTHIRD OENERA riON.\\nJoseph Canfield, son of Ebenezer and Bethia 1 Canfield, was born in Newark in 1681, and\\ndied 14th December, 1733, aged 52 years. He was known as Deacon Joseph. He married Rachael\\nDaglish and had children. Benjamin. .\\\\h\\\\ Ebenezer Betliya, Rachael.\\nFOURTH GENERATION.\\nEliENEZER Canfield. third son of Deacon Joseph and Rachael (Daglish^i Canfield, was born in\\nNewark in 1712, and died June 10, 1775, aged ~i: buried in the old churchyard, at Orange. He married\\nDeborah died December g, 1791, aged 75 buried at Orange. Their children were Joseph, Sarah.\\nEbenezer, Deborah.\\nTradition says that red and clover timothy for hay and ])asturage were introduced about the\\nbeginning of the present century by Ebenezer Canfield, who had the best farm at the mountain. It\\nlay at the north side of Main Street, beginning a little cast of the old road to Watsessing (^Bloomfield),\\nnow Prospect Street, and w^as ne.\\\\t on the east to Moses Jone.s land, where the Calvary ^L E. Church\\nnow stands, in East Orange. The site of his large stone house was on Main Street, opposite the\\npresent Dutch Reformed Church. He was a member in communion with the Mountain Society prior\\nto 1756.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0066.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\n49\\nKIKTH GENERATION.\\nEbenezer Canfield (2), son of Ebenezer and Deborah Canfield, was born at the homestead\\nof liis fatlicr, on Main Street, in 1761 and died 8th September, 1831, in his seventieth year. He served\\nin the war of the Revolution as private in Capt. Josiali Pierson s company, Second Regiment, Essex\\nState troops. He married Rhochi 15,iKl\\\\\\\\ in and had chilihen, Ehzabeth, Maria, Harriet, Fanny, Isaac,\\n]^cn]am iu. \\\\ri\\\\, J/oscs B i/t/u iii. 1 ie was burieil in the old Orange cemetery. His wife, Rhoda, died at\\nBelleville, 22d March, 1815, in her 57th year. Ebenezer signed himself gentleman. Mr. Jotham\\nCondit, of East Orange, states that he kept a hotel for a number of years in the old stone house erected\\nby his father, and at that time was the owner of the lands in direct line extending northward from his\\nhomestead in East Orange througli to IMoomfteld.\\nSIXTH GENERATION.\\nMoses Baihwin Cam ikld. third son of Ebenezer and Rhoda (Baldwin) Canfield, was born at the\\nCanfuld liDinestead, on Main Street. Oran;^e, July 28, 1806. He received a fair education and learned\\nthe trade of shoemaking, which was the\\nprevailing industry of Orange during his\\nlife. He became master of tiiis and his\\nambition was to excel and to produce the\\nbest quality of work obtainable, using only\\nthe finest materials. He began the manu-\\nfacture of the higher grades of boots and\\nshoes early in the thirties and built up a\\nlarge and extensive trade. He began in a\\nmodest way at first, his factory being near\\nhis residence on Scotland Street. He\\nafterwards owned and occupied the large\\nbrick buildingadjoiningthe present library\\nbuikling, near the First Presbyterian\\nChurch, on Main Street. He used this\\nbuilding as a manufactory and had a store\\nunderneath, where he did an extensive\\nretail business. He sold his property on\\nScotland Street and bought a valuable\\nproperty nearly adjoining his factory on\\nMain Street. He carried on an extensive\\nbusiness there for many years. His house\\nand store were destroyed by fire, Decem-\\nber, 1850, and he then moved to the\\nopposite side of the street. He also had\\na large factory in Newark. He carried on\\nan extensive tratle with the South beft)re the war and made many warm friends among the southern\\npeople. His generous treatment of them in all his business dealings and the many noble qualities\\nexhibited in his personal intercourse with them won for him their respect and admiration, and when the\\nseparation of the North and South became inevitable they took no advantage of the situation, but\\ncontinued to remit promptly until all intercourse was cut oH, and even then they made frequent remit-\\ntances through private sources. Mr. Canfield did a large trade with the East and West during the war\\nand obtaineil a reputation for the superior quality of his goods that found a ready demand in ever\\nmarket at higher prices than those of his competitors.\\nT\\n^v^v:^-\\nMOSES n.M.nwi.N canfif.ld.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0067.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "50 The Founders and Builders or the Oranges.\\nIn his private life Mr. Canficld was the soul of honor and integrity. He had a smile and a word of\\nencouragement for everyone. The children loved him and when he met them on the street he had a\\nkind word for all. Through his great generosity and his desire to help those who were in trouble, he\\noften met with severe financial losses, but he never grieved over these the satisfaction of having done\\na kind act and of having contributed to the happiness of his fellow-men amply repaid him for all his\\nlosses. He was a deacon in the First Presbyterian Church in 185 i, and afterwards an elder, serving\\nunder the Rev. James Hoyt as one of his warmest supporters and most faithful office-bearers of the\\nchurch. Mr. Canfield married Mary Ann Baldwin, daughter of Col. Isaac Baldwin. His children were\\nWtlliavi Henry, Hiram Quimby, Ira, Mary Lucetta, Charles Baldwin, Jane Eliza, Wiley, Jessup.\\nSEVENTH QENERATION.\\nWilliam Henry Canfield, eldest child of Moses B. and Mary Ann (Baldwin) Canfield, was born\\nin Orange, April 12, 1829. After a due course of preparation he entered Princeton College and was\\ngraduated with high honors. He also took a theological course at Princeton Seminary, intending to\\nenter the ministry. He was a young man of great promise and bid fair to make his mark in the world.\\nHe was an eloquent speaker, a warm-hearted, sympathetic. Christian gentleman, and had already made\\nfor himself hosts of friends, when he was suddenly cut off at the very threshold of his promised useful\\ncareer. He attended the funeral of a classmate, where he took a severe cold which settled on his lungs\\nresulting in his death January 22d, 1856. About one hundred feet from the entrance to Rosedale\\nCemetery, in Orange, is a plain marble obelisk erected by his father, which contains the following\\ninscription\\nIII memory of William Henry Canfield, A. M., a {graduate of the College of New Jersey. In the bloom of early manhood,\\nrich in the love and esteem of an ever-widening circle of acciuaintanccs and friends, his mind invigorated and embellished by\\nstudy and various learning; prosecuting the two-fold labors of a tutor in his alma mater and of a student in divinity, the past\\nfragrant with pleasing memories of duties done, the future bright with hopes of serving God in proclaiming the gospel of His\\nSon, he ceased to be mortal. Entering into rest on the morning of January 23, 1855, at the age of 25 years, 9 months and\\n1 1 days.\\nIra Canfield, Jr., third son of Moses Baldwin and Mary Ann (Baldwin) Canfield, was born at the\\nhomestead of his father, in Orange, where he spent his boyhood daj s. lie was sent early in life\\nto the best private schools in Orange, among which were those of Rev. S. S. Stocking and Mr. Alonzo\\nBrackett. He was prepared for college, but owing to failing health was unable to continue his studies.\\nHe finally decided upon a business career and entered his father s employ, and subsequently acquired an\\ninterest in the business. He inherited many of the traits of character which contributed so largely to\\nhis father s success. Genial, courteous, obliging, full of push and energy, he was almost without a rival\\nas a salesman. He traveled west and south and always kept ahead of his competitors, and not\\nunfrequcntly made sales beyond the capacity of his firm to supply. He bought out his father and\\ncarried on the manufactory at Newark for some years, where he did a most successful business. The\\nold employees, who had been with his father for so many years, remained with him and were treated\\nwith the utmost kindness and consideration. They were influenced, howexcr, by the labor disturbances,\\nand while he sought by every means in his power to conciliate them by conceding every reasonable\\ndemand, they tried his patience beyond endurance until he finally closed out his stock and gave up the\\nbusiness about 1872. Later, he started in the grain business in New York City, under the firm name of\\nCanfield, McCoun Co. He was a member of the Produce E.Kchange and for a time did a successful\\nbusiness, continuing for a number of years when, owing to continued reduced rates of commission, he\\nwithdrew. He soon after organized a company of which he was president and treasurer, and began\\nthe publication of an illustrated paper known as La Exposicion Norte Americana. He secured the\\nbest literary talent that could be found and spared no expense in procuring the finest illustrations of\\nsubjects of great interest to its South American patrons. Portraits and biographical sketches of\\nour military leaders, statesmen and other prominent men views of historic interest, of our magnificent\\nbuildings, American scenery, arts, industries, manufactories were selected with the greatest care and", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0068.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "Thk Founders and I^iii.dkrs ok tiif. Oranges. 51\\nexecuted in the most artistic manner, thus imparting to the Soutli American people a knowledge of\\nour Republic, its greatness and importance that would require years of residence here to obtain.\\nAdvertisements of leading manufacturers, business houses, with suitable illustrations were inserted, the\\ngreat object being to pave the \\\\va_\\\\ fur an increase of trade with our sister republics of South America.\\nIt was a great undertaking and gave promise of ultimate success. It was well conceived and ably\\nexecuted. It was followed up by Mr. Canficld with a personal visit by him and his partner to the\\nleading cities of South .America and resulled in establishing a more friendly intercourse between these\\nrepublics and the United States and an immense increase in trade. Agencies were opened in the\\n[Mincipal cities of Chili, the Argentine Re[)ublic and Hrazil, for our American manufacturers, and direct\\nbusiness intercourse established between these people and our own manufacturers. Mr. Canfield left\\nhis partner there to manage the affairs at that end, while he returned to his New York quarters, wliere\\nhe could be placed in constant communication with such parties as desired to extend their trade in\\nthis direction. His partner, in the meantime, was engaged in building up and extending their trade in\\nSouth America, resulting as it tlid in establishing a successful business. In all this affair, which has\\nresulted in great public as well as private benefit, Mr. Canfield has been the leading spirit. Notwith-\\nstanding the severe drawbacks occasioned by the frecpient revolutions in the South American States,\\nhe has managed the affairs with discretion and safety.\\nIt is a noteworthy fact that the Canfields, through every generation, have preserved unsullied the\\nreputation fpr honesty, integrity and uprightness which characterized their worthy ancestor. The\\n.uibject of this sketch, the latest representative of the old Orange family, is no exception, and the\\nsuccess achieved by him in life is due to his strict observance of the great moral principles so firmly\\nengrafted on each and every generation of his family. Mr. Canfield married Fannie T. Backus, a niece\\nand adopted daughter of Judge Franklin T. Backus, of Cleveland, O., a direct descendant of Lieut.\\nWilliam Backus, one of the original proprietors of Saybrook, Conn., under the grant made to Lords\\nSay and Seal and Lord Brook.\\nTHE CONDIT FAHILY.\\nJohn Cunditt is known to be the ancestor of nearly all bearing the name of Condit or Condict\\nin the United States. Of his ancestry nothing definite is known. Tradition says he came from\\nEngland or Wales. In the Life of Sir Isaac Newton, by David Brewster, it is stated that John\\nConduit, Knight, married in England, a widow, Catharine Barton, who was a niece of Sir Isaac Newton,\\nwith whom they resided during the life of Sir Isaac and inherited his estate. Burke s General\\nArmory, referring to the Conduitt family, gives: Anns. Gules on a fesse wavy argent between\\nthree pitchers, double eared or, as many bees volant ppr. Crest. Two caduccan rods with wings, lying\\nfesseways or, thereon a peacock s head erased ppr.\\nThe earliest reference made to John Cunditt, the American ancestor, is in 1678. lie married, first,\\nin Great Britain, where his wife tlied. As his name indicates, he was of Norman descent. He came to\\nAmerica in 1678 with his son Peter, and settled at Newark, N. J., where he married, second, Deborah\\nby whom he had a son John, who died a minor. He was the purchaser of lands in the bounds\\nof the town of Newark. in 1689 and 1691. The first deed describes the boundaries as on the east\\nby the river, on the south by said Condit, and on the west by a highway. This description indicates\\na previous deed. The second deed is from Richard Lawrence, March 24, 1691, and conveys to John\\nCondit, weaver, nineteen acres of upland for a lawful sum of money. This lot is described as on the\\nplain comnionl}- called the Mill Brook Plain. John Cunditt died in 1713, leaving one son, Petir.\\nSECOND GENERATION.\\nPeter Condit, son of John Cunduitt, was born in England and came to America with his father.\\nHe married in 1695, Mary, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Ward) Harri.son (son of Sergeant Richard\\nHarrison I. He had issue, Samuel, Peter, John, Nathaniel, Mary, Philip, Isaac. Three of the sons, John,\\nNathaniel and Isaac, settled at the foot of the Orange Mountain on the east.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0069.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "52 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nTHIRD GENERATION.\\nSamuel Condit, eldest son of Peter and Mary (Harrison) Comlit, was bom in the town of Newark,\\nDecember 6, 1696. He married, first, in 1722. Mary Dodd, born November 8, 1698, and who died May\\n25, 1755. He died July 18, 1777.\\nAbout the year 1720, lie purchased from tlic Lulians land Iviny between the Orange Mountains in\\nwhat was afterwards called Pleasant Valley. According to tradition, this land was purchased of the\\nIndians its first pri\\\\atc ownership, as the records show, was vested in Samuel Condit, and its extent was\\nsuch that during his lifetime he gave to each of his five sons fifty acres, and on each lot thus donated\\nhe erected a house and also gave to each son a family bible. He reserved to himself about seventy\\nacres of huul. Three of the farms have e\\\\ er since remained in the family line of descent. Like his\\ngrandfather John, his first care was that each son should possess a copy of the holy scriptures, an act\\nwhich, combined with the meagre items of his histor\\\\- which are still preserved, indicate the sturdy\\nChristian citizen. His selection of a farm was a fortunate one. Taking the Livingston Road west from\\nOrange by way of Eagle Rock, and by a long ascent reaching the top of the mountain, the valley\\nbeyond stretches out in a panorama of neat and productive farms with comfortable and tastefully built\\nfarm houses. Here was Samuel s home, where\\nIn sober state,\\nTliroii^h the sequestered vale of mortal life,\\nThe venerable patriarch ginleless held\\nThe tenor of liis way.\\nFrom here, iluring the man\\\\- years of his manhood, was he wont to take his way o\\\\er the mountain\\nto the Orange church as often as the time arrived for divine service, and from here was borne his sacred\\ndust to the Orange burying-ground, where a simple slab bears the inscription: Samuel Conduit, Sr..\\ndied July 18, 1777. He had survived his first wife more than twenty years. He outlived his second\\nwife, Mary Nutinan (widow of Amos Williams), born 1700, whom he married in 1756, ami who died\\nFebruary 18, 1777. Their graves are near their husband s, while in close pro.xiniity is that of his third\\nson Samuel, whose monument bears the name, Samuel Conduit, Jr. Here, also, repose the names of\\nmany useful members of the Condit family. The children of Samuel Condit (i) were: Daiiiil,\\nJotham. Saiiiufl {2), Martha, David, Jonathan.\\nKOURTH GENERATION.\\nLine of IDaniel, eldest son of Samtiel (1).\\nDaniel CuNUir, eldest son of Samuel and Mar)- (Dodd) Condit, was born December 22, 1723, at\\nthe homestead, situated on the highway between Orange and Swinefield Roads (now Eagle Rock\\nAvenue), on the corner where Valley Road crosses the highway. He occupied the farm given hiin by\\nhis father. He was an earnest patriot and served throughout the War of the Revolution. He was a\\nmember of Capt. Williams company, Second Regiment, Essex, also State troops, also Continental\\nAmi) His brother David was Major of the same regiment and for gallantry was made Lieut. Colonel.\\nDaniel was an exemplary Christian and a deacon in the Presbyterian church. He married Ruth,\\ndaughter of Samuel Harrison, son of Samuel, son of Sergeant Richard, son of Richard Harrison, the\\nancestor of the Harrison famil) who died at Branford, Conn., October 25, 1653. The issue of this\\nmarriage was Adonija, Eunice, Martha, Joel, Amos. SdiiiiuL Ira, Jemima.\\nKIKTH GENERATION.\\nSamuel Condit, seventh chikl of Daniel and Ruth (Harrison 1 Condit, was born at the homestead of his\\nfather, August 16, 1761. I le was but fifteen years of age at the breaking out of the War of the Revolution,\\nyet he served as private in the Essex County militia. After his marriage he remo\\\\ed to the east side of\\nOrange Mountain and resided at what was known as Tory Corners. He was a devout Christian, a kind\\nparent and a sincere friend. He was a member of the State legislature early in the century. He", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0070.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0071.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "IRA H. CONDIT.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0072.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "TiiK FrniNDiks and JUii.dkrs ok thf. Oranges.\\n53\\nmarried Hannali, daughter of Ichabod Harrison, son of Nathaniel, son of Joseph, son of Richard\\nHarrison, the ancestor. His cliildren were: Jemima, died soon; Jemima, again; Eunice, Harriet,\\nSamuel, Mary, Abby, Clara, Ira Harrison, Ichabod. Samuel, the father, died August 31, 1S22.\\nSI rH GiiNKRATION.\\nlUA Harrison CONDIT, tenth child of Samuel and Hannah (Harrison) Condit, was born on the\\ncorner of Park and Washington Streets, Orange, in what has long been known as the Samuel Condit\\nhomestead, May 16, 180S. His sisters were born in the old homestead, the stone house on the mountain\\nside. His only education was that afforded by the little village school, yet he made the most of his\\nlimited opportunities anil what he lacked in book knowledge he made up in good judgement and hard\\ncommon sense. He was a live business man in his day and speculated extensively in real estate and\\nwas, in his early days, a well known contractor in Essex County. He always took an active part in\\npolitics, which was characteristic of the famil\\\\-, and was one of the leading men of Essex County.\\nHe was an old line whig until the organization of the Republican party, which he united witli and\\nheartily endorsed its principles. He never desired office, but served in the Board of Chosen Freeholders\\nfrom 1 87 1 to 1S74. At one time he owned a large part of what is now Llewellyn Park, and used it\\nfor farming purposes, which occupation he carried on in addition to his general business. In 1855\\nsold one hundred acres to Llewellyn S. Haskell, and moved to Roseland in 1858. He has watched the\\ntransformation of his old farm into the beautiful retreat which it is to-day, with pride, and gave to the\\nimmortal Haskell many valuable suggestions.\\nMr. Condit is still a large landholder, his property in West Orange, in Livingston Township and in\\nMorris County amounting to nearly si.x hundred acres. Among other tracts, he owns the original farm\\nof Aaron Kitchcll, his wife s grandfather. Mr. Condit has nearly reached his four score and ten years,\\nand is still hale anil hearty and in full possession of all his mental faculties and able to attend personally\\nto all his business affairs. Mr. Condit marrieil Phebe F arrand Mulford, daughter of Timothy, who was\\nthe son of Timoth\\\\- Mulford; the former married Susan Kitchcll, daughter of Aaron Kitchell, who was\\none of the patriot leaders of New Jersey. In the opening scenes of the Revolution he was foremost in\\nthe great debate, a zealous and sagacious champion of freedom. At the close of the war he was for\\nsome years in the State legislature. In 1799 he was elected representative in Congress and held that\\nposition by successive re-elections till 1807. He was then chosen U. S. senator and served four years in\\nthat capacity. The issue of Mr. Condit s marriage with Phebe Mulford was: Samuel, born July 9,\\n1832; Clara, born January 27, 1834; Hannah, born October 9, 1939 E/ias Mulford, born May 22, 1841\\nSusan, born July 2, 1843; Sarah, born December 18, 1848; Mary and Harriet, twins, born October 9,\\n1850; Ira, born February 5, 1855, died March 24, 1859.\\nSEVENTH GENERATION.\\nEliaS Mulford Conuit, fourth child of Ira Harrison and Phebe Farrand (Mulford) Condit, was\\nborn at the homestead of his father, on Eagle Rock Avenue, in what is now West Orange, May 21,\\n1 841. His education was received at public and private .schools. With these limited advantages he has\\nachieved success far beyond that of many who have received a collegiate education. Like most of his\\nancestors he was endowed with great powers of observation. Gifted with a retentive memory and\\nother mental qualifications, he acquired a fund of informatii n that made up in a great measure the lack\\nof a more thorough education. His strong, rugged constitution is due to his early life on the farm.\\nHis occupation as a survej-or which he subsequently chose, was better suited to his tastes and inclina-\\ntions. He became city surveyor and this afYorded him the opportunity for acquiring a knowledge of\\nrealt\\\\- values that laid the foundation of his subsequent success. He increased tlie circle of his\\nacquaintance and made many warm friends, not only in his native town but throughout the county.\\nHe was never known to sacrifice his friends to further his own interests. In politics he is a republican,\\nand has been a zealous worker for his part\\\\-. It was at the solicitation of his friends that he became", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0075.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "54 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\na member of the Board of Chosen Freeholders and for years its director, a ])osition wliich is recog-\\nnized as the most lionorable of any local office in the county. This proved of great political advantage\\nto him and was the stepping-stone to higher honors. In 18S5 he was nominated for the legislature b\\\\-\\nthe republicans of his district and elected by a handsome majority, and re-elected in 1886. lie served\\non several important committees during both sessions of the legislature and ithout any violation of his\\nown convictions he fully represented the interests of his constituents and received their heart} congratu-\\nlations for the effective service he rendered his part)-. Still higher honors awaited him, and three years\\nlater his friends determineil to place him in nomination for Congress.\\nAt the county convention, held September 20, 1890, he became the unanimous choice of that body.\\nThe campaign was an e.xciting one and the tariff issue, under the McKinley bill, was pushed vigorously\\nby its advocates, and the working people were told that their salvation depended on the defeat of the\\nrepublican part)-. The democratic candidate, Thomas Dunn English, was the strongest man of his\\nparty in Essex County. He made a strong canvass and, while Mr. Condit ran considerably ahead of\\nthe ticket, he was defeated by a small majority; his total vote was 21,468 and that of his opponent,\\n23,278. Even the defeat was an honor to Mr. Condit. for it showed the strong following he had, not\\nonly from his own party but hosts of his personal friends in the democratic party testified their\\nappreciation of his merits by giving him their hearty support. In 1892, Mr. Condit was chosen by\\nhis party as one of the delegates to represent his district at the National Convention, held at\\nMinneapolis.\\nMr. Condit has been for many years extensively engaged in real estate operations, ami while he is\\nan honored descendant of one of the chief Founders he is worthy to be classed among the leading\\nBuilders. He has done much to improve and beautify his native town, in which he has ahva)-s taken a\\nlaudable pride.\\nHe is a worthy representative of the Masonic Fraternity, ami actjuircd his first knowletlgc of its\\nmysterious rites in Union Lodge, F. A. M., of Orange. He is also a member of Orange Chapter,\\nU. A. M. He is a member of various other societies in the city and county to all of which he is a most\\nliberal contributor. Mr. Condit married, in 1S70, Sarah Louise Beach, daughter of Charles Beach, a\\ndescendant of Zopher Beach, son of Thomas, who took the oath of fidelity at New Haven, 1654.\\nZopher was in Newark, 1685, called the well beloved brother by Samuel and Sarah Lyon, 1687.\\nThe children of Elias M. and Sarah Louise (Beach) Condit are Charles Beach, Phebe A., Clara L.,\\nWilherforce, Albert Kitchell, Hattie May and Elias Mulford. Jr.\\nFOURTH GENERA.TION.\\nLine of Samuel (2)- son of Samuel (1).\\nSamuel Condit, Jr., third son of Samuel and Mary (Dod) Condit, was born in what is now the\\ntownship of West Orange, January 13, 1729. He married, in 1754, Mary Smith, tlaughter of Joseph\\nSmith (son of James Smith, the ancestor of the Smith famil\\\\- of Orange). She died May 26, 1770,\\naged 37 )-ears. He was a farmer on the land inherited from his father and is known to have been a\\nvery exemplary man, truly pious and Goil-fcaring. His subscription for the erection of the Second\\nMeeting House was ^12. Out of 175 subscribers, oid)- two others subscribed an equal amount. Ik-\\nwas among those who were regularly chosen to manage the affair of the building. His name appears\\nin the list of Members in Communion of the ^Mountain Societ)- prior to 1756. He married, second,\\nin 1774, Martha Carter, widow of Stephen Wilcox, of Elizabethtown, N.J. B\\\\- his first wife he had\\nissue, John, Daniel, Moses, Joseph. Aaron, Caleb. By his second wife, Martha Carter, he had Jotliam\\nand Samuel, born 1777.\\nKIKTH OENERATION.\\nDr. John Condit, eldest child of Samuel (2) and Mary 1 Smith) Condit, was born at the homestead,\\nin West Orange, July 8, 1755. He was educated as a physician and surgeon and had only just reached\\nhis majority when he entered the army, at the beginning of the War of the Revolution, as surgeon in", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0076.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "Thk Founders and Buildkus nv tiif, Oranoes.\\n55\\nCol. Vail Cortlaml s battalion, Heard s Hrigadc, June 29, 1776. He was present at the battle of Long\\nIsland, and soon after this returned to his home in Orange where he began practice and was for many\\nyears a successful physician in this locality. He was of great .service to the patriots during the war and\\nin his journeys over the mountains his life was often in jeopardy. After the close of the war he\\nbecame interested in public alTairs and was a recogni/.ed leader in the community. He was one of the\\nfounders and was also a trustee of the Orange Academy. He represented his district in the State\\nlegislature and was a member of Congress from this State from 1799 to 1803, U. S. senator from 1803 to\\n1817, and was elected to Congress again in 1819-20. His long term of public service nearly thirty\\nyears interfered with the practice of his profession and in his old age he accepted the position of\\nassistant collector of the port of New York. He was often called Colonel from the fact of his having\\nserved as Colonel of State Militia during the present centur\\\\-. His home which he built a large, fine\\nold mansion on Vallc}- Road is still standing. He died in Orange, May 4, 1834. He married.\\nfirst, Abigail Halsey, by whom he had Caleb, Silas, Charlotte and Joseph. He married, second. Khoda\\nHalsey, and had issue, John S., Abigail and Jacob A.\\nJOTIIAM CoNDlT, seventh son of Samuel (2), and fifth in descent from John Condit, the ancestor,\\nwas born at the family home on the I irst Mountain (now West Orange), March 27, 1775. He was left\\nan orphan at the age of eighteen months and was placed under the care of his brother Joseph, to whom\\nhe was later apprenticed at the trade of shoemaking, and continued in this business through life. His\\neducation was limited to the little neighborhood district school. When he arrived at the age of twenty-\\nthree he married Hephzibah, daughter of Benjamin Munn, of Orange. He owned, at this time, property\\non Main Street, in Orange, bounded on the west by Centre Street and on the east by Col. Abraham\\nWinans afterward the home of Albert Pierson. In 1802 he moved to Prospect Street and thence, in\\n1809, to Main street, below South Clinton, where he carried on his business of .shoemaking until 1835.\\nAs was the custom in those days, he made occa-\\nsional trips to Philadelphia on foot with his s.imples\\nto solicit orders for goods.\\nMr. Condit served his full time in the New\\nJersey militia and in 1S09 was commissioned Ensign\\nby Governor Bloomfield, and in June, 181 1, was\\npromoted to Lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment, Essex\\nBrigade, and in this capacit}- did service in the War\\nof 18 !2. In politics Mr. Condit was an ardent whig,\\nbut on the disintegration of that party he joined the\\nrepublicans and so continued during the remainder\\nof his life. He was for several j-ears a director in\\nthe Orange Bank. He was a public spirited citizen,\\ngiving encouragement to every worthy enterprise.\\nHe was for many years connected with First\\nChurch of Orange and a devout attendant at Sab-\\nbath and other religious meetings. He was one\\nof the promoters and assisted in organizing\\nthe Second Presbyterian or Brick Church, of East\\nOrange, in 1829-30. The last fifteen years of his\\nlife were spent at the home of his son, Jotham H.,\\nwhere he died August 25, 1S62, aged 87 years and\\nfive months. His children were: Aaron Munn,\\nCharlotte, Martha, Melinda, Mary, Jemima, Eliza-\\nbeth and Jotham Halsey.\\nJOTHAM CONDIT.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0077.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "56\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nSIXTH GENERAXIOX.\\nJOTHAM Halsey Condit, youngest son of Jotham and Hcphzibah (Munni Condit, was born at the\\nhomestead of liis father, on Main Street, in what is now East Orange, January 19, 1822. His\\neducational advantages were confined to the public schools of that day. He served an apprenticeship\\nat the carpenter s trade and in 1847 started in the business for himself. His work as a builder was\\ncarried on with varied success for more than a quarter of a century, retiring in 1873 when he was elected\\ntownship collector which position he held for three years\u00e2\u0080\u0094 to 1875. On retiring from the collectorship he\\nwas elected a member of the Town Committee which ofifice he held for three years, retiring on his own\\nvolition. In his earlier days he consented to be a candidate for the office of Chosen Freeholder for the\\ncounty and was elected. This position was voluntarily relinquished at the end of one year although\\nhis record was a creditable one, being a member of the finance committee. Mr Condit is ardently\\ndevoted to the cause of religion and to the elevation and improvement of his fellowmen. He was an\\nelder in the Second Presbyterian or Brick Church for twelve years. On the formation of the First\\nReformed Church in 1875 was elected one of its elders. In 1885 Mr. Condit compiled and published,\\nwith the assistance of his nephew, Eben Condit, a genealogical record of the Condit family, a valuable\\ncontribution to the history of one of the most faithful and earnest settlers and founders of that part of\\nthe town of Newark embraced in the territory of the Oranges. This work also contains a partial\\ngenealogy of the Harrison, Williams, Pierson, Smith, Lindsley, Munn and Whitehead families. He has\\nalso collected genealogical and historical data relating to other old families connected with the Oranges.\\nMr. Condit married, in 1847, Abby Ann, daugh-\\nter of Cheveral Condit, a descendant of John\\nCondit, the ancestor. The issue of this marriage is\\nsix children two deceased. Edward I., the eldest,\\nsucceeded his father in business; Herbert J., the\\nsecond son, carries on an extensive grocery business\\nin East Orange; Frank P. is engaged in the gents\\nfurnishing business, in East Orange; Anna D.,\\nmarried Francis W. Lawson.\\nEdward Irving Condit. eldest son of Jotham\\nand Abby Ann Condit, was born in East Orange,\\nX. J., September 14, 1848. While his educational\\nadvantages were not of the highest, the\\\\- were supe-\\nrior to those of any of his family who preceded him.\\n1 le attended public school and had one year s tuition\\nat Miss Robinson s private school, of Orange. W ith\\nthis as a foundation, he entered his father s employ\\nantl became, in time, one of the best and most\\njnominent builders in East Orange, succeeding to\\nhis father s business in 1873. The total valuation of\\nthe houses he has built will probably exceed a million\\ndollars. Among these are some of the finest antl\\nmost expensive residences in East Orange and\\ninclude among the public buildings the Columbian\\nschool- house, the best equipped of any public school-\\nhouse in the Oranges, and the Arlington Presbyterian\\nChurch, erected in 1893. Mr. Condit was one of the\\npioneers in the fire department of East Orange.\\nHe was a charter member of Ashland Hook and Ladder Company, of which he was afterwards foreman.\\nHe also assisted in organizing the Firemen s Relief Association and has been for twelve vears its\\nJOTHAM HALSEY CONDIT.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0078.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Riilders of the Oranges.\\n57\\nsecretary ami was the first president of the Exempt Firemen s Association. He has been a worker\\nin the temperance movement, is Past Worthy Chief Templar of the Washington Temple, of Orange,\\nand filled tiie several offices in the Order of the Good Templars. He was also connected with the\\nI. O. O. F., and is Past Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias. He united with the Brick Church\\nin 1S72, from which he withdrew later with a number of others to organize the Reformed Church, of\\nEast Orange. He was elected one of its first deacons and has held the position continuously up to the\\npresent time. He has been for many years a teacher in the Sabbath School and one of its most\\nfaithful workers. He married Miss Charlotte Robinson, daughter of _\\nJohn Robinson, of East Orange, and had issue seven children, the first\\ntwo deceased in infancy. Of those living are Edward H., Henry L.,\\nRichard S., Jessie R. and Jotham Robinson.\\nHerbert Johnson Condit, second son of Jotham and Abby\\nAnn Condit, was born at the homestead, in East Orange, August\\n12, 1852. He attended the Ashland public school until he was thirteen\\nyears of age and then obtained a position in the wholesale dry goods\\nand jobbing house of Butler, Broome Clapp, New York City. He\\nremained itii this firm five years and was with Cochrane, McClane\\nCo., in the same line of business, for about the same period of time.\\nIn 1877 he returned to his native town and opened a gents furnishing\\nstore under the firm name of Condit Ir\\\\ing. Two years later he\\ndisposed of his interest and opened a grocery on Main Street. He\\nbuilt up a successful trade and si.x years later he moved to the large\\nand commodious brick building (then recently built) at 529 Main Street,\\nopposite Brick Church. His trade increased, necessitating increased\\naccomodations, and in 1889 he purchased the whole building, reserving to himself the most desirable\\nportion and renting the remainder to good advantage. He was a charter member of Hook and Ladder\\nCompany No. i, which he assisted in organizing. He is also a charter member and president of the\\nE.xempt Firemen s Association is a member of Longfellow Council, Royal Arcanum; one of the founders\\nand treasurer of the East Orange Conclave, Order of Heptasophs, and was formerly an active member\\nof Washington Temple of Honor, of Orange. He became, early in life, a member of the Second\\nPresbyterian or Brick Church and was among the original members who withdrew from that church to\\norganize the First Reformed Church, of East Orange, of which he is a deacon. He has been identified\\nwith the Sunday School since early childhood and is at present assistant superintendent of the Sunday\\nSchool conected with the First Reformed Church. He married, in 187S, Phebe E. Condit, daughter of\\nDaniel H., a descendant, through another line, of Samuel Condit, the ancestor of the Orange family\\nof this name. His children are Mary Squier, Abbie Harrison, Herbert Johnson, Jr., and Hattie Osmun\\nEDWARD IRVING CONDIT.\\nTHE DAY FAHILY.\\nGeorce DA^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0, the New Jersey ancestor of this family, was among the Milford signers of the\\nFundamental Agreement. He had the fourth lot in the first assignment made to the Milford settlers\\nHis Home Lott, as shown by an old Newark map, was bounded by the present Broad, Walnut and\\nMulberry Streets, and adjoining that of Nathaniel Wheeler. He married ALary, daughter of Edward\\nRiggs and had children, Paul, George and Samuel. He died before 1685, and his widow married\\nAnthony Oleff, whose homestead was at the mountain within the present limits of Llewellyn\\nPark. In March, 1685, Paul, George and Samuel Day had surveyed to them sixty acres of land,\\nbounded on the west by the mountain, on the south by Matthew Williams s land, on the east by Wigwam\\nBrook and on the north by the common. In Januaiy, 1688-9, George Day exchanged lands with\\nMatthew Williams, the latter parting with a dwelling-house, shop, orchard and other property and lands", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0079.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "58 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nnear Newark, and receiving two tracts at the mountain, one bounded east by the Wigwam Brook and\\nthe other (swamp land) bounded by Parrow s Brook. The first wife of George Day (2) is not known\\nhis second wife, Phebe, he married \\\\n 171 1. He had among other children a son, Joseph.\\nJoseph Day, son of George (2), was born, probably, in Newark. His will names children Joitat/iaii,\\nAmos, Thomas, Paul and Stephen A. A deed dated 1744, executed by Joseph Day, conveys a tract of\\nland in Newark to my beloved son, Jonathan Day. Joseph Day contributed, in 1753. .^i.ios to the\\nnew church building of the Mountain Society.\\nJonathan Day, son of Joseph, was born in the town of Newark. He married a Mrs. Clark and\\nhad two sons, Isaac and David, and a daughter, Hannah.\\nDavid Day, son of Jonathan and (Clark) Day, was born, probably, in what is now Orange.\\nThe home of David Day is described in a road laid out in 1733, as Beginning at the house of David\\nDay, thence running as the road now runs to a certain chestnut tree, near the house of Amos Williams,\\nsaid tree standing on the northeast side of said highway. David Day married Elizabeth Lyon, and\\nhad five sons, viz.: Jonathan, Stephen D., David and two sons named Josiah. He had six daughters:\\nPhebe, Hannah, Mary, Elizabeth and two named Comfort.\\nStephen D. Day, son of David and Elizabeth (Lyon) Day, was born at Camptown, now Irvington,\\nJuly I, 1771. On March 30, 179S, he purchased a lot on the southwest corner of RLiin and Cone Streets,\\nand built a two-story house, on the first floor of which he opened a country store. He subsequently\\nformed a co partnership with John Morris Lindsley, whose sister he married some years later. The\\npartnership was dissolved in 181 1, and Mr. Day built a new store on the site now occupied by the\\nOrange Savings Bank, the easterly corner of Main and Cone Streets. Mr. Day bought out Mr. Lindsley\\nin 181 1, and in 1813 he sold all his property on the south side of Main Street, taking in part payment\\nthe northeast corner of Main and Day Streets, on which he built a fine house which he occupied until\\nhis death, the lower part being occupied by him as a store. At tiic time of this purcha.se Day Street\\nwas not opened. This building was destroyed by fire on the night of March 3, 1866. Mr. Day was\\nthe first and the most successful merchant in Orange and prominent in public affairs throughout the\\ncounty. He invested largely in real estate in different parts of Orange and sold at a very small\\nadvance over the cost in order to encourage settlement. He was a man of great liberality and when\\nthe third meeting-hou.se in Orange was built he subscribed $300 towards it. During the war of 1812-15\\nhe raised and commanded a company of infantry which was mustered into the United States service.\\nHe was a leader in and a promoter of nearly every public enterprise in this locality. He assisted in the\\norganization of the Orange Bank, in which he was a large stockholder, was\\nits first president, continuing in office for ^Kj^^^^^^ twenty-four years. He was for manj-\\nyears one of the judges of the County ^^B-^-.-^^^^ Coiut of Common Pleas. He was twice\\nelected to the State Senate. He was a ^^v /T^^^^B director and for a time temporary presi-\\ndent of the Morris and Essex Railroad ^^K\u00c2\u00ab ^J^^H Company. He was a man of decided\\nconvictions, and when his mind was once ^^^^T ^^^^V ii it P nothing could swerve him from\\nthe course he had marked out for himself. ^^^^^^^^W became early in life a strong advocate\\nof temperance at a time when intoxicants were freely used as a beverage in almost\\nevery family. He gave up the sale of it, sTEPiinx n. day. which was a source of great profit and\\nformed a part of the stock in trade of every country merchant. He never clung to any of the old time\\nprejudices which were so common in his day, but was always ready to adopt any real improvement.\\nHe bought a piano for his daughter, said to be the first ever brought to Orange. It is claimed that he laid\\nthe first sidewalk in front of his own premises ever laid in Orange. It is also claimed that he brought\\nthe first load of anthracite coal to Orange, but as the stoves of the day were not constructed for its use\\nit did not prove a success.\\nJudge Day was twice married. His fiist wife, Sarah, was a daughter of Judge John Lindsley (see\\nLindsley family), whose old homestead was in South Orange. The issue of this marriage was six\\nchildren, of whom three died in infancy. Of those who lived were Robert Patloii, born December 16,", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0080.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Ruii.df.rs of the Oranges. 59\\n1799; Eliza, born October 8, 1805, married Rev. George Picrson Charles Rodney, born November 6,\\n1808, died August 19, 1870. Judge Day married, second, Mary, a sister of his first wife. Of the\\nsecond marriage there was no issue.\\nRobert Patton Day, eldest child of Stephen D. and Sarah (Lindsley) Day, was born at the\\nhomestead, in Orange, December 16, 1799. He died in 1844, before his father. He married Mary\\nWilliams, daughter of Moses Dodd [son of Moses, son of Joseph, son of Daniel (3), son of Daniel (2),\\nson of Daniel (i)]. Their children were: Sarah Elizabeth, died young; Stephen D, died young;\\nMary. Gertrude; Phebe, the youngest, married James E. Reynolds. Their children are: Frank Day,\\nStella, Mary, Gertrude, Frederick C Phebe E., Robert D. and Ethel E. Robert Patton Day married,\\nsecondly, Catharine, daughter of Jcptha lialdwin (sec Baldwin family), and had one son, Robert\\nLindsley, living at Somcrville, N. J.\\nCharles Rodney Day, second son of Stephen D. and Sarah (Lindsley) Day, was born November\\n6, 180S. He married Lucy R. Alvord and had issue, Charles, died young; Lucy E., Stephen D. and\\nWilliam A.\\nStephen D., son of Charles Rodney and Lucy R. (Alvord; Day, married Elizabeth M. Martine,\\ndaughter of Theodore Martine, of New York. They have Elizabeth Martine, Stephen D, and Helen\\nAlvord.\\nWilliam A., youngest child of Charles Rodney Day, married Rachael T. Barber, of Atlanta, Ga.\\nThey have one child, William A.\\nCharles R. Day s wife was Lucy Robinson Alvord, daughter of Gains Alvord and Eunice Robinson\\na descendant of John Robinson, who came over with the Mayflower emigration. Their children were\\nsix in number: Lucy E., Charles Patton, Stephen Delavan and William Austin, twins, Frederick\\nNorman and Frank AK onl. Charles Patton died at the age of five years and the twins in infancy.\\nTHE DODD FAMILY.\\nThe Dod family is one of great antiquity and is variously spelt Dot, Dod and Dodd. In Burke s\\nHeraldry it is stated that Hova, son of Cadwgan Dot, who was the founder of the family about the\\ntime of Henry 11, having married the daughter and heir of the Lord of Edge, in Cheshire, obtained\\none-fourth of that manor and settled there. Ormond says: Dot, the Saxon lord of sixteen manors,\\neither exclusively or of a considerable proportion thereof, was joint Lord of Cholmondeley, Hampton,\\nGroppenhall and two-thirds of Beckerton, with Edwin, a Saxon thane, who was allowed, after the\\nNorman conquest, to retain possession of his lands at Edge, in Cheshire. The Dod pedigree, entered\\nby Baron Dod, in the visitation of 1613, gives four descents after Cadwgan, and again commences with\\nHova Dod, after which it proceeds in a clear descent. Near one extremity of the Dod estate, in Edge,\\nin a place called the Hall Hegs, are vestiges of a mansion which was most probably the earliest\\nresidence of the family.\\nDaniel Dod, the ancestor of most of the families of this name in East New Jersey, was probably\\nan early settler of Wethersfield, Conn. His name appears among the list of forty planters who, in\\n1644, purchased from the Indians the plantation of Totoket, which they named Branford. These\\nsettlers were mostly from Wethersfield, a few coming from the New Haven colony. Daniel Dod (i),\\ndied about 1666. By his wife, Mary, he had seven children, of whom Daniel (2) was the third child.\\nSECOND OENERA-XION.\\nDaniel Dod (21, third child of Daniel (i) and Mary Dod, was born in Branford, Conn.,\\nabout 1650. He came with the original Branford settlers to Newark and his name appears in the\\nNewark Records, 1667-8, in the Sure List of Every Man s Estate, approved by the Sale Men with\\ntheir deductions. His deduction was A 100. He was Granted an Acre and a Half of Land to build", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0081.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "6o The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nupon near Hauiis Albers Lott. He also had given him tliat Acre and a Half i f upland above Hauns\\nAlbers Lott. On May 13, 1672, Daniel Dod is to have his Meadow Lay d out by a i^ioo Estate.\\nOn March 30, 1677, he, together with Edward Ball, was chosen to run the North Line with the Indians\\nand meet with the others (who were to run the west line) on the Mountain. On January 24, 1686-7,\\nhe was one of the Committee appointed to give instructions in the Town s Behalf. He was chosen a\\ndeputy to the Provincial Assembly, in 1692. In 1701 he signed, with a hundred or more citizens of\\nNewark, an agreement to purchase, with the consent of the Lords Proprietors, the lands west of the\\nbounds of Newark purchase. The Bill in Chancery mentions surveys for Daniel Dod in 1679, by a\\nwarrant from the Proprietors. He and his sons owned a large tract of land in Watscssing (now\\nBloomfield), and in that part of Orange bordering on Bloomfield. Daniel Dod married, probably. Phebe\\nBrown, daughter of John Brown, and had issue, Daniel ii), Stephen and John (i).\\nTHIRD OENERAXION.\\nLine of Daniel (3), eldest child of Daniel (2), son of Daniel (1).\\nDaniel Dod (3), eklest child of Daniel (2) and Phebe (Brown) Dod. was born in Newark, about\\n1680 and died in 1767. As there were two other Daniels mentioned in the Newark Town Records\\nduring the life of Daniel (3), it is somewhat difficult to ascertain who was referred to except when the\\nname of his wife was mentioned. He married Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Nash) Ailing.\\nThis Samuel Ailing was one of the founders of the New Haven Colony in 1639, and signed the original\\ncompact. The first mention of his name in the Newark Records is on February 28, 1700. He probably\\nsettled in Newark a little previous to that time. The children of Daniel (3) and Sarah (Ailing) Dod\\nwere: Eunice, born 1718; Sarah, born 1720; Thomas, born 1723; Daniel (4), born 1725; Isaac, born\\n1728; Joscpli, born September 12. 1731 Moses, born 1734; Amos, born 1737; Caleb, born 1740.\\nFOURTH QENERA.TION.\\nJOSETH Doi), son of Daniel (3) and Sarah (Ailing) Dod, was born September 12, 1731. He married\\nMary Lindsley, daughter of Ebenezer Lindsley (son of Francis Linley or Lindsley, one of the first\\nsettlers of Newark). She died February 14, 1763, aged 29. He married, secondly, Sarah Williams,\\ndaughter of Amos Williams, Esq. (born I- ebruary 23. 1742, and died September 3, 1818). Joseph Dod\\nlived and died in Orange. By his first wife he had Matthias, born April 29, 1753, Ebenezer, Rachel,\\nJoseph and Mary, twins, and two other twins born 1763. Joseph Dod had by his second wife, Amos,\\nAbigail, Daniel, Moses, Lydia, Abigail, Allen.\\nKIKTH QENERA.TION.\\nMatthias Dodd, eldest son of Joseph and Mary (Lindsley) Dodd, was born in thai part of\\nNewark now known as Orange, April 29, 1753. He was a farmer and carpenter and during the War of\\nthe Revolution he served with the Esse.x County Militia. He took part in the battle of Si)ringfield,\\nanil at the battle of Monmouth he cajjtured from the enemy a good musket leaving his old one in place\\nof it. This subsequently fell into the hands of his grandson, Matthias, who presented it to the trustees\\nof the Washington Headquarters, at Morristown. After the close of the war Matthias Dodtl worked at\\nhi? trade as a carpenter. He cut timber in the mountains, framed and shipped it to New York, where\\nit was used in the erection of buildings some of which are probably still standing. On July 2T), 1801,\\nwhile on an excursion to Coney Island, Matthias was drowned in the attempt to save his daughter,\\nRachel. She, with her cousin, Stephen Munn, got out beyond their depth. Her father, who was an\\nexcellent swimmer, went to assist them, but both of the drowning ones caught hold of him at the same\\ntime and all perished together. Matthias married Sarah, daughter of Joseph Munn (born August 31,\\n1759, died May 31, 1848). He had issue, Jared, William, Rachel, Lewis, born September 8, 1784, Abby,\\nCharlotte, Bethuel, Nancy, Mary.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0082.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders ok the Oranges. 6i\\nSIXTH GENERATION.\\nLewis DOUD, son of Mattliias and Sarah (Munn) Dod, was bom in Orange, Sc|)tcmber 8, 17S4.\\nlie carried on tlic shoeinaking business for several years. He also, at one time, took cargoes of fruit\\nand cider to sell at the South. On one of these voyages he had to leave his cargo on account of the\\nyellow fever, incurring a ruinous loss, but by his perseverance acquired a connpctcncy for his old age\\nand made a good provision for his children, lie married, November 12, 1808, Elizabeth Baldwin,\\ndaughter of Caleb Baldwin, who was born December 17, 1788. They resided in East Orange and had\\nissue, Rachel, born August 20, 1809, married John Dunham; Jane, born September 11, 1 8 ii, married\\nFernando Crans Matthias Munn, born January 24. 18 14; Lydia, born April 9, 1S16; Jared, born April\\n27, 1818; Sarah, born August 8, 1820; William, born November 11, 1822 Bcthucl Lnvis, born January\\n16, 1826; Julia Ann, born February 17, iSj8, married lulwaril Wallace.\\nSEVENTH GENEKA.TION.\\nIMaitiiias Munn Dodu, third chikl and eldest son of Lewis and Elizabeth (Baldwin; Dodd, was\\nborn at the homestead built by his grandfather on Whiskey Lane, now Grove Street, East Orange,\\nJanuary 24, 1814. His education was limited to the rudimentary branches taught in the little country\\nschool and he spent much of his time on his father s farm. In later years he engaged in other enter-\\nprises he bought and sold timber, dealt in cattle, c. He was never idle either in summer or winter.\\nAbout 1 84 1 he started a milk route which he continued for nearly fifty years, and for nearly forty years\\nof the time was also engaged in the coal business with his brother-in-law. He owned considerable real\\nestate and when prices advanced so that it was no longer profitable to hold it as farm land, he disposed\\nof a large portion of it. He reinvested his money in improved property which yielded a good income.\\nMuch of this he divided among his relatives and gave to various benevolent objects. His interest\\ncentered in the First Congregational Church, of East Orange, of which he was one of the founders and\\nstaunchest supporters. As the population of East Orange increased, he kept well abreast of the times\\nand was a firm advocate of public improvements. He served on the town committee of Orange before\\nits disintegration and gave his hearty support to the movement which led to the formation of East\\nOrange into a separate township. He was afterwards elected a member of the Township Committee of\\nEast Orange. While eschewing politics he voted for a number of years with the Republican party, but\\nwithdrew later and gave his support to the prohibitionists. He was a director of the People s Insurance\\nCompany and is now a director of the Merchants Insurance Company, both of Newark. Although brought\\nup in the old Calvinist school of theology, Mr. Dodd has always opposed its teachings and held to more\\nliberal views and advanced thought. This eventually led him into the fold of the Congregational church\\nand he is now a firm believer in its teachings. Mr. Dodd married, first, Harriet, daughter of Stephen\\nRowe. Three children were born to them, viz.: Elizabeth, who married Aaron P.Mitchell; Myra,\\nmarried Horace N. Jennings, and Adelaide. His first wife died in 1880, and he married, second, Mrs.\\nEmily Bullock, nee Padden. Although well advanced in years he is still strong in body and in mind\\nand able to give his personal attention to all his business affairs.\\nBethuel Lewis Dodd, eighth child of Lewis and Elizabeth (Baldwin) Dodd, was born at the\\nhomestead of his grandfather, in East Orange, January 16, 1826. He received his preparatory course at\\nHamilton College and also had the benefit of private tutors. He entered the sophomore class at\\nPrinceton College in 1846. He studied medicine with Dr. Coles, of Newark, and entered the College\\nof Physicians and Surgeons, New York, in 1849. He afterwards became associated with Dr. Cole.s, of\\nNewark, continuing for nearly thirty-five years. He was District Physician, Police Surgeon and surgeon\\nfor the N. J. R. R. Co. At the breaking out of the Civil War in 1861, he was volunteer surgeon of\\nWard s Hospital and examining surgeon for several New Jersey regiments. From about 1862 to 1872\\nhe was County Physician of Essex.\\nDr. Dodd, in 1864, in connection with John R. Burnett, published Genealogies of the Male Descend-", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0083.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "62 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nants of Daniel Dod, of Branford, Conn., a native of England, 1646 to 1863. He also assisted Mr. C. C\\nBaldwin in the preparation of the Baldwin Genealogy. Dr. Dodd is a life member of the New Jersey\\nHistorical Society, also of the Cliosophic Society of Princeton College. Dr. Dodd married, first,\\nOctober 4, 1854, Susan E. Jaques, daughter of John D. and Clarissa (Freeman) Jaques, son of John C.\\nand Margaret (Dobbs) Jaques. She was born October i, 1821, and died February 11, 1870. Dr. Dodd\\nmarried, second, Gertrude Ray Ward, daughter of Richard Ray and Gertrude E. (Doughty) Ward, a\\ndescendant of one of the most distinguished families in this country. She is own cousin to Julia Ward\\nHowe, also to Mrs. Crawford, the sculptor, and to the famous Sam Ward, of Washington. Dr.\\nDodd retired from acti\\\\e practice in 1876 and has since engaged in literary pursuits and in the manage-\\nment of his wife s large estate and other business affairs. His children by his first wife were: Milton\\nColes, Clara Branch, Matthias Munn and Lydia Grace. By his second marriage he had issue, Edward\\nLewis, Annie May, Richard Ward, deceased, Gertrude Emily, Samuel Ward, Louisa Margaret.\\nTHIRD OENERATION.\\nLint, of Jolin (1), youngest child of Daniel (2).\\nJ(iH.\\\\ DoD (i), youngest son of Daniel (2) and Phebe (Brown?) Dod, was born in Newark, about\\n1695. His property embraced a large tract of land in what is now East Orange, formerly known as\\nDodd Town, bordering on and embracing a considerable portion of Watsessing plains. He was a\\nleader in the movement organized by the property owners living near the mountain to resist the claims\\nof the Lords Proprietors. He owned about 500 acres, e.xtending from a line a little west of the Bethel\\nPresbyterian Church, north and northwest towards Bloomfield, including the site of the old saw mill\\nbetween Dodd Street and Bloomfield Township. A portion of this land, on which the copper mines\\nwere worked, is mentioned in the early deeds and contracts as Rattlesnake Plains. John Dod died\\nabout 1762. His wife was Elizabeth Lampson, by whom he had issue, Eleazar, Abigail, married Job\\nCrane Jo/in (2), born 1726; Mary, Phebe, Duvid, born 1733, and Elizabeth.\\nFOURTH QENERA.TION.\\nJohn Dod (2), eldest son of John (^i) and Elizabeth (Lampson) Dod, was born in Dod Town, in\\n1726. In 1754 he was chosen assessor of the town of Newark, which then included nearly the whole\\ncounty of Essex, and was re-elected annually for several years. During the War of the Revolution he\\nserved in the Second Regiment of Es.sex, also in Capt. Craig s company, State troops. He died\\nNovember 13, 1795. He married Jane, daughter of Joseph Smith, son of James Smith, the ancestor of\\nthe Smith family of Orange. His children were: Hannah, born 1753; Eleazar, born 1757; Uzal,\\nborn 1759; John, born 1761, and Linus, born 1765.\\nKIKTH QKNERATION.\\nEleazar Dodd, eldest son of John (2) and Jane (Smith) Dodd, was born in 1757, in Dod Town.\\nHe owned a farm which ran along the present line of Prospect Street, which was afterwards divided\\nbetween his sons, Stephen and Abial. He served as a Minute Man in the War of the Revolution in the\\nsame company with his father. He died on the farm where he was born, in 1807. He married Abigail\\nHarrison, daughter of Stephen Harrison, son of Nathaniel, son of Joseph (l), son of Sergeant Richard\\nHarrison, the ancestor of most of the Harrisons of Orange. They had issue, Hannah, born 1783;\\nStephen, born 1786; Abial, born 1789; Lydia, born 1792.\\nSIXTH QENBRATIOiN.\\nStephen Dodd, second child of Eleazar and Abigail (Harrison) Dodd, was born at the homestead\\nof his father, on what is now Prospect Street, September 26, 1786. He carried on an extensive business\\nfor many years as contractor and builder. He owned the property on the southwest corner of Main", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0084.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0085.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "SAMUEL M. DODD.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0086.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "Tur; Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 63\\nand Harrison Streets, and carried on business there for a number of years. After the death of Samuel\\nM. Dodd, his cousin, he took charge of the saw mill at Dodd Town and continued the business for\\ntwenty years, until Samuel Uzal Dodd, son of Samuel M. Dodd, became of age. He sold his home-\\nstead, corner of Main and Harrison Streets, Orange, and built himself a house on Prospect Street, on a\\npart of the farm which he inherited from his father. He spent the remaining years of his life in that\\nhouse. He was modest and unassuming in his manner, unselfish and charitable, with a kind word for\\nevery one. He was a man known and read of all men, and his friends were legion. He was open,\\nfrank and honest and without guile, and there was much that was loveable in his nature. It may be\\ntruly said of him that\\nHis life was gentle; and the elements\\nSo mix d in him that Nature might stand up\\nAnd say to all the world, this was a man.\\nHe was for many years a member of the old irst Presbyterian Church, of Orange, and afterwards\\nassisted in organi/.ing the Secontl Presbyterian, now known as the Brick Church, of East Orange. Mr.\\nDodii married February i, 1826, Mary Condit, and had issue:\\n1. Stephen Harrison Dodd, bom at the homestead, on the corner of Main and Harrison\\n.Streets, January 1828. He resides at present in the house built b\\\\- his father, on Prospect Street.\\nHe married Susan C. Washburn, daughter of Silas and Lydia (Baldwin) Washburn. Their children are\\nSilas Washburn, born November 18, 1857, married Elizabeth Clark; Letitia Chardevoyne, and Henry\\nVan/.andt.\\n2. ViNER Vanzandt Dodd, born December 17, 1829. He lived for a number of years with his\\nfather, in the old homestead at Dodd Town. He resides at present in a modern cottage on Midland\\nAvenue. He married, November 20, 1856, Abby Porter, and had issue, Mary Linden, and Samuel\\nIrving, born March 17, i860, died April 12, 1861.\\n3. Samuel Morris Dodd, third child of Stephen and Mary (Condit) Dodd, was born at the\\nhomestead, in Dodd Town, now East Orange, June 3, 1832. He attended the little district school in\\nhis neighborhood and completed his education at the Bloomfield Academy, a famous educational\\ninstitution in its da\\\\-. At the age of fourteen he started on his business career as clerk in a country\\nstore in Orange, and two years later he obtained a position in the ofifice of a wholesale hat, cap and fur\\nhouse on Water Street, New York. As a lad he was honest, industrious, painstaking, and attended\\nfaithfully to the interests of his employers. He remained with this firm three years and his prospects\\nfor further advancement were very good. The West at this time offered great inducements to young\\nmen, and he determined to avail himself of the opportvmities offered for improving his condition. He\\nwent to St. Louis in February, 185 i, and found employment with the hat, cap and fur house of Baldwin.\\nRandall Co. His knowledge of the business acquired in the East proved of great advantage to him\\nin his new connections, and he grew in the estimation of his employers so that at the end of five j ears\\nhe was received into the firm as a junior member. In 1863 he bought out his partners and continued\\nthe business in his own name until 1S66, when he wound up its affairs and became one of the founders\\nand senior member of the wholesale dry goods firm of Dodd, Brown Co. This became one of the\\nlargest and best known diy goods houses in the West, and Mr. Dodd was recognized as one of the\\nleading merchants of St. Louis. He continued his connection with this firm until 1885, when he\\nretired. During this period he had become actively identified with other large enterprises which\\nrequired more or less of his time and attention. He was at that time president of the American Brake\\nCo., and of the Broadway Real Estate Co, and has since become interested in numerous other corpora-\\ntions. He is now president of the Missouri Electric Light and Power Co., president of the Edison\\nIlluminating Co., vice-president of the American Central Insurance Co., vice-president of the National\\nBank of Commerce, and a director in numerous other institutions.\\nDuring the Civil War, altlioii,i;h in the midst of the enemies of his cmintry, Mr. Dodd was true and\\nloyal to the government, assisted and encouraged enlistments and took part in the various public", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0089.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "64 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nmovements for the support of the Union cause. While lie has never shirked any known duty and has\\ngiven his hearty support to the various public improvements in the city of his adoption, he\\neschewed politics and declined public of^ce. As a loyal republican he has been faithful to his party\\nand contributed to its success. Modest and unassuming in his demeanor, Mr. Dodd possesses qualities\\nof mind and heart that endear him to all who know him. He has proved himself a true and\\nworthy representative of the Dodd family, that for generations have preserved a spotless escutcheon.\\nThough identified for almost a lifetime with the growth and prosperity of the great West, Mr. Dodd\\nhas never lost his interest in the scenes of his childhood. Not only his own immediate family, but the\\nplaymates of his youth are remembered by him witli tender solicitude and affection. His frequent\\nvisits to the home of his childhood are hailed with joy by his circle of friends and acquaintances, who\\nare proud of the fact that the little village of Dodd Town has produced at least one of the successful\\nmerchants of the great West.\\n4. AiilAL Monroe, born March 25, 1834.\\n5. Henry Pierson, born January 28, 1836.\\n6. Harriet Pierson, bom January 26, 1839.\\n7. Ira Condit, born June 26, 1841.\\n8. Marcus Di.kon, born January 17, 1844.\\nFOURTH GENERATION.\\nLine of IJavid, si^cth child of John (1), soi^ of Daniel (2), son of Daniel (1).\\nDavid Dod, sixth child of John (i) and Elizabeth (Lampson) Dod, was born at the homestead, in\\nDodd Town (East Orange), nth October, 1733. He inherited his share of the property and was a large\\nlandowner. He served with the Essex County Militia in the War of the Revolution. He carried on\\nthe grist mill and in addition to this business he had a large citler mill, where he did a very extensive\\nbusiness and manufactured and coopered all his own barrels. He married Sarah, daughter of Joseph\\nHarrison (son of Joseph, who was the son of Sergeant Richard Harrison, the ancestor of the Newark\\nand Orange family of this name). They had issue, Mary, Zcbina, Elizabeth, Rhoda, Abigail, Sarah,\\nD(i7 ic/ {2). born June, 1773, Pliebe, Lydia, Da\\\\id (1), died March 31, 1817. In his will, made in 1790.\\nhe left the mill property to be enjoyed equally between his two sons, David, Jr.. and Zebina,\\nKIKTH GENERATION.\\nDavid DOD (2), seventh child of David (i) and Sarah (Harrison) Dod, was born in that part of\\nwhat is now East Orange, formerly Dodd Town, June 2, 1773. He served his time with his father and\\ncontinued to operate the grist mill for a time, and about thirty years before his death he leased it to\\ncertain parties for a woolen mill, lie was a man highly respected in the community. He married,\\nJune 22, 1800, Lydia Ward, daughter of Samuel L. Ward (son of Lawrence, son of Josiali, son of\\nJohn Ward, Jr., who settled in Newark, 1666, and in Bloomfield before 1700). The children were:\\nJoseph Chandler, Eliza Ward, Mary Ann, Ellen Margaret, Reuben born August 5, 18 12, Margaret,\\nAlmira, Josia/i Farrand.\\nSIXTH GENERATION.\\nReuben W. Dodd, fifth child of David (2) and Ljdia (Ward) Dodd, was born in that part of\\nEast Orange formerl\\\\- known as Dodd Town, August 5, 1812. He attended the district school at Dodd\\nTown and assisted his father in the grist mill, of which he became proprietor about ten years before his\\nfather s death. He did a thriving business at the mill for many years and also kept a dour and feed\\nstore on Main Street, on the site of the present post office. Mr. Dodd served on several occasions as", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0090.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "TiiK Founders and IJiiidkus ok tiik Oranges. 65\\nSurveyor of Roads foi Essex County. He took an active part in the affairs of Orange Township and\\nmore espcciall) those of East Orange after it became a separate townsliip. Altliough a republican in\\npolitics, he couiil not be called a partisan he was too liberal minded for that. He was best known\\nin Masonic circles and in his daily life exemplified the teachings of the Order. He was a member and\\nfor a lon^ time the treasurer of Union Lodge, of Orange, F. A. M., prompt in his attendance at\\nthe regular comnninications and ever ready to assist in carrying on the work. He was equally\\nprominent in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and recognized the strong ties which bound this\\nnoble brotherhood together. He passed through the several chairs of Lafayette Lodge, No. 12, of\\nwhich he was long a member. He was also highly honored in the Encampment and was Past High\\nPriest of Mt. Ararat Encampment, of Newark. He died October 9, 1870, and was buried with Odd\\nFellow and Masonic honors. The funeral ceremonies on the part of the Odd Fellows were conducted\\nby Theodore N. Ross, Past Grand Master of the State of New Jersey, and on the part of the Masonic\\nFraternity by Leander Williams, VV. M., of Corinthian Lodge, of Orange.\\nMr. Dodd marrieil late in life, Nancy Maria Doty, born at Sloansville, Schoharie, County, N. Y.,\\nJune 9, 1834, daughter of Asa and Elizabeth (Day) Doty (born at Sharon, Conn., April 28, 1795), son\\nof Jesse and Lydia (Strong) Doty (born at Sharon, Conn., 1772), son of Asa and Sarah (Barnum) Doty\\n(born at Wareham, Mass., Nov. 6, 1746). Asa was a soldier in the Revolution, was ensign in 1775, in\\nAlbany Co., N. Y. He lived in Sharon, Conn., and died there in 1788, by a fall from a wagon. He\\nwas the son of Capt. Samuel and Zeriah (Lovell) Doty. Capt. Samuel Doty, born in Rochester, Mass.,\\nabout 1713, removed to Wareham, and in 1747, to Sharon, Conn., where he practiced surveying and\\nbecame a prominent citizen. He was the son of John and Elizabeth Doty. John Doty was\\nborn at Rochester, Mass., March i, 1688. He was the son of Joseph and Deborah (J-fatch) Doty.\\nJoseph Doty was born at Plymouth, Mass., April 30, 165 r. He was a surveyor and farmer and one of\\nthe original purchasers and settlers at Rochester, Mass., and was treasurer of the town. He was the son\\nof Edward and Faith (Clark) Doty. Edward Doty, the emigrant ancestor of the family, was born in\\n1599 and was one of the blessed company who came on the Mayflower to Plymouth, Mass., in 1620.\\nThe children of Reuben W. and Nancy Maria Doty) Dodd were Lydia Caroline, David Asa, Lizzie C.\\nand John Brower.\\nJOSIAH Farrand Doud, youngest child of David (2) and Lydia (^Ward) Dodd, was born at the\\nhomestead of the family, corner of Dodd Street and Midland Avenue, February 19, 1818. After\\ncompleting his education he went to Newark and learned the coach making trade. Later in life he\\nengaged in the manufacture of prussiate of potash, in Newark. Mr. Dodd was twice married his first\\nwife was Sarah Maria Ward, daughter of Elijah Ward, of Morristown, to whom he was married in 1842.\\nThree children were the issue of this marriage Matilda (still living), married John Brower, of New\\nYork City. They have four children, John, Jr., Ward, Farrand D., Beatrice. Mr. Dodd married, secondly,\\nEleanor Carhuff. of Pennsylvania. The issue of the second marriage of Mr. Dodd was five children, all\\ndeceased except Mary E., who married J. Ward Grummon. They have children, viz.: Eleanor,\\ndeceased, Joseph Dodd, Thomas, Paul.\\nKIFTH GENERATION.\\nLii:ivis, youngest son of John (2), son of John (1). son of 13aniel (2), son of Daniel (1).\\nLinus Dod, youngest child of John (2, fourth generation) and Jane (Smith) Dod, was born near\\nthe original homestead of Daniel Dod, in Dodd Town, June i8, 1765. He was an elder in the First\\nPresbyterian Church and was one of those who signed the call, in 1801, to Rev. Asa Hillyer to become\\nthe pastor of the church. He was a man of high standing in the community as well as in the church.\\nHe died August 3, 1825. He married Elizabeth Pierson, daughter of Caleb, of Caleb, of Samuel, of\\nSamuel, of Thomas Pierson, the ancestor. Their children were Achsah and Calvin.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0091.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "66\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nSIXTH QENERATION.\\nCalvin Dodd, only son of Linus and Elizabeth Pierson) Dodd, was born in Dodd Town, Novem-\\nber 13, 1792. He was educated at the neighboring country school. While this was all the schooling he\\nhad, it was by no means the extent of his education. He\\nwas always learning, always accumulating, and being pos-\\nsessed of a retentive memor\\\\ he was never at a loss to\\nexpress himself on any subject in which he was interested.\\nHe had a strong fund of common sense and made good\\nuse of his powers of observation. He was a man of strong\\npersonality and a leader among men. He was the advisor\\nand counsellor of his neighbors on all important matters, and\\nthose who folldwcd his advice seldom had occasion to regret\\nit. He stubbornly opposed what he believed to be wrong,\\nand strenuously urged the adoption of any cause that\\nseemed to him to be right. His likes and dislikes were\\nstrong, but he was withal a generous opponent. .\\\\s an\\nillustration of this it is said that he opposed for years the\\nbuilding of a bridge across Parrow Brook on Central Avenue,\\nbut when at last it was proposed to erect a cheap structure\\nhe insisted on building it of the very best material and in\\nthe best manner. He carried his point after a lieated dis-\\nH^^^K^ I cussion, and a lifelong opponent, in his closing remarks, said\\n^^^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0t ^j\u00c2\u00a3 ^j^m of h He was the noblest Roman of them all.\\n^^^^Br *9^m He served the best part of his life as a member of the\\nS Board of Chosen Freeholders. He was a director of the\\n^Hi^Bt\u00e2\u0084\u00a2\u00c2\u00abi^^iSi^i^ifiSHBfcta^^B Orange Bank for many years. He was long an elder and\\none of the main pillars in the Second Presbyterian or Brick\\nChurch. He was tiic prime mover in the effort to establish\\na church in his own immediate neighborhood and worked faithfully to accomplish this object. He died\\nFebruary 15, 1875. By his marriage, January 13, 1820, with Elizabeth, daughter of Ichabod Harrison,\\nhe had three children Phebe Jane, Elizabeth Caroline and Amzi Smith.\\nCALVIN DODD.\\nSEVENTH GENERATION.\\nAmzi Smith Dodd, son of Calvin and Elizabeth (Harrison) Dodd, was born November i, 1826.\\nEarly in life he attended the village school and the Bloomfield Academy. In disposition he was like\\nhis father in many ways and inherited those strong traits for which his line of ancestors were\\ndistinguished. He was a man of strong character and sterling virtues and highly esteemed in the\\ncommunity. He never engaged actively in political affairs, but when pressed to accept official honors\\nhe discharged the duties in a fearless and conscientious manner. After his father became enfeebled b\\\\-\\nage and no longer able to fill positions of public trust, he was called on to take his place. He served\\non the Township Committee, also on the Board of Chosen Freeholders. When quite \\\\oung he united\\nwith the Second Presbyterian or Brick Church and continued his labors there until the new interest was\\nstarted by his father in Dodd Town, when he devoted all his energies to this work. He was a member\\nof Lafayette Lodge, L O. O. F., of Orange. He died March 1, 1872, beloved and respected by all who\\nknew him. He married Hannah L. Kilburn, daughter of Thomas D. Kilburn, of South Orange, son\\nof Jabez, who was the son of Ebenezer Kilburn, of Morris County, N. J., born in Glastonbury, Conn.,\\nMarch 10, 1679. The father of Ebenezer was John of Wethersfield, born 1651, a prominent man in the\\ncommunity selectman, 1693: constable, 1697, 1702, 1705; grand juror of Hartford, 1693 son of", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0092.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "The Foundkks ani UrirnF.RS of the Oranges. dj\\nSergeant Joliii Kilburn, who came with his father Francis in the ship Increase, in 1635. Their children\\nwere Linus Calvin, born November 27, 1850, died August 31, 1851 Frederick Milton, born January II,\\n1853, died September 25, 1855: Abby Elizabeth, born January 14, 1856, died December 24, 1859;\\nCaroh ne, born July 11, 1859, died in infancy; Amzi Thomas, born May 30, 1868, employed in the\\npassenger department of the Central R. R. Co., of N. J. He married, on June 12, 1805, Alice Williams\\nShort, dauL^lUer of Valentine Short, son of Martin Short, a soldier in the War of the Revolution, who,\\nafter the war, established the first stage line between Philadelphia and Pittsburg, and settled in the\\nlatter place, of which he was one of the founders.\\nTHE FREEMAN FAHILY.\\nThe name of Freeman is found in the records of England as early as the fifteenth century. Nearly\\nall the English families of this name bore substantially the same Arms, with a similarity of Crests.\\nThose of London and Northamptonshire were Arms. Azure three lozenges in fesse or. Crest. A\\ndemi-wolf argent, holding between his paws a lozenge argent.\\nStethen Freeman, the progenitor of the New Jersey families of this name, was one of the\\noriginal settlers of Milford, Conn., in 1646, where he had a house and lot, but did not become an\\ninhabitant until 1658. On May 21, 1666, he, with Capt. Robert Treat (afterwards Governor of\\nConnecticut) and others, was appointed a committee on behalf of the people of Milford, Guilford and\\nBranford to investigate and report in regard to the Towne Plotts on the Pesayick River, with a view\\nto settlement, etc.\\nStephen Freeman was one of the Milford signers of the Fundamental Agreement, October 30,\\n1666. His home lott consisted of six and one-half acres, bounded with John Carley south, the\\nswamp east, and the Highway north and west. This is shown on the old maps as on the south side of\\nMarket Street, below Mulberry Street, and nearly opposite Obadiah Bruen s, and was known as Lot\\nNo. 8. In December, 1669, Liberty is granted to Stephen Freeman to remove his lot nearer homeward\\nout of Gregory s, so much of it as is left, provided he lays down of his own to the Town lands so much\\nas he takes up. At a Town Meeting, August 4, 1673, he was nominated for one of the magistrates.\\nOn October 13 of the same year, he was chosen with others to take the Pattent in their Names in the\\nTown s Behalf and to give Security to the Payment of the Purchase. March 19, 1673-4, he was chosen\\none of the Town s Men.\\nSeptember 3, 1680, The Town hath engaged to Vote to stand by Goodman Porter (Potter) and\\nkeep him harmless from what shall come to him from Peter Jacobs, by reason of Stephen Freeman s\\nBontl of forty Pounds. Item. John Curtis, Thomas Richards and John Brown, Jr., are chosen to do\\nwhat they can to see what is paid to Peter Jacobs on account of this Bond of Stephen Freeman s.\\nThis is the last record found of Stephen Freeman and it is supposed that he died soon after. He\\nmarried Hannah, daughter of Capt. Astwood. His will names Savmet, Hannah, Martha and Sarah.\\nThe Newark records show that Widow Hannah F reeman (survey of land, 1667) hath for her\\ndivision of upland lying near the Mountain containing 40 acres, bounded with Sergeant Richard\\nHarrison north, and by the Common south and east, and with the top of the Mountain west. This\\ndivision was probably intended for her husband and she succeeded to his rights. Whether she moved\\nto the Mountain with her children is not known, but her son Samuel is the first one mentioned in\\nconnection with the land at the Mountain.\\nSECOND QENERATION.\\nSamuel Free.MAN (i), son of Stephen and Hannah (Astwood) Freeman, was born in Milford,\\nConn., in 1662, and was brought by his parents to Newark, in infancy. He probably interited the land\\nof his mother near the Mountain, the boundaries of which are given in several conveyances made to\\nother parties. He married Elizabeth Brown, born in Newark, 1662, died November 13, 1732, aged 70.\\nHe had among other children, Samuel {2).", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0093.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "68 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nTHIRD QENERATION.\\nSamuel Freeman (2), son of Samuel (i) and Elizabeth (Brown) Freeman, was born between 16S0\\nand 1690. He married Mary Lindsley. His children were: Samuel known as Deacon Samuel,\\nTimothy, Abel and Thomas. In 1728, Samuel Freeman purchased from Josiah Ogden forty acres\\ndescribed as beginning at John Freeman s south corner tree standing by Rahway River; from thence\\nto Lidington s Brook, and up the said brook to the head thereof, and thence to the Mountain, and\\nthence along the Mountain to the line marked out between Joseph Hedden and the said land, thence\\nsoutheast to Rahway River, thence to the said River where it began. The sum paid was \u00c2\u00a36g. It is\\nstated by the descendants of the family that all the land lying between South Orange Avenue on the\\nsouth and the present cable road on the north was owned by Deacon Samuel, Timothy, Abel and\\nThomas, sons of Samuel (2). In the purchase made in 1719 by the Mountain Society of twenty acres of\\nland for a glebe, the grant was made to Samuel Freeman and others.\\nKOURTH QENER.A. riON.\\nSamuel Freeman (3), son of Samuel (2) and Mary (Lindsley) Freeman, was born at the home-\\nstead of his father, in 1716. He died in Orange, October 21, 1782, aged 66. The contract for building\\nthe church edifice of the First Presbyterian Church, of Orange, in 1754, was made by Samuel Freeman\\nwith Moses Baldwin. 1 le was elected Deacon of the church in 1748, and continued in office until his\\ndeath. He married Keziah and had issue, Abel, Amos and Joscpli. The homestead of Deacon\\nSamuel Freeman stood on the Mountain House lot, about twelve or fifteen feet from the road and\\nfive or six rods north of the brook. Abijah TiUou (still living, 1896,) helped to tear down the house,\\nin 1830.\\nFIFTH GENERATION.\\nJoseph Freeman, youngest son of Samuel (3) and Ke/.iah 1 Freeman, was born at the\\nhomestead of his father, near where the Mountain House stood, in 1741. He married, first, Mary\\nMorris; second, Mary Walker. He and his wife entered into covenant with the Mountain Society,\\nAugust 31, 1767. Three of his children by his first wife Rachel, Phebe and Samuel were baptized\\nthe .same date, lie had other children by his second wife, Usal IV., born October 5, 1771 Richard,\\nborn 1773, and Ira. He served with the Esse.x County Militia in the War of the Revolution. Some\\ntime after the close of the war he moved with his family to Saratoga County, N. Y. It is .said\\nthat one of his children, Richard, was the first Mayor of Schenectady.\\nSIXTH GENERATION.\\nUzal W. P REEM.\\\\N, son of Jcseph and Mary (Walker) Freeman, was born at the homestead of\\nhis father and grandfather, October 5, 1771. He received a good education and taught school for a\\ntime. He afterwards went to New York City where he learned surveying and assisted in la\\\\-ing out\\nsome of the streets in the upper part of the cit\\\\-. He renio\\\\ed to Montxille, Morris County, N. J.,\\nabout 1 817, and about four years later went to Paterson. It is said that he made the first map ever\\nmade of that city, two or three of which are still in existence. He married Sarah Ann Angevine,\\ndaughter of Gilbert Angevine, a descendant of a Huguenot family of that name, which settled in\\nNew Rochelle, N. Y., previous to the Revolution. Gilbert Angevine served in the War of the\\nRevolution as a private. Only one surviving child was the issue of this marriage, viz.: Alexander\\nHamilton Freeman.\\nSEVENTH GENERATION.\\nAlexander Hamilto.n Freeman, only son of Uzal W. and Sarah Ann (Angevine) Freeman, was\\nborn in New York City, December 30, 18 10. When he was seven years of age his father removed to\\nMontville, Morris County, N. J., where Ale.xander spent his boyhood and enjoyed good educational\\nadvantages. At the age of si.xteen he went to learn the trade of tinsmith at Paterson and became a\\nfirst-class workman. In 1836 he came to Orange and located on Main Street, near Harrison, where he", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0094.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0095.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "ALEXANDER H. FREEMAN.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0096.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "The Founders and I^uilders of the Oranges. 69\\nremained in business for a year, returning to Patcrson. In 1844 he came again to Orange and located\\non Main Street, near Hillyer, where lie soon after built a shop and residence. Prospering in business\\nhe bought, in 1855, the property on the corner of Main and Canfield Streets and later another piece of\\nproperty on the corner of Main and Centre Streets, where he built a three-story building, the lower part of\\nwhich he occupied as a store and associated with him Mr. J. J. Hanta. The buildings were twice\\ndestroyed by fire, first in i860 and again in 15^73. He rebuilt what is at i)resent known as the Freeman\\nHuildings, corner of North Centre and Main Streets.\\nMr. Freeman was a man foremost in all good works and one whose name was a synonym of integrity,\\nindustry and unswerving fidelity to his convictions of right, and who was an unyielding opponent of\\neverything that he belie\\\\-c(.l to be against tlie welfare of the masses. For nearly thirty years he held\\nthe office of Justice of the Peace. He served as councilman four years, and for t en years was a\\nmember of the Board of Eilucation, of which he was President at the time of his death and in which\\nhe served faithfully, ever studjiiig the best methods of educating the rising generation. He did much\\nto improve the condition of the schools during his administration as President. He prepared, in\\n1876, an elaborate history of the public schools of Orange, a portion of which is embodied in this work.\\nIn politics Mr. Freeman was an abolitionist, being among the earliest to identify himself as a\\nchampion of the oppressed blacks, and was a member of the Buffalo Convention which, in 1842,\\nnominated James G. Birney for President of the United States. When the Republican party was\\norganized he at once identified himself with it and adhered to its principles up to the time of his death.\\nHe was so pronounced in his advocacy of freedom for the slaves that he sometimes gave offence to those\\nwho differed with him, but he had the satisfaction of knowing that most of them became converts to\\nhis faith. In the temperance cause he was an active worker and in the Temple of Honor he held the\\nhighest office in the subordinate temple in the State society, and for one year held the highest position\\nin the organization in the United States. He was for some years an elder in the First Presbyterian\\nChurch. Mr. Freeman married Lucinda, daughter of Judge Benjamin Crane, for twenty-five years\\nCounty Judge of Morris County, N. J. He was the son of Benjamin Crane, of Cranestown, son of\\nStephen, son of Azariah, Jr., son of Deacon Azariah (who married Governor Treat s daughter), son\\nof Jasper, the ancestor of the Crane family of Essex county. The issue of the marriage of Mr.\\nFreeman and Lucinda Crane was: J. Addison Freeman, Ginerva and VVilberforce. Mr. Freeman died\\nDecember 16, 1883, and his wife, August 5, 1889. and both are buried in the family plot in Rosedale.\\nJoseph Addiso.V Freeman, M. D., eldest child of Alexander H. and Lucinda (Crane) Freeman,\\nwas born in Paterson, N. J., June 25, 1833. He came to Orange when eleven years of age and that\\nplace remained his home until his death. He early gave evidence of rare intellectual qualities. He\\ngraduated with very high honors from the College of New Jersey, in 1852, and after the required\\npreliminary study, graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the College of Physicians\\nand Surgeons, in 1856. He practised his profession for a short time in Somerset County, in this State,\\nbut soon returned to Orange where he was actively engaged until the breaking out of the Civil War.\\nIn 1S62 he entered the army as Assistant Surgeon of the Thirteenth New Jersey Regiment, but was\\nsoon after made surgeon of the same, which place he held until December, 1863, when he was appointed by\\nPresident Lincoln, Surgeon in the U. S. Vol. Corps and assigned to the U. S. General Hospital, at\\nNashville, Tenn., of which he was subsequently placed in charge, and where he remained until his sudden\\ndeath from pneumonia, on December 29, 1864. His remains were at once brought to Orange and\\ninterred in Rosedale Cemetery. Although but thirty-one years of age at his death, he had already\\ndeveloped into a physician of marked ability and gave evidence of becoming a very learned man. He\\npossessed a sterling character and was universally recognized as a person of unusual talents and worth.\\nWii.berforce Freeman, the youngest child, is also a graduate of Princeton of the class of 1864,\\nand of the Columbia College Law School, in 1868. He has always resided in Orange and practiced law\\nfor many years in partnership with Hon. J. L. Blake. He has been President of the Half Dime Savings\\nBank for several vears.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0099.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "-JO The Founders and Builders of the OrangeS.\\nTHE HARRISON FAMILY.\\nRichard Harrison, the ancestor of tlie Newark family of this name, came from Cheshire,\\nEngland, and was one of the original settlers of the New Haven Colony, also one of the proprietors of\\nthe Totoket plantation, subscciuently named Branford, where he died October 25, 1653. His children\\nwere Ricliard, Samuel, Mary {ox Maria), married, November 27, 1662, Thomas Pierson, Sr. (brother of\\nRev. Abraham), and Elizabeth.\\nThe Newark Settler.\\nSergeant Richard Harri.SON, eldest son of Richard Harrison (1 was born, probably in England.\\nHe was one of the committee sent to Newark to order and settle the concernments and people of the\\nplace till another committee be chosen antl settled. He was one of the Branford signers of the\\nFundamental Agreement. In 1668, as appears by the Newark Records, the Town hath bargained\\nw ith Deacon Ward, Serg t Richard Harrison and Serg t Edward Rigs for the sum of seventeen Pounds,\\nto build the same Meeting House according to the Denientions agreed upon, c. On August 24,\\n1670, the Town made a full agreement with Mr. Robert Treat and Serg t Rich d Harrison about the\\nBuilding and Maintaining of a sufficient Corn Mill, to be set upon the Little Brook called the Mill\\nBrook. Sergeant Richard Harrison was nominated for Ensign, August 30, 1673. He was elected\\none of the Town s Men, March 19, 1674. On April 17, 1676, he was chosen one of a Committee to\\nlay out the Highway and the Landing Place by the River. At a Town Meeting, May 16, 1683,\\nWhereas, there was a Co\\\\enant made with Mr. Robert Treat and Serg t Richard Harrison to make\\nand maintain a sufificient Corn Mill, upon such conditions as is in a Covenant exprest, made between\\nthem, the said Treat and Richard Harrison, and the Town, recordeil in the Town Book, fol. 29. Be it\\nknown that Richard Harrison, having bought Mr. Treat s part of the Mill, and am obliged, according\\nto the Covenant and conditions thereof af s d, have formerly and do now again, make over all my\\nRight to the Mill unto my sons Samuel, Joseph and George Harrison, they being become obliged unto\\nthe Town, in all particulars mentioned in the said Covenant, to observe and keep the same in all respects\\nas fully as L the said Ricliartl Harrison, was obliged to. And the said Samuel, Joseph and George\\nHarrison have and do declare in the Town Meeting, their acceptance of the Mill upon the same\\nConditions as is in the said Covenant exprest. The children of Sergeant Richard Harrison were:\\nSamuel, Josep/i, hovn 1649; John, lUiijaniin, born 1655; George, born 165S; Daniel, born 1661 Mary,\\nborn 1664, married Samuel Piei son, Jr.\\nSECOND OENERATION.\\nLine of Sergeant Kichard, of NewarU.\\nSamuel Harrison, eldest son of Sergeant Richard, came to Newark with his father. He drew\\nhis home Lott, No. 2, in May, 1673, and. had evidently just reached his majority. li\\\\ August of that\\nyear he was nominated for Ensign. On Marcli 22, 1683, Samuel Harrison, Azariah Crane, Joseph Riggs\\nand Edward Ball arc chosen to lay out the Bounds between us and Hockquecanung and to make no\\nother Agreement with them of any other Bounds than what was formerly. Samuel Harrison (II.\\nmarried Mary Ward, tlaughter of Sergeant John Ward. Their children were: Mary, Saiiiiicl {2), John,\\nSarah, Susanna and Elcannr.\\nthirl:) aENERA.TION.\\nr^- ^^C-^^:r^^^ of Samuel (i) and Mary (Ward) Harrison, was\\n\u00c2\u00a3^y^ t/ born in Newark, in 1684. He settled at the Mountain\\nin what is now Orange, in 1723. The old homestead, erected by him, is still in a good state\\nof preservation. It is situated on Wigwam Brook, about two hundred yards west of Day Street, on\\nWashington Street, and a little east of the new school house. It is partly concealed by a new building\\nin front. 1 he old well, with the well sweep, is between the two houses. On the corner stone of the", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0100.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\n71\\nfoundation underneath the front of the house is the following inscription S. II., 1723. A few feet\\neast of the homestead stood the old saw mill and beyond this the fulling mill. This was a part of the\\nfarm owned bj- Samuel (il, his father. In his will, dated January 7, 1712-13, he gives to his son Samuel\\nfifty acres bounded on the north by lands\\nof Anthony Olive, on the south by lands\\nof Widow Abigail Ward, on the cast by ^TtfiJ^^^^^\\nthe highway anil the west b\\\\ the Mount-\\nain. The first reference to the mill of\\nSamuel (2i is found in his account book,\\nthe charge being: 1729. June- Ki, to\\nsawing for scool house, cx).5.6. He\\nexercised the quadruple functions of magi-\\nstrate, farmer, fuller and sawyer. He was\\nwithal a loyal rent-paj-er as appears from\\na petition addressed to Gov. Helcher in\\n1749, and signed by Nathaniel Wheeler,\\nJonathan Pierson, John Condit and others,\\nasserting their loyalt) and vindicating\\nthemselves against an implied connection\\nwith recent disturbances and riots SamvK 1\\nHarrison s saw mill was the only one in\\nthis localily for some years and he prob-\\nably did the sawing for most of the\\nhouses built here. The entries in his\\nday book show that in July, 1748, he was\\nsawing oke plank, gice, slepers and other material, and also receiving sundry sums of money on\\naccount of the jnirsonage. Samuel Harrison niarrieil Jemima Williams (born 1686), daughter of\\nMatthew Williams. Their children were Ai ios,\\\\)o\\\\\\\\\\\\ 1712; Jemima, born 1714, married John Dod\\nMary, born 1716, married Ward; Samuel (3), born 1718; Adonijah, born 1721 Ruth, born 1723;\\nMatt/uzv, born 1726; Eleanor, born 1729.\\nTllK SAMUKI. HARRISON HOMESTEAD.\\nKOURTH OENERATION.\\nLine of A.mos, eldest child of Samuel (2), son of JSannijel (1).\\n/^-^j^V-tr^ ^j^f^ -7* 7 a eldest child of Samuel (2) and Jemima (Williams) Harrison, was born at the\\nhomestead, on W^ashington Street, within the present boundaries of Orange^\\nin 1712. His name appears on the list of Esse.x County Militia, who served in the War of the Revolu-\\ntion. He purchased from the executors of Caleb Crane a large tract of land on the south side of the\\nNorthfield Road, extending to the summit of the mountain, a portion of which is still owned by his\\ndescendants. He married Hannah Johnson and had issue, Reuben, Isaac, Simeon, born 1741, Eleanor,\\nMartha, Jemima, Ruth, married John Munn.\\nFIFTH OENERATIOX\\nSimeon Harrison, third child of Amos and Hannah (Johnson) Harrison, was born at the\\nhomestead of his father, on the Northfield Road, in 1741. He married Hannah, daughter of Caleb\\nCrane (son of Azariah (3^ of Azariah (2), of Deacon Azariah\u00e2\u0080\u0094 who married the daughter of Gov. Treat,\\n.son of Jasper Crane, the ancestor). Their children were: Caleb, born 1770; Phebe, born 1774,\\nmarried Noah Matthews: John, Hannah, Sarah, horn 1783, married Joseph Matthew.s.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0101.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "72 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nsixth oeneration.\\nCai.Ei; Harrison, eldest child of Simeon and Hannah (Crane) Harrison, was born at the homestead\\non Northfield Road, in 1770, died 1854. He built, in 1S08, the present brick house which stands near\\nthe entrance of the Northfield Road. He married Ketmah, dau ^hter of Isaac Crane, and had children,\\nSimeon, born 1792, died 1799; Mar\\\\-, Phebe, Margaret, married Joel W. Condit 5/wr^//, again, born\\n1804 Hannah, married Rev. William R. Whittingham Phebe.\\nSEVENTH GENERATION.\\nSimeon Harrison, fifth child of Caleb and Ketmah (Crane) Harrison, was born at the homestead\\nof his father, in what is now West Orange, February, 1804; he died March 20, 1872. He attended the\\nvillage school and had the advantages of a higher education at the Bloomfield Academy, a noted school\\nin its day. He was a born leader of men, and no man ever lived in this community who exerted a\\nstronger influence. Bold, courageous, honest and upright, he commanded respect, and yet by his kind,\\ngenial disposition he won the confidence of his fellow-men. He was a democrat of the old Jeffersonian\\nschool and was known throughout the State as one of the staunchest supporters of his party. He was\\nin public office nearly all his life at a time when the office sought the man, and not the man the office.\\nIn the campaign of 1856 he was sent as a delegate by his party to the National Democratic Convention,\\nat Cincinnati, when James Buclianan was nominated for President. At the fall election of 1858 lie was\\nelected as a representative of the Second Assembly District to the State Legislature. While faithfully\\nrepresenting his constituents in local matters, he could rise above all part\\\\- ties when any great principle\\nwas at stake and, while loyal to his party, was in no sense a partisan. It was largely through his efforts\\nthat the new charter for Orange was obtained in i860, and he was elected a member of the first Common\\nCouncil under this ciiarter. After the separation of the Oranges he became a member of the West\\nOrange Township Committee. He was a most exemplary and worth)- representative of the Masonic\\nFraternity, and no worthy distressed brother ever appealed to him in vain. He was seldom absent from\\nthe stated communications of Union Lodge, of which he was for forty-six years an honored member,\\npassing through the several chairs, serving as Worshipful Master in 1852-3 and again in 1864. He was\\nan e.xcellent presiding officer and a skillful craftsman. Mr. Harrison s charities were not confined to his\\nMasonic brethren. He recognized the fact that The poor ye have with you always, and his well-filled\\nlarder could always be relied upon to supply the wants of the needy. He was a man of positive\\nconvictions, but not self-assertive. He was well informed on all the topics of the day and ready at all\\ntimes to meet an opponent in open, fair combat. He was respected alike by friend and foe and admired\\nfor his many noble qualities of heart and mind.\\nMr. Harrison married Abby Maria, tlaughter of Stephen Condit. They had one child, Abby Maria,\\nwho married Samuel O. RoUinson, a grandson of William Roilinson, (jne of the first if not the first\\nsteel engra\\\\er in this country. He came to this country just previous to or during the Revolution anil\\nit is said that he engraved the buttons on Washington s military coat. He engraved, in 1S08, a portrait\\non steel of (icn. Alexander Hamilton one of the best likenesses of Hamilton, it is said, ever made.\\nSamuel O. Roilinson, the grandson, was connected with the Atlantic White Lead Co. for about forty\\nyears, part of the time as a partner. After his marriage with Miss Condit in 1869, he came to West\\nOrange and resided at the home of his father-in-law and became interested to a considerable extent in\\npublic afiairs. He was for a long time a member of the Township Committee of West Orange and was\\nalso its chairman. He continued to reside in the old homestead until his de.ith in August, 1891. He\\nleft four children. Simeon I Lirrison, the eldest, born at the homestead in 1870, educated at Princeton\\nand graduated at the New York Law School in 1896 and read law in the oflfice of Blake and Howe.\\nHe has already become interested in public afiairs of his native town and has served as chairman of the\\nTownship Committee of West Orange. Phebe Harrison and Margaret Stymits, the two daughters of\\nSamuel O. Roilinson, reside at the homestead. William, the youngest son, is a student at Princeton.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0102.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0103.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "-V\\nIRA HARRISON.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0104.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Buii.dkrs of the Oranges. 73\\nfourth qeneration.\\nLine of Is^atthew-, son of Sannuel (2), son of Samuel (1).\\nMati HEW Harrison, scvcntli child of Samuel (2) and Jemima (Williams) Harrison, was born at\\nthe homestead, in Orange, in 1726. He served with the New Jersey militia in the War of the Revolu-\\ntion. He married Martha Dod and hail issue, Abijah, Aaron, born 1753, Amos, Adonijah, Mary.\\nKIKTH GENERATION.\\nAaron Harrison, eldest child of Matthew and Martha (Dod) Harrison, was born at the homestead\\nof his father, on the Swincfield Road, in 1753. He also served with the New Jersey militia in the War\\nof the Revolution. The military spirit continued long after the war and he was elected Major of a\\nbattalion of light horse composed of seven companies, evcr_\\\\- man furnishing his own uniform and\\ne([uipmcnts, at a cost of one hundred tloUars each. It is said that the first farm wagon ever used in\\nthis locality was brought here by Major Harrison. He w^as a man of good judgment and sound\\ncommon sense, and had the confidence and respect of his neighbors. He was twice married, first, to\\nJemima, third child of Daniel and Ruth (Harrison) Cundict. [Ruth was the daughter of Samuel\\nHarrison {2).] He married, second, Phebe, daughter of Lewis Crane, son of Elihu, son of Jasper (3),\\nson of Jasper (2), son of Jasper (i), one of the original Newark settlers. The wife of Lewis Crane was\\na cousin of Rev. Aaron Burr. The children of Aaron and Fhcbe (Crane) Harrison were: Samuel A.,\\nCharles, Matilda, Phebe, Jemima, married Caleb W. I^aldwin, /ri7,hom January 4, lygt,, Aaron Burr,\\nAbigail, and Mary.\\nSIXTH GENERATION.\\nIkA Harrison, son of Aaron and Phebe (Crane) Harrison, was born at his father s homestead, near\\nthat of his grandfather, January 4, 1795, died March 5, i8go. He was one of the most important\\nconnecting links between the past and present, and lived to see the great changes that have been\\nwrought in his native town. He lived a useful, honored life and dieil in the full enjoyment of a bright\\nChristian faith. He was one of the most enterprising farmers in this vicinity and was quick to adopt\\nany improvements. He loved the good old customs, but was not averse to the new. He kept himself\\nwell abreast of the times. The old ox team might do for his neighbors, but he preferred a good team\\nof horses. He was no doubt envied by his neighbors whom he was able to drive around in his own\\nhorse and wagon, he being the first to introduce this new method of locomotion in the Oranges. He\\nlived to witness the feats of the iron horse and all the improved methods of travel. It was as a\\nChristian and a gentleman, however, that he wielded the greatest influence. He was long an elder and\\na bright and shining light in the old Fir.st Presbyterian Church. His was no formal, but a thorough\\npractical Christianit\\\\-. He carried a sanctified purse and gave liberally when and where it was needed,\\nand could always be relied upon to bear his full share of the burdens. He was tender and affectionate\\nas husband and father, and loved, honored and respected by his neighbors. Although well advanced in\\nyears he showed his patriotism and loyalty during the war by attending the public meetings and\\nencouraging enlistments. Mr. Harrison married Mary, daughter of Ichabod Jones, born Dec. 27, 1798,\\nson of Joseph (2j, born 1737, son of Joseph (i born i63i, son of John Jones, the ancestor of the Jones\\nfamily of East Orange. The children of Ira and Mary (Jones) Harrison were: Aaron, Rhoda A.,\\nSamuel, Matilda, John, Phebe C, married Josiah H. Williams, Alfred J., William L., Mary E., married\\nCapt. Ambrose M. Matthews, and P rederick J.\\nSEVENTH GENERATION.\\nAlfred Harrison, M. D., son of Ira and Mary (Jones) Harrison, was born at the homestead of\\nhis father, in Orange, September 9, 1833. He was prepared for college at Pierson s school, in Elizabeth,\\nand was graduated at Princeton in 1855 pursued his medical studies at the University of Michigan, and\\nthe University Medical College, of New York, and for twenty-five years was engaged in a successful", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0107.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "74 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\npractice in New York, which he rehnquished some years since in consequence of failing licaltli. and\\nreturned to Orange, the place of his birth. Mr. Harrison married Sarah Elizabeth Matthews, a sister of\\nCapt. Ambrose Matthews.\\nAaron Burr Harrison, seventh child of Aaron and I hcbe (Crane) Harrison, was born September\\ni8, 1796, at the homestead of his father, which stood nn the present site of the Edison factory, on\\nValley Road. He was excessively fond of reading and study, and his parents desired to fit him for the\\nministry, and for his preparatory course he was sent to the Bloomfield Academy, intending to enter\\nPrinceton College. He changed his mind, however, preferring the simple farm life which his ancestors\\nhad followed. He had never united with any church and could not accept the extreme orthodox\\ntheological views required by the religious institutions of that day, and he was not ambitious to enter\\nany other profession. He was associated for a time with his brother-in-law. John Randall, in surveying,\\nand assisted in laying out a number of lots in the upper part of New York City. In his public and\\nprivate life he was above reproach, and few men even professing Christians have ever lived nearer to\\nthe golden rule. I lis love for his fellow-men was very strong and he delighted in doing good and\\nmaking others happy. He inherited a part of the homestead property and acquired additional acres,\\nowning at one time about one hundred acres in different parts of Orange. His largest holdings extended\\nfrom near the centre of Llewellyn Park some distance beyond the line of the Watchung branch of the\\nEric R. R. He cultivated his farm for many years until the rise in values made it no longer profitable.\\nHe sold some fifteen or twenty acres in Llewellyn Park to Mr. Haskell, and by degrees parted with\\nmuch of his other property. .Soon after disposing of his property in Llewellyn Park, he removed to the\\nold C\\\\-rus Jones homestead, on Main Street, East Orange, opposite the Munn Avenue Presb\\\\tcrian\\nChurch, the birthplace of his wife. Here he spent the remainder of his days in peace and happiness,\\nrespected by his neighbors and honored by his fellow-citizens.\\nHe was always known as Major Harrison, having early in life received his commission as Major of\\nthe Orange Infantry regiment. He possessed all the elements of leadership and his judgement was\\nnever questioned. Until the breaking out of the Civil War he was a Jackson democrat, but the action of\\nthe South in seceding from the Union aroused all the latent patriotism of his nature antl he became\\none of the most ardent supporters of the government, doing all in his power to encourage enlistments\\nand assist those who entered the ranks of the Union army, h rom the beginning of the war to the\\nclose of his life he continued in the ranks of the Republican party. While never especially active in\\nlocal or State politics he was a man whose fitness for positions of honor and trust was universally\\nacknowledged, and before the division of the Oranges he served on the Township Committee, acted as\\nTownship Treasurer, was for many years a member and Director of the Board of Chosen Freeholders.\\nIn public life he did everything he could to encourage and lu-l]i along the growth of his native town.\\nHe welcomed the baisiness man from the city who came here to seek a home, and was heartily in favor\\nof every improvement desired by the new-comers. He believed in having good roads, well lighted\\nstreets and above all, the best educational facilities for the masses that could be pro\\\\ided. and willingly\\nsubmitted to increased taxation for that purpose. He gave the land for the village school which stood\\non the site of the present hotel on Valley Road, near Washington Street. In this little village school-\\nhouse his own children were instructctl in the rudimentary branches. In the march of improvement\\nwhen better facilities were required, the little school-house was removed and is now used as a barn on\\nthe premises of Mrs. Dunston, a daughter of Mr. Harrison, who resides with her sister Caroline in the\\npretty cottage erected by her late husband, situated on Valley Road, facing Washington Street.\\nDuring the latter years of his life Mr. Harrison was occupied mostly in the care of his real estate.\\nHe was for many years a member of the Board of Directors of the Orange National Bank and a regular\\nattendant at its meetings. He was a man of domestic tastes and very fond of his home and children.\\nHe married, about 1821, Caroline, daughter of Cyrus Jones, son of Cornelius, of Joseph (2), of Joseph\\n(i), son of John Jones, the ancestor. Theirchildren were: Cyrus Jones, married Harriet Simmons; Phebe\\nJones, married William Dunster, of Morris County, N. J., died September 5, 1885; Lydia Louisa,", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0108.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "AARON BURR HARRISON.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0111.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0112.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 75\\niiiariicd Dr. C. A. Lindsley, a distinguislied physician of New Haven, Conn., and Secretary of the\\nConnecticut State Hospital from 1S65 to 1877. He is a native of Orange, son of John Lindsley, of\\nDaniel, of Nathaniel, of Ebenezer (2), of Ebenczer (1), of Francis, of the Newark Colony, son of John,\\nthe Bran ford ancestor.\\nMatilda, the third child of Aaron Burr Harrison, married Henry Powlcs, of East Orange. Their\\nchildren are: Charles Van Zandt, deceased, Aaron Burr, Caroline, Harriet.\\nCyrus Jones Harrison, the eldest, recently purchased a farm in Maryland. His eldest child, Cyrus\\nMelville, resides with him, assisting in the management of the farm. He has had other chiklren, viz.:\\nIda Lydia, Herbert, died young. Josephine, Samuel, deceased.\\nCharles Van Zandt, the fifth child of Aaron Burr and Caroline (Jones) Harrison, left two children\\nAaron liurr and Charles Herbert.\\nAmos HakkisoN, second chiUl of Matthew and Martha (Dod) Harrison, was born at tlie liomestcad\\nin Orani, e, September 10, 1755. He was a man of more than ordinary ability and held positions of\\ntrust antl honor in the county. He was commissioned Major of Essex Battalion, June 5, 1793, was\\nJustice of the Peace for a long term of years. He was appointed Judge of the Court of Common\\nPleas in 1813. and held that position until his death. He was made Presidential elector in 1808, casting\\nhis \\\\-ote for James Madison. He was elected elder of the First Presbyterian Church in 1799, continuing\\nfor some years. He lived on the Valley Road, in the house now known as Walnut Cottage. He\\nmarried, first, Martha Condit, daughter of Col. David Condit. He married, second, Sarah (Munn)\\nDodd, widow of Matthew Dodd. His children, all by his first wife, were: Keturah, born October 31,\\n1774, died young; Japhia, born September 7, 1776; Keturah, again, born April 16, 1779, died young;\\nJohanna and David, twins, born June 10, 1781; Daniel, born September 10, 1783; Bethuel, born\\nFebruary 8, 1789; Amos, born January 9, 1791 Abiatliar, born March 9, 1793 Rhoda, born October\\n19, 1795.\\nAlUATHAR Harrison was born at the homestead of his father, in Orange, March 9, 1793, died\\nJanuary 31, 1867. He was a man of high standing in the community. He served two terms in the\\nState Legislature and held other public positions. He married, first, Phebe Freeman, June 25, 1813;\\nsecond, Elizabeth, daughter of Caleb Williams, November 28, 1816. His children were: Phebe, born\\nNovember 25, 1817; Sarah, born December 20, 1819, died December 24, 1878; Susan Elizabeth, born\\nJanuary 29, 1822, married Nathan W. Pierson Mary Adeline, born May 9, 1825 Harriet Newell, born\\nMarch 20, 1828; Albert Williams, born J.muary 21, 1831 Amos, born January 20, 1834, died\\nJuly 27, 1840.\\nMary Adeline Harrison, daughter of Abiathar, married Joseph Duryea Harrison, born July 3, 1822,\\na descendant of Joseph, son of Sergeant Richard Harrison. They had issue, Ale.vander Lee, Elizabeth\\nA., Henry Lewis, Harriet Newell, Amy Duryea, Helen Mary.\\nAlbert W. Harrison, son of Abiathar, was born January 21, 1S31. He married Angeline Crane,\\ndaughter of Ira Crane, a descendant of Jasper through Azariah Crane. Albert W. resides in Fairfa.x\\nCounty, Va. His children are: Clara Billings, Margaret Norwood, Mary Curtis and Albert Russell.\\nLine of Joseph Harrison, son of Sergeant Richard.\\nJosKiii Harrison, second son of Sergeant Richard Harrison and brother of Samuel, was born at\\nMilford, in 1649, and came with his parents to Newark. The Newark Records show that On June 13,\\n1679, fifty-nine acres of upland were surveyed to Joseph Harrison. It was bounded on the north by\\nthe lands of Benjamin Harrison (brother of Joseph) and on the northwest by Perroth s Brook. He\\nhad one hundred acres fronting on the north side of the highway, now Main Street, from a point two\\nhundred and fifty feet west of Ridge Street to Parrow Brook and bounded on the north by land of\\nAmos Williams. This probably included the land of his brother Benjamin. He married Dorcas Ward,\\ndaughter of Sergeant John Ward, and had Richard, Joseph, Stephen, Nathaniel, Elizabeth, married\\nCaleb Baldwin, Phebe, married John Ward. Mary.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0113.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2jt The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nJoseph Harrison (2), second child of Joseph (1) and Dorcas (Wardj Harrison, was born in 1697\\nand lived in what is now Orange. He married, first, Martha Sargeant and, second, Mary Tompkins,\\ndaughter of Micah. His children were Hannah, born 17 14, married Samuel Williams, son of Samuel;\\nDorcas, born 1725, married Benjamin Lindsley David, married Sarah Day, second, Phebe Dod Phebe,\\nmarried Samuel Pierson Martha, married Josiah Ouinby; Marj-, married Judge John Peck; Sarah,\\nborn 1736, married David Dod, son of John; Joannah, married Cornelius Jones; Elizabeth, married\\nJonathan Williams; Richard, born 1743; Jared, born 1745: Joseph, born 1747; Lydia. born 1750,\\nmarried Zebulon Jones.\\nNathaniel Harrison, fourth child of Joseph (i) and Dorcas (Ward) Harrison, was born in 1705\\nand died in 1779. His farm was located in East Orange, on the ridge through which Harrison Street\\nnow runs. The name of his wife is not known. His children were Stephen, Ichabod. Phebe, Dorcas,\\nmarried Capt. Thomas Williams, Sarah.\\nStephen, the eldest son of Nathaniel, married Lydia, daughter of Matthew Wilh ams, and had\\nAbigail, Joseph, Abial, Martha, married Jabez Pierson, Mary, Eunice, Rufus.\\nAbial, son of Stephen, married Elizabeth Lyon, aiul had Lydia, Stephen, Sarah. .A.bby. Hannah.\\nElizabeth, Eliza, Richard V,., born August 9, 1806.\\nTHE JONES FAMILY.\\nJohn Jones, the ancestor of this branch of tlie Jones famil\\\\\\\\ tradition says, came from Wales.\\nHe was the father of John, Moses and Josepli.\\nJoseph Jones, the immediate ancestor of the Jones famih of Orange, was born in i6Si,died in\\n1753. He owned large tracts of l.nul near the head of the present Main Street, in Orange, to the foot\\nof and on the mountain. On June 18, 171 1, he conveys to John Suydenham a certain tract of lanil in\\nthe limits of Newark b\\\\- the road that leads to the Mountain bounded east by Peleg Shores,\\nand north and west by my own land, and south b) said highwa\\\\-, containing four acres.\\nJune 2, 1718, Joseph Jonesand Hannah Jones, his wife, convey to Nathaniel Ward a certain\\nparcel of land upon the road that leads to the Mountain, being part of the land upon which I now\\ndwell, upon the eastern part of said lot, containing twenty-one and a half acres, bounded easter]\\\\- with\\nHuntington s land, and northeasterly with Azariah Crane s, and westerly and southerly with the high-\\nway Northfield Road. Executed before Joseph Harrison and Jonathan Crane, two of His Majesty s\\nJustices of the Common Pleas.\\nJoseph Jones married Hannah born 1678, and had issue, Samuel, born 1706.\\nSamuel Jones, son of Joseph and Hannah Jones, was born in 1706, died October 18, 1764,\\naged 56; he was buried in the old Orange cemetery. He married Elizabeth Morris, probably daughter\\nof John Morris, Jr., son of Capt. John. His children were; John, born 1736; Hannah, born 173S;\\nJosepli, born 1739; Cornelius, born 1741 James, born 1743; Sarah, born 1745: Capt. Zebulon, born\\n1747; Elizabeth, born 1749; Mary, born 1750; Phebe, born 1753; Lydia, born 1755.\\nJoseph Jones, third child of Samuel antl Hannah Jones, was born in Orange, November 17,\\n1739. He probably inherited lands from his father. His homestead was on the northwest corner of\\nthe present Maple Avenue and Main Street, in East Orange. He served with the Essex County militia\\nin the War of the Revolution. He married Phebe, daughter of Nathaniel Harrison, born May 28, 1739,\\ndied October 11, 1833. He had among other children, a son, Ichabod.\\nIchabod Jones, son of Joseph and Phebe (Harrison) Jones, was born at the homestead, in what is\\nnow East Orange, in 1778. He was a carpenter and joiner and carried on a successful business for some\\nyears. He married Rhoda, daughter of John and Ruth (Harrison) Munn, and had issue, Polly, born\\nDecember 27, 1798; John M., born March 2, 1802; Marita, born June 12, 1809; Nancy, born February\\n27, 181 1 Phebe, born May 4, 1789; Alfred, born June 10, 1S15 William, born April 30, 1818.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0114.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Ruilders of the Oranges. 77\\nAlfred Jones, sou of Ichabod and Rlioda (Munn) Jones, was liorn at the homestead of his father,\\ncorner of North Maple Avenue and Main Street, East Oranjje, June lo, 1815. He was self-educated\\nand served an apprenticeship with the late Stephen Dodd at tlie carpenter s trade. He subsequently\\nformed a co-partnership with Mr. E. O.\\nDoremus(the present Vice-President of\\nthe American Insurance Company, of\\nNewark), and the firm did a large and\\nsuccessful business for many years.\\nSome of the finest and most substantial\\nhouses in the township of East Orange\\nwere erected by this firm. Mr. Jones\\nwas a skillful mechanic, conscientious,\\npainstaking, reliable and trustworthy,\\nand those with whom he had dealings\\nwere among his warmest friends. He\\nnever took any active part in public\\naffairs but was a man of progressive\\nideas and gave encouragement to all\\npublic improvements. He was modest\\nand unassuming in his manner and was\\nhii;hly respected by his fellow-citizens\\nand bclo\\\\ed by those who enjoyed his\\nfriendship. He was an early member\\nof the Second Presbyterian or Brick\\nChurch, having united with it during\\nthe pastorate of Rev. Mr. Pierson.\\nHe was an exemplary Christian and\\nAll KK.irjciNE.s. labored earnestly to advance the cause\\nof religion. He engaged actively in works of benevolence and endeavored faithfully to live up to the\\ngolden rule. As a member of Lafayette Lodge, L O. O. F., he was in hearty sympathy with the\\nprinciples of the order and exemplified its teachings in his readiness to respond to every appeal for\\nassistance from the distressed worthy brethren of the order. The esteem in which he was held in the\\ncommunity was shown in the large gathering of his friends and relatives on the fiftieth anniversary of\\nhis marriage\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the golden wedding\u00e2\u0080\u0094 January 6, 1891. He married Margaret E. Peck, daughter of\\nWilliam Peck, si.xth in descent from Joseph, the ancestor of the Peck family, of East Orange (^see history\\nof Peck family). She was a sister of James Peck, one of the most prominent citizens of East Orange.\\nThe issue of this marriage was: William A. and Harriet Louisa, who married Charles M. Decker, a\\nleading merchant of the city of Orange, and President of the Orange National Bank.\\nWilliam AguSTUS Jone.S, eldest child of Alfred and Margaret (Peck) Jones, was born in the house\\nadjoining the Brick Church, on Main Street, East Orange, October 26, 1841. He received a good\\neducation, attending the public and private schools. Among his tutors were Dr. Berrj- and Mr. Alonzo\\nBrackett, a brother-in-law of the Rev. Dr. White, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. After .serving\\nan apprenticeship with his father at the carpenter s trade he, in 1862, entered the employ of John M.\\nRandall, lumber dealer, at Newark, N. J. Later he became the junior partner of the firm of Randall,\\nSwain Co. In 1875 Mr. Randall withdrew and the business was continued under the firm name of\\nSwain Jones. The funi has held a leading position in the lumber trade and carries on a general\\ntrade throughout the State in addition to its extensive local trade. Mr. Jones has confined himself\\nstrictly to his line of business and has never engaged in other enterprises. He is a member of the\\nLumber Dealers Association of New Jersey, of which his firm was one of the founders. During the", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0115.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "78 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nyear 1892 Mr. Jones served as President of the Association. He is also a member of the Orange\\nAthletic Association. In 1862 he married Lucy Miriam Andrew, daughter of the late George Andrew,\\nof Cheshire, England. Their children are: Mary E., Jennie A., Winnifred L., Nora ^I., Albert E.,\\nWilliam A., Jr. and Maude.\\nLine of Cornelius, son of Sannuel, of Joseph, of John Jones.\\nCornelius, Jcxks, fourth child of Samuel and Elizabeth (Morris) Jones, was born in Orange,\\nSeptember 27, 1741. He served as private in the Essex Militia, in the War of the Revolution. His\\nhouse and farm was plundered by the Hessians and stripped of everything movable. He married\\nJoanna Harrison, daughter of Joseph, and had issue, Cjriis, born 1770; Nancy, married Moses\\nWilliams, son of Capt. Tom Williams; Naomi, married Enos Lyon, Matthias, Martha, Joanna, married\\nDaniel Matthews.\\n^:Z/i^. eldest child of Cornelius and Jemima (Harrison) Jones, was born in Orange,\\nHe engaged in the manufacture of\\nhats in 1790, on the west side of Main Street, in East Orange, near the junction. He enjoyed excellent\\nhealth up to a short time before his death, and lacked onI\\\\- about three months of being one hundred\\nyears old. lie married Jemima, daughter of Benjamin Munn, and had children. Finer a)iZaiit, L\\\\-dia,\\nI hebc, Caroline; the latter married Aaron Burr Harrison.\\nViNER Van Zant Jones, son of Cyrus and Jemima 1 Mumi Jones, was born at the homestead, in\\nEast Orange, October 27. 1794. He also engaged in the manufacture of hats. He married,\\nHarriet Condit, daughter of Samuel, and had two children, only one of whom survived Samuel C,\\nborn September 17, 1819. Viner Van Zant died September 30, 1823.\\nSamuel C. Jones, son of Viner Van Zant and Harriet (Condit) Jones, was born at the homestead,\\nin what is now East Orange, September 17, 1819. He has been for many years Secretarj^ of the\\nNewark Lime and Cement Co. He is a leading member and an elder in the Munn Avenue (or First)\\nPresbyterian Church, of East Orange. Married Mary O. Kilburn, daughter of Daniel no children.\\nTHE LINDSLEY FAMILY.\\nThis name is variously spcUetl Linle, Linle\\\\-, Linsley and Lindsley. The name was originally\\nLinesley, and there is a town of that name in County Lancaster, England, where this family had their\\nseat. They bore Anns Sable, a lion rampant between eight crosses pattce fitchee argent. Crest.\\nAn arm in armour, embowed, holding in the glove a sabre, all ppr.\\nJohn and Francis Linley emigrated from a place not far to the southwest of London and settled in\\nthe New Haven Colony about 1640. John Linlej- took the oath of fidelity to the New Haven Colony,\\nJuly T, 1644. The names of John and P rancis Linley appear on the New Haven Records the following\\nyear in a suit for damadges as follows: Stephen Medcalfe complayned that he was going into the\\nhouse of John Linley, F rancis Linlej his brother, being in the house, told him he would sell him a\\nunne, the said Stephen asked him if it were a good one, he answered )ea, as any was in the towne.\\nThe gunne proved defective as was shown by the result and the finding of the court. The court\\nconsidering the premises, the great tlamailge Stephen Medcalfe had susteyned in the losse of his e_\\\\ e,\\nw the losse of his time and the great chardge of the cure, Mr. Pell affirming it was worth 10 ordered\\nFrancis Linley to pay to Stephen Medcalfe 20 damadges.\\nBranford, formerly Totoket. was established as a plantation in 1644 and the names of John and\\nFrancis Linley appear on the records in 1646. Thej^ were ])robabl)- among the first planters. John\\nremained at Branford, where he died, his children having settled ancient Woodbury.\\np-RANClS Linley came with the first settlers to Newark, and his name appears among the forty\\nadditional settlers who signed the p-undamental Agreement, June 24, 1667. In the first division of\\nhome lots, he drew No. 44. He also had his division of meadow land and a lot in the Great Neck.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0116.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0117.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "NELSON LINDSLEY.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0118.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "TlIK FnUNDERS AND l^fll.nKRS OK TIIF, ORAXGES.\\n79\\nHe obtained patents for several tracts of land, part of which was in the ri ,du of Ebenczcr Canfield.\\nAmon;4 the records of the New Jersey Historical Society are copies of several deeds of Francis and\\nKhcnczer, his son. He was a larye landholder, hut does not appear to have taken a prominent part in\\nthe town affairs. His lidnie lott was on the corner of the present Market and High Streets. His\\nchiUlren born in Branford were: Deborah, born 1656; Ruth, born 165S; Ebciiczer, born 1665; John,\\nborn in Newark, 1667; also Benjamin, Joseidi ami Jonathan.\\nSECONU OKNtCRA-TIOM.\\nEUENEZKK I.INUSI.EV, eldest .son and third child of Francis Lindsley, was born in ]5ranford, Conn.,\\nin 1665; was brought with his parents to Newark two years later. His children were Hannah, born\\n1693; Ebenezer, born 1696; Josiah, Elihu and Benjautin, born 171 5.\\nTHIRD GENERATION.\\n]5i;x|..\\\\Mix LiNDSl.KN \\\\oungest child of Ebenezer Lindsley, was born in Newark, in 1715. That\\nhe li\\\\ed and owned pinperty in what is now Orange is shown b_\\\\- the fact that lie was one of the\\nsubscribers to the amount of to the second meeting-house, in 1753. He married Mar)- Morris,\\ndaughter of John Morris, son of Capt. John Morris, and had issue, yo/iii, known as Judge John, born\\n1752, Sarah, Elizabeth.\\nFOURTH AND KIKTH OENERATIONS.\\nJohn Lindsley, eldest child and only son of Benjamin and Mary (Morrisj Lindsley, was born in\\nthat ])art of Newark now known as South Orange, in 1752. His name appears among the subscribers to\\nthe Parish Sloop, in 1784. John Lindsley\\nand Aaron Munn were appointed acommittee\\nto meet the committee of the Newark Church\\nto try and accomidate the difference existing\\nbetween Newark Church and the Cliurcii of\\nOrange, respecting the lower parsonage. At\\nthe usual Fourth of July celebration, held\\nin 1 8 14, John Lindsley, Esq., with Major\\nAbraham Winans, were the bearers of the\\nNational standard. This honor was always\\naccorded to the leading men in the town.\\nIn the early records he is mentioned as Judge\\nJohn. lie was Justice of the I eace for a\\nnumber of years and afterwards Associate\\nJudge of one of the Count} courts until his\\ndeath. Jmlgejohn Lindsley married Lhcbe\\nBaldwin, daughter of Israel Baldwin, and had\\nissue, Lydia, Sarah, Mar\\\\- 1 Squire Stephen\\nD. Day married .Sarah, and on her decease,\\nmarried Maryi, Matilda, jfo/in Morris, born\\n1784, Benjamin, Phebe, Eliza.\\nJohn Mdruis Lindsley. son of Judge\\nJohn and Phebe 1 Baldwin 1 Lindsley, was\\nborn in Orange, in 1784. He was a leading\\nman in the community and was one of the\\nfirst to start a country store. He was associ-\\nated with his brother-in-law, Stephen D. Day,\\nuntil 1806, when the firm was dissolved and\\nthe business continued b\\\\- Mr. Lindsle\\\\- in john mokkis i.indslf.v.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0121.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "8o\\nThe Founders and Bitii.dkrs or the Oranges.\\ntlie store built for the firm on the easterly corner of Cone Street, the site of which is now occupied by\\nthe Orange Savings Bank. lie continued to do a thriving business for many years and was recognized\\nas one of the leading and most enterprising merchants in Essex County. Wiien his sons Nelson and\\nGeorge arrived at the proper age t]ie\\\\- were taken into partnersliip and the business continued as John\\nM. Lindsley Sons until his death. In 1850, Nelson and George established the coal business,\\nbeing the first to introduce its use in Orange. They built up an extensive business in this line and\\ngradually reduced their stock of general merchandise, limiting it to that of coal and hardware.\\nWhile taking no prominent part in politics, he encouraged improvements in every direction and\\nhad great faith in the ultimate development of his native town. He witnessed its growth from a simple\\nfarming district to a flourishing township, which gradually\\ndeveloped into a prosperous city. He married Charlotte Taylor, Ja\\na descendant of Rev. Daniel Taylor, the first pasto\\nMountain Society. His children were Nelson, born A\\n1808; Romana A., married I hilip Kingsley, the first kiw)-cr (jf\\nOrange, afterwards. Locke Catlin; John; Ann E., marricc\\nEdward Truman Ilillyer; James Girard, George.\\nir of the ^^--y^^i\\ngust 23, ^^^///c\\nSIXTH QENEDRATION.\\nNelson Lindsley, eldest child of John Morris and Charlotte (Taylor) Lindsley, was born at the\\nhomestead of his father, on the corner of Main and Cone Streets, on the site now occupied by his son\\nas a hardware store, August 23. 1808. He attended the public school and the Orange Acadeni) and\\nentered his father s store as clerk and, together with his brother George, succeeded to the business. In\\n1862 the new brick building was erected on the opposite corner, and for twenty years the firm was\\nthe most prosperous of any in the county outside of Newark. In 18S3, owing to increasing weakness,\\nNelson withdrew from the firm, the business being continued by his brother.\\nMr. Lindsley had no desire for politics or social life, but was a staunch republican and always a\\nleader in every movement tending to improve the town or benefit his neighbors. He was especially\\nactive in the movement made in 1857 to secure better facilities on the Morris and Essex Road.\\nHe was one of a committee which waited upon the managers of the Morris and Esse.x Railroad to\\nprotest, in the name of Orange, against an incre;ise of fares to New York and Newark, of fifty and twenty-\\nfive [)cr cent. He continued to agitate the matter until the object was accomplished. He also assisted\\nin securing the incorporation of Orange as a town. The agitation was begun in 1S59, called to\\norder the first public meeting held to consider that question, in Willow Hall, No\\\\ember 17, 1859. He\\nwas elected to represent the Third Ward in the following year, wiien the first Town Committee was\\norganized. He served one term of three years. Mr. Lindsley was President of the Rosedale Cemetery\\nAssociation for many years and spent much of his time in bringing the cemeterj to that state of\\ndevelopment which has since characterized it. Under the oV\\\\ militia s\\\\ stem he took an active interest\\nin military affairs and was adjutant of tlie Fifth Regiment, Esse.x Brigade. There were few men\\nwho occupied a more important position or exercised greater influence in the community. He\\nwas a devoted husband and a model father. He married Ann Harrison, daughter of Caleb Harrison\\n(son of Caleb, of George, of George, of Sergeant Richard), and had issue, Charlotte, Edward, Anna,\\nmarried, first, Farrand Dodd, secoiul, Orrin S. Wood; John N., Walter. Mi. Lindsley tlied Sunday,\\nJuly I, 1888.\\nGeorge Lindsley, youngest child of John IMorris and Charlotte (Taylor) Lindsley. was born at\\nthe homestead of his father, corner of Main ami Cone Streets, in 1821. He was educated at the public\\nschool and Orange Academ)-, and began his business career as clerk in his father s store. His father\\nsubsequently retired from active participation in the business ami a new co-partnership was formed\\nunder the firm name of J. M. Lindsley Sons, composed of Nelson and George Lindsley. The", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0122.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0123.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "4S\u00c2\u00bbw\u00c2\u00abv.\\nGEORGE LINDSLEY.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0124.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 8i\\ncharacter of the business was changed, the new firm giving iij) the dry goods and continuing with\\ngroceries and hardware, and the coal business which they had already taken up as an independent hne.\\nTlie new firm continued at the old stand on the southeast corner of Main and Cune Streets for\\nseveral years. Ahnut iSOo, j. M. I.indsley made a division of iiis property and the west corner came\\ninto the possession of N. G. Lindslcy, who erected tiie brick building on the site of the old homestead,\\nwhere they continued to do business until the failing health of Nelson necessitated his retirement,\\nGeorge then assuming control, being associated with Jolm N.. the son of Nelson.\\nGeorge Lindsley was a public-spirited man and took great interest in the development of Orange,\\nand to his enterprise and energy are due many of the improvements that have made Orange conspicuous\\nas a suburban city. He was an ardent republican, an earnest worker for his party, and his influence\\ncould always be felt in his ward on election day. Few members of his party did so much personal\\nwork on such occasions as he. He represented his ward in the Common Council and in the Board of\\nChosen Freeholders. He was one of the original incorporators of the Orange Savings Bank. He was\\na member of the First Presbyterian Church, a member of the Board of Deacons and for many years a\\nmember of the Board of Trustees. He was a shrewd business man and accumulated considerable real\\nestate during his life. He was very accommodating to his friends and allowed them the use of his\\nname or money, and often to his sorrow. Mr. Lindsley married Henrietta Matilda, a sister of General\\nAlfred Munn, and a daughter of William Munn, son of Aaron, son of Benjamin, son of John Munn,\\nthe ancestor of the Newark branch of the family. The issue of this marriage was: Frank, died in\\ninfancy; Stuart, Emma Louisa, Laura Matilda, Kate Munn. died in infancy, Cliarles Alfred, tiara\\nAugusta, born 1862, died 1SS6.\\nSEVENTH QENERATION.\\nJohn NicoL Lindsley, fourth child of Nelson and Ann (Harrison) Lindsley, was born on the cor-\\nner of Centre and Reuck Streets, Orange, November 23, 1846. He attended the public school and com-\\npleted his education at the Orange Academy. Desirous of obtaining a more thorough knowledge of\\ngeneral business affairs than could be acquired in his native town, he went to New York city and entered\\nthe employ of the Russell Erwin Manufacturing Co., where he remained six- years. When his father\\nretired from business, in 18S5, on account of failing health, John N. returned to Orange and took his\\nplace in the firm, being associated with his Uncle George. On the death of the latter, Charles A.,\\nhis youngest son, became his successor, and was associatetl with John N., for a time in the coal ami\\nhardware business. In 1S89 there was a division made, Charles taking the coal and John N. the\\nhardware business. He enlarged and made manj changes in this line, adding a greater variety of goods\\nanil doing a more extensive trade than was carried on either by his father or grandfather. He is a man\\nof great force, energy and determination of character. Although taking no active part in politics, he is\\nan ardent Republican, and true to the principles represented by his party. He is manager of the Orange\\nSavings Bank, one of the oldest institutions of the kind in this part of the country. Mr. Lindsley mar-\\nried Ella, daughter of Napoleon Stetson, of Orange, a descendant of Robert Stetson, the ancestor of the\\nfamily, born in Scotland in 1612, and settled in Scituate, Mass. Three children are the issue of this\\nmarriage, viz. Mary, iVnna and Isabel.\\nStuaut Lindsley, eldest son of George and Henrietta Matilda (Munn) Lindsley, was born in\\nOrange, February 18, 1849. attended the public school and also the well-known private school kept\\nby the Misses Robinson, and later the Newark Academy, and was graduated at the School of Mines of\\nColumbia College in 1870. The first year after his graduation he was engaged in the private laboratory\\nof Professor Charles A. Chandler, as analytical chemist. He then took up civil engineering, and for the\\nnext five years was engineer of the Dundee Water Power and Land Co., having charge of the company s\\nworks at Passaic, N. J. During a portion of the time he was also City Engineer of Passaic City, and\\nalso engaged in private work in the line of his profession. In 1S73, there being a general business", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0127.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "82 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\ndepression in the East, he accepted an offer to go as chemist to the Union Consolidated Mining Co., of\\nTennessee, an extensive copper mining and smelting company, located at Ducktown, Tenn. In 1879 he\\nwent to Leadville, Col., and engaged as assayer with the Gage Hagaman Smelting Co., proprietors of\\none of the early silver lead smelting works of that place subsequently he accepted a similar position\\nwith the Chrysolite Silver Mining Co. He removed thence to Clifton, Arizona, and was appointed\\nsuperintendent and metallurgist of the Detroit Copper Co., and afterwards filled the same position with\\nthe Royal Gorge Smelting Co., at Canyon City, Col., also doing other \\\\\\\\ork in the est in the line of\\nexpert in mining, c.\\nMr. Lindsley returned East in 1887, and soon after engaged in business in his native town. He\\nformed a co-partnership with Robert Wright for the purpose of carrying on business as road contractors\\nand builders, under the firm name of Wright Lindsley. After the death of his father, he joined his\\nbrother, Charles A., who had already succeeded to the coal business of his father, and formed a new co-\\npartnership in the same line, under the firm name of S. C. A. Lindsley, his cousin, by mutual consent,\\nhaving taken the hardware business. About this time the property on the southwest corner of Main\\nand Cone Streets having been left to him and his brother by their father s will, they enlarged the build-\\ning, adding some seventy-five feet on the west side of the corner brick building.\\nMr. Lindsley continued his connection with Mr. Wright, and with him also formed a separate branch\\nas engineers and contractors for the construction and equipment of steam and electric railways, power\\nand mining plants, etc. Mr. Lindsley organized the Essex County Electric Co., of which he is the\\nmanager. This company supplies Orange and West Orange with the electric light, but possesses abund-\\nant facilities for extending operations to other parts of the county.\\nMr. Lindslej is one of the few descendants of the Founders of the Oranges, who have continued\\nthe work begun by their ancestors, and is w orthy to be classed among the advanced Guilders, to whose\\nenergy, enterprise and business sagacity, the citj of Orange owes its great prosperity. His long experi-\\nence in the West developed the characteristics inherited from his ancestors, awakening within him the\\nspirit of self-reliance and confidence, to which he owes his success in his various business enterprises.\\nMr. Lindsley married Katharine Elizabeth Merrill, daughter of John Leonard Merrill, a descendant\\nof Nathaniel Merrill, the ancestor, one of the founders of Newburyport, Mass., in 1635. Their children\\nare George Leonard, Lucy Merrill. Alice, Horace Nelson and Girard.\\nCharles Alfred Lindsley, second son of George and Henrietta Matilda (Munn) Lindsley, was\\nborn on Day Street, Orange, April 30, 1859. Studious, earnest and thoughtful as a child, he developed\\nthe same characteristics as a man. He began his studies in the public school, and after graduating at\\nthe Orange High School, he was prepared for college under a private tutor, and was graduated from\\nPrinceton in 1882. He soon after entered his father s employ as a clerk, and after the death of the\\nlatter formed a new co partnership with his cousin, John N. Lindsley, and continued for a time in\\nthe coal and hardware business established by his father. Three years later a division of interests took\\nplace, John N. Lindsley having withdrawn by mutual consent, taking the hardware business as his share,\\nand a new co-partnership was formed in the coal business with Stuart and Charles A., under the firm\\nname of S. C. A. Lindsley. The latter continued to develop this branch of the business, and became\\nconnected also with other enterprises. He is interested with his brother in the Essex County Electric\\nCo., of which he is Secretary. He is a director of and assisted in organizing the Second National Bank.\\nHe is a member of the Board of School Commissioners, and having in early life enjoyed the benefit of\\nthe excellent school system for which Orange is famous, he is naturally interested in maintaining its\\nreputation and a.ssisting in the further educational development.\\nIn religious matters Mr. Lindsley adheres to the church of his ancestors, but is in sympathy with\\nthe more advanced and liberal ideas of modern Presbyterianism. He is an elder in the First Presby-\\nterian Church, and an earnest supporter of its able and liberal-minded pastor. As Treasurer of the Board\\nof Trustees, he looks carefully after the financial affairs of the church. He is also a teacher in the -Sab-\\nbath School, and a faithful laborer in the various branches of church work.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0128.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 83\\nlie nianictl Miss Emily M. Decker, daugliter of Frank Decker, Esq., of Rochester, N. V., a descend-\\nant, probably, of Abraham Decker, who came from Holland about the middle of the scventeentli cen-\\ntury, and settled near Albanw N. V.\\nHenjaiiiiii I-indsley, son of Judge Joseph Lindsley, of the fourth generation, was born about 1786.\\nHe married Mary, daughter of Joseph Camp son of Joseph 2), Joseph (i), son of Samuel, son of\\nWilliam Camp, one of the original settlers, who came from Milford to Newark in 16O6. Benjamin\\nLindsley hid, among other children, a son, Joseph C who was the father of Mrs. Frazar, of Orange.\\nTHE MANDEVILLE FAMILY.\\nThe Mandeviilcs of America all have a common origin and are descended from one of the oldest\\nand most distinguished families of France. An inscription on a plate over the gate at the entrance of\\nRouen, in Norniand\\\\ France, from whence the family came originally, shows that they had achieved\\ngreat distinction in the early history of that ancient city. When William, Duke of Normandy, the\\nConqueror, passed over into England, A. D. 1066, he was accompanied by one Godfridus de Mannavilla,\\nwho, on the distributory lands and lordships which afterwards took place, was very liberally rewarded\\nfor his services. A grandson of the latter was the first Earl of Essex.\\nGiles Jansen De Mande\\\\ille, the American ancestor of this famil} fled from the city of Rouen,\\nNormandy, F ranee, to Holland, and in the province of Guilderland he married Elsje Hendricks, about\\n1640. He rccei\\\\ed from the Dutcli Go\\\\ernment a grant of land at Flatbush, L. L, and came to this\\ncountry in 1647, on the ship Faith, in company with Peter Stu\\\\ vesant, afterwards Go\\\\-ernor of the\\ncolony, who was a great friend of the family and who, later, gave his friend Mandeville a grant of land\\non the Hudson River, extending from Ganzevoort Street upwards and including the present Abington\\nS(|uare, which was then the family burying-ground. The locality was Greenwich village.\\nSECOND GENERATION.\\nHendrick Mandeville, the eldest cliild of Giles Jansen De Mande\\\\ille, came into possession of the\\nI latbLisli, L. L, property, which he sold and removed to Pompton Plains, N. J. He was twice married\\nand had six children, viz.: David, Peter, Antje, Johannis, Hendrick and Giles.\\nTHIRD GENERATION.\\nGiles Mandeville, youngest child of Hendrick, was born at Pompton Plains, N. J., January 25,\\n1708, died August 8, 1776. His first residence was in a log house, which was destroyed by fire in 1742.\\nHe built a stone house on the same site which is still standing. He married Leah Brucn or Brown and\\nhad eight children, viz.: Hendrick (3), born 1732; Elizabeth, born 1736; William, born 1739; Johannis,\\nborn 1740: .Anthony, born ^Lirch 7, 1742; Grietje, GWc?,, A l r aha Jii.\\nKOIJKrH GENERATION.\\nAiiKAilAM ALvNDliViLLE, youngest child of Giles and Leah (Brown) Mandeville, was born at\\nPompttMi Plains, N. J., October 25, 1750. He was a man of considerable means and influence in the\\ncommunity. He married Antje Van Wagoner. Their children were: Catherine, born August 7, 1775,\\ndied in infancy; Gellis, or Giles, born November 29, 1777; Cornelius, born November 20, 1779;\\nWilliam, born May 20, 1782; Helmah, born August i8, 1785; Abram. born May 14, 178S Catherine,\\nagain, born July 24, 1789; Leah, born June 8, 1795.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0129.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "84\\nThe Founders and Builders of the OrangeS.\\nGiles MaXDEVILLE, eldest living child of Abraham and Antje (Van Wagoner) Mandeville, was\\nborn at Pompton Plains, N. J., November 29, 1777, died in Orange. June 14, 1863. He was a prosperous\\nfarmer and a man of more than ordinary intelligence, possessed of a retentive memorj and fond of\\nbooks of which he had a large and varied collection. He was well informed on the leading topics of\\nthe day and was a man of much ability and influence. He was the founder of the Orange branch of\\nthe family, having settled here in 1800, being then a young man of twenty-two. He was interested\\nin educational matters and founded the\\nfirst public library ever established in the\\nOranges, his own collection of books form-\\ning the nucleus. It was well patronized\\nb\\\\ the young men of the day who derived\\ngreat benefit from it, and Mr. Mandeville\\nwas recognized as a public benefactor.\\nHe died June 14, 1863, and was buried in\\nthe old Orange burj-ing-ground, afterward\\nremoved to Rosedale Cemetery. He\\nwas a man of honest convictions, but\\nsimple and unaffected in his manner. In\\nappearance and personal characteristics\\nhe showed the hereditary traits of the\\nfamily. He married Sally, daughter of\\nHenry Wick, of Morristown, N. J., and\\nhad issue, Abraham, yanies Camp, Eliza-\\nbeth, married Cyrus Baldwin (see Baldwin\\nfamily), Henry Sears, and Preston. Giles\\nMandeville married, second, Abigail Crane,\\na descendant of Jasper Crane, who married\\nthe daughter of Governor Treat, of Con-\\nnecticut, and one of the original settlers of\\nNewark.\\nSIXTH GENERATION.\\nAbraham Mandeville. eldest child\\nof Giles and Sally (^Wick) Mandeville, was\\nborn in Orange, August 27, 1805. He\\nwas educated at Colonel Chester Robin-\\nson s school and later engaged in mercan-\\ntile affairs and held many offices of trust\\nand honor. He was Coroner and was for fifteen years Justice of the Peace. He was one of the\\nincorporators of the Orange Savings bank and continued on the board of management up to the time\\nof his death. His early connection with the Masonic Fraternity was a notable event in his life, having\\nbeen raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason, F ebruary 20, 1827, in Union Lodge, No. 11, only a\\nfew weeks before the corner-stone of Masonic Hall was laid. Stephen D. Day, one of the founders of the\\nLodge, was Grand Junior Warden of the State at the time, and took an active part in the ceremonies.\\nDr. Daniel Babbitt, who afterwards became Grand Master of the .State, was Worshipful Master of Union\\nLodge at the time, and from him Mr. Mandeville recei\\\\ed his first lessons in Speculative Masonry, and\\nexemplified its teachings during the remainder of his life. During the anti-Masonic excitement, from\\nGILES MANUKVILI.I-,.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0130.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "Thk Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\n85\\n1836 to 1846, he remained firm and loyal to the Order, and at the time of his death was the oldest living\\nMaster Mason in Orange, having been a member of Union Lodge for over half a ccnturj When work\\nwas resumed by the Lodge, after a lapse of many years, he was among the first to take his ])lace among\\nhis brother members. He died in May, 1887, aged 81 years and 9 months. He married Lydia L. Kil-\\nbiirn, daughter of Daniel Kilburn. of Orange, a descendant of Sergeant John Kilburn, of Wethersfield,\\nConn., whose ancestry dates back to tiiat of William de Kilbourne. Lord of the manor of Kilbourne in\\nYorkshire, born A. D., 1 173. The children of Abraham and Lydia L. (Kilburn) Mandeville were: Lewis\\nA., Sarah E., Giles P., Phebe A. and Mary K., who married Joseph A. Minott.\\nJames Camp Mandeville, second child of Giles and Sally (Wick) Mandeville, was born in the\\nhouse, on Main Street (still standing), opposite the Methodist Church, about 1807. He received a good\\ncommon school education, and learned the\\ntrade of coach-making with Hedcnburg,\\nPickett, Cooper Co., and was associated\\nwith them in business. He made con-\\nsiderable money, but through the failure\\nof his old employers, in iS4i,helost it, and\\nwas obliged to go to work as a journeyman.\\nHe removed to Newark and lived there\\nduring the remainder of his life. He mar-\\nried Caroline an Vilsor, of Hempstead,\\nL. L, and had issue Dr. Frederic B. and\\nAnna M., who married Edwin Scudder. i^\u00c2\u00bb^\\nIt is not surprising to find a physician vV\\nin this branch of the family, as there have\\nbeen se\\\\eral members of the different\\nbranches who have attained distinction in\\nthis profession. Sir John Maundevillc,\\nborn in St. Albans, England, about 1300,\\nwas a man of scholastic learning and also\\nacquainted with medicine and natural sci-\\nence, as understood in that day. Bernard\\nMandeville, M. D., born at Dordrecht\\nabout 1665, was settled as a physician in\\nLondon, where he died January 21, 1733.\\nSeveral members of the American branch\\nha\\\\c been prominent as physicians.\\nSEVENTH OENERAXIOX.\\nJAMF.-\\nFrederick B. Mandeville, eldest .son\\nof James Camp and Caroline (Van Vilsor)\\nMandeville, was born at 291 Washington Street, Newark, 17th of August, 1840. He evinced early in life\\na thirst for knowledge and a determination to adopt a professional life. With bright hopes for the\\nfuture, the father gave him every encouragement, and his preliminary studies were pursued under the\\ndirection of Nathan Hedges, Rev. William Bradley, and the distinguished classical teacher. Rev. Dr.\\nWeeks. He completed his preparatory course at the Newark Academy, and soon after entered Rutgers\\nCollege. At the end of his sophomore years he decided to give up his studies and pursue a mercantile\\ncareer. He began as clerk in the mercantile establishment of S. R. W. Heath Co., and soon won the\\nconfidence of his employers and was duly promoted. The desire to enter the medical profession\\nreturned and he applied himself diligently, during his leisure hours, to the study of such works on", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0131.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "86 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nmedicine as would enable him to enter a medical college, lie became interested in the theories of the\\nnew school of practice and, at the age of nineteen, entered the New York Homeopathic Medical College,\\nfrom which he was graduated in 1861. While pleased with the new school of practice, he determined\\nto obtain a knowledge of the old as well, and after completing his course in the first, he entered the\\nNew York Medical College from which he received his degree of M. D., in 1863. While pursuing his\\nstudies in the latter college he availed himself of the opportunity occasioned by the Civil W^ar and\\nobtained an appointment as medical cadet in the U. S. service, and was assigned duty at the\\nWard United States Hospital, in Newark. After a brief experience he was promoted to\\nActing Assistant Surgeon. His experience in this hospital proved of great advantage to him in his\\nsubsequent practice. He was associated for a year with Dr. Charles R. Fish, a homeopathic physician,\\nin Newark, N. J. On the latter s removal from Newark, Dr. Mandeville succeeded to his practice.\\nDuring this period he continued his studies and his mind broadened and expanded and he was led to\\ntake a more liberal view of the old and new school and adopt such methods as seemed best adapted to\\ncircumstances. The wisdom of this course was soon manifest, and his clientel increased from year to\\n)-ear and the God bless )-ou fell from the lips of many who had experienced the benefit of his\\nindependent methods. During his long and successful practice, Dr. Mandeville has kept apace with the\\ntimes, read} at all times to adopt the best methods of others, even where it conflicted with his pre-\\nconceived theories. He enjoys a high reputation among those of his professional brethren who are\\nnot wedded to iron-clatl theories, and is admired for his bold, independent, manly course. In 1869 he\\nwas appointed to the chair of Diseases of Children and Hygiene, in the New York Homeopathic\\nMedical College his professional duties, however, compelled him to decline the honor.\\nThe cause of education has always been one of deepest interest to Dr. Mandeville, and he has\\nnever neglected any opportunity to place the best means and facilities within the reach of the masses.\\nHe was elected a member of the Board of Education of Newark, in 1872, continuing for nine years,\\nuntil his removal from the ward, in 1881, necessitated his retirement. For seven years of this period he\\nwas chairman of the Teachers Committee. He was for some years a member of the Newark Hoard of\\nHealth, having succeeded Dr. J. D. Brumley to that position in 1882. He was twice President of the\\nHealth Board and was chief officer of health for five years under the old regime, and during this period\\nhe recommended many changes and improvements which were of great benefit to his native city. He\\nserved as President of the new Board of Health for one year. Dr. Mandeville was one of the founders\\nof the New Jersey State Homeopathic Society and served two terms as its President. He is a member\\nof tile New Jersey Medical Club and American Institute, and an honorary member of the New York\\nand Pennsylvania State Homeopathic Societies. He has been for many years a contributor to the\\nmedical journals, his articles evincing originality and intlependence of thought as well as careful study\\nand thorough in\\\\estigation. He is a member of the New Jersey Club, composed of phvsicians residing\\nin Union, Hudson, Esse.x and Passaic counties. New Jersey.\\nDr. Mandeville has been identified with \\\\ariiius business enterprises, which have profited b\\\\ the\\nresults of his early business experience. His reputation for business sagacit}- and foresight show that\\nthe time spent during his early days in acquring this knowledge was not in vain. He was one of the\\norganizers of the Schuyler Electric Light Co. was its first Vice-President, and was its President until\\nits consolidation. He was one of the organizers of the U. S. Industrial Insurance Co., of Newark, which\\nenabled the poorest men to avail themselves of its benefits, relieving want and misery in thousands of\\ncases which the old plan of life insurance, under its costly methods, would have failed to meet. He\\nwas its Medical Director and Vice-President, and was elected President in 1892.\\nIn his religious connections. Dr. Mandeville was first with the Reformed Dutch Church, afterwards\\nElder of the Park Presbyterian Church, and when that was removed to the north end of the city he\\nunited with the old P irst Presbyterian Church. He is also a member of St. John s Lodge, F. and A. M.,\\nof Newark.\\nSocially, Dr. Mandeville is one of the most genial and entertaining t)f men. Kind hearted ami", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0132.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "TiiK Founders and Hrii.DKus ok the Oranges. 87\\ncharitable, he lias always been foremost in performing goods deeds, and relieving those in trouble and\\ndistress. He is still in the prime of life his physical manhood strong, vigorous and pure. He is be-\\nloved by his associates, as well as by those under him, over whom he exerts a kind and fatherly influ-\\nence. He married, October 7, 1863, Sarah Tee), daughter of George Tucker Teel, of New York. They\\nhad issue, Frederick Allen, born August 17, 1864; Henry C., deceased; Mary, married E. W. S.\\nJohnson, of New York; James Arthur.\\nFrederick Allen Mandevh.I.i:, IM. D., eldest child of Frederick R. and Sarah (Teel) Mandeviilc,\\nwas born at the home of his father, on Washington Street, Newark, 17 August, 1864. His early instruc-\\ntion was received at the public schools of Newark, his father being at that time greatly interested in the\\ncause of public education, and a member of the Newark Board of Education. Frederick A. was prepared\\nfor college at the Newark Academy, and entered Rutger s in the class of 85, graduating with honor.\\nHe was graduateil and rcceivetl his degree of M. D. from the New York Homeopatiiic College, in 1S9O.\\nHe established himself at 224 Belleville Avenue, Newark, depending wholly on his own exertions, and\\nat the end of two years had a lucrative practice among the best people of the Eighth ward. In 1892 he\\nmade a trip to Europe and took a post-graduate course at the University of Vienna, his preceptois being\\nthe eminent Drs. Albert and Bilroth. In 1893, soon after his return home, he combined his own with\\nhis father s practice, and formed a co-partnership, which still exists, although Frederick A. has now\\nalmost the entire control of it. Like his father, he is not tied down by any iron-clad rules or system, but\\nadopts his methods of treatment to suit each particular case. He loves his profession, and is ready to\\nmake any personal sacrifice to achieve success, regardless of the criticisms of those who are wedded to\\nstereotyped methods of cither the old or new school. He has original ideas and has invented and lie-\\nvised apparatus and improved methods which have been of great benefit to the profession.\\nHis inventions have been favorably noticed by the press, and had he chosen to avail himself of the\\ncommercial ad\\\\antages to be derived therefrom he might have added materially to his exchequer, but\\nin all his inventions he has strictly observed the unwritten code, which debars the profession from reaj)-\\ning any pecuniar}- benefit from their inventions. Even had there been no barrier. Dr. Mandcville could\\nnever be induced to restrict the use of any tlisco\\\\eries of his own that would help to relieve the suffer-\\nings of his fellow-men. He inherits from his father those strong sympathies for suffering humanity that\\nwould lead to great personal sacrifices for the accomplishment of the ends sought. Like one of his dis-\\ntinguished ancestors, his mind runs more in the line scientific than medical research, \\\\-et his researches\\nall tend to increase his medical knowledge. He is a member of the New York Microscopical Society,\\nthe Academy of Sciences, the Torrey Botancal Club, the MacKeon Club, and the several Columbia Col-\\nlege Societies.\\nTHE MITCHELL FAMILY.\\nProbable Line of Descent of Lewis, Aaron H. and George L. JVIitchell, of Ea\u00c2\u00abt\\nOrange.\\nThe name of Mitchell is, according to Douglass, of considerable antiquity, and flourished in the\\ncentral counties of Scotland, where several families held the rank of lesser barons. According to Burke\\nthis family bore Arms. Sable a fesse between three mascles or within a bordure chequy of the second\\nand first. Crest. Three ears of barley conjoined in the stalk ppr. Motto. Sapiens qui assiduus. [He\\nis wise who is assiduous.]\\nThe American ancestor of the Connecticut branch of the family, Matthew Mitchell, came to this\\ncountry with Rev. Richard Mather in the James, from Bristol, England, in 1635, bringing with him\\nchildren, David and Jonathan antl perhaps others. He removed to Concord and soon to Springfield,\\nMass.; there signed the contract with Pynchon and others in May, 1636; soon after removed to Say-\\nbrook, Conn., for a short time where, in the Pequot war, he was protected by Lyon Gardener. He was\\na representative to the General Court of Connecticut in 1637. He died in Stamford, Conn., in 1645.\\nJames Mitchell, supposed to be a son of Matthew, settled in Elizabeth, N. J., where he died previ-", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0133.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "88 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nous to 1684. His widow received an allotment of 125 acres at Westbrook, near Rahway Road. She\\ndied in 168S. Her son, Jacob, was admitted an Associate in 1699-1700, and drew No. 107 of the 100\\nacre lots on the Woodbridge line.\\nLewis Mitchell, of East Orange, was probabU- a descendant of Matthew Mitcliell, through\\nJames and Jacob, of Elizabeth. He was bora about 1793 and was early left an orphan and adopted by\\na family in East Orange. He married Mary Ann, daughter of Joseph Peck, son of Judge John Peck,\\nson of Deacon Joseph, of Joseph, Joseph Joseph, the ancestor. The Pecks in this line were all men of\\nprominence in Essex County. Hon. John Peck, the grandfather of Mary Ann Peck Mitchell, was Judge\\nof the Court of Common Pleas during the Revolution, and was extremely lenient towards his neighbors\\nwho, because of their adherence to the Crown were obliged to leave during the Revolution and after-\\nwards returned to claim their property. He was an ardent patriot and was hated by the British. Joseph\\nPeck, the father of Mary Ann Peck Mitchell, marrieil Mar_\\\\- Hcdden, daughter of Jotham Hedden, son\\nof Jonathan, son of Joseph.\\nLewis Mitchell, through his marriage with Mary Ann Peck, came into possession of a part of the\\nPeck farm and homestead property in East Orange, which had remained in the family for more than\\ntwo hundred years. He built a new house in 183S on Main Street near the old Peck homestead. He\\nwas a thrifty, prosperous farmer and a man of influence in the community He left three children\\nAaron Peck, George Lewis and Mary T. Mitchell, who married Joseph L Kirby, of Brooklyn.\\nAaron Peck Mitchell, eldest son of Lewis and Mary Ann (Peck) Mitchell, was born on Main\\nStreet, near the present Greenwood Avenue, July 3, 1829, on the farm purchased by his mother in East\\nOrano-e, and when quite young moved with his parents to their new homestead on Main Street, near the\\npresent Maple Avenue. He enjoyed exceptional educational advantages; he was prepared for college\\nat Mr. Williams s school, celebrated in its day as one of the best in the country. He had for a classmate\\nthe present Dr. William Pierson. He entered Madison University, intending to pursue the study of\\nmedicine, but finding his health giving way he left during the Sophomore year. On returning to East\\nOranrre he embarked in the dairy business, which he carried on successfully for a number of years. He\\nowned a large tract of land, which he acquired from his parents, and when the movement in real estate\\nbegan as the result of increased railroad accommodations, making East Orange a convenient suburb to\\nthe metropolis, he was one of the first to take advantage of the opportunity thus offered. He was a\\nman of broad ideas and large-hearted liberality, and favored every public improvement, and was con-\\nnected with all the great enterprises looking to the development of East Orange. He was one of the\\nchief promoters of the system of macadimized roads, some of which passed through his own propert}-,\\nall of wliich he improved and beautified, and encouraged the planting of shade trees, which proved an\\nattraction to visitors and led to their selection of homes in this localit)-. Among the streets and a\\\\enues\\nwhich Mr. Mitchell and his brother were instrumental in opening were Pulaski, Steuben and William\\nStreets, and Central, North and South Maple, Arlington, Greenwood and Ninth Avenues, most of these\\npassing through his and his brother s property. He opened Grove Street, south of Main, on which he\\nerected the beautiful homestead where he spent some of the most delightful hours of his life. He was\\none of the founders and chief promoters of the First Congregational Church of East Orange, and was\\npermitted to witness the fruition of his hopes and the completion of his labors in one of the most pros-\\nperous church organizations and one of the finest church edifices in all the Oranges. During its early\\nstru^frles he and his brother and one or two others made up the annual deficiencies, the expenses often\\nexceeding the income from all sources. He was not only one of the largest contributors to the building\\nfund, but as a member of the Building Committee he canvassed other churches and individuals for sub-\\nscriptions for miles around. His winning, persuasive, and yet persistent manner, opened the hearts as\\nwell as the pockets of all with whom he came in contact. The two places dearest to him of ail others\\nwere his home and his church. While an ardent Republican he eschewed politics, and although\\nfrequently solicited he could not be induced to accept office. He was at one time a member of the\\nTownship Committee, and as such rendered effective service. He was one of the organizers of the East", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0134.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0135.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Sr i\\nAARON P. MITCHELL.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0136.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges, 89\\nOrange Republican Club, and was active in advancing the interests of the party. He was President of\\nthe Summit Gas Company, a director in the Merchant s Insurance Co. of Newark, and a prominent\\nmember of the New Jersey branch of the Society of Sons of the American Kcvolution.\\nHe was a man among men of a retiring disposition, rather reserved, never seeking a controversy\\nor intruding his views on others, but firm in his convictions of right. He never turned a deaf ear to an\\najipcal for help from the truly deserving, but e.^iercised wisdom and tact in tlie distribution of his chari-\\nties. He was broad in his religious views, and tlie foundation of his faith was the Fatherhood of God\\nand the lirotherhood of Man, and he exemplified the teachings of the Master in his daily walk and\\nconversation.\\nHe married Anna Elizabetli, daughter of Matthias M. Dodd (sec history of Dodd family), a woman\\nof rare Christian graces and virtues, a true helpmate, a devoted wife, who shared his joys and sorrows,\\nand heartily cooperated in all his plans and undertakings. He died December 28, 1893, leaving four\\nchildren, viz.: Winthrop Dodd, Matthias M. Dodd, Anna and Arthur H.\\nWiNTHROP DOUD Mitchell, eldest son of Aaron P. and Anna Elizabeth (Dodd) Mitchell, was\\nborn at the homestead on South Grove Street, East Orange, May 7, 1862. His knowledge of the\\nelementary branches was obtained at the public schools of his native town, and he was afterward sent\\nto Phillips Andover Academy, Mass., to prepare for college. In 1884 he began the study of\\nmedicine with Prof. Frederic S. Dennis (Professor of Surgery in Bellevue College). He was graduated\\nat Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1887, and afterward served two years as intern in St. Vincent s\\nHospital, New York. He then went abroad for eighteen months, prosecuting his studies at Vienna,\\nMunich, London and Dublin. On his return he served as assistant to his old preceptor. Prof. Dennis,\\nfor about eighteen months. In 1892 he began practice in Newark. Dr. Mitchell removed permanently\\nto East Orange in 1895, where he now has a successful practice, being located at the old residence of\\nhis parents on Grove -Street. While devoting a large portion of his time to general practice he has\\ngiven much to surger}-, and ha3 been successful in a number of difficult cases. As visiting surgeon\\nto the Home for Crippled Children and house surgeon at St. Michael s Hospital he has had an experi-\\nence of great advantage to him in his practice. He is a close student and keeps himself well informed\\non all matters pertaining to his profession. He is a member of the Medical and Surgical Society of\\nNewark, of the Physicians Club of Newark, and of Essex County Medical Society.\\nHe married in 1889 Miss Harriet Morgan, daughter of Charles H. Morgan, of Worcester, Mass., a\\nwell known mechanical engineer, and a descendant of Miles Morgan, who sailed from Bristol, Eng.,\\nin March, 1636, and was one of the early settlers of Springfield, Mass.\\nGeorge Lewis Mitchell, second son of Lewis and Mary Ann (Peck) Mitchell, was born at the\\nhomestead on Main street, in East Orange, August 9, 1S31. He had no aspirations beyond the simple\\nfarm life which his father and grandfather led before him, but he resolved to make the best of his\\nopportunities, and when he was sent to the village school he did his best to acquire a thorough\\nknowledge of the elementary branches. As a child he was obedient, earnest, industrious and faithful\\nas a man, lie was honest, upright, straightforward and truthful. He was honest with himself, honest\\nwith his neighbors and honest in all his dealings with the world. It has been truly said\\nAn honest man s the noblest work of God,\\nand in this he had the patent of true nobility, and it has often been said of him, truthfully, that his\\nword was as good as his bond. No man ever tried harder to live up to the golden rule, and if he could\\nnot speak well of a man he would say nothing at all.\\nHe began his business career at an age when most boys are wholly dependent on others. He was\\nbut eighteen years of age when he became associated with his brother in the dairy business, and for\\nthirty-eight years, until death severed the ties, they were one and inseparable. What one did the other\\ndid. Their love was like that of Jonathan and David, and all their interests were identical. George\\nL. was pleasing in his manners, and his patrons loved him for himself, as well as for his fair and honest", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0139.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "go\\nThe Founders and Bini.DKKs of the Oranges.\\ndealings. As a Christian, he fulfilled literally the injunction, Let your light so shine before men\\nthat they may see your good works and glorify your Father, which is in heaven. He was one\\nof the little faithful band who founded the First Congregational Church of East Orange, and who kept\\nthe flame burning brightly, holding up the hands of the pastor amid discouragements and trials. He\\nwas one of the financial pillars of the society,\\nand one of the largest contributors to the\\nbuilding fund. He was deacon of the\\ncluirch in 1871, 1S74, 1882 and 1885, and,\\nwith one exception, served longer on the\\nPrudential Committee the most important\\ncommittee in the church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 than any other\\nman. His love for his fellowmen was un-\\nbounded, without distinction of race or color,\\nand his heart was ever touched by the suffer-\\nings of others.\\nHe hath an eye for pity, and a hand\\nOpen as the day for melting charily.\\nHe could not be induced to run for\\noffice, yet he was a member of the Republi-\\ncan Club of East Orange, and always\\nworked for tiie success of his party. He\\nwas a member of the Ambrosia Inaugural\\nClub, and with it attended the inauguration\\nof President Harrison. He was a member\\nof the Reception Committee, which received\\nthe members of the Society of the Army of\\nthe Potomac when the annual meeting was\\nheld in Orange. He was associated with\\nhis brother in opening streets and avenues\\nin East Orange, and in the various improve-\\nments which have made tliis locality a\\nsubiu-ban paradise. He had a special fond-\\nness for arboriculture, and the beautiful shade\\ntrees that adorn the streets were, to a large\\nextent, planted by him. His own home,\\nthough simple in its architectural features, is\\none of the most beautiful and attracti\\\\e in the township. There were two places he loved above all others.\\nThose were his home and his cluircli. His death occurred on Easter .Sunday, March 29,1891. He married\\nJoanna Wyckoff Collins, youngest daughter of Isaac Collins, of Bloomfield, N. J., and Jane Wj-ckoff, of\\nFlatlands, L. I. John Collins, the father of Isaac, came to this country from Donnegall, County\\nBallyshannon, Ireland, in 1774, and settled in Hloomfield. During the War of the Revolution he served\\nwith the Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers. At the storming of Stony Point by mad Anthony Wayne, on\\nthe night of July 16, 1779, he formed one of the forlorn hope, and was among the first to mount the\\nparapet, receiving an ugly gash on the cheek from the bayonet thrust of a British soldier. He fought\\nhis way into the fort, shouting with the brave Americans the countersign of the day, The fort s our\\nown! He served the full term of his enlistment and was lionorably discharged at Trenton, N. J.,\\nJanuary i, 1781, his discharge being signed by Brig.-Gen. Anthony Wayne, which is still in possession\\nof the family. This proof entitled Mrs. Mitchell to membership in the -Society of the Daughters of the\\nAmerican Revolution. Although a native of Ireland he was probably a descendant of one of that name\\nGEORGK LEWIS MIKllKM..", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0140.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "Thk Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 91\\nwho went over with Cromwell s army, the name being English and in no way connected with Irish history-\\nThe family is of very ancient standing in Cornwall. In the first of Edward II., Jolin Collins represented\\nLaunceston in Parliament, and in the eleventh and fifteenth Richard II. was Sheriff of the county.\\nThis branch has always had a Singer and a Jnhn Collins since the time of the Reformation.\\nPeter Classen VVyckoff, the ancestor of the Wyckoff family, from which Mrs. Mitchell is descended,\\ncame from New Netherlands, 1 loliand, in 1635, and settled in New Amsterdam, now New York City from\\nthence he moved t l- l.itlantls, L. I., where the name of Wyckoff is well known. He was among the\\nearliest settlers of that locality. During the War of the Revolution the British troops encamped in the\\nrear of the VVyckoff homestead, breaking camp hurriedly. They left behind thein numerous articles of\\ncamp life which are still in possession of the Mitchell family.\\nNature endowed Mrs. Mitchell with rare gifts, which enabled her to contribute to the happiness of\\nher husband and children, as well as to her numerous friends. In childhood she was passionately fond\\nof the works of nature, but it did not occur to her until late in life that she had the power to delineate\\nthese and to work out that which God worked in her. About 1884 she took up the study of painting\\nwith a lady artist, and later with the well-known artist. Professor Frerichs, of Newark, a native of\\nBelgium. Mrs. Mitchell has only attempted reproductions from paintings and engravings, but in these\\nthere is displayed originality of thought, harmony antl brilliancy of color, and a perfect adaptation to\\nsurroundings that indicate the true artist. Many of her productions would attract attention in the\\nmetropolitan art gallaries. Her Ruth and Naomi is well executed, and evinces careful study and a\\nclear conception of the subject. Luther in His Study, ^V Group of Sheep, Scene on the\\nGreenbrier River in West Virginia, are among her best productions. The Color Guard, in which\\nshe introduced a likeness of her brother, who served with honor in the 139th Regiment, Ohio Volunteers,\\nis a splendid grouping, well executed, and shows a high appreciation of the subject.\\nMrs. Mitchell was a devoted, loving wife, and was of great assistance to her husband in the manage-\\nment of his business affairs, and since his death she, together with her eldest son, has had the entire\\nmanagement of the estate. It may be trul\\\\- said of her She looketh well to the ways of her house-\\nhold, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also,\\nand he praiseth her.\\nSeven children are the issue of the marriage of George L. and Joanna Mitchell: Helen, deceased,\\nmarried Harmon W. Cropsey, a cousin of the artist. They had issue, James Lewis May Isabel, married\\nJohn Cowenhoven, of New Utricht Lewis G., (see sketch); Inez and Irene, twins; the latter died in\\ninfancy; Inez married Nathanel D. Hall, of Roseville, N. J., and had issue, three children, viz: Joanna,\\nMitchell, Helen Cornell and Amy Johnson Ralph, deceased, and George Lansing. May Isabel and\\nJohn Cowenhoven had issue, two sons George Mitchel and John Denice Cowenhoven.\\nLewis George Mitchell, third child and eldest son of George Lewis and Joanna Wyckoff\\n(Collins) Lewis, was born in the house which stood on the corner of Grove and Main streets, East\\nOrange, May 12, 1861. He attended the public school until he was about fifteen years of age, and then\\nentered his father s employ in the dairy business, continuing with him for about four years, and then\\nstarted in the same line of business for himself, w hich he carried on for five j-ears. He exhibited the\\nsame self-reliant spirit and determination which characterized his ancestors throughout several genera-\\ntions, and although he disliked the occupation he was very successful, and continued until a better\\nopening presented itself. In 1885 he formed a co-partnership with his brother-in-law, Mr. H. W.\\nCropsey, in the lumber business at that part of Gravesend now known as South Bensonhurst. The firm\\nacquired an extensive water front, and began operations by erecting a number of cottages, which found\\na ready sale. They gradually extended their facilities as the demand increased, and added to their\\nstock all kinds of building material, and now do a business of between $200,000 and $300,000 a year.\\nMr. Mitchell displayed great business sagacity for one having no other training than his early experience\\nin his native town. He has identified himself with the people of Bensonhurst and taken part in the\\nvarious reform movements. He is a member of the Citizen s League, which succeeded in breaking up", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0141.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "92 TMe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nthe McKane ring and establishing good local government. He is also a member of the Kidron Lodge,\\nF. A. M., of Bensonhurst, recently organized. He still retains his interest in the home of his\\nnativity, and is co-executor with his mother in the management of his father s estate. He is endowed\\nwith great powers of physical endurance, and has the strong personal traits and true nobility of character\\nfor which his father was noted.\\nGeorge Lansing, youngest son of George Lewis and Joanna Wyckoff (Collins) Mitchell, was born\\nin East Orange, March 8, 1872. He spent some five or si.x years at a German school in Newark, and\\nafterwards attended Prof. Baylor s school at Summit, where he completed his education. He entered\\nthe office of Mr. Cropsey, his brother-in-law, in the lumber business, intending to follow that occupation,\\nbut the death of his father necessitated his returning home to take the hitter s place as protector to his\\nmother. He took up his father s business, which he followed for about two years, but having a decided\\ninclination for mechanical employment, he closed up his business and concluded to learn the carpenter s\\ntrade. He is a member of the East Orange Fire Department, a staunch republican in politics, following\\nclosely in his father s footsteps.\\nTHE nUNN FAMILY.\\nThe history of the Mun or Munn family previous to their settlement in New Jersey is somewhat\\nobscure. Benjamin Mun, who served in the Pequot war, 1637, of Hartford, probably one of the\\noriginal settlers, was, it is presumed, the ancestor of the Mun familj of America. He died in 1675. He\\nmarried Abigail, daughter of Henry Burt, widow of Frances Ball. Their children were: Abigail, born\\n1650; John, born 1652; Benjamin, born 1655; James, born 1657; Nathaniel, born 1661.\\nJohn Mun, son of Benjamin (i), born 1652; he was in the great fight at Turner s. He left a son,\\nJohn, born March 16, 1682, and licnjamin.\\nJohn Mun, supposed to be the founder of the Munn family of Orange, was born about 1700 or 1705.\\nThe similarity of names would indicate that he was the son of either John or Benjamin above named.\\nThe Newark records make no mention of him, but a deed belonging to the Peck family t^now in the\\nhands of Mrs. Aaron P. Mitchell), contains a diagram of the Peck pro[)ert\\\\ which shows the name of\\nJohn Mun as owning lands adjoining. If John Mun came to Newark in the part now known as East\\nOrange, he probably died soon after his arrival. He is said to have been the father of Joseph, Benjamin\\nand Samuel, who, tradition says, came to New Jersey from Connecticut about 1750. Joseph and\\nBenjamin settled in what is now East Orange, and Samuel settled in Morristown.\\nSECOND QENERATION OK OKANGK SETTLERS.\\nBenjamin Mun, probably son of John, was born September 15. 173 1, died July 26, 181S. His farm\\nwas located on what is now Munn Avenue, East Orange. He was one of the members in communion\\nwith the Mountain Society previous to 1756. He married Jemima Pierson, born August 28, 1734,\\ndaughter of Joseph, son of Daniel, son of Thomas Pierson, the ancestor, a brother of Rev. Abraham\\nPierson. The issue of this marriage was: Phebe, born 1755; Bethuel, born 1757; Abigail, born 1758;\\nDavid, born 1761 Amos, born 1763; Aaron, born 1765; Elizabeth, born 1767; Rachel. Lydia\\nJemima, born 1772, married Cyrus Jones; Hephzibah, born 1778, married Jotham Condit.\\nTHIRU OENERATION.\\nDavid Munn, son of Benjamin and Jemima (Pierson) Munn, was born December 16, 1761, at the\\nhomestead of his father, on the corner of Main Street and South Arlington Avenue, East Orange. He\\nowned about one hundred and fifty acres on both sides of what is now Munn Avenue, then known as\\nMun Lane. He served with the Essex County Militia in the War of the Revolution. He married\\nAbigail, daughter of Moses Baldwin, and had issue: Lydia, born 1 781, married Moses Condit Lewis,\\nborn 1784; Benjamin, born 1786; Elizabeth, born 1788; Ann, born 1791; John T., born 1794; Ann\\n(2), born 1797; Sarah L., born 1802.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0142.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 93\\nkourth generation.\\nLewis Munn, second child and eldest son of David and Abigail (Baldwin) Munn, was born March\\n25, 1784. He married Phcbe Jones, daughter of Joseph Jones, of Uanicl, of Joseph, of John Jones, the\\nancestor. Their children were Abby D., born 1806, married Caleb Baldwin Lydia Ann. born 1807,\\nmarried Joseph H. Baldwin: .Isir Berton, born 1809; Thompson C, born 1814.\\nFIFTH OENERA.TION.\\nAsa Berton Munn, son of Lewis and Phcbe (Jones) Munn, was born in East Orange,\\nJune 28, 1809. He inherited one-half of his father s and a share of his grandfather David s farm,\\namounting to about one hundred acres, situated on Munn Avenue. He was a thrifty, successful farmer,\\nand was noted for his great phj sical strength and powers of endurance. In the several plowing matches\\nthat took place at the fairs of the Essex County Agricultural Society and the fairs of the American\\nInstitute, New York, he carried off most of the prizes, winning twenty altogether. He was popular\\nwith his neighbors, and held various town offices. He was Justice of the Peace, Road Master, member\\nof the Township Committee, Surveyor of Highways, etc. He was a member of the Brick Church of\\nEast Orange and an exemplary Christian. He married September 17, 1834, Mary Parcel! Hand,\\ndaughter of Joseph S., a descendant of Colonel Aaron Hand, of Springfield, N. J., who served as an\\nofiRcer in the War of the Revolution. The children of Asa B. and Mary Parcell (Hand) Munn were\\nJoseph Leivis, and four other children, who died in infancy. Asa B. died May 2, 1874.\\nSIXTH GENERATION.\\nJoseph Lewis Munn, only surviving child of \\\\sa Berton and Mary P. (Hand) Munn. was born\\nat the homestead adjoining his present residence. No. 13 Munn .-\\\\\\\\ciuie, December 5, 1840. He was\\neducated at the local schools and Newark Academy, and graduated at Princeton College in 1862. He read\\nlaw with Judge Amzi Dodd, was admitted to the Bar in 1865, and began practice the same year. For\\nmore than thirty years he has held a high position in his profession, and is well known throughout the\\nState. He has held manj positions of public trust and honor. He has at various times been Township\\nCovmsel for East Orange and other townships in the county. He was Surrogate of Essex County from\\n1884 to 1889. He has been County Counsel for Essex County since December i, 1894, and in May,\\n1895, was elected Counsel to the Essex County Park Commission, which is authorized to expend\\n$2,500,000 in establishing parks and boulevards in the county. He represented his district in the State\\nAssembly in 1881, serving on the most important committees of that session; he was Chairman of the\\nCommittee on the Revision of Law, a member of the Judiciary Committee, and Chairman of a special\\ncommittee appointed to investigate riparian rights and the records of the proprietors at Amboy. His\\nbest years have been spent in the cause of education, which service has been altogether gratuitous.\\nImmediately after leaving Princeton, at the close of his collegate course, he was elected Trustee of the\\npublic school in East Orange, and has held the position continuously for thirty-two years, and since 1890,\\nwhen the Board of Education was established, he has held the position of President. During his\\nconnection with the educational interests of East Orange nearly half a million dollars has been expended\\nin the building and equipment of public schools, which includes five large brick buildings and one of the\\nfinest High School buildings in the State. Probably no man in Essex County has devoted as much\\ntime and attention to this work, and the almost unprecedented growth of East Orange is due more to\\nits splendid school system than to any other cause. Mr. Munn was made County Superintendent of\\nSchools under the new school law, but was obliged to resign owing to the pressure of other duties. He\\nhas been counsel for the Orange Water Company since its organization in 1880, and is specially concerned\\nin matters relating to water rights. Mr. Munn has been a life-long politician, beginning when he was\\nseventeen years of age. He has been engaged in almost every campaign as a speaker and worker from\\nearly manhood. He has been a member of the Republican State Executive Committee, Chairman of\\nthe County Republican Committee, and a member of most of the local political organizations.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0143.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "94 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nMr. Munn married, September ii, T867, Elizabeth, daughter of Jolin M. Randall, of East Orange.\\nTheir children are: Mary R.; Huldah, married S. H. Fitch, of New York Cit}- Edward, a graduate of\\nPrinceton College; John R., and Margaret.\\nTHE PECK FAMILY.\\nHenry Peck, the ancestor of the East Orange branch of the family, came to this country in 1637,\\nsettled for a time in Boston, and afterwards became one of the founders of the New Haven Colony.\\nHe signed the Fundamental Agreement, June 4, 1639, and took the oath of fidelity July, 1644.\\nHe and Joseph Peck received their division of home lots the same year. The New Haven colonial\\nrecords contain the following Henry Peck and Old Bassett were desired to set the great gunnes\\nupon good strong carryadges. Henry Peck died in the autumn of 165 i. His will was presented at\\ncourt, 30th October of that year. He had Eleazer, baptized 13th March, 1643; Joseph, baptized 5th\\nSeptember, 1647 Benjamin, baptized 5th September. 1647 Elizabeth, born i6th March, 1649 and bap-\\ntized 24th March, 1650.\\nSECOND GENERATION.\\nJoseph (i) Peck, son of Henry and Joan Peck, was born in New Haven, 5th Sept., 1647.\\nHe married Sarah, daughter of Roger Ailing, one of the signers of the Fundamental Agreement at\\nNew Haven, in 1639. Tliey liad issue: Sarah, born 1672 Josepli, born 9th October, 1675 Samuel,\\nborn 1677 James, born 1680: John, born 1682: Eliphalet, born 1685 Abigail, born 16S6: Mary, born\\n1689; Ebenezer, born 1693.\\nTHIRD GENERATION.\\nJoseph (2) Peck, (Deacon Joseph), eldest son of Joseph (i) and Sarah (Ailing) Peck, was born in\\nNew Haven, 9th Oct., 1675. He sold his estate, left him by his father, to his brothers James and\\nSamuel, and removed to Newark, where he acquired a large tract of land in that portion of the town for\\nmany years afterwards known as Pecktown, and more recently as East Orange. On April 19, 1719, he\\nwas appointed with Deacon Azariah Crane, Mr. James Notmand and others, to renew the line between\\nNewark and Acquackanaig. On March 10, 1746-47 he, with five others, were chosen to take care of\\nthe Parsonage Lands and prosecute Offenders. He married Lydia Ball, daughter of Edward Ball of\\nNewark, and had issue: Sarah, Joseph, born 1702; John, Timothy, born 1709.\\nKOURTH GENERATION.\\nJoseph (3) Peck, son of Joseph (2) and Lydia (Ball) Peck, was born in that part of Newark after-\\nwards known as Pecktown, in 1702. On the organization of the Mountain Society, or Second Church\\nof Newark, he became one of the ruling elders, and was also a deacon. He was one of the beloved\\nfriends and brethren in covenant relation, selected by Rev. Daniel Taylor, the pastor of the church, to\\nbe the executors of liis will. He died July 12, 1772. By his wife, Jemima (Lindsley) Peck, he had\\nissue: David, hovn 1727; Jesse, born 1730; John, born 1732; y^ .fr///, born Jan. 2, 1735; Moses, born\\nOct. 6, 1740; Abigail, born 1745: Ruth, who married Stephen Dod Elizabeth, born 1747, married\\nJohn Wright.\\nFIFTH GENERATION.\\nD.WH) Peck, eldest son of Joseph (3) and Jemima (Lindsley) Peck, was born in that part of New-\\nark now known as East Orange, in 1727. He dietl Ajiril 5, 1796. He inherited lands from his father\\nand acquired additional property. He married RLiry Williams, daughter of Thomas, son of Matthias.\\nShe died Jan. 9, 1799. Their children were Daniel, ydincs. Abiel (who married Phebe Canfield), Ruth.\\nSIXTH GENERATION.\\nJames Peck, second son of David and Mary (Williams) Peck, was born at the homestead in what\\nis now East Orange, about 1760. He served with the Esse.\\\\ County Militia in the War of the Revolu-\\ntion. He inherited property from iiis father and was a thrifty farmer. He married Hannah Canfield,", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0144.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "The Founders and liuii.DKUs of the Oranges.\\n95\\ndaughter of Matthew aiul Sarah (Treat) Canficld, tlie ancestor of the Caiifield family. She was the\\nsister of Ebcnczer Caiifiekl, wiio tradition says had the best farm at the Mountain. The children of\\nJames and I laniiah (Canficld) Peck were {F///w/;/, born Sept. 13, 1790; Aaron, born March 2. 1798\\nI hebe, born June 17, 1801, married Samuel Condit.\\nSEVENTH GENERATION\\nWii.i.iAM I KCK, eldest son of James and Hannah (Canficld) Peck, was born at the homestead of\\nhis f.itlicr, in what is now East Orange, Sept. 13, 1790; he died May 4, 1849. He inherited a large\\nestate now bisected by Hawthorne Avenue, East Orange. He purchased, April 23, 1833, of the Orange\\nTrustees, fifteen acres, more or less, for $450, or at the rate of \u00c2\u00a730 per acre this being a part of the\\nfifty-six acres conveyed by the Trustees of the Newark Church to the Trustees of the Orange Society\\nAugust 29, 1826. William Peck m.irricd P anny Canficld, probably a descendant of Ebenezer, and\\nhad issue: Ira, born March 26, 1822: Jnmcs, born Ian. 30. 1825; Phebe E., born 1814; Rhoda,\\nborn, 1816; Margaret E., born\\n1819; Mary Ann, born 1827; Har-\\nriet, born 1 83 1, married E. O.\\nDoremus (see Doremus Family)\\nWilliam, died young.\\nAaron Peck, second son of\\nJames and Hannah (Canfield) Peck,\\nwas born in East Orange, March\\n2, 1 798, at the ancestral farm house,\\nwhich formerl}- stood on the south-\\neast corner of the present Haw-\\nthorne Avenue and Main Street.\\nAttaining his inajority he estab-\\nlished himself in mercantile busi-\\nness, locating it and his permanent\\ndwelling on a part of his father s\\nfarm, at the southwest corner of\\nMain Street and Maple Avenue.\\nHe was temperate, diligent, perse-\\nvering and undaunted by reverses.\\nHis indomitable will and energy,\\nwhich preeminently characterized\\nhim, enabled him eventually to\\novercome all obstacles to success.\\nHis personality and prominence\\nin the communit)- were early mani-\\nfested. He became a member of\\nthe Fourth District Company,\\nFirst Battalion, Fifth Regiment,\\nEssex Brigade, N. J. Militia, was\\nelected Lieutenant April 10, 1819,\\nCaptain April 29. 1 820, commis-\\nsioned b}- Gov. Isaac H. William-\\nson, and resigned his commission\\nas Captain March 24, 1825. Dec.\\n23, 1824, he was appointed First\\nAARON PECK.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0145.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "96 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nBattalion Paymaster by the Essex Brigade Board, and June 12, 1838, a Master in Cliancery by William\\nPennifigton, then Govenor and Chancellor. Captain Peck in later years was successfully engaged in\\nhat body manufacturing at Millburn. N. J. In the closing years of his active life, he was the\\npresident ami principal owner of the Sussex Railroad. He owned a large tract of land in\\nRoseville, and was the first to develop this growing suburb of Newark in 1850. He contributed\\nliberally to the various religious, benevolent and public enterprises of his day; lie encouraged young\\nmen starting in life, and was a kind, considerate friend and helper of the poor.\\nIn early manhood, 1825-1831, he was an elder in the church of his fathers, the First Presbyterian of\\nOrange. His paternal great-grandfather, Joseph Peck, was also an honored elder therein, 1757-1772; so,\\nalso was the latter s son, John Peck, 1784-iSi i. The grandfather of Captain Peck, David Peck, and his\\nbrothers, Moses and Joseph, served their country in the Revolutionary War. About 1831 he united\\nwith the colony from the First Church, which established the Brick Church (Second Presbyterian). He\\nwas instrumental in the formation and incorporation of The Roseville Presbyterian Church, January,\\n1853, and with his family identified himself prominently and actively therein. To this church he gave\\nits original site (to which his children by gift have since added). He also contributed very liberally to\\nits support and to the erection, 1854, of the original frame edifice, which, in 1888, was removed to the\\nnorthwest corner of Gould Avenue and South Fourteenth Street, Newark, and is now known as the\\nWomen s Christian Temperance Hall. He also gave the site, October, 1853, of St. Barnabas Episco-\\npal Church, chapel house and rectory, Roseville. He rested from his labors in peace, April 8, 1865.\\nHis memorial window graces the new and substantial brick chapel of the Roseville Presb}-terian Church,\\nthe loving gift of his grandson, William Halsey Peck. Aaron Peck married. April 19, 1820, Miranda,\\ndaughter of Bethuel Pierson and Mary Condit, his wife. Bethuel was the son of Samuel (21. son of\\nSamuel (i), son of Thomas Pierson, the ancestor of the New Jersey families of this name, and brother\\nof Abraham, the first pastor and leader of the Newark Colonists. Mary Condit was the daughter of\\nMatthew, son of John Condit, born at Newark about 1701. The children of Aaron Peck by this mar-\\nriage were Caroline, born 182 1, married, 1844, Rev. David Harrison Pierson whose birthplace was\\nCaldwell, N. J., |son of Elijah, of Caleb (2), of Caleb (i), of Samuel, of Thomas, the ancestor], of Eliza-\\nbeth, N. J.; Mary Ann, born 1823, died in infancy; George, born 1826; Cyrus, born 1829; Mary Jane,\\nborn 1831 Aaron, born 1836.\\nKIOHXH GENERATION.\\nGeorge Peck, Medic.d Director U. S. N., eldest son of Aaron and Miranda (Pierson) Peck, was\\nborn at the homestead of his father on the southwest corner of Maple Avenue and Main Street, in that\\npart of the Oranges formerly known as Pecktown, July 9, 1826. In early childhood he attended the\\npublic school of his native town his knowledge of the classics was obtained at pri\\\\-ate schools, and of\\nthe modern languages under private tutors. He studied medicine with Dr. S. C. Brewster, Professor\\nJoseph M. Smith and Dr. John H. Whittaker, all of New York city, and was graduated at the College\\nof Physicians and Surgeons, New York, March 6, 1847. He spent a few months in the city hospital and\\nat Blackwell s Island. He received June 27, 1857, the honorary degree of A. IM. from the College of\\nNew Jersey. After passing a satisfactory examination by the Board of Medical Officers he was commis-\\nsioned assistant surgeon U. S. N., February 25, i85i,and ordered to the Cyane Home Squadron\\nAugust 23 following; cruised in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and West Indies; crossed the\\nIsthmus of Panama before the construction of the railroad assisted the survivors of Strain s expedition\\nto Darien journeyed to the Pacific via the San Juan River and Lake Nicaragua to San Juan del Sur\\ncarried despatches to the United States Minister at Leon, and visited the principal cities and towns of\\nNicaragua participated in the bombardment of San Juan del Norte; detached from the Cyane Sep-\\ntember I, 1854; ordered to the naval rendezvous, New York, September 13, 1854; detached October 15,\\n1855; examined and recommended for promotion April 10, 1856; ordered to frigate St. Lawrence,\\nBrazil Station, September 20, 1856 joined the Paraguaj- expedition detached from the St. Lawrence", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0146.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0147.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "GEORGE PECK, M. D., U. S. N.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0148.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Buii.nERs ok the Oranges. 97\\nMay II, 1S59; ordered to the receiving ship North Carolina, New York, July 2, 1859: detached and\\nordered to the steam sloop-of-war Seminole, Brazil Station, March 9, i860. He was commissioned\\nsurgeon May 30, 1861 returned to the United States in the Seminole and joined the North Atlantic\\nBlockading Fleet; served on the Potomac River, Va., during the attempted blockade by rebel bat-\\nteries, and took part in the capture of Port Royal, Fernandina and Norfolk, and the capture of rebel\\nbattery at Sewell s Point, and witnessed the burning of the rebel ram Merrimac detached from the\\nSeminole July 9, \\\\8C 2, and ordered to the Tnarine rendezvous, New York; thence to the Dictator,\\nNorth Atlantic Blockading Fleet detached September 2, 1865, and ordered to the Vanderbilt, con-\\nvoy of the Monadnock, via Strait of Magellan to San Francisco; while en route he witnessed the\\nbombardment of Valparaiso and Callao bj- the Spaniards volunteered to aid in care of the wounded\\nafter the action at Callao, and assisted the medical ofificer in charge aboard the Villa de Madrid, of\\nthe Spanish fleet visited the Peru\\\\ian hospital ashore and tendered service to the medical officer in\\ncharge; detached June 28, 1866, and accompanied Commodore John Rogers from San Francisco to the\\nAtlantic coast before the completion of the railway, escorted by a squadron of United States mounted\\ninfantry; ordered to navy yard. New York, April i, 1867; detached May 20, 1869, and ordered to the\\nfrigate Sabine May 25 following; received aboard from the Naval Academy the graduated class of\\nmidshipmen, and sailed on a practice cruise to Europe and Brazil detached July 28, 1870, and Septem-\\nber 15 following ordered to the navy yard. New York. He was commissioned medical inspector May\\n28, 1 87 1, and on May 1 1, 1872, was ordered to the North Atlantic Fleet reported on board the flag-ship\\nWorcester at Key West, Fla., for duty as surgeon of the fleet detached December 26, 1873 ordered\\nas member of the Retiring Board and for examination of officers for promotion, Washington, February\\n25, 1874; detached April 10, 1877, and appointed member of Naval Examining Board, December 1, 1877;\\nordered to examination for promotion January (4, 1878. He was commissioned medical director, of the\\ngrade of Captain, from January 7, 1873 detached and ordered, April 30, 1879, i member of Retiring\\nBoard and President of Medical Examining Board; detached and ordered as President of Board of Phy-\\nsical Examination of officers for promotion September 3, 1879; detached February 29, 1880, and ordered\\nas member of Naval Medical Examining Board, Philadelphia, Pa., March i, 1880; ordered medical\\ndirector of naval hospital, Mare Island, Cal., July 2, 1880; detached October 8, 1883, and on leave;\\nordered as a member of Naval Board of Inspection and Survey December 15, 1883, and detached June\\n3, 1885, and on waiting orders; ordered as a member of Court of Inquiry, Washington, June 20, 1884;\\nCourt dissolved December 31, 1884; ordered as a delegate from Medical Department of the Navy to\\nannual meeting of American Medical Association April 9, 1884, Washington, and April 23, 1885, at New\\nOrleans; ordered as delegate to represent the Medical Department of the Navy at the Ninth Interna-\\ntional Medical Congress, Washington, August 28, 1S87; ordered as a member of the Examining Board,\\nNavy Department, Washington, November 5, 1887, and detached July 9, 1888, and from length of service\\nin conformity with Chapter III, Section 1,444, Revised Statutes of the United States, transferred to the\\nretired list of the navy. Dr. Peck s whole term of service in the United States Navy covers a period of\\nnearly forty \\\\-ears, and embraces all the exciting events of our late Civil War. His is the only record of\\nthe kind connected with his branch of the Peck family. During most of his life on the ocean wave\\nthe home of his childhood was his place of residence, and the scenes and incidents of his boyhood days\\nstill cling to him with fond recollections. Although he has resided with his sister, Mrs. Pierson, at\\nElizabeth, N. J since his retirement, he still regards East Orange as his home, and is proud of the\\nhonorable record of his ancestors, who, for two hundred years, have preserved a spotless escutcheon,\\nand have left their impress of good deeds on each generation. Dr. Peck inherits many of the character-\\nistics of his ancestors, which opportunity and environment have developed. His public acts are matters\\nof public record, but his kindness of heart and large-hearted liberality are known only to the few who\\nenjoy his intimate friendship, and to the recipients of his bounty. In his long years of separation he\\nhas never forgotten the teachings of his childhood and the wholesome lessons in morality and virtue\\nreceived from a godly mother, as well as the noble example of his worthy sire.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0151.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "g8 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nUr. Peck is a member of the American Medical Association, American Academy of Medicine,\\nAmerican Public Health Association, New York Academy of Medicine, New York Society for the Relief\\nof Widows and Orphans of Medical Men, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States,\\nSociety of the Sons of the American Revolution of New Jersey, Washington Headquarters Association,\\nMorristown, N. J., New Jersey Historical Society. He is also a member of the Union League, the\\nUniversity and Princeton Clubs, of New York, and Essex Club, of Newark, N. J.\\nDr. Peck married, September 27, 1847, Eliza Ardelia Brewster, daughter of Dr. Stephen Coffin\\nBrewster and Ardelia Louisa Kimball, and granddaughter of Dr. Royal Brewster and Dorcas Coffin.\\nCyrus Peck, second son of Aaron and Miranda (Pierson) Peck, was born at the homestead on the\\nsouthwest corner of Main Street and the present Maple Avenue, East Orange, November i, 1829. In\\nhis childhood he attended the Eastern District School of his native place, in early boyhood the private\\nschool of Mr. Albert Pierson in Orange, subsequently the schools of Mr. Harrington and the Rev. Wm.\\nR. Weeks, D. D., in Newark. [Mr. Harrington taught in the old Newark Academy, subsequently\\npurchased (1855) by the U. S. Government as the site of the present Post ofifice.j Mr. Peck also attended,\\nas a boarding pupil, the school of Rev. David H. Pierson, Ph. D., Elizabeth, N. J. Leaving school in\\n1848 he entered the wholesale boot and shoe house of J. H. Ransom Co., of New York City, where\\nhe remained si.x years. On the organization (about 1854) of the New Jersey Express Co. (afterwards\\nmerged with the Adams Express Co.) he became its Treasurer.\\nJune I, 1857, Mr. Peck entered the service of the Continental Insurance Co. of New York. In\\n1859 he was appointed Assistant Secretary, and from 1866 he has filled the responsible offices of Secre-\\ntary, Second Vice-President, Vice-President and Treasurer. Mr. Peck in 1854 became a resident of\\nRoseville^now the Eleventh Ward of Newark. In 1857, when this ward was created, he was elected\\nits first representative to the Board of Education. This office he held for two successive terms.\\nHe was one of the incorporators of the Roseville Presbyterian Church in 1853. During the inter-\\nvening years he has been active in the Board of Trustees and in the Sunday School, serving each in the\\nvarious offices of trust and honor. The presentation by him as a thank-offering in 1885 of the two lots\\non which the present commodious chapel stands, testifies to Mr. Peck s devotion to the church which he\\nhas served as an elder since 1883. When the Roseville Improvement Association was formed (1S81) he\\nwas chosen President. He is the only representative of the immediate branch of his family that has\\nremained within the precincts of the original town of Newark, and has witnessed as a resident its re-\\nmarkable growth and prosperity.\\nMr. Peck is a Director of the Continental Insurance Co. of New York, Vice-President of the Newark\\nBoard of Trade, member of the New England Society of Orange, and of the Societ\\\\- of the Sons of\\nthe American Revolution, life member of the New Jersey Historical Society, Trustee of the Washington\\nHeadquarters Association of New Jersey at Morristown, member and Treasurer of The Committee\\nof Presbyterial Church Extension in the Presbytery of Newark, and, by appointment (1894) of Hon.\\nDavid A. Dcpuc, Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, a member and President of the Essex\\nCounty Park Commission. Mr. Peck married, January 27, 1853. Mary Picton Halsey, daughter of Rev.\\nJohn Ta}-lor Halsey, of Elizabeth, N. J., one of the most prominent and successful educators of his\\ntime, and one of four brothers, all Ministers of the Gospel, son of Capt. Luther Halsey, a descendant\\nof Thomas Halsey, the immigrant ancestor, one of the founders of Southampton, Long Island, 1640.\\nThe issue of this marriage is: Helen Oakley, Edward Halsey, William Halsey, Edith Mary, and Cyrus\\nCurtiss, who died in infancy.\\nRev. Aaron Peck, youngest son of Aaron and Miranda (Pierson) Peck, was born at East Orange,\\nJune 6, 1836. He was prepared for college under the direction of his brother-in-law, Rev. David H.\\nPierson, Ph. D., was graduated at Princeton in 1857, and at Union Theological Seminary in 1864. He\\naccepted a call from the First Presbyterian Church of Perth Amboy to become its pastor in 1869, and\\ncontinued until 1879. S80 he was called to the First Presbyterian Church of Brooklj-n, and resigned\\nat the end of three years, in consequence of failing health.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0152.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "Thk Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 99\\nMr. Peck married, June i6, 1859, Julia Manning, daughter of Stiilc Manning, of Newark, formerly\\nof Plainfield. Two children arc the issue of this marriage, one of whom died in infancy the other,\\nLilian H., being the only surviving child.\\nJames Peck, eldest child of William (of James i) and Hannah (Canfield) Peck, was born in the\\nstone house (still standing) at the corner of Main Street and Hawthorne Avenue, January 30, 1825. His\\nearly education was limited to the public schools of his native town. He served on the Board of Chosen\\nFreeholders for thirty years continuously, twenty-seven of which he represented East Orange Town.ship.\\nHe was a member of the Essex Road Board for eighteen years, and for fifteen years was its President,\\nretiring from that office when the reorganization of the Board secured a Democratic majority in that\\nbody.\\nDuring the entire period of Republican ascendency in the Board of Freeholders from 1863 he was\\nChairman of the Committee on Jail Delivery, and was regarded almost as a walking encyclopedia and\\ndirectory of the pett)- criminals of the county. He represented the old Second Assembly District, com-\\nprising Orange and East Orange, in the Legislature of 1868 and 1869. In 1886-7 he was again elected\\nto the Legislature, and was the recognized leader of his party in the House. He was a Director of the\\nOrange National Bank. He was also one of the organizers of the Half-Dime Savings Bank in 1870, and\\nwas its first and only Vice-President. He died August 30, 1893.\\nHe was married in 1850 to Miss Harriett M. Hedden, daughter of Samuel Hedden, of East Orange.\\nShe died January 26, 1892, in her sixty-second year. He left five children, viz. William Peck, Mrs. H.\\nW. Havell, of Newark; Miss Emiline W. Peck, Mrs. Frederick W. Ward, of East Orange, and Mrs.\\nGeorge W. Dodd, of Kansas City, Mo.\\nLine of Judge Jolin PecU, son of Joseph (3), of tlie Fourth Generation.\\nJOHX Peck (known as Judge a-/ third child of Joseph (3) and Jemima (Lindsley) Peck, was born in\\nthat part of Newark now known as East Orange, in 1732. The old homestead where he lived was built of\\nstone, and stood on the southeast corner of what is now Main Street and Maple Avenue. This was torn\\ndown in 1813, and a part of the stone used in the construction of the First Presbyterian Church. Mr.\\nPeck was an active and uncompromising partisan in the cause of American independence. On December\\n7 774, lie was one of twenty-three representative citizens chosen as a Committee of Observation for the\\nTownship of Newark to watch and report any inhabitant of the colony found to be disloyal to the Con-\\ngress, so that he be held up to public notice as unfriendly to the liberties of his country, and all dealings\\nwith him or her be thenceforward forever broken off. Mr. Peck was conspicuous in all the local events\\nthat preceded the Revolution, and when afterwards the British army was encamped in this locality he\\nmade himself especially obnoxious to them, and was frequently obliged to flee to the mountains to escape\\ntheir vengeance. After the close of the war he became Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and\\nalthough unlettered he was a man of good judgment and sound common sense, but rather eccentric.\\nOne of his decisions was, A man who has a deed for his land owns from the centre of the earth to the\\ntop of the heavens. He was e.xtrcmely lenient towards his old neighbors who, because of their adher-\\nence to the Crown during the War of the Re\\\\olution, were obliged to flee to Nova Scotia, and who, after\\nthe war, desired to return ami take advantage of the Act of the New Jersey I^egislature, pas.sed June 5,\\n1777. and it is said that he sometimes stretched a point to assist them in saving their property from\\nConfiscation. He was elected an elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Orange in 1784. He died\\nDecember 28, iSii. He was twice married, first to Elizabeth Dodd, January 26, 1761 second to Mary\\nHarrison. His children by his first wife were:\\nJoseph {iSf), horn November 27, 1758, married Mary, daughter of Jonathan Hedden; he died May\\n22, 1835 she died December 26, 1830. Their children were: Phebe, Betsey, Lydia, Mary Ann, married\\nLewis Mitchell (see Mitchell family), Aaron, Sarah, Fanny, Deborah. Jared, joined the Revolutionary\\nArmy and supposed to have been killed. Stephen, born 1760, married Naomi, daughter of Timothy\\nCondit, and had issue Peter, 1794; Eunice, Maria, Moses, died 1S06.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0153.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "loo The Founders and Builders of the OrangeS,\\nBy his second wife, Mary Harrison, Judge John Peck liad Rhoda, married Caleb Hedden Betsey,\\nmarried Ezekiel Ball; Sarah, married Stephen Hedden: Aaro i, horn 1771, married Esther Canfield\\nJohn, born November 28, 1773, married Phebe Matthews, and had issue Mary, 1795 Stephen M., born\\n1801; John, 1805; Nancy, 180S; Lydia, 1811; Phebe M., 1S15.\\nStephen M., third child of John and Phebe (Matthews) Peck, born, 1801, married Martha Baldwin,\\nand had issue Emeline, 1827, married William Williams; Mary, 1829; Melinda, died soon: Elizabeth,\\n1834; Theodore M., 1837; Sarah, 1839, married William Jeffries; Martha and Henry, twins, 1843;\\nEunice, 1845, died soon; Stephen A., 1846, died soon; Emma, 1849.\\nTHE PIERSON FAMILY.\\nLine of Tlnomas Pierson, Sr., brother of Rev. Abraham Pierson.\\nIn the several histories of the Newark settlement published at various periods, Thomas Pierson, Sr.,\\nis mentioned as a near relative, possibly a nephew or brother of Rev. Abraham Pierson. On page\\n262 of the Branford Annals. published by the New Haven Historical Society, is found the\\nfollowing record\\nNov. 27, 1662, Abigail Pierson, daughter of Rev. Abraham, was married to John Davenport, son\\nof Rev. John.\\nOn the same day Thomas Pierson. brotlwr of Rev. Abraham, marrictl Maria Harrison, daughter\\nof Richard.\\nThomas Pierson, Sk., came with the Branford settlers of Newark, in 1666, and was one of the\\nsigners of the P undamental Agreement. In the first division of land he had for his Home Lot, si.x\\nacres, bounded with the Common west, the Highway east, and the rear of other lots, together with\\nBenjamin Baldwin, north. This property ran from High Street to Brick Lane.\\nHe was one of the first if not the first settlers of Watsessing, now Bloomfield, as appears by the\\nthe records, 1676:\\nHe hath another parcel of land on both sides of the Second River, containing 20 acres in length.\\nHe hath another parcel of land containing 18 acres, lying upon Watsesson Hill, bounded on the south\\nby Daniel Dodd, on the north by Benjamin Baldwin, on the east by the plain, and the west by the\\nBrook.\\nHe had a tract of land in Watsessing, acquired by Patent from Gov. Carteret, as appears bj- the\\nfollowing:\\nThomas Pierson, in November, 1690, conveyed for thirteen pounds to Daniel Roonros and Jasper\\nNessepot, both merchants, of New York, all his right, title and interest in a certain parcel of uj^land\\ncontaining twenty acres, lying by the second River; bounded east, west, north and south b_\\\\ land\\nunsurveyed, according to my Patent granted by Gov. Carteret, bearing date loth July, 1679.\\nReferring to Early Roads, there is a third going over, supposed to be a third crossing of ford of\\nSecond River, on Thomas Pierson s land, about 1C78. That he built a house and settled in this locality\\nis shown by the fact that Thomas Pierson s fence appears below Watsesson Hill, in 1695. Thomas\\nPierson was a .veaver by trade. The Newark Records of March 19, 1673-74, contain the following\\nItem. It is also agreed that the Weavers Thomas Pierson and Benjamin Baldwin shall be considered\\nby the Surveyors to make out their lotts on the Hill shorter.\\nIn his will, dated 1698, Thomas Pierson names children Sciniucl, Thomas, Hannah, Abigail, Eliza-\\nbeth and Mary .son Sam. Lyon.\\nSECOND GENERATION.\\nSamuel Pierson, eldest child of Thomas, Sr., and Maria (Harrison) Pierson, was born in Branford,\\nConn., in 1663, and was brought by his parents to Newark when he was three years of age. He no\\ndoubt removed with his father to Watsessing some years later. It is said he was by trade a carpenter.\\nHe took up a tract of land between the First and Second Mountains and was one of the first settlers\\nthere. His name is first mentioned as one of tiie organizers of the Mountain Society. When the pur-", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0154.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Bl-ilders of the Oranges. ioi\\nchase of twenty acres of land was made for a ijlebc, January 13, 1719, the grant was made to Samuel Free-\\nman, Satniiel Pierson, iMatthew Williams and Samuel Wheeler. He was a deacon and a leading man in the\\nnew organization. He died March 19, 1730, and was buried in the old graveyard, with an honorable\\nmemorial. He married Mary Harrison, daughter of his uncle, Sergeant Richard Harrison. His children\\nwere: Joseph, hoxw 1693; Samuel, \\\\ioxx\\\\ 1698; James, who removed to Lake Champlain, N. Y., and\\ndied there, leaving sons Moses, Daniel, known as Judge Daniel, born 1703, died 1777; Caleb, Jemima,\\nMary, Hannah.\\nTHIRD GENERATION.\\nLine of Josepli Pierson, eldest child of Samuel (1).\\nJoseph Pierson, eldest child of Samuel (i), and Mary (Harrison) Pierson, was born in 1693,31 the\\nhomestead, between the First and Second Mountains. He settled in South Orange, where he was the\\nowner of two mills, a grist mill and a saw mill. Mention is made of these in 1739-40, in a sale to\\nThomas Ball and Aaron Ball, who bought of Joseph Pierson the equal one-half part of a grist mill and\\na saw mill on the east branch of the Railway River, near the dwelling-house of Samuel Crowell. He\\nlived most of his life in South Orange, and died there in 1759. He married Hcpzibah Camp, born 1696,\\nand had issue, Sarah, Jemima, Patience (wife of Joseph Pierson), Bethuel, born 1721, died 179I Joseph,\\nEliza, Mary, Eliza again, born 1735.\\nBethuel PlERSOX, known as Deacon Bethuel. was born in South Orange, N. J., in 1721, died\\nin 1791. He succeeded his father in the ownership of one of the mills described in a conveyence made\\nMarch 16, 1767, as beginning at a stake by the road from Newark to Bethuel Pierson s Mill and the\\nMountain. He lived in the old stone house on South Orange Avenue, by the Stone House Brook.\\nHe was one of the agents appointed by the Town of Newark in 1761, to allot and divide the parsonage\\nlands between the three societies or congregations known as the First Presbyterian Society, the Church\\nof England and the Mountain Society. He was one of the Committee of Observation in 1774. In\\nMay, 1775, he was elected by the Freeholders to represent the county in the Provincial Congress. He\\nwas elected elder of the First Presbyterian Church of Orange, then known as the Second Presbyterian\\nChurch of Newark, February 9, 1762, and held the office until his death, in 1791, a period of twenty-\\nnine years. He was one of the trustees of the Orange Academy, established in 1786. He marricii, first,\\nElizabeth Riggs, born 1725, died 1776; and second. Widow Taylor. His chiklren were: Joseph, born\\n1759; Cyrus, hoxw 1756; Rhoda, Mary.\\nCyrus Pierson, M. D., second child of Bethuel and Elizabeth (Riggsj Pierson, was born in the\\nstone house by the Stone House Brook, South Orange, in 1756. He was graduated from the College of\\nNew Jersey, at Princeton, in 1776. He studied medicine under Dr. John Darby, of Parsippaiu Morris\\nCounty. He began practice in his native place and devoted a portion of his time to the farm which he\\nsubsequently inherited from his father. Later, he removed to Caldwell, where he practiced for some\\nfour years. He was one of the founders of the village library and a leading member of the church. His\\nfeeble health necessitated a further change and he removed to Woodbridge, in Middlesex County, N. J.,\\nand later to Newark, and entered partnership with Dr. Samuel Hays, continuing until his death, October\\n7, 1804. He married Nancy Pierson, daughter of Dr. Matthias Pierson. The children of Dr. Cyrus and\\nNancy Pierson were: Horace, born 1791 Harriet, born 1793; Sarah, born 1796; Charlotte, born 1798;\\nCaroline R., born 1800; Charles, born 1802 Cyrus, born 1804.\\nTHIRD GENERATION.\\nLine of Samuel Pierson (2), son of Samuel (1).\\nSamuel Pierson, second son of Samuel and Mary (Harrison) Pierson, was born at the homestead\\nbetween the First and Second Mountains, in 1698. He remained on the farm during his life. He, as\\nwell as his father, was prominent in the affairs of the First Church. He was elected deacon in 1748, and\\nserved continuously until his death, in 1781. He married Mary Sergeant and had issue, Eunice,\\nRebecca, Samuel (3 John, Malthias. Mary, Joseph, Joanna, Zenas.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0155.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "I02 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nKOURTH GENERATION.\\nMatthias PiersoN, M. D., third son and fiftli cliild of Samuel (2) and Mary (Sergeant Pierson,\\nwas born at the homestead, between First and Second Mountains, June 20, 1734. Reentered Princeton\\nCollege and studied medicine some time later he did not begin practice until nearly thirty years of\\nage. He was the first, and for many years the only physician in the mountain region. His district\\nof practice embraced the region now occupied by the Oranges, Bloomfield and Caldwell, and to the bor-\\nder of Morris County. Soon after he began practice he moved nearer to the centre of the village, and\\noccupied, during the remainiler of his life, the house which stood on the present site of the Central\\nPresbyterian Church, on Main Street. He was greatly interested in educational affairs, and was one of\\nthe incorporators of the Orange Academy in 1 783. He rendered effective service to the patriots during the\\nWar of the Revolution. It is said that his house was entered by the British during their occupancy of\\nNewark, lie and his family having fled to the mountain during the Hessian raid, as did most of the citi-\\nzens at the time. Dr. Pierson married Phebe, daughter of Isaac Nutman, and had issue, Nancy, born\\n1765, married Dr. Cyrus Pierson, son of Bethuel Pierson, of South Orange; Sarah, married Rev. Bethuel\\nDodd Isaac, Fanny, born 1773, married Israel Crane, of Cranetown (son of Matthias, son of William,\\nson of Nathaniel, son of Deacon Azariah, son of Jasper, the ancestor); Matthias, born 1775; William,\\nborn 1778 Mary, born 1781 Harriet, born 1785. Dr. Matthias Pierson died May 9, 1809; his wife died\\nin 1826.\\nFIKTH GENERATION.\\nDk. Isaac Pierson, thirti child of Dr. Matthias and Phebe (Nutman) Pierson, was born in Orange,\\nAugust 15, 1770. He was prepared for college at the Orange Academy, and was graduated at Princeton\\nin 1789. He was associated with and succeeded to his father s practice. He was thoroughly devoted to\\nhis profession, and his practice was large and over a wide extent of country. In 1S27 he was\\nPresident of the Medical Society of New Jersey. He was also Sheriff of Essex County\\nand was a member of the twentieth and twenty-first Congress of the United States. He was one of\\nthe incorporators, in 182 1, of the Orange Spring Company, which developed the celebrated chalybeate\\nsprings in what is now Hutton Park. Dr. Pierson married Nancy Crane, daughter of Aaron. Their\\nchildren were William, born 1796; Albert, born 179S; Phebe S., born iSoi Fanny, born 1S03;\\nGeorge, born 1805 Edward, Aaron, Isaac, Harriet, Sarah Ann.\\nSIXTH GENERATION.\\nDr. William Pierson, Sr., elde.st son of Dr. Isaac and Nancy (Crane) Pierson, was born in\\nOrange, December 4, 1796. He was prepared for College at the Orange Academy, and was graduated\\nfrom- the College of New Jersey, at Princeton, in 1816. He began the study of medicine with his father.\\nHe attended a course of lectures at the University of Pennsylvania and at the College of Physicians, in\\nNew York. After completing his course of study he was licensed to practice bj the Medical Society of\\nNew Jersey, in 1820, and received from that Society his degree of M. D. lie was its Recording Secre-\\ntary for thirty years. He was thoroughly devoted to his profession and his practice was large and over\\na wide extent of country. As a citizen and a public man, he was judicious in counsel and jealous for\\nthe people s welfare. In 1837-38 he was a member of the Legislature of New Jersey. He was\\na director of the Board of Freeholders, Sheriff of Esse.x County, 1846-50, active in promoting the\\nbuilding of the Morris and Essex Railroad, a corporator of the Newark Savings Institution, and for\\nmany years its Vice-President. He originated and became a corporator of the Rosedale Cemetery, of\\nOrange, in 1840, and to near the close of his life was an active trustee. When the town of Orange\\nwas incorporated, he was elected its first Mayor antl served continuously for three years, and for three\\nyears thereafter was a member of the Common Council. These varied responsibilities were distin-\\nguished in their execution by intelligence and a .sacred devotion to the public good. Dr. Pierson", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0156.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders ok the Oranges.\\n03\\nmarried Margaret, daughter of Rev. Asa Hillyer, D. D., for many years pastor of the First Presby-\\nterian Church of Orange. Their children were: Jane Rikcr, Anne, W il/iatn, Eihiuird Dickson, ^\\\\av-\\ngaret Riker.\\nRev. Albert Pierson, a brother of Dr. William Pierson. was born in 1798, and died in 1864. He\\nwas a well-known and successful teacher. He married Jane Armstrong, sister of Rev. William\\nArmstrong. Their children were William Hugh,\\nRev. George, Albert, Frances, Sarah, married Jacob\\nHalsey.\\nRev. George Pierson, another breather of Dr.\\nWilliam I icrson, was born in 1805, and died in 1880.\\nHe was a clergyman and was the first pastor of\\nthe Second Presbyterian or Brick Church, Orange,\\nN. J. He married Eliza L. Day, daughter of Ste-\\nphen D. Day. He married, second, Caroline Stall.\\nlie hail issue, Isaac, Wilson G., Caroline Flliot,\\nStephen, Sarah Ann.\\nSEVENTH OENERATION.\\nDr. William Pierson, Jr., eldest son of Dr.\\nWilliam and Margaret (Hillyer) Pierson, was born\\nill Orange, November 20, 1830. He inherited his\\nlove of the profession from his worthy ancestors, and\\nbegan, early in life, a course of study especially\\nadapted to the work. He received a thorough prepara-\\ntory course and was graduated at the medical depart-\\nment of the New York University, in 1852,\\nafterwards received the honorary degree of A. M.\\nfrom Nassau Hall. Princeton, N. J. He re-\\nturned at once to his native town, where he com-\\nmenced the practice of his profession and soon\\ndistinguished himself in surgery a branch in which he was especially interested, and to which he\\ndesigned to give the greatest attention. He inherited the many estimable qualities of mind and heart,\\nas well as the eminent professional skill which distinguished his worthy ancestors. While taking no\\nprominent part in politics, he is public-spirited and enterprising, and has the welfare of his native town\\nas much at heart as did either of his ancestors. He has been so entirely absorbed in the work of his\\nprofession as to be unable to give any attention to public matters, save in the cause of education, to\\nwhich he has given much consideration. He was the first President of the Board of Education and\\nserved for twelve consecutive years in this position. During this period, large appropriations were made\\nfor public schools and there was a greater advancement in educational matters than at any previous\\nperiod in the history of the Oranges. Dr. Pierson, although never himself to any extent a beneficiary\\nof the public school system, has always been an earnest atlvocate of higher education for the masses,\\nand has accomplished much in this direction for his native city. As a director, he assisted for many\\nyears in the management of the affairs of the Orange Bank. His reputation as a physician and surgeon\\nis not confined to the Oranges, but he is well known throughout the State. He is a member of the New\\nJersey State Medical Society and has served as its Secretary since 1866. He is a member of the Esse.K\\nCounty District Medical Society, the New Jersey Academy of Medicine and the Orange Mountain\\nMedical Society, some of which he was chiefly instrumental in organizing and has been President\\nof all. He is attending surgeon at the Orange Memorial Hospital, consulting surgeon of St. Mary s\\nWILLIAM PIERSON, SR.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0157.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "I04\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nHospital, Morristown, St. Barnabas Hospital, Newark, attending surgeon and medical director of St.\\nMichael s Hospital, Newark. During the Civil War he was surgeon of the Board of Enrollment of the\\nfourth congressional district, of New Jersey, and volunteer surgeon on the Governor s staff. He was\\nseveral times assigned to duty on the battle field, where he rendered important service.\\nDr. Pierson possesses the same genial, kindly\\nnature, characteristic of all his ancestors, and is\\nmuch beloved by those who for years have benefited\\nby his professional advice and attention.\\nDr. Pierson is justly proud of his ancestors on\\nboth sides, who have achieved distinction in every\\ngeneration. His great-grandfather, Lieut. Abraham\\nRiker, served in the Continental Army before the\\nsigning of the Declaration of Independence, and\\nthe doctor has the original commission, dated at\\nriiiladclphia, June 20, 1/75, signed by John Hancock.\\nDr. Pierson married Isabel F. Adams, daughter of\\nB. F. Atlams, of Chicago, son of Benjamin (2),\\nborn 1763; son of Benjamin (1), born 1728; son of\\nThomas f2), son of Thomas (1), son of William\\nAdams, the ancestor, born in England, 1594, came\\nto America, 1628, settled in Ipswich. The children\\nof Dr. Pierson are Margaret and Louisa.\\nEdward Dickso.v Piekson, second son of Dr.\\nWilliam and Margaret (Hillyer) Pierson, was born\\nin Orange. He was graduated at Princeton College,\\nand soon after began the practice of law in his\\nnative town. Ere he was fairly established in his\\nprofession, the breaking out of the Civil War put an\\nend for the time to his \\\\-outhful aspirations in this\\ndirection. He enlisted in the 13th Regiment, N. J. w.i.mam pierson, jr.\\nVolunteers, and was elected Captain of Company C. He went with his regiment to the front and served\\nwith honor and distinction throughout the war. He never regretted the step, never faltered in the\\ndischarge of his duty, exhibiting the utmost coolness and courage on the battle-field and performed his\\nduty as a soldier and a true patriot. At the close of the war he resumed his professional duties and\\nwas successful along the line he marked out for himself, namely, to office practice. His strength\\nconsisted in that full, harmonious combination of qualities and powers which has the skill to keep all\\nlines and paths under review, and which particularlj enabled him to gather strength and wisdom from\\nmultiplied sources and from a broad and comprehensive survey of the entire field. Books, precedents,\\nprinciples, common sense, common experience and common knowledge were all brought to bear upon\\nand combined in his advice. No client ever had a more faithful aiul conscientious counsellor. He\\nrepresented his district in the State Legislature for two years. As a public official he was a living\\nexample of temperance, truthfulness, honor, and all the social and moral virtues of a noble manhood.\\nHe was strong in his convictions and boKl in his utterance; he abhorred meanness, scorned duplicity and\\ndespised trickerj His generous, warm-hearted love and sympatlu- for his fellows and his exhibition\\nof it to them at all times induced their love and respect for him.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0158.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 105\\nTME QUINBY FAHILY.\\nAccordinsj to tradition, tlie Ouiiibys were early settled at Stratford-on-Avon, and were said to be\\nrelated to the Bard of Avon through Judith Shakspeare, who married a Quinby. William Qiiinbj the\\nAmerican ancestor, came before 1650 with Rev. Mr. Hlakeman and others, and is found first at Salem,\\nMass. He was among the original settlers of Stratford, Conn., and may have given the town its name.\\nHis home lot was No. 7 on the map of the town. Two of his sons, John and Thomas, appear on the\\nrecords of the town.\\nWilliam and John QuinBV, his sons, were patentees of West Chester, in Westchester County,\\nN. Y., in 1654. John was one of the principal proprietors of New Castle, in the same county. He was\\nappointed a magistrate in 1662. by Gov. Stuyvesant. The History of Westchester County, by\\nBolton, contains a genealogical chart of the Quinby family, as well as a description of the Coat of Arms.\\nJohn Quinby, above referred to, married Deborah Haight and had a son, Josiak (2).\\nJoSlAII, son of John and Deborah (Haight) Quinby, married Mary Williams and had a son, Josiah.\\nJOSIAII QuiNBV (2), son of Josiah and Mary (Williams) Quinby, married Hannah Cornell and had a\\nson. Josiali.\\nJosiah Ouinbv (3^ son of Josiah (2) and II, mnah (Cornell) Quinby, was born about 1726, died in\\n1804. His name first ajipears on the Newark records in 1765, when it was Voted that the Parsonage\\nMeadow be hired for the ensuing year. Said meadow rented for \u00c2\u00a32 I2s to Josiah Quinbj-, Joseph\\nMun and Ichab id Harrison. He married Martha, ilaughter of Joseph and Martha (Sargent) Harrison\\n(son of Josepli, who was the son of Sergeant Kicliard and Dorcas (Ward) Harrison she was the\\ndaughter of Sergeant John Ward).\\nThe records of the Mountain Society show that the wife of Josiah Quinby entered into Covenant\\nJuly 10, 1774, antl their two sons, John and Joseph, were baptised August 12, the s.ime year. Josiah\\nQuinby served with the New Jersey Line, regular army, in the War of the Revolution, as Second\\nLieutenant, Captain Potter s company. Third Battalion, First Establishment, February 7, 1776,\\ndischarged with battalion. Josiah had, in addition to sons John and Josiah, a son Moses, born about\\n1750. Josiah Quinby died in 1806, and Aaron and John Quinby are named as executors of the estate.\\nMoses Quinbv, son of Josiah and Martha (Harrison) Quinby, was born about 1750. He\\nmarried Mary Three of his children, Lois, Caleb and Jotham, were baptized in the First\\nPresbyterian Church, Orange, October 16, 1774.\\nJOTHAM Quinby, son of Moses and Mary Quinby, was born in Orange, May 31, 1773. He\\nresided in a stone house, built in 1774, on the Smith property, on Scotland Street, South Orange. He\\ndemolished the old house about 1834, using the stone from it in the basement of the new house which\\nhe occupied many years. He married l.ilias Smith, daughter of James and Eleanor (Harrison) Smith.\\nJames Smith was the son of David and Martha (Freeman) Smith, son of James Smith, the ancestor,\\nwho married Mary Baldwin Crane, daughter of Deacon Azariah Crane, whose wife was Mary, daughter of\\nGov. Robert Treat, of Connecticut. The children of Jotham and Lilias (Smith) Quinby were: Jonas,\\nyamcs Moses, Antoinette, Orlando, Hiram, Hannah; Lilias, died young.\\nJames Moses Quinby, second child of Jotham and Lilias (Smith) Quinby, was born at the home-\\nstead, in Orange, October 5, 1804. He attended the village school, but that did not complete his\\neducation. He possessed, in later years, a well-stocked library and was constantly adding to his fund of\\ngeneral knowledge and always kept himself well abreast of the times. He went to Newark when a lad\\nand learned the carriage making business with the firm of Robert B. Canfield and John C. Hedenberg,\\nwhich in later years was known as The Hedenberg Works. Upon the failure, in 1834, of G. A. K.\\nCarter, in whose shop Mr. Quinby was foreman, the latter became the successor of his old employer and\\nsoon built up a large and profitable trade. He started in a building located on Broad Street, between\\nMechanic and Fair, where his manufactory grew in extent by the addition of new buildings and by the\\nincrease of his well conducted business until it became the most extensive, as it certainly was the best", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0159.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "io6\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\ntK\\nknown carriage manufactory in the United States. He had an extensive trade with the South and\\nmaintained a large branch factory and repository at Montgomery, Ala., and another at Columbus, Ga.\\nHis carriages bore a high reputation throughout the country and no carriage firm was better known than\\nthat of Quinby Co., in every city in America. He lost heavily\\nby the South during the war, but remained true and loyal to\\nthe government. He was a man of sterling character, high\\nintegrity, simple in his habits and tastes and strong in his __\\npolitical faith. He was three times elected Mayor of Newark\\nfrom 1851 to 1854 and gave his hearty encouragement as well\\nas his ofificial approval of the public improvements inaugurated\\nabout this time. He was the first Republican member of the\\nState Senate elected from Essex County at a time when it\\nrequired great courage to openly avow Republican principles.\\nHe stood by his party and challenged the admiration of his\\nopponents by his firmness and determination and the self-\\nsacrificing spirit he evinced. His religious interests were with\\nTrinity Episcopal Church, Newark, at which he was a faithful\\nattendant and served for some years as Vestryman.\\nMr. Oninby was one of the original managers of the Newark\\nSavings Institution and Chairman of the Funding Committee;\\nalso a director of the New Jersey Insurance Company, and was\\nalso one of the Water Commissioners. Mr. Ouinby married\\nPhebe Ayres Sweazy, daughter of Richard and Hannah (Hays)\\nSweazy. He was the son of William Sweazy, born at Hope,\\nN. J., 1766; son of Barnabas and Hannah (Honeywell) Sweazy, born at Southold, L. I., 1715. died\\nFebruary 17, 1779; son of Samuel, born at Southold, L. I., March 29, 1689, removed to Roxbury^\\nMass., May 17, 1737, died there May i i, 1759.\\nThe issue of the marriage of Mr. Quinby to Phebe Ayres Sweasy, was Anna Eineline, married\\nNelson Wright, of New York, deceased two children were born to them Albert W., died young, and\\nElise. Eliza S., married Charles Borcherling; she died, leaving one child, Frederick Morris, died\\nyoung; Jfarie Antoinette; James Milnor, married Mary Casey; issue, William O Gorman, Anna\\nWright. Ida, manied Wallace M. Scudder, and had issue, James Quinby, died young, Edward Wallace,\\nMarie Antoinette. Walden, died yonng. Florence, died young.\\nJAMES MOSES QUINBY.\\nTHE SniTH FAMILY.\\nJames Smith, the ancestor of most of the eail\\\\- Smith families of Orange, was brought to this\\ncountry about 1680 and landed at Perth Amboy, N. J. The captain of the \\\\essel on which he came\\nassumed a guardianship over him and a] prcnticcd him to Deacon A/ariali Crane, the founder of\\nCranetown. Deacon Crane was much attached to him aud ga\\\\e him in marriage his youngest daughter,\\nMary Baldwin, whose mother was the daughter of Gow Robert Treat, of Ci nnecticut. Deacon Crane\\ngave to his daughter for her marriage portion, a farm on tiie southerly part of his plantation. This\\nand other land which Mr. Smith acquired extended nortli to tin- Wheeler tract, running from the to]i of\\nthe mountain on the south side of the Northfield roail, thence along the southerly side of the Wheeler\\ntract to Scotland Street, including the ])roperty owned b\\\\- Caleb and afterwards by Simeon Harrison.\\nSmith s house was on the east slope of the mountain, in what is now known as Orange Valley. He was\\none of the company of one hundred who made the Horse Neck purchase of the Indians which inchKled\\nall the lands west of the Orange Mountain and east of the Passaic River. By his wife, Mary Balilw in\\nCrane, Smith had among other children, a son, David.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0160.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 107\\nsecond qknera.xion.\\nDavid Smith, son of James and Mary Baldwin (Crane) Smith, was born at the homestead of his\\nfather, in Oransj;e Valley, in 1705. He married Martha, daii ,diter of Samuel Freenvm. It is said that\\nshe li\\\\e(i to be one hundred years old. David s house, which u .is of stone, was located on Scotland\\nStreet and it is said tiiat tliis house was cracked from the top to the bottom b\\\\- an eartlujuake wliich\\noccurred some time pre\\\\ious to the Re\\\\olution. Da\\\\id Smith. b\\\\- his wife, Martha Freeman, had issue,\\nMoses, James, Joseph, Sttwue/ i\\\\nd i)a\\\\ id.\\nTHIRD QENERATION.\\nSamuel Smith, fourth diild of Da\\\\i(l and Martha ^Freeman) Smith, was born at the homestead\\non Scotland Street, in 1745, ilied February 13, 1800. He married Eunice, daughter of Ezekiel Haldwin,\\nand had issue, Caleb.\\nFOURTH QENERATION.\\nCaLEH Smith, son of Sanuu-l and Eunice (Haldwin) .Smith, was born July 30. 1778, on Scotland\\nStreet, which was a portion of the southern half of the original farm. He died March 15, 1866. He\\ncarried on the manufacture of horse collars and achieved a reputation for his peculiar style and\\nexcellency of workmanship far exceeding that of any of his competitors. He married Sarah Garther-\\nw.iite, ,ind had Samuel, born in 1804; Elizabeth, married George Smith, son of Joseph.\\nKIETH GENERATION.\\nSamuel Smith, eldest child of Caleb and Sarah (Garthcrwaite) Smith, was born at the old\\nhomestead on Scotland Street, November 14, 1804, and resided in Scotland Street during his life. He\\nworked with his father at making horse collars and on reaching his majorit\\\\- was taken into partnership\\nand succeetled to the business after his father s death. He was a meml)cr of the township committee\\nof Orange, of w hich he was treasurer for several years. He was school trustee and was a director in\\nthe Orange Bank. He served the full term of military serxice as a member of the Orange Troop. His\\nreligious connections were with the First Presbyterian Church, in which he was a trustee. Mr. Smith\\nmarried Caroline Pierson Tichenor, daughter of Stephen Tichenor, a descendant in the si.\\\\th generation\\nf Martin Tichenor, one of the original settlers of Newark, in 1666, and one of the signers of the\\nFundamental Agreement. Their children were\\nStephen Tichenor Smith, born June 15, 1827. He, with his brother Caleb A. and son Stuart, has\\nbeen engaged in the Fire Insurance business on an extensive scale for many years. He was Town\\nTreasurer from 1861 to 1864 inclusive. He represented the First Ward in the Common Council in 1871\\nand again in 1874. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Ciuirch of Orange, was for twenty-one\\nyears treasurer of the Board of Trustees, and in 1893 was elected de.icon. He married first, Harriet\\nN. Harrison, of Abiathar she died 1855 second, Martha A. Cory, daughter of James Cory, of Pater-\\nson, N. J., and had issue, .Stviart C, born October 5, 1857, married Katie Hohler, and has three\\ndaughters. Herbert Russell, died young; Henry Wallace, born October 28, 1861 Samuel Bradford,\\nborn Sejjtember 5, 1863, died March 24. 1871 James Spencer, born January 31, 1866. dietl December\\n26, 1881 Charles Mulford, died young; Grace Thompson, born July 12, 1872.\\nMakv Ann, born June 16, 1829, married I. H. Mulfonl. of East Orange, and has children, Carrie,\\nHattie, Elias\\nSarah Jane, born March 31, 1832, married Thomiison Cundit Munn, and had issue, Alice, Walter,\\nWilbur, Phebe:\\nCaleu Augustus, born July 18, 1835. He has been for many years associated with his brother.\\nStephen T.. in the fire insurance business. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, of\\nOrange, also of Union Lodge, F. A. M., and of Orange Chapter, R. A. M. He married Mary J.,\\ndaughter of John T. and Polly Munn. and had issue, Minnie E., born March 2, i860, married Charles Starr,\\no", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0161.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "io8 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nof the East Orange Gazette, d \\\\e.d December 4, 1891 Norwood Thompson, born December 24, 1861,\\nmarried Gertrude Dodd, of Dr. Bethuel Dodd Stephen Munn, born July 23, 1866; Louisa Barnes,\\nborn August 16, 1873, married George Gill, son of Mayor Gill.\\nCaroline Elizabeth, born August 14, 1837.\\nSamuel Bkadford, born Februar 24, 1840, died July 17, 1862.\\nLine of Joseph Smith, of the Thirci Generation.\\nGeorge Smith, son of Joseph, of Joseph, of David, son of James, the ancestor, was born in\\nOrange, about 1822. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Caleb Smith, son of Samuel, of David, of\\nJames. Their children were: Thomas J., Joseph Warren, Virginia, Elizabeth.\\nThomas J. Smii H, eldest son of George and Elizabeth Smith, was born in Orange, July 18, 1S47.\\nffe attended the public school and also Robinson s school until he was sixteen years of age, and in\\n1863 entered the Orange Bank as clerk; promoted in 1869 to the office of cashier and succeeded Mr.\\nLighthipe in 1885 as President, continuing in that office until 1893, when he was succeeded by Mr.\\nCharles M. Decker. He is still in the emploj- of the bank and also manager of the Half Dime Savings\\nBank, and treasurer of the Orange Distilled Water Ice Compan\\\\-. He is at present a resident of Cald-\\nwell. He married Emma, daughter of David H. McCoy; had issue, Emma, Robert VV., Willard, Perc}-,\\nHellen, Marguerite.\\nJoseph Warren Smith, second child of George and Elizabeth (Smith) Smith, was born in Orange,\\nSeptember 22, 1848, educated at public and private schools, and entered the Orange Bank as clerk in\\n1864, his brother having preceded him one year. On the promotion of his brother to the presidency in\\n1885, he was promoted to the ofifice of cashier and has since continued to hold that position. He is a\\nmember of the Grace Episcopal Church, of Orange. He married Fanny Irene Kilburn, daughter of\\nAbraham Mandeville Kilburn, a descendant of Gershom Kilburn, one of the early settlers of South\\nOrange. The issue of this marriage is one son, Paul.\\nTHE WARD FAHILY.\\nThe Wards have been famous as Founders and Builders from the time the} came over with the\\nConqueror, in 1066, to the landing of the Connecticut pilgrims in Newark, in 1666, and the historj- of\\nthis family is interwoven with the growth and prosperity of New Jersey from the latter period to the\\npresent time. From the Coat Armour and Motto of one branch of the family it is probable they were\\nengaged in the crusades. They bore Arms Azure a cross patonce or, a mullet for difference. Crest\\nA Saracen s head aflront^e, couped below the shoulders ppr. Motto Sub cruce salus. Among the\\nnumber who accompanied William the Conqueror from Normandy was Ward, one of the noble\\nCaptains. The name of William de la Ward appears in 1 175 as residing in Chester. From 1349 a\\nsuccession of eleven generations of one family is found there, in each of which the names and head of\\nthe family was: in the first Ralph, in the second Richard, in the third, fourth and ninth, John, and in\\nthe eleventh, Thomas, who had sons John and William. One William W^-^rd was the first Earl of\\nDerby, of Dudley Castle.\\nThe Wards of Connecticut and New Jersey are descended from Robert Ward, of Houton, Parva,\\nNorthamptonshire, England. He married Isabel Stapley, of Dunchurch, County W\\\\-irwick, England.\\nThey had a son,\\nJames Ward, of the same place, who married Anna or Alice Fawkes, of Dunchurch. Their son,\\nStephen Ward married Joyce Traford, of Leicestershire. After his death, the widow removed\\nwith her children to New England in 1630, and settled in 1635 in Wethersfield, Conn., being among the\\noriginal settlers of that town. She died in 1640. Her will is nearly the first in the Colony records and\\nnames Edward, Anthony, John and Robert as her children.\\nJohn Ward, the fourth child of Stephen, was known as John Ward, Sr., Sergeant Ward,", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0162.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 109\\nLieutenant Ward, and Mr. Ward. He was one of the original settlers or founders of the planta-\\ntion of Totokot, named Branford in 1646. Lawrence and George Ward, brothers, who came from\\nEngland with John and were no doubt closely related to him, were also associated in the founding of\\nBranford, which then composed a part of the New ffaven colon_\\\\-. Lawrence Ward, who took the oath\\nof fidelity at New Haven at the organization of the government, was employed by the governing magis-\\ntrates to search for the regicides Whaley and Goffe, at Milford, where, of course, he knew they were not\\nto be found.\\nGeorge Ward signed the Fundamental Agreement of the New Haven colony in 1639, and with his\\nbrother Lawrence was one of the founders of Branford.\\nJohn Ward, Sr., Lawrence Ward, together with Josiah and John, Jr., sons of George Ward, all\\ncame with the pilgrims to Newark in 1666. Lawrence died in 1670 without issue. Josiah, brother of\\nJohn Ward, Jr., married Elizabeth Swaine, who, it was said, was the first one on shore at the landing of\\nthe pilgrims on the Passaic. He died soon, leaving one son, Samuel.\\nJohn Ward, Sr., and John Ward Jr., the Turner, received their division of home lots near the\\nPassaic River, and lived there for a few \\\\-ears. In 1675 to 1679, both took up lands at or near the\\nSecond River, in Watsessing, now Bloomfieid, where they settled soon after. Both left many\\ndescendants.\\nJohn Ward, Jr., son of George Ward, was born in England and came with his parents to this\\ncountry and was one of the original settlers of the New Ha\\\\en colon)-. He was one of the founders\\nof Branford, which formed a part of the New Haven colon\\\\-. He came with the Branford colonists to\\nNewark in 1666-7, and in the first division of Home Lotts his six acres were located between High\\nand Washington Streets, adjoining that of Delivered Crane. About 1675, he took up land on the\\nSecond River, in what is now Bloomfieid, but probably ditl not rcnio\\\\e thence until the opening of the\\nhighway from Newark. He married Sarah and had children: Sarah, John, born 1654; Samuel,\\nborn 1656; Abigail, married John Gardner; Josiah, born about 1660; Nathaniel, married Sarah\\nHarrison; Mary, married Thomas Davis, and Caleb, the honest and pious.\\nJosiah Ward, son of John Ward, Jr., and Sarah was born in Branford, Conn., about 1660.\\nHe moved with his parents to Newark and thence to Bloomfieid, or what was then known as Watsesson.\\nHe married Mary Kitchell, a descendant of Robert Kitchell, one of the original settlers of Ouinnepiac,\\nor New Haven, and afterwards of Newark. They had chihiren, Samuel. Rubcrt. Josiah, Lawrence,\\nborn 1710.\\nLawrence Ward, son of Josiah and Mar}- (Kitchell) Ward, was born, probably in Bloomfieid, in\\n1 7 10, died in 1793. He married Eleanor Baldwin. In his will, dated May 3. 1775 (now among the\\npapers of the New Jersey Historical Society), he gives to his sons Jacob, Jona, Stephen and Samuel,\\nall my estate both lands and meadows and all my moveable estate both here and elsewhere. To his\\n.son Cornelius he gives five pounds. The will is witnessed by David, Uzal and John Dod.\\nJacob Ward, son of Lawrence and Eleanor (Baldwin) Ward, was born in Bloomfieid about 1 750.\\nHe served with the Essex County Militia in the War of the Revolution. He was a man of consider-\\nable prominence in the county as appears by the following entry in the Newark Town Records, under\\nthe head of resolutions adopted at an annual Town Meeting held in the Township of Newark the\\nnth day of April, 1808\\n5th. That the next annual Election be opened at the house of Jacob Ward, in Bloomfieid\\nand continued there during the first day and adjourned to the Court house in Newark as usual. The\\nsame resolution was repeated at an annual town meeting held the ninth day of April, 1810.\\nJacob Ward married and had among other children a son, Jacob.\\nJacob Ward (2), son of Jacob (i) and Ward, was born in Bloomfieid, about 1780. He was\\nan elder in the Presbyterian Church at Bloomfieid and was one of the early if not an original member\\nof that church. He moved to Columbia, now Afton, Morris County, in 1800, where he purchased a\\nfarm. He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church at Hanover (the nearest church to Columbia), and", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0163.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "no The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nequally prominent in the community. He married Abigail Dotkl, daut^hter of Moses and Lois (Crane)\\nDod, of Isaac, son of Daniel (3), son of Daniel (2), son of Daniel (i), the ancestor. They had thirteen\\nchildren, among whom were Moses Dodd, Jacob, and SaDiticl Davics.\\nMoses Dodd Ward, son of Jacob and Abigail (Dodd) Ward was born at the old homestead in\\nBloomfield, in 1806. He went with his jiarents when six \\\\-ears of age to Columbia, in Morris\\nCounty, where, like liis ancestors, he followed the life of a farmer. He was a man of strong\\ncharacter, and with a different environment would have succeeded in almost any undertaking.\\nHe was an elder and one of the pillars in the Hanover Presbyterian Church and a man of strong\\nreligious convictions. He raised a family of strong, robust children, every one of whom have\\nmade their mark in the world and have developed remarkable business sagacity. Mr. Ward married\\nJustina Louisa Sayre, daughter of Elias Sayre, son of Ebenezer, of Ebenezer, probably the grandson\\nof Joseph Sayre, the New Jersey ancestor, who was the son of Thomas.\\nThomas Sayre, the ancestor, born about 159-, died in 1671, came from Bedfordshire, England, and\\nsettled in Lynn, Mass., in 1635. He was one of the eight original undertakers of the town South-\\nampton, in 1640. The Sayre homestead, built in 1648, which is still in a good state of preservation, is\\nsaid to be the oldest house in the State of New York, and one of the oldest in the country. The\\nmassive timbers and covering of thick cedar shingles are sufficient to its remaining for years to come as\\na curious and interesting relic of a long past age. At a time of a threatened Indian outbreak, in 1666,\\nit was one of the rallying places of the inhabitants in case of a niglit attack. The house is still in the\\nhands of the Sayre family, ten generations having been born and died within its walls. The name of\\nSayre is said to be derived from ossayer, a crown officer in the royal mint whose duty it was to assay\\ngold and silver. Joseph Sayre, son of Thomas Sayre, removed to Elizabeth, N. J., in 1667, and was\\namong the earliest of the Associates. In December of that year he united with others in the petition\\nto the government to have his land surveyed. Among his children and grandchildren are found the\\nnames of Edward, Ephraim, Ezekiel, Hannah, Frances, Isaac, James, Jonathan, Joseph, Thomas and\\nSamuel.\\nThe issue of the marriage of Moses Dodd and Justina Louisa (Sayre) Ward was: Laura J.;\\nElias S., married Anna, daughter of Joel M. Bonnell, of Newark; Leslie Dodd, married Minnie P.,\\ndaughter of James Perry; he is Vice-President of the Prudential Insurance Co., of Newark. Edgar\\nBetltune (see sketch) Jacob Ewing, married Maria, daughter of Ambrose E. Kitcheil.\\nEdgar Bethune Ward, fourth child and third son of Moses Dodd and Justina Louisa (Sayre)\\nWard, was born at Afton, formerly Columbia, in Chatham Township, Morris County, N. J., and is\\nseventh in descent from John Ward, Jr one of the original settlers of Newark and Bloomfield. Two\\nof the brothers of Josiah, the immediate ancestor of Edgar B., were identified with the Mountain\\nSociety and their remains lie buried in the old Orange cemeter\\\\-. The same conditions healthfulness\\nand beauty of surroundings which led his ancestors two hundred years ago to settle in this locality,\\nprevail to a still greater degree at the present time, and the latest representative of the famiK showed\\nhis appreciation of these conditions and his interest in the ancestral associations by the purchase of one\\nof the beautiful residences in the heart of Orange for which the city is famous. This was known as the\\nFuller place. It has a frontage on Centre Street of about 120 feet, extending along the line of Fuller\\nTerrace about 700 feet. The trees along the front and sides afford ample shade, but do not obstruct\\nthe view from the house. With the exception of a few flowers which add coloring to the picture, tliere\\nis only the beautiful green lawn in front. The general design of the house is Grecian, modified to suit\\nAmerican tastes and ideas. It is of brick, substantially built, and presents an imposing appearance.\\nThe broad veranda in front is rounded on the southern side, which gives a pleasing eflfect. It terminates\\non the north side in a pretty porte cochere of decidedly Grecian design. The whole is supjjorted by\\nCorinthian pillars around wliich wind the trumpet creeper and English ivy.\\nMr. Ward s childhood was but little different from that of his New Jersey ancestors who were\\nsturdy, independent, and self-reliant farmers. He had higher aspirations, liowever, and an abiding", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0164.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "EDGAR B. WARD.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0167.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0168.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "Thk Founders and Builders of the Oranges. hi\\nfaitli in his own ability to acliicve success in another direction. To his life in early youth in the\\ncountry is tlue the robust constitution which enabled him to pursue a severe course of study without\\nimpairing his health. After leaving the village school, he attended the Bloomfield Academy and later\\nhe entered Cornell University. He read law in Newark, in the oflRces of Runyon Leonard (the late\\nTheodore Runyon), and Stone Jackson. He was admitted as an attorney in 1872 and counsellor in\\n1875. In the interim he was managing clerk for McCarter Keen. Thus equipped he began practice\\nin Newark in 1875. Had he continued along the general line he would no doubt have achieved success,\\nbut an oiipoitunitj- was presented which enabled him to concentrate his strength and energies in\\nanother direction. He became counsel for the Prudential Insurance Company, which had but recently\\ncntcrLHl into active coini ctition with the oitl line com]),inics inulcr a new system of insurance that was\\nat once po[)ular anil progressive. The law ilepartnicnt rcipiircd a man of good judgment and thorough\\nlegal training. Mr. Wanl s previous experience and knowlctlgc (|ualified him for the position. At first\\nhe di\\\\iileil his time between this and his general practice, but the new system introduced by the\\nPrudential Company met with such popular favor that it soon became one of the leading companies of\\nthe country. Mr. Ward was obliged to give up his general practice and devote his whole time to the\\nCompany. The .skillful management of the law department conduced in no small degree to the\\nCompany s success. Mr. Ward was one of the original directors and, later, was elected 2d Vice-President.\\nHe is also a director in the National State Bank, Firemen s Insurance Co., the Newark and South Orange\\nRailroad Co., and is interested in other business enterprises. During his residence in Newark he\\nrepresented his ward in the Board of Education and favored the cause of higher education for the masses.\\nSince his removal to Orange, in I092. his interests have all centered in this direction. Both he and his\\nwife are active participants in the social affairs of the city and are in hearty sympathy with every\\nmovement that tends to its further development. Asa representative of the Ward family he has added\\nnew lustre to a name which for two centuries has filled an important place in the annals of New Jersey.\\nWhile by his own energy and industry he has accumulated a fortune, he has used it in a large degree\\nfor the happiness of others. Mr. Ward married Hattie N. Jubc, a daughter of John P. Jube, a well\\nknown citizen of Newark, a descendant of an old New York family. Their children are: Edgar\\nPercy, Newell Jube, Kenneth Bethune.\\nSamuel Davies Ward, son of Jacob (2) and Abigail (Dodd) Ward, was born in Morris County,\\nand removed thence to Rahway early in life. He was a successful carriage manufacturer in Rahway\\nwhere he carried on business for some years. He was a Captain of militia and at the breaking out of\\nthe Civil War volunteered his services, but was rejected for the reason that he was past the age required\\nby military law. He married Rebecca Martin Miller, daughter of Isaac, .son of Abner, who was the son\\nof James. The latter was a grandson of William Miller, who was admitted an Associate of Elizabeth,\\n1699-1700. He drew No. 62 of the looacre lots at the Edg or foot of y= mountain, adjoining\\nJosejih Lyon, at Scotch Plains. It is reported that when he went to reside on this lot so far away from\\nthe town plot, the parting was rendered very solemn by the expectation that they should seldom, if\\never, see him again, the difficulty of passing and re-passing seemed so great. But, to their surprise, as\\nthey went to church on the next Sabbath morning they found him standing on the steps. By his wife,\\nHannah, he had five sons, Samuel, Richard, Jonathan, William and Andrew, and two daughters, Sarah\\nand Hannah.\\nThe children ..f Samuel Davies and Rebecca Martin (Miller) Ward were Clarence D., Frederick IV.\\nand Ella M., married J()sc])h IL Bryan, of New York.\\nFkedeiuck Wii.l.lAM Ward, second son of Samuel Davies and Rebecca (Miller) Ward, was born\\nat Rahway, N. J., January 30, 1858. His early education was received at the public schools of his\\nnative town and his knowledge of the higher branches at Rahway Seminary. He pursued his law\\nstudies with Frederic W. Stevens, of Newark, and after a creditable examination was admitted to\\npractice as attorney in February, 1879, counsellor three years later. He was admitted to partner-\\nship with his preceptor, Mr. Stevens, the following year and continued with him until 1892, since which", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0169.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "I 12\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\ntime he has practiced by himself. Mr. Ward has made the most of his opportunities. His indefati-\\ngable industry, trustworthiness and closs attention to his professional duties have led to a constantly\\nincreasing as well as a lucrative practice. Because of his thorough reliability and conscientious regard\\nof his Clients interests, large trust and other\\nestates have been committed to him, all of\\nwhich have been managed with that rare fidel-\\nity and honesty as to win the increased con-\\nfidence and respect of those who entrusted\\nhim with their affairs. As trustee of the estate\\nof William N. Force, he has had the handling\\nof over $700,000, for the management of which\\nhe has received the unqualified approval of\\nthe court as well as of the interested parties.\\nHe has the management of other estates\\namounting to nearly half a million dollars. Mis\\nline of practice is confined almost exclusiveh-\\nto chancery and office business. Methodical,\\npainstaking, with an evenly-balanced mind,\\nthe accumulation of work and the varied inter-\\nests which absorb his attention dues not cause\\nthe slightest inconvenience or annoyance, but\\nhe pursues his labors with that steadfast purpose\\nwhich always insures successful results. Mr.\\nWard built the house on Munn Avenue where\\nhe now resides, and became a permanent resi-\\ndent of East Orange in 1888. The house is\\nlocated on a part of the original Munn farm.\\nMr. Ward married Jessie O. Peck, daughter of\\nJames Peck (see history of Peck family), of\\nEast Orange. They have issue, three children,\\nSterling D., Ethel and Jessie.\\nFREDERICK WILLIAM WARD.\\nOther Members of the Ward Family.\\nOne and possibly two branches of the Ward family have been identified with Orange and South\\nOrange since about 1700, or possibly earlier. On June 23, 1737, John Ward (probably John Ward, Jr.,\\nthe ancestor), conveyed by deed to Abner and Nathaniel Ward, in consideration of seventy pounds,\\nforty eight and three quarters acres at the mountain plantation, so-called, at a place commonly called\\nand known by the name of Chestnut Hill, beginning at a tree by swamp having Joseph\\nPierson south, highway west, David Smith north, Elisha Stansborough east. (This land was located\\non South Orange Avenue, near where the Presbyterian Church now stands. Ward s Lane, which runs\\nfrom Iivington Avenue to South Orange Avenue, probably ran through the Ward farm). Abner and\\nNathaniel Ward were sons of Nathaniel, son of John Ward, Jr., known as John Ward, the Turner.\\nElihu Ward, born 1715, and Abel, his brother, who ownetl lands adjoining Abner and Nathaniel,\\nwere not sons of the latter, but were probably the great grandsons of John Ward, Jr. Samuel Ward,\\nson of Josiah, son of John Ward, Jr., born 1679, died 1733, is buried in the old Orange cemetery. He\\nleft descendants, who were also buried in Orange. It is probably from this line that Zebinah, the grand-\\nfather of Philip Ward, was descended.\\nPhilip Ward, son of Timothy and Althca (^Williams) Ward, was born in Orange, July 29, 1814.\\nHe learned the hatting trade, and was for many years the junior partner in the firm of Simmons Ward,", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0170.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "THK FoUNDKkS AMI Hi Il.DKRS C)l- lllK UKANGES. II3\\nwhose factory was in Dodiltown. lie moved to Monroeville in 1859, but returned to his home in\\nOrange ten years later. He was originally a member of St. Mark s Parish, and was a cousin of its rector,\\nDr. Williams. He was for some years identified with Grace Church, and served in its vestry. On his\\nreturn to Orange from the West, in 1869, he became one of the founders of Christ Church and continued\\nas a member of its vestry during the remainder of his life. He served the church faithfully in these\\nseveral parishes, and always commanded the affectionate respect of his rectors and fellow vestrymen.\\nMr. Ward was probably best known among the musical people of the Oranges. In early life he\\ndeveloped an exceptional taknt for vocal music. He possessed a sweet tenor voice, and devoted his\\nmusical talents religiously to the service of God, but at the same time engaged freely in all musical\\nentertainments and musical societies in the Oranges. As a musician he was one of the most gifted men\\ne\\\\cr known in this locality. He was entirely self-taught, and yet was able to lead and instruct others.\\nHe excelled in instrumental music, especially with the \\\\iolin. He was one of the founders of the\\nHandel and Hayden Society, and when, during the temporary absence of its leader, Mr. Ward was\\nurged to take the position, he discovered for the first time, as did also his friends, that he possessed all\\nthe elements of leadership, exceeding even those of the trained professor. When the Beethoven Society\\nwas organized, with the best musical talent in Orange, Mr. Ward was unanimously selected as its leader.\\nHe was a noble Christian man and all his talents were devoted to the service of God. Philip Ward was\\none of those singers described by Longfellow:\\nGod sent His singers upon earth\\nWith songs of sadness and of mirth,\\nThat they might touch the hearts of men\\nAnd bring them back to Heaven again.\\nHe loved the praises of God and was never so happy as when the responsibility was entirely or in\\npart laid upon him of leading in that most important part of Christian worship. His duties were never\\nrendered in a perfunctor}- manner he was ever among the first to join in all parts of such worship. P or\\nnearly three score years his voice was heard in God s praise. He \\\\oiced the sorrow and joy, the grief\\nand consolation, in sweet songs and solemn h\\\\mns, and will e\\\\er be remembered by those who knew\\nhim as the sweet singer of Israel. After a lingering illness, in which he bore patiently his sufferings,\\nhe fell asleep May 4, 18S6. Mr. Ward married Mary Ann Campbell, and had seven children.\\nHis surviving son Linus, who resides in East Orange, has been for many years connected with\\nwith the Bank of America, New York City, and is at present Receiving Teller.\\nTHE WILLIAMS FAMILY.\\nThe first to adopt the name of Williams as a surname, was Roger Williams, of Llangibby Castle\\nand the Priory at Uske, County Monmouth, England. He was said to be a direct descendant of\\nBrychan Brecheinisg, prince and lord of Brecknock, who lived about the year 490.\\nIt is a family tradition that Matthew Williams, the progenitor of the Newark and Orange branch\\nof the Williams family, was in love with the daughter of a wealthy English gentleman named Condict,\\nwho opposed the match. The couple were married, however, without the knowledge of their parents,\\nand came to America. They settled first in Massachusetts and removed thence to Wethersfield, Conn.,\\nin 1638, where he died. His wife immediately prepared to return to her home in England, but died\\nbefore the vessel sailed. Their children were: Amos, born 1645; Matthew, born 164;, died young;\\nRuth, born 1649, married Caleb Picrson Matthew, again, born 1651: Sciiiiiul, born 1653. It is\\nsupposed that these three sons came to Newark about the same time.\\nSECOXD OENERA.X10N.\\nMatthew Williams (2), son of Matthew (i), was born in 1657. He came to Newark and was\\nadmitted a planter by a vote of the town, November 29, 1680, at the age of twenty-nine, together with\\nfour others provided they pay the purchase of what land they have as other Planters have done. In", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0171.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "114 The Founders and Builders of the OrangeS.\\nJanuary, i68S, George Day exchanged lands with Matthew Wilhams, the latter parting with a dwelling-\\nhouse, shop, and other edifices, and orchards and lands near Newark, and receiving two tracts at the\\nmountain bounded east by Wigwam Brook, and the other on Farrow s Brook. Matthew removed to\\nthe Mountain in 1695, where he died Nov. 12, 1732. His residence was located on the south side of\\nEagle Rock Road, near where the mountain stream unites with Wigwam Brook. By his wife, Ruth\\nhe had Jemima, born 1686. married Samuel Harrison, son of Samuel Jane, married Abraham Soveril\\nAmos, horn 1690; Eunice, born 1692; Matthew, born 1694; Gershom, born 1698; T/io\u00c2\u00bbi^s, horn 1700;\\nJoanna, born 1702, married John Condit Rebecca, born 1703, married Joseph Hedden.\\nTHIRD QENERATION.\\nAmos Williams, eldest son of Matthew (2) and Ruth Williams, was born in Newark, in 1690,\\nand moved with his father to the mountain. He was a cooper by tratle, also a justice of the peace.\\nHe married Mary Nutman, a native of Edinburgh, Scotland. He received by deed from his father-in-\\nlaw, for love and affection, one hundred acres. He was surveyor of highways in i/^/S, assessor\\n1741-2. He died in 1754. His children were: Enos, born 1724; Sarah, born 1728; Nathaniel, born\\n733; James, born 1737; Btiijavii it, horn 1739.\\nMatthew Williams (3), fourth child of Matthew 121 and Ruth j Williams, was born at the\\nhomestead of his father, in 1694. He gave a deed for Land where the Parsonage house stands on, in\\n1748, for due consideration. He married Abigail Nutman, and had Isaac, born 1722 Sarah, born 1724,\\nmarried Joseph Munn James, born 1727; Jemima, born 1729; Lydia, born 1731; T/iovias, horn 1740.\\nGershom Williams, fifth child of Matthew and Ruth Williams, was born at the mountain\\nhomestead, in 1698. He married Hannah Lampson and had issue, Ruth, born 1723, married Daniel\\nCondit; Joanna, married David Tichenor Matthew, married Mary Dodd, Gershom, born 1730: Eleazor,\\nborn 1734; Joseph, Zadock.\\nThomas Williams, sixth child and younge.st son of Matthew (2) and Ruth Williams, was\\nborn at the homestead of his father by the mountain, in 1 700. His property adjoined that of his\\nbrother Amos, as shown by the description of the Eagle Rock Road, laid out in 1733, described as\\nrunning between the fences of Amos Williams and Thomas Williams. Thomas married Martha,\\ntlaughter of Samuel Dodd, and had issue, Jonathan, born 1740; Timothy; Silas, married Heirsted,\\nand had Elijah, who married Tabitha Williams, daughter of Capt. Thomas Williams; Mary, married\\nDavid Peck, son of Joseph (3) and Hannah.\\nFOURTH QENERATION.\\nBenjamin Whttams, youngest child of Amos and Mary (Nutman) Williams, was born at the\\nhomestead of his father, in 1739. accordance with the will of his father, his brother Nathaniel\\ninstructed him in the cooper s trade, which he began when he was fourteen years of age. After he\\nbecame of age he took, by his father s will, the upper part of the farm, then a wilderness, and com-\\nmenced clearing and building a home. He, together with his brothers, built a dam and erected a saw\\ninill on Wigwam Brook.\\nAt the breaking out of the War of the Revolution, Benjamin, together with his brothers, espoused\\nthe cause of the loyalists. He was honest in his convictions and had the sympathy of his neighbors\\nwho differed with him. He was a man of standing and influence in his neighborhood and a recognized\\nleadei, and acquired the soubriquet of Governor l^en. which he retained to the end of his life. He\\ntook out a written protection from a Ikitish officer in December, 1776, and in February following he\\ntook the oath of allegiance to the king and became a member of the Ro\\\\ al Militia. At the close of\\nthe war he was induced by his father-in-law and his cousin, Capt. Thomas Williams, whose regard and\\nfriendship for his cousin had not been lessened by the diversity of political sentiment, to lake the oath\\nof allegiance to the new government and save his propcrtj-. He did so but never surrendered his\\nconvictions. After the close of the war he acquired considerable real estate, started a tan yard, built a", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0172.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Buildeks hf the Oranges. 115\\nbark mill, distillery, currying shop and cider mill. During his stay in New York he read a work on\\nEpiscopacy which drew his attention to the ecclesiastical polity and religious faith of the Church of\\nEngland, which he adopted, and afterward held meetings at his house which were the beginning of tiie\\nmovement leading to the organization of St. Mark s Episcopal Church of West Orange.\\nGovernor Hcnjamin Williams was twice married, first to Elizabeth Condit second, to Phebe Crane,\\ndaugiiter of Caleb Crane, of Cranetown, a direct descendant of Jasper Crane, one of the original settlers\\nof Newark, through Deacon Azariah, son of Jasper, who married the daughter of Gov. Treat, of\\nConnecticut. By this marriage he had issue. Elizabeth, Caleb, Enos, Josiah, Phebe, Bcnjaniin. Sniniit/.\\nPhilip, Amos, Aletha, James, Mary E.\\nKIKTH GRNERATION.\\nSamuel Williams, seventli child of Gov. Benjamin and Phebe (Crane) Williams, was born at\\nthe homestead erected by hi^ father on the Eagle Rock Road (still standing), in 1778. He and liis\\nbrother Amos became the owners of the tan yard by inheritence. During the War of 1812. when the\\nfear of British pri\\\\ateers dro\\\\e American trading vessels from the seas, they did a very profitable\\nbusiness by .sending black oak hark to Liverpool in hogsheads in Russian bottoms. This continued for\\nmany j-ears and Samuel acquired considerable wealth. He was one of the organizers of St. Mark s\\nEpiscopal parish and one of the largest contributors to the building fund, and was for many years\\nSenior Warden. There is a marble tablet in the church erected to his memory containing a brief record\\nof his life and services. In his will he left the bulk of his property to religious and benevolent\\ninstitutions. He provided for a scholarship at the Episcopal Theological Seminary, the student to be\\nnamed by the rector of St. Mark s Church. lie married Mary, daughter of Joseph Crane and left one\\nchild, Charles, still living.\\nAmos Williams, ninth child of Governor Benjamin and Phebe (Crane) Williams, was born in\\n1782, at the Williams homestead in West Orange. He was for many years engaged in the tanning busi-\\nness with his brother Samuel, on the property where the old homestead is still located, on Valley Road\\nnear Eagle Rock Avenue, which was occupied later by his son Edward. The business carried on by the\\nfirm of S. A. Williams was the largest of the kind in the State, and for many years afterward the place\\nwas known as the old tan yard. Amos Williams married Phebe Munn (born 1787, died June 6 1823),\\ndaughter of Samuel Munn. They had issue, James Alfred, born 1S09, Stephen, Maria, Margaret and\\nEdward, born 1821. Amos married, second, Joanna Campbell. By his second wife he had one child,\\nWilliam Whittingham.\\nsi:x:th generation.\\nRev. Ja.mes Alfred Williams, D. D., eldest child of Amos (2) and Phebe (Munn) Williams, was\\nborn in Orange, September 6, 1809, in what is now the Park House, which was then owned by his\\ngrandfather, Samuel Munn. He received a good common school education in the neighborhood. He\\nsupplemented this by hard study on his own account and before he arrived at manhood he had a\\nremarkably well stored mind. He assisted his father in the tanneiy until he reached his majority. At\\nthis time he became convinced that it was his duty to enter the ministry, and his father sent him to the\\nschool of Dr. Barry, in Jersey City, where he was prepared for college. He made such progress in his\\nstudies that at the end of eighteen months he was able to enter Columbia College in the junior year,\\nand completed his course two years later. He graduated with high honors, and immediately entered\\nthe General Theological Seminary of New York, and was ordained Deacon in St. Mark s Church, Orange,\\nJuly 10, 1S36, and soon after that Rev. Benjamin Holmes, the rector, died, and Mr. Williams was called\\nto the rectorship. He declined at that time, but took the parish on trial. On August 13th, the follow-\\ning year, he was ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church, at Burlington, N. J., and he then accepted\\nthe rectorship and entered upon its duties, in that capacity, on September 9, 1837.\\nFor nearly half a century he ministered to his people in his quiet and earnest manner, visiting the\\nsick and feeble, performing the rites of baptism, of marriage, and of death. About 1843 le was elected", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0173.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "ii6\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\na member of the Standing Committee of the Diocese, and at tlic time of his death he and the hite J. G.\\nGarthwaite were the last two survivors of the committee to which he originally belonged. When the\\nDiocese of Northern New Jersey was organized, Dr. Williams was made President of the Standing Com-\\nmittee, and held that position at the time of his death. He was President of the Standing Committee\\nof this Diocese and the old Diocese for over thirty years. He was also a Trustee of the General Theo-\\nlogical Seminary, and in former years was a delegate to the General Convention. He was also for many\\nyears Treasurer of the Ogden Fund for the Relief of Widows and Orphans of Clergymen, which office\\nhe held at the time of his death. Dr. Williams was a hard student, and one of the best read priests in\\nthe Diocese, being an excellent Greek and Hebrew scholar. He was devoted to his parish, and in all his\\nlong ministry only once or twice took a vacation, though repeatedly urged to do so bj his people.\\nDr. Williams was a warm friend of Bishop Doane. and held up his hands in trouble and financial\\nembarrassments, and took an active interest in St. Mar\\\\ s Hall and Burlington College. Dr. Williams\\npresided over the convention that elected\\nBishop Odenheimer, and also over the\\nconvention that elected Bishop Starkey.\\nHe received his degree of D. D. from\\nColumbia College mary years before his\\ndeath. He was a retiring, modest man,\\nand when urged, at the convention at\\nwhich Bishop Odenheimer was elected, to\\nallow liis name to be used as a candidate\\nfor Bishop, positively declined. He was\\nof a singularly gentle and kindly nature,\\nand was never known to turn his face\\nfrom a poor man. No beggar ever left\\nhis door unaided. He was faithful and\\nzealous in his work and built up a strong\\nand flourishing parish from a weak and\\nfeeble beginning. From this parish have\\ngrown, diiectly or indirectly, St. Mark s\\nChapel, Orange Valley: Holy Innocents,\\nWest Orange: Holy Communion, South\\nOrange: Grace Church, Orange: Christ\\nChurch, East Orange; Christ Church,\\nBloomfield, and St. Luke s Churcli. Mont-\\nclair.\\nDr. Williams married early in life\\nElizabeth, daughter of Ichabod Condit.\\n(son of Samuel, son of Daniel, son of\\nDr. Williams occupied what was then known as\\nthe Blue House, at the entrance of the present Hutton Park, on the Northfield road. This house\\nwas then owned by St. Mark s parish.\\nThe children of Rev. James A. and Elizabeth (Condit) Williams were: Maria Elizabeth, James\\nAlfred, deceased Selena Frances, Anna Margaret, deceased, and Stephen Whittingham. The latter,\\nwith his two sisters, Maria Elizabeth and Selena Frances, occupy a beautiful residence on Linden Place,\\nbuilt since their father s death. These sole survivors of a noble and worthy father, are known and\\ngreatly beloved throughout the parish for their many acts of kindness, their liberal contributions to the\\nchurch, and for their constant and extended help to the poor and suffering. They arc worthy descend-\\nants of an honored ancestry.\\nRKV. JAMKS A. VVII I.IAMS. p. n.\\nSamuel, the Newark ancestor). When first married.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0174.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. n-\\nFOURTH GENEKATIOX.\\nLine of Capt. Thom\u00c2\u00abs. of Jvlcitthe\\\\v(3\\\\ Matthew (2), M^itthew (1).\\nCaptain Thomas Williams, youngest child of Matthew y) and Abigail (Nutman) Williams, was\\nborn in 1740 at the homestead erected by his father on the corner of Washington and Day Streets. He\\nwas an ardent patriot, and was among the first to espouse the cause of Independence. He was commis-\\nsioned Captain of Second Regiment of Esse.x County, commanded by Colonel I hilip Van Cortland,\\nattached to Upper Brigade. It is said that Washington made occasional visits to his house while in\\nthis neighborhood, and consulted with him in regard to the affairs of the surrounding country. While\\ntrue to the cause he had espoused, he was charitable towards his tory neighbors and relatives, who hon-\\nestly differed with him, and after the close of the war he did everything in liis power to assist them in\\nrecovering their property. He inherited the property on the corner of Washington and Park Streets,\\non which the first grist mill was built in 1780, and owned a one-fourth interest in the mill, which finally\\npassed into the possession of William Brown Williams, and afterwards became the property of Jesse\\nWilliams, the grandson of Captain Thomas. He was one of the owners and managers of the sloop\\nOrange, built in 1784, to run between Orange and New York. He was popular with his neighbors and\\na man of great influence in the community. He married Dorcas Harrison, daughter of Nathaniel Har-\\nrison, and had issue: Phebe, 1762, married Samuel l.indsley; Hannah, 1763, married Daniel Lindsley\\nJesse, married Rebecca John-on: Kcturah, 1767, married Thomas Buckbee: Abigail, 1769, married\\nJoseph Munn; Moses, 1771 Matthew, 1774; William, 1777; Tabitha, married Elijah Williams.\\nKIKTH GENERATION.\\nMaI TUEW Wii.ll\\\\MS, seventh child of Captain Thomas and Dorcas (Harrison) Williams, was born\\nat the homestead, corner of Washington and Day Streets, Orange, in 1774. He was an honest, hard-\\nworking farmer, and much respected by his neighbors. He married Phebe, daughter oi Governor Benja-\\nmin and Phebe (Crane) Williams. She died in 1805. He had by the first marriage, Phebe, Philip and\\nSarah. He married, secondly, Elizabeth Leonard, and had John, born 180S, married Catharine Mc-\\nCormick; Jesse, iSio: Abb} married Thomas Sergeant Tichcnor A //si, 1815, died 1837.\\nSIXTH GENERATION.\\nJesse Willlams, second child of Matthew and Elizabeth (Leonard) Williams, was born in the old\\nhomestead, corner of the present Washington and North Centre Streets, April 29, 18 10. He received a\\ngood common school education, and was afterwards apprenticed to the hatters trade. He inherited\\nfrom his grandfather, Captain Thomas Williams, the homestead farm, and purchased various other tracts\\nof land. He bought the old grist mill which stood on the place near his homestead, which he continued\\nfor some years. He was always fond of books and had a thirst for knowledge, so that in early life he\\nbecame a great reader. As he grew in years his thirst for books grew with him, and his wonderfully\\nretentive memory enabled him to profit by all he read, and this, combined with a quickness of retort,\\nand a keen sense of the ridiculous, and a vein of sarcasm, made him a dangerous opponent in debate.\\nIn politics, he was a pronounced Republican, having been formerly a member of the old Whig party.\\nHe held various offices during his life. He was for fifteen years a Justice of the Peace: he was for one\\nterm Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and was for two terms Director of the Board of Freeholders\\nfor the county he was a Major of militia for several years a member of the Esse.x County Road Hoard.\\nHe was one of the incorporators and a Trustee of the Orange Savings Bank. He married Mary Wil-\\nliams, of West Orange, and had issue: Julia, Jesse, Matthew, and two sons who died in infancy.\\nLine of GersLionn, of Matthew (2), of Xlatthew (1).\\nJoi! Williams, fourth child of Zeniah and Charlotte (Pierce) Williams, of Zophar, Joseph. Ger.shom,\\nMatthew (2), Matthew 1), was born in Caldwell, March 21, 1S22. He came to Orange as a young man,\\nand learned the liatters trade with Allen Dodd, and was afterwards engaged in business on his own", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0175.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "ii8\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\naccount, and later moved to Binghamton, N. Y., where he carried on the retail business. He subse-\\nquently returned to Orange and was made Town Collector, and it was while filling the duties of this\\nposition that he contracted a disease which caused his death July 4, 1871. He was a leader of the choir\\nin the First Presbyterian Church, and later that of the Second Presbyterian or Ikick Church. He mar-\\nried Catherine Tichenor Stiles and had issue: Leander, Chauncey G., Richard G., Mary Josephine, and\\nCharles Eckford.\\nLeander Williams, eldest child of Job and\\nCatharine Tichenor (Stiles) Williams, was born at the\\nhomestead of his father, on Main Street, November\\n24, 1828. He attended the common schools of\\nOrange, and afterwards learned tlie hatters trade with\\nhis father, and became the most rapid and expert\\nworkman in his father s employ. By industry and\\neconomy he saved $500, with which he hoped to\\nobtain a collegiate education, and began his prepara-\\ntory course with Rev. David H. Pearson, of Eliza-\\nbeth, N. J. After a year s tuition he was obliged to\\nforego his cherished hopes and plans and return to\\nbusiness, owing to the failure of liis father, the balance\\nof his own savings having been swept away, with\\nother losses. He subsequently started in the hat\\nmanufacturing business on his own account, which he\\ncarried on successfully until 1866, when, finding it no\\nlonger profitable, he sold out. He then entered\\nthe employ of the D. L. W. R. R. Co., continuing\\nfor some years. Later he started in the real estate\\nbusiness, and in 1878 accepted the agency of the Penn-\\nsylvania Railroad Company.\\nHe was a prominent factor in local politics\\nfor many years was Town Clerk for three years.\\nPolice Justice and Coroner of Esse.x County two years,\\nand under the new regime, when Orange became\\na full fledged city, he was elected to the Common Council for three years; was Justice of tlie Peace and\\nStreet Commissioner. He was the first to demonstrate the practicability of the macadam roads Iti this\\nlocality, having succeeded in obtaining an appropriation of $1,800 to test the matter. This he accom-\\nplished after a most bitter fight by his opponents. The hundreds of miles of the best macadam roads in\\nthe country, as the result of this experiment, evinces the wisdom and foresight of its projector. Mr.\\nWilliams s attention was first directed to the subject through the report of the United States Surveying\\nCorps for the District of New Jersey, in 1867. This report stated that the Orange Mountain contained\\nan inexhaustible supply of trap rock suitable for macadamized roads. Mr. Williams at that time was\\nStreet Commissioner, a member of the Common Council, and chairman of the Committee on Streets and\\nHighways. After obtaining the appropriation of $1,800, which was drawn from the contingent fund of\\nthe city, he made a contract with Daniel Brennan, Jr., to macadamize Cone street from Main Street to\\nthe Morris and Esse.x Railroad tracks. He was even then threatened with an injunction, but he finally\\nsucceeded in overcoming all obstacles and completing the strip of road. This was the first piece of mac-\\nadamized road laid in the State of New Jersey. Its practicabilit) was fully demonstrated, and large\\nappropriations were soon after made for macadamizing a number of streets in different parts of the\\nOranges, and it was not long before this system of road-making was adopted in all the large towns and\\ncities throughout the State.\\n11: \\\\M)f,K w II. MAMS.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0176.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "Till-: Founders and Bni.nERs of the Oranges.\\n9\\nSoon after his completion of Cone Street, Mr. Williams was employed by the Telford Pavement\\nCompany to superintend the laying of Avenue D and S, in Bayonne, in Hudson County, N. J. He also\\nsuperintended the laying of Bloomficld Avenue from the Newark line to the top of Mount Prospect.\\nHe disbursed upwards of $92,000 in carrying on this work, every dollar of which was expended in the\\nmost judicious manner, as was shown in the auditing of his accounts. The introduction of this system\\nof road-making has doubtless increased the value of real estate in this locality millions of dollars, and for\\nhis great foresight, energy and obstinacy in first introducing the system, Mr. Williams deserves to rank\\namong the chief Builders of the Oranges.\\nMr. Williams was prominent in the Masonic Fraternity. He was originally a mcmberof Union Lodge,\\nF. A. M.. of Orange was a charter member and Past Master of Corinthian Lodge, F. A. M. He\\nwas also a member of Orange Chapter, No. 23, R. A. M. Mr. Williams died May 29, 1S95: he was twice\\nmarried; first to Emily Smith, daughter of Daniel Smith. The issue of this marriage was: Abbie\\nCondit, deceased Frank, Robert, Walter and Edgar. (The latter is now editor and proprietor of the\\nOrange Journal!) He married, second, Mary E., daughter of Franklin Hopkins, of Baltimore. Mr.\\nWilliams s first wife was a granddaughter of Dr. John Condit, of Revolutionary fame. (See history of\\nCondit family.)", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0177.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER X.\\nMILITARY HISTORY OF ORANGE, FROM 1806 TO icS66.\\niURING the long and terrible crucial experience of the Revolution, the members of\\nthe Mountain Society, which then included almost the entire population of what\\nis now the Oranges, maintained themselves throughout with fortitude, courage and\\npatriotism, leaving to posterity the proud bequeathment of a manhood sans peiir and\\na reputation sans reproclie.\\nThe ratification of the preliminary treaty of peace was made known, a cessation\\nof hostilities was proclaimed on the 19th of April, 1783, just eight years to a day\\nfrom the time the first gun was fired at Lexington. Twenty-five years after this,\\nalmost to a day, President Madison sent a confidential message to Congress, proposing\\nas a measure preliminary to a declaration of war, the passage of a law laying an\\nembargo upon all commerce with the United States for the space of sixty days. On the 19th of June\\nfollowing, just twenty-five years and two months after the close of the Revolution, President Madison\\nissued a proclamation declaring war with England. The conflict that ensued is known as the War of\\n18 1 2, and may properly be regarded as our Second War for Independence. The chief causes for\\ndeclaring war were the empressment of American seaman by the I^ritish, the blockade of French ports\\nwithout adequate force to sustain the act, the orders in counsels and the incitement of the savages\\nto hostilities.\\nThe spirit of 76 was re-kindled in the hearts of the Orange veterans and their loyal sons brought\\nout the fire-locks and again prepared to fight against their old enemy. The military organizations\\nwhich grew out of the Revolution had been kept up and new material added from time to time.\\nSquire Stephen D. Day commanded a company in Orange at this time. He, with his company, offered\\ntheir services and were stationed for a time at Sandy Hook. A recruiting office was opened on Main\\nStreet and a number of citizens of Orange enlisted. A rifle company was organized about this time,\\ncommanded by Abraham Harrison it numbered between forty and fifty. Each man furnished his own\\nuniform and gun. Joseph A. Condit, known as Landlord Condit, commanded an artillery company\\nin 1818. There was also a cavalry or horse company consisting of about fifty men, commanded by\\nCapt. Joseph Smith. The enlisted men wore blue uniforms trimmed with yellow braid. Training\\nDay, held usuall\\\\- in April, was a notable event at that time. These companies continued in service\\nuntil 1824. The men in those da\\\\s were compelled to serve ten years.\\nThe Mexican War, in 1845, notable event in the history of the Oranges. There was no lack\\nof patriotism among the people antl quite a number enlisted from Orange, among them a son of Rev.\\nMr. Gallagher, pastor of the Brick Church, who served as a commissioned officer with the American\\ntroops. The militia was revived in 1850 and interest in miiitar\\\\- affairs continued umbated for the next\\ntwenty-five years. The Fifth Regiment was organized in 1850, under the command of Col. Chester\\nRobinson, with Nelson Lindsley, of Orange, as Adjutant. The Union Blues were mustered into the\\nmilitia at this time as an artillery company. It was commanded b\\\\- George B. Osmun, with John Lang\\nas First Lieutenant, and John B. McCord, Second Lieutenant. Tlie following year the company was\\nre-organized as an infantry company. It became a separate company and was then known as the\\nOrange Blues. Under the reorganization, Lucius Robinson became Captain, Leander Williams, First\\nLieutenant, and Marshall N. Smith, Second Lieutenant. The company disbanded soon after the", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0178.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "TnK ForxnEKs ANn Ruii.dkrs of the Okanges. 121\\nbrcakintj out o( tlie Civil War, a number of the members having enlisted in otlier companies. The\\nLiberty Rifles was also organized about 1850. Each man carried a gun with a sword bayonet attached\\nand also carried a tomahawk the company wore a green uniform. The O Brien Columbian Rifles, the\\nAmerican Continentals and the Price Artillery were all organized about this time; the latter was named\\nin honor of Rodman M. Price, at that time Governor of New Jersey. These companies were organized\\nat individual e.xpense, the State only furnishing the arms.\\nFourth of July Celebration. 1861. Eighty-fifth Anniversary. At 7 o clock, the military\\ncompanies began to fall in. These consisted of the Orange Blues, Captain L. A. S. Robinson, the\\nUnion Guards, Captain B. F. Cairnes, the Union Rifles, Captain VV. Reeves, and a company from\\nthe mountain numbering from 40 to 50 men under tiic command of Lieutenant Orlando Williams. The\\nJuxenile Home Guartl of some 30 boys in Zouave uniform, completed the military forces, numbering in\\nall about 160 men and commanded by Col. Munn. The troops moved down to the Brick Church where,\\nat 8 o clock, an interesting ceremony of raising the national ensign on a pole fift\\\\- feet high, erected in\\nfront of the Ashland School House, took place. The e.xercises opened with prayer by Rev. J. Crowell,\\nafter which a handsome flag, eight feet by twelve, was run up by thirty-four young ladies robed in white,\\neach wearing a wreath of flowers around her heatl and wearing a blue sash on which was borne in\\nconspicuous gilt letters, the names of the thirty-four States of the American Union. An address was\\nmade by Rev. Theron Baldwin. After the ceremony the militia marched up to the Green in front of\\nthe Park House, where they were reviewed by Brigadier-General Jos. A. Condit. Remarks were made\\nby Mayor Pierson. Oration was delivered by J. W. Whiting, Esq.\\nJoseph A. Condit was made Brigadier General in 1S57. and the members of his staff were: A. F.\\nMunn, Colonel Isaac P. Baldwin, Lieutenant-Colonel S. D. Condit, Major John L. Blake, Judge Advo-\\ncate Jeptha B. Lindsley, Paymaster; William B. Condit, Quartermaster. Soon after the breaking out\\nof the war, the regiment was gradually dissolved, a number of the members having enlisted in other\\nregiments.\\nThe Civil War, 1861-65. It is a noteworthy fact that seven of the most important events in\\nthe history of our country occurred in the month of April. The Battle of Lexington was fought on\\nApril 19, in 1775 peace was declared on the 19th of April, 1783. The second War for Independence,\\nknown as the War of 1S12-15, was declared in April, and the first battle of the Me.xican War was\\nfought on the i8th of April, 1847. The beginning of the great Civil War, the bombardment of Fort\\nSumpter, took place on the 12th of April, 1S61 President Lincoln s proclamation calling for seventy-\\nfive thousand troops was dated the 15th of April the surrender of Lee and the close of the rebellion\\nwas on the 9th of April, 1865.\\nThe people of the Oranges were quick to respond to President Lincoln s call for volunteers.\\nAmong the first to enlist for the war were John Williams, Benjamin Skinner and David A. Pierson, all\\nof East Orange they enlisted in the First Regiment, of Newark. There were probably otliers whose\\nnames appear in the State military records, but of whom no separate list in connection with the Oranges\\nhas been preserved.\\nIn September, 1862, the Thirteenth and Twenty-si.xth Volunteers were raised in Essex, the camp\\nbeing located just off Park Avenue, near the canal, and was named Camp Frelinghuysen. Edward D.\\nPierson was a Lieutenant in Company E, Thirteenth Regiment, but was promoted Captain of Company\\nD, 1864, and Ambrose M. Matthews was Captain of Company I. Addison Freeman, brother of\\nWilberforce Freeman, was Assistant Surgeon, but died from overwork and exposure. There was also a\\nwhole company in the regiment from Orange. Company H, of the Twenty-si.xth Regiment, was raised\\nby S. Uzal Dodd, who had been promoted to the position of Adjutant of the Orange Brigade. This\\nregiment went out shortly after the Thirteenth, and served for only nine months. The members of\\nCompany H were wholly from Orange. George Harrison also raised a company for this regiment, partly\\nfrom Orange and South Orange. This was Company G. Both Dodd and Harrison were commissioned\\nCaptains of the companies they raised. Just as the time was expiring, Captain Dodd was mortally", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0179.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "[22 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nwounded while crossing the Rappahannock, at the battle of Fredericksburg. A number of Orange boys\\nalso joined the Second District Columbia Volunteers. Orange assumed a military aspect during war\\ntimes. In 1861, Benjamin F. Cairns, of Brick Church, orgatiized a company of militia, with about\\nseventy-five members. The officers were: Captain, Benjamin F. Cairns; First Lieutenant, Jeremiah\\nP. Ball; Second Lieutenant, Charles Crane. Among the members were First Sergeant Thomas Green-\\nleaf, Jotham H. Condit, Nathan W. Pierson. John Coyne, John Purdue, Richard Purdue, William\\nMcChesney, Samuel D. Pierson, Ferdinand Coyne, Joseph S. VVharry, Ira C. Dodd, Samuel M. Free-\\nman, William H. Freeman, Fred. W. Anderson, Joseph Parsons, Conger Stoll, Luther Stoll, Albert\\nMunn, Jabez Condit, J. P. Ennis. This company was known as the Union Guards, and they drilled in\\nthe basement of old Brick Presbyterian church, and afterwards in Timothy Mulford s carriage shop.\\nThe officers offered the services of the company to the goverment, but they would not accept it as a\\nbody. After that time the members began to enlist for the war and the company disbanded.\\nCompany B, Second Regiment, First Brigade, Second Division, New Jersey Rifle Corps, in the service\\nof the State, was organized in Orange, July 20, 1863. Colonel Plume was then in command of the regi-\\nment. Company B consisted of representative men of Orange. Warren McChesney was Captain, George\\nP. Kingsley, I irst Lieutenant, and Joseph W. McChesney Second Lieutenant. Among the members were\\nCharles W. Banta, James M. .Smith, Jared B. Porter, Henry Blaurock, Melzar Smith, James Young,\\nLevi Van Buskirk, Samuel Blaurock, William Cleveland, Jabez P. Condit, Henry Dodwell, William\\nHenderson, Philip Kingsle\\\\-. Geo. Perry, Samuel C. Pierson. Edward B. Reeves. Charles W. .Smith,\\nGeorge Smith, William Smith. Wallace Soverel, W. Irven Soverel, F. X. Schieman, Horace Stetson,\\nSebastian Trabold, Walter Varndcll, Robert Varndell, A. P. Williams, Zenas Williams, J. F. Wilson,\\nA. T. Williams, B. F. Crofut. Mark A. Ward. According to the muster of 1865, there were sixty-one\\nofficers and men on the rolls. The company assumed the title of Home Guards and kept things going\\nlively while they existed. The company drilled in Central Hall. Warren McChesney resigned his\\ncommission after the war and George P. Kingsley became Captain, Joseph W. McChesney First\\nLieutenant, and Charles K. Ensign, who had been First Sergeant, was elected Second Lieutenant.\\nThen, again. Captain Kingsley resigned and Captain McChesney took hold of the company, August\\nDykman being Second Lieutenant at that time. The company finally became tired of going to Newark\\nto battallion drills, and about the year 1873 disbanded. Among the many brave men, natives or\\nresidents of the Oranges, who served in the war, there are a number worthy of special mention. The\\ndifficulty of obtaining correct data, however, necessitates the omission of some who are truly\\ndeserving.\\nCAPTAIN AHBROSE HEEKER MATTHEWS.\\nThe great Civil War that swept over our land like a mighty c\\\\xlone, carrying death and destruction\\nin its course and bringing sorrow and desolation into thousands of homes, was not without its blessings.\\nIt established on a firmer basis the great principles of ci\\\\il and religious liberty, for which our forefathers\\nfought and died. It developed in their descendants those strong personal traits that intense love of\\nliberty, unselfish patriotism, and individual heroism, without which life would not be worth living. It\\naroused the dormant energies of the individual, and afforded him the opportunity for the development\\nof hereditary traits, of which he was apparently unconscious. Without this opportunity General Grant\\nwould still have been living in Galena, with no higher aspirations than to become its mayor, that he\\nmight improve the condition of its streets.\\nThe development of the hereditary traits of Captain Matthews, for which his ancestors, who were\\namong the founders as well as the defenders of the Republic, were conspicuous, is due in a great measure\\nto the events connected with the Civil War. The discipline incident to army life, the personal courage,\\nself-reliance, and unselfish devotion t i the cause he espoused, were among the personal traits developed\\nthat led subsequently to his successful business career and inspired confidence in his fellow citizens, who\\nwere not unmindful of the debt of gratitude they owed him for his faithful service to his country in her", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0180.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "TiiK Founders and Rfii.nERs of tiff. Oranges. 123\\nhour of need. On Saturday, the 13th of April, 1861, the first {jun was fired wliich proclaimed to the\\nworld the secession of the Southern from the Northern States and the obliteration of nine stars from\\nthe flajj of the Union. On Sunday thereafter a Proclamation of President Lincoln summoned the\\nmilitia of the Republic to the number of 75,000 to assemble and execute its insulted laws.\\nIn response thereto Ambrose M. Matthews, on the lOth of May following, entered the ranks of the\\nUnion Army as a private, rose to the rank of Captain, and served continuously from the first important\\nbattle of the war to the surrender of the entire Confederate Army under Lee and Johnson. The\\nimportant service he rendered included the cam]jaiy;ns and battles of the Army of the Potomac from\\nFirst Bull Run to October, 1863; the campaign of General Grant, which held fast to Tennessee and in\\nfour great battles completely defeated the rebel Generals Bragg and Longstreet the campaign which,\\nfrom Chattanooga to Atlanta after many battles, all of which were victorious, captured Atlanta; Sher-\\nman s campaign from Atlanta to the Sea, and capture of Savannah, Georgia; the campaign through the\\nCarolinas, which \\\\irtually captured Charleston, S. C; the final campaign of General Sherman, which,\\nafter Lee s surrender, compcUetl the surrender of General Johnson and all armed foes of the Federal\\nGovernment.\\nCaptain Matthews had the honor to belong to the First New Jersey Brigade, which was the First\\nBrigade of the First Division, First Corps of the Army of the Potomac, for fifteen months, and it was\\nconmianded by General Phil Kearney; in the Richmond campaign of McClellan it became the First\\nBrigade. First Division of the Sixth Corps, and so continued until the close of the war. He also had\\nthe honor to belong to a brigade composed of the 2nd Massachusetts, 3rd Wisconsin, 27th Indiana,\\n13th New Jersey, 107th and 150th New York, First Division, Twelfth Corps, and commanded succes-\\nsively by Generals George H. Gordon, Thomas H. Ruger, Silas Colgrove and others. It is a matter of\\nrecord that these two brigades had no superior in the great armies to which they belonged. These\\ncommands named served in the historic Army of the Potomac until after the battle of Gettysburg, and\\nthen the 1 ith and 12th Corps consolidated with the 20th Corps and joined with the Army of the Cum-\\nberland, and formed a part of the great arm\\\\- of General Sherman, comprising the Army of the\\nTennessee and the Army of the Ohio, and afterwards, as the Army of Georgia and of the Tennessee,\\nmarched through Georgia and the Carolinas, and finally, by way of Richmond, over the battle fields of\\nVirginia to the National Capital at Washington.\\nDuring the first Virginia campaign Private Matthews took part as a member of Company G, 2nd\\nN. J. Vols, in the battles of Bull Run. July 21, iiS6i West Point, Va.. May 7-8, 1862; Mechanicsville.\\nGaine s Mills; Golding s P arm Frazier s Farm; Charles City Cross Roads; Malvern Mill, Virginia,\\nincluding the Seven Days Fight. After these engagements he was discharged at the request of Gov.\\nOlden, of New Jersey, for the purpose of assisting in raising a new regiment. Owing to the difficulty\\nof obtaining the requisite number of men in Orange to complete the quota of the company, it became\\nnecessary to consolidate with those enlisted at Montclair, and Mr. Matthews offered to enlist again as\\nprivate in order to secure the promotion of one of his friends. He consented, however, to accept the\\nposition of Second Lieutenant of Company E, 13th Regiment, N. J. Vols., and was promoted First\\nLieutenant of Company K, on Sept. 17th, 1862, (date of the battle of Antietam), and was commissioned\\nCaptain of Company I, Nov. 1, 1862. After his re-enlistment and promotion he participated with the\\nArmy of the Potomac in the battles of Antietam, First Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.\\nAfter the latter engagement, was transferred to the Army of the Cumberland with the 12th Army\\nCorps. This was afterwards consolidated with the I ith Corps, forming the 20th Corps, and with it he\\ntook part in the battles of Wauhatchie, Tenn.; Lookout Mountain, Ga.; Missionary Ridge, Resacca,\\nCassville, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Marietta, Pine Knob, Culp s Farm, Chattahoochie, River Crossing.\\nNance s Creek, Peach Tree Creek and Atlanta, Ga July 22, 1864: siege and capture of Atlanta; Sher-\\nman s March to the Sea, including capture of .Millidgeville, the Capital; Montieth Swamp, near Savan-\\nnah capture of Argyle Island, and also the movement to enemy s rear in South Carolina by General\\nRuber s Brigade capture of Savannah campaign of the Carolinas, including battles of Averysboro,", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0181.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "124 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nBentonville, N. C; Goldsborough, N. C; capture of Raleigh and surrender of General Johnson s Army.\\nIn all nearly forty battles, besides affairs and skirmishes; among the latter is included the\\napproach to Atlanta, at which time the First Division of the 20th Army Corps, with which Captain\\nMatthews was connected, was for one hundred consecutive daj s under fire. Captain Matthews was\\nwounded in the left leg at the battle of Antietam, Md., by a grape shot, but did not leave the field he\\nreceived a flesh wound in the face at Chancellorsville, Va., and was wounded in the left arm at the\\nbattle of Resacca, Ga. He was one of the officers specially mentioned at the battle of Chancellorsville\\nfor gallantry, coolness and efficiency on the battle field.\\nIt is a noteworthy fact that Captain Matthews was one of the few officers who, at the close of the\\nwar, declined to make aj^plication for a brevet in excess of the commission he held, the reasons for\\nwhich are apparent. While in active service a brevet rank is an honor justly appreciated b) those who\\nhave won distinction on the battle field. At the close of the war, however, it became an empty honor,\\nand could be had for the asking, and, although it was conferred on m;iny deserving ones for gallant\\nand meritorious service, it is well known that many worthy officers declined to ask for that which they\\nknew they were justly entitled to. If others deserved it they knew that they were equally deserving,\\nhence they never received it e.xcept when granted by act of Congress, in recognition of distinguished\\nservice rather than as a matter of favor or influence. Such officers resent only the implied superior\\nclaim of the brevets to a distinction greater than their own, while, as a fact, they take issue with and\\never maintain that it is unjust to the great majority. Among those who, with Matthews, held to this\\nview was Captain E. D. Pierson, of Orange, a noble and gallant ofificer, who never knew a day that\\nwas not a day of faithful performance of duty, and he, too, for the reasons above named, declined to\\napply for a brevet.\\nA retrospective view of the events connected with Captain Matthews s military career, shows what\\nmight have been. When President Lincoln called for 100,000 volunteers to serve for three years, a\\ncompany was organized in Orange in the course of a few days, which it was expected would be attached\\nto either the 1st, 2nd or 3rd Regiments of the First N. J. Brigade, but as each regiment had already\\nreceived its full quota, this company was not accepted. It was commanded by Captain Owen Murphy,\\na generous hearted Irishman, who hatl seen several years service as Captain of the Columbia O Brien\\nRifles, a local military company, and had maintained its organization until it was accepted in July, 1861,\\nas one of the companies of the 71st N. Y. Regiment, Excelsior Brigade, raised by Daniel E. Sickles,\\nwhich won great distinction during the war, and its commander subsequently became Major-Gencral,\\ncommanding the Third Corps ot the Army of the Potomac. In this company young Matthews was\\noffered the position of First Lieutenant. He modestly declined the honor, however, for, as he said,\\nhaving had no military training he might make a poor private, but could not hope to be a good ofificer.\\nThe offer was several times renewed, up to the month of May, 1862, but he invariably declined for the\\nreason stated. Every regiment connected with the Excelsior lirigade made a brilliant record, and none\\nmore so than the 71st. What might have been the record of Private Matthews had he been influenced\\nby motives of personal ambition, instead of modestly refusing because of his unfitne3s for the position,\\nit is difficult to conjecture. It simply shows the spirit of unselfish, devoted patriotism which animated\\nthe young men who filled the ranks of the Armies of the Potomac, the Cumberland and of the Tennessee\\nsteadfast, faithful, undaunted, never discouraged, and never acknowledging defeat, and which, at last,\\nforced the armies of Lee into the last ditch at Appomattox, and compelled the surrender of Johnson in\\nNorth Carolina, where Captain Matthews was then ser\\\\-ing with the arm) of General Sherman.\\nA service of four years in the army, always at the front, and a jiarticipant in most of the great\\nbattles, furnishes many incidents of a personal nature which would be interesting to note, but which the\\nlimited space in a work of this character forbids. A single incident, however, serves to illustrate the\\ncharacter of the men who composed our armies men who counted no sacrifice too great that they\\nmight preserve and transmit to their posterity the liberties for which their ancestors had fought and\\nIjled- At the battle of .\\\\ntietam young Matthews, then Second Lieutenant of Company E, carried his", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0182.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0183.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "CAPT. AMBROSE M. MATTHEWS.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0184.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 125\\nsword as an officer; he also carried a musl et, with the use of wliicli he was more familiar. The regi-\\nment was sent to patch up the lines, and was soon driven in disortler from the field. With four others,\\nyoung Matthews, followed closely by the enemy, bore off a wounded comrade from the field while under\\nfire, and reaching a battery limbering up to leave, asked them to stay and deliver their fire at the\\nadv.mcing troops of the enemy, which they did and rc[)ulsed them. Afterwards, at the Dunkcr Church,\\nwhere the battle line was again broken. Captain Matthews saved the colors of his regiment from being\\ncaptured by forcing the brave sergeant, w ho bore them, to leave the field, when, as he believed, all had\\nretreatetl and, almost surrounded, he rapitUy moved off to the left, anil leaving the woods came in front\\nof a rebel battalion, who were marching to take the broken lines in flank and thus effect their capture.\\nAs Captain Matthews came in front of the attacking force of the enemy, he dropped on one knee, took\\ndeliberate aim at the color bearer and fired, raising the dust just in front, and left just as quickly as pos-\\nsible. The act was witnessed by Sebastian Duncan, afterwards First Lieutenant, who, in describing the\\nincident, stated that he saw Captain Matthews at Antietam bidding defiance to the whole Confederate\\nhost.\\nCaptain Matthews was born in Orange, N. J., Sept. 21, 1S36. His ancestors on both sides were not\\nonly among the founders of Orange, but were defenders of their country in the War of the Revolution.\\nWilliam Matthews, his great-grandfather, was in Captain Cornelius Williams s Company, Second Regi-\\nment, Essex; discharged Sept. 13th, 1777; wounds received at Second River, from which he died.\\nSimeon Harrison, the great-great-grandfather of Captain Matthews, on his father s side, was a descendant\\nof Richard Harrison, and the immediate ancestor of the late Caleb Harrison, and his son Simeon Harri-\\nson, known to many of the generation now comprising our oldest inhabitants. Captain Matthews s\\nmother, Elema Meeker, (still living, 1894,) is the daughter of Abraham P. Meeker, whose father, Thomas,\\nserved in the French and Indian War, with Wolfe at the battle of Quebec, and in the War of the\\nRevolution from the beginning to its close. The Meekers came originally from Connecticut and settled\\nin the Passaic Valley.\\nCaptain Matthews was educated at the schools of Alonzo Bracket! and Rev. Peter Stocking, of his\\nnative town, and was afterwards employed in his father s hat factory, one of the manufactories for which\\nthe city of Orange is famous. At the age of eighteen he became a member of the firm of John H.\\nMatthews Co., and continued until the breaking out of the war, when his interests and business con-\\nnections were kept up by the firm until his return from the war. He then resumed his active connection\\nwith John H. Matthews, his father, in the hat business. The following year he started in the coal busi-\\nness with James and Charles Gardiner, under the name of Gardiner Matthews. He subsequently\\nbought out his partners interests, and has since carried it on in connection with other business affairs.\\nHe has been identified with various business organizations for many years past. He assisted in organiz-\\ning the Second National Bank of Orange, in 1892, and became its President. He is also President of\\nthe New Jersey Coal Exchange, and was President of the Orange Board of Trade and other organizations.\\nCaptain Matthews still retains an active interest in his old army comrades, and is identified with the\\nmost prominent veteran military organizations of the country. In 15^78 he assisted in organizing\\nUzal Dodd Post, G. A. R., of Orange, and became its first Commaniler. This Post numbers among its\\nmembers men of prominence in ci\\\\il as well as military life, among whom are: Joseph B. Bray, Samuel\\nToombs, William McChesney, William H. Dodd, E. H. Williams, David A. Bell, E. D. Taylor, Fritz\\nTrepkau, John J. Fell and others of like character. The Post has enjoyed great prosperity\\nand exercised a marked influence among the veterans of the State. It has preser\\\\ed the patriotic\\ntrailitions of the war, and has stood as a bulwark in the great organization of which it forms a part.\\nMany comrades of this Post have risen to high rank in the G. A. R., and it bids fair not only to retain its\\nuntarnished record of the past but to exert its wholesome influence in the future on the department to\\nwhich it belongs. This Post received due recognition from the State Department, when in 1890 its old\\ncommander. Captain Matthews, was elected Department Commander of the State.\\nThe City of Orange, alone, in New Jersey, enjoys the distinction of having had the Socity of the", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0187.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "126 The Founders and Builders ok the Oranges.\\nArmy of the Potomac as its guests, which important event occurred in i88g. This re-union was one of\\nthe most successful ever held by the Socict)-, and among the participants on that occasion were Governor\\nRobert S. Green, accompanied by both Brigades of the National Guard, and man\\\\- military officers and\\ncivilians of National reputation. A grand review of the military and G. A. R. took place, and on the\\nfollowing day an excursion to West Point, where they were received by the ofificer in command of the\\nWest Point Military Academy. The success of this affair was due to Captain Matthews, Chairman of\\nthe Committee of Arrangements, and in recognition of his services on this occasion he was tendered a\\npublic dinner by his fellow citizens of Orange, which was second in importance only to the great public\\nevent over which he had the honor to preside.\\nIn public and business affairs of Orange, Captain Matthews is one of the leaders in and promoters\\nof all great enterprises. Of other military organizations, he is prominently identified with the Society\\nof the Sixth and Twelfth Army Corps, the Kearney Brigade Association, Thirteenth Regiment Veteran\\nAssociation, the Society of the Army of the Potomac, the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, etc.\\nHe is also a member of the New York Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the\\nUnited States, of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Corinthian Lodge F. A. M.,\\nNew England Society of Orange, Essex County Riding Club, Orange Club. etc.\\nCaptain Matthews has always been identified with the religious element of the community. He\\nwas at one time a member of the Valley Congregational Church, and when the Hillside Presbyterian\\nChurch was organized he was made one of its trustees, and was elected Treasurer in 1891. He was a\\nwarm personal friend of Rev. George B. Bacon and Rev. Joseph A. Ely, the first and second pastors of\\nthe Valley Congregational Church, both of whom were noted for their exemplary piety and their faith-\\nful labors in the cause of their Divine Master.\\nCaptain Matthews married Miss Mary E. Harrison, daughter of Ira Harrison, a descendant in the\\neighth generation of Richard Harrison, one of the founders of Newark. In his daily intercourse and\\nbusiness dealings he has always enjoyed the marked esteem of his fellow-citizens. Old Father Time has\\ndealt kindly with him, and he is still hale and hearty and well preserved. Great changes have transpired\\nwithin his recollection. He remembers when Newark had but 20,000 inhabitants, and when all the\\nOranges, except South Orange, were under one government when Montclair was West Bloomfield\\nwith a few hundred inhabitants, and Paterson but a large, straggling village, while the M. E. R. R.\\nextended only to Morristown, and its cars drawn by horses from Orange to Newark between the time of\\nregular trains, which ran each way only twice a day. The telegraph, the sewing machine and numerous\\notlier important inventions are all within his recollection. The great War of the Rebellion, succeeded\\nby events of National importance, the telephone, the wonderous applications of electricity, are among\\nthe great events and discoveries embraced within his eventful life.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0188.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "GHAPTKR XI.\\nHIGHWAYS, ROADS, STREETS. Etc.\\nA CATIOX.\\nPIBLIC COMMUNI-\\nLMOST the first action taken by the Newark settlers after making temporary- arrange-\\nments for their families, was to lay out the highways and to arrange for their being\\nkept in proper condition. The Town Records of October, 1666, show that after\\nthe Line was run in the Center or Middle Street of the Town by the Surveyor\\nGeneral, and the several ranges of Lotts agreed upon, and the Middle Highways both\\nin Length and Breadth of the Town to be Eight Rods wide and the rest four, with\\na full Power and Liberty to appoint and agree upon and set out High ways in the\\nmost convenient Places necessary for the public uses and Benefits of the Town, with\\nthe like Liberty for Passages for Drains, Gripes or Water Courses where they were\\nneedful. At first there was only one Surveyor, but as the number of\\nroads were increased, additional men were appointed and the Surveyors for these\\nhighways shall have power to call out Men when they see occasion. These four Surveyors have\\nPower to agree among themselves and divide the Town Highways into four Parts if they see Cause.\\nAfter the division of the Home Lotts in the town, large tracts were taken up near by and on the\\nmountain, but no action was taken in regard to opening roads thereto until some years later. A\\nresolution was adopted by the town December 12, 1681, That tiierc shall be Surveyors chosen to lay\\nout Highways as far as the Mountain if need be. Although the settlers at the mountain were\\nincreasing from year to year and were in constant communication with the Towne by the River, the\\nneed be was neglected for several years, and it was not until 1705 that roads were regularly surveyed\\nand laid out to the mountain as shown by the records. Two roads running nearly parallel, were laid\\nout from the town to the mountain, the one by way of South Orange (described in Streets and High-\\nways of South Orange), the other passing through East Orange and Orange from Town to the Foot\\nof the Mountain or Wheeler s. It was then known as the Crane Road, named in honor of Jasper Crane.\\nOne of the roads laid out at this time was described as An other Highway from the way at the P oot\\nof the Mountain, running up to the top of the Mountain, beginning on the north side of Amos\\nWilliams house, thence in the Line between Amos and John Johnson as near as may be to the Rocks,\\nNorth to the Notch. The same road was described in 1733 as Beginning at the house of David\\nDay, thence running as the road now runs to a certain chestnut tree standing near the house of Amos\\nWilliams, said tree standing on the north-east side of said highway; thence running as the road now\\ngoes between the fences of Amos Williams and Thomas Williams, thence turning to the left hand over a\\nsmall brook and so running up said brook to the Mountain, thence running north of a certain notch\\ncalled and known by the name of the Great Notch, to the top of the Mountain.\\nA road laid out November y 1st. 1744, is described as Beginning at the highway that runs\\nup to the mountain near the house of Amos Williams, bounded north upon his fence and a\\nchestnut tree, thence northeast across the land of Lewis Crane by a line of marked trees, thence north-\\neast across the land of Lewis Crane and David Crane to a maple bush marked on four sides in the line\\nof Loui Vincent, thence running eastward along the line between David Crane and Loui Vincent to\\nthe highway that runs up to Nathaniel Crane s, thence eastward on the south side of the brook on the\\nland of David Crane to a birch bush, thence turning over the brook and running by a line of marked", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0189.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "128 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\ntrees to the northwest corner of Johannis Cadman his land, thence running down said Johannis his land\\nto Tories Brook, thence running over the brook by a line of marked trees to the road that runs by\\nJonathan Davis; in confirmation of which we have subscribed our names. This was probably the\\nCranetown road, and it is said that in laying out Park Street the lines of the old road were followed.\\nThe present Washington Street was the old Swinefield Road which followed the lines of an Indian\\npath between the Hudson and Delaware rivers. It branched off from the present Main Street at the\\nBrick Church and, running through Tory Corners, crossed the mountain at Eagle Rock. That part\\nwhich winds up over the mountain was named by Llewellyn S. Haskell, in 1855, Eagle Rock Road.\\nScotland Street, early known as Scotland Lane, was one of the earliest means of communication\\nbetween Orange and South Orange. It is referred to in descriptions of propert} as early as 1721.\\nCentre Street was also a highway between Orange and South Orange, and was used as such as\\nearly as 1730. It was surveyed and formally laid out in 1809.\\nCone Street was opened in 1798 by Joseph Cone. It ran in a northerly direction to the Main\\nStreet and was named in his honor. It was originally carried in the form of an elbow to Centre Street,\\nbut about 1854 was extended southwesterly to Henry Street, and the elbow received the name of\\nReock Street from James Reock, whose residence fronted on the land.\\nDay Street, in Orange, was opened by Stephen D. Day, and was long known as Squire Day s\\nLane. David N. Ropes, who came to Orange in 1855, probably opened and improved more streets\\nthan any other one man. When he began operations, High Street was opened only to White Street,\\nand the latter from High Street to the Valley Road was little more than an ordinary highway. Chapel\\nStreet was only a courtway, running about half-way to the present line of Park Avenue. Wigwam\\nBrook was carried in a canal along the border of the high land south of its present course, and the\\ndrainage from it kept the lower lands constantly wet and marshy. The brook which takes its rise in\\nthe spring near St. Mark s Church and is joined by two or three others which drain Llewclh n Park,\\nbefore uniting with Wigwam Bnxik-, liad no well defined course, and the refuse from the gas works at\\nthe foot of White Street being sufferetl to mingle with the water, spread over a large part of the low\\nlands making a most filthy mi.xture of mud and tar. Soon after Mr. Haskell laid out Llewellyn Park,\\nhe opened Park avenue to Cleveland Street. In 1866, Mr. Ropes purchased a large tract of land\\nbordering on Orange and West Orange, and laid out the following streets: Spring and Sumner from\\nWhite street to Park a\\\\enue; Ashland Avenue, Standish Avenue, and Mount Vernon Avenue, from\\nPark Avenue to Lakeside Avenue; Watchung Avenue and High Street from Park Avenue to Washing-\\nton Street Cle\\\\cland Street from Elizabeth to Washington Street Lakeside Avenue from Valley\\nRoad to Day Street Bradford Street from Alden to Washington Street Hawthorne Street from Day\\nto Cleveland Street Charles Street from Valley Road to Ashland Avenue. He purchased most of the\\nland Ij ing between Washington Street and occupied lots fronting on North Park Street, and between\\nDodd and River Streets. Through these lands he laid out and opened East Day, Sherman, Sheridan\\nand Kearny Streets and the greater part of Ri\\\\er Street. Mr. Ropes expended thousands of dollars\\nin grading and improving these streets and when completed, deeded them to the corporations of Orange\\nand West Orange.\\nProspect Street, East Orange, was the old road to Bloomfield. Harrison Street was early known\\nas Harrison Lane, and was probabl\\\\- first o])cned between Nathaniel Harrison s House and the\\nhighway Main Street about 1740. It was laid out by the surveyors in 1796.\\nMunn Avenue, East Orange, was early known as Munn Lane, Arlington Avenue as Cherry\\nLane, Grove Street as Whiskey Lane. A number of streets were opened in East Orange by M. O.\\nHalsted, George W. Thorp, the Mitchell brothers, E. O. Doremus and others.\\nPre\\\\ious to 1867 the streets of Orange were little better than the common c iuntr_\\\\- roads. They\\nwere soft and sandy in dry weather and muddy up to the wagon hubs in spring and fall. In 1S67 Mr.\\nLeander Williams, who was at that time Street Commissioner, also a member of the Common Council\\nand chairman of the Committee on Streets and Highways, obtained an appropriation of Si,8cx), and", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0190.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "Thk Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 129\\nwith this amount a contract was given to Daniel Rrennan. Jr., to macadami/e Cone Street from Main\\nStreet to the Morris and Essex Railroad tracks. The experiment proved a success and gradually one\\nafter another of the streets were macadamized and otherwise improved. There is probably not another\\ncity or town in the Union that can boast of better streets than the Oranges. The trap rock on Orange\\nMountain has furnished and still contains an inexhaustible supply of material for this purpose.\\nPuiiLic Communication, Tkavei.ing Facilities, Etc. The movement which separated the\\ntownship of Orange from the township of Newark was a movement which pervaded the mind of a\\nwider community. It was a quickening of enterprise and of facilities for commerce, for manufacture,\\nfor agriculture. During that year of 1806, four important public roads were made. The crooked was\\nmade straight, the wet was made dry, the rough was made smooth, the steep ascent was made gradual,\\nand the tide of wheeled movement at once increased. This was the construction, by the act of the\\nState, of four turnpikes radiating from Newark the Newark and Mount Pleasant road through Orange,\\nthe Newark and Pompton road through Bloomfield, the Springfield and Newark road and the Essex\\nand Middlesex pike from Newark to New Brunswick. These wide avenues penetrated a wide circuit\\nof country. Distant roads, farms and mills felt their power; new mills, stores and residences and all\\nforms of internal commercial life were created.\\nTravel between Orange, Newark and New York was by the old stage route which continued to\\nply daily between these points for more than thirty years after Orange became a separate township.\\nA steamer plied daily between Newark and New York, and passengers from Orange could take the\\nstage to Newark and transfer to the boat or continue by the stage route to Jersey City, thence by the\\nPowles Hook ferry to New York.\\nRailroad Communication. As early as 1806, Orange had become famous for its institutions of\\nlearning, and twenty years later as a health resort. It was not, however, until the opening of railroad\\ncommunication with New York City that business men were enabled to avail themselves of its many\\nadvantages as a place of permanent residence.\\nThe history of railroads in the counties of Esse.x and Hudson is contemporaneous with the history\\nof the introduction of these great highways of travel into the United States and almost parallel with\\nthe success of railroading in England. As early as 1S12, Colonel John Stevens, of Hoboken, published\\na pamphlet urging the government to make experiments in railways traversed by steam carriages, and,\\nif feasible, proposed the construction of such a railway from Albany to Lake Erie; and long before\\nGeorge Stephenson, of England, who in 1829 demonstrated that the locomotive was competent, not\\nonly to move itself, but also to drag a heavy load, Stevens had demonstrated it practicability by con-\\nstructing a circular railroad track around the town hall in Hoboken, where he ran his locomotive for\\nsome weeks, to the delight of thousands who witnessed the experiment.\\nThe first railroad enterprise started in New Jersey was that of the Camden and Amboy Railroad\\nand Transportation Company, which was incorporated by the State Legislature on the 4th of February,\\n1830. The road ran from Camden to Amboy. At the same time the Delaware and Raritan Canal\\nCompany was incorporated, and in 1831 the two companies were consolidated. The Paterson and\\nHudson River Railroad was chartcreil in 1831, and subsequently became a part of the Erie Railroad.\\nThe New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company was chartered by the State Legislature in 1S32,\\nhaving passed the Assembly by a vote of 39 to 5, after a bitter fight on the part of its opponent, the\\nCamden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Company.\\nMorris .vM) Esskx Railroad. The Morris and Essex Railroad was projected in 1835. Several\\nprominent citizens of Morristown started the enterprise, and held meetings and appointed committees\\nto solicit aid and support from the neighboring towns. In response to their appeal a meeting was held\\nat the South Ward Hotel, Newark, on Wednesday, January 14, with Stephen Dodd as chairman and\\nPeter Fairchild, secretary. Resolutions were adopted extending the cordial approbation of the meeting\\nto the project of the Morristown Railroad, and Messrs. J. M. Meeker. J. P. Jackson and Moses\\nBigelow were appointed a committee to act with the committee at Morristown. Their endeavors were", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0191.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "130 The Founders and Builders of the Oraxges,\\ncrowned with success by the passage of the bill to incorporate the Morris and Essex Railroad, by the\\nassembly, on the 27th of January, and on the 29th the bill was returned from the Council with amend-\\nments which were agreed to by the lower house, and the bill was finally passed. The charter authorized\\na capital stock of $300,000, with authority to increase to $500,000. The company was authorized to lay\\nout and construct a railroad or lateral roads from one or more suitable place or places in Morristown, to\\nintersect one or more suitable place or places in the railroad known as the New Jersey Railroad and\\nTransportation Company at Newark and Elizabethtown.\\nThe subscription books of the company were opened on the 9th of March, at Morristown on the\\nlOth, at Elizabethtown, and on the nth, at Newark. The company was organized by the stockholders\\nat Chatham on March 23, when Jeptha B. Munn, John S. Darcy, Israel D. Condit, Jonathan C. Bonnel.\\nAlfred liishop, William Britton, James Cook, Lewis Condict, and William N. Wood were elected\\nDirectors. Dr. Lewis Condict was elected President, and William N. Wood, Secretary. As soon as the\\nroad was completed from Newark to Orange, communication was opened by the running of horse cars\\nwhich continued until the autumn of 1837. The time table of the horse cars appeared regularly in the\\nNewark Daily Advertiser. The first change appeared in September, 1837, when locomotives were\\nintroduced in place of the horse cars.\\nMorris and Essex Railroad Company.\\nThe public is informeil that this Company will commence running Cars by Locomotive power on Monday next, 2(1 of\\nOctober, daily (Sunday excepted), from the corner of Broad Street and the Railroad Avenue, at Newark, to .Madison, from\\nwhich place the Company has assurances that stages will be in readiness to take passengers to Morristown and other places.\\nOrange Accommodation.\\nLeave Orange at Si o clock, A. ^L and i o clock P. M. Leave Newark at 10 o clock, M. and 5 o clock, P. M. Fare from\\nNewark to Orange, 12A to South Orange. 25 to Millville, 37^ to Summit, 44; to Chatham, 50; and to .Madison, 62i cents.\\nThe entire rolling stock of the rciad at this time consisted of two locomotives the Orange and\\nthe Dover si.x passenger cars, a dozen freight and a few flat cars. The locomotive Orange was\\nbuilt by the well-known inventor, .Scth Boyden, of Newark, it being his first effort in this direction. On\\nthe day of the opening, when the locomotives were first attached to the cars, every one was permitted\\nto ride free, and huiulreds of people in Newark and along the line of the road availed themselves of\\nthis opportunit)- to take a ride. With many of them this was their first ride behind a locomotive. Two\\nmen were killed on the tlay of the opening owing to the rush and confusion that pre\\\\ailed. On the\\nfinal completion of the road from Morristown to Newark, a connection was made with the New Jersey\\nRailroad by a track laid through Broad Street to the Center Street depot. Early in 1855 the branch\\nroad from East Newark and the bridge across the Passaic perfecting the junction of the Morris and\\nEssex with the New Jersey Railroad, was completed by the latter company at an expense of\\nabout $200,000.\\nIn i860 the Hoboken Land and Improvement Company obtainetl a charter for a railroad connect-\\ning Newark with Hoboken which was completed on November 19, 1862, when the trains of the Morris\\nand Essex road were run direct to Hoboken through the Bergen tunnel. The road extends from\\nHoboken to Phillipsburg, a distance of nearly eighty-four iniles, with the Boonton branch diverging at\\nthe western end of the tunnel, about thirty-four miles additional. It was leased to the Delaware,\\nLackawanna and Western Railroad Companj-, December 10, 1868, at an annual rental of seven per\\ncent, per annum on the stock and bonds, and is equipped and operated by the lessee.\\nRevival ok the Stage. Just at the clo.se of the panic of 1857, the directors of the Morris and\\nEsse.x road determined to take some action to increase the income of the road they therefore adopted\\na resolution to increase the fare fifty per cent, on commutation tickets and twenty-five per cent on way\\nfares to Newark, and also to reduce the number of trains about one-half. The rate of single fare to\\nNewark twelve cents was raised to fifteen cents, and the rate of commutation raised from $25 to\\n$37.50. This action caused great dissatisfaction among all travelers between Orange and New York, as", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0192.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Huilders ok the Oranges. 131\\nOrange was then just coming into note as a place of residence for New York business men. A public\\nmeeting was called and a committee of leading citizens appointed among whom were Henry A. Howe,\\nLowell Mason, Rev. B. F. Barret, Charles A. Lighthipe, L. J. Everett, Nelson and George Lindsley and\\nmany others, to wait upon the directors of the Morris and Essex Rairload and protest against the\\nproposed changes. They were met by the directors with a contemptuous refusal. On receiving the\\nreport of the committee, steps were at once taken to establish an omnibus company under a general\\nlaw of tile State which was organizetl with a capital .stock of $5,575, subscribed in siiares of $25\\neach. The company elected Philip II. Kissam president, and Edward H. Ensign secretary, treasurer\\nand manager. Single fares between Orange and Newark were ten cents and yearly commutation tickets\\nbetween the two points was fixed at twenty-five dollars.\\nDuring the first year the omnibus company carried eighty thousand passengers between Orange\\nand Newark, while the capital stock was increased to ten thousand dollars, besides paying a dividend of\\nten per cent, to .stockholders. The company continued for three years to do a successful business, and\\nin the meantime the Morris and Essex Railroad Company reduced the fare between Orange and Newark\\nto five cents, which they subsequently raised to ten cents.\\nThe New York and Greenwood Lake Rah.wav runs from Jersey City to the State line on\\nthe northern boundary of Passaic County, a distance of forty-tlirce miles, passing through the village of\\nArlington to Kearny township, crossing the Passaic by a handsome iron bridge on stone piers near the\\nmouth of Second River, and runs through Bloomfield, Little Falls and Meade Basin, thence to\\nGreenwood Lake. The project originated witli Julius II. Pratt, of Montclair, and a few others, in 1866.\\nThe cost of construction was $2,849,617.61. It was subsequently sold for \u00c2\u00a7156,000.\\nThe Watchu.ng Branch of this road, built at a later period, extends from North Newark to\\nOrange, a distance of about three miles, entering the latter city at the westerly end of Main Street,\\nnear St. Mark s Chvirch. Trains connect with the Greenwood Lake road to and from New York.\\nDavid N. Ropes, who was largely interested with Mr. Pratt in this project, was mainly instrumental\\nin the construction of this road to Orange. It did not prove as advantageous to this city as was\\nexpected, and he, as well as others, lost heavily on his investment. The road has never been largely\\npatronized by the people of Orange, except in certain emergencies, when use has been made of it to\\nforce the D. L. W. R. R. to give better accommodations.\\n-^J*-*^-", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0193.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "HAPTER XII.\\nJ^^\\nRELIGIOUS INTERESTS OF ORANGE.\\nPresbyterian Churches.\\n|IRST Pkdsbvierian Church, of Orange. The old Presbyterian church has been\\nfor long years a noted landmark in Orange. Standing almost in the center of the\\ncity and facing Main Street, the principal avenue, it arrests the attention of every\\n\\\\isitor. Tile religious organization of which its plain, solid stone walls are a fitting\\nsymbol, represents to-day, as it has always done, the solid theological foundation on\\nwhich this church rests. The spiritual life of the church was the earliest fountain of\\nrcliirious and moral influences in the communit\\\\-, and the healthful flow of its current\\nis increasingly marked and strong. 15ancroft, the historian, writing half a century\\nago, records that Scottish Presbyterians of virtue, education and courage, blending\\na love of popular liberty with religious enthusiasm, hurried to East New Jersey\\nbetween the years 1682 and 1687 in such numbers as to give to the rising common-\\nwealth a character which a century and a half have not effaced. Meeting on her soil with Puritans and\\nQuakers, their combined faith, institutions and preferences have given life and color to the common\\nmind. Divergence of views naturally marked the progress of religious movements among such sturdy\\nadherents of varying politics.\\nDr. Charles Hodge tells us that on the soil of New Jersey at large, Presbyterianism has not\\ninvaded and supplanted Congregationalism. It was the earlier and predominant type of ecclesiastical\\norder, and naturally absorbed and assimilated the Congregationalism that came in. This assimilation\\nwas not, however, without a struggle between the two systems, and in a community like that of Newark,\\noriginally composed of Congregationalist only, the process of change was necessarilj slow. When the\\nsecond Pierson (son of Rev. Abraham Picrson) manifested some leanings toward the Presbyterian order,\\nthe displeasure of his people was e.xcited and troubles arose which resulted in his dismissal. Yet, on\\nthe 22d of October, 1719, Joseph Webb, in the line of his successors, was ordained and settled over the\\nsame flock by the Presbytery of Philadelphia, and the ne.xt year took a seat in the Synod with a\\nruling elder from his church.\\nThe people of Newark at that time were substantially a unit in favor of Presbytery, and those of\\nthe Mountain in favor of the old Congregational basis. Re\\\\-. Jedidiah Buckingham, a native of\\nSaybrook, Conn., was engaged as a supply for the Newark church during a part of 1716-17. The\\nwithdrawal of Mr. Buckingham from the Newark pulpit was nearly coincident with the fact that in\\n1718 many of the inhabitants of the mountain broke off and formed a new society. This was known\\nfor many years as the Mountain Society, and afterwards as the Second Church in Newark now the\\nFirst Presbyterian Church, in Orange.\\nAmong the old papers in the possession of the trustees of the church is a deed for twenty acres\\nof land sold by Thomas Gardiner to Samuel Freeman, Samuel Pierson, Matthew Williams and Samuel\\nWheeler, and the Society at the Mountain associated with them. The consideration was 25 current\\nmoney of New York. The land is described as situate l\\\\ing and being in the bountls and limits of\\nNewark aforesaid, on the east side of a brook commonly called and known by the name of Parrow s\\nBrook. The deed is dated January 13, 1719. The founders of the Mountain Society were made up\\nlargely of a number of families who had purchaseil lands in the outlying districts of Newark, compris-\\ning the present townships of Livingston, Caldwell, Montclair (formerly Cranetown, and later West", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0194.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "Tiiii Founders and Buii.dkrs of the Oranges.\\n33\\nBloomfield). and Hloomfiekl (formerly known as VVatsessing). Among the most prominent of the\\nfounders whose names appear on the church records are the Cranes, Canfields, Baldwins, Harrisons,\\nMunns, Condits, Dodds, Piersons, Pecks, Williams, Lindsleys, Wards, Rij, gs, Freemans, Tompkins,\\nSmiths, Ogdens, Vincents. Wheelers, etc., the descendants of whom are found among the builders and\\nmost active promoters of this and neighboring churches.\\nIn 1720 ground was purchased of Samuel Wheeler on which to erect a house of worship. The site\\nselected for it was on the highway in the middle of\\nwhat is now Main Street, between Day and Center\\nStreets. The style of architecture was no doubt\\nsimilar to that of the first church of Newark, which\\nwas the prevailing style of most New England\\nchurches. The records of the Society show that\\nRev. Daniel Taylor was the first pastor of this\\nchurch. He was a native of Saybrook, Conn., and\\na graduate, in 1707, of the college established at\\nthat place in 1702, by Rev. Abraham Pierson, subse-\\nquently, after its removal to New Haven, known as\\nYale College. Rev. Mr. Andrew was the rector and\\nRev. Mr. Buckingham the tutor of the college at\\nthat time. The call of Mr. Taylor to the Mountain\\nSociety was doubtless due to the influence of Rev. Mr. Buckingham, his old tutor.\\nFrom the number of deeds witnessed and apparently drawn up by Mr. Taylor, he appears to have\\nbeen the .yrr/rr;/fr as well as the minister of the parish. His read}- pen and knowledge of legal forms\\nwere in frequent demand and doubtless saved to the planters many a fee that would otherwise have\\ngone to the lawyers. Little is known of him as a preacher, but from the fact that he took sides against\\nthe Proprietors in defense of Indian titles, it is inferred that he was a man of great energy, fearlessness\\nand firmness. Tlie church grew in power and influence during his pastorate. He died January 8,\\n1747-8, and the inscription on his tombstone shows the esteem in which he was held by his people.\\nTin; First and Second Parsonage.s. The first consideration of the New England colonists in\\nfounding a new settlement was to provide for a church building; secondly, to engage a pastor, and\\nthirdly, to provide a parsonage. Rev. Daniel Taylor, the first pastor of the Mountain Society, was\\nFIRST CHURCH, ORANGE.\\nevidently a man of some means as he bought his lot and built his own house\\nTaylor s death, the Mountain Society began to make arrangements\\nfor building a parsonage. The earliest records referring to this matter\\nare found in the day-book entries of Samuel Harrison, proprietor of\\nthe first saw mill in this locality. An entr\\\\- in July. 1748, shows that\\nhe was sawing oke plank, gice, slepers, and preparing other\\nmaterials and receiving contributions on account of the parsonage.\\nThe house was not built on the parsonage lands, but a new lot of four\\nacres was bought of Mattlicw Williams, lying on the north side of\\nthe highway that leads to the mountain, near the house once the\\nRev. Daniel Taylor s, late of Newark, deceased. The site of the\\nnew parsonage was opposite the twenty acres previously owned by\\nthe parish. A part of the frontage is now owned by the corporation\\nof Grace (Episcopal) Church and the church edifice is situated only a\\nshort distance from where the old parsonage formerly stood. The\\ndeed was given September 14, 1748, the price being four pounds per\\nacre, current money of New Jersey, at eight shillings per ounce.\\nThe stone of which it was built was quarried from the mountain\\nShortly after Mr.\\nTHE PARbO.NACE.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0195.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "34\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nbeyond, the timbers were cut from the surrounding forest trees and sawed into shape at the mill of\\nSamuel Harrison. The wages paid the workmen was three shillings sixpence per day. The work\\nwas completed in the summer of 1749, and in September following the young minister, Rev. Caleb\\nSmith, and his young and beautiful wife, were happily installed in the new stone mansion, quite a\\npretentious one for the time. It was occupied about thirteen years by Rev. Mr. Smith, then several\\nyears by tenants, then thirty years by another pastor and fourteen by another, and finally occupied as a\\ntenement house for about forty years before its demolition. It was purchased in 1854 by Albert\\nPierson, who tore it down, using some of the stones in making improvements in his own dwelling;\\nothers were used in the foundation of Willow Hall, and some in the bridge over Farrow s Brook, and\\nsome found their way to Rosedalc Cemetery.\\nThe New Parsonage. Up to 1855 the church was never without a parsonage. In 1836 a lot on\\nHigh Street was purchased of Abraham Harrison near his residence, at two dollars per foot, fronting\\non a new street soon to be opened. The lot purchased had a frontage of fifty feet, to which Mr.\\nHarrison added an equal amount by way of donation. Upon this lot a parsonage was built, the\\ncontract price being eighteen hundred and seventy-five dollars, and the money raised by subscription.\\nThe house was finished in the spring of 1837 and occupied by Rev. William C. White. Upon the\\nretirement of Mr. White from active service, in 1855, he received from the church, in addition to his\\nsalary, a donation of the parsonage and lot, which, after his death, remained in possession of his heirs.\\nEight months after the death of Mr. Taylor, Rev. Caleb Smith was installed as pastor by the\\nPresbytery of New York. It is recorded in 1729 that all the churches of the Congregational order\\nbecame Presbyterian except the one in the mountains back of Newark. The change from Congrega-\\ntionalism to Presbyterianism was made about the time of the calling of Mr. Smith to the pastorate.\\nThe success of Mr. Smith s labocs is shown in the fact that about five years after his installation as\\npastor, arrangements were made for the erection of a new meeting-house which was to be after the\\nmodel of the meeting-house in Newark. The\\n=s=^^ :^^._\u00e2\u0080\u0094 contract provided that he shall take the desk\\nof the old pulpit and so new model it that it\\nbe proportionable to the rest of the work; that\\nhe shall make six pews, one on each side of\\nthe pulpit, and two on the right and two on\\nthe left fronting the pulpit, with doors and\\nhinges; that he shall make a row of pews in\\nthe front galler\\\\ next the wall The building\\nstood in the niiiUlle of the highway a few rods\\nfurther west, nearly in front of the present\\netlilice. The members of the committee who\\nsigned the articles of agreement on behalf\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^1l vf \\\\jiSfel^!JfeSi i church were: Samuel Harrison, Samuel\\n,K. ,,^i, H, k. H, wK v,.,i,. Freeman, Joseph Harrison, Stephen Dod,\\nDa\\\\-itl Williams, Samuel Conilit, William Crane,\\nand Joseph Riggs. The other party to the contract was Moses Baldwin. The money was raised by\\nsubscription, the total amount being \u00c2\u00a36jg 19s. rod., or about $2,275.\\nThe church grew and prospered undei the ministrations of Mr. Smith. Rev. James Ho}t, in his\\nhistory of this church, says: Mr. Smith possessed much influence in the ecclesiastical bodies to which\\nhe belonged. He was for many years Stated Clerk of the Presbytery. In debate he was easy, calm,\\ncandid. He was especially a peace-maker and was often happily successful in preventing or healing\\ndifferences. His eminent pity, sincerity and sound judgment combined to secure the confidence of his\\nbrethren. To these traits were added great modesty and a natural diffidence which sometimes made\\nlarge crosses of little duties. Mr. Smith s pastorate of the church continued for about fourteen\\n8iJ\\nSi Si", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0196.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Huii.ders of the Oranges.\\n\u00c2\u00bb35\\nyears, closing with his death which occurred October 22, 1762, at the age of thirty-eight years and ten\\nmonths. For four years after the death of Mr. Smith the church was without a pastor. In 1766 a call\\nwas extended to Rev. Jedediah Chapman, a native of Kast Haddam, Conn., born September 27, 1741.\\nHe graduated at Yale in 1762, and on July 22 was ordained as pastor of this church. Though bred a\\nCongregationalist, says Rev. Mr. Hoyt, he was to do a work for the Presbyterian Church and to\\nbequeath to it a posterity that woulil place his name upon its records among the fathers. Mr.\\nChapman s salary was fixed at \u00c2\u00a3\\\\y) proclamation money, or about $330. Rev. Mr. Hoyt says of him\\nHe was a youthful, energetic and promising pastor. He was neither Antinomian. Armenian nor\\nSandemanian. His oratory, though it did not escape criticism, proved acceptable.\\nIn the Revolutionary struggle, Mr. Chapman espoused warmly the American cause. His boldness\\nin defending the Revolution made enemies of those who opposed it. and more than once i)lans were\\nlaid for coincying him to the British camp. Soldiers were sent to capture him, but freedom s sentinels\\nwere arouml him to give a timely signal when danger was seen, and under the shield of that Prcjvidence\\nwhich fa\\\\ .ired our country s arms he received no harm. Mr. Chajjuian took a deep interest in all the\\naffairs connected with his parish and es[)ecially that of education. The History of Montclair (Cranetown)\\nstates that he came regularly every two weeks on Saturilay to catechise the children. He was a man\\nof venerable appearance, wore a cocked hat and always rode on horseback. The children, with the\\nmaster, were ranged along the roadside in single file and waited with uncovered heads until the minister\\ndismounted and entered the buikling, when tliey all followed. The church experienced a steady\\ngrowth and many changes took place during the pastorate of Mr. Chapman. The Bloomfield Church\\nwas organized by him in 1798 which took fifty-nine members from the Orange Church. Two years\\nlater, after a pastorate of thirty-four years, he severed his connectinn with this church and accepted a\\ncall from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church to assume the superintendence of its\\nmission work in western New York.\\nOn October 20, 1801, a call was extended to Rev. Asa Hillyer, D. D., by the Congregation of\\nOrange Dale as this locality was then known and he was regularly installed as pastor on December\\n16 following. By the division of the township of Newark in 1806, and the formation of the township\\nof Orange, it became necessary for the church to change its corporate name, and in 181 1 application\\nwas made to the State Legislature w hen the name and the title was changed from the Second Presby-\\nterian Church of Newark, to the First Presbyterian Church of Orange, which name it still bears.\\nDuring the pastorate of Mr. Hillyer the third church edifice was erected which forms the main part of\\nthe present structure. Mr. Hillyer had been with this peojile about ten years when he had become\\nso popular in his ministrations, and occupying the only pulpit then in the Oranges, his congregations\\nwere naturally large, filling the old stone meeting-house to overflowing. The necessity foi a larger build-\\ning was ajiparent to all, and in the early part of 181 I a subscription list\\nwas started, headed by Mr. Jared Harrison with five hundred dollars.\\nIn May, 181 1, a half acre of land, the present site of the church,\\nwas purchased of Stephen Day for the sum of four hundred dollars,\\nand the corner-stone of the new edifice was laid September 15, 1812.\\nThe architect was Moses Dodd. The material in the old meeting-\\nhouse was used in the construction of the new one. The size of the\\nnew building is sixty-three by ninety feet, including the convexity of\\nfour or five feet in the rear wall. The walls are thirty-six feet from\\nground to roof, and the tower eighteen and one-half feet wide was\\ncarried to the top of the building and finished in 1S14 at a cost of\\n$2,750. The total cost of the edifice, including the steeple, was\\n$30,750. The building was dedicated in December, 1813, Rev. Asa\\nHillyer, D. D., the pastor, preaching the sermon, taking for his text\\nGenesis, xxviii, 17.\\nrillKI) CHLR", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0197.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "136 The Founders and Builders of the OrangeS.\\nThe same year that the corner-stone was hiid the corporate title of tlie Orange congregation was\\nchanged from the Second Presbyterian Church of Newark, to the First Presbyterian Church of\\nOrange. Dr. Hillyer was an earnest and efTccti\\\\e preacher and a most devoted pastor. During the\\nthirty-one years of his ministry, four hundred and forty were added to the church. This is a remarkable\\nincrease, considering the fact that Orange at that time was made up mostly of an agricultural population.\\nHe was beloved and honored by his people and held in high esteem by the whole community. His\\npastoral relation with this church was dissolved February 12, 1833. During the latter years of Dr.\\nHiilyer s pastorate the increasing duties connected therewith made it necessary for the church to provide\\nan assistant, and Rev. George Pierson, a native of Orange, who had just finished his education at\\nPrinceton, was ordained as co-pastor, June 22, 1829, and remained until 183 1 when he was dismissed to\\nanother field. Rev. Edwin F. I^Iatfield was also an assistant for a short time.\\nRev. William C. White became the successor of Dr. Hillyer and was installed as pastor of this\\nchurch February 13, 1833. In 1818 the membersliip of the church was over five hundred and continued\\nto increase until March, 1831, when one hundred and eighteen members withdrew to organize the\\nSecond Presbyterian Church, and in May following twenty-nine more were dismissed to organize the\\nPresbyterian Church of South Orange. While there was a constant addition to the membership during\\nthe pastorate of Mr. White, the process of disintegration continued by the formation of other churches\\nin this locality, and in 1850 there were reported but two hundred and twenty three members. The\\nnumber had fallen to the point from which it rose in 1806, the earliest date at which it stands recorded.\\nFrom that date there had been a regular ascent till the point of culmination was reached in 1827; then\\na descent for an equal period. Dr. White labored faithfully and earnestly for more than twenty years.\\nOwing to failing health he resigned his charge April 18, 1855. He died in Orange Februari,- 7, 1856,\\naged fifty-three years. A tablet with a suitable inscription was erected to his memory soon after his\\ndeath and placed at the east side of the pulpit.\\nRev. James Hoyt was installed pastor of the church February 14, 1856, just a week after the death\\nof his predecessor. He was the ninth pastor of this church since its organization and was one of the\\nmost progressive, earnest and faithful pastors it has ever had. To his efforts are due the gathering up\\nof the fragments of the history of this locality, which otherwise would have been forever lost. In his\\npreface to his History of the Mountain Society, published in i860, he says: The labor involved in\\nresearches of this kind is peculiarly tedious. Let the reader imagine himself starting from the mouth\\nof the Mississippi, without a map, to trace backward its lengthened flow to its distant sources. Let him\\nthink of following the trunk up to its branches, and these to their tributaries, and these to their\\nthousand little feeders and inlets. Such a labor is this. It has sometimes required months to trace\\nsome family stream to its ancient springlet. Man)- an afternoon has been passed in the old graveyard\\namong monuments so bronzed and moss-grown by the long action of the elements as almost to defy\\nthe hand of Old Mortality. Recourse has been had to historical societies, to ecclesiastical records, to old\\naccount books and journals, to deeds and wills, to town records, and to the living descendants of\\npa.stors and others noticed in the history.\\nTo Mr. Hoyt, more than to any other person living or dead, docs the church and the i)eople of the\\nOranges owe a debt of gratitude that w ill probably never be repaid. This, with him, was a work of\\nlove, and it is not surprising that a man of Mr. Hoyt s mental calibre and literary tastes should add to\\nthe labors of pastor of a large congregation, those of preserving for all time the landmarks set up by\\nthe pioneer white settlers of this classic field, which he did so thoroughly and completely in the\\npublication of his History of the Mountain Society. Notwithstanding the arduous labors of Mr. Hoyt\\nin this direction, he never neglected his duties to his church and it may be truly said of him his works\\ndo follow him. He died December 16, 1866, leaving a widow and two sons. His memory will ever\\nbe kept green in the hearts of the people of Orange.\\nRev. Eldridge Mi.v, D. D., was called to the pastorate of this church October 2, 1867, and was\\ndismissed May 9, 1881, after nearly fourteen years of faithful labor. The net increase in membership", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0198.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "TlIK FOUNDEKS AND linil.DF.RS OF TUF, ORANGES. I37\\nat the close of his pastorate was 158, the total number being 468. During this period a new organ was\\npurchased at a cost of \u00c2\u00a77,000; the interior of the church building was renovated at a cost of $5,000-\\nand a new chapel extension erected at a cost of $15,000, making a total of $27,000 in improvements.\\nA Mission Sunday School was also established. After l r. Mi.x left there was an interval of nearly\\nsixteen months that the church was without a pastor and relied wholly on supplies.\\nRew Henry M. Storrs, the eleventli pastor of this church, was installed November i, 1882; his\\nlabors were terminated by tlcath December i, 1894. The total membership when he began his labors\\nwas 496; at the present time it is jjOi, showing a net increase of 280. Many improvements were made\\nduring the twelve years of his pastorate. The organ was removed from the front end of the church to\\nthe space behind tlie pul[)it and an addition made to the chapel building, at a cost of about $32,000.\\nA Christian Endeavor Society was organized which has accomplished much good. A mission among\\nthe Italians was begun and successfully carried forward under the supervision of the Session.\\nRev. Henry Martyn Storrs, D. D., L.L. D., second cliild of Rev. Charles Backus and Vashti Maria\\n(Pierson) Storrs, was born in Ravenna, Ohio, January 20, 1827, died in Orange, N. J., December i, 1894.\\nHe is a descendant of Samuel Storrs, the ancestor, through Samuel (2), John, Rev. John, Rev. Richard\\nand Rev. Charles Backus. He entered Amherst College in his fifteenth year, graduating with honor in\\n1S46, and afterwards entered Andover Theological Seminary from which he was graduated in 1851. As\\nsoon as he graduated he entered upon the pastorate of an important church at Lawrence, Mass. The\\nchurch grew rapidlj and the whole community felt the influence of his presence. After three years labors\\nhe was called to the First Orthodox Congregational Church, of Cincinnati. His pastorate there was\\nrichly blessed. Dr. Storrs health failed him through overwork and it was supposed that consumption\\nhad marked him as a victim, but by exercise in the open air and horseback riding he regained his health\\nand strength. In 1S65 he was sent to England to speak on behalf of the freedmen. He made a deep\\nimpression on the people there and acquired a great reputation as an orator and eloquent platform\\nspeaker. In 1867 he was called to the pastorate of the South Congregational Church, Brooklyn, where\\nhe remained five years.\\nHe was then chosen Corresponding Secretary of the American Missionary Society and in this\\ncapacity traveled extensively, presenting the cause of the Society both in this country and in foreign\\nlands. He continued his labors in this line until 1882, when he was called to the pastorate of this\\nchurch, continuing until his death.\\nAs a preacher. Dr. Storrs possessed intellectual abilities of a high order. Few men in the pulpit at\\nthe present age had such a strong grasp of the great subjects with which the Christian minister is called\\nupon to deal. In his discourses he often rose to the heights of eloquence. He always impressed his\\nhearers as being a man of large resources, of strong, forceful speech. He had the power of expressing\\nstrong emotion in striking language. He spoke out of the abundance of the heart and hence his\\neloquence was of a kind that produced conviction.\\nDuring his course at Amherst College, Dr. Storrs met Miss Catharine Hitchcock, daughter of\\nRev. Edward Hitchcock, D. D., then President of the college, and six years later, in 1852, they were\\nmarried. The children of Rev. Henry Martyn and Catharine (Hitchcock) Storrs were: Mary, born\\n1857, died in infancy; Charles Bigelow, born August 23, 1859; Katherine, born March 8, 1861 Richard\\nSalter, born May 4, 1868.\\nThe membership of the church is about 800; that of the Sunday School, over 600. Mr. A. W.\\nKilborne is Superintendent of the latter. The present officers of the church are Elders.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 OXw^r S.\\nCarter, A. \\\\V. Kilborne, Charles Lindsley, Andrew Mason. Josiah H. Reed, E. P. Starr. Edwin S.\\nSimons, J. VV. Stickler. Jr., Frank H. Scott, Edward H. Williams, Daniel Wilson. A-a^r^w.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William\\nBeach, Wm. H. Dodd, Rufus Meade, Stephen T. Smith, Edward P. Smith, Wm. P. Towne, Horton D.\\nWilliams, Robert P. Williams. Trustees.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 O. S. Carter, Wm. H. Dodd, Everett Frazar, John Gill,\\nCharles A. Lindsley, Albert D. Smith, Wm. P. Towne.\\nProi RIETARV Land Grants. Among the inducements held out to the settlers by the Proprietors", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0199.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "138 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nof East Jersey was the offer of two hundred acres of land for the support of public worship in each\\nparish. A warrant for the survey of two hundred acres and meadow for a parsonage was granted to the\\nNewark settlers October 23, 1676. The actual survey was not made till April 10, 1696. In process of\\ntime, as the civil and religious affairs of the town were separated and new religious services were formed,\\nthese lands became a source of much contention. The Mountain Society and the Episcopal Church\\ndemanded a division, claiming for themselves an equal share with the First Society, as thev were a part\\nof it when the land grant was made. The latter had the legal title to sustain it in claiming the whole.\\nF rom 1760 onward, for many years the subject was agitated in almost every town meeting. Votes were\\npassed and then rescinded as the opposite parties happened to be in the majority. In March, 1761,\\nat a very full and public meeting, it was voted and argued that the said lands, granted by said letters\\npatent to lie for a parsonage, be equally divided in quantity and quality, exclusive of the improvements\\nmade thereon, among said three societies or congregations. Bethuel Pierson and five others were\\nappointed agents to divide and allot said lands to said societies and to apply to the Governor, Council\\nand General Assembly to confirm the same by law. In this committee those who lepresented the old\\nSociety refused to act and the trustees of the Society entcretl their protest on the record, thus frustrat-\\ning the measure and prolonging the strife.\\nIn 1784 the animosity was quieted by a compromise, the new societies receiving a dividend of the\\nlands but holding them under lease as tenants-at-will. We find the above date (1784), says Rev. Mr.\\nHoyt, in an original paper preserved by the trustees of this parish from which, and other papers in\\ntheir possession, wc gather also the following facts. The lease gi\\\\en on or about May 10, 1784, to be\\ncontinued at will, was revoked by the Newark trustees, acting under instructions from the society, May\\n20, 1797, thus reviving the controversy. In 1802 another conveyance was made, by lease of fifty-si.x\\nacres lying between Newark and Orange, the terms of the lease being that it should be renewed\\nat the end of each t\\\\\\\\ ent -one years, forever, the lessees paying an annual rent of sixpence if demanded.\\nThe lease was renewed in 1823, which was the only title the old society could give under the original\\ngrant. But having applied, in 1828, to the Legislature for a special act enabling them to convey the\\nland in fee simple, such an act was passed and a deed of the said fifty-six acres was given to the Orange\\nSociety August 29, 1826, which settled all land controversy between the societies. The land, however,\\nhas long since ceased to be the property of the parish.\\nSale of Parish Lands Belonging to the First Presijv i eriax Church. In 1802, four\\nyears before Orange became a separate township, the Society of the First Church began to dispose of\\nits property on Main Street for building lots, the interest to be appropriated towards the support of\\nthe gospel. Five lots north and eight lots south of the street were accordingly sold for the sum of\\nthree thousand five hundred and forty-six dollars, secured by bond and mortgage. The strip of ground\\nalready used for a common, lying opposite the parsonage (which stood in what is now Grace Church\\ngrounds), was to be reserved for that purpose forever. The eight lots lay along the southern border of\\nthis, from Willow Hall east, anil contained a little over six acres. The common was for a special and\\npatriotic use, as well as for the public convenience and for the adornment of the village.\\nOrange Sloop. This was another ecclesiastical enterprise adopted by the First Presbyterian\\nChurch to produce a revenue and at the same time accommodate the members. The plan was to bu\\\\-\\nor build a vessel to be used for the benefit of the parish, and run it between Newark, N. J., and Albany,\\nN. Y., stopping at intermediate ports. The money was raised by subscription, and the parish was to\\nreceive one-third of the profits from each trip. The sloop was built in Newark and made many\\nsuccessful trips, the income from this source amounting to from forty to si.xty pounds sterling each year.\\nThe property was subsequently sold and the proceeds applied to the church building fund.\\nDisintegk. vtion of the Mother Church and the Formation of New Churches. Rev.\\nJames Hoyt, in his History of the First Presbyterian Church, of Orange, referring to the movements\\nwhich were begun in 1825 for the organization of a church of another denomination, said: Yet the\\npopulation of Orange, until this period, adhered so generally to the doctrines and polity of the Presby-", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0200.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "Tin; Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 139\\ntcrian Cluircli that no movement was made to collect a congre iation on any otiier basis. Persons who\\nbelonged to other communions or were drawn to them either went to Newark to worship or consented\\nto forego their preferences. It speaks much for the vitality of our system, that it struck its life .so deep\\nand maintained its growth so long without decay and without division. It was guarded and fostered\\nby no State patronage; it was planted in a field open to the freest competition, yet it held the ground\\nalmost unquestioned for a century. Evidently it had taken deep root in the convictions and affections\\nof a free, intelligent and bible-loving people. An established church may be held up by the civil arm.\\nThe Presbyterian churches of New Jersey borrowed no strength from these sources. They\\nclaimed no exclusive commission from God. They had no captivating ceremonies. They had neither\\nmonarchy nor hierarchy in their favor. The Church of England sympathies of the Provincial Govern-\\nment were long against them. Whence came their vigorous life? What gave them so long and so\\nstrong a position in the intellects and hearts of men trained to piety and thought and freedom? The\\nquestion is not asked invidiously or boastfully. We would gratefully honor the goodness of God and\\nwe shall be pardoned for calling attention to the favor He has bestowed on a church we venerate, by\\nthose, at least, who know our cordial fellowship with others, drawing their creed and life from the\\nEverlasting Word.\\nThe coincidence may here be noted that the First Church cxiiilnted at tliis time tite largest member-\\nship it has ever enrolled. It reported in 1827 more than si.x lumdred communicants. It had grown to\\nrepletion. The population of the parish was increasing. There was a demand for more laborers; the\\nLord of the harvest sent them.\\nThe process of disintegration had now fairly begun. The rock which had received no visible\\nfracture from the wear and friction and civil agitations of a hundretl years, was beginning to part. Each\\nfragment, as it fell, helped to dislodge another. The spirit of religious enterprise was contagious. The\\nold church was to become the mother of tivo daughters, to be henceforth nursed at her side.\\nTwo colonies were planted in the spring and summer of 183 1. The earliest was in March, when\\none hundred and eighteen members, accompanied by the junior pastor, were dismissed to be organized\\nas the Second Presbyterian Church.\\nIn May of the same year twenty-nine members were dismissed, who, on the 13th of June, were\\nconstituted as a Presbyterian Church, at South Orange.\\nThe two new societies considering themselves entitled to a share of the fund belonging to this\\nparish, it was agreed that they should receive and enjoy two-sevenths each of this fund belonging\\nto the First Congregation, at the expiration of the existing contract with Dr. HilK-er. It is not known\\nwhat amounts- were distributed under this arrangement, but they are said to have been inconsiderable.\\nBrick Presbyterian Church,* of East Orange, formerly known\\nas the Second Presbyterian Church, of Orange, corner of Main and Prospect\\nStreets. This was the first child of the mother church and began with a\\nstrong membership under the most favorable auspices. Religious meetings\\nhad been held in this neighborhood for a long time and the population was\\ngradually increasing. The time was ripe for a new church organization and\\ninstead of first forming a separate society, the enterprise sprang into exist-\\nence at once by the action of members of the old church, residents of this\\nlocality, who adopted measures for the erection of a new church edifice and\\nthen proceeded to organize a separate church.\\nA meeting was held at the white school-house on March 30, 1S30, by\\nmembers favorable to the project and a resolution adopted stating that\\nf^sr-^\\n1 HKICK rlU KCH.\\n*This received the name of Brick Church from llie fact tliat it was not only the first but for many years the only brick\\nchurch in Orange, and the D. L. iS: W. R. R. Company subsequently gave this name to the station which they located\\nnear the church.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0201.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "140\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nthe time had arrived wlien it is expedient to erect a Second Presbyterian Churcli in Orange and that\\nwe proceed to build without delay. I his new movement had the encouragement and support of\\nnearly all tlie people residing in the eastern part of Orange, without regard to denomination. A society\\nwas formed on April 30, just a month after the first meeting, and the following Board of Trustees\\nelected, iz.: William Williams, Peter Campbell, Samuel Condit, Allen Dodd, Caleb Baldwin, Lewis\\nDodd and Adonijah Osmun. A Building Committee was also appointed consisting of Aaron Peck,\\nDr. William Pierson, Andrew W. Condit, Samuel M. Dodd and Lewis Williams, Jr. At the same\\nmeeting a unanimous call was extended to Rev. George Pierson, at that time assistant pastor of the\\nFirst Presbyterian Church.\\nA sufficient sum was raised, and the site selected was the present one on the corner of Main and\\nProspect Streets and building operations began at once. The corner-stone was laid August 5, 1830,\\nby Rev. Asa Hillyer, D. D., of the First Church, and an address made by Rev. George Pierson. The\\nbuilding went forward, the congregation acting with great unanimity and harmony. On Wednesday,\\ny\\\\pril 20, 1831, the basement was completed and the male members met at the white school-house to\\nadopt necessary measures to organize a church. Dr. Isaac Pierson was chosen chairman. Application\\nwas made to the Newark Presbytery, which was about to assemble at Bloomfield.\\nOn Thursday evening, April 26, 1831, a meeting of the congregation was held in the basement of\\nthe church. Rev. Asa Hillyer, D. D., and Rev. Samuel Fisher, D. D., were present to represent the\\nPresbytery. Ninety-seven persons presented letters of dis-\\nmission from the First Presbyterian Church, of Orange and\\none from the P irst Presbyterian Church, of Hanover, and\\nwith this number the church was duly organized as tiie\\nSecond Presbyterian Church, of Orange. Twenty additional\\nmembers who had been dismissed from the First Church\\njoined soon after.\\nRev. George Pierson was installed as the first pastor\\nNovember 15. 1831, and the following officers were elected:\\nElders.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Martin P. Powles, Allen Dotld, Amos W. Condit,\\nCalvin Dodd, Levi Lothrop, Jotham Hedden, Abraham P.\\nMarsh. Peter Campbell and Aaron Peck were elected later.\\nDeacons. John Nicol, Ailonijah Osmun and J eter Camp.\\nRev. George Pierson was released from the pastorate at\\nhis own request on May 7, 1833, and on May 7. 1835, Re\\\\\\nHenry ^Vxtill was installed as his successor. He continueil\\nuntil April 18, 1837, when the relations were dissolved at\\nhis request. During his pastorate the parsonage on the\\ncorner of William and llill\\\\xr Streets was built.\\nOn October 12, 1837, Rev. Joseph H. Gallagher, a\\nlicentiate under the care of the Newark Presbytery, was\\nordained and at the same time installed as pastor of this\\nchurch. He remained until April, 16, 1850, when he resigned, owing to failing health. His successor\\nwas Rev. John Crowell, who was installed by the Presbytery of Newark August 21, 1850, continuing\\nuntil 1863.\\nRev. J. II. Taylor was installed as pastor November 18, 1863. Three years after this, in 1866,\\nthe total membership of the church was 385, and of the Sabbath School, 340. The fiscal year ending\\nApril I, 1 866, showed the total contributions for regular expenses, missions, etc., \u00c2\u00a79,245.42. Dr. Taylor\\nresigned January 24, 1868, and Rev. George E. Adams was appointed a supply for three months.\\nRev. Henry F. Hickok, D. D., was installed as pastor April 22, 1869, and the result of his labors\\nwere soon apparent. The church grew in numbers and in spiritual interest. At the close of the fiscal\\nIIKICK PRESBYTERIAN fill Ki M. EAST ORANGE.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0202.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 141\\nyear in April, 1871, the total collections amounted to Si3.S46. -)6, and the church membership at this\\ntime was 320. After three years of earnest effort Dr. Hickok, owing to failing health, was obliged to\\ngive up his charge and resigned in October, 1872. He was succeeded in December following by Rev.\\nGeorge S. Bishop, who remained until April, 1875. when he, with about one hundred and thirty\\nmembers, withdrew to organize the First Reformed (Dutch) Church, of East Oran e.\\nAlthough still in poor health Dr. Hickok was recalled and entered more earnestly than ever upon\\nthe work of building up the church. His efTorts were crowned with success and when he clo.sed his\\npastorate at the beginning of 1895, the total number of communicants was over four hundred. At his\\nown request, owing to his continued failing health, Dr. Hickok dissolved his connection as pastor on\\nDecember 17, 1895, and the church voted to constitute him Pastor Emeritus, at a salary of $1,200 per\\nannum, and on Sunday, January 27, 1895, the pulpit was declared vacant. Temporary supplies were\\nhad until July i, 1895, when Rev. Alexander N. Carson, D. D., began his work as pastor elect, having\\nbeen called by a congregational meeting luld June 10. I h- was regularly installed as pastor in\\nSeptember following.\\nThe title of the Second Presbyterian Church, of Orange, was legally retained by this organiza-\\ntion as late as 1890, although it hatl long been known as Brick Church. When the division of the\\nOranges took place and East Orange was erected as a separate township, this church was found to be\\nwithin the territory of the latter, and it led to no little confusion when the Munn Avenue Presbyterian\\nChurch adopted the title of the First Presbyterian Church, of East Orange, thereby creating the\\nimpression that the latter anti-dated the former. Accordingly, a resolution was adopted at a parish\\nmeeting held April 20, 1890, changing the name of the Second Presbyterian Church, of Orange, to that\\nof Brick Presbyterian Church, of East Orange.\\nIn 1878 the church edifice was remodelled and enlarged at an expense of about eighteen thousand\\ndollars. Other additions and improvements have been made since that time and the total valuation of\\nthe property held by this society now amounts to about $50,000. Both the church and Sunday .school\\nare now in a flourishing condition. The total number of communicants on April i, 1895, was 414, and\\nteachers, officers and scholars of the Sabbath School numbered 223. From April i, 1894. to Ajjril 1,\\n1895, the total contributions for all purposes amounted to $14,489.00. The Superintendent of the\\nSabbath School is Malcolm B. Cole, and his associate, E. P. Ogden.\\nP our auxiliary societies are maintained by this church, each of which is fully equipped and well\\nmanaged. These are: The Ladies Benevolent Society. President, Mrs. Mary W. Dwight Vice-Presi-\\ndent, Lucilla C. Cole Treasurer, Miss Ginerva Freeman Secretary, Miss Eleanor B. Stephenson.\\nYoung Ladies Society. President, Mrs. James B. Dill; Vice-Presidents, Miss Jennie V. N. Dodd, Miss\\nE\\\\a A. Underbill Secretary, Miss Alice M. Coburn Treasurer, Miss Cornelia A.Smith. Heart and\\nllaiul Society. President, Miss Eleanor Clark; Vice-President, Miss Bertha Ailing; Secretary, Miss\\nHelen Freeman Treasurer, Miss Jennie S. Ailing. Young Peo[)Ie s Christian Union. President, J. H.\\nP ountain ice-President, H. G. Taylor; Secretarj-, Miss Carrie Baldwin; Treasurer, Miss Mabel\\nWilliams.\\nThe present officers of the church are: Ruling Elders. Henry H. Ward, clerk; James Baker,\\nRobert T. Underbill, Malcom B. Cole, David Strachan, H. Frank Pierson, Treasurer. Deacons. Charles\\nE. Herring, Daniel S. Rice, Alfred Duff, Israel C. Shaylor, Thomas G. Harri.son. Trustees. Hamilton\\nWallis, President; O.Emmons Condit, Treasurer David .Strachan, Secretary Clarence H. Kelsey,\\nCharles Wiley, Israel C. Shaylor.\\nRev. Henry P RANKI.IN Hickok, I). D.. Rev. Mr. Hickok s pastorate of the Ikick Church covers\\nan important period in its history and to his faithful, earnest efforts, under divine Providence, is due its\\ncontinued prosperity and usefulness amid adverse circumstances that for a time threatened its very\\nexistence. His Connecticut ancestors were firm believers in the motto inscribed on the Arms of the\\nState Qui iranstulit sustinet and he became the chosen instrument to sustain this struggling church\\nwhich was the direct outgrowth of the one established b\\\\- the Connecticut colonists at Newark, in 1666.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0203.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "142 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nThe first mention of the name of Hickok or Hickox is found in the history of Waterbury, Conn.\\nThe name is said to be of Welsh origin. Samuel Hickox was one of the thirty who signed the petition\\nto the General Court of Connecticut, October 6, 1673, for a new plantation to be located at Waterbury.\\nHe was one of the assignees of the first Indian deed, and is named in the Proprietor s lists. He was\\ncalled Sergeant as early as 1686. When the train band was organized after the resumption of the\\ncolonial government under the charter, he was appointed Sergeant and was ever afterwards known as\\nSergeant Samuel Hickox. In the original petition referred to, the name was spelled Samuel hacox.\\nTwo of Samuel s sons, Joseph and Benjamin, moved to Woodbury, Conn.\\nJoseph, son of Samuel, of Waterbury, Conn married Ruth Fairchild, of Woodbury, and had issue,\\nSamuel, baptized 1687; Ruth, Stephen, Eunice.\\nSamuel, eldest son of Joseph and Rutli (Fairchild) Hickok, had by his wife Helen six children\\nthe youngest of whom was Nathan.\\nNathan, youngest son of Samuel and Ellen Hickok, was born in Woodbury, Conn., April,\\n1726. He married Eunice Hurd, and had issue, Gideon, Nathan, Reuben, Funis, Rhoda, Gideon again,\\nTruman, Concurrence, David and Molly.\\nRueben Hickok, third child of Nathan and Eunice (Hurd) Hickok, was born in Woodbury, June 23,\\n1753. He married Sily Easton and removed to Vermont, then a part of Massachusetts. He had,\\namong other children, a son, Austin.\\nAustin Hickok, son of Reuben and Sily (Easton) Hickok, was born in Massachusetts. He\\nmarried, first, Polly Hinman; second, Roxana Cook. Her mother was a Mallory, a descendant of the\\nWoodbury, Conn., family of that name. By his second wife he had issue, Henry Franklin Hiekok.\\nRev. Henr} Franklin Hickok, D. D., son of Austin and Ro.xana (Cook) Hickok, was born in New-\\nHaven, Vt., Februar) 29, 1832. He attended the village school and was one year at the High School\\nin Vergennes, Vt. He began teaching at the age of seventeen and in 1S58 went to Rochester where\\nhis brother, Milo J. Hickok, was pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church. He lived in his brother s\\nfamily while attending the preparatory school of the University of Rochester. He entered the\\nUniversity of Rochester in 1852 and graduated as one of the honor men in 1856. He graduated from\\nPrinceton Theological Seminary in 1859. His first charge was the Presbyterian church at Sandy Hill,\\nN. Y., to which he was called six months before his graduation. He had, at the same time, charge of\\nthe church at Fort Edward, an adjoining town, and continued to supply the two churches for ten years.\\nThe rapid growth of the Fort Edward Church necessitated the service of a separate pastor who could\\ndevote his whole time to the work. As neither church was willing to part with him he resigned from\\nboth, the way out of tile difficulty being opened to him C[uite unexpectedly in another direction. In\\n1869 he was invited to preach in the Brick Church, at East Orange. He was a total stranger in the\\ncommunity, and the unhappy condition of the church at that time rendered his acceptance of a call\\nhighly improbable. A call was extended to him, however, and after careful consideration was accepted.\\nThe people soon became united and perfect harmony was restored. About this time some fifty members\\nwho had a strong leaning to Congregationalism, withdrew and organized a Congregational church, this act\\nhaving the entire approval of the new pastor. Dr. Hickok was earnest in his efforts to build up and\\nstrengthen his own church, aiul during his first pastorate of four years there was a steady increase in\\nmembership.\\nDr. Hickok s failing healtii necessitated a change of climate and, niucli to the regret of his people,\\nhe resigned his pastoiate in 1873 and accepted a call from the Central Presbyterian Church, of Auburn,\\nN. Y. He was succeeded at the Brick Church bj- the Rev. George S. Bishop who remained there till\\n1875, when the division took place which resulted in the formation of the First Reformed Church,\\nEast Orange, leaving the Brick Church in a badly crippled condition. The remaining members\\nnaturally turned to their old pastor with a firm belief in his ca]Kicit\\\\- to restore the church to its former\\ncondition, and in this they were not disap[)ointetl. Although his health was not fully restored, he\\nyielded to the earnest solicitations of his old friends and returned to his former pastorate. The church", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0204.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Ruit.ders of the Oranges. 143\\nfully regained its ground and became strong numerically and financially. During Dr. Hickok s pastorate\\nof twenty-five years, five churches have been organized in this locality all of which have drawn to a\\nconsiderable extent from this .society. But withal, the Brick Church has maintained a steady growth,\\ndue largely to the personal influence of its pastor. The children whom he baptized in infancy grew up\\naround him and became his most faithful and earnest supporters. The members of this church are\\namong the most influential men in the community and are noted for their liberality. Shortly before he\\nsevered his connection with this churcli he was presented with a purse of several hundred dollars.\\nRegarding his connection with this interest it may be said of him, his lines have fallen unto him in\\npleasant jjlaces and he has enjoyed a goodly heritage.\\nOn December 15, 1894, Dr. llickok, owing to his continueil failing health, tendered his resignation,\\nsaying: It is not with me a matter of choice but of neccssit} and necessity has no respect for any\\nhuman instinct or relation, and if consistent with the Divine will I should never wish to leave this\\ncongregation. It would be my choice to preach the gospel here to the end, but in the ordering of\\nGod s good providence this cannot be. The simple fact and the onl) one that has determined\\nme this to take step is this I have come into such a physical condition that I am incapacitated for the\\nwork of the ministry. I have no strength of body to meet thjB necessary requirements of my office,\\nand this can mean nothing else except that God does not wish me to occupy this place any longer.\\nDr. Hickok s resignation was accepted and in recognition of his long and faithful service the church\\nmade generous provision for his support during the remainder of his life, and in the spring of 1895 he\\nsevered his connection with this church and retired to the home of his daughter, at Vergennes, Vt. As\\na speaker, Dr. Hickok is logical, forceful and impressive, and has a power of expression which crystalizes\\nhis ideas into the most incisive and vigorous phrase. As a pastor, he was sympathetic, tender and kind,\\nand equally attentive to his whole flock to the rich antl poor he was a loving friend and faithful\\nadviser. By his marriage with Elizabeth T. Cleaver, daughter of Hervy Cleaver, Esq., of Saratoga\\nSprings, he had six children, viz.: Henry Addison, Edward Judson, Frederick Cleaver, M. D., Mary\\nBell, Grace Elizabeth and William Hyatt, D. D. S.\\nFirst Presbyterian Church, South Orange, junction of South Orange and Irvington Avenues.\\nThis church was not duly organized until about two months after that of the Second Presbyterian\\nChurch, of Orange, now known as Brick Church, yet it e.xisted as a religious body many j-ears previous\\nand as a Society about the same as that of Brick Church. It owes its existence to the efforts of Rev.\\nDr. Hillyer, and for many years was one of the most important outlying districts of his parish.\\nSoon after the erection of the Columbia school-house, the second story was fitted up by a subscrip-\\ntion from citizens who recognized the advantage of securing a public hall. In this room Dr. Hillyer\\norganized a week-day bible class which he taught once every week for many years. About 18 19 or 1820\\na Sabbath School was organized which for a time held sessions in summer only. Later, a prayer\\nmeeting was started at five o clock Sunday afternoons and this finally led to an effort on the part of\\nchurch members living in this locality to have weekly evening prayer meetings, as will be seen by\\nthe following\\nAt a meeting of the Columbian School Association, held at the house of 1^. Harrison on the evening of January 23, 1828.\\nMoses Lindsley was chosen chairman and J. T. Squier secretary, when the following resolutions were passed\\n1st. That David Brown be paid six cents each evening he may furnish wood to warm the room with for the purpose of\\nreligious worship, from the first of January last to the first of April next ensuing.\\n2d. That Samuel McCormac be paid one shilling for each evening he rings the bell, lights and warms the house for the\\npurpose of religious worship, and likewise for performing all other duties as se.Mon, until the first of April ne.xt ensuing.\\n3d That for the purpose of raising a fund to pay these expenses. Resolved, that a collection be taken up each and every\\nevening the house may be opened for religious worship, and that John Brown be appointed to receive the collections.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0205.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "144\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, SOUTH ORANGE.\\nAbout the same time Mr. Granger, a young licentiate engaged in teaching in Bloomfield, was hired\\nfor a year to preach twice on the Sabbath and lecture once on a week day. Actual steps toward the\\nformation of a new church in South\\nOrange followed soon after this. On\\nthe evening of April 5, 1831, a meet-\\ning of the male inhabitants of South\\nOrange was held at the Columbia\\nschool house, of which Peter Peck\\nwas moderator and Ira Taylor secre-\\ntary, at which it was\\nRcso/vt That the time has now\\ncome when we will make an effort to\\nbecome a separate church also\\nRfsohrif, That a committee of\\nthree persons be appointed to wait\\non Dr. Hillyer and the session of the\\nold church in Orange, and inform\\nthem of our determination and ask\\ntheir assent to our being set off as a\\nseparate church.\\nPublic notice was then gi\\\\en of\\na meeting of the Religious Society\\nin South Orange, to be held on the\\n1 8th of the same month, for the purpose of choosing trustees. At this meeting the committee\\nappointed to wait on the session of the Orange church reported that their mission had been unsuccess-\\nful. Regardless of this, however, the following board of trustees was elected, viz.: Job*Crowell,\\nJonathan T. Squier, John Ball, Thomas D. Kilburn. Edwin Gray. Moses Lindsley and Joseph B. Ball.\\nThese trustees failed to qualify until eight days after the organization of the church. Moses Lindsley\\nwas then elected president and J. T. Squier, secretary.\\nHaving failed with the mother church, the infant societ\\\\ determined to take their case directly\\nbefore the Presb\\\\tery, and on April 26, Samuel Freeman and Aaron C. Beach were chosen commis-\\nsioners for this ])urpose. Presbytery heard their request and sent a committee with instructions to\\nmake investigation and, if deemed expedient, to organize a church. On Monday, June 13. i83i,this\\ncommittee, which consisted of Rev. John P ord, of Parsippany, and the Rev. Baxter Dickinson and\\nPhilip C. Hay, of Newark, met the citizens at the school-house, Mr. F ord presiding and Mr. Hay acting\\nas secretary, and after a sermon from Mr. Dickinson, proceeded to satisfy themselves that there was the\\nmaterial here for the formation of a new church, and the determination for its support whereupon,\\ntwenty-nine members eight males and twenty-one females presented letters of dismission from the\\nOrange church, and having assented to the Confession of Faith of the Presbyterian Church and entered\\ninto covenant one with another, were thus constituted the First Presbyterian Church of South Orange,\\nin the Township of Orange. Elder Samuel Freeman, a grandson of Deacon Samuel F rceman, and\\nwho had been an elder in the parent church, was elected the first elder of the new church and in\\naddition, John Ball and Aaron C. Beach. None of the original elders continued long to aid in building\\nup the infant church. Elder Beach received a letter of dismission to the church in Yale College\\nwhither he went to fit himself for the ministry. Elder Freeman was remo\\\\ed by ileath in 1835, and\\nElder Ball in 1838.\\nRev. Cyrus Gildersleeve, a native of South Orange, tlien living in Bli)omheId, served the church as\\na stated supply for two years until May, 1833. He was well advanced in years and too infirm to\\ncontinue the work.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0206.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "THK FoUNDKRS and lUWI.DKRS OF THE ORANGES. 145\\nKi\\\\ Hor.icc Doolittlc scrvcil the cluiich as a st.itcd siqiply iDr one year, wlien lie was regularly\\ninstalled as jj.istor on a salary of \u00c2\u00a7400 annually with firewood and the use of the parsonage. The\\nl)uil(liii;4 (if the par-onage-refcrred to was started in 1833. The land was purchased for $123 an acre,\\nthe total cost of house and lot being about \u00c2\u00a72,000 This parsonage was removed at a later jieriod and\\na new one built. During Mr. Doolittle .s pastorate of si.x years there were thirt\\\\ -one additions to the\\nchurch membership. He was a strong Calvinist of the old school type and it was about this time, 1S37,\\nthat the Presbyterian Church was divided into the old and new .school. The Presbytery of Newark\\nwent entire into the new school church, carrying this church with it. While Mr. Doolittle made no\\nopposition to the movement, it is supposed that this had something to do with his leaving. He was\\ntlismissed from the pastoral charge April 7, 1839.\\nRev. George Hulin, a licentiate, supplied the pulpit for about nine months and on J.muar)- 21, 1840,\\nKc\\\\-. Joseph Vance was installed as pastor. His was a pastorate of great earnestness and power.\\nPlain, childlike, loving-hearted, spiritual, seeking nothing of the people but their souls poor, yet living\\nby faith without anxiety for the morrow, saying often that if he had ten cents he was rich, ready to\\ngive to every one that had need; loving flowers, loving children and confided in by them; a fearless\\npreacher and a strong apostle of temperance at a time when such doctrines were not at all popular.\\nIt was during his pastorate that efforts were commenced for the erection of a church edifice. For\\neleven years the little school-house hall was the only place of meeting. On March 15, 1841, a resolution\\nto build a ciuuch was adopted. Mr. Samuel Brown donated the land for the building, wliich was\\nvalued at S300. A frame building was erected on the present site, the total cost being \u00c2\u00a73,250. It\\ncontained about eighty pews and had a seating capacity of four hundred. Those who subscribed a\\nsufficient amount recci\\\\cd deeds of pews in the cluirch and the revenue was in part raised after that\\ntime bj- assessment upon the value of these pews. Rev. Mr. Vance closed his labors with this church\\nin 1S44, and during his four years pastorate thirty-seven united with the church.\\nRev. Daniel G. Sprague, a native of Killingly, Conn., was installed as pastor Deccmb.^r 26, 1844.\\nHe had preached for a time in the far West, also at Hampton and Colchester, Conn. It is said of him\\nthat he was kind, courteous, always dignified and gentlemanlj- in bearing, a clear-headed and well-\\nequipped theologian of deep and thorough religious experience. He was wholly con.secrated to his\\nwork and built up the church steadily during his long pastorate of more than fifteen years. As the\\nresult of his labors, one hundred and nineteen were added to the church. In April, 1S60, at his own\\nrequest, he was released from pastoral responsibilities and retired from the active duties of the ministrj-,\\nbeing then si.xty-four years of age. From pastor, he became parishioner. His successor said of him\\nHe was one of the most lovable of old men and from the first aided me and cooperated with me in a\\nspirit of Christian love.\\nHis successor was Rev. J. A. Maxwell, who was ordained and installed September 27, i860. When\\nMr. Vance came to the church, in 1839, found a session of four elders Peter Peck, Daniel Beach,\\nIra Taylor and J. S. Brown. When Mr. Maxwell came, twenty-one years afterward, he found the same\\nsession, no change having taken place during that time. By the reunion of the old school and the new\\n.school churches, in 1870, the Pre.sbyterial relations of this church, which from its organization had\\nbelonged to the Presbytery of Newark, were changed and it was enrolled in the Presbytery of Morris\\nand Orange, to which it still belongs Mr. .Maxwell s was a difficult task but he proved himself equal\\nto it. Previous to this time, this cinirch was simply a village church where everybody knew everybody,\\nbut the fair prospect and healthful air of the mountainside began to attract a new class of residents\\nand to unite the two elements and maintain harmony was no easy matter, but Mr. Maxwell, in speaking\\nof his own work, said .Mine was a happ pastorate. I never knew what it was to have an\\nunpleasantness from the first day onward to the end. One hundred and sixty-two were added to the\\nchurch during his pastorate which came to a close June 9, 1871. after a period of eleven years.\\nHis successor. Rev. John H. Worcester, began his labors January 10. 1872. continuing until\\nDecember 21, 1882. Soon after he began his labors the Mission Sunday School at Vailsburg was", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0207.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "14^ Thk Founders anI) Rini.DKKs of the Oranges.\\nestablisheti (May. 1874), to which the Misses Kilbuin coiUrilnitcd \u00c2\u00a72,000 for the building of a chapel\\nOn June 13, 1881, the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of this cliurch was observed with\\nappropriate services. Two of the former pastors, Rev. Josepli Vance, of Erie, I a., and Rev. J. A.\\nMaxwell, of Titusville, Pa., were present and took part in the services. Two of the three original\\nmembers were also present and thirty of those who worshipjsed with the congregation the first year of\\nits organization were present and occupied the front pews. At the evening service, after the reading of\\nthe scripture by the Rev. E. Mix, D. D., and prayer by the Rev. Joseph Vance, a sermon was preached\\nby the Rev. J. Allen Maxwell, and a paper recalling Memoirs of Fifty Years Ago, prepared by Elder\\nMoses A. Peck, who was prevented by illness from being present, was read by Elder Daniel Wilson, after\\nwhich the greeting of the parent church, the First Church of Orange, was presented on behalf of its\\nsession, by Rev. E. Mi.x, D D., the late pastor.\\nRev. John R. Fisher was called to the pastorate of this church January 14. 1884, continuing until\\nMay I, 1S93. In 1892, sLxty-five members were dismissed from this church and organized Trinity\\nPresbyterian Church, of South Orange.\\nRev. George L. Spinning, D D., the present incumbent, began his work as pastor-elect December\\n1, 1893, but was not installed until May 2, 1895. The congregation continued to worship in the old\\nframe building until 1880. A movement was made that year for the erection of a new house of\\nworship, and the sum of \u00c2\u00a720.000 was raised for that purpose. The old frame building was remo\\\\cd and\\nthe present beautiful brown stone edifice was erected on the original site. This was not completed until\\n1895. The total cost was about \u00c2\u00a735,000. The seating capacity of the main building is about 650.\\nThe present membership of the church is 2S0 that of the Sunday School, including officers, teachers\\nand scholars, is 220. The following persons have filled the several positions since the organization of\\nthe church: Ruling Elders. Samuel Freeman, 1831-1835; John Ball, 1831-1838; Aaron C. Beacli,\\n1831-1853; I eter Peck, 1832-1865; Daniel Beach, 1832-1862; Ira Taylor, 1835-1885; John Smith\\nBrown, 1835,1893; Daniel Freeman Ball, 1861-1869; Moses A. Peck, i86i-i S82; Aaron B. Brown,\\n1867-1889; Daniel J. Sprague, 1867-1872; Joseph L. Tainter, 1867-18S1; Edward E. Francis,\\n1875-1887; Daniel Wilson, 1875-1887; James W. Conrow, 1882-1889; Edward IJ. Shepherd, 1882-1888;\\nJacob B. Maxwell, June 10, 1883, still in ofifice; George S. Garrison, 1885-1893; Thomas P. Mulligan,\\n1886-1888; William H. Tweddell, 1887-1889; Edwin Stewart, 1888-1891: William H. Stevenson,\\nJune 24, 1889, still in office; David C.Allen, June 24. 1889. still in ofifice; P. K. Wilson, 1890-1893;\\nWilliam II. Nichols, June 22, 1890, still in office; John P. Schanck, June 14, 1891, still in ofifice;\\nElliott H. Whitlock, 1893-1894; Francis B. Salisbury, June 9, 1895, still in ofifice. Deacons Samuel\\nFreeman, 1832-1835 John Ball, 1832-1838; Peter Peck, 1838-1865; Job Crowell, 1838-1854; Ira\\nTaylor, 1854-1885; Ira T. Freeman, 1867-1877; Frederick W. Newton. 1867-1874: W. J. Chandler,\\n1877-1892; Andrew B. Hutchinson, 1886-1890; David C. Allen. January 20, 1886, still in office; David\\nScull, 1887-1892; J. L. Kitchell, June 14, 1891, still in office; Samuel E.Young, June 26, 1892, still\\nin office.\\nFirst Pkesbyterian Ciil kcii, ok East Orange, corner of .Munn Avenue and Main Street.\\nThe religious movement which formed the nucleus of this church and society began w ith a Sunday\\nSchool as early as 1824, and was the first organized effort in this direction outside of the First Presby-\\nterian Church of Orange. Sunday School services were held for some )ears in private houses and\\nparents were glad to avail themselves of this opportunity to place their children under religious\\ninstruction. Among those who were prominent in the management of this work at the beginning,\\nwere Abram R. Marsh, Levi Lathrop, Aaron Peck and Ira Canficld. After the completion of the\\nEastern school-hou.se, in 1830, the use of it on Sundays was obtained for the Sunday School. Henry\\nBall was then the superintendent. He was succeeded by Henry Pierson in 1834, who conducted it\\nsuccessfully for sixteen years. In 1850, Samuel E.Jones became superintendent and continued until\\nthe new movement for a church was begun. Weekly prayer meetings were held for several years and", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0208.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "Tin: Founders and I^uilukrs of the Oranges.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a047\\nas the population increased it became evident that the time was ripe for a new cluircli organization.\\nEfforts were begun in this direction earl\\\\- in 1S63, and on June 9 of that year a meeting of tlie citizens\\nfavorable to the new enterprise was held at the Eastern District school-house. At this meeting the site\\nof a church edifice was decided upon and a committee was appointed to arrange for tlie organization\\nof a church society to be called the First Presbyterian Church, of East Orange. A committee\\nwas also appointed to take the necessary steps for the election of trustees.\\nOn June 24 followin;^, a meeting of tlie congregation was held in the school-house above referred\\nto and the Presbyter\\\\- of Newark was represented by Rev. John Croweil, Rev. James Hoyt and Rev.\\nCharles T. ilalsey. Fift\\\\-se\\\\en persons presented letters of dismissal from other churches and became\\nthe constituent members of the new church organization. Henry Pierson, Jotham Hedden and Samuel\\nC. Jones were elected elders. On July 6, a Board of Trustees was elected consisting of Jotham Hedden,\\nJohn M. Randall, J. O. Munn, Daniel F. Colie and Fernando Crane. Steps were taken at once for the\\nerection of a church edifice on the present site, which had already been secured. A Building\\nCommittee was appointed of which Mr. J. M. Randall was chairman. Although not a member of the\\nchurch Mr. Randall was one of the most active in the movement to organize the church and in raising\\nfunds to carry forward the work of building. He solicited (mm his friends in this locality and in\\nvarious parts of the countr\\\\ and obtained\\nnearly \u00c2\u00a710,000 in subscriptions. A large, fine\\nedifice of brown stone in the Gothic style of\\narchitecture was erected which, at the time, was\\nprob ibly the finest church in all the Oranges.\\nThe first pastor of the ciuirch was Rev.\\nFergus Lafayette Kenyon, a young man just\\nout of the seminary. He began his pastorate\\nAugust 2, 1864. He was de\\\\-otcd to the work\\nand did good service. As the church grew in\\nnumbers it was deemed advisable to secure a\\nman of larger experience, and on April 24,\\n1867, Rev. Charles Smith, D. 1)., a man of\\nripe years and large experience was installed\\nas pastor, continuing until May 9, 1S72. He\\nwas succeeded December 20, 1872, by Rev.\\nJulius L Danner, a man of eminent piel\\\\- and\\nlearning, who aroused the church to greater\\nactivit)- and religious zeal. He continued for six }ears and four months, until April 8, 1879, i ig\\nthis time he did effective uork and the cliurch increased in numbers and influence.\\nRev. Simon J. McPherson, a young man fre- li from I rinceton Theological .Seminary, began his\\npastorate here September 24, 1879, and was dismissed October 12. 1S82, when he was called to the\\nSecond Presbyterian Church, in Chicago, one of the strongest of this denomination in the West. His\\nloss was greatly felt and the cluucii was for nearly two years without a pastor.\\nRev. J. H. Whitehead was installed as pastor July 1. 18S4. He had previously been in the Dutch\\nReformed Church and after about a year s pastorate t)f this church he resigned and was succeeded by\\nRev. James M. Ludlow, D. D., who was installed March 12, 1886.\\nNo dissensions or divisions liave ni, irked the history of this church. It has been one of steady\\ngrowth and has gathered in the strongest elements in the community. During the pastorate of Dr.\\nLudlow it has risen to a still higher plane and is without doubt one of the strongest and most prosperous\\nchurches in the County, and ranks high in the denomination throughout the State. It has continued\\nto maintain a large and successful Sunday School and established many years ago one of the most\\nsuccessful mission interests in the Oranges, viz.: The Elmwood Chapel. In 1876 the church was\\nIIKM I KESHV 1 K.KIAN LHIKLH. K.\\\\5 T i.K.VNGK.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0209.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "148 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nenlaro-ed by adding to the sides and building a new lecture room, the amount expended being $39,537.24.\\nA second enlaro-ement of the main auditorium was made in the spring of 1888 at an expense of\\n\u00c2\u00a729,701.28. In 1S89 the Elmwood Chapel was built, at an expense of $8,561.97. The total valuation\\nof the church property is now about $100,000.\\nThe total number of members received since the organization of the church to January i, 1896, is\\n1,300. The present membership is 750. The present ofificers are: Elders. George W. Fortmeyer,\\nSamuel Burnham, William G. Thoma.s, William H. Harper, William Baigree, Dr. Charles A. Groves,\\nWilliam J. Hiss. Clerk of Session, Samuel Burnham. Deacons. Josiah B. McCoy, Charles W.\\nBridgeman, Robert Burnett, Theron Rockwell, Charles A. Trowbridge, Da\\\\id K. Downer, Edward C.\\nAdams. James M. Dewar.\\nRev. James Meeker Ludlow. 1). D., L. H. D. Dr. Ludlow is a thoroughbred American. On\\nhis father s side he traces his descent from one of the earlier settlers of Southampton, L. L, about 1650.\\nOn his mother s side, from one of the founders of Elizabeth, N. J. The name of William Ludlow\\ndoes not appear on the list of Southampton townsmen in May, 1649, but his sons are on that of 1657.\\nHe came from Matlock, a village in Derbyshire, England. His will is the first one recorded in the\\nNew York colonial records. The name of Ludlow was generally written Ludlam down to about the\\ntime of the Revolutionary War.\\nJoseph, a son or grandson of William Ludlow, settled at Cape May, N. J., after 1675.\\nObadiah Ludlam, probably a grandson of William, came from Long Island and settled in W estfield.\\nThey had one child, Obadiah.\\nObadiah Ludlam, Jr., son of Obadiah Ludlam, married Phcbe Marsh, of Wcstfield, and had issue,\\nten children, the eighth of whom was JoscpJi.\\nJoseph Ludlow, son of Obadiah and Phebe (Marsh) Ludlam, was born December 17, 1779, lived\\non Stony Hill and was an elder in the Presbyterian Church. He married Betsy Morehouse and had\\nissue, Aaron, Ezra, Amos, Smith, Hannah and Joseph.\\nEzra Ludlow, son of Joseph and Betsy (Morehouse) Ludlow, was born in New Providence, N. J.,\\nin 1803. He married Deborah Crane, daughter of John Crane (of Caleb, Jonathan, Jasper, Jr., Jasper,\\nSr., the ancestor). They had issue, Levi Mulford, Francis. John Joseph, Erastus Darwin, died young,\\nErastus Darwin (2), William Edgar, George Watson, Janus Mccktr.\\nRev. James Meeker Ludlow, youngest child of Ezra and Deborah (Crane) Ludlow, was born at\\nElizabeth, N. J., March 15, 1841. He graduated from Princeton College in 1861 one year previous he\\ndelivered the Junior Oration. He graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1864 and was at\\nthat time selected by the faculty of the college to deliver the Master s Oration. P or several months\\nhe acted as assistant to Rev. Dr. David Magee, in the Second Presbyterian Church, of Elizabeth. In\\nthe autumn of 1864 he was called to his first pastorate, succeeding Rev John X. Campbell, at the First\\nI resbyterian Church, of Albany, N. Y. He remained there four years, and in the latter part of 1868\\nhe accepted a call to the Collegiate Reformed Church, New York City. The handsome, commodious\\nedifice at Forty-eighth Street and Fifth Avenue was built during his eight years service. He was\\nhighly esteemed by the members of this church and congregation, but a determination of the officers\\nof the consistory to maintain the rotation system led to his resignation.\\nHis next charge, in 1877, was the Westminster Church at the corner of First Place and Clinton\\nStreet, Brooklyn, where he became verj- popular. During the trial of Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage.\\nwhich occupied seven weeks. Dr. Ludlow acted as Moderator of the Presbytery. He presided with\\ngreat dignity and impartiality during the entire session. His ruling that the admission of testimony\\nshould be governed by the same rules as prevailed in civil courts, tliougii vigorously combatted at the\\ntime, was sustained, and has .since been warmly commended. His rulings on various other points which\\ncame up in the trial showed great skill and discretion. In 1871 he was honored b\\\\ Williams College\\nwith the title of D. I)., and no progressive, manly clergyman has ever worn his pulpit garb and parch-\\nment rank more modesth-.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0210.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Ri ii.ders of the Oranges. i4y\\nIn 1881 Dr. Ludlow visited Europe, extending his tour to Egypt. Syria, Palestine, Turkey and\\nGreece, being absent from iiome six months. On his return he gave several lectures descriptive\\nof his journey which had supplied him with a vast fund of information and laid the foundation for his\\nsubsequent literary success. Westminster Church experienced a steady growth under his care.\\nEighteen thousand dollars of debt was paid off, while liberal contributions were made to home missions\\nand the various boards of the church.\\nIn 1884 Dr Ludlow delivered the commencement address at Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. The\\nfollowing year he was offered the presidenc\\\\- of Marietta College, in Ohio, which he declined. In\\nJanuary, 1S86, having accepted a call from the Munn .Avenue Presbyterian Church, of East Orange, he\\nbegan his pastorate the same month and from this time forward the church has experienced a rapid\\ngrowth, the number of communicants having increased from about four hundred to seven hundred\\nduring his pastorate. The church edifice has heen enlarged, at a cost nf over \u00c2\u00a734,000. witli a seating\\ncapacity of over [,000. A new organ one of the largest in the State has been added and a mission\\nbuilding erected at a cost of over \u00c2\u00a79,000. The various auxiliary societies, all of which are working in\\nharmony with and under the pastor s direction, are in a flourishing condition. In addition to his local\\nwork as a pastor, Dr. Ludlow has been for many years a regular contributor to the various religious\\nnewspapers and periodicals. While his literary work has been largely of an ephemeral character, such\\nas articles and reviews for periodicals, editorials and minor .special contributions, he has, in a permanent\\nform, given to the reading public, in consecutive order, since 1883, the following volumes: A Man for\\nA That. or My Saint John, Concentric Chart of History, Captain of the Janizaries. King of\\nTyre, That Angelic Woman Referring to his Captain of the Janizaries, The Journalist (New\\nYork) sa\\\\ s: The last named book has met with great favor. It is a stor\\\\- of the times of Scander-\\nberg and the fall of Con -tantinople. Its four hundred duidecimo pages are replete with interest. To\\na vigorous style Dr. Ludlow adds dramatic force. His scenic effects are good, his dialogue spirited.\\nDr. Ludlow is now engaged on a historical work on the Age of the Crusaders, which is to be one of a\\nseries of ten on the epochs of church history. Among the other writers of this scries are Bishops\\nCox, I otter and Doane, of the Episcopal church, and Drs. Vincent and Van Dyke, of the Presbyterian.\\nDr. Ludlow, in preaching, uses either the written or extempore method with equal facility. Refer-\\nring to his style of preaching, the above-mentioned writer remarks When he preaches from notes\\nhe does not strictly confine himself to the written thought. His self-possession is as marked as his\\nstyle is attractive.\\nHis congregation is made up of intelligent, practical men and women. Largely composed of\\nNew York merchants and professional men, the Munn Avenue church members are earnest believers in\\nthat Christianity which impels a man to back his sympathy with his pocketbook. This church is out-\\nranked by few in the United States in benefactions. It is a pleasure for such real, whole-souled folks as\\nits members to listen to Dr. Ludlow. His clear enunciation of faith and facts impresses all hearers.\\nHis is no gospel of doubt. You feel at once that he believes every word he utters and that he honestly\\nthinks it is good for others to have a like belief.\\nThat the people of this church and congregation fully endorse the sentiments expressed by a\\ncritical journalist is evidenced by the hearty support they have given him, and their personal love and\\ndevotion to him as a man and as a pastor. His influence in the community is as marked as that in his\\nown church, and while eschewing politics he has earnestly supported ever public movement tending\\nto the moral and religious advancement of the people regardless of denominational interests. Dr.\\nLudlow is a director of Union Seminary and a member of the Board of Home Missions. He received,\\nin 1890, from Princeton College, the degree of L. H. D. He married, in 1865, Miss Emma J. Orr,\\ndaughter of David Orr, of Albany. Issue. Julia Orr. David Orr, deceased. William Orr. architectural\\nengineer, Eleanor, Edith, Grace and Frederic Orr.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0211.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "ISO\\nTtte Founoers and Bt ilders of the Oranges.\\nElmwooi) Chapel. This is an outgrowth of and was founded by the pastor and people of the\\nFirst Presbyterian or Munn Avenue Presbyterian Church, of East Orange. The lot on which the\\nchapel is located, corner of West Street and Elmwood A\\\\enue, was given by Mrs Anna M. Trippe, in\\naccordance with a Memorandum of Agreement made by her with the trustees of the First Presby-\\nterian Church, of East Orange, October 20, 1873. The conditions of this agreement were that regular\\nreligious services be held for two years, at least as often as once in two weeks. The record of the first\\ntwo years showed an average of more than two services each week. The roll of the first Sunday-\\nSchool, orofanized March i, 1S74, showed 28 scholars and teachers In December, 1889, the number\\nwas 225. Mr. Richard Purdue was its first Superintendent, who held the position for one year. He\\nwas followed by Truman H. Baldwin, who continued until 1880 and was succeeded by Mr. F. M.\\nShepard, who has held the position from that time to the present. A primary department was\\norganized in 1879, and for two years was under the joint supervision of Miss May West and Miss Mary\\nPurdue. Miss Purdue then took entire charge as superintendent until February, 1889, and was\\nsucceeded by Mrs. George S. Webster. Occasional preaching services were conducted by pastors J. L.\\nDanner and S. J. McPherson until October, 1S81, when regular preaching services were conducted by\\nthe Rev. A. J. Kerr until May, 1882, when the Rev. George S. Webster began his work, having pastoral\\ncharge of that part of the church parish. The growth has been steady, keeping pace with the growth\\nof population and for some time the necessity of enlarged accommodations became apparent and the\\nold chapel which for so many years served its purpose gave place to the new building located on the\\ncorner of the same block within two hundred feet of the old one.\\nThe corner-stone of the new chapel was\\nlaid on Monday, July 22, 1889. Services were\\nconducted by Rev. M. James Ludlow. D. 1) and\\nan address delivered by him. Mr. F. M. Shep-\\nard read a list of the articles deposited in the\\nbox underneath the corner-stone. These were:\\nA bible, edition of 18S9; roll of officers and\\nteachers of the Sunday School record of the\\nchapel from its formation sermon preached by\\nRev. George S. Webster on the fifteenth anni-\\ncrsai)- of the chapel: roll of members of\\nparent chinch who worship in Elmwood; pro-\\ngramme of anniversary exercises, 1881 to 1889\\ninclusive; catalogues of library, 1884 and 188S\\norder of service of the parent church and finan-\\ncial stateinent for the year ending March 1.\\n1889: photographs of all superintendents of\\nmain school and primary department, of the\\nmd Rev. George S. Webster, of the interior and exterior of\\nELMWOOD CHAPEL. EAST OKAXGE.\\nRe\\\\ Dr. Ludlow, the Rev. J. L. Daimer\\nthe present chapel, and other articles.\\nThe new chapel was dedicated Sunday, December 8, 1889. with appropriate cereinonies. Mr. F. M.\\nShepard, representing the building committee, made a report showing the work that had been done and\\nat the close presented the keys of the building to the trustees of the church. .Mr. George W. Fort-\\nmeyer received them in behalf of the board with a few appropriate remarks and in turn gave them to\\nthe Rev. Dr. Ludlow, the pastor. Dr. Ludlow, hokling the keys in his hand, made a very happy\\ndedication address. At the close of the address he handed the keys to Rev. Mr. Webster, as chapel\\nminister, who received them with a few words of grateful acknowledgement in behalf of tiie chapel and\\ncongregation. The dedication prayer arranged from 11 Chronicles, chapter 6, was then solemnly\\nrepeated by all standing.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0212.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Rhilders of the Oranges.\\n5\\nThe chapel is a substantial frame biiiitling of cruciform shape, fifty by sixty-five feet extreme\\ntliiiiensions, with a Campanile bell tower on the northeast corner thirteen feet square and forty-eis^ht\\nfeet high. The interior is arranged in a main auditorium thirty by fifty feet, with a primary Sunday\\nSchool class room thirty by twenty feet communicating with it, which can be shut off by Wilson s rolling\\nshutters. he parlor or prayer meeting room over the primary room also opens into the main room by\\nwindows. The entire seating capacity is 450. In the rear, a pastor s room and library are convenient!)\\narranged. Two entrances, with ample porches, are provided on the Elmwood Avenue and West Stieet\\nsides. The main room is seated with Demarest s mahogany finish folding chairs, arranged with\\nespecial reference to convenience in Sunday School as well as preaching services. The remainder of\\nthe building is seated with chairs. The pulpit suit, consisting of a pulpit, three chairs and a bible\\nstand, is handsome mahogan\\\\ finish upholsteretl in silk plush. This, with the carpet on the pulpit\\nplatform, was the gift of the children of Mrs. F-lizabeth Burgess as a memorial of their mother. The\\ninterior finish of the building is in North Carolina pine in natural color, with exposed yellow pine truss\\nbeams. Handsome and appropriate stained glass windows give an ecclesiastical effect that is very\\npleasing. Messrs. Lamb and Rich were the architects of the building; Mr. Lamb, an elder of the\\nchurch, being personally interested and generously donating the plans. The entire cost of the building\\nwas $8,500; the value of the lot being estimated at that time at \u00c2\u00a72,500.\\nCentral PresbvtekiaN Church. The rapid increase in the population of the Oranges after\\nthe close of the war brought together a\\nnumber of families who adhered to the\\nold school branch of the Presbyterian body\\nand still retained a preference for the doc-\\ntrine and polity of that section of the\\nchurch. As both the First and Second\\nPresbyterian Churches, of Orange and East\\nOrange, represented the doctrines of the\\nnew school, the time seemed ripe for the\\norganization of another church. After fre-\\nquent discussions among those favorable\\nto such an enterprise, a meeting was held\\nat St. Mark s school house, November 12,\\n1 866, which wasattended b\\\\- twelve persons.\\nThe meeting was formally opened by Fran-\\ncis H. Abbot as chairman. Progress was\\nmade and adjourned meetings were held at\\ndifferent places and others became inter-\\nested in the movement. Central Hall, on\\nMain Street, west of Centre, was leased for the exclusive u.se of the new church and nearly two thousand\\ndollars were contributed for church expenses.\\nRev. W. H. Greene, D. D., of Princeton Theological Seminary, officiated at the first meeting for\\npublic worship, held Sunday, December 16, 1866. At a meeting held January 3, 1S67, Messrs. L. P.\\nStone and David L. Wallace were appointed a committee to make application to the Presbytery of\\nPassaic for the organization of a church to be known as the Central Presbyterian Church, of Orange.\\nOn Januaiy 20. 1867, the church was organized by the Presbytery of Passaic with thirty-three members.\\niMom the First Church, of Orange, 17: from the Reformed (Dutch^ Church, of Newark. 4 Pre.sbyterian\\nChurch, of Astoria, N. Y., 3; Fifth Avenue and Nineteenth Street Church, New York. 2; First Church,\\nNew York, 2; Rutgers Church, New York. 1; Morristown, N. J., i; Petersburg, Va., 2; Bramard\\nChurch l-:aston P.i., 1. Ihc first Elders were, Francis H. Abbott, L. P. Stone, David L. Wallace and\\nCENTKAI, I RESBYTKKIAN CHUKCH, ORANGE.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0213.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "152 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nGeorge W. I liorpe. Deacons. Edwanl H. Ensign and A. Ramsa\\\\ McCov. rrustccs. J. H. Hazard,\\nS. W. I ichcnor and Austin M. Knight. Rev. Edward D. Yeomans, D. D., of Rochester, N. V., was\\ncalled to the i)astorate and began his labors on the first Sabbath of May, 1867, and was installed July 2\\nfollowing. He had been settled in his new charge but a little more than a year when he died suddenly\\nof apoplexy, August 26, 1868.\\nRev. Alfred Yoemans, D. D was called from the church in Hellefonte, Pa., and began his labors\\non the third Sabbath of January, 1869. The same year a lot was purchased on the corner of Main and\\ni rince Streets. The site selected was that of the old Pierson homestead which was torn down at tlie time.\\nA two-story building which formed the rear extension of the church, intended as a lecture room and\\nSunday School room, was erected and opened for use. The cost of this, together with the lot, was\\n$38,000, the amount paid for the land being \u00c2\u00a721,500. An organ, the gift of Mr. Austin M. Knight,\\nwas placed in this room and subsequently moved into the main building. The main edifice was begun\\nin 1871 and the sum of \u00c2\u00a740,000 was subscribed, payable in three year-; in semi-annual installments. The\\ncorner-stone was laid September 11, and the building was finished and dedicated July 14, 1872, the\\ndedication sermon being preachetl b) Rev. W. C. Roberts, D. IJ., of Elizabeth. X. j. The plans of the\\nbuilding were furnished and the work superintended by Mr. T. A. Roberts, architect, of Newark. A\\nlot was purchased for the parsonage on the west side of Prince Street, at a cost of $2,000, and a\\nbuilding which stood on the okl lot was removed thither anti subsequent]} enlarged for the pastor s\\nstud} at an expense of about \u00c2\u00a71,200. The total amount expended for building purposes within ten\\nyears was about \u00c2\u00a790,000. The total amount raised by the church for congregational purposes for the\\nfirst twelve }-ears of its existence was $156,000. During the same period the amount given to domestic\\nmissions was \u00c2\u00a712,671; foreign missions, $15,725; education, $1,734; ministerial relief, \u00c2\u00a71 ,405. These\\nand other incidental contributions make a total of $52,688. Adding the total for home expense and\\nbenevolence, gives the aggregate of \u00c2\u00a7208,688 contributed by this church in the first twelve years, or a\\nyearly average of \u00c2\u00a717,390. The church debt was completely extinguished in May, 1883, the total\\namount being about $100,000.\\nThe present pastor of the church. Rev. John I^ Patterson, succeeded Dr. Green and the church has\\ncontinued to prosper under his pastorate. An addition was made to the church edifice in 1896 at a cost\\nof about \u00c2\u00a712,000. The total valuation of the property held by the church is about \u00c2\u00a7125,000. The total\\nmembership of the church on January 1. 1896, was 408 The following is the present list of\\nofficers: Elders Charles 1 1. Jones, clerk. I- rancis H. Kingsbury. Henry B. .\\\\uchincloss, Joseph 1*.\\nLloyd, Treasurer, H Murray Richmond, Nathaniel Tooker. Deacons.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George A. Newman, Isaac N.\\nDot}-. Trustees. C. G. Alford, President: Benjamin Douglas, Jr., Secretary; Charles K. Ensign,\\nTreasurer; A.Ward Hrigh.iin. John C. Kiitlaiul, Xewton E. Whiteside, George Richards. Tiie super-\\nintendent of the .Sunda}- Scluxil is George A. Newman. The number of officers, teachers ami scholars\\nis 345-\\nBethei, Presbyterian Church (Dodd Town), East Orange. This church was organized\\nNo\\\\ember 13, 1870, by the following committee of Presbytery: Rev. Henry F. Hickok, D. D..\\nI .klridgc Mix, I). D., and Eklei CaKin I). Pierson, with 27 members. The church was the outgrowth\\nof Franklin Union Sunday School which had been in existence over forty years before. In 1866 the\\nUnion Sunday School erected a frame building costing \u00c2\u00a74,000, the lot being \u00c2\u00a7500 e.xtra. In 1872 a wing\\nwas added, costing \u00c2\u00a71,350. This building was turned over to the church at its organization and was\\nworshipped in until 1891, when a new stone church was erected at a cost of \u00c2\u00a735,000, on a lot donated\\nby Mr. Josiah F. Dodd, corner of Dodd Street and Midland Avenue. The old building was on Dodd\\nStreet, near Brighton Avenue.\\nRev. Jas. l{. Marr was the first pastor, who remained until January 1, 18S2. On May 4, 188 Rev.\\nDavid O. Irving was ordained and installed as its pastor and still continues in that position. The first\\nelder, who also helped largely in the support of the church, was Charles M. Davis. Fourteen months", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0214.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "TiiK Founders and Bimi.dkrs of the Oravges.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a253\\nafterwards, Calvin Dodd and Josiah F. Dodd wore added to the number. Tlie churcli is supported by\\nthe envelope system no pew rents, but pews assigned. Almost from the first they had congregational\\nsinging. The church has been built by the united efforts of all, rather tiian by any one or more large con-\\ntributors. The growth has been\\nsteady from the time it was a\\nmission church until it has be-\\ncome a large and flourishing\\nself-supporting one. It aims to\\nreach the poor and to bring all\\nwithin its influence. It has two\\nactive Ladies Missionary Socie-\\nties, a senior and junior C. E.\\nSociety, a Girl s Mission Band,\\nand a flourishing Sunday School\\ndivided into three departments\\ninfant, intermediate and main\\nschool. The total number re-\\nceived on confession of faith\\nsince its organization is 236 by\\nletter, 268 making a total of\\n504. The present membership\\nis 334. The following is the\\n])rcsent list of officers: Ruling\\nElders.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charles M. Riker, W.\\nIrven Soverei, Willi.uii S. Mills,\\nA. B. Spinning, Michael Honey-\\nman, II. F. Soverei, VVm. B.\\nMartin, H. B. Potter. Deacons.\\nHcni y Smith, George B. Hic-\\ninhcitiiam, George M. Tyler,\\nNorman E Shotwell, F.J.Greer.\\nTrustees.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 H. A. Hickok. I resi-\\ndent; Silas W. Dodd, Treasurer;\\nDavid W. Ball, Secretary Geo.\\nH. Kutclier, John H. Moore, J. Ward Grumnion. Organist, George H. Lawrence; Sexton, Edward\\nSmith. The officers of the Sunday School are: Fletcher Place, Jr., Superintendent William F.Mili.s,\\nAssistant Superintendent; David W. Ball, Secretary and Treasurer; Edgar Newkirk, Librarian New-\\nman E. Shotwell, Assistant Librarian. Primary Room Superintendent, Mrs. Fletcher Place, Jr. Inter-\\nmediate Room Superintendent, Mrs. George B. Hicinbotham. Home Department Superintendent,\\nMiss C. K. Herrick. Number of officers and teachers, 38; scholars, 407; total, 445.\\nSt. Cloud PreshyteuiaN Church. This is located on Ridgeway Avenue, near what is known\\nas the old road on the top of the First Mountain. The first efforts to organize a Presbyterian\\nchurch in this locality were made in 1876. A meeting was held at the residence of Dr. C. H. Gordon,\\nopposite the present church building, on the evening of December 4, 1876. Among those present\\nwere John Crosby Brown, Gen. George B. McClellan, Gen. Marcy, Marcellus Hartley, Eugene Delano,\\nDouglas Robinson, Rev. William A. Williams, Henry W. Williams, and others. A plan for a church\\nedifice was adopteil and the building site, which was donated by Mr. Douglas Robinson, was accepted.\\nThe corner-stone of the new edifice was laid March 17, 1877, the services being conducted by Rev. Wm.\\nIIETHEI, PRESBYTKKIAN UIIUKCH, EAST UKANUE.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0215.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "54\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nCl.OLU I KEbliVTKKlAN CHUKCJH.\\nAtlams, D. D., assisted by Rev. Eldridge Mix, V)., of the l irst Presbyterian Church, of Orange.\\nPreaching services were held in the new building on Sunday, June lo, 1877, and on the same\\nday a comnaittcc of the Presbytery of Mr)rris and Orange Re\\\\ Eldridge Mix, D. D., being chairman\\nmet and duly organized the St. Cloud Presbyterian Church, ordaining as elders Gen. George H. McClellan\\nand Eugene Delano. Certificates of\\nmembership were presented by Gen.\\nGeorgeB. McClellan and wife, Mrs.\\nMary Marcy and Fanny Marcj wife\\nand daughter of Gen. Marcy, U. S. A.,\\nEugene Delano and wife, all from\\nthe Madison Square Presbyterian\\nChurch, New York City. There were\\nsi.\\\\ from the First Presbyterian\\nChurch, of Orange.\\nThe completed churcli edifice\\nwas dedicated September 13, 1877,\\nthe sermon being preached by Re\\\\\\\\\\nWilliam Ailams, D. D. On Novem-\\nber 22 following. Rev. William F.\\nWhitaker, of Southold, L. I,, was\\nin.stalled as pastor of this church and\\ncontinued until the late autumn of\\n1894. Changes and additions have\\nbeen made to the church edifice since\\nthe original building was erected.\\nOn the death of Dr. Adams, in 1880, a tablet was erected to his memory by his daughter, Mrs. John\\nCrosb\\\\ Brown. It was ]ilaced on the wall near the seat which Dr. Adams usually occupied, and contained\\nthe following inscription\\nIn mcmorv of William Adams, I). 1). 1.,!.. P..\\nAu;,aist 31, iSSo.\\nHl- being dead, yet speaketli.\\nA few months later a chapel was erected in memory of Dr. .Ailams, which was dedicated June 13,\\n1881. It is of stone, the same as the body of the church. It is used for the primary department of the\\nSunday School and for prayer meetings. It contains a memorial window with a medallion likeness of\\nRev. Dr. Adams. Gen. George B. McClellan, who had been an elder and one of the foremost supporters\\nof this church since its organization, died October 29, 1885. Some months after his death a tablet was\\nerected on the wall of the church, which was unveiled on the first anni\\\\ersary of his death. It is of\\npolished brass, mounted on black marble with a laurel wreatli border, and contains the following\\ninscription\\nGeorge Brenton McClellan, Major General, U. S. A..\\nGovernor of New Jersey. Elder of this Clnirth.\\nOctober 29, 1885.\\nI have fought a good tight I have finished my coinse. I have kept the faith.\\nReferring to the work of Rev. William F Whitaker in this field, the New York Evangelist, under\\ndate of March 21, 1895, says: To this field Mr. Whitaker came seventeen years ago, a young man\\nonly a year out of the theological school, but animated by consecrated zeal and practical wisdom.\\nSoon every home witliin reach of the cliurch found in him their sincere friend and wise helper. All\\nclasses in the community working faithfully together, tliis church became the center of good influences", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0216.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "The Founders and BiTn.nERs of the Oranges.\\n155\\nfor all that country side, and while in every way the church was true in all its denominational attach-\\nments and contributions, yet Mr. VVhitaker s influence was such that members of many denominations\\nwere made at iiome and took active part in the practical work of the church.\\nOn April 30, 1895, a call was extended to Rev. Chauncey W. Goodrich, of New York, who began\\nhis labors on the first of September following. Mr. Theodore M. Timms and William A. Williams\\nwere installed as elders in 1888 and are still in office. Mr. John Crosby Hrown is tlie Superintendent of\\nthe Sunday School, and associated with him is Mr. Theodore M. Timms. The present church\\nmenibcrsliip is a little over one hundred, and the number of teachers, officers and scholars is also about\\none luiiuhed. The total cost of the church edifice, with the additions, is not far from ;io,OOo. The\\nSociety also owns a parsonage nearly opposite the church. The title of both is vested in the Presbytery\\nof Miirris and Orantre.\\nHILLSIDK I KESliVrERLW ClIUKCll. Hillside Avenue, Orange. The first movement for the organiz-\\nation of a Presbyterian church in this localit\\\\- began in June, 1887, by persons residing in the vicinity of\\nHillside A\\\\enue. .Several meetings were held in private houses and interest in the project increased.\\nA meeting was finally called at the private gymnasium of .Mr. Robert F. Wescott, corner of Highland\\nand Essex Avenues, at which about forty\\nladies and gentlemen were present. A\\nresolution was adopted at this meeting\\nstating that a religious association be\\nformed, without spccifj ing the denomina-\\ntion at present. A committee was ap-\\npointed to arrange for preaching services\\nand preliminary steps taken looking to a\\npermanent organization. The first public\\nservice was held Suntlay, Jul\\\\ 31, 1SS7,\\nattended by about IJ5 persons. Rev. R.\\nL. Marks, officiated on this and the follow-\\ning Sunda_\\\\-, August 7. On the latter date\\n;i Sunda\\\\- School was organized under the\\nsuperintendency of Frederick L. Grant.\\nPreaching services were held every Sab-\\nbath following until September 25, before\\nany one was established as pastor. Rev. Stanle\\\\- White preached on August 14, September 4 and 25,\\nRev. Anthony Evans on August 21, 28 and September 18, Rev. Mr. Hay on September 11.\\nAt a meeting held on the twenty-third of August, measures were adopted providing for a\\npermanent revenue, and it was decided to invite Rev. Stanley White to assume the pastorate for a\\nperiod of three months from October 1. The first prayer meeting was held on the evening of October\\n26, which was well attended. The meeting for final organization was held on November 21, attended\\nby a committee from the Presbytery of Morris and Orange, consisting of Rev. H. F. Hickok, D. D.,\\nModerator, Rev. Alfred Yoemans, D. D., and Elders David L. Wallace and Henry E. Simmons, met at\\nMr. Wescott s gymnasium where were gathered the members of the congregation. The meeting was\\nopened uith prayer by Rev. Erskine N. White, D. D., father of Rev. Stanley White, acting pastor of\\nthe new church. Rev. Dr. Hickok preached the sermon on this occasion, his topic being The Neces-\\nsity for Church Organizations. The following officers were then elected: Ruling Elders. Aaron\\nCarter. Jr., I. Remsen Lane, George Washington Smith and William L. Wallace. Deacons. Albert\\nL. Miller and Fred k L. Grant. The elders were ordained (with the exception of Aaron Carter, Jr.,\\nalready ordained) and installed by the Rev. Alfred Yoemans, D. D. The deacons were ordained (with\\nthe exception of Albert L. Miller, already ordained) and installed by the Rev. Albert Erdman, D. D.\\nIllLLSIDK PRESBYTERIAN fHlRCH, ORA.SGE.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0217.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "156 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nThe following Trustees were also elected Elisha M. Allen, Win. W. Beebe, Edward Corning, Joseph\\nJ. Marsh, Ambrose M. Matthews, Clarence D. Newell, Thco. T. Wood. The Moderator announced the\\norganization formally completed and to be known as the Tremont Avenue Presbyterian Church, of\\nOrancre, N. J., and the right hand of fellowship was given to the newly elected officers by the\\nCommittee of the Presbyter}\\nA formal call was soon after extended to Rev. Stanley White to undertake the pastoral ofifice,\\nwhich was accepted, and he was regularly ordained and installed by the Presbytery of Morris and\\nOrange, January- 1 1, 1888. The sermon was preached by Rev. James M. Ludlow, D. I). The charge to\\nthe pastor was given by his father. Rev. Erskine N. White, D. D.; the charge to the people by Rev.\\nHenry M. Storrs, D. D the benediction by the pastor. Rev. Stanley White.\\nAt a meeting held in the gymnasium January 3, 1888, a motion was made to reconsider the vote of\\nthe congregation November 15, 1887, by which the church was named the Tremont Avenue Presbyterian\\nChurch. This was adopted, as was also the resolution that this church be known and designated as\\nthe Hillside Presbyterian Church, of Orange, N. J. The proper legal steps were at once taken and the\\nchurch was duly incorporated under the laws of the State of New Jersey. Steps were immediately\\ntaken to provide a permanent place of worship. A lot was purchased from Mr. J. H. Matthews, on the\\nsouth side of Hillside Avenue, between Scotland Street and Lincoln Avenue, on which a chapel was\\nbegun, ground being broken March i, 1888. The house was opened for service July 15, and dedicated\\non September 22 following, with appropriate ceremonies. The sermon on this occasion was preached\\nby Rev. Erskine White, D. D.\\nThe church has largely increased in numbers during the pastorate of Mr. White and outgrown the\\nchapel. A large and commodious edifice of Portland cement has been erected and the original\\nbuilding is now used as a lecture room. The new edifice was dedicated June 19, 1892. The seating\\ncapacity is 550. The total value of the present property is about $50,000, and the church is practically\\nfree of debt. This is literally a free eliureli and is supported wholly by voluntary offerings. The\\npresent membership is 336. The officers are: Elders. Aaron Carter, Jr., L Remsen Lane, H. H.\\nMcCabe, George W. Smith, Albert L. Miller, Thorwald Stalknecht. Deacons.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John H. Giffin, Jr.,\\nJ. Ralston Grant, E. Hubert Allen. Trustees.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Bleecker Van Wagenen, President, C. D. Newell,\\nA. M. Mathews, Wm. Barr, Theo. F. Wood, Heman Dowd, Isaac C. Ogden. There is a flourishing\\nSunday School in connection with the church, numbering about 300, under the management of H. H.\\nMcCabe, Superintendent. Among the auxiliary societies are the Ladies Society, Boys Mission Band,\\nSewing School and Hillside Circle of the King s Daughters.\\nTrinity Presbyterian Church, South Orange. This church is of recent though rapid growth.\\nIt is an outgrowth of the First Presbyterian Church, of South Orange, and composed largely of the\\nmember.ship of that chinch. The first meeting to consider the advisability of a new church organiz-\\ntion was held at the house of Dr. W. J. Chandler, and resulted in the appointment of the following\\nnamed gentlemen as a committee to formulate and recommend a plan for the new organization, viz.:\\nJ. McC. Morrow, Edward Self, Thomas P. Mulligan, W. H. Tweddell, William H. Curtiss, W. J. Nevins,\\nTheodore F. Taylor, Henry W. F reeman and Everltt K.Taylor. A second meeting was held on Novem-\\nber 3d following, in the upper room of the academy, on Prospect Street, thirty-two persons having\\nresponded to the call. By a unanimous vote it was decided to organize a Presbyterian Church, and the\\nsame committee was continued with instructions to take the preliminary steps and make the necessary\\narrangements. The use of the upper room of the academy was secured and suitably furnished, and\\nthe first preaching .service by Rev. Daniel Bliss, a returnetl missionary from Beyroot, Syria was held\\nNovember 15, 1891. A Sabbath School was organized at the same time, with Mr. Thomas P. Mulligan\\nas Superintendent. The first prayer meeting was held in the same building on November 17, twenty-\\neight being present.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0218.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "The Founders and IU ilders of the Oranges.\\ni;;\\nAn application for tlic organization of a church signed by forty-eight church members was presented\\nto the Presbytery of IVIorris and Orange, which met at Morristown, January 19, 1892, and a committee\\nwas appointed to investigate and if deemed expedient, organize a ciiurch in accordance with the\\nexpressed wishes of the applicants. A meeting of the latter with the committee was held at the\\nacademy building on Wednesday, January 27, 1892, at which time sixty-eight church members presented\\ntheir certificates, of which sixty-five were from the First Presbyterian Church, of South Orange; two\\nfrom Classon Avenue Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, and one from the Presbyterian Church of Pcrren-\\nville, N. J. The name of Trinity Presbyterian Church was unanimously adopted at this meeting. The\\nelection of officers resulted in the choice of the folhjwing Elders: Wm. H. Curtiss, T. Mulligan,\\nH. W. Jessup and William 11. Tweddcll. Deacons. Edward Self, Theodore F. Taylor and Dr. W. J.\\nChandler. It was voted at the same time to adopt the rotary system for the election of officers.\\nRev. J. G. Lansing, professor of Hebrew at\\nRutgers Theological Seminary, was engaged as a\\ntemporar\\\\ sujjply and preached his first sermon\\nNo\\\\ember 22, 1891. Arrangements were made with\\nhim to continue for twelve Sabbaths beginning with\\nDecember 27, 1891. He continued, however, for\\nover a year, and in the meantime a plot of land about\\none acre in extent was [Purchased, on the corner\\nof South Orange Avenue and Grove Road, on which\\na neat and substantial frame building was erected,\\nwith a seating capacity of about 300. The total cost\\nof the lot and building was nearly $11,000. all of\\nwhich was raised by subscription among the mem-\\nbers. Services were held in the new edifice on\\nSunday, November 27, 1892, the main room not then\\nbeing completed. Dedication services were held\\non Friday e\\\\ening, January 27, 1893. Rev. J. G.\\nLansing, D. D., preached the sermon from Isaiah\\nii, 2-3.\\nOn May 2, 1803, a call was extended to Rev.\\nAsa Wynkoop, of Union Theological Seminary, who\\nhad been preaching for a short time as an assistant\\nin one of the leading New York churches. He was\\nordained and installed Wednesday evening, June 28,\\n1893. The Old Testament le.sson, Isaiah Ixi, was\\ngiven by Rev. H. M. Storrs, D. D.; New Testament TkiMr\\\\ 1 n.KI^^ m r. h\\nlesson, II Corinthians, iv, by Rev. Franklin C.\\nJones; sermon by Rev. J. G. Lansing D. D., text, Isaiah l.xi, 1-3; ordaining prayer. Rev. J. M. Ludlow,\\nD. D.; charge to the pastor. Rev. Anson P. Atterbury, Ph. D.; charge to the |)eople, Rev. Stanlej-\\nWhite. At a meeting held February 9, 1892, a committee from the Vailsburg Chapel made application\\nto this church to take charge of that work. The First Presbyterian Church, of South Orange, under\\nwhose auspices the work had been conducted for some years, decided to abandon it after April i, 1S92.\\nThis was established as a mission school, and a chapel built and furnished some years previous by the\\nMisses Margaret and Clara Kilbuni, hut had never been self-sustaining. It is located about midway\\nbetween South Orange and Newark, where there is a growing settlement.\\nAfter tlue consideration. Trinity Church agreed to assume the responsibility and take entire charge\\nof the work, including the [)astor s salary and other expenses. In addition to maintaining their own\\nchurch this interest has been kept at an annual outlay of about $1,000. On P ebruary 2y, 1^593, ihirt)-", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0219.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "158\\nThk Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nsix members of the First Presbyterian Church, of South Orange, connected witli tlie Vailsburg Chapel,\\npresented their letters to Trinity Presbyterian Church and were accepted. Both preaching and Sabbath\\nSchool services are held regularl\\\\- at the chapel. The cluirch raised for benevolent contributions for\\nthe fiscal year ending April i, 1893, the sum of $2,290 over and above all other expenses. The total\\nmembershii) of the church for the year ending April I, 1895, is 142. The teachers and scholars\\nconnected with the church Sunday School number 63 that of the chapel at Vailsburg, 203.\\nAkI-INGTON Avenue Pkesuvtekian Ciiuri 11, Fast Orange, corner of Arlington and Springdale\\nAvenues. Although one of the youngest, this is one of the most prosperous and growing\\nchurches in the Oranges. The movement which led up to it began in a small way in the form of a\\nneighborhood prayer meeting and Sunday School, which was opened June 19, 1891, by a number of\\ncitizens residing in the section of East Orange north of Park A\\\\ enue. An evening preaching service and\\na Sunda\\\\- Service was begun in February, 1892, and continued without interruption until the final organiz-\\nation of the church, both services being conducted bj- Mr. John M. Thomas, a student of Union Theo-\\nlogical Seminar}- of the class of 93. The meetings were held at No. 20 Hamilton Street, East Orange.\\nA meeting of the Presbytery of Morris and Orange was\\nheld at the above address on Thursday, No\\\\ ember 10,\\n1892, and a permanent organization effected under the\\nname of the Arlington Avenue Presbyterian Church.\\nThere were present on this occasion, representing the\\nPresbytery, Rev. J. M. Ludlow, D. D., pastor of the First\\nPresbyterian Church, of East Orange Re\\\\ H. F. Hickok,\\nD. D., of the Brick Church, of East Orange, and Rev. H. M.\\nStorrs, D. D., of the First Presbjterian Church, of Orange.\\nRejjresentatives of other churches to the number of 46\\npresented certificates and became constituent members of\\nthe new organization. These were mostly from the First\\nPresbyterian Church, of East Orange and the Brick\\nChurch, of East Orange. Thirteen were recei\\\\ed on\\nconfession of faith At this meeting it was decided to\\nadopt the rotary system of office for elders and deacons,\\nand the following persons were elected, viz.: Elders.\\nJames Bingham, Charles L. Power, S. L. Wyman, A. C.\\nTrowbridge. Deacons. Charles W. Freeman and Thomas B. Holland. The following persons were\\nsubsequently elected Trustees: A. D. Chambers, H. H. Hall, George S. Hurlbert, Albert Lowther and\\nD. L. B. Peterson, their term of service being for one j ear.\\nA communion ser\\\\ice was presented by Mr. 11. II. Hall on behalf of the Outlook Committee of\\nthe neighborhood pra\\\\-er meeting The first meeting of the session was held Nov. 26, 1 892, at the\\nresidence of Dr. Hickok, No. 22 Hillyer Street, Orange, and A. C. Trowbridge was elected clerk. A\\nmeeting of the congregation was held on February 10, 1893, for the purpose of calling a pastor and\\nMr. John M. Thomas, who had officiated as a supply for several months, was unanimously chosen, and\\nthe salary fixed at $2,000. He was regularly ordained to the ministrj and installed as pastor of this\\nchurch on Friday evening, June 9, 1893. Soon after the church was organized a lot was purchased on\\nthe corner of Arlington and Springdale Avenues and plans for a church edifice were drawn by Messrs.\\nLamb Rich, the well-known firm of New York architects. A generous gift from Miss J. Louise\\nTravis, together with other amounts subscribed, enabled the Building Committee to begin operations at\\nonce, and early in June, 1S93, the building was completed and ready for occupancy and was formally\\ndedicated on Thursday evening, June 8, 1893. Rev. Henry N. Cobb, D. D., presided during the service.\\nAfter the organ prelude by Mr. W. K. Bassford. the doxology was sung. The invocation by the pastor-\\nAkl.l.\\\\ ION AVENUE PKESBVTEKIAN CHURCH, EAST ORANGE.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0220.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\n59\\nelect was followcil by tlic liymn, The Church s One Foundation. Addresses were delivered by Rev.\\nCharles II. Everest, D. I)., of the Grove Street Congregational Church, and the Rev. Stanley White, of\\nthe Hillside Presbyterian Church. The dedicatory address was made by Rev. Dr. Cobb 1 he financial\\nstatement maclc by Mr. D. Clianibcrs showcil the following as the total outlay; Co.st of lot, $4,874;\\ncost of buiUiini, \u00c2\u00a711,706; organ and bell, $4,000: making a total of S20.5S0. Receipts: Amount\\nraised by subscription, \u00c2\u00a79,880; special subscription from Mi.ss Travis for the organ and bell, $4,000.\\nWith a legacy left by Miss Travis (who died soon after the church was completed), amounting to $8,000.\\nthe entire indebtedness was litjuidatod, leaving a surplus of about $1,500. The plans, the cost of which\\nwas $500, were tlonated b\\\\- Mr. Hugh Lamb, the architect.\\nThe building is Roniancsiiuc in style, the main front facing on Springdale Avenue, with a large\\ngable supported by four massive shingled columns. .At each side of this picturesque gable are two\\nentrance porches, the one on the corner being under the main tower from which spring two smaller\\ntowers at the balcony level. The large Rose window in the gable is set back in deep recess, the face of\\nthe gable being cut on the face of the columns beneatii. The gable in the infant class-room on\\nArlington Avenue is a similar but smaller one, have a deep recessed rose window all of which is filled\\nwith stained glass, as are the other windows in the building. The stone work runs around the entire\\nbuilding at a level of two feet, and under the main gable on Springdale Avenue it reaches the height of\\nfive feet. All the stone work is of field boulders laid with rough joints. The sides of the building and\\nfaces of the gables are shingled and stained brown, and the roofs, including those of the towers and\\nporches, are shingled and stained silver grey. The best .system of heating and N cntilation has been\\nadopted. On the completion of the church it was found that the number of pews were inadequate to\\nmeet the demand and ten additional ])ews were soon after added. The general design and character of\\nthe work reflects great credit on the architects. The present membership of the church is 150. The\\nelders are Austin C. Trowbridge, Stephen L. Wyman. IIul;1i Lamb and John Mclntyre. The deacons\\nare James Stevens and Charles W. Freeman.\\nThe Sabbath School numbers in officers, teach-\\ners and scholars, 200. The superintendent is\\nHenry H. Hall. The superintendent of the\\nprimary department is Miss Anna Hall.\\nFirst German Presbyterian Church,\\nof Orange, 120 William Street, between Park\\nand Hillyer Streets. The religious sentiment\\namongst the German population of Orange first\\nmade itself manifest during the latter half of\\nthe fiftieth decade. There was occasional\\npreaching and even a nucleus formed for the\\nestablishment of a German Lutheran Societ}\\nbut the real deep interest in spiritual affairs\\ndid not take any permanent form until Rev.\\nChristian Wisner, from the Bloomfield German\\nPresbyterian Church, undertook, in 1864, to\\nlabor amongst the Germans in Orange. He\\nsucceeded in gathering a number of families\\nand with the kind assistance of Rev. James\\nHoyt, of the First Presbyterian Church, received\\npermission to use the old lecture room of the\\nthe church, on Day Street, as a meeting place,\\nwhere he held his first religious service on the\\nFIRST OEKMAN I KESBVTEKI AN CIIUKCH. OKANUt.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0221.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "i6o Thk Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nafternoon of the last Sunda\\\\- in July, 1864. In the early part of 1866, thirty-seven persons united in\\npetitioning the Presbytery of Newark to iiich the Orange Presbyterian churches belonged at that\\ntime for organizing a German Presbyterian Church in this locality. The petition was granted and the\\nRev. Jas. Hoyt and Rev. J. H. Taylor, from Brick Church, in connection with Rev. C. Wisner, were\\nauthorized to effect such organization, and on Sunday, the eighteenth day of March, 1866, the First\\n(jerman Presbyterian Church, of Orange, was fully established. The list of names of the first members\\nhas b^en lost as the\\\\- ha\\\\e not been entered on the church record. The first elders elected were Messrs.\\nAdolph liode and Gottlieb Bodmer both still living and active members of the church and to their\\nuntiring efforts the fuither growth of this church is mainly due. Rev. Mr. VVissner resigned in July,\\n1867, having accepted a call from a western church.\\nAt a parish meeting held September 2, 1867, it was resolved to extend a call to Rev. Richard S.\\nRosenthal, of the Union Theological Seminary, of New York, and on October 13, he was formally\\nelected pastor, to succeed Rev. Mr Wisner, Rev. Mr. Eldridge Mi.x, of the First Presbyterian Church,\\nacting as moderator. Under the ministerial guidance of Rev. Mr. Rt)senthal, the church prospered to\\nsuch an extent that in 1868 the congregation was incorporated, and on March i. 1869, a resolution\\nwas passed to buy the property on William Street, between Park and Hillyer, the price of which\\nwas $4,000, on which to build a cluuch edifice. On May 14, a building committee was appointed\\nconsisting of Messrs. George J. F^erry, then .Mayor of Orange, James H. Heroy, Peter Gerbert and John\\nStruck. On August 28 the corner-stone was laid and on December 28, 1869, the building was dedicated\\nto the worship of God. A heavy mortgage encumbered the property which retarded somewhat the\\nfurther growth of the church. The etlifice was erected of brick, with a seating capacity of 300, and a\\nlecture room attachetl thereto its cost amounted in all to $11,000.\\nRev. Mr. Rosenthal resigned in September. 1871. He was succeeded by Rev. Albert Winterick,\\nwho took charge of the church in December of the same )ear. For various reasons Rev. Mr. Winterick\\nresigned on September 13, 1874. During the following two months tiie puljiit was supplied b\\\\ the\\nprofessors and students of the Bloomfield Tiieological School, until Mr. Herman C. Gruhnert, then a\\nstudent at said institution, was elected, on November 26. 1874, as the permanent supply, and he began\\nhis work November 28. After laboring six months in this field, Mr. H. C. Gruhnert was formally\\nordained and installed as minister of the church on June 14, 1875. Rev. Mr. Gruhnert has worked\\nfaithfully and successfully, as was manifest by the renewed growth of the church. Under his care the\\nmembersiiip increased and became more steady. While heretofore no ])roper and correct reconi of the\\nchurch was kept and the membership could never be fully ascertained, it is different now; order and\\nsystem prevail everywhere. Mainly through his exertions the large indebtedness on the congregation\\nhas been lifted, a new parsonage has been built at a cost of $3,500, a fine organ has been placed in the\\nchurch and many other permanent improvements made, thereby largely increasing the interest in the\\nwork of the church. There are now 110 ])aying members in the congregation and 150 or more\\ncommunicants. A Ladies Society, a Ladies Aid Society, a Y. M. C. E. Society and a Sabbath School\\nare powerful adjuncts in assisting the minister in his labor of love.\\nThe S ibbath School is even older than the church itself. It was started in 1864 under the leader-\\nship of Rev. Mr. Wisner. and after the organization of the church placed under the care of Mr.\\nBodmer as first superintendent. His successors in office were Hans Peterson, Henry Hasselmann and\\nLouis Darnstaedt. The school numbers at present 1 50 scholars with 18 teachers and officers, including\\nan interesting primary department, under the care of Mrs. T. A. Andresen and Mr. O.scar Bode. The\\nelders of the church are at present Eshel Ehrichs. Lmiis Darnstaedt, Frederick Rasch. The predecessors\\nare Adolph Bode, Gottlieb Hodmer, Herman Schenck. John Struck, C. Shellenberger, Hans Peterson,\\nAndrew Egner, Henry Hasselmann, Robert Gerber. The names of the deacons at present are Oscar\\nBode, Henry Wiederhold, Theodore M. Andresen, W. Graulich, William Wille, George Egner,\\nJohn Burkardt.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0222.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "Thic Founders and Builders of the Oranges. r6i\\nPlkasant Vali,1-.V Geum\\\\N Pkeshvikkian CiiuUCH, West Orange, on the west face of First\\nMountain, overlooking Pleasant Valley, between the two mountains. This church was organized M.iy\\n26, 1S78, with the following members: F. Sippel, Christian Fentzlaff, VV. Fentzlaff, E. Ilgin, J. Wolf.\\nG. Werner. F. Wolf, K. Sippic, Mrs M. Reiman and Mrs. E. Mcrklin. Immediately after its organiza-\\ntion arrangements were made for the erection of a church edifice. The corner-stone was laid March 6,\\n1878, and the building, which is of frame, was completed and dedicated the same year. The first\\nofficers of the church were: Elders. F. Sippel, W. Fentzlaff and E. Ilgin. Trustees. C. H. Fentz-\\nlaff, F. Wolf, K. Sipple, G. Werner and J. Yost. This movement was started on June i, 1877, by Rev.\\niMin/. llartig, a student fionithe BloDnifield Theological Seminary. The first meetings were held in\\nthe Pleasant Valley school-house, and through the efforts of Mr. Hartig, the church increased in\\nnumbers and interest, and on Jul) 10, 1879, i^ ordained and installed as its pastor.\\nGkkman Pkksbvterian Church, of Orange Valley, corner of Fairview Avenue and Scotland\\nStreet. The movement which led to the organization of this church began in 1S90. The Rev. H. C.\\nGruhnert, Rev. Dr. H. F. Hickok and Rev. Stanley White started the work among the Germans in\\nOrange Valley. At first Rev. Mr. Gruhnert held weekly prayer meetings; later on, services were held\\nevery Sunday afternoon in the Hillside Presbyterian Church, and A. Wirth, candidate for the ministry,\\nwas called to take charge of the mission. P rom the beginning of January, 1890, the gatherings were\\nheld in Tompkins Street Cha[)el. The Sunday services were omitted and the weckh- prayer meetings,\\nconducted by Rev. Mr. Gruhnert, were again introduced. The Synodical Home Mission and Church\\nExtension Committee of the Presbytery of Morris and Orange, under whose care the mission started,\\ncalled John F. Kern, student of theology at Bloomfield, the present pastor of the church, to take\\ncharge of the work. The first service held in the new place of worship was attended by twelve women.\\nFor some time he had to struggle against prejudice and mistrust. But these difficulties were overcome,\\nthe members increased and men and women commenced to take an active part in building up the\\nkingdom of God there among the Germans.\\nIn August, 1890, the Sunday School was established. On the F irst Sunday there were five scholars\\nand six teachers, which number has slowly but steadily increased. The Sunday School now numbers 150\\nmembers. On the 15th of July, 1891, the mission was formally organized by the Presbytery of Morris\\nand Orange. Sixteen members wers received on certificate from the William Street German Presby-\\nterian Church and seventy-two on confession of their faith. Thus the newly organized congregation\\nnumbered eight\\\\-eight members. At the same meeting three elders and three deacons were elected,\\nordained and installed by the chairman of the Synodical Home Mission and Church Plxtension Commit-\\ntee. Re\\\\-. r. F. White, D. D of Summit, and Re\\\\-. Rufus S. Green, were appointed moderators of\\nthe session. One week later a Board of Trustees was elected. Ihe congregation immediately called\\nthe Rev. John F. Kern as pastor of the church, who was, on the 24th of July, 1891, ordained and\\ninstalled.\\nFrom that time on, two services were held morning and evening on every Sunday. A Ladies\\nAiil Society was organized in February, 1892. The members began to contribute and raise funds for\\na church home. A lot was purchased on the corner of Fairview Avenue and Scotland Street, 85 x 155\\nfeet, in 1892, at a cost of $2,550. The corner-stone for a church edifice was laid on July 23, 1S92,\\nwhich was completed the early part of the following year. The building is of frame and cost, including\\nfurniture, etc about ?l8,ooo. It was occupied for the first time in February, 1894. The officers of the\\nchurch are Elders. Hans M. Hansen, John G. Weil, Otto B. Manitz, Gottfried Kuntz. Deacons.\\nAdam Singer, Jacob Hoerth, George Kern. The present membership is 17c. The Sunday School\\nnumbers 170. Connected with the church is a Saturday School, in which the children are instructed in\\nthe German language.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0223.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "HAI ^TKR XI 11,\\nRELIGIOrS mslURY OF THE ORANGES, CONITNI ED.\\nEPISCOPAL CHL RCHES.\\nMARK S CHURCH, West Oranj^c. While Trinity Church, of Newark, was the\\nmother of St. Mark s Church, tlie latter was the mother of all tlie churches of this\\ndeiiomitiatioii for miles around. The beginning of this movement was in l8o8, when\\nRev. Joseph W illarci, rector of Trinity Church, Newark, reported that he liad\\nperformed divine service and preached twice at Benjamin Williams Orange, where\\nhe had large and attentive congregations; tliat there were several families who\\nappc;ir to be attached to the Episcopal Church, for whom he had baptized seven or\\neight children, and who regularly attend at Newark. The families referred to were\\ntiiose of Benjamin Williams, Sr., of his nephew, James Williams, and of his sons,\\nBenjamin Williams, Jr., Josiah Williams, Samuel Williams and Amos Williams. The\\nBishop of the Diocese had his attention called to these families in 1819 and\\ncontinued for some years to visit them and to hold services in this locality. The neighborhood became\\na missionarv station in 1825 and was in charge of Rev. Benjamin Holmes, who resided at Morristown\\nand came once a month to Orange. There were occasional accessions to the membership and on April\\n7, 1827, St. Mark s Church was duly incorporated under the laws of this State. The corner-stone of a\\nchurcli edifice was laid May 12, 1828, by Rev, Benjamin Holmes, and the building, which is of brown\\nstone, forty by sixty feet, was erected during the year, at a cost of between seven and eight thousand\\ndollars, a balance of the indebtedness remaining some time after its completion. It was consecrated\\nby Bishop Cross on February 20, 1829, and soon after this fifty-four pews were sold. Ihe financial\\nsupport of the church was derived mainly from three or four families. In 1S29, Mr. Holmes relin-\\nquished his charge of the congregation and the parish then ceased to be a missionary station.\\nThe Rev. William R. Whittingham took charge on June i, 1829, he being then in deacon s orders,\\nbut he was ordained priest on December 17, and installed rector on December 18, 1829. On his salary\\nof four hundred dollars a year he was required to perform the additional duty of editing the General\\nSunday School Union. He resigned on November i, 1830, for the purpose of devoting his entire time\\nto editorial work. On November 10, 1830, the Rev. Benjamin Holmes was elected to the vacant\\nrectorsliip and took charge of the parish July 4, 183 1, at a salary of fi\\\\-e lunulred dollars a year. The\\nsubscriptions which were pledged were insufficient to meet the amount and a few individuals raised a\\npermanent fund of five thousand dollars, the interest of which was to be devoted to the support of the\\nrector. Among the most prominent of the subscribers to this fund were Samuel Williams, Caleb\\nHarrison, John Harrison. Amos Williams and Benjamin Williams. For this they gave their personal\\nnotes, with the understanding that these notes could remain so long as the interest was paid. Nearly\\nall this amount was eventually secured to the church in real estate and bank stock. In 1834 a house\\nand lot were purchased for a parsonage at a cost of one thousand dollars. This was found to be at too\\ngreat a distance from the church and was sold in 1836. Before his death, which took place August 4,\\n1836, the church doubled the salary of Mr. Holmes and paid the sum over to his widow and infant\\ndaughter. His ministrations were very acceptable to his people and he died universally beloved. His\\nremains were buried under the chancel of the church as a fitting resting-place for its founder. By his", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0224.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Hijilders of the Oranges.\\nI ^S\\npiudence, his zeal ami self-sacrifice he accomplislicd much in laying the foundation and in building up\\nthe church. During the period of iiis rectorship ninct)-six were baptized, forty-one persons were\\nconfirmed and fifty-five were added to the number of communicants.\\nRev. James A. Williams, a native of Orange, was called to the vacant rectorship and assumed the\\nministerial charge August 13, 1836. He was formally installed b_\\\\ Bishop Doane, on September 9, 1837,\\nand continued to discharge the duties almost up to the day of his death, in 1883. On June 29, 1884,\\nRev. Bishop Faulkner was instituted as rector, to succeed Dr. VVdliams. As a man he was greatly\\nbeloved and made many warm friends. His services covered a period of about seven years. He\\nresigned in the spring nf i,S()i. He was succeeded bv Rev. Frank B. Reazer, the present rector.\\nST. MARKS El ISrOI AI. CHURCH, WEST ORANGK\\nThe total number of communicants in 1S95 was 576; two Sunday Schools\u00e2\u0080\u0094 teachers and officers\\n28, scholars, 30S. Property consists of stone church, the parish side-chapel and guild rooms, parisli\\nhouse, rectory, mission chapel anil cemetery: and the following societies: Missionary, Benevolent,\\nMother s Meeting, Brotherhood of St. Andrew, Altar Guild, Sewing School, District Visitors, Men s\\nClub, Junior Missionary. Officers: Rector, Frank B. Reazer. Lay Reader, Francis II. Holmes.\\nWardens. Charles A. Lighthipe, Stephen Van Rensselaer. Vestrymen.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Francis H. Holmes. Stephen\\nW. Williams, clerk, Edward I-:. Sage, treasurer, James Timpson, Charles F. Hageman, T. H. Powers\\nFarr, William R. Howe. John I). Everitt, Frank Hill, Frank R. Bagley.\\nThe Church of the Holy Communion, comer of Ridgewood Road and South Orange Avenue,\\nSouth Orange. The few scattering communicants of the Episcopal Church residing in the vicinity of\\nSouth Orange previous to the fifties worshipped either at St. Mark s Church, Orange, or at Newark. It is", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0225.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "164 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nsaid that wlicn the Rev. William R. Whittingham, D. D., (afterwards Bishop of Maryland) was rector of\\nSt. Mark s Church, he held occasional service in South Orange. It was at that time a farming community\\nand sparsely settled. The first regular service of which there is any record was held by Rev. Dr.\\nWilliams, rector of .St. Mark s Church, in the Methodist chapel, located where the present Methodist\\nchurch now stands. The first attempt at church organization was in 1859, when the late Charles\\nFrancis Osborn obtained the consent of Rt. Rev. Bishop Doane to establish a mission in this locality,\\nand Rev. Horace Hall, of St. Stephen s Church, Milburn, was appointed missionary. The Methodist\\nchapel was rented for a year by Mr. Osborn and it was through his zeal, fidelity and persistent efforts\\nthat on October 8, 1859, the parish was regularly organized under its present title, the Church of the\\nHolv Communion. The first officers elected were: Wardens. Charles F. Osborn and James S.\\nSandford. Vestrymen. Sabin Smith, Daniel Squires, John D. Freeman, Thomas Loundes, Thomas\\nFenner, Dwight B. Denslow, Charles W. Newton, John S. Tappan, James G. Osborne. During the\\nfollowing year this young and feeble parish sustained a great loss in the death of Rev. Mr. Reid, who\\nat that time was traveling in Europe for his health. During the winter of 1859-60, the parish was in\\ncharge of Rev. J. W. Shackleford and his assistant, Rev. J. L. McKine, House of Prayer, Newark, N. J.\\nSoon after the church was organized a building plot was presented to the parish by Mr. Thomas\\nLoundes, on the corner of South Orange Avenue and I iidgewood Road, on the site of the old Riggs\\nhomestead. On this was erected the present brown stone edifice which has since been twice enlarged.\\nThe church was consecrated by Rt. I^ev. William II. Odenheimcr. The instrument of donation and\\nrequest was dated February 4, 1865, signed b\\\\- the wardens of the parish, Charles F Osborn and J.\\nWalter Wood, with the seal of the church affixed. It was also signed by Joseph Ramee, Henry\\nFenner and Thomas Fenner.\\nRev. David Magot, the first rector, resigned Angust i, 1861, and Rev. Elisha Mulford was requested\\nto take charge of the parish in November, 1861, and in 1862 he was reqested to assume permanently the\\nrectorship of the church. He resigned in the autumn of 1864, and was succeeded in February, 1865,\\nby Rev. William J. Frost. He remained with the church about five years, resigning in 1870. It was\\nduring his pastorate that a rectory was built, at a cost of $6,000, on a lot diagonally opposite the church.\\nRev. Wm. H. Lewis began his labors as rector on November 7, 1870, continuing until January, 1873.\\nRev. Henry D. Deegan, the ne.xt rector, began his labors April 9, 1873, and remained for about twelve\\nyears, until 1885 Rev. R. B. Post, his successor, assumed formal charge in March, 1886 and severed\\nhis connection with the parish in 1889. He was followed by Rev. Wm. Prall, who left in 1891. Rev.\\nBenjamin Brewster accepted the position of rector in November, iSgi.and was (juite successful in his\\nlabors until failing health necessitated his retirement in October, 1895. Rev. Louis Cameron, the\\npresent rector, assisted Mr. l?revvster for some months while he was unable to attend to the duties and\\non the latter s retirement he was called permanently to the rectorship and assumed the charge on\\nNovember i, 1895. There has been a steady increase in membership since the church was first organ-\\nized and it now numbers about The present wardens are Joseph Ramee, E. V. Connett. Vestry-\\nmen.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry A. Page, J. Walter Wood, F. A. Woodhouse, P. P. Chew, T. G. Conway, W. F. Allen.\\nCyrus F. Loutrel, F. A. Wright, H. B. Schneider. The present value of the church property is\\nabout $40,000.\\nGrace Protestant Episcopal Church. This parish was originally a part of St. Mark s, from\\nwhich it was carved out in March, 1854, and organized by the Rev. Joshua D. Berry, who at that time\\nhad charge of a school in Orange. It was at a time when, from the increasing interest manifested in\\nreligious matters, and especially by the Protestant Episcopal branch of this great Christian family,\\nanother place of worship more advantageously located than St. Mark s was demanded by many of the\\nEpiscopalian families and others leaning toward that doctrinal faith in the immediate vicinity. At a\\npublic meeting held March 5, 1854, in what was then Bod well Hall, corner of P.uk and William Streets,\\nthe organization of the parish was perfecteil b)- the election of Judge Jesse Williams and Phihuuler J.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0226.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "Thk Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\n165\\nHodwcll as wardens, and tlio f()Ilo\\\\vin;4 named persons as vestrymen Jesse Williams, Piiilander J.\\nHoducil, Chauncey Shepherd, William Cleveland, Philip Ward, William M. Babbett, Aaron Dodd,\\nWilliam H. Vcrniilyea, Thomas French, Charles II. Campbell.\\nThe lilt upiin which Grace Church stands was purchased from the trustees of the First Presbyterian\\nChurch, at a cost of three thousand dollars, and had been occu|)ied by the old stone parsonage for a\\nperiod of one hundred anil five jears. Ground was broken for the new church edifice in tile summer of\\n1856, and Aui^ust 12 of the same year the corner-stone was laid with appropriate ceremonies. The\\nedifice was built of brown sandstone taken from a quarry in l^leasant Valley, West Oran^ e township,\\nand was completed in the early summer of 1857, and consecrated on Thursday, July 16, of that year, at\\na cost of ele\\\\en thousand dollars for the edifice and furnishings. The request to consecrate was read\\nby the rector-elect, the Re\\\\-. James S. l?ush, and the sentence of consecration by tlie Rev. James A.\\nWilliams, rector of St Mark s Church. Morning prayer was read by Rev. Messrs. Shackelford and\\nMerritt, Rev. Moses McCurdy and Catly reading the lessons. The sermon was jireached by the\\nRt. Rev. Bishop George Washington Doane, who also administered the holy communion, assisted by\\nthe Rev. Mr. Vermilyea, of New York, the Rev. Mr. Stock-\\ning reading the Epistle. There were also present the Rev.\\nMessrs. Reed, Moore, Mayers, and Rev. Drs. Diller and\\nCook, of New York. The beautiful altar window (symbolic\\nof F aith, Hope and Charity) was a gift from the maker, Mr-\\nDoremus, a parishioner of Grace Church. At the time of\\nthe consecration of the church edifice there were in the\\ncongregation one lunulred and thirteen communicants.\\nIn 1868 a commodious rectory was liuilt in the rear of\\nthe church edifice, at a cost of nine thousand dollars. In\\n1872 a brown-stone transept and chancel, adilitions to the\\nchurch edifice, were built, at a cost of twenty thousand dol-\\nlars, including organ, carpets, etc., therebj- increasing the\\nseating capacity one-half. In 1S77 another addition was\\nmade, consisting of a brown stone chapel, connected with\\nthe transept, at a cost of si.x thousand dollars, and having a\\nseating capacity of two hundred and fitly. Rev. Mr. lierrj-\\nand others had charge of the parish until its first rector, Rev-\\nJames S. Bush, was called in July, 1856. He resigned in\\n1867, and was succeeded in 1868 by the ]iresent rector. Rev.\\nAnthony Schuyler.\\nOn Sunday, July 2, 1893, the twenty-fifth anniversary of\\nthe pastorate of Rev. Anthony Sclui_\\\\ler was held with appro-\\n]5riate ceremonies. Those who assisted in the exercises were\\nRe\\\\ Dr. William G. Farrington, the Rev. Dr. E. H. Hoggs, the secretary of tlie Diocese of Newark,\\nanil the Rev. Hamilton Schuyler, son of the rector. Dr. Farrington read the Epistle and Dr. l?oggs\\nthe Gospel. The sermon, which was a review of the history of the parish for the past twenty-five\\nyears, combined with many personal reminiscences, was preached b} the venerable rector of the parish.\\nThe full text of the sermon is the following: Walk about Zion, and go round about her; tell the\\ntowers thereof. Mark well her bulwarks, consider her palaces, that ye may tell it to the generation\\nfollowing, for this God is our God for ever and ever: He will be our Guide even unto death.\\nPsalms .Nlviii 12, 13, 14.\\nDr. Schuyler, in the course of his remarks said Take the communion roll of 250 names on the\\nregister of this parish in 1868. Read them carefully over and find thirty-eight of them only on that\\nroll to-da) Of these thirty-eight, thirty-three have companied with us from that day to this; tile\\nGRATF. PROTESTANT", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0227.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "i66 Thk Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nremaining five are from families removed to otlier parishes at an early day, but who have returned to us\\nin time for their re-enrollment before this anniversary. I heartily welcome them back to-day in the\\nname and behalf of their fellow survivors of that 250, and my prayer is that we may all be spared a\\nlittle before we yo hence and are no more seen. The two wardens and seven of the ten vestrymen of\\nthat day have been called to their fathers. Of the three survivors, only one is a member of the parish\\nto-daj The places here that once knew the others, know them no more. Of the present vestry two\\nonly were members of the conj,negation of 1868. Names of wardens and vestrymen of 1868: Ward-\\nens. Lewis S. Thomas, John Fairbanks. Vestrymen. Zebulon E. Carrington, John W. Burt, George\\nVV. Stow, Henry Folsom, Nathan H. Stockwell. A. A. ]?radley, Samuel \\\\V. Torrey, Chaunce\\\\- Shepherd,\\nWilliam H. Morris and Francis C. Cantine.\\nMy recollection of those twelve men is one of the treasured memories of a ministry of fort\\\\--three\\nyears. They called a rector whom but two of them had ever seen, and took the further step before tliey\\nfairly knew him, of ratifying their call by a request for his institution. It was no empty compliment.\\nIt struck me then and it strikes me now as a venture of confidence in their newly chosen rector which\\nhe had no reason to expect and which he can never forget. It helped him to cast his anchor here as in\\na haven where he would be. Within three months a house and home sprang up before his eyes, of\\nwhich he was allowed the entire ordering. And there, amid all the changes that have been going on\\nabout him, with health preserved and a family circle unbroken, lie remains. It is a merciful and a\\ngracious suspension of the rule of man s existence here that he fleeth as a shadow and never continueth\\nin one sta\\\\\\\\ The circumstances of that only formal induction to a parish in the rector s experience\\nstand out vi\\\\idly in his memory to-day. As soon as the engagements of the Bishop of the Diocese\\nallowed, the ceremony took place. It was the first Sunday in October, and pending the session of the\\ntriennial convention of the church, in the city of New York.\\nReferring to the mission work of the church. Dr. Schuyler said: I allude to this offering for\\ndiocesian missions because it was the beginning of outsitle benefactions which have gone steadily on\\nfor a quarter of a century uninterrupted, though doubtless affected by fluctuations in the business of\\nyonder great city, in which the men before me, with rare exception, ha\\\\-e ever been engaged. I have\\nnot the time nor will I be expected to tabulate these benefactions, and so 1 venture to sum tlu-m up in\\na sintrle total. Thev include offerings to missions at home and abroad, to Christian education and to\\nchurch and charitable institutions in a word, to all objects outside the parish, so far as they are shown\\nby the annual convention journals of the diocese. The total is $75,355.42, or something over $3,000\\nper annum for twenty-five years. I should not do the church full justice were I not to notice the fact\\nthat while the benefactions were thus finding their way to distant places, it has not forgotten the\\ncharit\\\\- that begins at home. There must be added to this $75,000, over $i8.000 more or an average of\\nover $700 a year for the poor and needy of the tlock.\\nReferring to the church extension work. Dr. Schuyler said: To Grace Church Brotherhood of\\nSt. Andrew we owe the starting of a mission and the maintainance of a Sunda\\\\- School and Sunday\\nservices which ha\\\\e issued in the organization of an independent parish.\\nOut of the 250 names on the communion roll when Dr. Schuyler took charge of the parish, only\\nthe following named persons were remaining on the twent\\\\-fifth anniversarj of Dr. Schuyler s pastorate:\\nEmma Broome, Harriet Baxter, Mary Carrington, Aurelia Carrington, Laura Carrington, Sarah Crumble,\\nWilliam H. Decker, Hannah L. Decker, Fhebe Folsom, Caroline Lockwood, Caroline (Fairbanks)\\nHarrison, Charlotte Fairbanks, Julia Holmes, Sarah Bayley, Emily Daniels, Anna T. E. Kirtland,\\nMary Marvin, Catharine (Sheldon) Franklin, James Young, Efifie Young, Isaac Young, Adelaide\\n(Tompkins) Schieman, John VV. Russell, Mary H. Russell, Alvira Walker, Margaret Whitney, Aptha\\n(Norris) Corlies, Margaret (Martin) Ludwick, M.irshall Shepherd, Adele (Dodd) Lindsley, Julia Soper,\\nAnn T homas, Catharine (Newbold) Boiler, Phebe Dickson, Abbey Pierson, William H. Morris, Charlotte\\nStevenson. The total number of baptisms since the organization of the church is 1,118; jjresent\\nnumber of communicants, 761; congregation, 1.400. The present wardens are Marshall Shepherd,", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0228.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "The Founders and BriLPERS of the Oranges. 167\\nWilliam M. Franklin Vestry.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. J. Hroonio, Edward VV. Ashley. Jay C. .)ung. J. O. Ward, Charles\\nF. Krocli. Dr. Thomas P. Fitch, Frank O. Harstovv, Walter Scranton, J. O. Watson (deceased 1895),\\nJulius A. H...\\\\l,iM. The lot on which the church and rectory stands cxtenils from Main through to\\nWilliam Street, with a frontage of 100 feet and and a depth of 300. The total value of the projjerty at\\nthe present time is al^out $75,000.\\nRi;v. Anthony Sciiuvi.KR, 1) D., is not only tiie oldest living rector of the Episcopal Church in\\nthe Oranges, hut his connection with Grace Episcopal Church, of Orange, covers a longer term of years\\nthan that of any minister of the gospel among the forty odd churches of Orange, South, East and\\nWest Orange. P ew of the members who greeted him .is their rector nearly thirty years ago are now\\nliving. I le li.is followed the aged to their last resting place, he has united their children in bonds of holy\\nwedlock and ailministered the holy rite of bajjtism to their children and children s chiklren. and these\\nin turn have become workers and co-workers with him. He has led his jjeople like a flock. guiding them\\ninto green pastures and b\\\\- tlie side of still waters as he has ministered unto them from out of God s\\nWoril. I lie affection between him aiul his people is very strong, and although the church has more\\nthan doubled since he became its rector, there arc few, if any, of his large congregation whose faces are\\nnot familiar to him. and the stranger requires no formal introduction but always receives a cordial\\ngreeting. It can be saitl with trutii, The lines have fallen to him in pleasant places, and he has\\nenjoyed a goodly heritage.\\nDr. Schuyler comes of an old Hollaml family associated with the early history of New York and\\nNew Jersey as well. Phili[) Pieterse Schuyler, the ancestor, came from y\\\\msterdam. Holland, about\\n1650. and settled in Albany. He was commissioned captain in 1667. He married, December 12, 1650,\\nMargarita Von Sliciitenliorst, and had seven or eight sons, among whom was Arcnt.\\nArent Schuyler, son of Philip Pieterse and Margarita (Von Slichtenhorst) Schuyler, was born in\\nAlbany, June 25, 1662 lie purchased in 1710 a large tract of land on the banks of the Passaic River,\\nopposite Belleville, a part of which was then known as Harbadoes Neck, extending from the bay between\\ntile entrance to the Hackensack and Passaic Rivers, about seven miles north to what is known as Ruther-\\nford. Copper ore was discovered on his place by a negro servant and the mine was subsequently\\nworked to advantage, large (juantities being shi[)iicd to England. He was verj liberal in his contribu-\\ntions to the church and was a man of wealth and [irominence. He married, November 26, 1684,\\nJcnnech Teller. Among the children mentioned are Col. John, who became quite prominent, and\\nCasparus, the youngest.\\nCasparus Schuyler, born about 1693, the youngest son of Arent, settled in Burlington. N. J., where\\nhe married Brocas. born May 16, 1695, died A])ril 17. 1754. They had among other children, a\\nson, Aaron.\\nAaron Schuyler, son of Casparus, was born about 1730. lie married Hester Day, daughter of\\nCol. Thomas Day, who commanded the Bergen Count)- Militia in the War of the Revolution. He was\\na noted patriot and a friend of the commander-in-chief. His home at Preakness, N. J., (still standing)\\nw as at one time used as the headquarters of Washington. Among the children of Aaron and Hester\\n(Day) Schuyler, was Peter.\\nPeter Schuyler, son of Aaron and Hester (Day) Schuyler, was born in Burlington. N. J., in 178S,\\nmarried Caroline Brother, daughter of Valentine. They were the parents of Rev. Anthony Sc/niylir. D. D.\\nRev. Anthony Schuyler, D. D., son of Aaron and Caroline (Brother) Schuj-ler, was born at Geneva.\\nN. Y., and was graduated at Geneva College. He then went to Ithaca, where he studied law and was\\nadmitted to the bar. and married in 1839. He had quite a successful practice and continued for ten\\nyears. After losing his wife, in 1849, he abandoned the law aad decided to enter the ministry. He\\npursued a course of study at Ithaca under the rector of the Episcopal church at that place. Rev. VV. S.\\nWalker, and was ordained a deacon in December, 1850. After spending his deaconate of eighteen\\nmonths at Pen Van. he was called to Oswego as rector of Christ Church, continuing until 1862. For\\nthe six years following he was rector of Christ Church, in Rochester. In both of these churches he had", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0229.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "68 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\ncharges which i^rcvv in nuiiibcrs and strcUL^th and arc now prominent and influential parishes in those\\ncities. lie began his duties as rector of Grace Churcli, Orange, in 1868, which tlien numbered about\\nthree iuindred communicants. Hetween seven and eight hundred is the present membership. In ail\\nthe State tliere is probabl) not another more united church.\\nDr. Schuyler s work is tliat wholly of the ministry, leaving no time for activity in public affairs,\\nand while he is in sympathy with every movement tending to better the condition (if the jjcople, he\\nleaves these duties to others who have the time and the inclination for sucii work. In all matters\\nlooking to the moral improvement of the community he has full share. Dr. Schuyler has been twice\\nmarried. His second wife was Mary Allen, daughter of Henry Allen, of Skaneateles. Three children\\nwere the issue of this marriage Rev. Hamilton Schuyler, who is in charge of the cathedral at Daven-\\nport, Iowa, under the charge of Bishop Perry, of that State; Anthony, in business in Newark, and one\\ndaughter, Margaretta.\\nChkIST Church, Rast Orange. The first meeting to take into consideration the expediency of\\norganizing an Episcopal Church in East Orange, was held at the house of Mr. A. D. Baldu in, October\\n10, 1867. There were present. Rev. Mr. Bush, A. D. Baldwin, T. R. Mcllvaine, Richard Coyne, C. Marsh,\\nCharles Quinby and E. M. Baldwin. On September 15, 1868, St. John s parish was organized at a\\nmeeting in the depot of the D. L. \u00c2\u00ab!s:. W. R. R at East Orange. There were present on this occasion,\\nT. R. Mcllvaine, George Williams. Cyrus Loutrcl, Richard Coyne, C. Marsh and E. M. Baldwin. The\\nfirst vestry was composed of the following named gentlemen: Wardens. -William K. Kitchell,\\nChauncey Shepherd. Vestrymen. A. D. Baldwin, George Williams, T. R. Mclhaine, Mr. Ogden, Mr.\\nDecker and E. M. I^aldwin.\\nOn the 25th of September, 18O8, the name of St. John s parish was changed to Christ Church.\\nThe first regular service was held August 1, iS6y, in the school-rooms of Rev. John G. Mulholland, who\\ngave his services and rooms free to the society. He preached and conducted the services for thirteen\\nmonths, resigning September 4, 1870. The parish at that time numbered about twenty families. Christ\\nChurch parish was known at that time as a mission and was so recorded and represented in the Journal\\nof the Diocese of New Jersey, at the eighty-eighth annual convention, held at St. Mary s Church,\\nBurlington, on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 30 and 31, 1871. Rev. H. T. Bishop began his ministra-\\ntions on the second Sunday in September (nth day of the month), 1870. In the early part of that\\nyear a lot was purchased on Main Street, abo\\\\c Walnut, on which a frame building was erected at a\\ncost of \u00c2\u00a79,650. The first service was held in the new building December 18, 1870, at which time some\\nthirty families came from Grace Church, Orange, and in the report made to the convention about this\\ntime it was stated tliat there were fifty-five families, made up of 225 individuals; also that ten were\\nconfirmed on this occasion that there was a successful Sunda_\\\\- School with nine teachers and forty-\\nfive pupils.\\nThe work begun by Mr. Bishop was carrieil on successfulh- for a number of years, the church\\ngathering strength from year to year. On Sunday, December 23, 1S88, the building was burned and\\nfor two years following the congregation worshipped in Commonwealth Hall. Arrangements were\\nmade at once, however, for rebuilding on tlie old site. Rev. Mr. Bishop owned at this time the rectory\\nand the property lying between the old church property and that owned by the Calvary Methodist\\nSociety, on Main Street. The church property was 230 feet in depth with a frontage of 60 feet on\\nWalnut Street. Mr. Bishop offered to exchange his Main Street lot for the one on Walnut Street,\\nleaving the equity to be determined by disinterested parties. This was done to the entire satisfaction\\nof all parties, he being awarded SSoOO as etjuity. He then removed his house to Walnut Street, which\\nleft the church property with a frontage of 150 feet, just double the former width.\\nWork was begun on the new church edifice as soon as the preliminary arrangements were completed\\nand on Friday, March 27, 1891, the church was opened and services appro])riate to the occasion were\\nheld. The font and baptistry, lectern, pulpit, chancel rail, credence and altar, which were then used for", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0230.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "The Foundf.rs and Builders of the Oranges. 169\\nthe first time, were solemnly blessed by the Bishop of the Diocese. The service was at 4.30 o clock, and\\nafter the ceremony of blessing, a number of the candidates for confirmation were baptized. The\\nconfirmation services followed, the Bishop making the usual address to the class.\\nThe building, which is of Indiana limestone, is cruciform with a nave fifty feet wide and eighty\\nfeet long; the transepts arc 20 feet deep, making the extreme width of the church across the transepts\\nninety feet. The principal facade is to south, on Main Street. It consists of a broad gable surmounted\\nwith a handsomely carved stone cross. In the gable is a group of tall lancet windows. Across this end\\nof the building is a passage having very much the effect of a cloister with low mullif)ned windows. A\\nbroad arch is thrown across the roadway that passes between the tower and the church which is used as\\na poric cochere. The interior of the church has been finishetl in the most elaborate manner and is said\\nto be equal to that of any church in the diocese. The ceiling is supported by queen-post trusses of\\nelaborate designs, and on the ends of the hammer beams are hand-carved angel heads, facing the altar.\\nFrom these hammer beams hang the gas fi.xtures of antique design in polished brass, resembling the\\nold cressets of the twelfth century. The pews are of polished quartered oak, darkened to an antique\\ntinge. The font is of the purest white statuary marble, sand finished, and the bowl rests on pillars of\\npolished Sienna marble. The altar is of polished Sienna marble, a very artistic and rich piece of work.\\nThe church has a seating capacity of about 800.\\nWhile the decoration and the furnishing of the church is of the most elaborate and expensive\\nkind, yet not any of this expense has fallen on the church as a unit. The building committee of the\\nchurch had simply to provide the cost of the bare shell, the walls and the roof and the heating\\napparatus. All the other things that have been added are the gifts of individuals as memorials, and of\\nthe various chapters of the church guild. The baptistry, the pulpit, chancel furniture, choir .stalls,\\norgan, chancel rail, altar, credence, and in fact everything in the church has been provided in this way.\\nThe total cost of the church and all its accessories will considerably exceed $100,000. A large amount\\nof the money to carry on the work was raised by the ladies of the church by entertainments and other\\nmeans, and to their efforts is due to a large extent the success of the undertaking. The organ, a\\nmagnificent piece of work, built by Harrison Co., of Bloomfield, was presented to the church by\\nMrs. James C. Petit. The total value of the church property at the present time is about $150,000.\\nRt\\\\-. Mr. Bishop continued his labors with this church for nearly a quarter of a century, but was\\ncompelled to resign in April, 1894, in consequence of failing health. He was succeeded by Rev.\\nii -hl^i^ William WtrrtTK*y Davis, the present incumbent. The present officers of the church are Wardens.\\nJ Charles Mechalick, Samuel \\\\V. Whittemorc. Vestrymen.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. G. Chittick, John V. Davis, Robert\\nAndrews, Charles P. Brooks, G. E. Zippal, L. D. Clark, C. W.Cornell. W. C. Horn, F. W. Howe.\\nH. G. Pickslay.\\nAll Saints Parish. In 1876 a mission was started in that part of St. Mark s parish known as\\nOrange Valley, under Mr. J. B. Van Wagenen, of St. Mark s vestry, as lay-reader. Its first location\\nwas in the old school-house, corner of Valley Road and Forest Street. It was subsequently removed\\nto a cottage on the corner of Freeman and Tompkins Streets. In November, 187S, the Rev. William\\nRichmond came to St. Mark s as curate, and took charge of the mission in the Valley. It soon out-\\ngrew its quarters and it became necessary to build a chapel. Mrs. A. J. Harrison gave as a site a lot\\n30 X 100 feet on the corner of Forest and Tompkins Streets, and while the chapel was building Evening\\nPrayer was held on Sundays in the parlors of Mrs. Napoleon Stetson, on Tompkins Street. The chapel\\nwas opened for use, thoroughly equii)pcd, on the fourteenth Sunday after Trinity, September 14, 1879.\\nwith a celebration of the Holy Eucharist, about eighty-five communicants being present. This chapel\\nwas known as St. Mark s chapel. From this time the regular offices were the Holy Eucharist, at 7.30\\non Sundays and Holy Days, and Evening Prayer on Sunday afternoons. Shortly after, a Sunday School\\nwas opened in the house on Tompkins Street next to the chapel. This house became known as the\\nMission House, and here work of various kinds was conducted. In October, 1881, the Rev. Harr", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0231.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "170 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nMcDowell entered on duty as junior curate of St. Mark s and took up his residence in the Mission\\nHouse. He was succeeded in August, 1883, by the Rev. Gilbert R. Underbill. The Rev. James A.\\nWilliams, D. I)., rector of St. Mark s, died September 2, 1883, and soon after the Rev. William Rich-\\nmond and the Rev. Gilbert R. Underbill resigned.\\nThe chapel continued under the various clergy temporarily engaged at St. Mark s during the vacanc\\\\\\nin the rectorship, and for a few months under the Rev. Bishop Falkner, the successor of Dr. Williams.\\nIll April, 1885, St. Mark s parish was divided and that part of it south of Glebe Street extending to\\nthe line of South Orange was erected into a new parish. The district between Glebe Street and\\nCentral Avenue was subsequently cut off from the new parish and made part of St. Mark s. On April\\n13, those interested in the new parish met in the Mission House, Mr. J. B. Van Wagenen in the chair,\\nand took the necessary measures for incorporation, adopting the name of All Saints Church and electing\\nWardens J. B. Van Wagenen and Robert N. Drew; Vestrymen John Young, C. G. Kidder, H. R.\\nTerhune, I. Cryder Lee and P. F. Timpson. The vestry met the same evening and elected Mr. P. F.\\nTimpson secretary and Mr. J. B. Van Wagenen treasurer, and by unanimous vote elected the Rev.\\nWilliam Richmond, S. T. B., rector. The election was accepted and the rector assumed the charge of the\\nparish on the Second Sunday after Easter, April 19, 1885. The number fjf communicants was about\\n175. The chapel became All Saints Church and the Mission House became the rectory. The building\\nof a parish hall as an annex to the rectory was undertaken and it was opened for use in October, 1885.\\nLanil was acquired for the building of a new church on the corner of Forest and X alley Streets, and\\nground was broken November 12, 1885. The plans were drawn for a large stone church, but it was\\ndeemed wise to build only so much of it as would be needed for some years to come. The cluirch was\\nopened for use on the second Sumlay after Easter, April 24, 1887, and the old church became once\\nmore the chapel. From this time a vested choir of men and boys was maintained. The daily Morning\\nand Evening Prayer began with Advent, 1885; the daily Eucharist, with All Saints Daj-. 1893.\\nA large amount of property was gradually acquired and the parish now (1896) has on one plot a\\nchurch, a chapel, a parish hall, a rectory, a curate s house, a sisters house, a young men s club-house, an\\nembroidery house, and one building rented for a shop and dwelling-house. From the beginning the\\nfree church principal has been adopted, and for all purposes current expenses and all expenses of\\npurchase, building, equipment, etc. the parish has depended entirely on the ofTerings placed in the\\nalms-basins at public worship, without resorting to pew rents, subscription lists, fairs or the like. The\\nscats are unassigned. The number of communicants in May, 1896, was 378. At different times since\\nthe erection of the parish the l\\\\e\\\\ J. W. Elliott, tlie Rev. Edward Benedict and the Rev. G. H.\\nSharpley have been curates, and in addition to the original vestrymen, Messrs. William 1?. Bmilton,\\nEdward C. Clay, F. W. Child, C. S. Trench, H. E. Kimball, H. T. Van Nostrand, Charles R. Wilmot,\\nII. E. Matlheus, II. I. W. Davis and C. A. Balbach have served.\\nSt. Paul s Church, East Orange, corner of Prospect Street aiul Renshaw .As-ciiuc. The move-\\nment which led to the organization of this church began in the spring of 1869, in the dist- ict which is\\nstill known as Watsessing, under the Re\\\\ William H. Carter, D. D., rector of Christ Church, Bloom-\\nfield. It began with a cottage service held at the residence of Isaac B. Grififin. This service continued\\nregularly until the erection of a chapel on Myrtle Street, a lot for the same having been presented by\\nMr. Charles Hcnrichs. The chapel was opened for service by Dr. Carter, January 30, 1870, and the\\ncongregation continued to worship there for five years. Permission being granted, the lot upon which\\nthe chapel stood was sold for S450 and a larger lot was purchased on Dodd Street, East Orange, for\\n$1,600. The old chapel was removed from Myrtle to Dodd Street and a chancel was added to it in\\nAugust, 1875. This chapel remained a part of the parochial work of Christ Church, Bloomfield, until\\nEastertide, 1876, when the congregation decided to sever all connection with the Bloomfield parish and\\ntake a position as an independent mission. The parochial organization was effected November 17,\\n1876, and on the 22d of November following the new j^arish was admitted into union with the Diocesan", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0232.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "The Foundeks and Builders of the Oranges. 171\\nConvention under the name of St. Paul s Church, of East Orange. The first vestry chosen was:\\nWardens.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Ely, John Sherman. Vestrymen.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Farmiloe, John A. Ely. John W. Wiseman.\\nT. C. Hailey and Stephen Gilson. Rev. William White Wilson was elected as the first rector. He\\nentered upon his duties May 14, 1S76 and remained until June, iSSo. Uruler his administration the\\ncongrei^ation increased so rapidly that it was found necessary to enlarge the buililing and in 1877 a wing\\nwas added, at a cost of $1,550. In October, 1880, Rev. Daniel I. Edwards became rector, assisted by\\nhis son, Rev. George H. Edwards. The elder Edwards rem.dned in active service until he was stricken\\nwith paralysis, in January, 1883. In August of the same year his son took charge, continuing until\\n1885, when he was succeeded by Rev. J. P. Faucon, who entered upon his duties November 27 of that\\nyear and remained for seven years. On Advent Sunday, November 27, 1S92, Rev. John W. Williams\\nbegan his labors as rector and is still in ofifice.\\nA lot wiis purchased in 1893 on the corner of Prospect Street and Kenshaw Avenue, at a cost of\\n$3,000. Work was begun in July, 1895, and the building completed in January, 1896. The dedication\\nceremonies were held on Saturday, January 25. The services were conducted by the Rev. Dr. Walpole,\\na.ssisted by Rev. Mr. Reazer, of St. Mark s Church. The sermon was preached by Rev. Dr. Christian,\\nfrom Psalms cx.xii 2. The dedication services were continued on Sunday, when a special historical\\nsermon was preached by Rev. Anthony Schuyler, D. D., of Grace Church, who took for his subject\\nSome Recollections of a ministry of Forty Years in the Episcopal Church. His text was from\\nDeut. iv 32: For ask now of the days tkat are past.\\nThe new church edifice is built of Pompton granite laid in irregular ashlar in fourteenth century\\ngothic style. The walls are solidly built, two feet in thickness and si.xteen feet high to the eave line.\\nThe roof is single peaked with the gable end on the street. In this are double fold entrance doors with\\na lancet window on each side and a cross mullioned wiiulnw above. The ground plan is 85 x 39, the side\\nwalls being plastered to the eaves, the roof suiiported b)- simple cross trusses and the ceiling being of\\nnarrow North Carolina pine, oil finished. The chancel is twenty-six feet deep, of which twelve feet is\\nthe sanctuary and the remainder the choir. The furnishings of the church are neat and in good taste\\nand are mostly gifts and memorials. The choir stalls of quartered oak are the gift of Walter and\\nMargaret Kerr; the handsome sanctuary rail in memorj- of Mrs Nanc\\\\- Wilde, the mother and founder\\nof the church. The neat credence table on the right of the altar is the gift of the Altar Guild of the\\nchurch the processional cross and the Eucharist candlesticks are the gift of Mrs. William M. Franklin\\nand the triple light vesper candelabra are memorial offerings. The pews are of ash of neat design,\\nfinished in oil. A handsome font of Caen stone, in style to match the altar, was given by Thomas R.\\nCreede, as a memorial to his mother. The pulpit was given by Mrs. George McCuUagh as a memorial\\nof her father, and a fine literny desk was presented by Mrs. Florence McCullagh. The completion of\\nthe new church edifice is a monument to the tireless energy and hard work of the rector, the Rev. Joiin\\nW. Williams. The total valuation of the present church property is about \u00c2\u00a722,000.\\nChurch of the Holy InN0CENT.S, St. Cloud, West Orange. A building was erected here in 1877\\nas a memorial to Mrs. Douglas Robinson. It was removed and enlarged the same year. The property\\nis valued at about sS,ooo. Trinity Mission, Northfield, was established in connection with this interest.\\nThe first rector was Rev. T. Jefferson Danner. He was succeeded by Rev. C. H. Stocking.\\nSt. Andrew s Church, corner Centre Street and Stirling Avenue, Montrose, South Orange. This\\nchurch is locateil in the midst of a thriving community which has grown up within the last few years,\\nmade up mostly of New York business men. The parish is the offspring of Grace Church, Orange.\\nIt was organized December 24, 1892, the priest in charge being Rev. Alexander Mann. The new church\\nbuilding was begun in 1S92, and was o])ened for service in July, 1893. It is of Indiana stone, a\\nvery pretty design, and in harmony ith the surroundings. The first service held in the new building\\nwa.s an early celebration of the holy communion, at seven o clock A. M., on the last Sunday of June,", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0233.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "172 The Founders and Builders of the ORANOEf,.\\n1893, at which about forty of the members of the parish were present and received. In the afternoon,\\nat 4.30 o clock, was the formal opening service. Rev. Alexander Mann, who had been the priest in\\nchart^e, made an address of welcome and thanked the Rev. Benjamin Brewster, of the Church of the\\nHolv Communion, and Rev. Frank B. Reazer, of St. Mark s Church, for their assistance in estabhshing\\ntlie parisli, and alluded to the effective work that had been done by the Brotherhood of St. Andrew in the\\nort^anization of the parish. Rev. Anthony Schuyler, of Grace Church, Rev. Frank 15. Reazer, rector of\\nSt. Mark s, Rev. Benjamin Brcwsttr, of the Church of the Holy Communion, and Rev. E. B. Boggs,\\nsecretary of the Diocese of Newark, all participated in the services of the occasion and congratulated\\nthose who had been instrumental in the organizion of the parish and the excellent work accomplished.\\nThe present membership of the church is 150. The rector is Rev. Samuel H. Bishop. The\\nwardens are H. II. Truman, T. H. Taylor; the vestrymen are W. H. Bradshaw, J. T. Coit, H. C.\\nEdminston, II. \\\\V. Thomas, Jos. Van Nostrand. Robert Warren, H. W. Winter. In the Suiida\\\\- School\\nthorc are forty-five pupils and nine teachers, with Charles H. Van Nostrand as superintendent.\\nHETHODIST CHURCHES.\\nFlKSi M. E. Church, Main Street, Orange. The Methodists were the first of any other ilenomin-\\nation to encroach on the pre-empted territory of the old First Church. The early circuit rider\\nrecognized no prior claims but preached the gospel withou* fear or favor wherever and whenever he\\ncould find people to listen. About 1804, this region formed a small part of Haverstraw circuit and was\\nunder the charge of Rev. Barney Matthias. The circuit was of great extent and the preacher rode\\nfrom place to place preaching in school-houses, in private houses, and frequently in barns. The popula-\\ntion was small and scattered and the preacher enjoyed hard work and small pay. At a quarterly\\nmeeting held at the barn of Martiny Hogencamp. in Clarkstown, Rockland County, N. Y., November\\nI, 1805, there is an account gi\\\\en of the amount collected from the different classes. The amount\\nreceived was !535.24 and the faithful preacher received as his salary for a quarter of the year, $27.68,\\nwith which he mounted his horse and rode on his way rejoicing. In 181 1 the circuit was divided and\\nthis region became a part of Bergen circuit. It included Orange, Newark, Fort Lee. Paterson, in New\\njersey, and Haverstraw and Nyack, in Rockland County, N. Y.\\nIn 1819-20, Rev. Charles Pitman, an honored name in New Jersey Methodism, traveled Bergen\\ncircuit, anil while occasionally visiting the house of a Mr. Crane, who lived in what is now Montclair,\\nhe held services in a school-house at Tory Corners, near the present Rosedale Cemetery. Revs. John\\nPotts and Geo. Banghart assisted in maintaining these meetings. Occasional services were continued\\nhere for several years, but as far as is known no organization was attempted. Rev. Dr. Hoyt, in his\\nhistory of the First Presbyterian Church, says A Methodist clergyman some time previously had\\nvisited Orange (referring to the preaching of Rev. James Wood, in 1824) and preached at a private house\\nwhere a lady of that denomination resided. There were at that time very few Methodists in this place.\\nIt was the evening of Dr. Hillyer s lecture and the Doctor, on his way home from service, passing the\\nplace, saw quite a crowd assembled, some of them standing outside the door, among whom was a man\\nof his own society who seldom went to church. The next day, meeting this man. the conversation\\nturned u[)on the Methodist preacher, and he was asked what he thought of him. Why, I thought\\nthis, replied Dr. II., that I ought to be thankful to God for sending a man here to preach His gospel\\n\\\\\\\\ho can get the attention of such men as ou. My preaching does you no good, for you don t come\\nto hear it. If another man can draw you out I shall be glad, and still more if he is made an instrument\\nin bringing you into the kingdom of God. The result was that the man was seen at Dr. Hillyer s next\\ninquir\\\\ meeting and was soon a member of his church.\\nIn the autumn of 1S2S, Rev. J. N. Crane, w ho then resided in Orange, being desirous of introilucing\\nMethodism here, secured a place for worship in the upper room of a house on Main Street, near Cone,\\noccupied by a Mr. Bishop, whose wife was a Methodist. Services were held there semi-monthly for", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0234.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "Tin: Founders anh Riii.dkrs ok tiir Oranges. 173\\nseveral months by Rev. Isaac Winner, of Hellevillc circuit. In .M ucli, 1829, Rev. Jolin Kenneday, of\\nthe Halsey Street .M. E. Church, Newark, and Rev. Isaac Winner held occasional services in the white\\nschool-house which occupied the site of the present Brick Church, East Oranye. As the doctrines,\\nspirit and aims of Methodism were at that period but little understood in this community, permission\\nfor the use of the school-house was withheld after a few months. In y\\\\ur;ust of the same year the\\nMasonic Hall, on Main Street, was opened for preaching. Calvin Tomj)kins, William Murphy and\\nothers of the Halsey Street M. E. Church, Newark, had generously rented and furnished the hall for\\ndivine worship. During the autumn and winter, services were maintained regularly and a revival of\\nreligion was in continual progress. At this time the first class, of ten members, was formed with Mr.\\nJames Collins as leader. One month later the class was formally recognized as a part of the Belleville\\ncircuit, so that September 38, 1829, establishes the date of the organization of the society, comjiosed of\\nthe following members: James Collins and wife, Richard Malsey and wife, Archibald Lvon. Samantha\\nLyon, Abram Clark, Abram Brantlt, Henry Smith and i\\\\Ir. Barrett.\\nThis society continued as part of Belleville circuit until the following April (1830), when it was\\nembraced in the Bloomfield circuit, under the pastoral care of Rews. David Bartine and John L. Gilder.\\nThe latter, however, after three months, was transferred to Newark and Rev. Edwin Janes was sent as\\na substitute. On August 24, 1830, the following were elected as the first trustees: Calvin Tompkins,\\nWilliam Murphy, Henry Wilde, John E. Edwards, Richard Kelsall, Archibald Lyon, and James Collins.\\nOn September 20, the board organized witk the following ofificers James Collins, President Henry\\nWilde, Secretary; John E. Edwards, Treasurer. At this time it was decided to purchase the lot on the\\nwest side of the Masonic Hall belonging to Dr. Babbit (upon which the present edifice now stands), and\\na contract was made with Amos A. Harrison to erect a frame church 40 x 50 feet, with galleries and\\nbasement, for the sum of $2,620. The corner-stone was soon after laid and in about a year in the\\nautumn of 1831 the church was dedicated. As Bloomfield was a four weeks circuit and could not\\npossibly supplj the new society with preaching except at long intervals, local preachers were largely\\nemployed and rendered valuable assistance. Among these were John Dow, Henry Hopkins, John Lee,\\nWilliam Lee, Abram Smith, William Sandford, Messrs. Mitchell, Taylor, Buckley, Cross, Hunter, J. S.\\nSwain and I. N. Felch. The two last named afterward became ministers in the New Jersey Conference.\\nIn April, 1S32, the societ} was taken from the Bloomfield circuit and made into a distinct charge.\\nRev. Edmund S. Janes, subsequent!}- elected Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, became, by\\nappointment of the Philadelphia Conference, the first resident pastor of the Orange Church. At this\\ntime the church numbered eighty-eight members. It is proper to state that Rev. Mr. Janes won the\\nconfidence and esteem of all Christians in Orange by his sincere devotion, his personal attractiveness,\\nhis generous catholicity and his acknowledged talents. He did very much to remove existing prejudices\\nand misapprehensions regarding Methodist doctrines and usages. In 1833 society was re-united to\\nBloomfield circuit, which relation was continued until 1837 when it again became a separate ajjpoint-\\nment. In 1838 it was united with Caldwell for one year and since then it has remained a separate\\nstation. During 1859 frame church which had been used for twenty-eight years was replaced by\\nthe present brick and stone structure, the former building being removed to the rear and used as a chapel.\\nIn 1868, during the pastorate of Rev. Dr. Dashiell, it became quite apparent that a second\\nMethodist Episcopal Church was needed in Orange, and in the latter part of the following year, 1S69,\\nquite a number of members left and organized the Calvary M. E. Church, East Orange. The following\\npersons constituted a Board of Trustees for the new enterprise: A. B. Taj-lor, George J. Ferr\\\\-, Albert\\nMann, John Marshall and A. S. Townsend. The members of the new church had the fullest sympathj-\\nof the parent society in their separation. In 1879, September 28 and 29, occurred the semi-centennial\\nanniversary of the church, which was observed by a celebration appropriate to the event. Services of\\nthe most interesting character were held. The presence and addresses of many of the former pastors\\nand the social reunion of the members of the church and leading citizens of other denominations in\\nOrange, made it an occasit)n long to be remembered.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0235.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "174\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nDuring the sixty-five years of its existence the cluirch has been served by the following thirty-eight\\npastors consecutively: Revs. David Bartine, John L. Gilder, Edwin Janes. L. M. Prettyman, Enoch\\nReed, Edmund S. Janes, J. V. Potts, J. Cunningham, W. Burrows, J. S. Swain, W. Robertson, A.\\nGilmore, B. Day, S. W. Decker, C. S. Downs, \\\\Y. P. Corbit. M. E. Ellison, J. S. Corbit, J. T. Crane,\\nT. H. Smith, J. K. Burr, A. M. Palmer, S. W. Ililliard, J. .M. Freeman, L. R. Dunn, J. O. Rogers,\\nR. Vanhorne, R. L. Dashiell, J. Hanlen, Wm. Day, J. J. Reed, J. H. Knowles, Jos. A. Owen, J. R.\\nWright, W. Tunison, V. A. Mason, G. P. Eckman and L. R. Streeter. The present trustees of the\\nchurch are: John J. Ferine, Wilbur S. Knowles, Samuel F. Jayne, Augustus Bloodgood, James H.\\nGeorge, Henry Townley, Thos. J. Preston, Andrew Merwin and Robert F. Birdsall. The value of the\\nchurch property is about $40,000. The membership is 500. The seating capacity of the church is\\nabout 700. The Sunday School numbers 300 scholars and 33 officers and teachers; Wilbur S. Knowles\\nis superintendent. A movement is now in progress looking to the erection of a new church building in\\na more eligible locality.\\nCalvary M. E. Church. For more than half a century the Methodists residing in East and\\nWest Orange continued to worship in the First Methodist Churcli. on Main Street. Orange. During\\nthis term there was a constant increase in the\\nmembership, and early in the sixties the neces-\\nsity for a new organization became apparent.\\nThe expediency of organizing a new church\\nwas seriously discussed in 1868, during tlie\\npastorate of Rev. K. L. Dashiell, D. D., and the\\nmovement began in earnest the following year.\\nAt that time N. B. Taylor, Albert Mann, Geo.\\nJ. Ferry, John Marshall and A. S. Townsend\\nwere constituted a board of trustees for the con-\\ntemplated enterprise. A lot was purchased and\\na brick edifice, with brown-stone trimmings,\\nwas erected. This was dedicated July 12, 1870.\\nThe church was organized with thirty-seven\\nmembers, and the following constituted the\\nfirst official board of trustees: N. B. Ta\\\\-lor,\\nAlbert Mann, George J. Ferry, A. S. Towns-\\nend and John Marshall. The members of the\\nold or parent society were in full sympathy\\nwith the new organization and rendered valu-\\nable aid at the beginning. Under the first\\npastor, the Rev. Charles Ryman, who began\\nhis labors April i, 1870, the cluirch made con-\\nsiderable progress. Rev. J. B. Faulks, his\\nsuccessor, began in 1872 and continued until the spring of 1875, and was followed by Re\\\\ D. W.\\nBartine, D. D. Rev. J. B. Faulks was again called to the pastorate in 1878 and remained three years.\\nThe Rev. M. D. Church was the next pastor, and he was succeeded by Rev. Charles E. Little, in April,\\n1884. There had been a steady growth from year to year and the church at this time had a member-\\nship of 182, while the Sunday School numbered about 200, including ofificers, teachers and scholars.\\nThe necessity for increased accommodations became apparent and accordingly a large plot of ground\\nwas purchased on the corner of Walnut and Main Streets, for \u00c2\u00a713,000. Plans for a new church edifice\\nwere drawn by J. R. Thomas, architect, and ground was broken August 5, 1885. The first shovelful of\\nearth was removed by Mrs. Eliza Taylor, one of the oldest members of the cIuhlIi and a liberal\\nCALV.\\\\Ry M. E. CHURCH, OKANGi;.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0236.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Brii.DERs of the Oranges. 175\\ncontributor to the building fund. It was expected the building would be completed in the summer of\\nthe following year; it was not, however, until January, 1S87, that the building was ready for occupancy.\\nIt was formally dedicated on Sunday, January 30, at which time morning, afternoon and evening services\\nwere held. Among those who took part on this occasion were: IJishop Randolph S. Foster, D. D.,\\nL.L. D., the Rev. S. F. Upham, D. D., the Rev. Henry A. ]?uttz. D. D., the Rev. A. L. Brice, D.\\nthe Rev. Morris D. Church, the Rev. J. 15. Faulks, and the pa.stor. Rev. Charles E. Little. The\\ndedicatory sermon was preached by Bishop Foster, from I TinKjthy, i 15 This is a faithful saying\\nand worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. The afternoon\\nservice was conducted by Rev. S. F. Upham, D. D., who preached from Psalms Ixi 1,2,3. The\\nevening service was by Rev. IIcnr\\\\- A. Huttz. 1)., who took Idr his te.\\\\t, II John, i.\\\\. Special services\\nwere held in the church during the week following.\\nThe building is well located and presents a fine appearance. It is of Hummelston stone, squared\\nand rock faced. The total cost, including the organ and furnishing, was a little over $78,000. Of this\\namount, S/.ooo was covered by the sale of the old church property and the balance was raised mostly\\nby subscription, so that the church was dedicated free from debt. The size of the lot is 90 x 165 feet.\\nThe main building has a seating capacity of about 800. The addition of a gallery at a later period\\nincreased the seating accommodations about 300. The new building was completed and occupied\\nduring the pastorate of Rev. Charles E. Little. He was succeeded by Rev. Henry Spellmeyer, who\\nremained about five years and was followed by Rev. H. B. Kendig, whose pastorate covered a period of\\nthree years. He was succeeded by Rev. James R. Dobbins, who began his labors in 1894. This is now\\none of the most flourishing and successful churches in Essex County, the present membership being\\nover 800. The Sunday School has had a steady growth since the date of its organization, the present\\nmembership now being between 400 and 500, with an average attendance of about two-thirds. The\\nofficers of the school are: Superintendent, Samuel Church Ass t Sup t, George W. Da\\\\is Second\\nAss t, F. M. Jeffray; Intermediate Department, E. V. Morster; Primary, A. S. Wilson.\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, of Maplewood. The beginnings of this little church was in\\nno wise an exception to the rule in church organization. It was, indeed, a day of small things, often\\ndespised and often discouraged, j ct steadily gaining ground and never despairing. Excepting the\\nPresbyterian, the religion which began here anti-dates all other churches in the Oranges. On December\\n7, 1811, a plot of ground on the corner of the highway and Bear Lane was donated by Caleb Durand\\nto the Baptist Society of Jefferson Village, and a neat, substantial meeting-house erecteil thereon.\\nElder Joseph Gildersleeve was in charge of this society for nearly half a century. He died in 1846 and\\nwith his death the organization ceased to hold further services. The little chapel soon became\\ndilapidated and was fast going to decay when a proposition was made to the trustees by a few Methodist\\nbrethren who for several years had been holding meetings in the village, to have the property conveyed\\nto them, they agreeing to repair the building and properly furnish the same for the services of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church. This proposition was accepted and on July 10, 1858, Noah Ball and\\nJohn B. Clark, surviving trustees of the Baptist Society, by deed conveyed the propert) to Charles M.\\nBall, Calvin H. Gardner, Odell Trenchard and Edward Badger as trustees of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch of Jefferson Village.\\nFrom this date, i8;8, to 1870, the society was reported in the minutes of the annual conference\\nunder that name, the Methodist Society of South Orange being one with them in their organization\\nuntil the latter date, when the two societies reported separately to the conference and the name of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church of Maplewood was adopted. The withdrawal of the South Orange\\nSociety was a severe blow to the prospects of the Maplewood Church, yet they struggled manfully\\nagainst the adverse current, striving by every honorable measure to sustain their organization although\\nit soon became apparent that they could not grow in strength, situated as they were, nearer to South", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0237.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "176 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nOran Te than to the resident part of Maplewood. So, in 18S8, bj the vote of the congregation, the\\ntrustees were directed to purchase a plot of ground on Lennox Place, near Ridgewood Road. On this\\nsite a foundation was prepared and the church edifice removed and placed upon it after a thorough\\nrebuilding and enlargement. The chuich was opened for service on Sunday, December 14, 1890.\\nThe last service in the old church was on May 4, and the corner-stone of the new church was laid June\\n28 following. The new edifice is sixty feet long by t\\\\\\\\ent}--seven feet wide, and \\\\ery comfortably seats\\n225 persons. The entire cost of lots and building was subscribed for at the time of the opening service,\\nand in one year from that date the church celebrated the day by declaring every debt paid and a\\nproperty valued at ^7,000 standing in their name. Tliey have since that time purchased an additional\\nlot on the easterly side of the church, intending at an early day to erect a parsonage thereon.\\nAs before mentioned, the first trustees were Charles M. Ball, Calvin H. Gardner, Odell Trenchard\\nand Edward Badger. They continued in ofifice until 1870, when Daniel H. Carpenter and VVm. H.\\nSmith succeeded Messrs. Trenchard and Badger and, with a brief interval, have so officiated until the\\npresent date. The first pastor, after the purchase of the building in 1858, was the Rev. H. G. Gardon,\\nwho subsequently removed to Texas where he died. In 1868 Rev. Colin Murchison, D. D., of South\\nCarolina, was in charge. He was a man of marked ability and spotless integrity. He was succeeded\\nbv Rev. Robert M. Lockwood, to whom the church is, perhaps, more indebted for its first real and\\nregular place in the lists of the conference churches than any other minister. No self-denial or labor\\nwhich wdvild benefit the temporal or spiritual interest of the church was irksome to him. He was\\ngreatly beloved by the people and his memory is precious to them. On account of his health he\\nlemoved to Georgia, becoming a member of the Methodist church, South. He died at Thomasville,\\nGa., November 29, 1886.\\nFrom about 1870 to 1888 the pulpit was mostly supplied by students from the Drew Seminary,\\nand the church well remembers the names of Tilley, Marshall. Crawford, Hammond, Warren, Ervin,\\nWard and others. It is worthy of remark that the last sermon that Bishop Janes preached was in this\\nlittle church, in 1876. He was the guest of Mr. Daniel H. Carpenter, to whom he remarked: I\\npreached in this church in 1832 and have since then traveled thousands of miles, yet have never for-\\ngotten my early days on this circuit and the rides through this beautiful valley. In 1888 the Rev.\\nJohn I. Morrow was appointed pastor, and he at once, with wise forethought, saw the necessity of\\nimmediate action in order to preserve the church organization, and to him belongs the credit of the\\nmovement which resulted in establishing the church in its present locality. For three years he labored\\nfaithfully and efificiently for the upbuilding of the society. None kimw him but to love him. May he\\nlong be spared in the blessed work of the Master.\\nFor nearly a quarter of a century Mr. William H. Smith has been the superintendent of the Sabbath\\nSchool, as well as treasurer, steward and trustee of the society. He has at all times borne the burden\\nin financial straits with willingness, and never let the name of the cluirch be dishonored by protest or\\ndebt. Miss ^^-^nnie Freeman has long been the faithful secretary of the Sabbath School, and still\\ncontinues to officiate. She also led the choir on the organ or piano up to a recent date, ant! is endeared\\nto every member of the church by her love to it and her earnest work for its welfare. The membership,\\nthough still small, is steadily increasing, and the prospects of the society were never brighter. The\\npresent pastor is the Rev. Louis R. Dunn, a veteran in the ministry, lo\\\\cd by all.\\nSouth Orange M. E. Church. Prospect Street, South Orange. This church was organized in\\n1848. Its history would form an interesting contribution to the Religious History of the Oranges,\\nbut no one seems to have taken interest enough to gather the materials and put them into shape.\\nRev. Mr. Palmer, the pastor, was applied to personally by the writer in the summer of 1895, and\\npromised to have the material ready by the early autumn, which he failed to do. Repeated applica-\\ntions to the pastor in 1896 have met with no better success. A directory of the Oranges, published", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0238.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "THii Founders and IU-ii.oers of the Oranges. 177\\nsome years ago, gives the membcrsliip at that time as 86, and states that the present church edifice-\\nframe, semi-Gothic, spire So feet high\u00e2\u0080\u0094 was built in 1874, and the value of the property at tliat time\\n(about 1880) was $15,000.\\nTin: Fkrrv M. E. Ciujkcii. of Kast Orange, N. J. The iiistory of this church is traced back to\\nthe year 1872, when cottage prayer-mcctings were held one night in each week in the neighborhood.\\nIn the year 1873, tluring special revival interest under Rev. H. liurns, pastor of the VVatsessing M. E.\\nChurch, preaching services were held one night in each week in the old Franklin school-house, Rev.\\nMr. Burns anil others conducting them. In 1874 the membership of those interested in this opening\\nwork was transferred from the Watsessing to tiie First M. E. Church, of Orange, and an organization\\nwas formed as a mission under the direction of that church. A Sunday School was at once formed and\\nLewis Kutchcr was appointed superintendent. Stephen Heardman and George Faller were united\\nwith him in this work.\\nRev. E. E. Burriss, of Drew Seminary, was secured as a regular supply at the handsome salary of\\none dollar a week. Prosperity attended his efforts, for in the fall this was increased to three dollars and\\nthe following year to si.x dollars a week. Brother Burriss labored with them during 1874 and 1875.\\nPreaching service was held every Sabbath evening in the old Franklin school-house, which was secured\\nat the rent of four dollars per month. During the years 1876, 1877 and 1878, supplies were furnished\\nthrough the First Church, of Orange, Rev. John Scarlet and Dr. Gray doing a large part of the work.\\nIn 1879 Rev. Edward S. Ferry took charge of the mission. His labors resulted in the erection of the\\nchapel which stood unaltered till 1895. A lot 50 x lOO feet, fronting on Dodd Street, near the corner of\\nNorth Park, w.is purchased and a building capable of seating comfortably about 150 people, witli class\\nroom and library additional, was erected. The building was dedicated in the fall of 1880. The\\nstatement made at the time of dedication was as follows: Cost of lot, S500 cost of building, $2,600;\\nfurnituie, $300. This sum had been provided for, with the exception of $1,200, which was subscribed\\non the day of dedication. Rev. J. A. Owens, pastor of the First M. E. Church, of Orange, conducted\\nthe dedication services. Rev. J. H. Knowles, the presiding elder, was present and with Rev. J. B.\\nFaulks, of Newark, Rev. J. H. Marr, pastor of the Bethel Presbyterian Church, Rev. J. L. Davis, of\\nthe Washington Street Baptist Church, and Rev. John Scarlet, took part in the exercises. The sermon\\nwas delivered by Dr. H. A. Buttz, of Drew Seminary, and Mr. George J. Ferry, father of the pastor,\\nmanaged the financial part of the programme.\\nFor three months in 1881 Rev. J. M. Keck, of Drew Seminary, took charge of the mission, after\\nwhich it was dependent for supply upon Rev. J. A. Owens, Rev. Lewis F. Burgess, assistant pastor of\\nthe First M. E. Church, and Rev. John Scarlet. Rev. J. A. Richards was pastor during 1882; Rev. F.\\nT. J ogers in 1883 and 1S84. In 1885 Re\\\\ F. S. Sininions, then studying at Drew Seminary, was\\nap|joi]ited by the presiding elder to take charge of the mission. Under his pastorate an important step\\nwas taken, namelj-, the organization of the Ferry Methodist Episcopal Church, of East Orange as an\\ninde[)cndent church. The separation from the First Church of Orange was secured by the assumption\\nof a mortgage of $1,100, which had been placed upon the property since its dedication. The organiza-\\ntion took place on June 20, 1886. Rev. A. L. Brice, presiding elder; Rev. F. S. Simons, pastor; George\\nFaller, Earnest Condit, T. Douglas Baker, Ferdinand Gross and Milton Ta) lor, trustees; Louis Kutcher,\\nSunday School Superintendent. The membership at that time numbered about fifty and the Sunday\\nSchool about seventy-five.\\nIn 1887 Rev. Thomas E. Davenport was appointed pastor; in the spring of 1S88 Rev. F. S.\\nSimmons returned for another year s work in 1889 and 189O Rev. R. F. Bayliss served the charge, and\\nin the spring of 1891 Rev. C. S. Kemble commenced a successful pastorate of three years. By the\\nconstant efforts of the last named pastors the mortgage had been growing less and less, and before\\nMr. Kemble s work was finished, it was canceled. His last year saw a neat pipe organ valued at $Soo\\nplaced in the church. Rev. Gardener Howland was appointed to the charge in April, 1894. Under the", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0239.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "178 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\npreceding pastor the congregations had been increasing till an enlargement of tlie building seemed\\nnecessary. This was determined upon before the close of 1894 and work was commenced as early as\\npossible in 1895. The building as it stands at the present writing was dedicated on May 26, 1895.\\nThe improvements were made at a cost of $2,000 for the building and about $250 for the furnishing. The\\nfurnishing was provided for by the Ladies Aid Society and the Epworth League. The money for\\nbuilding was borrowed $500 from friends and $1,500 by a mortgage on the property; $1,200 was\\nsecured in subscriptions on the day of dedication, which, when paid, will leave a balance of $800 due.\\nThe auditorium of the present building will seat from 250 to 300 people and the lecture room nearly\\n100 more. A movable partition separates these rooms, so that tliey can be thrown into one when\\noccasion requires. The present membership of the church numbers about 100, and the Sunday School\\nabout 125.\\nSandford Street M. E. Church. This was organized as a mission school about July, 1S27,\\nunder the following circumstances: Miss C. Lindsley, one of the members of the First Methodist\\nChurch, of Orange, was visiting a family in the neighborhood, and learning that there were quite a\\nnumber of children in the vicinity, suggested to her sister that it would be a good thing to canvass the\\nneighborhood and ascertain whether a sufficient number of children could be found to establish a school.\\nThe result was that a school was organized Sunday, August i, 1873, o the upper floor of Mr. Lindsley s\\ncarpenter shop. Mr. F. E. Daum was the superintendent and continued until 1877, when he was\\nsucceeded by Henry Roberts. In 1875 a lot was donated to the mission by Dr. ail and a chapel\\nerected thereon, at a cost of about $2,600, the money being raised by subscription. The chapel was\\ndedicated by Bishop Janes.\\nIn the early part of 1896 the building was removed from its former site to the corner of Sandford\\nStreet and Central Avenue, where there is a demand for a church. The opening services were held on\\nSunday, February 23, 1896. Rev. Henry Spellmeyer, of Central Church, Newark, formerly pastor of\\nCalvary M. E. Church, Orange, preached in the morning. I\\\\ev. John V. Dobbins, of Calvary Church,\\nand Rev. L. B. Streeter, D. D., of the First M. E. Church, Orange, and a rej^resentative of the Mispah\\nBrotherhood, delivered addresses in the afternoon, and Rev. A. H. Tuttle, D. D., of Roseville I\\\\L E.\\nChurch, preached in the evening.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0240.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "CHAFTKI XIV\\nRELIGIOUS HISTORY OF THE ORANGES, CONTINUED.\\nBAPTIST CHURCHES.\\nRST B.M TIsr CllUKCH, corner of Main Street and Hawthorne Avenue, East Orange.\\n1 lie organization of this cluirch was wholly independent of all other Baptist churches\\nm the county and began with a small English settlement, under the leadership of\\nJohn Hatt and his son Joel. The latter came first in 1830 and his father followed\\n,,r^S J\u00c2\u00b0s i i tlie youngest son of John Hatt, afterwards graduated at an\\nM American college and became a Baptist preacher. These men, with their families,\\nmade up a little colony of seventeen souls, most of whom had united with the\\nBaptist Church in England, under the preaching of Rev. John Howard Hinton.\\nSoon after their arrival in this country a Sunday School was organized in the house\\nof John Hatt, which was conducted for some time by William Peloubet, as super-\\nintendent. Julia Ball, who kept a select school in a small school-house on Grove\\nStreet, kindh- offered the use of it on Sunda\\\\-s, and some time later the use of the public school on\\nMain Street was secured for this [nirpose and religious services were also held there.\\nThe first efforts at a church organization began in December, 1836, and religious services were\\nconducted for a few months at the school-room and also at the house of John Hatt. The latter had\\nbeen licensed as a preacher in the old country, and at the beginning of the new movement here\\nconducted the services. A council was called, which met on June 16, 1837, and the First Baptist Church,\\nof Orange, was duly constituted, consisting of the following fourteen members, viz.: John Hatt, Ann\\nHatt, Joel Hatt, Rachel Hatt, William Hatt, Samuel Self, Sarah Self, John Thatcher, Michael Smithers,\\nAnn Smithers, John L. Lloyd, Eliz.i Lloyd, George Hawes, Charlotte Hawes. The only absentee on\\nthis occasion was the wife of Joel Hatt, and on the same day there was born to her a child who has\\nsince become a worthy successor of his father and grandfather in the church. For three years the\\nchurch had no settled pastor, for the reason that the members were unable to support one, and the only\\nfinancial aid received from outside sources was from the Hudson River Baptist Association. Onl\\\\-\\nfifteen were added to the church during this period, ten of whom were by baptism.\\nIn 1S40 Elder John Butham was called as pastor and continued for about a year. The Sunday\\nSchool, which had been given up for a time, was reorganized, and two years later Miss Rachel Hatt,\\ndaughter of Joel Hatt, became teacher of the infant class, she being at that time only fourteen years of\\nage. As teacher, and later as the wife of Rev. William D. Hedden, the pastor, she has been one of\\nthe most efficient helpers and godly supporters the cluuch has ever had. On January 3, 1843. ^^v.\\nJosiah Hatt, son of John, the patriarch and founder of the church, was ordained as pastor, he having at\\nthat time recently graduated at Madison University, N. V. The sermon on this occasion was preached\\nby Rev. Spencer H. Cone. The church received an addition of forty during that year, thirty-one of\\nwhom were by baptism. The same year a lot was purchased on the corner of what is now the D. L.\\nW. R. R. and Maple Avenue, and the corner-stone of the first Baptist church edifice in the Oranges\\nwas laid on August 30, 1843. It was a modest looking structure with no attempt at architectural\\ndisplay, and had a seating capacity of about four hundred. Rev. Josiah Hatt resigned in 1844, and\\nwas succeeded on November 10, following, by Rev. Isaac M. Church. The membership had increased at\\nthis time to eighty-tliree. In 1S46 Deacon John Hatt, the founder of the church and one of its most", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0241.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "iSo The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\ncnero-etic builders, was called to his reward; his loss was deeply deplored. Rev. Isaac M. Church\\nresigned in April, 1848, and was succeeded on January 3, 1849, by Rev. James McLeod, who remained\\nuntil 1851. He was followed by Rev. Edward T. Munt, who resigned after nine months service. A\\nfew members withdrew that year to organize the Bloomfield Baptist Church.\\nRev. William D. Hedden was called as pastor on May 13, 1855, and continued until June 22, 1S56,\\nand in October, 1857, an invitation was extended to William B. Matchett, but not being regularly\\nordained as a Baptist minister, he retired in 1858, and Rev. William D. Hedden was recalled and\\ncontinued his pastorate without intermission until February i, 1882. During this time the church grew\\nin numbers and influence, although it passed through periods of financial depres ^ion and discouragement.\\nA legacy of one thousand dollars was left to the church in 1858 by Col. IMicajah Reynolds, of East\\nNewark, but during the next decade, which included the period of the Civil War, the church suffered\\nfinancial loss as well as a loss of a number of its members whose names were enrolled on the roll of\\nhonor in their country s service. The winter of 1875-6 was an eventful period in the history of this\\nchurch. A great revival took place at that time which resulted in a large addition to the church\\nmembership. In 1880 the number of active members as shown by the church rolls was 173. On\\nFebruary i. 1882, Rev. William D. Hedden resigned the pastorate of the church and in May following\\nthe twenty-fifth anniversary of his pastorate was celebrated in a manner befitting the occasion, and at\\nthe same time a floating debt on the church of six hundred dollars was paid off.\\nMr. Hedden was born at Orange, N. J., November 6, 1828. He entered Madison University in\\n1846 and was graduated at Rochester University, and in 1853, at the Rochester Theological Seminary.\\nImmediately after his graduation he married Miss Rachel Hatt, daughter of John Hatt, one of the\\nfounders of the First Baptist Churcli, of Orange. His first pastorate was at Meridian, Cayuga County,\\nN. v., where he was ordained in October, 1853. I 856 he accepted a call from the First Baptist\\nChurch, of Orange, where he labored with great success for twenty-five years. He resigned in March,\\n1882, and in February of the following year entered upon the pastorate of the First Baptist Church, of\\nI cekskill, N. Y., where he labored zealously for seven years, till April, 1S90, when, owing to failing\\nhealth, he was compelled to resign. He found the church in debt and left it free from all financial\\nburdens. He returned to his home in Orange, where he died December 24, 1890. He received his\\ndegree of D. D. from Columbia University. He was the author of two books, Sunshine Among the\\nClouds, and Bridal Days. Of his widow, still living (1896), it may be truly said Sheopeneth\\nher mouth with wisdom and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of\\nher household and eateth not the bread of idlenes.s. Her children arise up and call her blessed her\\nhusband also, and he praiseth her.\\nRev. William F. Ta\\\\-lor was called to the pastorate on July i, 1S81, and continued until 1S91, and\\nwas succeeded by Rev. J. A. Chambliss, D. D. In 18S7, a lot was purchased by the church, on the\\ncorner of Main Street and Hawthorne Avenue, 85 x 200 feet. The corner-stone of a new church edifice\\nwas laid by Mrs. Rachel Hedden, daughter of Joel Hatt and granddaughter of John Hatt, the founder of\\nthe church and wife of Rev. William D. Hedden, for twenty-five years its pastor. The present\\nmembership of the church is 365. Under the pastorate of Dr. Chambliss, begun September, i, 1889,\\nthere has been an addition of 243 members. The present officers of the church are: Deacons. \u00e2\u0080\u0094Philip\\nA. Harrison, Thomas Davis, C. W. Bleecker, C. T. Miller, E. J. Hill, F. G. Allen. W. 11. Reimer.\\nThere is a board of seven trustees, of which John B. Manning is president. In addition to the Sunday\\nSchool there arc five auxiliary societies. The Sunday School has a membership of 230, with Albert\\nT. Davis as Superintendent.\\nThe North Orange Baptist Church, Main Street, opposite Park Street. During the years\\n1855 to 1857 a number of families moved into Orange from Brooklyn and New York who had been\\nprominently identified with Baptist churches in those cities and who naturally desired to have a church\\nof their own faith in Orange. On May 10, 1857, at the invitation of these resident Baptists, Rev. E. E.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0244.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "Tut: Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\ni8i\\nL. Taylor, D. D., then the popular pastor of the Strong Place Haptist Cluircli, in Hrooklyn, preached in\\nthe Waverly Hall, at Orange a hall long since burned down and the name forgotten by all but the\\noldest residents. Following that service the Nortii Orange ]?aptist Sunday Scliool was organized, and\\nMr. Samuel Colgate elected superintendent. Preaching services were held each Sunday, but it was not\\ntill August 3, 1857, that it was decided to organize a Haptist church, and not till November 4 that the\\norganization was completed, with twenty-seven constituent members. On November 5, 1857, a council\\nof ]?aptist churches was held for the public recognition of the North Orange Baptist Church and for\\nthe ordination of its first pastor.\\nDuring the early history of the chuicli the wisdom, energy\\nand enthusiasm of its leaders had a great influence in giving\\nto the church its character and methods of work and led to\\nthe great success which has always attended its efforts. As\\nmost of these noble Christian men have passed to their\\nheavenly reward, it will not be out of place to mention their\\nnames in this record Charles J. Martin, W. M. Price, Samuel\\nColgate, Edwin C. ]5urt, Edwartl Austen, Gardner R. Colby\\nand William A. Gellatly.\\nRev. J. B. Morse, of Albany, was ordained and installed\\nas pastor November 5, 1857. During his pastorate, which ter-\\nminated October I, 1859, there were added to the church thirty-\\nsix by baptism and fourteen by letter. Rev. George Webster,\\nof Catskill, N. Y., entered upon his labors as pastor in Decem-\\nber, 1859, continuing until Ma\\\\ i, 1862. The additions were\\ntwelve by baptism and nineteen by letter. Rev. George E.\\nHorr, of Chicopee, Mass., was installed as pastor October i,\\n1862, resigning May i, 1866. To the church were added during\\nhis ministry, sixty-nine by baptism and forty-five by letter.\\nRev. Joseph F. Elder, who had just completed his studies at\\nthe Rochester Theological Seminary, was ordained as pastor\\nMay I, 1867. On January i, 1870, he left to become the pastor of the Madison Avenue Church,\\nNew York City. There were added to the church during his stay, thirty-one by baptism and twenty-\\nfive by letter. October 7, 1870, Rev. William Hague, I). D., then a professor in the Theological\\nSeminary at Chicago, was chosen pastor, remaining until December, 1874, when, in consequence of\\nimpaired health, he tendered his resignation. There were added to the church during his ministry,\\nsi.xty-six by baptism and sixt\\\\ b\\\\- letter. Rev. Edward Judson, a professor in Madison University, was\\ninvited to become the pastor, and was ordained May 5, 1875. His labors were greatly blessed. During\\nhis pastorate, 425 were added by baptism, 229 b\\\\ letter and 13 by experience\u00e2\u0080\u0094 667 in all. From an\\noverpowering conviction tliat lie ouglit to preach the Gospel to the tlestitute in the lower wards of the\\ncity of New York, he resigned June i, 1881. On October i, 1S81, Rev. Thomas S. Barbour, from\\nBrockport, N. Y., commenced his labors as pastor. He excelled as an organizer, and tlie present Young\\nPeople s Association owes its origin to his thoughtful planning. During his ministry, forty-nine were\\nadded by baptism and thirty-one by letter. In response to an earnest call from Fall River, Mass., he\\nresigned on October i, 1S83. For two years and five months the church was without a pastor, the pulpit\\nbeing supplied during a large portion of the time by Rev. Dr. Weston, President of Crozer Theological\\nSeminary. Rev. James T. Dickinson, of Richmond, Va., who was then completing a post-graduate\\ncourse at the University of Virginia, received a call to the pastorate, commencing his labors March I,\\n1S86. F rom that date to the first of May, 1896, the additions to the church were by baptism 355,\\nby letter, 292 in all, 647. Total number of members received into the church since its organization,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2933- Present membership S61.\\nNORTH ORAM^K HAl TIST CHURCH.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0245.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "1 82 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nIt is pre-eminently a Missionary Cliiircli, ha\\\\ing contributed to benevolent organizations outside of\\nits own home work since its foundation, over \u00c2\u00a7240,000. Nor is it alone in its financial contributions\\nthat the missionary spirit is shown. From its beginning the church has worked among the poor and\\nneglected, seeking to bring those who have no religious habits, to the house of God. Also\\nestablished religious services, mission schools, sewing schools, temperance rooms and helpful\\nsurroundings elsewhere in the city, thus sending abroad influences in every direction which, long after\\nwe have passed out of mind, may produce grand results in adding to the kingdom of our Lord and\\nSaviour. A special feature of its work has been the higher education of students for the ministr}-.\\nOver $73,000 has been contributed to this one object. In the year 1S73 forty students were aided in\\npursuing their studies in different theological seminaries. Among the students thus aided over 400 in\\nall are many men occupying prominent pulpits in our largest cities, fifteen are missionaries in foreign\\nlands, three are presidents of colleges and se\\\\eral are professors in our universities. To-day, among\\nBaptist ministers are many men unsurpassed in education and ability by the preachers of any denomin-\\nation in our land. This church always aims to have the pulpit standard maintained, as well in the heat\\nof summer as when the pastor is in the pulpit. Among the distinguished clergymen who have preached\\nfor them have been: Dr. E. G. Robinson, Dr. George D. Boardman, Dr. A. J. Gordon, Dr. J. A,\\nBroadus, Dr. A. H. Strong, Dr. T. Ilarwood Pattison, Dr. R. S. McArthur, Dr. Wayland Hoyt, Dr.\\nH. M. Sanders, Dr. A. C. Dixon, Dr. Kerr B. Tupper, Dr. A. H. Lorrimer, Dr. O. P. Gifford, Dr. J. L.\\nM. Curr\\\\-, Dr. E. B. Andrews, Dr. B. L. Whitman, Charles Spurgeon, Jr., and Dr. VV. H. P. Fauiice.\\nThe Sunday School was organized Ma}- 31, 1S57, with seven teachers and forty scholars. Mr.\\nSamuel Colgate was elected superintendent. The sessions were held in W averly Hall until its\\nilcstruction by fire, December 10, i860, by which calamitj- the furniture, piano and librar\\\\- were lost.\\nAfterwards the school was held in Library Hall until December 5, 1861, when the first building of the\\nchurch was completed. The attendance on that day was 22 teachers and 218 scholars. Contributions\\nto benevolence have been made weekly by the scholars since 1861, (amounting in ;dl to over $25,000),\\nwho are thus encouraged to aid in the formation of other Sunday Schools and in the various methods\\nof Christian work. When the jiresent church building was erected the Sunday School provided the\\nbell, costing over a thousand dollars.\\nThe continued growth of the school made necessary the erection of the separate Sunday School\\nedifice in 1887, which they now occupy. The general plan of this building was designed by Mr. E. J.\\nBrockett, the chairman of the building committee, who employed Messrs. J. C. Cady Co., of New\\nYork, as the architects. The cost, including furnishing, was \u00c2\u00a734,790. The completion of this grand\\nstructure was an important event in the progress of Sunda\\\\- School work in the Oranges, as it is without\\ndi)uht line of the most complete buildings of its kind in the countr\\\\-. The main room is ton 52 feet,\\nwith a high dome-like ceiling and a semi-circular gallery. Underneath this gallery si.x class rooms\\nare arranged, varying in size from 8 x 16 to 20 x 30 feet. There are also eight class rooms in the gallery.\\nThe rooms are well lighted and so planned that the front and sides, which are large paneled\\ndoors, can be instantly converted into one large room or man\\\\ small ones. A graceful passageway\\nsix feet wide encircles the gallery and is protected by an ornamental rail. The arrangements make\\nit possible for the adult classes of large membership to have absolute quiet and seclusion without\\nmoving, and at the same time be merged into the school and become a part of it in an instant. The\\nclass rooms are in the line of vision with the superintendent s desk, and the superintendent can easily\\nsee every scholar when the classes are thrown into one. At the right of the platform, under the gallery,\\nis the library, a room 12x17 feet. There are also convenient toilet rooms. The entire building\\naccommodates 1,000. Excellent ventilation has been secured by means of an exhaust fan driven by a\\nwater motor. The decorations are soft and refined. The seats are semi-circular, the delight of the\\nteacher. The building, and church also, are heated by steam, and a heavy Brussels carpet covers the\\nfloor. The dedication services of this new Sunday School room were held April 18, 1888, and occupied\\nthe entire day.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0246.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 183\\nThe primary department of the school has outgrown tlic quarters provided for it in this building,\\nand now meets in the lecture room of the church. Mission or branch schools have been formed in four\\ndifferent parts of the city, to which this school has furnished teachers, scholars and buildings, viz.: In\\nWashington Street (since formed into an independent church), the Emmanuel Baptist Sunday School in\\nthe valley, the Prospect Street, in East Orange, now organized as a church, and the VVatchung Heights\\nMission. A Home Department of the Sunday School is also maintained. It is gratifying to note\\nthe ni.iny conversions among the .scholars. Since the commencement of the school, in 1857, 589 of\\nits scholars have united with this church, besides man) who have joined other churches. The officers\\nof the schools are: Superintendents. Main Church School, Samuel Colgate, E. J. Brockett Inter-\\nmediate Department, Andrew McVVhiney Primary Department, Mrs. VVillard Smith Home Depart-\\nment, Miss S. Catherine Wiggin Emmanuel Chapel, Gardner Colby; Prospect Street Chapel, James\\nM. Burr. The enrollment shows Church School, officers, teachers and scholars, 786; Home Depart-\\nment, 2J9; Emmanuel Chapel, 190; Prospect Street Chapel, lOO; Watchung Heights, 50; total, 1,355.\\nThe lots on Main Street, opposite Park Street, where the present house of worship stands, were\\nbought November 28, i860, for the sum of \u00c2\u00a76,500. The first edifice erected as a church on these lots was\\nthe central one of the three in use, now known as the lecture room, and cost $19,804. It was dedicated\\nDecember 5, 1 861, and for some years served the purpose very well, but having been placed so far back\\nfrom the street did not attract the attention of the passer-by as a church edifice should. The progress-\\nive spirit which was aroused during the pastorate of Dr. Elder led to the purchase, in December, 1868,\\nof the finely located lots at the corner of Main and Essex Streets, for the sum of $30,000. It was the\\nintention there to erect a new and attracti\\\\e house of worship, but the removal of Dr. Elder to the\\nMadison Avenue Baptist Church, of New York, and the feeling that the lots were too far west for a\\ncentral church for the Oranges, led the church to sell those lots and erect a new church in front of the\\nold one, leaving that for a Sunday School room. The new edifice of pure Gothic architecture was at\\nthat time the finest church in the Oranges, and from its dedication on May 21, 1874, attracted an\\naudience fully equal to its capacity. Its cost, including organ and furniture, was $78,31 1. The new\\nSunday School building previously described, cost 634,970. During the pastorate of Dr. Hague, lots\\nwere bought for the erection of a house of worship for the colored Baptists, at a cost of $3,000, and\\n$3,000 more subscribed by members of this church toward the building now known as the Second\\nBaptist Church, in Oakwood Avenue. Fourteen members from the main church were dismissed to this\\nnew enterprise. The Washington Street Chapel came into possession of this church during the ministry\\nof Dr. Judson, and they erected an addition, bringing the cost of the property up to $5,066. This\\ninterest has since developed into a church, to the formation of which fifty-five members were dismissed\\nfrom the parent church. A little later the Sunday School started in the alley by Dr. Judson and Mr.\\nS. C. Burdick needed a suitable building, and the Emmanuel Chapel was erected at a cost of $6,000.\\nIn 1895 a very pretty chapel, designed and built by Mr. John Berryman. of Orange, was erected on\\nProspect Street, on the corner of Norman Street. The cost, including the land, was $12,500. The\\ntotal amount invested in building enterprises in Orange by this church has reached $170,000, all of\\nwhich has been paid in cash, and the church is free from debt.\\nThe officers of the church are Pastor, Rev. James T. Dickinson A. G. Stevenson, Treasurer G. F.\\nSeeley, Treas. Benev. Fund Andrew McWhiney, Clerk; Frank E. Drake, Organist; Edward Perry,\\nSe.xton. Deacons.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Colgate, E. J. Brockett, Rest F. Smith, Gardner Colby, I. N. Burdick.\\nGeorge F. Seely, A. McWhiney. Trustees.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Colgate, E. J. Brockett, Isaac F. Gates. A. G.\\nStevenson, Henry R. Curtis. John J. Jones, George. W. Kynor. Auxiliary societies: Woman s Benevo-\\nlent Society, Mrs. S. R. Hardwick, President; Women s Home Mission Society, Mr.s. E. Anderson,\\nPresident The Emmanuel Band, Mrs. G. Colby, President Baptist Young People s Union, C. Frederick\\nSmith, President; Junior Missionary Society, Mrs. Willard Smith, President; Farther Lights Society,\\nMrs. Walter Tiger, President; Women s Foreign Mission Society, Mrs. J. J. Jones, President Main Church\\nSewing School, Miss H. B. Criss, Sup t Emmanuel Chapel Sewing School, Mrs. G. R. Colby, Sup t.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0247.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "i84 The I ounders and Bl ildfks of the Oranges.\\nDuring tlie past ten years, under tlie pastorate of Rev. James T. Dickinson, there has been a\\nsteady, healthy growth in tlie church, both in numbers and interest. Coming from the South, where the\\nmanners and customs of the people are radically different from those of the North, he readily adapted\\nhimself to the change, and entered upon his labors with an earnest desire to do the Master s will and a\\nfirm determination to know nothing among you save Jesus and Him crucified. The people rallied to\\nhis support and gave him their sympathy and hearty cooperation. He was fully equipped for the\\nwork, possessing all tiie recjuisitcs, botli spiritual and intellectual. He came of good Baptist stock, his\\nfather having been for many years the well-known editor and proprietor of the Religious Herald,\\npublished in Richmond, Va.\\nRev. James Taylor Dickinso.v, son of Rev. A. E. Dickinson, D. D., was born in Richmond, V a.,\\nAugust 4, 1861. His mother was the daughter of Rev. James B. Taylor, D. D., and his ancestors for\\nsix successive generations were ministers of the gospel. The maternal great-grandfather of Mr.\\nDickinson was a close associate with George VVasliington in the Continental Arm\\\\-. His portrait is\\neasily discerned in the group in Trumbull s famous picture of Washington Crossing the Delaware.\\nThrough Mr. Dickinson s maternal grandmother. Miss Mary Williams, there has been in the family\\na minister of the gospel through seven successive generations. On his father s side Mr. Dickinson is\\ndescended from ilenry Dickinson, who settled in Louisa County, a., in 1634. Mr. Dickinson was\\neducated at Richmond College and the University of Virginia, and pursued his theological course at\\nthe Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, of Louisville, Ky., graduating in June, 1885. He took a\\npost-graduate course in philosophy at the University of Virginia, and at the same time preached for the\\nFluvanna Baptist Church, at Fluvanna County, Va. He was the stated supply at the East 15aptist\\nChurch, Louisville, Ky., during his theological course. He was ordained at the Grace Street Baptist\\nChurch, Richmond, Va June 28, 1885, a church founded by his grandfather half a century ago. He\\nwas called to the pastorate of the North Orange Baptist Church in January, 1886, and began his labors\\nsoon after. He received his degree of D. D. from Richmond College, in 1896.\\nHe has been very successful, both as a preacher and pastor, the church having increased largely in\\nmembership within this period. As a preacher he is considered one of the most popular in the\\ncommunit}-, the large attendance of \\\\-oung people at the evening service bearing w ilness to the intere.st\\ntaken in his sermons. In his enunciation and delivery he shows the peculiar characteristics of his\\nsouthern birth and education. His voice is clear, full, distinct and musical in its tone. His sermons,\\nwhich are tlclivered without notes, are strong, clear ami forcible, filled with illustrations and of a\\ncharacter to interest his hearers. He is systematic in his methods and use of time and is thereby\\nenabled to keep abreast of the age in his studies, his reading and his sermons. His sermons are\\ncarefully thought out, his delivery fluent and his manner genial. He believes in what he preaches\\nand believes not only that it is the truth but that it is Itic truth that the world absolutely needs.\\nHe approaches the truth and deals with it in a prayerful rather than in a critical spirit. He treats the\\nscriptures as a message from God to be proclaimed rather than as something to be apologized for.\\nWith an intense love for God s Woril, he is a careful, earnest student of it and in the best sense a\\nscripture preacher, not simply using verbal quotations to substantiate the points of his sermons, but\\nusing the facts of scripture history in illustrating and enforcing truth. He is a man of warm, sympa-\\nthetic nature and enters into the difficulties ami trials of the people making them his own, although not\\nin such a way as to ovcrburtlen himself and thereby create the impression that he is a mart}-r to other\\npeople s sorrows. While his sympathy is genuine, there is along with it that certain elasticity which\\nenables him to rejoice with them that do rejoice and wee[) with them that weep, and to go readily\\nfrom one to the other adapting God s word of promise to suit each individual case.\\nMr. Dickinson is in the best and truest sense an up-to-date |)reacher, bringing current literature and\\nthe development of philosophy, art and science to the illustration of the truth. His familiarit\\\\- with\\nliterature, both ancient and modern, is c|uite remarkable, and yet he does not parade it or make any\\nunnecessary display of it, simply using it as a means to the great end. As a young man Mr. Dickinson", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0248.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Ruii.ders of the Oranges. 185\\nlias kept liimsolf in touch with the young people of his congregation and has become very popular with\\nthem, always attending their meetings and regularly visiting the Sunday School of the church. With\\none of the largest congregations in the Oranges depending on him he docs not by any means confine\\nhis labors to this church, but in imitation of his divine Master, goes about doing good. He is frequently\\ncalled upon outside of his own congregation to attend funerals, visit the sick and assist in various\\ncharitable enterprises, in all of which he never wearies but finds pleasure and profit in obeying the\\ninjunction, Bear ye one another s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. Mr. Dickinson has a\\nworthy heliimate in all his labors\u00e2\u0080\u0094 one who is in full sympathy with him, possessing all the charms as\\nwell as the virtues that constitute the true, faithful and loving wife. He married Stella G., daughter of\\nD. H. DeLaiul. of l- airport, N. Y. Two children complete the family circle.\\nWashington Street Haitist CiirKCii. This church owes its existence to a non-sectarian move-\\nment which began in 1873. It began with neighborhood prayer meetings which were attended by\\nmembers of various religious organizations living in this locality. A chapel was erected in 1873, the\\nmoney being contributed by private individuals interested in the work, the majority of whom were\\nmembers of the Presbyterian and Baptist denominations. The location selected was on Washington\\nStreet, near the Watchung Railroad. The cost of the building, furniture, etc together with the lot,\\nwas about $2,000. Religious .services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Howell, a Baptist licentiate, and\\nRe\\\\-. H. Kirke White, a Presbyterian minister, was superintendent of the Sunday School. The non-\\nsectarian feature of the organization continued for several years and was well sustained. As the\\nmembership increased it became necessary to enlarge the chapel which was done in 1877, by adding\\ntwo wings. In 1879 the cjuestion of making it a denominational church was raised and finally, by\\nmutual agreement, the Baptists assumed control and paid off the mortgage debt. It remained, however,\\nfor some time undenominational, Mr. Zenas Williams having charge of the Sunday School as its\\nsuperintendent. In the early part of 18S1 the First Baptist Church, of Orange, which had become\\ninterested in the work, tlecided to conduct the chapel strictly as a Bajitist Church. The Presbyterians\\nthen withdrew their support which for a time lessened the attendance. It gradually increased, however,\\nand in the summer of 1882 the chapel was again enlarged by an addition on the rear. Mr. Ira L.\\nBeebc was the next Superintendent of the Sabbath School, followed, after one year, by Mr. George\\nCook, who served until January, 1884, when Mr. John Berr\\\\-man was elected. The organization of the\\nchapel as an independent church was formally completed by appropriate services held on Sunday\\nmorning, I ebruary 3, 1884. The name of Washington Street Baptist Church was formally adopted\\nand Rev. J. L. Davis was chosen pastor; and Alpheus A. Williams and George Cooke were elected\\ndeacons, William H. Canfield, clerk, and George Cooke, treasurer. The chapel began its existence as\\nan independent church with forty-nine members, forty-two of whom were from the mother church, the\\nother seven joining by letter from other churches. The Sunday School numbered at this time 225\\nscholars and 16 teachers. The church was formally recognized b\\\\ an ecclesiastical council, which met\\nThursday, February 28, 1884, represented by twenty-three liaptist churches. Rev. W. H. Parmlcy,\\nI). D., of Jersey City, acted as moderator. Revs. J. N. Folwell, .Addison Parker, E. Thompson, R. M.\\nM.utiii, W. F. Taylor, A. W. Browne, J. L. David and others took part in the ceremonies.\\nProspect Street Baptist Church, East Orange, Rev. M. G. Coker, pastor. This church, like\\nmany others, was the outgrowth of Sunday School work. Under the fostering care of the North\\nOrange Baptist Church, Mr. James M. Burr and Mr. Charles A. Smith undertook the care of a mission\\nSunday School in 1892, in the room of the Woman s Christian Temperance Union, in Prospect Street.\\nThe attendance increased and Sunday evening worship was regularly maintained, the pastors of\\nneighboring churches assisting. Early in 1894 Rev. E. D. Bentley commenced as a regular supply,\\npreaching each Sunday evening for about six months, when the pastor and leading members of the\\nNorth Orange Baptist Church bought a [ilot of ground on the corner of Prospect and Xorman Streets,", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0249.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "1 86\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nloox 150 feet, and appointed a committee consisting of E. J. Rrockett, Samuel Colgate and James M.\\nBurr to secure the erection of an edifice for the Sunday School of sufficient size to answer for church\\nservices until such time as a larger building should be needed. The result was a neat, commodious and\\ntasteful chapel, provided with separate class rooms for Infant Department and Bible Class, baptism and\\ndressing room, costing about $1 2,500, which was completed and dedicated I ebruary 24, 1895, Rev.\\nSparks \\\\V. Melton, of Baltimore, jireaching the sermon. A church was organized on July 10, 1S95,\\nwith twenty-eight constituent members, a large council being held of neighboring churches; the\\nrecognition sermon was preached fiy Rev. J. A. Chambliss, D. D., of East Orange. Rev. M. G. Coker,\\nwho had been a successful pastor for four years at New burg-on-the-Hudson, was called as pastor and\\nentered at once upon his work. The church now has 100 members and the Sunday School an attend-\\nance of 125. The location is one of the finest in the Oranges. The officers are: Deacons. D. P.\\nLewis, Uriah Seeley. Trustees. James M. Burr, Robert Barnes, A. Drayton, George Crofut and\\nU. Seeie\\\\-. .Suntlay School Superintendent. James M. Burr.\\nCONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES.\\nOrange Valley Congregational Church. The movement which led 10 the organization of\\nthis church began early in the fifties. A Sunday School was started in the old Girartl school-house, on\\nthe corner of Forrest and Valley Road, by\\nJames Greason. On the opening day there\\nwere twenty scholars and the school steadily\\ngrew so that it was soon needful to ha\\\\-e larger\\nquarteis. In November, 185-j. the Sunday\\nevening prayer meeting was established and\\nafter that there were occasional preaching ser-\\nvices. The Re\\\\-. Mr. Pruden was the first to\\nofficiate. In the fall of 1857 Mr. Greason died\\nand was succeeded by Abraham Baldwin, as\\nsuperintendent, and he continued with the ex-\\nception of a single year, till 1S63, bringing the\\nschool up to the position of the largest Sunday\\nSchool in the Oranges. Rev. S. C. Haj-, the\\nfirst regular pastor, began his labors in 185S,\\nwhich were attended with a great revival of\\nreligion and large additions were made to the\\nmend)ersliip. 1 he first board of trustees was\\nchosen that year, consisting of James Bell,\\nEdward l- reeman, G. \\\\V. Smith, Ambrose M.\\nMatthews and Da\\\\ id Ward. A lot was ])ur-\\nchased on the corner of Nassau and Valley\\nantl the corner-stone of the Orange Valley Mission Church was laid September 12, 1859.\\nThe building was completed in January, i860, and dedicated with appropriate ceremonies. In\\nApril of that year it was decided to formally organize a church, and a committee was appointed to\\ndetermine the ecclesiastical preferences of the worshippers. The Congregational polity was selected\\nand when the church was organized there were only four Congregational churches in New Jersey. A\\ncommittee was appointed to draft rules for church go\\\\ ernmcnt and these were adopted on August 10,\\n1 860, the real natal day of the church, when the name, the I- irst Congregational Church, of Orange,\\nwas adopted and forty-five persons connected themselves with it. There were twenty males and twenty-\\nfive females, and of this little band only four now remain. These arc Mr. and Mrs. James Bell, Enoch\\nCondit and Henry M. Matthews. Steps were immediately taken to procure a permanent jiastor and in\\nI\\ntf\\nkAI.Gfc VAI.LKV CD.NC.KEGA 1 ICINAI. CllUKCH.\\nStreets,", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0250.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "Till: I OUNDF.RS AM) Bfll.DrUS OF TIIK OrAN GES. I87\\nSeptember, 1S60. a call was extended to the Rev. George H. Hacon to become the pastor at a salary of\\nSi.ooo. January 8, 1861, he accepted tiic call and on March 27, 1861, an ecclesiastical council was\\ncalled and Mr. Bacon was ordained and installed as pastor of the church. At this service Dr. Lowell\\nMason led the singing, using a small melodeon. A curious feature was that the three hymns selected\\nfor the occasion were all in long metre and that Old Hundred was used as the tune for all.\\nI lom the first the church and the Ecclesiastical Society worked in harmnny with each other. For\\ntwo or three years the pews in the church were all free, but in l- ebruary. 18G3, it was decided to rent\\nthe pews with the proviso that all were to be free at the evening service. In December, 1S63, the first\\nmove in the direction of a new church was made, but this did not culminate in anything and it was not\\ntill January, 1865. that a building committee was appointed. This committee reported in October, that\\na sufficient number of subscriptions had been received to warrant in going ahead with the enterprise.\\nIt w.is decided to locate the church on higher ground and a lot was purchased from James Smith, on\\nIliglil.uul A\\\\enne, the present site of the church. The corner-stone was laid on January I, 1867. The\\nmoney for the enterprise was obtained partly by subscriptions and partly by the issue of stock, the\\nlatter redeemed b)- the purchase of pews in the new church. These purchased pews have been gradu-\\nally deeiletl back to the church, so that at the present time only ft)ur [)ews in the church are thus owned.\\nEarly in June, 1S68, the committee reported the building complete and transferred it to the society,\\nsubject to the mortgage of $15,000, the total cost of the church being $65,000. The church was\\ndedicated on l- riday, June 26, 1868, when a brief historical statement was read by the pastor and the\\nsermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Horace Bushnell, of Hartford, Conn. The church as then\\ncompleted was only the main auditorium and the Sunday School was held in the old church building.\\nIn .April, 1S70, the school-house adjoining the church was rented for the use of the Sunday School and\\nin December, 1873, the old church building was sold to the Church of Our Lady of the Valley, for\\n$7,000. The organ, which is considered one of the finest instruments in the Oranges, was [)ut in in\\n186S and first used on August 1st of that \\\\-ear. Dr. William Mason presided over it and continued as\\norganist for ten years. Mr. Savage paid a warm tribute of affection to the members of the Mason\\nfamil\\\\-, who had done so much for the church and for its musical services.\\nIn 1S70, the fine chime of bells was jnit in the church, at a cost of $4,200. They are ten in number\\nan l were first rung on June 18. 1S70. Mr. Savage gave a minute ilescription of these bells and the\\ninscription on each. He also g.ivc an account of the organization of the Ladies Sewing Society and of\\nthe various benevolences of the church. In 1874 the Rev. Mr. I cttit was engaged as assistant to Dr.\\nBacon, luuiy in 1876 Dr. Bacon offered his resignation on account of f.iiling health. This was declined\\nand a leave of absence of six months granted him. But it was soon evident that his earthly labors\\nwere nearing an end. He returned home, and on Se[)tember 15, was called to his long home. March\\n24, 1877, the Rev. Dr. F. F. Ellinwood preached a commemorative discourse on Dr. Bacon, on the\\noccasion of the unveiling of a memorial window to him. During Mr. Bacon s ministry there were 432\\nadditions to the church, and of these 205 were by confession of faith. At the close of his pastorate\\nthere were 301 members on the roll, and of the.se 69 are still members of the church. April 9, 1876, the\\nRev. Joseph A. Ely, of Rochester, was called to temporary charge of the church, and he began his\\nwork on April 30. He was formally called as pastor on January 27. 1877, and he served the church for\\nsix and one-half years, during which time 155 unitetl with the church, 90 of them by confession of faith.\\nDuring his pastorate the debt on the church was raised and the chapel was built.\\nIn January, 1878, a plan of subscriptions for the raising of the church debt was adopted which\\nconsisted of weekly payments running through three years. By this plan the sum of $13,000 was\\nobtained and in the early part of 1881 the whole amount of indebtedness was liquidated and in addition\\nthereto there was raised a fund of nearly $4,000 to make needed repairs. It had been decided in 1S79\\nto build a stone chapel, at a cost not exceeding $3,000. The chapel was completed and furnished and\\npaid for in 1S80, at a cost of $14, ^94. Rev. .Mr. i:iy resigned the pastorate in September, 1883, and for\\nthe following eleven months the church depended on weekly supplies. Rev. J. E. Rankin was called in", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0251.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "i88 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\n1884 and was regularly installed as pastor January 13, 1885, his salary being $5,000. He served a\\nsuccessful ministry of five years and three months, until he was called to the presidency of Howard\\nUniversity, in Washington, D. C. In 1887, the movement which resulted in the formation of the\\nHillside Presbyterian Church took place, and letters of dismission were granted to 110 members.\\nDuring his pastorate the society was cleared of all indebtedness and a chapel erected, at a cost of about\\n\u00c2\u00a715,000. The first and only parsonage connected with the church was erected in 1886, at a cost of\\nSio,ooo. It is large, commodious and substantial, the first story being of the rough-faced trap rock, and\\nthe upper structure of frame. It stands in the rear of the present church edifice. Rev. J. E. Rankin,\\nD. D., the third pastor, remained with the church from October, 1884, to January, 1890. It was during\\nhis pastorate that the present parsonage was erected. Dr. Rankin is one of the well-known hymn\\nwriters of the country, having composed several of the most popular ones used by the Christian\\nEndeavor Societies, among which is the parting hymn so often sung by various Christian assemblies,\\nGod be with You till we Meet Again.\\nRev. Ceiarles A. Savage, the fourth and present pastor, is a nati\\\\e of Vermont and a graduate\\nof Dartmouth College and Yale Theological Seminar}-. Before coming to Orange he had been a\\nprofessor in Robert College, in Constantinople, and pastor of Congregational churches in Berkeley,\\nCalifornia, and Enfield, Mass. He was called to Orange in February, 1890. During his pastorate the\\nwoman s benovelent work of the church has been thoroughly organized, and great progress has been made\\nin the department of Junior Christian Endeavor. The church is well organized and active along all lines\\nof Christian philanthropy and is alive to new methods of activit}-. Its revenue is raised by voluntary\\ncontribution. During the sixteen years of his pastorate nearly \u00c2\u00a750,000 have been raised by the church\\nfor religious purposes, of which some $1,000 have been contributed in outside benevolences. During\\nthese years, 107 names have been added to the church roll, 61 of whom were on confession of faith.\\nSixty-eight have been removed by letter and by death, leaving a net gain of 39. The membership at\\nthis date (April, 1896) is 298. Fifty-eight infant children have been baptized. The Sunday School, of\\nwhich Mr. Stephen A. Condit is superintendent, numbers about 250 members. Since the founding of\\nthe church, in i860, 895 persons have been members of the organization, of whom 4S7 were added on\\nconfession of faith. During the last thirty years of its history the church has contributcti, approxi-\\nmately, \u00c2\u00a764,000 to charitable causes. The church plant is valued at about $?o,000.\\nGrove Street Congregational Church, corner of Main Street, East Orange. The leading\\nspirits in the organization of this church were Matthias M. Dodil, Aaron P. and George L. Mitchell,\\nand the first meeting for the discussion of the matter was held on July 4, 1866, at the house of Aaron\\nP. Mitchell. It was then decided to proceed to the formation of a religious society and the erection\\nof a house of worship, to be followed by the organization of an evangelical Congregational church.\\nTwo lots of ground were presented to the society on the corner of Main and Grove Streets, by Aaron\\nP. and George L. Mitchell, and a small strip of ground was deeded to the church by Jotham Hedden.\\nAbout August I, 1866, the society was organized and the erection of the chapel was prosecuted with\\nenergy. The first trustees were Matthias M. Dodd, Aaron P. Mitchell, S. M. Run-on, J. E. Hedden\\nand Nathan Waterman. Early in the winter of 1867 the present beautiful stone edifice was finished,\\nat a cost, including furnishing, of $15,000. It was dedicated December 18, 1867. On January 3, 186S,\\nIhe organization of the church was completed with thiry-two members and the following officers were\\nelected: Deacons. Matthias M. Dodd and Robert Weeks. Prudential Committee.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George L.\\nMitchell, Robert D. Weeks and George Riker. On October 14, 1868, Allen McLane became pastor,\\ncontinuing until May, 1874. In December, 1875, Rev. Rowland B. Howard was chosen acting pastor.\\nHe served five years and was succeeded by Rev. Frederick B. PuUan. He resigned February 16, 1890,\\nand in May following Rev. Charles Everett, D. D., was elected pastor.\\nIn the spring of 1871 an addition to the chapel was completed, at a cost of about \u00c2\u00a75,000. The\\ntotal value of the church propert\\\\- is \u00c2\u00a730,000. The total membership of the church is 382. The", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0252.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "Tin-; Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\n189\\nfollowing arc the present officers: Deacons. -Robert Hunter, C. H. Nevius, Charles L. Heckwith,\\nGeorge O. V. Taylor. Prudential Committee.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Robert Hunter. C. H. Nevius, Charles li. Clark. J.\\nNewton Morehouse, Charles L. Heckwith, Stephen Nauke, George O. F. Taylor, Frank R. I ruden,\\nJames. L. Fonda. Trustees.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Louis O. Hedden, W. Eugene Thatcher, l- rances L. Luff, George W.\\nGilbert, A. N. Lockwood, Charles L. Bleccker. Church Clerk, J. Newton Morehouse. Treasurer,\\nLouis O. IktUleii. A nourishing Sunilay School has been maintained since the organization of the\\nchurch. The present Superintendent is James L. Fonda. The schnol numbers .45 teachers, 7 officers\\nand 317 scholars; making a total of 369.\\nTkinmtv Concregationai, Church, Harrison Street, near Main Street, East Orange. Pastor,\\nFritz VV. Baklwin, D. D. On the nineteenth day of January, 1S70, an informal meeting of persons con\\nnected with evangelical churclies\\nresiding in the neighborhood of\\nIJrick Church Station, East\\nOrange, was held at the resi-\\ndence of Rev. Dr. Frederick A.\\nAdams, to consider the question\\nof forming a Congregational\\nchurch. The result of their\\ndeliberations was a unanimous\\ndecision that there was place\\nfor such .1 cliurch in this com-\\nmunity, and a resolution to pro-\\nceed to its organization. The\\nfirst [Hiblic services were held\\nin Lyric Hall, on Main Street,\\nnear Harrison Street, on the\\nfirst Lord s Day in March, con-\\nducted by Rev. Dr. George E.\\nAdams, of Brunswick, Me. A\\nSunday School was informally\\norganized at the same time.\\nAt a meeting of attendants\\nand contributors held on March\\n17, articles of association and\\nby-laws were adopted, and on\\nthe twenty-second of the same\\nmonth the corporate name of Trinity Congregational Church was adopted, and the organization of the\\nreligious society completed by the election of trustees. The church was formed on April 5, with\\ntwenty-five members, all but four of whom brought letters of dismission from the Second Presbyterian\\n(Brick) Church. On April 10, the church was .saddened by a great loss in the decease of Rev. Dr. Thcron\\nBaldwin, who had been an earnest and active promotor of the new enterjirise. The church was duly\\nrecognized in the fellowship of the Congregational churches by a council of such churches held on May 4.\\nRev. Dr. George E. Adams was unanimously called to the pastorate and accepted so far as to seive as\\nacting pastor. Services were held for some months in Lyric Hall. A lot was [)urchased on Harrison\\nStreet for the erection of a house of worship, which was completed earl)- in 1872. and formally\\ndedicated on May 22 of that year. Dr. Adams resigned his charge in December, 1874, his resignation\\ntaking effect on March i, in the following year. He remained, loved and honored, among his people\\nuntil his decease on December 25 of the same year.\\nTRINITY CONGREGATIONAL CHL RCM, EAST ORANGE.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0253.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "igo The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nRev. Richard G. Green, of Springfield, Mass., began an acting ])astoratc immediately after the\\nretirement of Dr. Adnms, and on November i i ensuing was formally recognized as pastor by a council\\nof churches. In the spring of 1SS9 Mr. Green resigned the pastorate, to take effect on July i. He\\nwas succeeded by Rev. Fritz \\\\V. Baldwin, of Chelsea, Mass., who entered upon his work with the\\nchurch on December 8, i8Sg, and was recognized as pastor by an ecclesiastical council on the 20th\\nof the same month. Not long after his settlement the question of a new church edifice began to be\\nagitated, and after consideration of various other sites it was decided to erect the proposed new building\\nupon the lot partially occupied by the old edifice. The committee appointed to receive subscriptions\\nmet with so much encouragement that on May 17 1892, the trustees were authorized and directed to\\nproceed at once to the erection of a new edifice in substantial accordance with the plans w hich had been\\nsubmitted by Messrs. Stephenson Greene, architects. The architect of the new edifice was Mr.\\nErnest Greene, son of the Rev. Richard G. Greene, the second pastor of the church. Material of churcii\\nedifice, cream-colored glazed brick, with terra cotta trimmings. Sittings in main audience room, about\\n474; social room, connected with sliding doors, about 200 more. The corner-stone was laid with\\nappropriate exercises on September 24, 1892, and the completed building was dedicated on October 5,\\n1893. The first meeting for public worship in the new edifice was held on the Lord s day, October 8,\\n1893, with observance of the Lord s Supper and recognition of new members. On the Monday evening\\nfollowing, October 9, a fellowship meeting was held with brief addresses from several of the pastors of\\nneighboring Congregational churches, the week of dedication closing with a social reunion in the\\nchurch parlors, on Friday evening, October 13. The entire cost of the improvements, including the\\nnew organ and the furnishing, was about $26,000.\\nThe rules, covenants and confession of the church were revised in 1877 and again in 1893. Of the\\ntwenty-five original members, fourteen still remian, three having taken letters of dismission and\\neight having died Rev. Frederick A. Adams and his wife Mrs. Mary J. Adams, Rev. Theron ]?aldwin\\nand his wife Mrs. Caroline W. Baldwin, Mrs. Clara B. Anderson, Mrs. Fanny F. P esscnden, Mrs.\\nJosephine I\\\\L 1 Gerry, and George H. Brewer. Since the organization of the church there have been\\nadded to the original number of twenty-five members, on confession of Christ, 121 from other churches,\\n186; making the entire number of members since organization, 332. The removals, by decease and\\notherwise, have been 156, leaving a present membership of 176.\\nOfficers of the church since organization Acting pastor, George E. Adams, D. D., 1S70 to March i,\\n1875. Pastors.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Richard Gleason Greene, April 2. 1875, to July 1, 1SS9; Fritz Walter Baldwin, D. D.,\\nDecembers, 1889. Deacons.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 i rederic A.Adams, 1870-188S; Jacob L. Halsey, 1870-1891; Richard\\nA. Thorp, 1872-1892; John Wiley, 18771891 Lsaiah C. Howes, 1877-1889; Robert D. Weekes, 1S85-;\\nDavid G. Holmes, 1887-1890; Henry Baldwin, 1889-1894; Thomas S. Crane, 1S89-; Theodore F.\\nSeward, 1892, resigned 1896 and succeeded by Harvy R. Halsey; Theodore H.Smith, 1892 Ogden\\nH. Bowers, 1893-. Clerks.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John T. Clarke, 1870-1872: Richard A. Thorp, 1872-1888: Robert D.\\nWeekes, 1888-. Treasurers -Jacob L. Halsey, 1870-1880; John Wiley, 1880-1886; Robert D. Weekes,\\n1886-. Trustees.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jacob L. Hal-^cy, 1S70-1892; Edward E. Ouimby, 1870-1892; Frederic Adams,\\n1870-1884; Richard A. I liorp, 1S70-1885; Hayward A. Harvey, 1870-1S92; William Pierson, Jr.,\\n1870-1876; George 11. P.rcwcr, 1870-1873; Joseph Wales, 1873-1877; Edwin W. Eaton, 1875-1896;\\nIsaiah C. Howes, 1S77-1889: E. Dickson Pierson, 1879-1882; Edward P. Hamilton, 18S1 Alexander\\nKing, 1882-; Frederic W. Anderson, 1884-1887; John S. Hawley, 1885 -1894; George A. Vail, 1S92-;\\nJohn O. Heald, 1S92 William H. Wiley, 1892-; Lewis H. Hyde, 1S94-; Henry B. Closson, 1896-.\\nSunday School Superintendents Frederic Adams, 1870-1874: Isaiah C. Howes, 1874-1887; David G.\\nHolmes, 1887-1890; Ogden H. l^owers, 1890-1893; Thomas S. Crane, 1893-1896. Present officers:\\nTrustees.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Alexander King, President Lewis H. Hyde, Secretary George A. Vail, Treasurer l\\\\dward\\nP. Hamilton. Willi. mi 11. Wiley, John O. Heald, Henry H. Closson. Deacons.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Robert D. Weekes,\\nClerk and Treasurer; Thomas S. Crane. Theodore F. Seward, Theodore H. Smith, Ogden H. Bowers.\\nClerk of Society, Charles A. Mead.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0254.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Bun.DF.Rs of the Oranges. 191\\nOTHER PROTESTANT CHURCHES.\\nThe Orange Sociktv ok the New Jerusalem (Swcdcnhor-iani In 1855, tlic Kcv. H. F.\\nBarrett, James Root and David N. Ropes moved to Orange witli tlicir families. These formed tliem-\\nselves into a small band of worshippers, at first holding services in private houses. They afterwards met\\nin Library Huilding, on Main Street. The Orange Society of the New Jerusalem was .organized in\\nSeptember, 1 866, with the following fourteen members: James Root, I iiilema Root, Horace Root.\\nAnna H. Root, Thomas S. Root, David N. Ropes, Lydia I,. Ropes, William Lewis. Emma Lewis,\\nG. Woolworth Colton, Georgiana C. Hooker, Charles 11. .Mann, Lli/.abeth C. Fuller, George \\\\V. Smith.\\nThe Rev. Charles Holbrook Mann was chosen pastor when the society was organized, which relationship\\nhe has held continuously for twenty-nine years. The church .services and Sunday School were held in\\nLibrary 15uiUling for a period of twenty-one years. The present church, which is located on Esse.x\\nAvenue, near Main Street, was built in 1866, at a cost of $io,COO, and dedicated on September 1 1, 1S87.\\nIt has a seating capacity of 300.\\nIn its early history the society was small, and its subsequent growth to a membership of one\\nhundred has been due mainly to stability of purpose in the maintenance of the church and fidelity in\\nserving her interests, on the part of the pastor and people. David N. Ropes, Horace Root and George\\nWoolworth Colton, three of the original organizers of the society, for many years during its early\\nhistory, gave liberally of theii time, effort and means to the work of the church they .so dearly loved.\\nFor twenty-four years David N. Ropes and Thomas S. Root held the ofifices of president and treasurer.\\nLovely and pleasant in their lives, in death they were not divided. Of the original members, Mrs.\\nLydia L. Ropes, Miss Anna H. Root and Mrs. Georgiana C. Hooker are still working for and helping\\nthe society as faithfully and earnestly now as they did in its early days. Dr. William Mason showed\\nthe interest he felt in the welfare of the church by diiecting the music and often taking an active part,\\nas occasion offered. On account of his removal from Orange the church was deprived of these services\\nwhich had been so highly prized and were so cheerfully bestowed. The presidents of the society liave\\nbeen: David N. Ropes, Dr. William ^Lason and Dr. John L.Seward. The superintendents of the\\nSunday School have been G. Woolworth Colton, Lester L. Mosley, David N. Ropes, Frederick Cook,\\nJohn E. HubbcU and Richard K. Mosley. The church trustees at this date are: President, Dr. John\\nL. Seward Treasurer, Dr. Frank C. Bunn, and Secretary, Frederick Cook.\\nFirst Ref ORMED (Dutch Church, corner of Main and Halsted Streets, East Orange. This is the\\nfirst ami only church of this denomination in the Oranges, and while the church polity differs but little\\nfrom that of the Presbyterian it has distinctive features which appeal to the masses ami is, in the truest\\nsense of the word, a gospel church where the brotherhood of man, as well as the fatherhood of God, are\\nexemplified in practice. The church was organized by the Reverend the Classis of Newark, May 12,\\n1875, at which time it included 135 communicants. Since then, 885 ha\\\\ e been received 538 on\\nconfession and 347 by letter. The leader of this new mo\\\\emcnt, who was also its first pastor, was Rev.\\nGeorge S. Bishop, D. D., and under his pastorate the church has reached its twenty-first birthday, having\\ngrown to full manhood in the service. The church is absolutely free. Each person, on entering the\\ndoor, is expected to take the first seat he finds vacant. All are welcome and all soon find themselves\\nat home. The financial principles to which they have strictly adhered are the following: 1. That the\\nmembers of the church support it. 2. That the Consistory spend only such amounts as have been\\npreviously contributetl. 3. That each member contribute something on each Lord s day as the Lord\\nhath prospered him. The pastor refuses to receive a stipulated salary. The gospel is supported by\\nthe promptings of a Christian gratitude and conscience, and the receipts have constantly exceeded the\\nexpenditures. In government the church is wholly unsecular, having no connection whatever with the\\nState. The spiritual interests are under the control of elders, and the temporal interests under that of\\ndeacons, subject to confirmation by the united Consistory, of which the pastor is president. In doctrine\\nthe church is old school Calvinistic, being based on the following points: i. The absolute depravity", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0255.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "192\\nThe Founders and Builders of tpie Oraxges.\\nand utter spiritual death of fallen man. 2. God the Father s sovereign choice of an elect people\\ncalled the church, and His giving them to Jesus Christ, His Son, before the world began. 3. Christ\\ndying for the church and in the highest sense for her exclusively. 4. The mi.ssion of the Holy Spirit\\nto call, regenerate and sanctify that church invisible. 5. The indwelling of the Holy Spirit in all believers\\nami their final and infallible preservation to glory.\\nThe church edifice was begun soon after the organization of the church and completed that year.\\nOwing to the constantly increasing member.ship, the edifice has been twice enlarged by additions which\\ngive a .seating capacity on one floor of between 700 and Soo. The building is in early English Gothic\\narchitecture, and is cruciform in shape. It is built of brown sand-stone, laid up in rock-face broken\\nashlar, the water-table, weatherings, window and door trimmings and coping being of tooled stone.\\nThere is a nave running north and south, with a transept running east and west, the tower standing in\\nthe angle formed by the two ends, with the spire above it rising 114 feet to the top of the vane. The\\nchurch is apinoaclicd from Main Street by three entrances one in the tran.sept, one in the tower\\nand one through a Gothic porch at the rear of the building. The gable end of the transept has a fine\\nrose window in it ami is surmounted by a cross.\\nThe interior of the church is maikcd by a\\ndignified and quiet repose, to which the quaint-\\nness of the olden style greatly contributes.\\nThe ceilings are treated in natural wood and\\npaneled. The arches rest on outlookers and\\ncortels. The moldings around the panels and\\nthe quirks and combs are picked out in red and\\nblack, the arches being of oak color, the entire\\ncombination producing a very fine effect. IJlack\\nwalnut wainscoting is continued around the\\nchurch, and the screen behind the pulpit is a\\nmodified fragment of the screen of York Minster.\\nAbove the screen is the organ, also in black\\nwalnut ca.;e, bearing on its front the emblazoned\\narms of William, Prince of Orange and the\\nDutch Republic. Above this, written over the\\npipes, is the motto of the United Nethei lands,\\nEcn Dracht Maakt Macht One i)ull to-\\ngether makes us strong. Beneath all is the\\nmotto of the Reformation, Nisi Dominus\\nFrustra Except the Lord build the house\\nthey labor in ain that build it. ]5elow, the pulpit, the reading-desk and elevated seats for the\\nelders and deacons enclosed by the communion rail, finish the front end of the church. At\\nthe rear is a new and impressive muUioned memorial window, the prevailing tint of which is golden\\ngreen. The center panels bear, in scroll work, the inscription In memory of our beloved dead.\\nIn the left panel is the Lily of tlie Valley; in the right one is the Rose of Sharon. The breadth of the\\nauditorium is eighty two feet across the transept, but the na\\\\c is much longer. The church is out of debt\\nand has a building fund in reserve of $6,400. The whole amount has been raised by voluntary subscrip-\\ntions. The number of communicants at the present time is 579. The Consistor}- is composed of seven\\nekiers and eight deacons. The elders are: Jotham H. Condit, Peter D. an Zee, Andrew A. Clarke,\\nWilliam W. Jacobus, William U. Jube, Robert McDermott, James Martin. The deacons are: Edward\\nI. Condit, Robert P. Nevius, Herbert J. Condit, Edward W. Beach, William J. Conkling, Martin P. Ward,\\nJames H. Jacobus, F.lijah J Winey. The Sunday School, of which Mr. James Martin is the efficient\\nsuperintendent, numbers 8 otificers, 29 teachers and 299 scholars; making a total of 336.\\nill l i\\nFIRST KEFORMED (DUTCH) CHfKCH, EAST ORANGE.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0256.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Ruiloers ok the Oranges.\\n193\\nRev. George Sayi.es HisiioI D. D., tlic first and only pastor of tliis church, was born in\\nRochester, N. Y., June 28, 1836. His fatlier, the Hon. William S. liisho]), a Presbyterian ckler, a state\\nsenator of New York ;uid a barrister of distinction, was of ancient I uritan stock, being a direct\\ndescendant of Sanuicl Hisliop, graduated at Harvard in 1664 Dr. Bishop s grandfather, Capt. Samuel\\nBishop, was a private in the Revolutionary army, having enlisted when he was but seventeen years of\\nage. He was also an ofTicer in the War of 18 u. On his mother s side Dr. Bishop is descended from\\nRoger Williams, of Rhotlc Islaiul.\\nDr. Hisiiop was graduated at .Andierst College,\\nin 1S58. After teaching for three years in Williston\\nSeminary he entered Princeton Theological Semin-\\nar)-, from which he was graduated in 1864. He\\nreceived his degree of D. I), from Rutgers, in 1877.\\nHis first charge was the Second Presbyterian Church,\\nof Trenton, from 1864 to 1866. He was afterward\\npastor of Calvary Church, Kewburg, for six years,\\nand during this period the church more than doubled\\nits membership. He was called to the Brick Church,\\nof I^ast Orange, in 1872, remaining until the organiz-\\nation of his present church, in 1875. There were\\nadded to the Brick Church during two years of his\\npastorate, 106 members. He was for one year llic\\neditor of The Sower and the Gospel Field, the\\norgan of the Board of Publication of the Dutch\\nReformed Church, but resigned because of the\\npressure of other duties. He was Vedder lecturer\\nbefore the College and Seminary of New Hruiiswicl-:,\\ntwice a delegate to the Pan-Presbyterian Council\\nand once to the Synod of the Free Church of\\nHolland. He has been a voluminous writer, especi-\\nally against the late revision of the Bible and the\\ncreeds and in the production of newspaper articles\\nand of notes of travel. He has published over\\nthirty sermons, which have been read and circulated\\nthrough almost every State in the Union. Dr.\\nBishop is an old-fashioned theologian and loves old-fashioned truths. That these truths, in spite of all\\nthe liberalizing tendencies of the day, are still dear to many, is evidenced by the large and constantly\\nincreasing attendance at this church.\\nDr. Bishop married, in 1864. Miss Hannah M. Williston, daughter of John Payson Williston. Her\\nuncle was the founder of Williston Seminary. Her grandfather. Rev. Payson Williston, D D., was fifty\\nyears pastor ol the church in Fast Hampton, Mass., and her great-grandfather. Rev. Noah Williston, was\\nsixty years pastor of the Congregational church, in West Haven, Conn. Rev. William Samuel Bishop,\\nthe eldest son of Dr. Bishop, is assistant minister of St John s Church, Trinity Parish, New York City.\\nEdward, the second son, is a recent graduate of Princeton College.\\nKEV. GEORGE SAVI.ES BISHOP, U. D.\\nThe First Unitarian Church, of Essex County. Cleveland Street, near Main Street, Orange.\\nArrangements to establish a Unitarian church in Orange were begun in the fall of 18S9, under the\\ndirection of the Rev. D. W. Morehouse, superintendent of the American Unitarian Association for the\\nMiddle States. The fust public service was held on Sunday afternoon, January 12, 1890, in the hall of\\nthe Masonic Temple. Rev. John W. Chadwick, of Brooklyn, preached and Mr. .Morehouse assisted in", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0257.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "194 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nthe service. F rniii this time on throughout the winter and spring, Sunday services were held reguhuly\\nin Masonic Hall, conducted for the most part by ministers of neighboring churches in New York and\\nBrooklyn. March i6, 1890, the society was duly incorporated under and in accordance with the laws\\nof the State of New Jersey, under the corporate name of First Unitarian Church of Essex County.\\nTrustees were elected as follows: Margaret L. Aborn, Warren Delano, Jr., Isabel Furman, N. L.\\nHandy, Clemens Hcrschel, Henry F Hitch, VV. C. Swift. Mr. Hitch was elected president and Mr.\\nSwift, secretary and treasurer. On June i, a constitution and by-laws were adopted. By them, all\\npersons who had hitherto been considered members of the church were to be continued members upon\\nsubscribing to the constitution and by-laws; but thereafter persons were to be admitted to membership\\nu[)(Mi application to the pastor or trustees and signing the constitution and by-laws, with the condition\\nthat such persons should cooperate in the worship and work of the church and contribute toward the\\nsupport of it not less than five dollars jicr annum, except in cases where pre\\\\-cntcd from so contri-\\nbuting by absolute inability.\\nDuring the fall of 1890 and the carh- winter of 189O-91, the church was fortunate in securing\\ntemporarily the services of the beloved and venerable A. A. Livermore, D. D., the late principal of\\nMeadville Seminary. Meantime, a call had been extended to the Rev. Edward Hale, of Boston, Mass.,\\nto become the permanent pastor. This call was accepted and Mr. Hale was installed as the first\\nminister of the church on April 2, 1891. The Kqv. Francis Greenwood Peabody, D. D., of Harvard\\nUniversity, preached the sermon and the Rev. Robert Collyer, of New York, offered prayer. November\\n8, 1891, a committee was appointed to make inquiries in regard to a lot for a house of worship.\\nJanuary 31, 1893, the society voted to purchase two lots on Cleveland Street, near Main Street, with a\\ntotal frontage of one hundred feet. April 29, 1892, a building and financial committee was appointed.\\nOn November 6 plans were accepted, and on November 7 ground was broken for the frame building\\nwhich at present serves as a church, but is so planned that it can be used at some future time as the\\nchapel of the larger building which the societ\\\\- proposes to erect whenever its growth and needs shall\\nrequire. The corner-stone of this chapel was laid January 8, 1893, and the completed building dedi-\\ncated in iMa\\\\- 10, 1893. The Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D. 1)., of Boston, Mass., preached the sermon.\\nThe lot and chai)el, with the furnishing, not including a number of articles given, had cost some $12,000.\\nUntil the Sunday preceding the dedication, when services were held in the new chapel, the services had\\nbeen held regular))- in the hall of the Masonic Temple, the original place of meeting At the end of\\nthe first year of the existence of the society, the voting membership was fifty-three. During the five\\nyears since, forty eight voting members have been added and twenty members have been witlulrawn\\nby reason of death or removal, leaving at present an active membership of eighty one persons, repre-\\nsenting a parish of 180 persons in all, old and )oung. The trustees at present are: Henry F. Hitch,\\nPresident W. C. Swift, Secretary, Mrs. Ross, C. Browning, Mrs. V. I Chubb, Warren Delano, Jr.,\\nIrving Smith, antl Thomas Fenton Taylor. In addition to the persons now ser\\\\ing as trustees and\\nthose whose names ajipc.ir in the original list, Mrs. T. F. Taylor has also served. During the absence\\nof Mr. Hitch for a year, Mr. Taylor served as president /w tci/i.\\nThe society was for a few years aided by the American Unit.irian .Association, but is now self-\\nsupporting. Its affili.itiiin is with the churches of the Unit, ni. in name, but its membership is open to\\nall. without regard to creed, and all are welcome to its comn\\\\union service as to its other services, to\\nwhom such recollection of Jesus and his teaching is helpful. It has a Sundaj School numbering sixty;\\nthere is a branch of the National .Alliance of Unitarian and other l.ibeial Chiistian Women, a Friendly\\nSociety of women sews for charity and for the benefit of the church, a Unity Club formerly known as\\nthe Young People s Association furthers social intercourse among the members. The seats are free and\\nexpenses are met by voluntary subscriptions made by the members and other supporters of the church,\\naccording to their means. Morning service on Sundays is held at 10.30 A. M. and Sunday School at\\n11.45 The service of special communion is held on the first Sundays of January, March, May,\\nSeptember and November, at 11-45 A- ^I-- talking the place on those days of Sunday School service.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0258.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "TlIK FoUNDKRS AND liUII.DKKS OP TIIF, ORANGES.\\n19;\\nRkv. Edward Hai.k. the pastor, was born at Northampton, Mass., in 1868; graduated at Harvard\\nCollct^e in 1879, at the head of his class of 200, takin-j the lii;^liest lionors in classics. For three years\\nafter graduation he was in Europe as tutor in an American family. In 1822-3 ^i- i private secretary\\nto President Eliot, of llarvartl University. In January, 1884, he entered the Divinity School of\\nHarvard University, L;raduatin.Lj in 1SS6. In October of the same year he was ordained and installed\\nas associate minister of the South Congregational Church, of Boston, of which Dr. Edward Everett\\nHale is the minister. From 18S7 to 1890 he was president of the Benevolent Fraternity of Churciies,\\nin the city of Boston. From 18S8 up to the time he came to Orange, he was assistant in homiletics at\\nthe Harvard Divinity School, and was also secretary of the Society for the Relief of Aged and Destitute\\nClergymen. He was married, in 18S9, to Miss Emily Jose Milliken, of Boston.\\nCATHOLIC CHURCHES.\\nSt. Joiin .S R. C. Church. Previous to 1840 there were few Catholics in Orange, and for a number\\nof \\\\-ears little parties of devout worshippers walked to Ncwarlc tn attend ser\\\\ icc there. In 1850 the\\nnumber had become sufficiently large to need a\\nchurch. \\\\ii occasional service was held at the house\\nof Thomas Henry. Capt. Ward, U. S. N., then a\\nresident of Orange, became interested in the matter\\nanti started a sul)scrii)tion. He laiscd about \u00c2\u00a73,000\\nand purchasetl a lot diagonally opposite the present\\nchurch. On this a frame buikling about 50.VIOO\\nfeet was erected which was dedicateil the first Sun-\\nda)- in October, 1851. Father Senez assisted Capt.\\nVVarti in the work and officiated as temporary priest.\\nThe first settled pastor of St. John s was Father\\nMcLaughlin, a Scotchman. He was soon succeeded\\nb\\\\- Rev. Father Kerin who, after a short stay, was\\ntransferretl in 1853 to another parish. Father Hub\\nbersty, an Englishman, came next, and after him,\\nFather Murray, whose unceasing efforts infused new\\nlife into the congregation. During his administration\\nthe little church was enlarged and a school-house\\nerected. He also enlarged the pastor s residence\\nadjoining the church and greatly improved the\\nsurroundings. He tlied after a brief illness, about\\n1867. Rev. Father McKay was his successor, a man\\nof kindly heart and engaging manners, i he congre-\\ngation at this time hail outgrown the limited accom.\\nmodations and tlie church was thronged c utside ami\\ninside. Father llicke\\\\-, who succeeiled I- ather\\nMcKaj made a determined effort to su|)ply the\\ngrowing demanil for increased accommotlations.\\nSubscriptions were started and the present property,\\non the corner of Ridge anil White Streets, the highest spot in Orange east of the mountain, was\\npurchased at a cost of $10,000. The present church edifice was commenced soon after and great\\ndifficulties were experienced to raise funds to carry on the work. Llewellyn S. Haskell bountifully\\noffered his quarry to be used to what extent the builders might require and the offer was gladly\\naccepted. Slowly but surely the walls rose toward the sky and in two years they had grown into\\nST. JOHN S R. C. CIILIRI II, ORANGE.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0259.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "196\\nThe Founders and IUildfrs of tiik Oranges.\\nthe similitude of the architect s plans. After more than three years work the building was finally\\ndedicated on October 10, 1869. It is built of red sand-stone and trap-rock and is located on the highest\\npoint. It is 160 feet deep by 68 feet in width. The outer side walls are supported by bastions. The\\ntower at the north is 200 feet in height. The style throughout is that known as the foliated Gothic, a\\nmodification of the old church Gothic. In the body of the church are si.x muUioned windows on the\\nnorth and seven on the south side, and in the upper arch fourteen windows, affording abundant means\\nfor the entrance of light and air. The w indows are of the finest quality of stained glass. The church\\nhas a seating capacity of 1,200.\\nRev. H. r. Fleming, the present beloved priest of the parish, was installed in 1874, and under his\\npastorate the church has had a remarkable growth and is now one of the most prosperous and successful\\nparishes in the State.\\nColumbus Hall, the new parochial school buiUling, one of the largest and most imposing buildings\\nin the Oranges, was begun in 1892 and completed in 1894. It stands on the east corner of White and\\nChapel Streets and occupies the site of St. John s Hall (erected in 1851), which was removed to give\\nplace to it. The building has a frontage of 150 feet on White Street, running 76 feet on Chapel Street.\\nThe general design is Romanesque, and consists of a solid central building flanked on each side by a\\nwing. The basement of the entire building up to the water-table is of Belleville stone, rock-faced.\\nThe central building is of the same\\nstone through the first story.\\nThe\\nremainder of this central building\\nand both wings are of pressed brick,\\nwith stone belt courses and orna-\\nmental terra cotta trimmings. The\\nmain entrance to the building is in\\nthe centre of the White Street front,\\nwhich is reached by a double stone\\nstaircase coming down at each side.\\nAlong the front of the first story of\\nthe main building, over the windows\\nand doors, is a row of massive arches\\nof cut stone and on the central one,\\nover the entrance, is the inscription,\\nColumbus Hall. In the front is\\na statue of Columbus of heroic size.\\nOn the first story the main\\nentrance leads to a vestibule opening\\ninto a large central lobby from which\\ncorridors lead right and left to the\\nclass-rooms in either end of the build-\\nin On cither side of the vestibule is the office and reception room, and to the rear of the lobby, the\\nlibrary. There are eight class-rooms on this floor, besides convenient cloak rooms and other accessories.\\nOn the second fioor is a large assembly room. 70 42 feet. There are .seven classrooms on this floor,\\nwith cloak and toilet rooms for each. On the third floor there are four class-rooms in the wings. The\\nentire central building on this floor is occupied by a theatre, 70 feet in width by 48 feet from the\\nproscenium arch. The stage is 70 feet wide by 25 feet deep. The gallery in the theatre is su.spended\\nfrom the roof trusses by heavy iron rods incased in brass. By this arrangement an uninterrupted view\\nof the stage is secured from every part of the main floor of the auditorium. The ceiling of the theatre\\nis 28 feet high and finished in a dome 28 feet in diameter. The stage is fully equipped with scenery\\nand all the necessary requisites of a well-appointed theatre. The whole school building is one of the", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0260.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Bi-iidi-rs of the Oranges. 197\\nfinest in the State of New Jersey. The arcliitect was Jeremiah O Rourke, of Newark, but\\neverything was done under the immediate sujjervision of Father Fleming himself. A fine collection\\nof paintings and etchings adorn the walls, all of which were placed there by Father Fleming.\\nThe Chukcii OF Our Ladv IIelI ok Christian.S, corner of North Clinton and Main Streets.\\nEast Orange. This parish was founded in the spring of 1882, by Rt. Rev. W. M. Wigger, the present\\nbishop. Its first rector was Rev. M. P. O Connor, at present rector of the Holy Cross Church, Harrison,\\nN. J. He soon had a congregation numbering some 200. Shortly after he began his work here he\\npurchased two lots on North Clinton Street, at a cost of $2,500, and erected a frame structure at a cost\\nof $8,000. He was succeeded by Rev. Pierce McCarthy and Rev. Michael J. Kcrwin, both of whom\\nlabored zealously in building up and placing the parish on a firm footing. Father Kerwin was stricken\\nwith paralysis on September 15. ib 93, and died May 10, 1894. The present incumbent, Rev. J. P.\\nCallahan, a graduate of SlIoii 1 1 all College, was appointed administralur during his illness, and upon\\nhis demise was regularly appointed rector. The amount of work accomplished by Father Callahan\\nduring his administration is marvellous. With a congregation of 1,600 to 1,700 souls and the numbers\\nconstant]}- increasing, he found the accommodations entirely inadequate and realized that something\\nmust be done at once. He was not a man to slirink from any undertaking, however great the obstacles\\nto be overcome, and within three years from the time he began his labors in East Orange a magnificent\\nmarble edifice, with its tall spire reaching heavenward, was completed and provided with every conveni-\\nence to meet the wants of his people. P ather Callahan attended to and super\\\\iscd every detail, both\\nin the plans and in the construction of the building. Work was begun in the summer of 1896 and on\\nthe 2d of September following, the corner-stone was laid with appropriate ceremonies.\\nThe principal facade of the church has a frontage on Main Street of ji feet, with a depth of 163\\nfeet on North Clinton Street. The front wall being set back from the street thirty feet permits a\\ngenerous arrangement of steps and terraces leading to the main entrance. In the arrangement of the\\nplan the purpose has been to secure an unobstructed view of the sanctuary and chapels from all parts\\nof the auditorium. To obtain this result the usual clere story and aisle arrangement has been\\nabandoned, the ceiling of the auditorium being a clear space of si.\\\\t)-two feet from wall to wall with\\nno intervening columns. In general plan the church consists of an auditorium 62 feet wide by I 12 feet\\nlong, enteretl frum the front vestibules, which, with the baptistry, extends across the whole front of the\\nchurch, the main \\\\estibule at the centre being flanked on the right by the tower vestibule, which has\\ndirect comnuinicaticm with North Clinton Street antl on the left by the baptistry. Stairs in the tower\\nvestibule lead to the roomy choir and organ gallery abo\\\\e the centre vestibule. Communication with\\nthe present rectory is through the baptistry. At the northerly end the auditorium is terminated by a\\nsanctuary having a depth from the altar rail of 35 feet. On either side open the chapels, smaller in\\nsize but similar in arrangement and appearance. Additional vestibules afford exit from the auditorium\\nnear the altar rail, one on the North Clinton Street side and a second on the westerly side leading to\\nthe interior of the church property. Both these vestibules communicate with the vestries in the rear,\\nthe former giving access to the boys vestrj- and the latter to the sacristry connected by an ambulatory\\nimmediately behind the sanctuary. Two sets of confessionals are provided near the sanctuary, each\\nbeing entered through arches in the side walls of the auditorium, and in consequence being\\ncompletely removed from the aisles. In design, the edifice is Gothic of the French type, somewhat\\ndecorative in treatment as compared with Gothic architecture in this country. In materials selected for\\nthe exterior of the church an effect of light and brilliancy is obtained by the use of a white marble of\\nlarge crystalization for the mass of the work. The marble was quarried in St. Lawrence County, N. Y.,\\nand furnished w^ th a rock-faced surface in bold relief. The trimmings and ornamental work are of a\\nbluish gray marble from the same quarry, slightly darker than the ashlar, a contrast not sufficiently\\ngreat to destroy the proportion and massing of the design. The principal feature of the Main Street\\nfront is the pointed spire rising to a height of 160 feet. The main doorway at the centre of the front", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0261.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "iqS Thic Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nhas a width of twelve feet and is enclosed with a subordinate gable, on the face of the vestibule wall.\\nThis doorway is flanked by clustered columns and surmounted by a large pointed arch, deeply moulded,\\nenclosing a tympanum of marble which in the future is to contain a sculpture in deep relief represent-\\ning Pope Pius VII crowning the statue of the Blessed Virgin, and instituting the feast of Our Lady\\nHelp of Christians.*\\nImmediately above the doors and beneath the tympanum will appear a panel on which will be cut\\nthe name of Our Lady Help of Christians. The doors are almost entirely covered with elaborately\\nwrought iron hinged plates. The front wall of the vestibule, extending from the spire on the right to\\nthe baptistry on the left, is finished at a height of thirt\\\\-tw() feet by a paneled balustrade continued\\nacross the face of the tower. Beneath this balustrade extends a long arc^lde of small pointed windows\\nlighting the choir gallery and separated one from another bj- short ornamental columns. This arcade\\nis also continued around the spire and finds its counterpart in the longer but similar windows of the\\nbaptistry on the left, which are separated by the buttresses on the angles of the baptistry wall. The\\nmain gable of the auditorium sets back some fifteen feet from the front wall of the \\\\estibule and has\\nbeen treated in a manner as simple as possible. Its princi[)al feature is a rose window sixteen feet in\\ndiameter immediately above the vestibule roof. A single narrow window near the peak is the only\\nother opening in this main gable wall, and its only feature in addition to the rose window is a small\\noctagonal ventilating turret on the left corresponding in position to the spire on the right.\\n[A more extended and detailed description of the interior of this beautiful church was furnished\\nthe writer by Father Callahan, but owing to the limited space allotted to the subject is necessarily\\nomitted.] The plans of the church were drawn by O Connor Metcalf, architects, of New York\\nCit} The senior member of this firm has achie\\\\-ed quite a reputation as the designer of many of the\\nCathcilic churches in ami about New York.\\nChurch of the Immaculate Conception. This is situated on South Orange Avenue, in South\\nOrange. It was built in 1862 and has a seating capacity of 200.\\nChurch of Our Ladv of the Valley, corner of Valley and Nassau Streets, Orange, Rev.\\nW. R. Callan, rector, George D. O Neill, assistant. The church has been organized for some j ears and\\nhas a successful Sunday School connected with it.\\nSt. Winand s, Henry Street, corner of Cone Street, Orange. l\\\\c\\\\-. 1 A. Wen/.el, rector. This is\\na growing little church of modest pretensions.\\nI Neither of the above named churches responded to the in\\\\itation to furnish tlata for a history of\\ntheir organizations.]\\nSeton Hall Colleoe, near South Orange Avenue. South Orange. It is located on what was\\nformerh known as Chestnut Ridge and occupies a commanding position, with ample grounds for the use\\nof the students. The college was founded in i.S5r at Madison. N. J., by the Most Re\\\\-. J. Roosevelt\\nBayley, D. D., the first Bishop of Newark. During the summer vacation of i860 it was remo\\\\ed to its\\npresent location at South Orange. It was incor[)orated bj- an act of the Legislature in 1861, receiving\\nall the rights and privileges of other colleges in the State. The college buildings are of stone, large\\nand commodious, thoroughly ventilated and pro\\\\itled with every modern convenience for the use of\\nthe students. The aim of the faculty is to impart a good education in the highest sense of the word,\\nto train the moral, intellectual and physical being. The health, manners and morals of the students,\\nall of whom are required to live in the college, arc objects of constant care. The .system of govern-\\nment combines strict discipline with kind and gentle treatment. The students are instructed thoroughly\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6He ascrilied his return from exile and the place of the church consequent to the fall of Napoleon, to the Blessed Virgin\\nwhose help the Christian world had employed with fervent and lasting prayer.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0262.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "Tnii Founders and Huilueks of the Orangks.\\n199\\nin tlie doctrines of tiio Roman Catholic Church ami traincil in its practice. The coijejjc was named in\\nhonor of Arciiijisliop Hayley s aunt, IMotiicr Seton, wiio introduced tlie Sisters of Charity into the\\nUnitctl States and to wlmse prayers lie attributed the grace of his conversion to the faitli.\\nYoung Mkn s Christian Association. Tiiis association was the direct out rowth of a scries of\\nmeetings held by the well-known evangelists Messrs. Moody and Sankey, in the Park skating rink, in\\nSeptember, 18S5, and the wave of spiritual enthusiasm which swej)! through the surrounding territory\\nat that time. Mr. Moody strongly urged the need of such an association for Orange. Shortly after\\nthis, Samuel Colgate invited a parlor conference which was held at his home and tiie objects and means\\nof promoting such an organization were presented to the invited guests. This was followed by a\\npublic meeting in Music Ilall, October 15, 1S85, which was largely attended and all the preliminary\\narrangements of the organization effected. At an adjourned meeting a week later, the following\\ngentlemen were chosen as directors: Dr. George Hayles, Walter Hughson, Gilbert Colgate, Joseph C.\\nDavis, Frederick L. Grant, George J. l erry, John D. Chitter, George A. Newman. Richanl M. Colgate,\\nDr. J. W. Stickler, Arthur D. Chambers, Samuel V. Jaync and John E. I addock. The board organized\\nby the election of Gilbert Colgate as President, Dr. Stickler, Vice-President, and John D. Cutter,\\nTreasurer.\\nMeasures were at once taken to bring the association into active shape, and on December 12, 18S5,\\nthe okl house standing just east of the North Baptist Church (since removed by the opening of\\n1 lickory Street) was secured as the headquarters of the association. M. W. Voorhees was engaged as\\nthe general secre-\\ntarj- and the active\\nwork of the associ-\\nation began. On\\nDecember 17,1885,\\na conference of a\\nnumber of leading\\ncitizens interested\\nin the scheme was\\nheld and it was\\nthen and there de-\\ncided to purchase\\na lot on Main St.,\\nthe present loca-\\ntion. A subscrip-\\ntion list was started\\nand in the spring\\nof the following\\ne a r t h e s u m\\npledged amounted\\nto \u00c2\u00a725,000. and it\\nwas decided to be-\\ngin work at once.\\nGround w a s\\nbroken in June and\\non January 11,\\n1887, the building\\nwas formally opened and the association took possession of the new home. The building stands well\\nback from the front, affording ample room for any additions that may be required in the future. It\\nVdlNG MEN S CJlRr^TlAX ASXK lATloN. 0KAN(;F..", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0263.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "200 Thk Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nhas a gj iTinasium over fift} feet square, well lighted and ventilated, and equipped with the best\\nmodern apparatus. It has two regulation bowling alleys provided with all the requisite conveniences,\\netc. The reading room is well supplied with the best magazines and papers, and also a large collection\\nof artists proofs wood engravings, valued at over $3-000. The reading room is free to all. On the\\nthird floor is Association Hall, with a seating capacity of about 450, the boys reading and game room,\\netc. A chess room on the fourth floor has proved a great attraction and the chess club has played a\\nnumber of tournaments here which have proved a credit to Orange. In June, iSgo, a colored branch\\nof the association was opened in Willow Hall, under the charge of W. T. Plume, which has proved\\ngreatly beneficial to this class of people. A branch of the association was started not long after in\\nOrange Valley which has since become detached and self-supporting.\\nE. VV. V oorhces was the first general secretary of the association. He resigned in 1886 and was\\nsucceeded the same year by John T. Swift. The latter remained till January, 1SS8, when he resigned\\nto go as a missionar\\\\- to Japan. Sumner F. Dudley, his successor, served until September 15, 1890, and\\nwas followed b_\\\\- Harold W. liuchanan, who held the position for a year. M. J. Trenier\\\\- was appointed\\nin March, 1893, and was succeedctl by the present incumbent. Gilbert Colgate served as president of\\nthe association for two years; Dr. J. W. Stickler, two years; Richard M. Colgate, three years, and was\\nsucceeded by Charles T. Kilborne. There are now conncctetl with the association a Banjo, Guitar and\\nMandolin Club, besides evening classes in book-keeping, penmanship and stenography, bowling club,\\nbic\\\\ cle club, etc. Frequent entertainments of various kinds are given which are well attended.\\nAlthough the distinctively religious meetings are confined to the bible class and the men s meetings on\\nSunday afternoons, yet it is the effort of all connected with the association to throw around the boys\\nand )-oung men that come to the building an elevating and purifying moral atmosphere. The present\\nofficers of the association are: President, Charles T. Kilborne; Vice-President, A. W. Brigham\\nRecording Secretary, David G. Holmes; Treasurer, George T. Seely. Directors. Charles T. Kilborne,\\nJoseph W. Stickler, Samuel O. Church, Edward Green, C. W. Baldwin, George F. Seeley, E. II. Dutcher,\\nRichard M.Colgate, Dickinson W. Richards, Sumner F. Dudley, I. N. Burdick, David G. Holmes,\\nW illjur S. Knowles, A. W. I liiL^liani.\\nCEriETERIES.\\nThe old burial-ground at Newark contained the remains of many of the early settlers of Orange.\\nThese have all been removed and the only trace of them now is to be found in a copy of the\\ninscriptions on the tombs, in the possession of tiie New Jersey Historical Society. The inscriptions on\\nthe tombs in the Orange burial-ground arc also preserved by this society. The old cemetery, as it is\\nnow known, is located on the corner of Main and Scotland Streets, in the city of Orange. It was\\ndeeded to the Mountain Society by Nathaniel Wheeler, one of the first settlers at the mountain.\\nThere is only one of the original signers of the Fundamental Agreement\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Anthony Olef buried here.\\nThe earliest dates found on any of the tombstones are: Anthony Olive (or Olef), died March 16, 1723,\\naged 87; Nathaniel Wheeler, died October 4, 1726, aged 87; Esther Wheeler, died March 14, 1732-3,\\naged 87; Matthew William^, died November 12, 1732, aged 81; Ruth Williams, dietl July 27, 1724,\\naged 67; Samuel I ierson, died May 16, 1730, aged 67; Samuel Ward, died May 15, 1733, aged 52;\\nDorcas Harrison, dieil June 25, 1738, aged 76; Ebene/.er Lindsley, died November 1, 1743, aged 78. It\\nwill be noticed that the first burial took place three years after ground was purchased of Samuel\\nWheeler on which to erect a place of worship, and Nathaniel Wheeler was the second one buried there,\\nunless, perchance, others were buried there with no tombstone to mark the spot. The original plot\\ncontained about one and one-third acres ami had a frontage of 132 feet on the highway (now Main\\nStreet) and 421 feet on Scotland Street. Two acres adjoining were purchased by the parish in 1792 for\\n.^38 2s. This made the frontage 2S9 feet with a depth of 629 feet. There are over 5CO gravestones\\nin this old burying-ground on which the inscriptions are still legible.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0264.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders ok the Oranges. 201\\nSi IMark s Cemetery. Tliis adjoins the old cemetery and appears to form a part of it. The\\ncorporation of St. Mark s Church, in November, 1842, bought a lot 86 feet in width on Main Street,\\nlying west and extending south, the same in depth as the old cemetery. Tlie whole plot, including\\nboth cemeteries, is left exposed on the east side without enclosure. It will probably not be many years\\nbefore the graves will be removed and this valuable site lying in the heart of the city will be devoted\\nto business purposes.\\nROSED.M.E Cemetery. The necessity for a new burial grcuind became apparent soon after the\\norganization of the Second Presbyterian now Brick Church, of East Orange, and what is now known\\nas Rosedale Cemetery was started by a few gentlemen connected with tliis church. They first\\npurchased a tract of ten acres lying within the boundaries of the present East Orange, in what was\\nformerly known as Dodti Town. They obtained an act of the Legislature incorporating them with\\nsimple powers and adequate securities against the encroachments of business enterprise. The act of\\nincorporation was passed November 13, 1840, and was among the first in the State for chartering\\ncemeteries. Three years later an additional purchase of about ten acres was made. The original\\nincorporators were Calvin Dodd, Cyrus Baldwin, Aaron Williams, Timothy W. Mulford, Jabez Pierson,\\nAlbert Pierson and William Pierson, Jr. These incorporators were made the original board of managers\\nand the articles of incorporation recite thai they shall have power to take and hold in fee the tract of\\nland situate in the township of Orange, near the residence of Caleb Williams, containing about ten\\nacres, late the property of John Quinby, deceased. The original incorporation of the cemetery was\\nunder the title of The Proprietors of the Orange Cemetery. On March 8, 1844, a supplement to the\\nact of incorporation was passed changing the corporate name to The Proprietors of Rosedale\\nCemetery. The original officers were President, Calvin Dodd Treasurer, Albert Pierson Secretary,\\nCyrus Baldwin. The original act limited the members of the corporation to the owners of lots in the\\ncemetery and provide that they may add other poperty not exceeding thirty acres in the whole. This\\nwas found to be entirely inadequate and an act was passed by the Legislature on April 3, 1S67, author-\\nizing the acquirement by the corporation of additional land to the extent of seventy-five acres. The\\nact gave the company power to issue bonds to the extent of S;,o,ooo, bearing interest at seven per cent,\\nexempt from taxes. The only sources of income to the cemetery are from the sale of lots, the opening\\nof graves and the amounts paid by the lot owners for the care of the lots. The affairs of the company\\nare managed by a board of seven directors chosen annually. Calvin Dodd, the original president of the\\ncorporation, was succeeded by William Pierson, Jr. His successors have been Nelson Lindsley, George\\nLindsley, Thomas S. Root and Charles A. Lighthipe. the present incumbent of the office. George I*.\\nKingsley has been the treasurer since October, 1875. Charles F. Lighthipe is the secretary. The\\npresent Board of Directors consists of the following: From Orange. Charles A. Lighthipe, George P.\\nKingsley, George Spottiswoode, Horton D. Williams, and William R.Howe. From East Orange.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nLlias O. Dorcmus; and from Montclair.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Frederick Harris, Dr. J. J. H. Love and Philip Doremus.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0265.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XV.\\nCIVIL HISTORY OF ORANGE.\\nCHANGE FROM TOWNSHIP TO TOWN GOVERNMENT; DIVISION AND ERECTION OF SOUTH. WEST\\nAND EAST ORANGE TOWNSHIPS; CITY CHARTER; MUNICIPAL ORGANIZATION; POLICE\\nAND FIRE DEPARTMENTS; WATER WORKS; MAYORALITV CITY CLERKS;\\nEDUCATIONAL; INDUSTRIES; BANKS; THE PRESS; LIBRARIES;\\nORANGE FREE LIBRARY; NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY;\\nMUSIC HALL; MENDELSSOHN UNION.\\n4\\\\r\\nf^\\nJ\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2v\\\\\\nHE old form of township government ser\\\\ed its purpose during the first half century\\nof its existence. As the town increased in population however, a change in the\\nform of government became necessary, and on Thursday evening, November 17, 1859,\\na meeting of the citizens of Orange was held at Willow Hall, pursuant to a call of\\nthe Township Committee, to consider the propriety of applying to the Legislature\\nfi)r a change in the laws regulating the township government. The meeting was\\ncalled to order by Mr. Nelson Lindsley. Dr. Rabbit was appointed chairman and\\nE. 1). Pierson secrerary. A resolution was adopted, introduced by Dr. Pierson,\\nThat it is expedient to tal e measures for the better government of the town.\\nAiKither resolution was adopted appointing a committee of five persons who, with\\ntlie Township Committee, should determine upon some plan to carry out the wisliesof\\nthe meetin as expressed in the first resolution, and report at a subsequent meeting. This committee\\nconsisted of William Pierson, Simeon Harrison, Napoleon Stetson, Isaac J. Everitt. ami Jesse Williams.\\nThe several matters mentioned in the call for the meeting were taken up and discussed in their order.\\nThese embraced the rading of streets, a police and fire department, license for the sale of liquors,\\ndivision of election districts, etc.. which were referred to the committee. A plan was formulated by\\nthis committee, application was made to the State Legislature, and on January 31, i860, an act was\\napproved incorporating the town of Orange, the second section of which defined the boundaries of the\\ntown and wards as follows:\\nAnd he it cnactt-d. That the said town shall be divided into three wards, as follows, viz.: The first\\nward shall comprise all the territory lying east of a line commencing at the junction of Centre Street\\nand Clinton Township; thence along the centre of the same to its junction with Harrison Street;\\nthence to the spring near William Crane s, the origin of Parrow s Brook thence along said brook to\\nMain Street; thence in a direct line to the centre of North Park Street; thence along the centre of\\nsaid street to the Hloomfield line. The second ward shall compri.se the territory lying west and north\\nof the west line of the aforesaitl first ward and the centre of Main Street, ami of the turnpike road to\\nLivingston Townshi]). All the remaining territory of the town shall constitute the third ward.\\nThe subsequent twenty-one sections of the act pertain to the duties and power of town officers,\\nelection of town officers, mode of elections. Common Council, marshal and various other matters\\nconnected with the government of the new town. The tiisintegration of the territory embraced in the\\nold township of Orange began soon after this. South Orange was set off from Clinton. Milburn and\\nOrange, January 26, 1861. and in 1863 a successful effort was made in the Legislature to further divide\\nthe township. The year previous, for geographical rea.sons, the township of P airmount had been set\\noff. This township included all the mountain district west of Perry Lane. Now the disintegration was", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0266.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "The FouNuiiRs and Builders ok the Oranc;es. 203\\ncontiiuied and a new line, some distance east of tlie Valley Road, was made the western boundary line,\\nthe inteivcnin district beini^ added to Kairmount and the whole of it called West Oranjje. The\\ntnuiishii) iif I .ast Orange was broken off on a line of few hundred feet west of the Brick Church and\\ncontinued on a course wliich ran near the eastern boundary of Rosedale Cemetery to the Bloomfield\\nline. Thus Orange was dispossessed of much of its territory, but it still retained the bulk of population.\\nThe condition of Orange under the old townsliip government is briefly set forth by Rev. James\\nHoyt in his History of the First Church (published by C. M. Saxton, Barker Co., i860), together\\nwith suggestions of needed changes: The first need is a municipal organization of the village or, in\\nlieu of this, some change in the civil administration of the township. In the judgment of many, the\\nexigencies of the village call for the corporate powers of a borough. It can hardly be expected that\\nlocal interests, which are every year assuming a greater magnitude, should be suitably regarded by the\\ntownship authorities and a large proportion of their constituents. Many improvements are needed\\nwhich are not to be looked for at the hands of a town meeting. The want of better sidewalks has\\nfurnished a subject for much reasonable complaint on the part of both residents and strangers, and\\nthe very imperiousness of this want has, during the last year, induced many of our merchants and\\nothers to flag the walks that line their premises. In considerable portions of Main Street and in some\\nof those that intersect it, the footman now finds the comfort of a plank or of something broader and\\nbetter beneath his feet, and the continuity and connection of these comforts are increasing. During\\nthe last summer, for the first time, two water-carts were seen passing up and down our principal\\nthorougiifares, set in motion by private contributors, clarifying the dusty air and relieving the housemaids\\nof no little toil by their showerj discharges. Yet, a more liberal and permanent provision for sprinkling\\nthe streets is needed. Street lamps are a further desideratum. This will doubtless be supplied ere\\nlong, now that the means are furnished by the Orange gas works.\\nThe various improvements under the new form of government were soon forthcoming and one after\\nanother, as necessity required, has been introduced, and at the present time there is no city in the State\\nof New Jersey better equipped or better provided with every requisite for comfort and convenience\\ntlian the city of Orange.\\nAfter a few years trial the okl charter was found to be inadequate in many respects to meet the\\nchanges necessitated by a constantly increasing population. The Orange Chronicle, under date of\\nFebruary, i86g, says It is proposed to make Orange a city. The reasons assigned are claimed to be\\nthe loose, disconnected character of the present charter and its various supplements, as well as the\\ngrowing state of Orange with its continually increasing population and manufacturing interests.\\nThe new document provides that where it took three persons to perform the duties of collector of\\ntaxes and one treasurer, these will all be performed by one person. The official who performs these\\nduties will be ap|)ointed by the Common Council under the new law. The first election under the\\nnew charter took place on Tuesday, March 9, 1869. The name given in the charter was the Town of\\nOrange. George J. Ferry was the first mayor elected under the new charter. George Spottiswoode\\nwas one of the three elected to the council from the third ward. The first ward was represented by\\nEdward D. Pierson, Jared Porter and Wilberforce Freeman, all republicans. The second ward, David\\nN. Ropes, rep., Henry Enger, rep., and William M. Hart, dem. The third ward, David Beach, dem.,\\nGeorge Spottiswoode, dem., Robert McChesney, dem. On April 3, 1872, by an act of the Legislature,\\nthe corporate name of the town of Orange was changed to that of the City of Orange, and under the\\nnew regime impc^rtant changes and improvements were made. The town officers continued until the\\nexpiration of their terms. The mayor at that time was Edward Austin, and Henry B. Wiggin was the\\nfirst one elected under the new form of government.\\nPolice DeI AKTMENT. Previous to 1S60 the only officers who were authorized to make arrests\\nfor any cause were the sheriff and his deputies and the town constables. With the growth of Orange\\nup to this time there had been a considerable increase in crime, and the necessity for an efficient police", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0267.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "304\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nforce had become apparent. The condition of Orange at this time is briefly set forth by Dr. Hoyt in\\nhis History of tlie First Churcli. He says: In streets unilluminated and untraversed by any kind of\\nnight guard the incendiary and the burglar find circumstances not a little favorable to their criminal\\ndesigns. Successful burglaries have of late been alarmingly frequent and in no case within the writer s\\nknowledge has either the criminal or his plunder been discovered. Impunity has given encouragement\\nto these bold attempts, in which stores, private dwellings and even sleeping rooms ha\\\\ e been robbed of\\ntheir contents while the owners slept. There is also much open dissipation and street drunkenness on\\nwhich a check would be laid by the vigilance of a well-organized police.\\nWith the incorporation of the town of Orange in i860 the charter provided for a marshal of\\npolice and such patrolmen as might be appointed. For the next ten j-ears, however, the marshal\\nhimself comprised the whole police force, he calling\\non the constables whenever he needed assistance in\\nmaking arrests. In 1870, soon after the revised\\ncharter went into effect extending the powers of\\nthe corporation, the Common Council appointed si.x\\npolicemen. There were frequent changes in the\\nmarshalship previous to 1881. In that year William\\nMcChesney was appointed and has held the position\\ncontinuously ever since. The number of policemen\\nhas been increased from time to time as the needs\\nof the city and increasing crimes and disorders due\\nlargely to the increase in the number of saloons\\nmade necessary. Chief of Police William McChesney,\\nin his annual report for the year ending in Ma}-,\\n1896, gives the present force as Chief, one detect-\\nive sergeant, one night sergeant, three roundsmen\\nand twenty-three patrolmen, with seven chancemen.\\nThree patrolmen and six chancemen have been added during the year. He reports 971 arrests, 22 lost\\nchildren restored, 96 store doors found open, 369^ electric lights out all night and 1,531 out parts of\\nthe night. Lost and stolen property amounting to \u00c2\u00a75,849.60 had been restored to the owners.\\nPrior to i860 there was no lockup or other place for the detention of prisoners. One of the first\\nacts of the Common Council which came into e.xistence in i860 was to provide a suitable building\\nfortius purpose. It consisted of a one and one-half story frame building, 16x24. The lower floor\\nwas divided into three rooms, two of which were used as cells. These were so constructed that they\\nwere ea.sy of egress as well as ingress, to the prisoners. The windows were covered with iron bars and\\nwire netting. A new building, of which the present one on Centre Street forms a part, was erected in\\n1871, during the mayoralty of Edward Austin. This building was altered, improved and enlarged in\\n1895-6, at a cost of $5,000, and is said to be one of the most convenient and best equipped police\\nstations in the county.\\nThe Orange Fire Department. Spasmodic efforts were made from time to time to organize a\\nfire department in Orange long before it emerged from a country village to a full grown town. The\\nfirst effort in this direction was made in 1839, just after the destruction by fire of the big shoe factory\\nof Coiulit Pierson, involving a loss of about $20,000. The Pioneer Engine Company was organized\\nat that time by Richard Kelsal, of which he was made foreman. A small hand engine was purchased\\n(^probably second-hand) which, even in those tlays, was rather antiquated. It was provided with\\nhorizontal brakes which worked from front to rear, worked by eight men at a time who were supplied\\nby relays from the company in order to keep up the pressure. There being no suction, necessitated the\\nforming of a bucket brigade for each occasion to keep up the supply of water. The apparatus\\nwas kept for a long time in the barn in the rear of Abraham Mandeville s house on Main Street. The\\nORANGE POLICE STATION.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0268.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "The FouNiiERs and liuiLDiius oi- hik Okangks. 205\\nmacliine as well as tlie company lin^ cred for a few years antl finally (Iisai)()eared, there being no\\nfurther use for either. Tlie disastrous fire of 1855 which destroyed Moses B. Caiifieid s shoe factory\\nand dwelling, which stood on the present site of the library building, on Main Street, near the First\\nChurch. Another effort was made at this time to organize a fire company and devise .suitable means for\\nprotection. It did not materialize, however, and nothing further was done until the following year,\\nwhen two more fires occur.ed which destroyed a large amount of property. This arou.sed the people and a\\ndetermined effort was made to organize a fire department, and on December 20, 1856. a bill was introduced\\nin the State Legislature entitled, An act to incorporate the Orange Fire Department. This was to\\nhe under the control of a stock comi)any, with a capital of $io,ooo, and the Board of Managers were\\nemi)owered to admit to all privileges of corporators any individual residing in the township of Orange,\\nbut not included in the aforesaid limits, upon his signifying in writing his wish to be so included. The\\nlimits as defined in the bill were: Beginning at the junction and running in a straight line to the\\nhouse of J. B. Cornell, in I rospect Street; thence in a straight line to the house of Philip Ward; thence\\nto Eagle Rock; thence to Ludlow Patton s house; thence to George Wheeler s house: thence to the\\nplace of beginning. The bill provided for a Chief Engineer who shall be appointed by the lioard of\\nManagers, and an Assistant Engineer who shall be elected by the firemen. The bill contained nineteen\\nsections; its provisions, however, did not meet with the approval of the community and it was defeated.\\nIn 1857 Henry M. Graham obtained a number of subscriptions and procured in New York a small\\nhand fire engine. The alarming increase of incendiarism and the want of suflficient and convenient\\nsup])lies of water protiuced a reaction. As the engine had not been paid for, it was sent back to New\\nYork and the company soon after disbanded.\\nAlthough fires were of frequent occurrence, it was not until Jul\\\\ 11, 1865. that the ordinance for\\nthe creation of a fire department was finally passed. It prmided for a chief engineer, one or more\\nassistant engineers and such engine men, hose men, hook and ladder men and bucket men as may be\\nnecessary. Richard A. Terhune was appointed chief engineer and Charles W. Banta, assistant. Mr.\\nTerhune was succeeded the following year by Charles F. Arcularius as chief engineer. The first\\ncompany organized was that of Liberty Hook and Ladder Company, No. i, and the first fire apparatus\\npurchased was for the equipment of this company. In accordance with a resolution of the council,\\npassed May 6, 1867, three cisterns were built along the line of Parrow Brook, which were subsequently\\nincreased to thirteen. These were of uniform size and were expected to hold about 30.COO gallons\\neach. After the introduction of the regular water supply these were no longer used.\\nThe first steamer company was organized May 8, 1868, known as the Watchung Engine Company.\\nThere was considerable opposition to the organization and Wilberforce Freeman, who was then running\\nfor council, was elected by a large majority because of his advocacy of this movement. About the\\nsame time an ordinance was passed prohibiting the erection of any frame building fronting on Main\\nStreet, between High antl Park Streets. An amendment was subsequently passed limiting the prohibi-\\ntion to 250 feet from Main Street. A Dennison steamer was purchased, against the wishes of Mr.\\nArcularius. in consequence of which he resigned Jul\\\\- 17, 1868, and was succeeded by Robert F. Birdsall.\\nDuring his administration the Dennison steamer was found to be defective and was overhauled and\\nrebuilt by the Gould Manufacturing Co., of Newark. Mr. Birdsall resigned July 19, 1870, and David J.\\nO Neil was appointed to fill the vacancy. Relief Engine Companj-, No. 2, was organized October 4,\\n1869. and the Valley Engine Company, No. 3, on January 3, 1870, and Llewellyn Hose Company was\\norganized November 20, 1871. During the summer and autumn of 1S69. a suitable building for the use\\nof the fire department was erected on Canfield Street. A tablet on the front of this building contains\\nthe following inscription\\nOrange Fire Department.\\nRobert F. Birdsall, Chief.\\nGeorge J. Ferry. Mayor.\\nHenry W. Egner. J. 1!. I orter, George Spottiswootle. Fire Commillee.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0269.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "2o6 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nIn 1873 c paid fire department was organized under Chief Engineer John J. F ell. who succeeded\\nMr. O Neil in i.S Another steamer was added, with hose carriage, and horses were tlicn first used for\\ndrawing the apparatus. The department at this time consisted of fifty-nine members, but after the estab-\\nlishment of the new water works it was found that a sufficient pressure could be obtained by gravit)-,\\nthus dispensing with the steamers and reducing the meml)ersliip of the companies. Thomas Harrup\\nwas appointed chief engineer of the department in September, 1875. With the exception of a slight\\nintermission he held the position until March, iSSi. Charles Dodd served from that time until 1884,\\nwhen Mr. Harrup was again appointed, continuing in office until February, 1887, ^d was succeeded\\nby the present incumbent, James VV. Hodgkinson. Improvements and additions have been made in\\nthe department since 1887 and it is now one of the best equipped fire departments in the State. The\\nGamewell system of fire alarm telegraph was introduced in 1887 and in May, 1893, a transmitter box\\nwas placed in the Canfield Street engine house and the cit_\\\\- was sub-divided into smaller districts.\\nWater Works. The question of water supply for the city of Orange was under consideration for\\nmany years before any definite plan was decided upon. As early as 1869 a committee appointed b\\\\- the\\nCommon Council examined all the streams within three miles of Orange and tested the capacity of\\nseveral springs in what was known as Ropes Swamp. They made a report to the Common Council,\\nbut no steps were taken by them toward obtaining a supply. Other committees were appointed and\\nvarious plans suggested during the next few years, but nothing came of it. A company was organized\\nand incorporated, known as the Orange Water Company, and on December 13, 1880, the books of the\\ncompany were opened and 1,380 shares were subscribed for and a Board of Directors elected on the\\n30th of December following. The plan submitted by the company was objected to by the citizens and\\nno action was taken. At a meeting of the Common Council held March 28, 1883, a resolution was\\nadopted providing for the appointment of a Water Commission composed of two citizens of each w^ard.\\nThe following persons were appointed by Mayor Hartford: H. A. Harvey, David Dodd, John Gill,\\nGeorge Spottiswoode, A. M. Matthews and David Beach. This commission made a careful examination\\nof the various sources of su[)i)ly and finally recommended the west brancli of the Railway River as\\naffording better facilities for a permanent water supply than any other. They recommended that the\\nworks be built by the city and that the supply be obtained from this source. They also recommended\\nbonding the city for $400,000 to construct the works. These recommendations were adopted and, later,\\nan ordinance passed for the ajipointment of a water committee, engineers, etc., to prosecute the work.\\nWilliam B. Rider was appointed engineer and work was at once commenced. On February 1, 1884, he\\nmade his final report to the city authorities who accepted the works, and on the 22d of February, the\\ncapacity and efficiency of the works were tested in the city of Orange, to the satisfaction of the City\\nFathers, as well as the fire department and thousands of spectators.\\nThe reservoir from which the city is now supplied is situated on the west branch of the Rahway\\nRiver, between the First and Second Mountains. The works consist of a large storage reservoir, with\\nthe necessary arrangement of gates, pipes, screens, gate-houses and waste weir, also a main supply pipe,\\nor aqueduct, and street mains, with gates, hydrants and other fixtures. The quantity of land taken for\\nreservoir purposes is 100.65 acres; cjuantity flowed, 65.647 acres. The dam is situated about 1,000 feet\\nnorth of South Orange Avenue. It is S32 feet long from the westerly end to the overflow. It is\\ntwenty feet wide on the top, with a suitable slope on each side to insure strength and stability.\\nThrough the entire length of the embankment is a cemented wall ten feet thick at the base, one and\\none-half feet thick at tiie top ami two feet above the flowage line. The total storage capacity is about\\nfour hundred and seventy millions of gallons. Tiie overflow above original bed of brook, 36 feel top\\nof flow line above railroad at Cone Street depot, 142 feet. The main pipe is sixteen inclies, inside\\ndiameter, excepting through the tiam. The thickness of the pipe has been graded so as to correspond\\nwith the different heads of pressure in different localities. The whole line is laid so that the top is four\\nfeet below the surface of the ground, except at such points where the undulating surface required greater", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0270.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "Tin; FcuNDERS AND Brii.r)F.Rs OK THE Oranges. 207\\nor less depth. At each summit is placed an air valve. Blow-outs have been scattered along the line for\\nclearing the pipe when necessary and gates have been set at different points to shut off the water for\\nrepairs, etc.\\nH\\\\diants aic set near the street corners and along the lines of the streets, so that nearly every\\npoint within the city limits can be covered with two luindred and fifty feet of hose. All the hydrants\\nhave two no/zles, except in the business centre or near schools, ciiurches, manufactories or public\\nl)iiildiii;^s, where they have three nozzles, and all are provided with a six inch inlet. All the distribution\\npipes are of such sizes as to afford protection against fire, at every place where the pipes are laid or to\\nwhich they may be e.xtended. The estimate for pipe was 185,645 feet and only 170,811.15 were found\\nactually necessary to be laid 116 gates were increased to 133, while but 183 hydrants were put in out\\nof 200 estimated. The contractors were Messrs. Freel McNamce, builders of the dam. and Mr.\\nF. C. O Reilly, who laid all the pipe.\\nMAYORS OF ORANGE, 1860-1896.\\nIt was eminciitU litling that the fust and second mayors of Orange William Pierson and Stephen\\nW. Tichcnor should be chosen from the descendants of the Founders of the Oranges, to lay the\\nfoundation of the new town which, in a few years, was to become a thriving, populous city. The first\\none. Dr. William Pierson, was a descendant of Thomas Pierson, the Newark ancestor, and his personal\\nrecord will be found in the history of this family, under the head of The Founders of the Oranges and\\nTheir Descendants. Stephen W. Tichenor, the second mayor, was elected in 1863. He was a\\ndescendant of Martin Tichenor, one of the signers of the Fundamental Agreement, in 1666 The\\nTichenors were among the original members of the Mountain Society and have resided at the mountain\\nfor more than one hundred and fifty years. Ten mayors have succeeded Mr. Tichenor, all of whom\\nmay be classed among the Builders of the Oranges. These were: David N. Ropes, 1864-65 Edward\\nH. Ensign, 1866-67; George J. Ferry, 186S-70; Edward Austen, 1871-73; Henry B. Wiggin, 1874;\\nHenry W. Egner, 1875-77; George H. Hartford, 1.S78-84; Henry H.Truman, iSgo-92; Lawrence T.\\nP^ell, 1893-94. and John Gill, the present incumbent. The record of David N. Ropes, who served from\\n1864 to 1865, will be found under a separate head. Edward II. Ensign, a democrat, nominated by both\\nparties, served from 1866 to 1S67.\\nGeokce J. Fekkv. The administration of Mr. Ferry, the fifth mayor of Orange, covered two\\nterms from 186S to 1S70, inclusive. He received the unanimous support of both parties and was\\nelected without opposition. Referring to his nomination for a second term, the Chrpiiicle said The\\nunanimous choice of George J. Ferry to .serve again in the mayoralty is an instance of good, sound\\nsense. No better selection could be made. The new charter, recently enacted by the Legislature,\\nwent into effect in March of that year. Referring to this. Mayor Ferry said in his message Let me\\nremind you that greater powers conferred bring increased responsibilities. Oflficers heretofore elected\\nby the people are now to be appointed by you. Upon your judicious selection depends the faithful\\nmanagement and care of the finances, the peace and good order of the town, and the proper observance of\\nthe law. The introduction of the Telford .system of roads was begun during his administration. Of this\\nhe says: Good roads will not only conduce to the comfort, but the healthfulness ol the town. I go\\nfurther and say it will not only contribute to the physical improvement, but to the moral elevation of\\nthe people. It is noteworthy that the name of Ferry is from the French Ferrc, meaning the constructor\\nof a stone road. The Board of Education and a well-organized Fire Department were both established\\nunder the administration of Mayor Ferry. A tablet placed on the first building erected for the use of\\nthe Fire Department has inscribed on it: George J. Ferry, Mayor.\\nGeorge J. Ferry was born in Bethel, Conn., November 28, 1830. He came to Orange in 1865.\\nPrevious to this he had been for many years identified with the Methodist church, also with religious and\\nbenevolent works of various kinds. The organization of the Calvary M. E. Church of East Orange", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0271.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "2oS The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nwas largely due to his efforts and he was a generous contributor to the beautiful new church edifice.\\nHe was noted for his great liberality, and churches, schools and every kind of benevolent organization\\nreceived his earnest support during his long residence in Essex County.\\nEdward Austkn succeeded Mr. Ferry and was the unanimous choice of both parties. He served\\nthree terms\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1871-2-3. He was a man of good administrative ability and enjoyed the confidence of\\nthe people. In his annual message he laid great stress upon the matter of drainage and water supply,\\nrecommending immediate action as a wise sanitary measure. The entire bonded indebtedness of the\\ncity at this time was only $175,000.\\nHiiNUY B. WiGGiN, a democrat, succeeded Mr. Austen, receiving the nomination of both parties\\nin 1874. He was a New York business man but had been educated as a Baptist minister. His adminis-\\ntration was satisfactory to the people.\\nHenry VV. Egner, his successor, served two terms\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1S75-77. Referring to his nomination for a\\nsecond term, the Or()/nV/ir says: There has been little in his administration to criticise and many\\nthings to commend. He was the only candidate nominated in 1876.\\nGeok ;k 1Iunti\\\\(;toN Harti- oud. ninth mayor of Orange, 1878 to 1889, inclusive. The record of\\nGeorge H. Hartford as mayor of the city of Orange will stand for all time as one of the cleanest and\\npurest of that of any official who has ever filled a similar position in the State of New Jersey. His\\nrecord shows tiiat he was absolutely sans pcur it suits rcproclie. He was elected as a democrat, but he\\ndischargeil his duties as the servant of the people, to whom he recognized his accountability. In the\\nspring of 1878 the managers of the Democratic Convention in Orange were looking for an available\\ncandidate. .Mr. Hartford had never taken any part in politics, and was known to them simply as a\\ndemocrat and successful manager of one of the largest business corporations in the country. He was\\nwaited upon by a committee from the convention then in session and tendered the mayoralty nomina-\\ntion. He at first declined the honor, but when pressed to accept and reminded that he owed a duty to\\nhis fellow-citizens as well as to his party, he waived all personal considerations and placed hmisclf in\\nthe hands of his friends. He was elected by a large majority and re-elected annually for a period of\\ntwelve years, nine }ears of this time without any opposing candidate. He did not enter upon his\\nduties as a great reformer, but accepted tlie condition of affairs and aimed at effecting a clean administra-\\ntion by preventing irregularities or abuses of power rather than by radical changes or by testing\\nexperimental theories. He relied on his veto to defeat any questionable measure rather than on his\\npower to effect great reforms. He was progressive, but never aggressive. Wisdom, tact and foresight\\ncharacterized all his acts. With his associates in the Common Council he was kind, courteous, affable,\\nbut yfrw. A man of sterling honesty and incorruptible integrity, he would never sanction any measure\\nthat would not stand the most rigid investigation.\\nIt is a noteworthy fact that witli the beginning of his administration, specie payment was resumed\\nby the nation after a lapse of seventeen years, and during the whole of Mr. Hartford s administration\\nthe city of Orange enjoyed a remarkable degree of financial prosperity, and property steadily advanced\\nduring this entire period. The two most important measures adopted, of which he was an earnest\\nadvocate and to which he gave his official signature, were the present system of water supply and the\\nsubstitution of electricity for gas for lighting the city. The subject of water supply had been a matter\\nof discussion for many years and various projects had been submitted to the Common Council. Mr.\\nHartford made a careful investigation of each and finally recommended the adoption of the present\\nsystem. The system of lighting the city by gas was found to be entirely inadequate to meet the wants\\nof the increasing population, and many of the outlying districts were very poorly lighted. The gas\\ncompanies were unable or unwilling to extend their facilities to meet the increasing demands. Mr.\\nHartford, therefore, induced the organization of a local electric company in which he had no personal\\ninterest, and the work was immediately begun and carried forward with considerable industry, and\\nOrange is now one of the best lighted cities in the State of New Jersev. The system of public schools\\nand the cause of education found in Mr. Hartford a warm advocate and, with due regard to economy,", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0272.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "GEORGE H. HARTFORD.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0275.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0276.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "TiiK Founders and Bl-ildkks of the Oranges. 209\\nevery necessary and important improvement received not only lu9 official sanction, but as far as consist-\\nent with his position, his earnest support. When, in 1890, Mr. Hartford received for the thirteenth\\ntime the nomination, the Orange Clironicle (non-partisan) said It is hardly possible for the republican\\nnominee to defeat him, even admitting that the democratic party is divided. New influences, however,\\nwere at work and these, together with the divisions in the democratic ranks, caused his defeat, much to\\nthe regret of the better class of citizens who care more for the honest administration of affairs than\\nfor party success.\\nMr. Hartford was born in Augusta, Maine, September 5, 1833. His grandfatlier, Daniel Hartford,\\na native of England, had emigrated the latter part of the eighteenth century to New Market, N. il.,\\nand afterwards settled in Augusta, where Mr. Ilartfortl s father, J. Hrackett I lartford, was also born.\\nThe Hartford family (whose origin is indicated by the /Jrw.v\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Azure, three chevrons between as many\\nharts heads caboosed or. Crcsl A parrot s head gules, between two wings vert. were landed\\nproprietors in the counties of Kent, Bedfordshire and Clieshire. Mr. Hartford s mother, Martha M.\\nSoren, was the daughter of John Johnston Soren, of Hostun, and was born in London, England, in 1799,\\nwhile her parents were on a visit to that country. Mr. Hartford was educated in the public and private\\nschools in y\\\\ugusta. His Inst practical business training was received in a dry goods house in Boston,\\nwhere he remained for several years. From Boston he went to St. Louis, where he was in the leather\\nbusiness for two years. He returned to the East and in i860 came to New York where he engaged in\\nthe tea business, antl in 1869 became connected with the Great Atlantic Pacific Tea Co., and for\\ntwenty-se\\\\en years has been actively engaged in directing the affairs of that Company. Mr. Hartford\\nmoved to Orange in 1866 and in 1870 bought a handsome residence on Ridge Street, where he has since\\nresided. Mr. Hartford married Josephine Ludlum, daughter of David Sweeney Ludlum, of Goshen,\\nN. V. William Ludlum, the ancestor, was one of the twenty-four persons who, in 1721, made a\\ncon\\\\eyance to John Everitt and Samuel Clows of one-sixth part of all the lands contained in the\\nvillage plot of what is now Goshen, that being a part of the Wawayanda Patent. William Ludlum\\nwas one of the original settlers of the present village of Goshen. The children of George H. and\\nJosephine (l^udlum) Hartford are George L., Minnie, Edward V., John A. and Marie Louise.\\nHenkv H. Trum. VN, who served from i8go to 1892, was nominated by the republican party as an\\noppositicin canditlate ancl elected. This was the first time that i) )Iitics had exercised any important\\ninfluence in the election of mayor. New issues had arisen, however, and a strong feeling was mani-\\nfesteil between the two parties. The sj stem of drainage and sewerage, involving a large outlay of\\nmoney by the city, had become an inipoitant issue and there was a division of opinion as to the best\\nmeans to accomplish the ends. Referring to this matter in his message, Maj-or Truman said: I\\nwould suggest that you appoint a special committee, composed of members of the council, whose duty\\nit shall be to appear before the Legislature to inge its passage by the Senate and to instruct your\\nsenator and assemblyman to take such measures as will facilitate the passage of the bill. He\\nrecommends that great care be taken in awarding the contracts in order that no criticism may arise\\nthat the work has been unfairly or improperly awarded. He reminds the council that while it is\\ndesirable to promote such undertakings as will benefit the cityat-large, it will be well to be moderate in\\noutlays. Mayor Truman aimed to carry forward the various improvements which were then being\\nmade, to the best of his ability. The democratic party, however, believing they could improve on his\\nmethods, elected their candidate to succeed him. Mr. Truman is a native of Greenwich, Conn., born\\nthere in 1S47. c came to Orange in 1885 and built a house on the corner of Lincoln and Highland\\nAvenues. He has been active in religious work and especially that of the Y. NL C. A., in Orange\\nValley. He is Senior Warden of St. Andrew s Episcopal Church, at Montrose Park. He is a member\\nof the New England Society, of Orange, and of the various clubs and local organizations.\\nLawrencio T. Fem,, a life-long democrat, succeeded Mr. Truman. He continued the work begun\\nunder the adniini^tratii n of his predecessor, which he pushed forward with great vigor and earnestness.\\nHe was naturally interested in every improvement which was being made, for he had grown up with the", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0277.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "210 Thk Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\ntown and knew its needs from his chiUlhootl up. He was born in East Orange in 1845 i received his\\neducation at tlie inibUc school. At the breaking out of the Ci\\\\il War he enhsted in the navy and\\nserved until the close of the war. After his return he engaged in the hatting trade for some j-ears.\\nHe was made factory inspector for the State in 1887, under a new law recently enacted. He has been\\nan active worker in the democratic party, for many years serving as a member of the Count)- Committee\\nand in other positions. He was sent as a delegate to the National Convention that nominated Gen.\\nHancock for President.\\nHon. John Gn.l., twelfth ma\\\\-or of Orange, 1894-1896, was nominated b\\\\- the republicans in 1895,\\nand led his party to victory. He has just entered upon his second term, having been re-elected in the\\nspring of 1896. Since the incorporation of Orange as a town, January 31, i860, its affairs have never\\nbeen administered in a more business-like or satisfactory manner than during the past two \\\\ears ending\\nApril, 1896. Mayor Gill, although the nominee of the republican party, has won the respect of his\\nfellow-citizens by his fearless, impartial and conscientious discharge of the duties of his office. The\\nancestors of Ma\\\\ or Gill were among the founders if the Republic and were notetl for their strong\\nsense of justice, their loyalty to the mother government during the colonial period, and their intense\\npatriotism during the W ar of the Revolution. The history of the Gill or Gyll family is easily traced to\\nthe tenth century. The name of Gill, says Campen in his Brititniiia, means valley, and has been\\nvariously spelled according to the tluctuations of orthography in different ages. Ellis, in his Domesday-\\nBook, shows that a family of this name held lands in Yorkshire, England, antecedent to the Norman\\ninvasion. The barony and property of Gille s land, in Cumberland, prior to the Conquest, belonged to\\nBueth Gille, and was confiscated by William the Conqueror, who granted them to Hubert, one of his\\nfollowers. Hubert assumed the name of the original proprietor and st\\\\led himself De aux, which is\\nthe French for vallej- and is s3 nonymous with Gill. The motto borne on the family Arms was I tr/u/is\\ngloria liter ces.\\nJohn Gill, who was of Salisbury, Mass., in 1638, is the founder of the Stoughton or Cantor branch\\nof the (jill family. He married, May 3, 1645, I hebe, daughter of Isaac Buswell, and had issue, Eliza-\\nbeth, born January 8, 1646; John, born October 10, 1647; Phebe, born January 6, 1650; Samuel, born\\nJanuary 5, 1652; Sarah, born June 27, 1654; Moses, ho\\\\\\\\\\\\ December 26, 1656; IJenjamin, Isaac.\\nMoses Gill (i), son of John and Phebe (Buswell) Gill, was born December 26, 1656. He took the\\noath of fidelity with his brother Samuel, March 25, 1678. He was one of the original settlers of\\nStoughton, now known as Canton, Mass. He received his lease from the Indians, March 23, 1705. He\\ndied before 17 16. He married Sarah, daughter of Isaac and Mary Estey, of Topsfield. Mass. Mary\\nEstey was one of tlie victims of the Salem Witchcraft, who was brutally tortured to death, yet\\nrefused to plead guiltw The children of Moses and Sarah (Estey) Gill were Moses and Benjamin and\\nhis two daughters.\\nMoses Gill (2), son of Moses (1) and Sarah (Estey) Gill, was born about 1699. He was the first\\nrepresentative to the Genera! Court (incorporated 1726), in 1731-33. again in 1737. Hi- was\\nafterwards Lieutenant-Governor and Go\\\\-ernor of Massachusetts. He liatl no children of his ow n, l)ut\\nadopted a son of his brother.\\nBenjamin Gill, brother of Governor Moses Gill, and youngest son of Moses and Sarah (Estey) Gill,\\nwas born about 1701. He married, first, Abigail Fales second, Abigail P isher. By the second marriage\\nhe had a son, Benjamin, born June 2, 1730.\\nCol. Benjamin Gill, son of Benjamin and Abigail (Fisher) Gill, was born in Cantcui, June 2, 1730,\\ndied April 23, 1807. He married, January 9, 1752, Bethia Wentworth, born June 23, 1732. She died\\nMarch 22, 1817. He was actively engaged in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the town and\\nchurch; was deacon 1768, selectman 1776, and also represented the town in the General Court. He\\nwas Lieutenant of Militia, 1766; Captain, 1773; in November, 1774, was elected Lieutenant-Colonel of\\nLeonard Robinson s regiment, and in 1775 was elected Colonel, the highest military rank in the town.\\nHe was present wath his regiment at the Battle of Bcmis Heights and surrender of Burgoyne, and on", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0278.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Rith.pkrs of TirE Oranges.\\n21 1\\nhis return home gave a grand dinner at liis house to the officers of his regiment, the |)rincipal men of\\nthe town being among the invited guests. He had issue Elijah, born 1752; Rebecca, born 1755;\\nHethuah, born 1758; Benjamin, born 1760; Sarah, born 1762; Catharine, born 1764: Sarah, born 1767:\\nPolly, born 1769; John, born March, 1772.\\nJohn Gill (1). son of Col. Benjamin and Bethia (Wentworth) Gill, was born March, 1772, at Canton,\\nMass., died April 19, 1816. Married Mary Wilkington and had among other children, sons. Ir,i.\\nHoward, Nathan, Charles.\\nIra Gill, son of John and Mary Wilkington) Gill, was born in Canton. Mass.. in 1799. He\\nremoved at an early age to VValpole, a sub-division of the old town of Deilham, Mass., where he learned\\nthe trade of hat ni.ikin-. lie began the manufacture of fur-napped hats in 1823, and changed, later, to\\nfur felt. He was the successor of Rand Hooper and in 1804 was the oldest living manufacturer in\\nthe town and his firm was the second largest manufacturer of hats in the country. He was the inventor\\nof the hat-fnrniing machine which bears his name, and i)\\\\- this means largely increased the production\\nand facilitated the manufacture of fur hats. He was a man of large and liberal ideas and probably did\\nmore to advance the hat industry than any man of his period. He married Caroline, daughter of Uriah\\nBillings, of Walpole, Mass and had among other children, a son John.\\nJohn Gii.L, son of Ira and Caroline (Billings) Gill, was born in\\nWalpole, Mass., November 28, 1835. He attended the public and\\nprivate schools of his native town and was prepared for college at\\nthe well-known Allen school. Instead of entering upon a collegiate\\ncourse he decided to go into business, and on attaining his majority\\nbecame associated with his father in the manufacture of hats and\\nlater, in hat-forming. Mr. Gill came to Orange in i?72 and with\\nhis brother established the hat-forming shop on Lumber Street, now\\nEsse.x Avenue, under the firm name of J. G. H. Gill. His brother\\nretired in 1892 the firm has since continued under the name of John\\nGill. Mr. Gill has been prominent in the public affairs of Orange\\nfur nearly twenty years. He served ten years on the Board of\\nEducation and filled an unexpired term as president, and repre-\\nsented his district in the State Legislature four terms\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1S79 -80, 83.\\n188S. He received the republican nomination for mayor of the city\\nof Orange in the spring of 1S94, beating his democratic opponent by\\nSoo votes, representing a gain of I 200, the city usually going demo-\\ncratic by a majority\\nof about 400. The Orange Journal, in reviewing\\nMr. Gill s public career, says: As a school com-\\nmissioner he was indefatigable in his efforts to\\nimprove the schools of the city, and made one of\\nthe best members who e\\\\er sat in the board. As\\nassemblyman, Mr. Gill ser\\\\ed the district he repre-\\nsented with conspicuous ability and constant fidelity;\\nno member of the Esse.x County delegation stood\\nhigher than he tlid. He also gave much labor and\\nthought to the introduction of the water supply of\\nthis city as one of the water commissioners, and\\nthe economical w-.iy in which that great public im-\\nprovement was made the work having been done\\nwell within the estimate\u00e2\u0080\u0094 contrasts strongly with\\nthe introduction of the sewer system which cost\\nHON. JOHN 1:11.1., MAYOR OF OHANCE.\\nRESIDENCE OF MAYOR GILL, ORANC.K.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0279.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "212 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nnearh twice the original estimate. Mr. Gill is, therefore, eminenth- fitted for the ofifice to which he has\\nbeen nominated. His long residence and successful business career in this city, his experience in the\\nBoard of Education and his legislative experience fit him admirably to discharge the duties of Mayor in a\\nway to conserve the highest welfare of the city. It is also further stated that he assumed the duties\\nof ofifice perfectly free and untrammeled by pledge or promise, that he is a man of indepentlcnt\\nviews who does his own thinking.\\nMr. Gill is a member and trustee of the old First Presbyterian Church, of Orange, and is also a\\nmember of Union Lodge, F. A. M., and Orange Chapter, R. A. M. He married Ellen Metcalf, daughter\\nof David Metcalf, of Wrentham, Mass., a descendant of Michael Metcalf, the emigrant ancestor, born\\nin Tallcrford, County of Norfolk, England, 15S6, who was admitted a townsman at Dedham, Mass.,\\nJuly 14, 1637, joined the church 1639, selectman 1641. llis name is first on the committee chosen to\\ncontrive the fabricke of a meeting house. The issue of the marriage is three children. Two of these\\nEmlyn Metcalf and George Metcalf are the founders of the Gill Engraving Co. Rev. Charles Gill,\\nthe third son, is a graduate of Yale and is now a missionary to China.\\nThk Citv Clerks have been Charles J. Harrison, 1860-62 Ira Canfield, Jr., 1863 Mark A. Ward,\\n1864-65, 1867; Caleb 1 Williams, 1866-69; W. Wallace Snyder, 1870; Horace Stetson, 1871 to 1894;\\nAlpheus Struble, 1895-96.\\nINDUSTRIES.\\nThe local inilustries have been an important feature and have added materially to the wealth of\\nOrange for more than a hundred years. When the first settlers took up their land near the mountain\\nthey found it heavily wooded with oak, ash, hemlock and other trees, which, instead of being used for fire-\\nwood, formed the basis of the several early industries which were carried on in connection with farming.\\nThe oak ami ash were used for cooperage purposes, aiul the manuf.icture of staves and headings proved\\na source of revenue to the farmers for many years while clearing their land. These stax es and headings\\nwere manufactured into sugar and molasses hogsheads and shipped to the West Indies and other parts\\nof the civilized world. This continued until the introduction of saw mills, but up to within a |uarter\\nof a century a large local trade was carried on in the manufacture of cider barrels for use in the ship-\\nment of the large quantities of cider for which Orange was at one time famous.\\nTanneries .and Shoemaking. The construction of the first led to the establishment of the\\nsecond. While the land was being cleared it was discovered that there was an abundant supply of\\nhemlock trees which could be utilized for tanning, and a number of tanneries were established at an\\nearly period. This led to the irianufacturc of shoes, and thc;se two industries went hand in hand for\\nmany years until the woods were stripped of their timber. One of the largest tanneries was that of\\nMatthew Williams, who carried on the business successfully for a number of years. Large quantities of\\noak bark were exported during this period. The tanneries were gi\\\\ en up soon after the hemlock and\\noak bark had become scarce. There were two or three small tanneries farther down the valley, along\\nthe banks of the upper Rahway River, which, like the others, succumbed to the necessities of the time.\\nBoots .\\\\ND Shoes. The manufacture of boots and shoes in Orange began soon after the Revolu-\\ntion and was the natural outgiowth of the tanneries, which ])r()\\\\ided the raw material; they continueti\\nto e.xist, however, long after the tanneries disappeared. The manufactories were primitive affairs and\\nconsisted of a number of small shops, the proprietors of which emplo}-ed a few journeymen and apprentices.\\nThe goods were transported to New York and I hilailelphia. packed in hogsheads and bags. A number\\nof small manufacturers had their sho[)s on their own premises and some of these, who were afterwartls\\nwell-to-do, were accustomed to make up a small stock of shoes, which they packed in a sack thrown\\nacross their back, tramping all the wa\\\\ to New York, where they disposed of their stock and returned\\nthe same day. A brisk trade was done during the War of 1812 15 in the manufacture of army shoes.\\nThe goods at this time were generally coarse, but as the demand increased for a finer class of goods,\\nthese were produced in large quantities and an extensive trade with the West and South was carried on", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0280.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "The Founders and IJuii.ukr.s ok the Oranges. J13\\nfor a number of years. The panic of 57 crii)i)leil a number ..f the manufacturers and they were oblit, ed\\nto suspend. The breaking out of the Civil War proved a serious loss to those who had been doing\\nbusiness in the Southern States. The manufacture of army shoes gave quite an impetus to the trade\\nuntil the close of the war. After this the lan^ e manufacturers of the East, with their improved\\nmachinery and other facilities, drew the trade from this and other small towns. The business became\\nuii[)rofitable aiul tlu- few rem. lining ones removed elsewhere.\\nManufacture ok Hats. This industry, which began in Orange over one hundred years ago, has\\ncompletely overshadowed all others and Orange has become one of the great hat manufacturing centres\\nof the country. The quality of the materials used and the finished production are second to none, either\\nin this country or in Europe. Other industries which, in their time, contributed naturally to the growth\\nof the Oranges, have come and gone, while the hat industry has steadily increased and grown apace\\nwith the constantly increasing demands of the country. To what extent it has added to the wealth of\\nthe Oranges can only be estimated by comparing the past with the present. It is probable that the\\nmanufacture of hats began in Newark shortly after the close of the Revolution. In 1S30 it was one of\\nthe leading industries of the town, there being at that time in Newark nine hat factories, with a capital\\nof Sio6,ooo, employing 487 hands, paying in wages $142,000. the annual product amounting to $55 ./OO.\\nThose wdio first began the manufacture of hats within the present limits of the Oranges probably\\nlearned their trade of the Newark manufacturers. James Condit is said to have been the ])ioneer\\nmanufacturer of fur hats in what is now the city of Orange. He began in a small way about 1785 or\\n1790. His shop was in Centre Street, over Parrow Brook. He was succeeded by a man named Haslet.\\nCyrus Jones, of East Orange, who served a seven years apprenticeship with Joseph Hanks, of Newark,\\nbegan the manufacture of hats on his own account about 1790, on the west side of Main Street, at the\\nEast Orange Junction. Condit and Jones were the leading manufacturers for some years. Israel\\nHedden, Lewis Williams, Griffin, Stci)hen Stetson, Albert Tichenor and John Stryker were among\\nthose engaged in the business more than half a centur\\\\ ago. Tlie end of the sccontl half century\\nshows a large increase in the amount of capital invested, the number of hands cmploj cd and the annual\\nproduction of goods. In 1854 there were 29 shops, employing 457 men as follows; N. Stetson, 40;\\nP. J. Bodwell, 10; A. R. Tichenor, 30; Sheppard Coppenger, 13; McChesney Co., 27; Quinby\\nNorthrop, 25 C. A. Lighthipe Co., 21 John Matthews, 35 Van Houten Williams, 19; George\\nOven, 10; Stokes, 30; George Harrison, 25 Aaron Lyon, 12; Jacob Kent, 4; Campbell,\\n4; Piece Shop, 12; William Stone, 12; Quinby Smith, 20 Jesse Williams, 10; Ambrose, Condit\\nWhitney, 30; Hathaway, 6; William Anderson, 6; J. M. Hogan, 18. In addition to these there\\nwere 50 or 60 color men. There were also 225 females employed, included under the general head of\\ntrimming. The weekly output of these shops was 3,750 dozen hats, or 195,000 dozen per annum.\\nThe average price paid for the labor performed on each day was $3, or $585,000 per annum.\\nUp to about 1850 fur hats in this locality were made entirely by hand. The introduction of\\nmachinery began with the Wells hat-forming machine, with the Taylor improvements, about 1846. One\\nmachine could do the work of about 30 or 40 men. It was first introduced here about 1850 and\\ngradually forced the small firms out of business. 1 he Gill machine, patented by Ira Gill, of Walpole,\\nMass., (father of the present Mayor of Orange), in 1857, continuing in force with the renewal for twenty-\\nfnur years, gradually supplanted the first invention It was radically different from the Wells machine\\nin construction, method of operation and in the results accomplished, and yet the owners of the Wells\\npatent claimed that it was an infringement on their machine, and years of litigation with the expenditure\\nof immense sums of money was the result. The plan of the owners of the Wells machine was to\\nmonopolize the trade and limit the number of machines to 72 for all the manufacturers in Danbury,\\nConn., New York City, Philadelphia, Boston and the Oranges. Hundreds of the Gill m.achines are now\\nin use, thirty-five being in constant use in the Oranges, with a capacity for producing one thousand\\ndozen hats a day. Probably the best average production of the several firms engaged in the business\\nin the Oranges was in 1892 3, and this is taken as a basis, as the great business depression throughout", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0281.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "2r4\\nTur: Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nthe country since tliat period has materially affected the out])ut here as well as elsewhere. The firms\\nthen engaged in the business in the Oranges (most of whom, with some slight changes, still continue) were\\nMcChesney P ischer, Austin Drew Co.. F. Berg Co., Connett, Read Co., Cummings. Matthews\\nCo Puff Youmans, McGall ]5rothers. No Name Hat Manufacturing Company, Porter, Crofut\\nHodgkinson, William Clorer, John J. Perine, C. B. Rutan Co., James Young Son, Harrop, Gist\\nCo., Henry Smith Son, Thomas Walker, Crowe, Quinlan Moore, August Brandies, Brennan Carr,\\nJohn Otterbein, Edwin B. Whiting. The number of regular firms engaged in the manufacture of hats\\nis 21. This does not include what are known as the buckeye shops of which there are a number\\nover the mountain, in West Orange and elsewhere where liats are simply sized for the regular\\nshops. The approximate value of the several plants is \u00c2\u00a71,091,575; the number of hands employed,\\n3,722; annual production, taking that of 1892-3 as a basis, 397,850 dozen, or a total of 4,774,200 hats,\\nwith a total valuation of $4,849,940.\\nBANKS.\\nOrange National Bank. There is probably no town or city in the State of New Jersey better\\nprovided with banking facilities at the present time than the city of Orange. Previous to tlie twenties,\\nthe people were wholK- dependent on Newark. The first movement to organize a bank in Orange took\\nshape in 1826 when An Act to incorporate the Orange Bank, in the County of Essex, was passed by\\nthe Legislature on February 26. No definite action was taken, however, for the next two years. On\\nApril 12, 1828, a meeting for organization was held at the house of Daniel Kilburn and an organization\\neffected by the election of the following directors: Stephen D. Day, Joel Harrison, John Dean. Daniel\\nSmith, Allen Dodd, Zenas S. Crane, James Camp. William Picrson, Jr. (father of the present Dr. Pierson),\\nJohn M. Lindsley, Stephen Condit and Jeptha Baldwin. At this meeting Stephen D. Day was elected\\nPresident; William Munii was chosen cashier and continued in office until his death, in 1846. The\\nfirst instalment of the capital stock was called in which, by the act of incorporation, was fixed at\\n!?100,000. On April 28, 1828, it was resolved that the first\\ninstalment of $10,000 be deposited in the Newark banks,\\n$5,000 in each. The house of Ephraim Perry, on Main Street,\\nlater known as the house of A. H. Freeman, was leased and\\nbusiness conducted there for the first year. In March, 1829,\\na lot was purchased from Julin M. Lindsley, 60 x lOO feet in\\nsize, the present site of the bank. The price paid was $300,\\nor \u00c2\u00a75 per front foot, the present value of which is about\\n\u00c2\u00a7350 per front foot. A brick building was erected on the lot,\\nat a cost of $4,187.42. A supplement to the act of incorpora-\\ntion was passed by the Legislature, March lO, 1836, increasing\\nthe capital stock of the bank to $300,000. On May 6, 1865,\\nthe bank was reorganized as a National bank, the capital being\\nfixed at $200,000.\\nSte[)hen 1). Da_\\\\- cniitinued as President until October I,\\n1852, when he resigned on account of the feebleness of age.\\nHe was succeeded by Dr. Daniel liabbit, who continued until\\nJanuary 8, 1862, when he resigned and Charles A. Lighthipe was\\nelected to succeed him. He continued as its President for\\ntwenty-three years, resigning January 13, 1885, and Thomas\\nJ. Smith, for many years cashier, was elected in his place.\\nHe resigned October 27, 1893. and the position has since been filled by Charles M. Decker, one\\nof the most successful business men in the State of New Jersey. Charles G. Rockwood succeeded\\nWilliam Munn as cashier in 1846, followed by William H. Vcrmilye, from 1S49 to 1S69. Thomas\\nOKANGK NATIONAL BANK.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0282.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "Thk Founders and Hun.Dr.ks of the OFiAXCES. 215\\nJ. Sniitli was cashier from tliis time forward until lie was elected President, when his brother,\\nJ. Warren Smith, the present casliier. was elected in his [jlace. The jiresent Hoard of Directors of the\\nbank consists of John L. Hiake, Cliarles M. Decker, Abijah K. Tiliou, Ciiarles Williams, William\\nPierson, Geort, e Spoltiswoode and J. Warren Smith. On January ro, 1S94, Dr. William Pierson was\\nelected Vice-President, he being the fir.-.t ever elected to that position. The old bank building which\\nhad served its purpose for sixty years, was found be be inadequate to meet the demand for increased\\nspace and more modern conveniences. Plans for a new building were adopted in the spring of 1890 and\\nwork was soon after begun. The building was completed and occupied by the bank, February 23, 1892.\\nThe exterior of the building is of Indiana stone, four stories in height. The interior arrangements are\\nvery fine. The floors are tiled, Mexican onyx partition bases, plate glass and nickel fittings, etc. The\\nupper stories are rented for ofifices and are provided with everj modern convenience, including elevator,\\netc. This is said to be one of the finest bank buildings in the State. The total cost was about Sico,0OO.\\nSecond National Bank. This bank was organized in January, i8g2, under the general banking\\nlaws of the United States, the capital stock being fixed at $100,000. The incorporators were: Charles\\nA. Lindslej R. A. Everitt, John C. Conover, Charles H. El_\\\\-, George Lethbridge, Fred Berg. Jr., Edgar\\nM. Taylor, Thomas M. Cusack, Ambrose M. Matthews. The first meeting for the election of officers\\nand directors was held at the office of S. C. A. Lindsley, 25 Cone Street, on the evening of Januarj-\\n20, 1892. The following gentlemen were elected directors: A. M. Matthews, John C. Conover,\\nEdwartl A. Everitt, Edgar M. Taylor, George l.ctlibi idge, Fred Berg, Jr.. Charles H. Ely, Thomas A.\\nCusack and Charles A Lindslej At a subsequent meeting, Mr. Lethbridge resigned and Dr. J. W.\\nStickler was elected to fill the vacancy. Ambrose M. Matthews was elected President; Edward A.\\nE\\\\eritt, ice-President, and Charles A. Lindsley, Secretary. Charles H. Ely received the api)ointment\\nof cashier and E. O. Thompson, book-keeper. Mr. Ely held for a time the dual position of cashier and\\nteller. W. S. Grinsted is the present teller. The present directors (1S96) are: A. M. Matthews, J. C.\\nCono\\\\er, T. ^L Cusack, C. H. El)-, II. I). Williams, II. L. Pierson, Watson Whittlesey, Amos W.\\nHarrison, C. A. Lindsley. On the first of July, 1896, after a dividend, the bank liad a surplus of\\n$20,000 and undivided profits, $2,500. Ambrose M. Matthews still holds the position of President.\\nOrange Savings Bank. It is more than forty years since this bank was organized and it is now\\none of the strongest institutions of its kind in the State. It has always been under the management\\nof the best class of men in the community and has been a great helj) to the workingmen as an incent-\\nive to save their money and establish homes for themselves. The bank was incorporated March 21,\\n1854, the following incorporators constituting the first Board of Managers: Daniel Babbitt, Samuel\\nHurlbert, Philander J. Bodwell. Charles R. Day, Simeon Harrison, Cj rus Baldwin, Charles H. Bell,\\nMoses B. Canfielil, William Cleveland, Abraham Mandeville, Moses Reynolds, William H. Vermilye,\\nAbiath.ir Harrison, Charles Williams, Samuel Smith, Jesse Williams, Joseph A. Condit, William Pierson,\\nJr., George Lindsley, Isaac J. Everitt, William M. Babbit, Andrew Britton, Abraham C. Ta_\\\\-lor,\\nNapoleon Stetson, William L. Wells and Charles A. Lighthipe, of the township of Orange and Andrew\\nTeed, of the township of Li\\\\ ingston Jonathan Provost, of Caldwell; Jonathan Squiers, of the town-\\nship of Clinton 1 which then includeil South Orange), and Albert Traphagen, of the townshij) of Spring-\\nfield. The first officers were: Daniel Babbitt, President; Charles 11. Bell, Vice-President; Cjtus\\nBaldwin, Secretary William II. X ermilye, Treasurer. Mr. Babbitt held the office from 185410 1861,\\nand was succeeded by William Cleveland, who helil the position until his death, when the present\\nMayor, John Gill, was elected to fill the vacancy. P our of the original managers are still living though\\nnot connected with the bank. These are: Charles Williams, Napoleon Stetson, Charles A. Lighthipe,\\nAlbert D. Traphagen. William Green (still living, 1896) made the first deposit in the bank, the amount\\nbeing ijiio.\\nMany of the officers of the Orange Bank were managers of the Savings Bank and for the first ten\\nyears the latter occupied the Orange Bank building and then removed to the present quarters on the\\ncorner of Main and Cone Streets. The dividends have fluctuated at different periods during the past", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0283.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "2i6 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nforty years. In 1856 a di\\\\ idciul of six per cent, was declared; in 1S64, seven percent.; in 1S65, tliree\\npercent.; in 1869, seven per cent, free of governinent ta.\\\\. F or some time past it lias not exceeded\\nthree per cent. The present officers of the bank are President, John Gill Vice-President, Peter\\nGerbert Treasurer, George Kingsley; Secretary, William A. Bode. The managers are: John Gill,\\nPeter Gerber, A. M. Matthews. John O Rourke. S. T. Smith, Horton D. Williams, E. A. Everitt, John\\nN. Lindsley. The last annual report, made January, 1896, shows the assets of the bank, S 181,1 59.23\\nliabilities, $1,036,087.66; surplus, \u00c2\u00a7145,071.57. Over one-half the assets are invested in bond and\\nmortgage.\\nHalf-Dime Savings Bank. This institution has successfully passed its twenty-sixth year. It was\\nincorporated May i, 1870, by Michael Mohor, John L. Blake, John Otterbein, James Sheridan, Henry\\nA. Howe, James Brody, James P. Benton, Leander Williams, Thomas J. Smith, John S. Haley, Samuel\\nW. Baldwin, Jabez P. Condit, William N. Williams, Edward D. Pierson, A. M. Condit, Lewis F.Taylor,\\nDavid Dodd, A. M. Matthews, Zenas Trabold, Thomas G. Barber, Ross C. Browning, James F. Wilson,\\nWilliam M. Kent, George Spottiswoode, Isaac L. Van Orden, James Peck, David S. Beach, Thomas P.\\nBarges, Jared B. Porter, Amzi S. Dodd, Charles W. Banta. John L. Blake was the first President of\\nthe institution, succeeded by Edward D. Pierson, and next by Wilberforce Freeman. James Peck was\\nthe first Vice-President, Jared E. Porter the first Secretary, and Edward D. Pierson the first Treasurer.\\nThe assets, according to the annual report made to the Secretary of State, January i, 1896. were\\n\u00c2\u00a7851,582.43; liabilities, \u00c2\u00a7741,543 13; net surplus, \u00c2\u00a7110,039.30. The institution is located in the new\\nNational Bank building. The following are tlie present officers and managers of the bank: Oiificers.\\nPresident, Wilberforce Freeman; Vice-President, George Spottiswoode; Treasurer, Horace Stetson;\\nSecretary, Frederick Egncr. Managers. Thomas G. Barber, Jabez P. Condit, Wilberforce Freeman,\\nWilliam Read Howe, Frederick Jenkins, George Spottiswoode, Thomas J. Smith, Horace Stetson,\\nFrederick H. Williams, William N. Williams.\\nEDUCATIONAL.\\nThe earl)- settlers of Newark, though many of them could neither read nor write, were men of\\nenterprise, virtue and more than nnlinary intelligence, and they appreciated the importance of having\\ntheir children properly educateil. After purchasing their land, building their habitations, establishing\\ntheir local government, erecting their church, and constructing their mill, they next gave their attention\\nto the education of their children. On November i, 1676, at a town meeting composed of the free-\\nholders of Newark, numbering at that time seventy-five persons, the following action was taken\\nThe Town s Men have Liberty to see if they can find a competent number of schollars and\\naconimodations for a School Master in this town. The Town s Men, seven in nvimber, took prompt\\naction to secure a schoolmaster, as appears from the following record, February 7, 1677: Itctn. The\\nTown hath consented that the Town s Men should perfect the Bargain with the School Master for this\\nyear, upon condition that he will come for this year, and do his faithful, honest and true Endea\\\\-or. to\\nteach the Children or servants of those who have subscribed, the reading and writing of English, and\\nalso of Arithmetick if they desire it as much as they are capable to learn as he is capable to teach\\nthem, within the Compass of this year, no wise hindering, but that he may make what bargain he j)lease\\nwith those as have not subscribed. It is voted that the Town s Men have Liberty to complete the\\nBargain with the School Master, they knowing the Town s Mmd. The first schoolmaster was John\\nCatlin or Cathlin, one of the early settlers from Branfoul, who also held the office of town attorney\\nand other positions.\\nThe Genera! Assembly of the Province, in October, 1693, enacted the following: An Act for\\nEstablishing School Masters within this Province. Whereas, the cultivating and learning of good\\nManners tends greatly to the good and benefit of Mankind, which have hitherto been much neglected\\nwithin this Province. Be it therefore enacted by the Governor, Council and Deputies in General Assembly\\nnow met and assembled, and by the Authority of the .same, that the Inhabitants of any Town within this", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0284.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "Thk Foundf.ks and Huii.ders of the Orangf.s. 217\\nProvince, shall and may by Warrant from a Justice of the I cace of that County where they think fit\\nand convenient, meet together and make choice of three more men of tiie said Town, to make a rate\\nfor the salar\\\\- ami maintaining of a School Master within the said Town, for so long a time as they\\nthink fit and the consent and agreement of the Major part of the Inhabitants of the said Town, shall\\nbind and oblige the remaining part of the Inhabitants of said Town to satisfy and [jay their shares and\\nproportion of the said Rate; and in case of refusal or nonpayment, distress to be made upon tiie\\nGoods ami Chattels of said i erson or Persons so refusing or not paying, b)- the constable of said Town,\\nby Virtue of a warrant from a Justice of the Peace of that County; and the distress so taken to be sold\\nat ,1 i)ublic Vendue, and the overplus, if any be after the payment of the said rate and charges, to be\\nrctuined to tiie Owner,\\nThis act was amended in F ebruary, 169;. as follows Whereas, there was an act made Anno\\nDoniine 1 693. for the establishing of Schools in each respective Town in this Province, and by experi-\\nence it is found inconvenient, by reason of the Distance of the Neighborhood, the said Act directing no\\nsuitable way whereby all the inhabitants may have the benefit theref f He it therefore enacted by the\\nGovernor, Council and Reproscritatives, in General Assembly now met and assembled, and by Authority\\nof the same, that three Men be chosen earl\\\\- and every Year in each respective Town in this Province\\nto appoint and agree with a School Master, and the three Men so chosen shall have power to nominate\\nand appoint the most convenient place or places where the School shall be kept from time to time, that\\nas near as may be the whole Inhabitants may have the benefit thereof.\\nOn the first of January, 1697, the town meeting chose a school committee consisting of Theophelus\\nPierson, Jasper Crane and Thomas Richards, who were authorized to agree with a School Master to\\nkeep School in this Town for the Year, according to Act of Assembly.\\nThe First School-House. As appears by the records, thirt}--seven years elapsed before anj-\\nattempt w.is made to build a school-house. It is probable that the school, during this period, was kept\\nin the Meeting-house. At a town meeting held at Newark, September 28, 1714, It was ordered by\\nVote, y y* old floor in y Meeting-house Should be made use of for y*^ Making a floor in y School-\\nhouse in the Middle of y Town.\\nState Legislation, Appointmknt of Committees. Etc. The first State legislation in behalf\\nof public schools was on February ig, 1816, by which the Legislature authorized and directed the\\ntreasurer of the State to in\\\\cst in the public si.\\\\ per cent, stock of the United States in the name of\\nand for the use of this State, the sum of $[5,000. Other stocks were added to this in 1817, making an\\naggregate of \u00c2\u00a787,076.34. The first distribution of public funds was by enactment of February 24, 1829,\\nwhich provided that the trustees of the school fund should appropriate annually from the proceeds\\nthereof \u00c2\u00a720.000 for public schools. This was the first attempt at disbursement. Hitherto it had been\\nall accumulation. The mone\\\\- that had been gathering for thirteen years had reached a level from\\nwhere it would be safe to distribute, and the trustees of the fund are to divide this $20,000 among the\\nfourteen counties in the ratio of State tax paid by the counties. The Chosen Freeholders of the\\nseveral counties were directed to re-disburse to their several townships in the ratio of the county tax\\npaid by the townships. Townships were required to elect annually school committees of three each,\\nwhose duty it was to divide the townships into convenient school districts, license teachers for the\\ntownship, call district meetings of the taxable inhabitants only, and to divide the public money quarterly\\namong the several districts according to the number of children between the ages of four and sixteen\\nyears. The district meetings were to determine how many months in the year a school should be kept,\\nand the trustees were to provide a house or room for the school.\\nBy the act of February 16, 1831, the act of 1829 and supplement of 1830 were repealed and a\\nnew act substituted. By this act the sum of $30,000 was annually appropriated from the proceeds of\\nthe school fund, to be drawn on or before the first Monday in April. Authority to levy an annual\\nschool tax was continued to the townships, and they were empowered to assign all the State money to\\neducate the indigent poor if they chose. The patrons, supporters or proprietors of common", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0285.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "iiS The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nscliools ill the townships were directed to organize their several schools, if not already organized, by the\\nappointment of any number of trustees. The trustees were to report to the township school com-\\nmittee their organization; whereupon the committee was directed to recognize all such schools as being\\nentitled to their proportion of the public money. The township school committees, upon the receipt\\nof the annual reports of the several boards of Trustees, assigned the public money to each school in\\nthe ratio of the number of children taught, as reported to them during the preceeding j ear. If the\\ntownship had voted all the public money to the use of the poor, then the ratio of distribution was to\\nbe as to the number of poor children taught in each school.\\nIn March, 1838, there was a new enactment authorizing this 30,000 to be disbursed from the school\\nfund annually on the usual basis. Township school committees were again empowered to divide town-\\n.ships into convenient school districts, alter and change them as circumstances may require, and if\\nadvisable, form them from ]:)arts of two or more adjoining townships or counties. By the law of 1S46\\nthe annual sum of .S30,ooo was continued to be appropriated, but townships were required to raise a\\nsum at least equal to the proportion of the State appropriation, but not to exceed double that sum.\\nIn 1836 the General Government found itself in possession of more money than it wanted, or would be\\nlikely to want. By Act of Congress, passed June 23 of that year, it distributed to the several States.\\nas a loan without interest, more than $30,000,000 of this surplus re\\\\enue, as it was called. The sum\\nappropriated to the State of New Jersey was $764,670.44. A supplement to the act of 1846, passed\\nMarch 14, 1S57, provided for an annual disbursement of $40,000 of the proceeds of the school fund and\\n$40,000 from the general treasury, making a sum almost equal to the entire school fund of a third of a\\ncentury before. By an act of 1852, the Trustees of the School Fund were authorized to dispose of\\nall that remained of the lands belonging to the State, at Paterson, by private or public sale, and invest\\nthe proceeds thereof in the school fund. By an act of 1867, the formation and re-formation of school\\ndistricts was taken from the peojjle and placed in the hands of the County Superintendent. In iS7[\\nan act was passed assigning the proceeds from the sales and rentals of land under water to the\\nschool fund. From this source a large amount is realized annually. In the same year the Two-Mill\\nTax was enacted. This is an assessment of two mills on ever\\\\- dollar of the assessed value of all taxable\\nproperty in the State. From this source there was realized, in 1875, the sum of $1,237,578.57. It\\nsupercedes the township taxes heretofore required, provided the sum realized by this tax proves to be\\nsufificient to maintain free schools in a given township nine months in the ear. Sectarian schools\\nare specially denied any part of the two-mill tax.\\nThe First School at the Mountain. Dr. Wickes, in his History of the Oranges, states that\\nthe first school-house built at the mountain was in 1729. It was a framed building, about 20x30,\\nwith eight-feet posts, roofed with shingles and sided with boards, also ceiled with boards within. The\\nchimney in the corner, built upon tlie timbers above, received the pipe from a cast iron box stove. The\\nhouse occupied the triangle of ground formed by the intersection of the Swinelield Road with the\\nValley Road at the turn of the former toward the notch. This .structure occupied its original\\nsite till near the middle of the present century, when it was moved a few feet to the south-west and\\nwithin the east line of the Valley Road.\\nOther Schools Estahlishki) and School-Houses Erected. A stone school-house was erected\\nat Cranetcnvn about ten years later, and as the population of the several outlying districts increased,\\nschools were established to meet the wants of each. There is no record of the names of the first\\nschool teacher who taught in this locality. The first attempt at higher education was by Rev.\\nCaleb Smith, who opened a classical school in 1757, which he carried on successful!}- for about four\\nyears. The founding of the Orange Academy, in 1785, was another step in this direction. The matter\\nwas first introduced b\\\\- Rev. Jedediah Chapman, for many years pastor of the First Presbyterian\\nChurch, anil was finally agreed upon at a public meeting held April 21. 17S5. A building site, one-\\ntenth of an acre, was obtained of Matthew Condit, oti Main Street, con\\\\eyeil by deed, dul\\\\- executed,\\nunto tiie Rev. Jedediah Chapman, Col. John Condit and Henrj- Squier, to hold the same in trust, to be", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0286.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 219\\nand remain a ])lacc for an Academy which shall be for the use of a public school for all the inhabitants\\nof Orange in general. The money was raised by public subscription and a substantial twcjstory\\nbuilding of brick and stone was put up, in which a parochial school of high grade was soon in successful\\noperation. Mr. Chapman s name uniformly headed the list of trustees, who were appointed annually.\\nIt enjoyed a high reputation, not only as an elementary but as a preparatory school for college, and\\ndistinguished men of this and other States pointed with [jride to this as their alma mater. The school\\ncontinued in successful operation for more than half a century. The district schools, which were all\\npay schools, steadily advanced and the numerous private schools which flourished during this period\\nwere liberally patronized. Few towns in the State of New Jersey ever enjoyed better educational\\nadvantages than tlid Orange uiuier the old regime. The cost of obtaining a classical education in those\\ntiays was considerablj less than the average cost of the public system at the present day. The prices\\ncharged by the Newark Academy in the early part of the present century were: For instruction in\\nthe English language, writing, arithmetic and public speaking, two dollars per quarter of twelve weeks;\\ngeography, book-keeping, Latin, Greek and mathematics, S3. 25 French, by a native, one guinea.\\nPublic exhibitions by the speakers in those days were of frequent occurrence. Referring to public\\nspeaking in the Newark Academy, it is said that our parish voted, in the year 1793, that the public\\nexhibition of the academy may be held in the meeting-house.\\nThe Free School System. Application was made by the township of Bloomfield, in 1849, fo\\nspecial school law. It met with very strong resistance, but the free school law was enacted in 1849,\\namended in 1S50, and the tuition of ail children was henceforth paid by taxation. Section I of the\\namended act authorized the township to raise by tax at the annual town meeting a sum not to e.xcecd\\n$2,500 in any one ye.u. which money shall not be applied to the building of a school-house or school-\\nhouses. Section 2 provides that the amount authorized shall not in any one year exceed one-half\\nthe amount of ta.xes assessed the preceding year in said district for all purposes. Section 3 provides\\nthat the town su[)erintendent. together with the township committee, shall be and are hereby author-\\nized to unite, divide and alter their school districts and change the bountlaries thereof whenever and as\\noften as they may deem it necessary or expedient for the public benefit. This act was approved\\nMarch 6, i860.\\nThe history of the free schools of Orange from 1850 to 1879, given below, forms a part of the very\\nexhaustive History of Education in Orange, prepared bj the late Hon. Alexander H. Freeman, for\\nmany years Superintendent of the Board of Education: At the annual town meeting in 1851,\\nAbraham Harrison was elected town superintendent for the fourth time, his services being closed by\\ndeath in November of that year. The town then comprised eleven districts, requiring a fraction\\nof South Orange to complete one of them now Clinton township. The larger and more central\\ndistricts availed themselves promptly of the new legislative privileges, wrote out anew and with\\nmore precision the certificates of their several boundaries in conjunction with the superintendent, and\\nfiling them with the county clerk, advanced at once to the dignity of corporations. The trustees of the\\nacademy district having, in the year 1845, obtained the legislative aid they desired, sold the lot and\\nbuilding to John M. l.indsley and purchased a part of the lot in Day Street on which the old frame\\nschool building lately stood, and now occupied by the tank of the Orange Gas Light Company, who\\nbought the lot when the Park Avenue .school-house was built. A building three-fifths the width of the\\nold frame school building was constructed in 1846-7 and was ready for occupancy early in 184S. The\\nrear part of the lot (the whole being two hundred feet deep) was afterwards purchased of Stephen D.\\nDay. The building, after being used for many years, was sold when the Park Avenue school house was\\nbuilt and became a tenement.\\nThe first district school tax under the law of 1S51 was levied at a meeting held in the old academy\\ndistrict, which had, under the statute, assumed the name of Central in the spring of 1852. The levy\\nwas four dollars per child. The sum realized by the tax is not on record, but was judiciously applied by\\nanticipation by the trustees in enlarging the building during the summer vacation of 1852. In 1858, at", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0287.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "220 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nat a cost of $300, an addition of thirty feet was made to the scliool hit, \\\\\\\\hich completed its present\\ndimensions, the money being raised by a district tax. January 31, i860, the State Legislature changed\\nthe legal standing of the township by raising it to the dignity of a town or borough corporation, placing\\nits municipal government in the hands of a mayor and Common Council all tax levies to be fixed by\\nthe popular vote, as heretofore, and no change was to be made in public school administration. In\\n1861 the propriety and advantages of combining the districts lying in the central part of the town came\\nto be seriously considered and much discussed. The movement is said to ha\\\\e begun in the Ashland\\ndistrict, now included in the township of East Orange. The lack of uniformity in text books was one\\nof the chief subjects of discussion. Meetings were held antl the desire for centralization was strength-\\nened and diffused by discussion, and during the fall and winter of 186 1-2 became quite general in the\\nAshland, Central and St. Mark s districts, embracing territory reaching on Main Street from Walnut\\nStreet, in East Orange, to the top of the first mountain, and having a northern and southern boundary\\nof various courses, and containing as per statement and report of the superintendent, two-thirds of the\\neligible children of the town.\\nAbout March i, 1862, measures had been taken by the town superintendent and a majority of the\\ntrustees of each of these districts, which they sujiposed had resulted in the abolition of the districts\\naccording to law. April 7, i8C 2, the legal voters of the districts met as one district at Willow Hall,\\nupon the call of the town superintendent. Mr. F. A. Adams was chairman of the meeting and J.\\nAddison Freeman secretary. The meeting elected three trustees for the district, viz.: David N. Ropes,\\nBenjamin F. Birrett and William Pierson, Jr. This Board of Trustees, jointly with the superintendent,\\non the fourth day of June then ne.xt ensuing, filed in the county clerk s office their certificate of\\nincorporation. On the i6th of June a meeting of the new district, \\\\vhich had been named Central\\nDistrict, was held at Willow Hall, but no definite action was taken. An adjourned meeting was held\\non the 28th, at Library Hall, where Andrew Britton was made chairman and L. H. Hill secretary of the\\nmeeting, when two very important measures were adopted. One was the adoption of St. John s\\nparochial school as one of the schools of the district, and the other was to tax the district the sum of\\nthree thousand and five hundred dollars for the support of the schools for the current year. This was\\na district tax, the town already having voted the customary three thousand dollars With the present\\npopulation such an amount of tax would seem very moderate, but at that time it was considered\\nextravagant. Only one gentleman in the audience, a heavy ta.x payer, had the courage to raise a\\ndissenting voice.\\nThe action of the trustees in abolishing the then old district was found to be illegal relief was\\nsought and obtained through the courts and the former proceedings set aside. The opinion expressed\\nby the Supreme Court at its session in June, 1864, was that the three districts were never legally\\nabolished and, consequently, that the ta.x was illegally imposed, and that the abolishment and the vote\\nimposing the ta.x should be declared void as against the prosecutors. This opinion of the Supreme\\nCourt dissolved the Central distiict into its original elements and the old regime was allowed to resume\\nits sway in peace.\\nThe disintegration of territory causetl by the separation of South Orange in 1861, and West\\nand East Orange in 1863, necessitated important changes in the several school districts. For the next\\nfive years the public schools of what had become the town of Orange reduced to two districts, and a\\nfew fragments of districts followed the usual methods of district organization until the 3d day of April,\\n1868, the Legislature enacted that the public schools should thenceforth be uniler the management and\\ncontrol of a Board of Education, incorporated by the name of the Board of Education of the Town\\nof Orange. This Board was constitLited of nine members, three from each ward, and the Legislature\\nmade the first appointments in manner following, to wit For the First Ward, Nathan W. Pierson,\\nJames C. Hardin and William Pierson, Jr.; for the Second Ward, William Cleveland, Edward II. Ensign\\nand William M. Price; for the Third Ward, Robert L. Da.shiell, Edward Coumont and Aaron Carter,\\nJi-. Dr. William Pierson was elected president and Aaron Carter, Jr., secretary.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0288.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "The Founders and 1U;ii,ders of the Oranges. 221\\nIn the next succeeding, year the charter of the town was thoroughly and systematically revised\\nexcejjt in relation to the Hoard of Education, wliich, having been so recently enacted and drawn with\\ngreat care, did not rc(iuire revision. This centralization of the work of public instruction in the hands\\nof one body of men was attended with the anticipated and customary good consequences, resulting in\\nuniformity in tlie course of study and in the adoption of text books, a thorough system of discipline,\\nthe selection liy rigid examination\u00e2\u0080\u0094 of principals for the several school buildings and teachers for all\\nthe departments, the choice of a superintendent as the general agent of the board in all matters of\\ntuition, providing school-houses and keeping them in repair and in a comfortable condition at all\\nseasons. The work of improving the public school system and increasing the facilities has gone\\nsteadily forward and there are now five large school buildings within the city limits, provided with the\\nlatest and most improved facilities for the education of the young. The total valuation of these,\\naccording to the report made in 1896, is $161,206.31; total enrollment, 2,731. The following is a\\ncomplete report of the schools, school buildings, etc., to the beginning of 1896:\\nNo. I. Hltill School Westerly side of Day Street, in the rear of the First Presbyterian\\nChurch. Size of lot, loS feet front by 188 feet deep; cost, \u00c2\u00a78,000. Building $40,440.23 built in 1869.\\nThere are 10 rooms, \\\\\\\\ith a seating capacity of 440, with 13 teachers; total enrollment, 1S96 boys,\\n234; girls, 27i\\\\ total, 507.\\nNo. 2. Lincoln Avenue. Corner of Lincohi iVvcmie and Jackson Street. Lot 138 feet wide on\\nLincoln Avenue by 200 feet dcej); cost, $5,000. Building erected in 1871 cost, $22,673.13. It has\\neight rooms; seating capacity, 378 teachers, 9; enrollment boys, 260; girls, 262 total, 522.\\nNo. 3. Pauk Avi NUE. Northerly side of Park Avenue, near North Center Street. L(jt 150\\nfeet front by 250 feet deep; cost, $3,900. Cost of building, $18,997.22 erected in 1882. It has 13\\nrooms; seating capacity, 614 teachers, 14; enrollment boys, 343 girls, 370 total, 713.\\nNo. 4. FORE-ST Street (Valley). Easterly corner of Valley Road and Forest Street. Lot 150 feet\\non Valley Road by 159 feet deep; additional 50 feet purchased in 1895 at a cost of ^1,800. The\\noriginal site is very old, and the cost is not known. The building cost $43,750.51. Rooms, 6 seating\\ncapacity, 260; teachers, 7; enrollment boys, 172; girls, 141 total, 313.\\nNo. 5. Oakwood Avenue. Westerly side of Oakwood Avenue, nearly opposite Dennis Place.\\nLot cost $6,600. Building, $35,345.35 erected 1889; twelve rooms, seating capacity 499; teachers,\\n12; enrollment boj s, 332; girls, 344; total, 676.\\nBoard of Education. The present Board of I-lducation (1896) consists of the following: First\\nWard. George Bayles, President; Thomas W. Harvey, C harles H. ManiL Second Ward. Charles A\\nLindsley, J. Eugene Smith, Manning E. Drake. Third Ward. Wilbur F. Kynor, J. Rowland Mix,\\nNeil R. Howard. Fourth Ward. O.scar Thomi)son, Philip F. Timi)son, William H. Bradshaw. Fifth\\nWard. Andrew J. Hebcrling, Albert E. Robinson, Nelson O. Wilhelm.\\nPrivate Schools. Abraham Harrison, who taught in the Orange Academy from 1807 to 1811,\\nafterwards taught a classical school in his own house. Albert Picrson, a grandson of Matthias Pier.son,\\nopened a school in Masonic Hall, about 1831, and afterwards in a building of his own in the rear of his\\ndwelling on Main Street. Later he erected a three-story brick building which received the name of\\nWillow Hall. One of his early assistants was a bright young Irishman who proved subsequently to be\\na no less personage than the gallant Gen. James Shields, one of the heroes of the Mexican War.\\nAlonzo Brackett, who taught for some years in the academy, subsequently opened a boarding school on\\nMain Street, which became quite popular in its day. He was assisted by Mr. Charles W. Monroe, who\\nafterwards had charge of a .school in West Orange. The Mi.sses Simpson, daugliters of Simon Simpson,\\na Scotchman, were popular instructors in Orange for a number of years. They occupied the buikhng\\nfor a number of years on the northwest corner of Hillyer and William Streets. In 1852 Mr. Thomas\\nC. Ingalls opened a school in the Simpson building which was in operation for about two years. The\\nMisses Stanley and Smith cst.d)lislied a school about 1870 which was called the Orange In.stitute,\\noccupying the ohl Dr. Pierson home which stood on the site now occupied by the Central Presbyterian", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0289.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "222 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nCliurcli. The Misses Robinson, daus^hters of Col. Chester Robinson, for more than twenty years\\nprincipal of the Orange Academy, taut^ht a private school in Orange for many years which was well\\npatronized.\\nThe Dearborn-Morgan school, which is recognized by many colleges as equal in rank with the best\\nNew lingland schc^ols, was established by Miss J. B. Dearborn, Miss A. B. Morgan and Rev. C. H.\\nMann, in 1876. In 1879 Dr. D. A. Kennedy, a graduate of Yale, came as master of the classical\\ndepartment. He became a co-principal and joined the firm a few j-ears later. The first class graduated\\nwas in i88i,a class of three. The graduating class for 1895 was eighteen. The boy graduates have gone\\nto Harvard, Yale, Ikown, Columbia, Princeton and Amherst, and the girls to Vassar, Smith, Wellesley\\nand Bryn Mawr. The success of the school has been due to the constant personal supervision of the\\nprincipals, who have made a careful study of the problems of education. They have gathered around\\nthem teachers of intelligence and ability who have rendered efficient aid in keeping the work up to a\\nhigh standard. The classes are divided into small sections to gain the best development of tlie\\nindividual. In this way are secured the benefits coming from a graded system and yet the elasticity of\\ntutorial work. The primary department is conducted so as to impart the best elementary education.\\nThe work in literature, history and science for the older pupils compares favorably with that of the first\\nclasses in colleges. Mr Mann withdrew from the firm in June, 1895, and Miss Dearborn retired in\\nSeptember, but the school is still carried on b\\\\- Dr. Kennedy and Miss Morgan with the same high\\naims which have long characterized it.\\nTHE PRESS.\\nSo far as journalism is concerned. Orange was for many years a suburb of Newark, depending on\\nthe one Newark paper for its local news. With the exception of deaths and marriages, Orange supplied\\nbut little material for the columns of the paper, but when, early in the thirties, New York merchants\\ncommenced buying farm lands and converting them into villa plots, ample space was given to record\\nthe facts and other items of interest growing out of the change. It was not until 1S54, when the new\\nelement had largely supplanted the old, that the people of Orange realized the importance of having\\na weekly journal of their own. The project originated with Mr. Robert Seers, a New York publisher,\\nwho came to Orange in 1S50. He talked over the matter with his friends and neighbors, and the result\\nwas that Mr. Edward Gardner offered to start a weekly paper, provided the people of Orange would\\nfurnish a capital of \u00c2\u00a71,000. A canvass was made and forty individuals subscribed $25 each, among\\nwhom was Mr. E. O. Doremus, of East Orange, from whom these facts were obtained. The Orange\\nJournal was then started, with Mr. Edward Gardner as editor and proprietor.\\nThere were no separate local governments then and the four Oranges were under one name and\\nmunicipality, and this was the only paper in Esse.x County outside of the city of Newark. The size of\\nthe paper was then 24x37 inches, quarto, seven columns. In iS6o Mr. Gartlncr tlisposed of the\\n])roperty to Messrs. Henry Clay Bloomfield and Henry Farmer. At this time it hail enlaiged its pages\\nto 28 40 inches and increased the number of its cohunns to eight. These gentlemen retained\\nproprietorship until July 13. 1861, when Mr. Gardner again took possession and remainetl at its head\\nuntil April 30, 1 870, and on May 2 of the same year he disposed of it to Mr. J. M. Reuck, of the New\\nYork Evening Post. For six years, or until April i, 1876, the Journal was conducted by Mr. Reuck as a\\nRepublican paper, and on that date he disposed of it to Mr. Oliver Johnson, of the New York Tribune.\\nMr. Johnson brought to the editor s chair an experience and ability which enabled him to advance the\\nJournal to a leading position among the papers of the State. He made many improvements in the\\npaper, changing it from a folio to a quarto, adding new type and expending a large sum in making it\\nconform to his literary and artistic taste. Not having realized his monetary anticipations, Mr. Johnson\\ndisposed of his interest to Samuel Toombs, then city editor, who at once changed the character of the\\npaper by confining its work almost wholly to the local field, magnifying local interests, giving full and", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0290.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0291.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "EDGAR WILLIAMS.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0292.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "The Koundkus and Huii.ders ok riir, OKANf;ES. 223\\naccurate reports of all local affairs. In 1S83, believing; that the time had come when the citizens of\\nOrant:;c would appreciate an atlvaiicc in newspaper work, Mr. Toombs issued the Journal as a semi-\\nweekly, lie continuetl until 1885, when it was purchased by its present owner.\\nAs soon as Mr. Williams secured the Journal he thoroughly overhauled the establishment, putting\\nin a new Campbell press, with new type, and enlarging the paper to 29x42 inches, nine columns. The\\nfirst issue under his management was on April 17, 1883. but it was not until a later date that all the\\nimprovements were completed, and the Journal made an attractive appearance in its enlarged form,\\ntidy dress and make-up. The paper has steailily gained favor under the present management. In\\npolitics the Journal Republican, but although the editor continues the policy of his predecessors in\\nm.iiiitaining the princii)les of the Republican party, he is not so biased that he cannot condemn his\\n(Mvn part}- when occasion requires, or applaud a political adversary for meritorious acts. Not only is\\nthe .7(i/^r;/(?/ ai^prcciated by residents of the Oranges for the large amount of interesting local news\\nfurnislu-il each week, l)ut a glance at its columns shows that it is valued b\\\\- merchants as an advertising\\nmedium, circulating as it does not only in the Oranges but in some of the other villages about this\\nnoted cluster. The advertisers are not confined to the resident merchants, but soine of the largest\\nhouses of New ork and Newark, realizing that the trade of Orange is not wholly confined to local\\nhouses, liberally advertise for a share of it. The progress and growth of the Oranges is reflected in the\\ngrowth of the Journal and it is a representative paper of a flourishing and highly-favored community,\\na welcome visitor to homes where the word welcome is always uttered with the emphasis of sincerity.\\nIn June, 1S95, the Journal was incorporated as the Orange Journal Publishing Company, under the laws\\nof New Jersey, Mr. Williams, of course, retaining the controlling interest. The present members of\\nthe editorial staff of the Journal ^rc: Edgar Williams, editor and proprietor; Frank H. Jamison, city\\neditor; Eugene W. Farrell, business manager; William J. Fitzgerald, advertising manager.\\nEdgar Williams, to whose energy and enterprise the Journal owes its greatest success, is the first\\none of its proprietors during its forty years existence who is to the manor born. His ancestors were\\namong the sturdy Founders of this portion of Essex County, while as a niouliler of |)ublic opiniim he\\nis foremost in the ranks of its modern Builders. Earnest and independent as a man, he voices the\\nsentiments of his party without being partisan. His utterances have no uncertain sound, and they\\ncome from the honest con\\\\-ictions of an honest heart, trained in the school of an honest ancestrj-.\\nEdgar Williams, son of Leander and Emily Williams, was born in Orange and is a direct descend-\\nant of the first Matthew Williams, through Matthew (2), Gersham, Joseph, Zophar, Job, father of\\nLeander. His great-grandfather, Joseph, served with the Essex County militia in the War of the\\nRevolution. Mr. Williams preparatory course of education was received in the public and private\\nschools of his native city. Four years in the office of Blake Freeman (one of leading law firms in\\nthe county) with ample facilities for acquiring a knowledge of the law, failed to awaken in him any\\ndesire to follow that profession. Later, while a student at Philip s E.xeter Academy, he was enabled to\\ngratify his taste for journalism which he formed in early life. He became business manager of the\\nExonian, a school paper that was highly creditable to its projectors. Even in this limited sphere he\\nshowed his capacity for this kind of work. He did not carry out his plan of entering college, owing to\\ncircumstances over which he had no control. After he returned to his native city he decided to adopt\\njournalism as a profession. Being a Reiniblican and a man of decided convictions, it was but natural\\nthat he should avail himself of the first opportunity for engaging in work of this character, and when\\nhe found the Journal was for sale he was not long in deciding to purchase. For a man without\\npractical knowledge or experience other than that mentioned, his success has been marked. He had\\nhis own ideas of what a paper of this character should be, and, with due deference to his predecessors\\nwho had established the reputation of the Journal, he marked out a line for himself to which he has\\nstrictl) adhered. Principle, not policy, is his motto, and while working for the success of his party\\nhe has never hesitated to criticise its acts nor to condemn its individual members when occasion required.\\nTh.it liis efforts to serve his party have been appreciated was shown at the sessions of the Legislature", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0293.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "224\\nThe Fouxders and Bpii.ders of the Oranges.\\nof 1894 5, wlien he was made Engrossing Clerk of the House, an office of great responsibilit}- and\\ntrust, the duties of which he discharged to the Legislature and by uniform\\ncourtesy won the approbation of all parties. In 1896 Mr. Williams was\\nappointed to the corresponding office in the Senate where he added to the\\ngood reputation made in the House.\\nr^^^^^ Mr. Williams is in touch with every mo\\\\ ement that tends to promote\\n^^^g tlie moral, intellectual or physical development of his nati\\\\e city. He is\\nj^ a member of the Orange Hoard of Trade, the New England Society, East\\n-.^^jl Orange Republican Club, East Orange Improvement Society, Orange\\n^^^^^pk^ Athletic Club and Orange Council, Royal Arcanum. He is also a member\\n^^^^^^H|^^^^^ of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, by virtue of his\\n^^^^^^^^^HH^ great-grandfather s service in the War of the Revolution, Dr. John Condit,\\nwho was surgeon of Col. Van Cortlandt s Battalion of Heard s Brigade.\\nMr. Williams married Miss Gertrude A. Robinson, daughter of James Robin-\\nson, of East Orange. His children are Revsis G., Edgar and Kathryn Smith.\\nEugene William Fakrell was born in South Orange. July 22, 1871.\\nHe is Business Manager of the Orange Journal and the South Orange Bid/itiii, both published by the\\nEUGENE WELl.TAM FARKKI.I..\\nOrange Journal Publishing Co. Mr.\\nand public schools of his native village.\\nas ofifice boy in the office of the\\npaper was owned by F. D. Crozier.\\nthe newspaper business, and while\\nOrange correspondent for the New-\\nleft Mr. Crozier s employ to accept a\\nJournal, and when Edgar Williams,\\nthe Bulletin. Mr. I ^arrcll was made\\nAside from his connection with the\\nMr. Farrell and Frank H. Jamison\\ncorrespondents for the Oranges, in-\\nand the New York Sun. Mr. P arrell\\nternity in Essex Countj- and is Vice-\\nF RAN K H A K K 1 SON J A M I SOX, city\\nFarrell was educated in the parochial\\nWhen he left school he went to work\\nSouth Orange Bulletin when that\\nMr. Farrell soon showed his love for\\nwith the Bulletin he became South\\nark Daily Advertiser. Mr. Farrell\\nposition in the office of the Orange\\nthe editor of the Journal, bought\\nBusiness Manager of both papers.\\nOrange Journal Publishing Company,\\nrepresent out-of town papers as their\\neluding the Newark Evening News\\nFKANK HAKKISON JAMISON.\\nis well known in the newspaper fra-\\nPresidcnt of the Newark Press Club,\\neditor of the Orange Journal, was\\nborn in Orange on December 20, 1S73, and for the past four \\\\-ears has been connected with the Journal,\\nserving as reporter for a year, then being made city editor. Mr Jamison has\\nalways been interested in newspaper work. When thirteen years of age he\\nbegan contributing to the Newark Sunday Call from seaside resorts and\\nserved that paper as a suminer correspondent for five years. He was\\neducated at the Orange High School, graduating in 1892. During the two\\nlast years of his course there he edited and published High School Life,\\nfounding the paper in 1891. With his graduation the paper discontinued\\npublication. During the four years of his High School course he was\\nemployed at the Orange Post Office as clerk in the registry and money order\\ndepartments. In addition to his work on the Journal Mr. Jamison con-\\nducts, in conjunction with Eugene W. Farrell, a successful newspaper corres-\\npondence bureau.\\nWn.LiAM J. Fitzgerald, the advertising manager of the Orange\\nJournal and the South Orange Bulletin, was born in South Orange, on\\neptember 12, 1S71. He was educated m the Maplewood public school\\nand in St. Mary s parochial school, South Or:inge. Mr. I- itzgerald has only been in the newspaper", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0294.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "Thk Founders and Hiii.ukks ok the Oranges. 225\\nbusiness for three years, but during that time he has made a jjood record as an advertising solicitor.\\nHe is a wide-awake and energetic young man. l?efore accepting a position with tlie Orange Journal\\nPublishing Company. Mr. Fitzgerald did suburban work for the Newark Daily Advertiser.\\nTllK Okange Record. The next to enter the field for journalistic honors was the Orange RecorJ,\\nstarted in 1867 by Michael Purcell, a former employee of the Journal. Others had already conceived\\nthe idea of starting another paper, believing the time was ripe for such an enterprise, but Purcell, being\\non the spot, was the first to make the attempt. His means were limited and he had many obstacles to\\ncontend with, ami after a few ukmuIis tri.d he sold his interest to Hugh P. Shields, a bright young\\nIrishman, who had served in the war and accpiired some experience as a newspajier correspondent. He\\nmet with no better success, however, than his predecessor, and the Record c-x.^\\\\xc just before Christmas,\\nin 1868.\\nThe Orange CllRONICl.t;. The death of tlie Raord \\\\x\\\\ its infancy did not discourage Mr. Frank\\n\\\\V. I5alchvin from making another attemj)! in this direction. He had watched the growth of his native\\ntown and was nearly read)- to begin operations when his rival unexpectedly came to tlie front. When\\nat last the opportunity came for carrying out his cherished project, he hurried to his native town and\\npurcjiased the plant of the Record, whicli had fallen into the hands of its creditors. Associated with\\nhim in the enterjirise was Mr. Joseph Atkinson. It was found that the plant of the Record co\\\\x\\\\ be\\npurchased for $8co as the partners had but $200 each to invest, the balance remained on chattel\\nmortgage. They began operations on January 19, 1869, in a little store on Main Street. The ensuing\\nnine days were occupied in preparing for the first issue of the Orange Chronicle, and on Saturdaj-,\\nJanuary 27, the first edition made its appearance, having been printed on a Washington hand press.\\nFour members of the craft connected with the Newark Journal axmc up and worked until midnight\\nivithout pay to aid their fellow-craftsmen in getting their paper out on time. One thousand copies were\\nprinted, but many of these were distributed free in order to introduce the paper, and it was not until\\nthe second or third issue that the bona fide circulation was established. Then the regular edition\\nsettled down to between 200 and 300, from which point it steadily increased. Mr. Isaac P. Baldwin, the\\nfather of Frank W.. rendered material aid to his son in soliciting and collecting. In September, 1869,\\nMr. Atkinson sold his interest to Joseph V Loomis, and in October, 1870, Frank W. Baldwin purcliased\\nthe latter s interest, since which time up to tlic date of incorporation, in 1892, he has been its sole owner.\\nThe Chronicle grew in favor and on July 23, 1870, it was enlarged from a seven column paper,\\n24 X 36 inches, to an eight column sheet, 27^ X4ii. A cylinder press was purchased, operated by man\\npower, capable of printing one thousand impressions per hour. On October i, 1881, the Chronicle was\\nenlarged to 28x42, and again on October 23, 1883, to 29x42. The size of the page was reduced on\\nMay 12, 1888, to 26x40, but two more pages were added, and subsequently two pages at once till the\\nmaximum normal issue has reached fourteen pages. Special holiday editions of sixteen pages and cover,\\nhandsomely illuminated, have been issued during the past five or si.x years, and on January 27, 1894\\nthe twenty-fifth anniversary of its first publication the Chronicle appeared in one of the most beauti-\\nfully illuminated covers ever issued fiom any suburban press. This edition contained a complete\\nhistory of the enterprise from its inception to that time, including brief notices of the several members\\nof the editorial staff who had been connected with it at various periods. The office and composing\\nroom were also included, and every one from foreman to devil was honorably mentioned. Among\\nthose wild h.ive contributed materially to its success are: Elbridge G. Dunnell. first city editor; Isaac\\nP. Baldwin A. H. Ward, foreman Charles Starr, city editor (now editor and proprietor of the Fast\\nOrange Gace/le); L. C. McChesney, city editor; Horace E. Kimball, and F. C. Shann.\\nIn April. 1889. the first bookbindery ever existing in Orange was established as a part of the\\nChronicle plant. The enterprise was an experiment, but has exceeded the anticiiiations of its proprietor\\nand has received the hearty encouragement and support of the business community. As a family paper,", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0295.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "226 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nneutral in politics, the Chronicle has few equals and no superior in the State of New Jersey. Clean,\\nbright, newsy and attractive, it is always a welcome visitor in the homes of the Oranges.\\nFrank Wilfred Baldwin the founder of the Orange Chronicle. A lineal descendant of one of\\nthe Founders of the Oranges, Mr. Baldwin has been one of the most successful Builders. In moulding\\npublic opinion, in promoting public enterprises and in educating the masses up to a higher standard of\\nvirtue and nioralit\\\\-. he has rendered valuable service to the place of his birth. His line of descent\\nis through\\nJoseph Baldwin, of Milford, Conn., 1639, who by his first wife. Mannali had Joseph, born\\n1640; Benjamin, born 1642; Hannah, born 1644; Mary, born 1645; Eliza, born 1646; Martha, born\\n1647; Jonathan, born 1649; David, born 1651, and Sarali, born 1653. Of these, Joseph, Benjamin and\\nJonathan are named among the Newark settlers.\\nJonathan Baldwin, son of Josepli and Hannah Baldwin, was born February 15, 1649; married,\\nfirst, Hannah Ward; second. Thankful Strong. He died IJecembcr 13, 1730. He had a son, John.\\nJohn Baldwin, son of Jonathan, was born May 22, 1683, dieil Jan 20, 1773. He had a son, Ezckicl.\\nEzekiel Baldwin, son of John, was born December 19, 17 19. He had a son, Caleb.\\nCaleb Baldwin, son of Ezekiel, born October 21, 1757; married Lydia Johnson, and had eight\\nchildren, of whom Isaac was the fifth.\\nIsaac Baldwin, son of Caleb and L)-dia (Johnson) Haldwin. w.is Ijorn JuK I, 1791 married Nancy\\nHopper. He had a son, Isaac Pres/on.\\nIsaac Preston Baldwin, son of Isaac and Nancy 1 lloispcr) Haldwin, was born on Scotland Street,\\nOrange, June 17, 1821 married Abby Dean, daughter of X iner Dean. The second child of tiiis\\nmarriage was Frank Wilfred.\\nFrank Wilfred Baldwin, second child of Isaac Preston and Abb\\\\- (Dean) Baldw in, was born on the\\ncorner of Valley Road and Mount Pleasant A\\\\-enue, Orange. June 26, 1846. Starting out in life at the\\nearly age of thirteen, with a fair knowledge of the elementary branches acquired at the public schools\\nof his native town, he was soon able to support himself. He worked at odd jobs for the first three or\\nfour years, and in 1862 found cmplo_\\\\-ment as clerk with a New ork publishing firm. Ilea\\\\ailed\\nhimself of this opportunity to acquire a knowledge of the details of other departments than that\\nto which he was assigned, especially of the printing department, with which he became thoroughly\\nfamiliar. In 1868 he obtained employment in the office of the Newark Daily Journal, and there\\nreceived his journalistic training which was the foundation of his successful career as editor and\\nI)ublislier of one of the best conducted weeklies in the State of New Jersey. He did not wait for\\nsomething to turn up, but with true journalistic enterprise he was quick to turn up the first\\nopportunity which presented itself, and, as has been told in the History of the Press of the Oranges, he\\ngot ih ahead of his competitor and secured the prize. But for his indomitable will, tenacity and stead-\\nfastness of purpose, the prize might have slipped from his grasp, for he had little conception of the\\nobstacles to be met and overcome. The ]ilant which he purchased of his predecessor was limited in\\nquantity and poor in quality. His little cash capital was soon exhausted and with little or no credit, a\\nsteady outgo for materials and wages, it was for a time up-hill work, and oftentimes so discouraging\\nth.it thoughts of giving up the struggle often presented themselves. He helil on, howe\\\\er, and his\\nefforts were eventually crowned with success. The name selected for the paper was an indication of the\\ncharacter of its founder---a true and faithful chronicler of passing events. On January 27, 1894, he\\ncelebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Chronicle, and, without egotism, he could\\ntruly say, This is my monmnent. I rom the beginning of his journalistic career his individuality has\\nbeen stamped on every page of his journal and he has invariably pursued a straightforward, inde-\\npendent course, without fear or favor. His belief in the brotherhood of man has been exemplified\\nin his treatment of his employees, some of whom have grown up with him from bojhood, and through\\nhis assistance and encouragement have not only accumulated property but have become bright and\\nshining lights in the profession.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0296.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "TllK FoUNUKKS AND lUill.DKRS OF TIIK ORANGES.\\nWitli journalism as a profession, the cultivation of his musical talents antl the promotion of musical\\norganizations has been his pastime. He founded, in i\u00c2\u00ab8i. the Oranyc Mendelssohn Union, comimsed\\nof the best musical talent in the Oranges, and this has been one of the most successful organizations of\\nits kind in this or any other suburban city or township in the State. Gifted by nature with a good\\ntenor voice and a passionate love of music, Mr. Haldwin has availed himself of every opportunity for\\nthe cultivation of vocal and instrumental music from early childhood, and during this period he has\\nenjoyed frequent intercourse with the musical celebrities of the day. His influence in the community\\nin educating the people up to a high standard of musical attainment has been marked and positive.\\nHe has achieved distinction as a musical critic and is a performer on the violin and other stringed\\ninstruments. Of these he has a rare and valuable collection.\\nMr. Baldwin married, first, I rances Eliza Love, daughter of Samuel G. Love, of Western New\\nYork, for many years superintendent of the schools of Jamestown, and one of the first to introduce\\nmaiui.ii tr.iiiiiii;^ in tlic i ul)lic schools. F our children were the issue of this marriage. The .second wife\\nof Mr. Baldwin was Miss Harriet M. K. Cox, daughter of Thomas C. and Harriet E. Co.\\\\, a descendant\\nof an old New Jersey family. Mr. lialdwin has been for twenty-five years a member of the New Jersey\\nEditorial Association and was its President in 1S91. He is also a member of the New England Society,\\nof Orange.\\nLeonard C. McChksnlv, Lit)- Editor. As the successor of Mr. Charles Starr, now the editor and\\nproi)rietor of the East Orange Gazette, Mr. McChesney assumed charge of this local department of the\\nChronicle. Witii but a limited experience to fit him for the work he applied himself to the task with\\nuntiring inilustry, and rapidly developed an instinct for news. The news columns of the Chronicle and\\nits continued growth in pui)lic favor are the best evidence of Mr. McChesney s fitness for the position.\\nHe is a man of good judgment as well as business capacity and is popular with the patrons of this\\njournal. i\\\\Ir. McChesney was born in Orange, November 7, 1859; educated at the public school;\\nengaged in \\\\arious business enterprises until June i, 18S2, when he began his connection with the\\nChronicle. His ancestor was one of the early settlers on the Northfield Road, West Orange.\\nHorace E. Kimt.all lias just passed his first decade as a member of the Chronicle staff, his\\nconnection with the paper dating\\nfrom iSS6. As a news gatherer\\nhe is wide-awake, earnest, industri-\\nous. He penetrates every nook\\nand corner of the Oranges and\\nnothing worthy of record escapes\\nhis notice. Mr. Kimball is the\\neldest child of Horace Kimball,\\nM. D., the first resident dentist\\nof Orange and Mary Davenport\\nFisher) Kimball, daughter of Re\\\\\\nSamuel Fisher. He was born in\\nClyde, Wayne County, N. Y Sep-\\ntember 18, i83_), while his parents\\nwere there on a visit. He was\\nbrought to Orange by his parents\\nwhen he was five years of age.\\nHe attended the puplic school\\nboth here and in New York City, ir.\u00e2\u0080\u009e. .1.. ..r.-NEv.\\nand later entered the Free Acad-\\nemy now the College of the City of New York. He left during his .sophomore year and engaged in\\nbusiness. Soon after the breaking out of the war he raised Company G, of the Fourth Y. Heavy\\nHORACE E. KIMBALL,", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0297.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "228 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges\\nArtillery, was commissioned First Lieutenant and served in the defense of Washington. He was\\nafterwards transferred to Ullman s Brigade, was commissioned Captain and transferred to New Orleans.\\nHe participated in the siege of Port Hudson. He served on Gen. Burke s staff as assistant engineer, and\\nconstructed the seventeen gun battery on the left of the line. He returned to New York at the close\\nof the war and engaged in business for a time on his own account and was afterwards editor of\\nBrainard s Mnsicn/ World. He came to Orange in 1878 and in 1SS6 he joined the staff of the CItronitlc.\\nThe Orange Volkshote, which is printed in the German language, is devoted to the interests of\\nthe German-American residents of the Oranges. It is Democratic in politics and is a six column paper,\\nissued weekly. It was established in 1872, by Darnstaedt Erdman. In 1S76 August Erdman, the\\njunior partner, purchased Mr. Darnstaedt s interest in the paper. Mr. Erdman continued as its editor\\nand publisher till his death in 1890, when he was succeeded by his son, Charles Erdman. In 1892\\nErnest Temme, a well-known Newark newspaper man, bought the Volksbotc and he is still its editor\\nand i^roprietor. He is also city editor of one of the Newark German dailies.\\nThe Orange Sonntagsblatt, is another German paper published on Sundays. It was established\\nin 1883 by August Koehler, its present editor and proprietor. It is democratic in politics.\\nPUBLIC LIBRARIES.\\nThe first movement to establish a [lublic library in Orange was about 1820 and was for many years\\nunder the care of Giles Mandeville. It was known as the Orange Library. It comprised a small\\ncollection of books which belonged to the stockholders and from which the people of the town were\\npermitted to draw for a trifling sum. This library was useful in its day and many of the young men of\\nthat day derived great benefit from it.\\nThe Orange Lyceum was formed in 1832 for mutual improvement in knowledge and literature.\\nThe weekly exercises consisted of lectures, debates, recitations in some useful branch of science, letter\\nwriting and composition, public reading and declamation. The books, of which there was quite an\\ninteresting collection, were kept at Albert Pierson s school room, where the Ljxeum at first held its\\nmeetings. Mr. Pierson, who was then conducting a classical school in Orange, was its first President.\\nThe meetings were subsequently held in tiie lecture room of the First Church, and finally at Willow Hall.\\nA charter was obtained in 1842. This institution held an important place in the comniunit}- for a\\nquarter of a century or more and the business men of Orange, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\o gave it their hearty support, derived\\ngreat benefit from it. As the population increased new ideas took the place of the old, and the people\\nlost interest in the old methods in which public debates and declamations formed an important feature.\\nA new^ impetus was given to this means of education in 1858 b) the organization of the Library\\nAssociation, which proved more successful than its predecessors. It occupied rooms over Bailey\\nEveritt s building and besides a library of some 1,500 volumes, was provided with a reading room\\ncontaining the popular monthlies, also the weekly and daily papers. These rooms were under the care\\nof Charles Warburton Brown, the librarian, and were open to the public every evening except Sunday,\\nand on Saturday afternoons. Two annual courses of popular lectures were given by the Association\\nwhich added materially to its finances and justified a further expenditure for books.\\nOkange Free Lhjrarv. The previous efforts to establish a free library in Orange did not meet\\nwith permanent success. They were under the management of gentlemen who, although interested in\\nthe matter, were not able to give to it the necessary time and attention. The (grange Free Library,\\nwhich was established in 1883, has been at all times under the control of a few de\\\\otcd, enterprising\\nwomen, who have given much time and attention to the work. Shakspeare says:\\nWhere there s a woman in the case,\\nAll other things give place.\\nand where there are several enthusiastic women in the case, obstacles disappear and all other things\\ngive place. This movement was started by Miss Sarah Martin, in the autumn of 1883. She soon", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0298.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Ruiuders of the Oranges. 229\\ninterested otlicr ladies in the work and on December 7, 1883, a small room was rented on the second\\nfloor of Cleveland Hall, with a nucleus of 169 volumes. An association of ladies was organized and a\\ncharter obtained December 30, 1884. Article II of the Constitution states that the object of\\nthis Association shall be to provide a Circulating Library of well selected books for the use of the\\ninhabitants of the city of Orange and of the townships of East. West and South Orange Donations\\nof books and money were made and soon an interest was awakened in the new project and larger\\nquarters were necessary. On November i, 1886, a room was rented on the ground floor of the Riding\\nAcademy building. The following year it was moved to a small building opposite, which has since\\nbeen torn down. Liberal contributions were made from time to time and in 1891 the society purchased\\ntlic property on Main Street, between Essex Avenue and Cone Street, which consists of one-half of\\na large frame buikling, including the land in the front and rear. It has now a fine reading room\\nprovided with all the latest periodicals and over 8,000 volumes of well-selected books. While all\\nclasses have availed themselves of its benefits, it has been patronized mostly by those who liad no\\nother means of improving their leisure hours in reading and study, and to them it has proved a great\\nblessing. It is noteworthy that this class of people select the best standard works, r.itlier than works of\\nfiction, and they are the chief patrons of the reading room.\\nThe movement was started by and has continued under the management of a few enterprising\\nladies. It began with a board of twelve trustees, divided into three classes, one of the three classes\\nbeing elected annually. The first Board of Officers (1884) consisted of: President, Miss Sarah Martin:\\nVice-President, Mrs. John L. Rlake Treasurer, Mrs. James S. Cox Secretary, Miss Adele Witmore.\\nFor 1S85, the same President and Vice-President; Treasurer, Mrs. J. F. Dennis; Secretary, Mrs. E. H.\\nStephenson. P or 1886, the same President and Vice-President; Treasurer, Mrs. James O. Watson, who\\nhas continued to hold the position from that time down to the present (1896); Secretary, Miss Margaret\\nH. Pierson 1887, same officers re-elected, with the exception of the Secretary-, Mrs. Frank H. Scott,\\nsucceeding Miss Pierson 1888, President, Miss Sarah Martin Vice President, Mrs. James S. Co.x was\\nelected to succeed Mrs. Blake, deceased; no other changes; 1889, Miss Martin resigned the Presidency\\nand Mrs. James S. Cox succeeded her as President; Vice-President, Mrs. T. F. Taylor: Secretarj Mrs.\\nGeorge P. Kingsley 1890, same officers re-elected; 1891, President, Mrs. Thomas T.Taylor; ice-\\nPresident. Mrs. John O. Heaki; same Treasurer and Secretary; 1892, President, Mrs. George P.\\nKingsley; Vice-President, Mrs. John O. Heald; Secretary, Mrs. Amos C. Van Gaasbeck 1893, same\\nofficers re-electetl 1894, Mrs. A. C. V^an Gaasbeck was elected President to succeed Mrs. Kingsley,\\ndeceased; Vice-President, Mrs. John O. Heald; Secretary Mrs. Alfred B.Jenkins; 1895, same officers\\nre-elected, except the Secretary, Miss Nellie Kingman succeeding Mrs. Jenkins; 1896, Mrs. Van\\nGaasbeck resigned as President and was succeeded bj- Mrs. John O. Heald Vice-President, Mrs. Frank\\nH. Scott; Treasurer, Mrs. James O. Watson; Secretary, Miss Nellie Kingman. An Advisory Board of\\nwell-known gentlemen has rendered material assistance to these ladies in their work.\\nThe library is supported mainly by voluntary contributions and the income from associate members.\\nThe latter pay ^^5 each per annum and now number 130. The annual report for 1895 shows the income\\nfrom this source, $650; rent of rooms in building, S120; proceeds of the Woman s Edition of the\\nOrange ChronkU $2,187.70; donations, subscriptions, fines, entertaiment, sale of old books and pa])ers.\\nS762.15; making a total income of $3,719.85. A mo\\\\ ement was started in 1889 by George Richards,\\nEsq., to raise a permanent fund for the use of the library. Among the largest contributors to this fund\\nwere L. H. Blakeman, A. B. Jenkins, Mr. and Mrs. George Richards, J. O. Watson, Mr. and Mrs. T. F.\\nTaylor, Mr. and Mrs E. D. Page, Marshall Shepard, Samuel Colgate, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Heald, Mr.\\nand Mrs. Frank H. Scott, J. N. Robins, Henry Graves, R. D. Douglass, Mrs. J. S. Cox. H. H. Freeman.\\nMr. and Mrs. George P. Kingsley. Mrs. A. T. E. Kirtland, Mr. and Mrs. William Runckle. Mr. and Mrs.\\nM. B. Metcalf, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Van Gaasbeck.\\nThe Secretary s report for 1895 contained the following reference to one of the most valued friends\\nthe library has ever had: In the early fall the library met with a sad loss in the death of one of the", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0299.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "230 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nAdvisory Board. Mr. James O. Watson. Ever the true friend and valued advisor of the library. Ins\\ndeath revealed a beneficence which showed how justly he esteemed the world of literature as a potent\\nfactor in human development. In his will Mr. Watson bequeathed \u00c2\u00a735,000 to the library, in addition\\nto his own private library, one of the finest in the country. The amount bequeathed and the valuable\\ncollection of books are available only after the death of Mrs. Watson. The latter has not only proved\\na true friend, but one of the most indefatigable workers the library has ever had. The annual report\\nfor 1895 shows a total of 7,905 volumes, 1,355 of which were added during that year. A total of 34,871\\nbooks were borrowed in 1895, as against 31,210 the year previous. The two men who are deserving of\\nspecial notice in connection with this enterprise arc J. O. Wat on and George Richards.\\nNew England Society, of Orange. This society held its twenty-fifth anniversary on May 15.\\n1895, at which time Mr. Wendell Phillips Garrison read a paper entitled The Birth of the New\\nEngland Society. From this paper, subsequently published by the society, the principal facts concern-\\ning its history are taken. The organization of the society grew out of a suggestion or wish made by tiie\\nlate Rev. Dr. George B. Bacon, at that time pastor of the Orange alley Congregational Church, to Mr.\\nGarrison in the latter part of 1869 or early part of 1870. The initiati\\\\e steps were taken by Mr. Bacon,\\nwho noted a significant omen in the fact that the year 1870 coincided with the 250th anniversary of the\\nlanding of the Pilgrim P athers. On the evening of March 31, 1870, twelve gentlemen representing all\\nthe Oranges, met by invitation at the house of Mr. Oliver S. Carter, No. 83 Main Street, Orange. Of\\nthis number seven were natives of Massachussetts (including a descendant of the Mayflower), two of\\nMaine, two of Connecticut, and one of Vermont. They were: Rev. George B. Bacon, Oliver S. Carter,\\nGardner R. Colby, Davis Collamore, Daniel A. Heald, Frederick Lyman. Lowell Mason, Jr., Thomas B.\\nMerrick, David N. Ropes, Benjamin F. Small, VVilli.im F. Stearns and Wendell P. Garrison. On the\\ntwenty-fifth anniversary of the event there were onl\\\\- four survivors, and but three were still residing in\\nthe Oranges. Lowell Mason, Jr., was appointed chairman and Wendell P. Garrison, secretary. Dr.\\nBacon stated that the object of the proposed organization was to give currency and effect to those\\nprinciples which we owe to the founders of New England, and to prove a permanent source of public\\nspirit in Orange. Mr. ^L1son, referring to the example of Stockbridge, saw a field of usefulness in\\nvillage improvements. Mr. Colby emphasized the need of a public library and hall. Mr. Stearns would\\noperate for the betterment of the public schools and against the degrading political tendencies of the\\nday. Mr. Collamore looked to a general re\\\\ival of interest in local affairs. All this and much more has\\nbeen accomplished by the society during the first quarter of a century of its existence. It was agreed\\nthat the aiins of the society should be: i. Commemorative; 2. Practical, as striving to reproduce the\\nvirtues of the forefathers, together ith their ideas ami ])rincii)les, ami to foster and stimulate public\\nspirit in the private citizen.\\nA committee consisting of Messrs. Heald, Carter, Bacon, Stearns Mason, and Garrison was\\nappointed to frame a constitution. As a basis it had the constitution of New England Society, of New\\nYork, but owing to the mixed population of the Oranges, which has its representatives from every part\\nof the country and even Europe, it became necessary to enlarge the scope and conditions of member-\\nship so as to embrace all who were willing to aid in promoting its objects, and instead of limiting the\\nmembership to a nati\\\\ c or the son of a native of any of the New England States, they ailded, any\\nother person who may sympathize with the objects of the society. These objects were declared to be\\nto commemorate and foster the virtues of tlie P athcrs of Nev. England and to cultivate social relations\\namong its members.\\nThis mi.xed membership added much to the real growth and prosperit\\\\- of the societj-, and those\\nwho were not to the manor born were quite as enthusiastic in carrying out its objects as any of the\\ndescendants of the three brothers of New England or the unlimited number of descendants of the\\nblessed company of the Majflower. One of the first steps taken by the society was to appoint a\\nPublic Welfare Committee whose duties were defined as follows: It shall be the duty of the", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0300.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 231\\nCommittee of Public Welfare to examine such questions of general public interest as may from time to\\ntime arise. If, in their judgment, these questions are of sufficient importance to warrant their presenta-\\ntion to the society, the committee shall so submit them, with their opinions or recommendations, for\\nsuch action as the members may determine. All matters tending to promote the welfare and growth\\nof this community, to ensure good citizenship and to guard against the encroachments of evil-minded,\\nselfish or ambitious persons in the government or management of public affairs, shall be considered\\nquestions of general public interest.\\nThe Public Welfare Committee, says the writer, put us immediately in touch with all the\\nOranges and gave us a most effective instrument for making and guarding public opinion on all public\\nipiestions. There was never any prohibition in our constitution or by-laws against the discussion of\\npolitics and religious doctrine, but as a matter of fact, partisanship and sectarianism have been strictly\\nexcluded, and 1 rate it one of the greatest services whicli the society has rendered, that it has embraced\\nmen of all creeds and party attachments without inquiring how they voted or what church they\\nattended. Almost every public improvement and public reform inaugurated during the past twenty-\\nfive years has cither been initiated by or received the hearty support of this society. The splendid\\nwater system, the fire tlepartment, police department and other important movements connected with\\nthe municipal affairs have each in their turn been taken up by this society. The writer says further\\nYou will find the burning questions of tlie i)rcsent moment consolidation of the Oranges and reform\\nof the D. L. W. Railroad launched in the October and December meetings of our initial year.\\nThis hall in which we are assembled (Music Hall) and which is the enduring monument of our brother-\\nmember, Mr. Everitt Frazar, above all others, is distinctly the creation of the New England Society and\\nthe New England spirit. .So is the Free Library I regret that we cannot yet call it the Public\\nLibrary as a city institution. Our own library and reading room are among the civilizing influences\\nof the town. We early made a substantial contribution to the books of reference of the High School.\\nW c lia\\\\e fostered lectures to a \\\\ery large extent. We have published a history of Orange (Wickes\\nHistory of the Oranges). We have given liberally to public charity. It is needless to speak of the\\nsociety s recent part in municipal affairs, never so vigorous or so effective, though in the midst of a\\ndeclining membership.\\nThe following persons have served as ofificers of the society: Presidents. Lowell Mason, Jr.,\\n1870-71; Daniel A. Heald, 1872-73; David N. Ropes, 1874-75-76; Henry A. Howe, 1877; Gardner\\nR.Colby, 1878-79; Everitt Frazar, 1880-81; Frank F. Ellenwood, 1882-83; Henry Graves, 1884-85;\\nWilliam A. lirewer, Jr., 1886-S7 James C. Bayles, 1888-89 James S. Cox, 1890-91 Henry Hitch, 1892;\\nJohn O. Heald, 1893-94; William R. Howe, 1895; Isaac E. Gates, 1896. Vice-Presidents. Daniel A.\\nHeald, 1870-71-75 to 1883; Oliver S.Carter, 1870-71-74-79-80; Lowell Mason, Jr., 1872; George B.\\nBacon, 1872 to 1876 inclusive; David N. Ropes, 1873-81-82; Gardner R. Colby, 1877; Henry A. Page,\\n1878; Lewis B. Henry, 1883; William A. Brewer, Jr., 1884-85 Robert H. Atwater, 1884 85-86; James\\nC. Bayles, 1886-87; James S. Cox, 18S7-88-89; Edward D. Ouimby, 188S; Henry F. Hitch, 1889-90-\\n91 John O. Heald, 1890-91 William R. Howe, 1892-93-94; Charles H. Mann, 1893-94-95; Isaac E.\\nGates, 1S95. Counsellors.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Gardner R.Colby, 1870-71-72-74-75-76-80 David N. Ropes, 1S70-71-72-\\n77-78-79 80-83-84-85; William F. Stearns, 1870 to 1874; Benjamin F. Metcalf, 1S70; William A.\\nBrewer, Jr., I070-71 Benjamin Shepard, 1870-71 William Pierson, Jr., 1871 Oliver S. Carter, Jr.,\\n1872-73-76-77-78-81-82-83-^4; John G. Vose, 1872-73-74; Davis CoUamore, 1872-73-75-76-77-78;\\nLowell Mason, Jr., 1873 to 1884; Henry A. Howe, 1873-74-75-76-78-79-80; Daniel A. Heald, 1874;\\nCharles J. Martin, 1874; William -A. Brewer, Sr., 1875 to 1882; George W. Lord, 1875; Henry A. Page,\\n1875 77-79-80-81 Samuel Colgate, 1879 to 1885; Frederick M. Shepard, 1881-86-87 Everitt Frazar,\\n1882 to 1890-95; Edward E. Ouimby, 1882-83-S4; James S. Cox, 1882; James C. Bayles, 18S4-85\\nFrank II. Scott, 1885; William R. Howe, 1S85; Horace W. Fowler, 1885; Henry Graves, I.N86-87;\\nJohn D. Cutter, 1886-87; Henry M. Oddie, 1886-87; Charles J. Prescott, 1886; George Gray, 1887-88;\\nGeorge H. Brewer, 18S8; John O. Heald, 1888-S9; Robert Ward, 1888; Jacob L. Halscy, 1888-89;", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0301.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "32\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nWilliam F. Allen, 1889 to 1896; Marshall Shepard. 1889; Bleecker Von Wagenen, 188910 1896; Henry\\nB. Auchincloss, 1890; Aaron Carter, 1890; Joseph O.Ward 1890 to 1894; James S. Baker, 189010\\n1895 Usher W. Cutts, 189 1 to 1S96; Isaac E. Gates, 1893-94; Francis R. Upton, 1895. Treasurers.\\nFrederic Lyman, 1870-71-72; William A. Brewer, 1873 to 1884; Henry B. Starbuck, 18S4 to 1896.\\nRecording Secretaries. Wendell P. Garrison, 1870 to 1880; William R. Howe, 1881-82-83; Henry B.\\nThomas, 1884-85; Edwin S. Hathaway, 1886; Edward Corning, 1887; ])avid A. Kennedy, 1888;\\nCamillus G. Kidder, 1889-90; Charles A. Mead, 1891-92; Charles A. Lindsley, 1893 to 1896. Corres-\\nponding Secretary. Wendell P. Garrison, 18S1 to 1896.\\nMusic Hall. With the rapid growth of the city of Orange it was not until 1880 that it was\\nprovided with a suitable hall for public entertainments. The want of it was felt more than ten years\\nprevious and the first efforts in this direction were made by the New England Society. On June 13,\\n1872, Mr. Ropes, on behalf of the Committee of Public Welfare, introduced the following resolution,\\nviz.: That the speedy erection of a first-class building embracing a large hall for musical and other\\nentertainments, and smaller rooms for the use of various societies, is a public necessity. At a subsequent\\nmeeting a committee was appointed to confer with the representatives of all the other townships, to\\ndigest a plan of operations for subsequent presentation to the public. Plans were submitted and\\npublic meetings were held but subscriptions could not be obtained, and in 1874 the New England\\nSociety was compelled to abandon its annual dinner for want of a suitable hall. In February, 1878, Mr.\\nSamnel Colgate sent out a private circular setting forth the necessity of a public hall and suggesting a\\nplan for the organization of a stock company.\\nNearly $10,000 was subscribed; the amount,\\nhowever, was not sufficient to carry out the\\nundertaking. The New England Societ) con-\\ntinued to agitate the matter and a subscription\\nlist was opened in May, 1879, J before the\\nclose of the month nearly \u00c2\u00a730,000 of the $40,000\\nproposed was raised and a lot 140 x 60 feet was\\npurchased on the corner of Main and Day\\nStreets. A company was organized, known as\\nthe Orange Music Hall Association; the capital\\nstock was fixed at $45,000 and in June, 1879,\\nthe amount of subscriptions was increased to\\n$45,250. At a meeting of the shareholders of\\nthe Orange Music Hall Association held on the\\ni6th of June, 1879. the following board of offi-\\ncers were elected President, Samuel Colgate\\nVice-President, Everitt Frazar; Secretary, George P. Kingslej Treasurer, Thomas Root; Directors,\\nEdu^ard Austin, Oliver S. Carter, Everitt Frazar, John Gill, D. A. Heald, George Lindsley, Lowell\\nMason, Edwin C. Burt, Samuel Colgate, H. Folsom, H. Graves, Henry A. Howe, Charles J. Martin.\\nThe Building Committee was composed of E\\\\critt Frazar, chairman, Edward Austin, E. C. Burt, George\\nLindsley and D. A. Heald. The architects were Silliman Farnsworth. The building was commenced\\non the 14th of August, 1879, and was formerly opened on March 4, 1880. The cost of the lot was\\nI 5,000 and that of the building $36,000, making a total of \u00c2\u00a751,000. In October, 1879, the New England\\nSociety voted to take $1,000 of the stock and soon after this the balance of the $50,000 was subscribed.\\nThe opening, which took place on the 4th of March, 1880, was one of the grandest affairs ever held\\nin the Oranges. On this occasion Mr. Everitt Frazar, to whose indefatigable efforts the success of the\\nenterprise was largely due, read a Report of the Origin and Formation of the Orange Music Hall,\\nrecounting the history of the movement from its inception in 1870 at the residence of Mr. Oliver S.\\nCarter, down to March, 1880. The building .was beautifully trimmed and decorated with flowers,\\nMUSIC HALL.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0302.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 233\\nlilooiiiiii;^ .mil tnipicul plants, which occupied every available position in the building. A fine musical\\nentertainment was given by Grafulla s Seventh Regiment band, from New York City, under the leader-\\nship of C. S GrafuUa. Tiie l)uildin\u00e2\u0080\u00a2,^ of an eclectic style of architecture, is of brick, the street fronts\\nbeing of pressed Trenton brick trimmed with black brick and terra cotta. It is three stories in height\\nand is surmounted with a Gothic roof of slate, with two decks. It has a frontage of 60 feet on Main\\nStreet and a depth of 160 feet on Day Street. The Main Street front is divided into three bays, and\\nthe main entrance is in the middle bay. The entrance is twelve feet wide and is enclosed with massive\\ndouble oak doors which swing both ways. It is flanked on either side by granite columns with carved\\ncaps, and directly above it are the words Music Hall. In an arch above the middle window is the\\nsign of the New England Society which is worked into the brick, and below the thiid stoiy window is\\nthe date 1880. The first floor is divided into stores, the fronts of which are of iron and plate glass.\\nThere are two stores on Main Street, each twenty feet front. Across the rear of the building and\\nopening on Day Street, is a hallway eight feet wide, opening into which, on the first floor, are dressing\\nrooms and from which, at either end, are stairways leading to the stage and furnishing emer tncv e.xits\\nfrom the main floor and balcony of the hail. On the second floor in the front of the building are two\\nhandsome rooms, 20 .x 30 feet, with a connecting lobby about 20 10 feet, over the main stairway,\\noccupied b) the New England Society. The west room is furnished in black walnut, trimmed with\\npolished French walnut, and the east room is furnished in red oak, trimmed with polished birds eye\\nmaple. Over the New England Society s rooms, on the third floor, is a fine assembly room, 30 x 54\\nfeet, suitable for lectures and entertainments not requiring the large hall.\\nThe hall itself is entered from the second Hoor. the entrances being about on a level with the stage\\nfloor. The floor is divided into a parquet and dress circle, and there is a descent from the entrance to\\nthe stage, steeped in the dress circle. The internal dimensions of the hall are 61 x 57 feet, and the\\nseating capacity downstairs is about 600, while the balcony will seat about 400 more. The line of the\\ndress circle is directly beneath the balcony line. From the centre of the ceiling rises a dome, from\\nwhich is suspended a beautiful chandelier. The dome is octagonal with a large cove, above which is\\nvertical panelled work. The upper or flat panels are tinted blue, on which are represented Painting,\\nSculpture, Music and the Drama. The busts of Shakspeare, Dante, Chopin and Wagner are painted\\nin the centre of four panels the alternate panels have vases supported by dolphins treated convention-\\nally, the whole being brilliant with gorgeous coloring and gold. The stage is 28 feet 4 inches deep\\nand extends across the wliole width of the building;. This is provided witii all the must improved\\ntheatrical apparatus.\\nMusical Societies. Orange Mendelssohn Union. An article which appeared in the Orange\\nChronicle under date of December 20, 1890, written by its editor, Mr. Haldwin, whose reputation as a\\nmusical critic as well as an accomplished musician, shows that the people of Orange ha\\\\e not only a\\nhigh appreciation of music but that for more than three-quarters of a century it has had its musical\\norganizations and these have been su[)plied with musical talent far abo\\\\ e most towns of its size in the\\nUnited States. The Chronicle says: Orange has e\\\\er been looked upon as a musical community. In\\nthe palmy days of the Hutchinson family and in the days when negro minstreUy first appealed to the\\npublic for recognition, the people of Orange turned out in crowds as large as the halls would iiold, and\\nwhen the new population came its character remained unchanged, except that it promptly encouraged\\nwhat has been regarded as a higher grade of music, namely, the grand orchestra, tlie string quartet,\\noperatic singing and oratario.\\nThe first regular musical society in Orange was the Handel and Haydn Society, organized in the\\nthirties. It consisted of about a dozen ladies and twice the number of men, it being the outgrowth of\\na singing school. They gave publics once a month they were modest and silent affairs. They\\nsang selections from Haydn, Mozart and other classical composers. Among the most talented singers\\nof that day was Philip Ward, who possessed a pure tenor voice of remarkable range and sweetness.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0303.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "234 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nThis societj continued for about ten years ami was succeeded by tiie Orange Quartet, wliicli held a\\nprominent place for a number of years Interest in vocal music seemed to languisli for the best part of\\na generation after the wind-up of the Haydn Society, somewhere in the forties, when a new element\\ncame into the field, chiefly composed of the new comers into the place, Orange having b\\\\- that time\\ns[)rang into popularity as a place of residence for men doing business in New York City, and it was not\\nuntil about the early years of the Civil War that it was again awakened. A society was organized in\\n1S62 known as the Choral Union. It had among its members Mrs. Abby Patton, W(V Hutchinson, the\\nsweet singer of the famous Hutchinson family, and Ludlow Patton, her husband, for many years the\\nmanager of this company, Lowell RLison and his son. Dr. William Mason, and other celebrities. William\\nH. Sage, a talented local musician, was secured as leader. Among the prominent lady members were:\\nMiss Mary E. McCoy, Miss Emily Taylor, Miss Frances Taylor, Miss Lydia P. James, Miss Adella\\nHarrison, Miss Martha Ouimby, Miss Dora Rogers, Miss Lizzie Simmons, Mrs. E. E. Quimby, Mrs. J.\\nA. Minott and Mrs. David Felty. The work of the Union was chiefly in the lighter selections from the\\nmasses, principal choruses from oratarios, now and then an operatic chorus, and something occasionally\\nfrom the works of Handel and Haydn and others of the old standard writers. The Choral Union came\\nto an end in June, 1870, chiefly on account of the withdrawal of the leading singers who left to join\\nthe Orange Vocal Society, then about being organized to take up a different class of music. During its\\nsecond season they had the assistance of Miss Emma Thursb)-, William Mason, J. R. Thomas, Frederic\\nBergner, George E. Aiken, Matilda Toedt and other popular artists of the day.\\nThe Orange Vocal Society was formed in the fall of 1869, wiih James A. Johnson as conductor,\\nfor the purpose of taking up glees, madrigals, etc. Its meetings weie held in High School Hall and\\nits work was of a high grade. The chorus was small in numbers but the voices were carefully selected,\\nand under Mr. Jcihiison the work done was mar\\\\ cllously accurate and such as to win only the highest\\nencomiums and praise. Nearly a decade elapsed between the time of the winding up of the Orange\\nVocal Society and the setting on foot of the most successful vocal organization of Orange.\\nThe Orange Mendelssohn Union was organized in i88r. Tiie men who were chiefly instrumental\\nin starting it were Philip Ward, Frank W. Baldwin, D. H. McCoy, L. D. Harrison and T. J. Smith.\\nThe first meeting was held in Upper Music Hall, October 3, 1881. Henry Folsom was elected the first\\nPresident and served for two years. Frank W. Baldwin was its first Secretary. Forty-two applications\\nwere filed for membership of the chorus, which was increased to si.xty-three when the first rehearsal was\\nheld on October 17. Membership fees of for gentlemen and S--5o for ladies were established, with\\n$8 for associate membership, wliich included gentleman and lady. The first public rehearsal was held\\non November 26, when the Misses Root, daughters of George F. Root, the celebrated composer, sung\\nduets. Four public rehearsals were given the first .reason. Grand orchestra was introduced the second\\nseas )n, when Von Weber s melodrama, Preciosa, was given. At the second concert Mendelssohn s\\nForty-second Psalm As Pants the llait was produced, and at the fourth concert, Gade s Crusad-\\ners was the chief work. In the fall of 1885 became necessary to reorganize the society on a new\\nbasis, the previous [jlan of giving concerts and charging admission having been found too precarious to\\ndei)end upon. It was therefore decidetl to adopt tlie subsciiplinn plan and sell no tickets at the door.\\nThe associate membership fee was fi.xed at $10, which has since been raised to $15. Mr. John O. Heakl\\nwas elected the first President and has remained continuously in that position since its reorganization,\\nantl to his energy and devotion, seconded by Mr. F. W. H.iKlwin, Albert E. Schoch, I G. Handel, I).\\nAxford V anliorne and the late Charles Hall, the success of the .Mendelssohn Union is largely due.\\nReinhold L. Herman was the first conductor, continuing until 1887, and was succeeded by Frank an\\nder Stucken, who remained one year, when Arthur Mees took the leadership.\\nAs an indication, in a measure, of the character of the work accomplished b\\\\- the Mendelssohn\\nUnion, it may be mentioned that its library catalogue embraces over 150 titles, a few of those most\\nprominent being: .Messiah, Handel; Creatiot), Haydn: St. Paul, Lorely, i!4th Psalm,\\nAs Pants the Hart, b\\\\- Mendelssohn Re([uiem, Verdi Requiem, Mozart: Stabat Mater,", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0304.jp2"}, "277": {"fulltext": "THii Founders and Bciidkrs ok the Okanges.\\nJ3\\nRossini, ;iiul Prcciosa, Von Weber. The present officers of the society are: President, John O.\\nHeald; N in-President, D. A. V anhornc; Secretary, Spencer S. Marsh; Treasurer, Kdward L. Kellogy:\\nLibrarian, Alfred C. Bode. Tiio Music Committee is composed of A. E. Schoch, V. G. Handel, Frank\\nW. Baldwin, John Gill. W. J. Hall. The Advisory Committee, representing Orange. East, West and\\nSouth Orange, is as follows: Edward W. Ashley. William Barr. Carl E. Billqvist, W. A. Brewer, Oliver\\nS. Carter, George T. Dixon, G. W. Fortmeyer, William M. Franklin, Louis U. Gallison, Thomas Keck,\\nSamuel Lcc, Dr. William Mason, R. P. McDougall. William G. M..hr, James C. Pettit, Edward E.\\nQuimhy, James E. Reynolds, Charles S. Root, Dr. I. L. Seward. Albert D. Smith, Charles A. Sterling,\\nD. S. Walton.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0305.jp2"}, "278": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XVr.\\nBENEVOLENT AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS, LODGES,\\nCLUBS, ETC.\\nOKANCiE ORPHAN SOCIETY; MK.MiiKIAL HOSPITAL: TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES; HOUSE OF\\nTHE GOOD SHEPHERD; BUREAU OF ASSOCIATED CHARITIES; MASONIC AND ODD FELLOWS\\nLODGES; TEMPERANCE ORGANIZATU)NS; BENEFICIARY SOCIETIES; UZAL DODD POST,\\nG. A. R.; WOMAN S CLUB; ORANGE CLUB; ORANGE ATHLETIC CLUB;\\nRIDING AND DRIVING CLUB; COUN IRY CLUB, ETC.\\n^I-IANGE Orphan Socimv. The first meeting for the organization of this society was\\nheld at the house of Mrs. Kingsley, on Day Street, December ii, 1854. By request,\\nMrs. Theron Baldwin acted as President. The following persons were elected a Board\\nof Managers: Mrs. Samuel Hurlburt, Mrs. S. W. Hillyer, Mrs. J. D. Lindsiey, Mrs.\\nDr. Habbilt, Mrs. Stephen Condit, Mrs. William Bodwell, Mrs. C. Shepard, Mrs.\\nStephen Peck, Mrs. Marcus Wilbur, Mrs. Moses Reynolds, Mrs. P. J. Bodwell, Mrs.\\nCheveral Condit, Mrs. Owen Ross, Mrs. Frederick Reimer, Mrs. Stephen Dodd, Miss\\nEliza Hillyer, Miss Margaret Williams, Miss Phehe Harrison and Miss Eliza Babbitt.\\nWithin the first month after the organization of the society two orphans were sent from\\nOrange to the Newark Orjihan Asylum and pro\\\\isions were made for their support until\\nother arrangements could be made. This plan was continued for some ten years or\\nmore before the society acquired any property. At a meeting held in February, 1865, it was decided\\nto make an effort to obtain a lot in Orange\\non which to erect a suitable building. In\\n1868 Mr. Caleb Baldwin deeded the plot\\nof ground on Harrison Street on which\\nthe asylum stands, to the Orange Orphan\\nSociety, upon condition that a building\\nshould be erected thereon within three\\nyears, a failure to comply with which\\nwould be a forfeiture of the gift. Three\\nyears previous to this, at a meeting held\\nApril 13, 1S65, in anticipation of receiving\\na building site, the following gentlemen\\nwere elected a Board of Trustees Dr. Wil-\\nliam Pierson, Jr., Messrs. Thomas, Steele,\\nStickler, O Neil and Samuel Colgate. In\\nJanuary, 1868, Mrs. Samuel Colgate and\\nMrs. David N. Ropes were appointed a\\ncommittee to solicit subscriptions, and\\nMessrs. Stickler and Colgate were ap-\\npointed a Building Committee. Through the efforts of the above-mentioned and other ladies a\\nsufficient sum was raised to begin operations and comply with the provisions named in the deed of gift\\nof the land.\\nThe fifteenth annual meeting of the society was held at the North Baptist Church, in Orange, on\\nOKANUK ORPHAN S HOMK.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0306.jp2"}, "279": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 237\\nOctober 14, 1869, attendeil by seventy-five persons. Tlic report showed that the society had at that\\ntime in charge seventeen orphans. Si.xty four orjjhans liad been cared for by the society during tlic\\nfifteen years of its existence to tli.it time. The ladies of the society resorted to various means to\\nraise the necessary funds to carry forward the work, and through fairs and other entertainments tliey\\nrai.sed nearly the whole cost of the building, amounting to over \u00c2\u00a726,000. On the 12th of January, 1871,\\nthe building was dedicated with appropriate ceremonies. The building is of brick, three stories high,\\nMansard roof, surmounted by a cupola; the trimmings are of I hiladelpiiia brick. The society was\\nincorporated by act of the Legislature in 1869, under the name of The Orange Ori)iian Society, tiic\\nobject of which is the care, support and instruction of orphans and friendless children and training\\nthein to habits of industry, etc. Sections I and 7 are as follows:\\nI Be it enacted by the Seimle and Genera/ Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That M rs. M arcus\\nWilbur, Mrs. Samuel Colgate, Mrs. Theron 15aldwin, Mrs Alexander H. Freeman, Mrs. Hoyce, Mrs.\\nDaniel F. Colic, Mrs. 11. I Fessenden, Mrs. Jared Kirtland, Mrs. Moses Reynolds, Mrs. Hethuel\\nHarrison, Mrs. Philander J. Hodwell, Mrs. Cheveral Condit, Mrs. David O Neill, Mrs. Aaron Carter, Jr.,\\nMiss Caroline Baldwin, Miss I hcbc J. Mulford, Miss Maria Harrison, Miss Riioda Harrison, Miss Jane\\nF. Hillyerand Miss Martha Mar\\\\in, and all such persons as now are or may be hereafter associated\\nwith them and their successors, shall be antl they are hereby constituted a body politic aiul corporate in\\nfact, name and law, by the name of The Orange Orphan Society, etc.\\nSection 7 proviiles That it shall be the duty of said Board of Trustees (referred to in Section 6) to\\nappoint annually an Advisory Committee of five gentlemen who shall be consulted b)- said board in\\nreference to all matters of importance touching the property affairs of said corporation, and that tlie\\nfollowing-named persons shall constitute the first Advisory Committee, viz.: D. N. Ropes, Joseph\\nStickler, William Pierson, Jr., Henry N. Beach and Henry P. Fessenden.\\nThere is no institution in which tlie people of the Oranges take a deeper interest than in the\\nOrphan s Home, and as the population has increased the inmates of the Home have increased in\\nproportion. The records show that about five hundred children have been under the care of the society\\nsince it took possession of the Harrison Street Home. The names of the se\\\\eral ladies who have filled\\nthe various offices of this institution since its organization are as follows: First Directors or Presidents.\\nMrs. Samuel L. Hurlbut. 1854 to 1859; Mrs. Theron Baldwin, 1859 to 1871 Mrs. Samuel Colgate,\\n1871 to 1891 Mrs. James S. Clark, 1892 to 1895; Mrs. A. O. Field, still in office. Second Directors or\\nVice-Presidents.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mrs. Marcus Wilbur, 1854 to 1S65 Mrs. Samuel Colgate, 1865 to 1S71 Mrs. Albert\\nMann, 1871 to 1886; Miss A. H. Root, Mrs. J. S. Clark, Mrs. C. B. Vardley, 1890. Secretary.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mr.s.\\nTheron Balduin, 1S54 to 1859; Martha Marvin, 1859 to 1867: Mrs. J. Sheldon, 1867 to 1868; Miss\\nN. E. Means, 1868 to 1885 ^I ss Anna Lowrie, 1885, still in office. Treasurer.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mrs. Moses Reynolds.\\n1854 to 1866; Miss Phebe Mulford, 1S66 to 1S67 Mrs. A. H. Freeman. 1867 to 1869; Mrs. J. L. Blake,\\n186910 1876: Mrs. P. M. Myers, 187610 1877; Miss R. F. Morse, 1^77 to iSSi Mrs. William Pierson,\\n1881 to 1886; Mrs. L. S. Baker, 1886, still in ofifice.\\nMemorial Hostital and Tr.mning School for Nurses. Probably no institution ever estab-\\nlished in the Oranges has been more heartily appreciated or met with a more generous support than\\nthe above named. The need of such an institution was felt and the subject discussed early in the\\nsixties. In 1861 Mrs A. T. E. Kirthnul offered to defray the expenses and establi.sh a dispensary if a\\nsuitable place could be obtained. As there was no place available for such a purpose the generous offer\\nof Mrs. Kirtland could not be accepted and the scheme died out. Early in 1S63, Messrs. William\\nHegeman, the druggist, of New York, Jabez H. Hazard, of West Orange, and William A. Gellatly, of\\nSchieffelin Co., New York, offered to stock a dispensary with drugs and all other necessaries if a\\nproper room could be obtained, and the physicians of Orange would give the necessary attendance.\\nPeter Gerbert offered a room for the use of the dispensary in the upper story of the building adjoining\\nhis bakerv, and Drs. L. M. Crane, F. D. Bennett, William Pierson, Jr., and Stephen Wickes pledged", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0307.jp2"}, "280": {"fulltext": "238\\nTHii Founders and Builders of the Oranges\\ntheir services. Arrangements were quickly made and on January 26, 1863, the doors of tlie dispensary\\nwere opened. Tlie room was open from 12 to i daily and one of the [aliysicians named was always in\\nattendance. The dispensary accomplished much good, but with the revival of manufactures and trade\\nconsequent upon the large army contracts that were given out and the general stimulation of the\\nindustrial life of the nation, its need was not so urgent, and it was finally closed on July 16, 1864.\\nDuring its existence several hundred patients were treated.\\nNo further steps were taken in this direction until 1873, altliough desultory discussions of the\\ngeneral subject were held from time to time. Earl} in that year John G. Vose, of Montrose, whose\\ninterest in such a project had been strongly enlisted, called a preliminary meeting at his house to\\nconsider the propriety of establishing a hospital in Orange. At this meeting were present Henry A.\\nPage, William A. Brewer, Jr., Dr. William Pierson, Jr., and Dr. Stephen Wickes, besides Mr. Vose\\nhimself. Several sub-\\nsequent meetings\\nwere held at Mr.\\nVose s house, other\\ngentlemen were inter-\\nested in the matter\\nand final!)- the Mem-\\norial Hospital and\\nDispensary was incor-\\nporated on April 4,\\n1873. On June 5 of\\nthe same year the\\nincorporators organ-\\nized by electing the\\nfollowing Board of\\nOfficers President,\\nJohn G. Vose Vice-\\nPresident, Gardner R.\\nColby; Secretary;\\nGeorge P. Kingsley,\\nTreasurer, John L. Blake. On June 6, 1873, the Common Council gave unanimous consent to the use\\nfor dispensary purposes of the unoccupied engine house on Lincoln Avenue, near the railroad. This\\nwas at once fitted up for occupancy and opened on July 2 as a public dispensary. October 2, 1873, tiie\\nregular election of the Board of Control came and the following the first regularly elected Board was\\nchosen From Orange. Edward Austen, Samuel Colgate, George J. P erry, George 1^. Kingsley,\\nCharles J. Prescott, William Pierson, Jr., John L. Blake, Aaron Carter, Jr.. Henry A. Howe, David\\nDodd and Ambrose M. Matthews from East Orange. A. M. Knight. Elias O. Doremus. Gardner R.\\nColby and John N. Whiting; from West Orange. D. M. l^abcock and H. B. Auchincloss; from\\nSouth Orange. ilenrv .V Page, John an echten, William A. Brewer, Jr., and John (j. ose.\\nThe Board met a week later and re-elected the first Board of Of^cers, to serve for the years 1873-4.\\nIn the meantime it was felt that the direct management of the dispensary and iiospital came properly\\nwithin the scope of woman s work and that to insure the ultimate success of the project the active\\nsympathy of the ladies of the Oranges was necessary. A society was accordingly organized September\\n22, 1873, under the name of the Ladies Au-xiliary Society of the Memorial Hospital and Dispensary,\\nwhose object as stated in the by-laws was to supervise domestic arrangements, investigate all\\ncomplaints, solicit subscriptions and donations and look after the general welfare of the patients.\\nIts officers were the following: President, Mrs. Edward Austen; Vice-President, Mrs. George Willis;\\nTreasurer, Mrs. Benjamin Douglass; Secretary, Mrs. Watson Matthews.\\nMl.MiiKIAI. HilSI ITAl, .\\\\NL) TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES, OR.\\\\NGE.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0308.jp2"}, "281": {"fulltext": "Tmk Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 239\\nMl. Vose died on March 18, 1874. and with his dcatli the iujspital lost one of its most earnest and\\niiiitiiin.i,r workers, to whose energy, perhaps, more was due than to any other single person. Mr. Vose\\nwas tlic originator of the name Memorial. It was at first intended to give the institution no specially\\ndistinctive name, but simply call it the Orange Hospital. This was objected to by some on the ground\\nthat it was not specific enough. Then the suggesti(jn of Memorial was made by Mr. Vose and a\\nnumber of his friends suggested that it should be so called in memory of Mrs. Vose, who had died\\nduring the preceding year. Mr. Vose opposed such a specific appropriation of the name, preferring\\nthat the name Memorial should be a generic one, giving an opportunity for all to endow specific\\nbeds or wards or build pavilions and additions in memory of their loved and lost. The Ladies Society\\ntook hold of the work so actively that gradually the original society of gentlemen withdrew more and\\nmore from the active management and finally ceased active work entirely, leaving the entire manage-\\nment in the hands of the ladies. On May 1, 1874, a building was hired on the corner of Lincoln\\nAvenue and Minton Place, at a rental of \u00c2\u00a7900, the gentlemen s society assuming the responsibility for\\nthe same. After some necessary alterations and repairs the Memorial Hospital and Dispensarj- was\\nopened for the reception of patients about the middle of July, with the following medical and surgical\\nstaff: Drs. William I ierson, Jr.. J. \\\\V. Corson, Stephen Wickes, William J. Chandler, E. B. Thomjjson,\\nJohn W. Lloyd and Frank Wilmartli. From the very start the hospital proved a success and enlisted\\nthe sympathy of tlic community. Vcar by year, as its work progressed, its hold on the affections of\\nthe people broadened and deepened, it being one of the few objects of charity for which the people s\\npurse was alwaj-s oi^en and to whose appeals the masses never turned a deaf ear.\\nIn December, 1877, Joseph W. Stickler offered a lot on Essex Avenue, the present site of the hos-\\npital, and $1,000 in cash, subsequently increa.sed to \u00c2\u00a75 000, towards the building of a new hospital. To\\navail themselves of this very liberal offer, re-organization was necessary. The Ladies Society, being only\\nan au.xiliary of the now practically defunct Gentlemen s Society, had no legal existence, and an incorpora-\\ntion was nece.ssary to enable it to hold property. On May 9, 1878, the association was incorporated as\\nthe Orange Memorial Hospital, with the following ladies as incorporators: Mary M. Austen, Annie L.\\nBaldwin, Rebecca R. Banta, Angeline N. Blake, Julia Bulkley, Sarah S. Carter, Martha Colby, Elizabeth\\nM. Colgate, Susan M. Corson, Katherine M. Freeman, Ellen M. Gill, Sarah R. Halsey, Rachel Hedden,\\nGeorgiana L. Heckscher, Anna T. E. Kirtland, Mary F. Luff, Elizabeth J. Martin, Augusta B.\\nMatthews, Callista S. Mayhew, Sarah Martin, Anna W. Myers, Maria C. I age, Isabel F. Pierson. Anne\\nPierson, A. Maria Rollinson, Augusta C. Small, Charlotte Stickler, C. Matilda Van Wagenen, Sarah L.\\nVan Vechten, Adele Wetmore, Maria E. Williams, Harriet E. Willis, Mary H. Wolf.\\nActive steps were at once taken by the Building Committee towards the erection of a suitable\\nbuilding and obtaining the rcijuisite funds wherewith to do it. Liberal donations and gifts were made\\nand plans and estimates were prepared. It was ft)und that to carry them out would require an expendi-\\nture of about \u00c2\u00a731,000. The original lot donated by Mr. Stickler was on Esse.x Avenue and did not\\nextend to Henry Street. The corner lot was therefore purchased by the board, giving the grounds a\\nfrontage on both streets. The plans for a building were drawn by S. D. Hatch, a New York architect,\\nand on June 27, 1881, ground was broken and the work begun, and the completed hospital was formally\\nopened on May 25, 1882. During 1882 the dispensarj building, which had been donated to the hospital\\nby the Common Council, was removed to its present location on Henry Street, and a pavilion for fevers\\nand contagious diseases was built. The people of the Oranges responded nobly in the matter of\\nfurnishing the new house and nearly all the furniture and appliances were donated by friends of the\\ninstitution. In March, 18S4, the name of the Board of Managers was changed to that of the Board of\\nGovernors, to agree with the requirements of the State statutes, and during this same year the maternity\\ncottage for lying-in patients was erected a cost of about S425. In December, 1S87, Mr. John Burke\\ndonated SlO,000, in addition to a previous donation of $1,500, for the building of a special pavilion to\\nbe known as the E. F. Burke pavilion. Plans were drawn by Mr. Charles A. Giflord and work was\\ncommenced in May, 1888, and the building completed in December following. Several beds in the new", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0309.jp2"}, "282": {"fulltext": "340\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0S-\\nbuildiii have been provided for annually by private donations and by Grace Episcopal, Trinit} ConLjre-\\ngational, First Presbyterian and other churches; also by the city of Orange and the township of\\nWest Orange.\\nA Memorial Pavilion for Consumptives was added in 1896 by Mr. F. M. Shepard, in memory of his\\nson, Joseph M., who died in the autumn previous. The corner-stone of the building was laid in\\nJanuary, 1896. It is a frame building, 32 x 57 feet, two stories high, and one of the most modern and\\nthoroughly sanitary hospital buildings in New Jersey. Entrance is from the enclosed verandas m the\\nliurke pa\\\\ilion. A sun veranila, ten feet wide and enclosed with glass, extends around the south and\\neast sides of the building on both floors, thus enabling the inmates to promenade in fine weather\\nwithout fear of cold or dampness. Especial attention has been given to the heating and ventilating\\napparatus, so that at all times an even temperature may be maintained. The main front on Esse.v\\nAvenue is broken by four flat pilasters which run from the water table to the ornamental frieze, which\\nbears the inscription, \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Joseph M. Shepard Pavilion. This is surmounted by an ornamental panel\\nwith a cross and crown surrounded with laurel leaves. Every conceivable arrangement for the comtort,\\nhealth and convenience of the inmates has been made. The architect is Joseph M. Dodd, who has\\ndesi -ned a number of public buildings in Essex County. The cost of the pavilion was about SiO,000.\\nThe ambulance which is run in\\nconnection with the hospital is fur-\\nnished by a Hoard of Trustees, com-\\nposed of young men who started a\\npaper called the Ri-cottf, and aftei\\nclosing the publication of the paper\\nthe) purchased the ambulance which\\nthey calletl the Ricord Aiiibulancc,\\nand this is still maintained by them,\\nthey paying all expenses. This Hoard\\nof Trustees is composed of Allerton\\nI). Hitch, Harry G. Churr, Arthur\\nC. Zimmerman, William H. Aborn\\nand Farnham Yardley.\\nThe following persons iiave\\nser\\\\ed as members of the Hoard of\\nOfificers since the organization of\\nthe Ladies Society: Presidents.\\nMrs. Edward Austen, 1873 to 1876; Mrs. George Willis, 1877; Miss M.irtin, 1878-9; .Mrs. Edward\\nAusten, 1881 Mrs. John Van Vechten, 1882-3, 1884-5; Mrs. John H. Van Wagenen, 18S4-5 Mrs-\\nWilliam Picrson, 1886-7-8; Mrs. Charlotte A Sterling, Mrs. Edward W. Ashley. Vice-Presidents.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nMrs. George Willis, 1873 to 1877; Mrs. Edward Austen, 1878; Miss Wetmore, 1879-80; Mrs. Peter\\nWolt. Jr., 1881 Mrs. A. T. E. Kirtland, 1882 to 1884; Mrs. George H. Hacon. 1885-6; Mrs. Charles A.\\nSterling, 1887-8 Mrs. George A. Vail, Mrs. Charles A. Sterling. Treasurers.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mrs Benjamin Douglass,\\n1873-4-5; Mrs. Peter Wolt, Jr., 1876-7; Mrs. C. C. Whitney, 1878 to 1881 Mrs. W. L. Shreve, 1882\\nto 1884; Mrs. Richard Russell, 1885; Miss Ella Speir, 18S6; Mrs. J. McMorrow, 1887; Mrs. Henry\\nW. J. S. Cooke. Assistant Treasurers.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mrs. Peter Wolt, Jr., 1885-6-7 Miss Lotta L. Iddings, 1886-7;\\nMiss Annie Lowrie, 1888; Mrs. Henry W. J. S. Cooke. Secretaries.- Mrs. Watson Matthews, 1873 to\\n1882; Miss H. C. Allen, 1877, 1883 to 1888; Miss Maria E. Williams, 1SS3 to 188S. Assistant Secre-\\ntaries.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Miss Ruth Marsh, 1887; Mrs. Thomas S. P. Fitch, 1888; Mrs. Harriet Whittingham.\\nTr.MNINc; Sciiooi. for Nurses. This in.stitution was a necessary outgrowth of the Memorial\\nHospital. A plan was submitted to the Medical Society on June 20, 1882, for a system of pupil\\nnurses to be trained in the hospital. It was the first school of the kind in the State and provided for a", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0310.jp2"}, "283": {"fulltext": "Tiiii Founders and Hr ii.dkks or tiik Granges.\\n241\\ntwo years course. Pupils were received for one month on probation and if they proved satisfactory,\\nsigned a contract agreeing to serve the entire time. A small payment was made to them each month,\\ntheir board and tuition were to be free, and the course included instruction in all matters pertaining t\\nthe care of the sick and disabled. The experiment proved a success and during the presidency of Mrs.\\nJohn B. Van Wagenen, in 1884, that lady earnestly advocated the separation of the training school\\nfrom the hospital and its organization into a separate institution to which the hosjjital should pay proper\\ncompensation for the services of the nurses. A separate Hoard of Governors of eighteen ladies were\\nchosen to direct the affairs of the school. Of these eighteen ladies, thirteen were governors of tiie\\nhospital as well, thus insuring full sympathy between the management of the two institutions. A\\nlot of land adjoining the hospital property on Henry Street was donated by Mrs. Henry A. Howe.\\nRobert Stephenson donated plans and specifications and a building was erected which was formally\\nopened May 8, I0S5, wiiich was enlarged in if Sj to meet the increasing demands. Nurses of large\\nexperience ha\\\\c hail charge of the institution since it was first oi)cncd and not only has the hospital\\nbeen kept constant!}- supplied with well-trained nurses who were graduated from the Training School,\\nbut quite a number of graduates have been sent to other fields of labor and have filled important\\npositions in tliffcrcnt parts of the country, and one left here to go as a missionary to Siam.\\nThe following ladies have filled the various positions connected with this institution since it was\\nopened: Presidents.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mrs. John Petit, 1884 to 1889: Mrs. J. Walter Wood, 189O to 1896. Vice-\\nPresidents: Mrs. Margaret H. Pierson, 1884 to 1887; Mrs. John L. Seward, 18S8 to 1P96. Secretaries:\\nMrs. Horace W. Fowler, 1886-7; Mrs. James C. Payles, 1888 to 1891 Miss M. H. Pierson, 1892; Mrs.\\nEdward Steinbach, 1893 to 1896. Treasurers: Mrs. A. Lyman Knight, 1886; Mrs. F. C. Ogden, Jr.,\\n1887; Mrs. W. A. Brewer. Jr., 1888 to 1896.\\nJk\\nHouse of THK Good SheI IIEKD. The name and purpose of this institution as set forth in its\\nArticles of Organiza-\\ntion, is a home for\\nconvalescents foraged\\nand infirm members of\\nthe church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 as a tem-\\nporary home for friend-\\nless girls and children\\nand fur the care of\\nmaternit}- patients, and\\nshall be known as the\\nHouse of the Good\\nShepherd. This insti-\\ntution owes its existence\\nto a similar enterprise\\nwhich was started in\\n1881, known as a Home\\nfor C o n a 1 e s c e n t s,\\nwhich failed after about\\na 3 ear s trial because\\nthere were not convales-\\ncents enough to be\\ncharitably cared for in\\nthe neighborhooil. It\\nfailed, however, under circumstances that e.xcited the warm .sympathies of a few who had stood by it\\ntoward the capable woman who started it, all of these, including the woman, being members of the\\ny fill\\nHOUSK OF THE Giiiin", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0311.jp2"}, "284": {"fulltext": "242 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nEpiscopal church. The question came up with these good women what they could do to relieve sister\\nSylvia, as she was known, whose means were all tied up in the enterprise, and what, if any, charitable\\nthing could be done with the household material of which her means consisted. The clergy of three\\nparishes was called in and it was determined then and there that what the church wanted was a home\\nfor its acred and infirm pensioners. They then purcliased the furniture, etc., of the lady, and the House\\nof the Good Shepherd was duly organized under the control and direction of the clergy and women of\\nSt. Mark s Church of the Holy Communion, South Orange, Grace Church, of Orange, and Christ\\nChurch, of East Orange, each parish to be entitled to three representatives on the Managing Board.\\nRev. Dr. Williams, of St. Mark s Church, was the President. The Managing Board consisted of Rev.\\nJames A. Williams, D. D., Rev. William Richmond, Rev. Henry V. Deegan, and Rev. Horace S. Bishop.\\nA house was rented on Mt. ernon Avenue for about a year and from that time until 1891 a house\\nwas rented near the Valley station. In 1891 a lot was purchased on Henry Street adjoining the grounds\\nof the Memorial Hospital, at a cost of $4,000, and a fine building, costing $12,000, erected thereon.\\nComfortable accommodations have been provided for all tiie inmates, the house being furnished entirely\\nby voluntary gifts. When the inmates are able, a moderate charge is made for board, otherwise the\\nentire expenses of the institution are met by the voluntary contributions of the several parishes.\\nEndowments have been made from time to time amounting to a few thousand dollars. Francis Randall\\nleft $5,000 to the institution and two other endowments of $1,000 each have been received. In 1889\\nthe ladies of tlie several parishes held a Rainbow Bazaar, which netted some $2,000. In 1895 St. Mark s\\nparish withdrew, leaving the management to the other three parishes mentioned. The present officers\\nof the institution are President, Rev. Anthony Schuyler, D. D.; Vice-President, Rev. Samuel H.\\nBishop; Treasurer, William R. Howe; Chaplain, Rev. Alexander Mann; Physician, George Bayles, M. D.\\nOrange Bureau OE Associated Chakiites. The charitable organization known as the Orange\\nBureau of Associated Charities was first organized in the winter of 1879-80, under the name of the\\nBureau of Registration, which name was retained until 18S3 when its title was changed. It was for\\n.some years under the management of ladies representing thirteen Protestant churches in the Oranges,\\nas follows: First Presbyterian, North Baptist, St. Mark s Episcopal, Grace Episcopal, Central Presby-\\nterian, Brick Church (Presbyterian), First Presbyterian (or Munn Avenue), of East Orange, First\\nMethodist, First Reformed, Trinity Congregational, Valley Congregational, Christ Episcopal and the\\nNew Church. The object of the organization at this time, as stated, was To see that the deserving\\ncases of destitution are properly relieved to make employment the basis of relief and inculcate habits\\nof self-dependence, self-respect and industry; to prevent indiscriminate and duplicate giving; to secure\\nthe community from imposture; to reduce vagrancy and pauperism by ascertaining their cause and\\nremoving it when possible. The society changed its headquarters several times, being located in a\\nbuilding in Park Street, near Main, for about two years. In the summer of 1883, through the munifi-\\ncence of Mr. Robert F. Westcott, the society came in possession of their present quarters in Essex\\nStreet, near Main. Mr. Westcott purchased the property and building and, at a considerable expense,\\nimproved and graded the surrounding grounds, repaired the building and donated the whole to the\\nsociety for the benefit of the pour of Orange.\\nFrom the beginning of this enterprise the people of the Oranges have given it their most generous\\nsujjport and there has been no lack of willing workers, especially among the ladies, who have been\\nuntiring in their efforts to relieve the needy and distressed. As the work increased it became necessary\\nto have an Advisory Board of gentlemen to assist in the general management of the society s affairs.\\nVarious plans have been adopted from year to year to aid those in need and to give encouragement to\\nsuch as were willing to work and help support themselves. Idleness and beggary were discouraged and\\nevery applicant for help, unless prevented by sickness or disease, was requested to do something. A\\nSpecial Relief Committee was appointed by the Bureau in 1893, its aim being to supply work to the\\nready, and when that was not possible, to supply the necessaries instead of contributing money, medical", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0312.jp2"}, "285": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 243\\nattciulaiicc, muses, medicine ami noiirisliing food, and in a few instances special appliances were\\nfiiinislicd free of cost. A i)rinted report for April, 1894, notes the fact that in January of that year a\\nwood yard was opened w liich gave temporary employment to 476 men, of whom 113 were without\\ndepenilents, and 363 had 992 persons dependent on them. In all. 2,552 days work- were given, for which\\n\u00c2\u00a72,380.97 was was paid in money and S )5--25 i groceries. The different nationalities represented among\\nthese laborers showed: Americans (white), 83; colored, 130; Irish, 168; German, 44; English, 25;\\nItalian, 12; Scandinavian, 3; Scotch, 5; French, 2; Bohemian, 2. This report shows further that a lodg-\\ning-house established by the committee in the Valley, accommodated 897 persons and work was re(iuired\\nof all lodgers in sifting ashes, splitting wood. etc. As the work of this bureau increased it became neces-\\nsary to adopt new methods, and it was found that its usefulness and efficiency would be greatly\\nenhanced if the executive offices in the institution could be filled by business men. The Advisory\\nBoard, at its meeting in February, 1894, recommended certain changes which resulted in a reorganization\\nof the bureau. The objects of the bureau, as set forth in the revised constitution, are: To raise the\\nneedy above tlie need of relief, prevent begging and imjjosition and diminish pauperism to encourage\\nthrift, self-dependence and industry through friendly intercourse, advice and sympathy, and to aid the\\npoor to help themselves; to prevent children growing up as paupers; to aid in the diffusion of\\nknowledge on subjects connected with the relief of the poor, etc.\\nArticle I of the b) -laws defines the membership as follows: I. Fxofticio, His Honor tlie Mayor,\\nthe Chief of Police, the Overseer of the Poor, the President of the Board of Health and the City\\nPhysician of the city of Orange; the Chairman of the Township Committee, the Chief of Police, the\\nOverseer of the Poor, the President of the Board of Health, the Township Physician of the townships\\nof East Orange. West Orange and South Orange respective!)- the President, the Cliairman of the\\nPolice Committee and the Health Inspector of the village of South Orange the ministers of all churches\\nand the presidents of all charitable organizations in the city or townships, and the President of the\\nNew England Society. 2. Of the members of any district conference. 3. Of all persons who are\\nannual contributors of two dollars or more, or who have contributed fifty dollars at any one time to\\nthe funds of the society. The officers of the society for 1895-96 are: President, Bleecker Van\\nWagenen First Vice President, Edward M. Colie Second Vice-President, Daviil Bingham; Recording\\nSecretary, W.ilter I. McCoy; Corresponding Secretary, AUerton D. Hitch; Treasurer, William M.\\nFranklin.\\nSECRET AND BENEVOLENT ORG.ANIZATIONS.-MASONIC LODGES.\\nThe Ancient Order of Free and Accepted Masons is the oldest of all secret societies in this\\ncountry, and the first attempt to introduce the Order in this country was made by Hon. Daniel Co.x, a\\nson of the great proprietor. Barker, in his Early History of Masonry in New York, says: The\\nvaluable labors of committees named by the Grand Lodges of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New\\nJersey have demonstrated the fact that the first appointment of a Provincial Grand Master in this\\ncountry was issued to W.-. Daniel Coxe, of New Jersey.\\nUnion Lodge, No. ii, F. A. M. This was the first lodge ever established in Essex County\\noutside of Newark. It was chartered November 14, 1809, as Union Lodge, No. 21, F A. M. Its\\ncharter prescribed that its regular comnuinications should be held alternately in Orange and Bloomfield,\\ntwo years in each place. The charter members were: Jeptha Baldwin, Alexander Wilson, Matthias\\nSmith, Stephen D. Day, Joseph Munn, Nathaniel H. Baldwin, Samuel M. Dodd, Abraham Winans,\\nFrederick Gruet, Amos Williams, Joel Dunham, Sainml B. Williams, Moses Condit. Jr., Daniel Beach,\\nJr., Linus Baldwin, Samuel Harrison, Jr., John Ward, Benjamin Lindsley, John Purves, Jeptha Crane,\\nSimeon Baldwin, Moses Harrison, Peter Doremus, Peter Gruet, Edward Gruet, Samuel Baldwin, William\\nW. Baldwin, Stephen Tichenor. The first oflficers installed at the constitution of the lodge, December\\n28, 1809, were: Jeptha Baldwin, W. M.; Alexander Wilson. S. W.; AKatthias Smith, J. W.; Stephen D.\\nDay, Treasurer; William W. Baldwin, Secretary; Stephen Tichenor. S. D.; Moses Condit, Jr., J. D.;", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0313.jp2"}, "286": {"fulltext": "244\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nSimeon Baldwin, M. of C; Abraham Winans, Henjamin Lindsley, Stewards; Linus Baldwin, Tyler.\\nThe lodge met in the old Academy building, which stood on the site of the present Second National\\nBank, and continued to hold its regular communications there until the erection of the first Masonic\\nHall. The corner-stone of the Masonic Hall was laid on June 25, 1827, and the building dedicated on\\nDecember 27, following. Under the original charter the lodge held its last communication in this hall,\\nApril 6, 1830.\\nAbout this time, owing to the excitement which grew out of the abduction of Morgan, in the\\nwestern part of New York State, a strong anti-Masonic feeling was aroused throughout the whole\\ncountry, and hundreds of lodges were obliged to suspend work. Union Lodge among the others. Its\\ncharter was revoked and no attempt was made to reorganize until 1846, when application was made to\\nthe Grand Lodge of New Jersey for a new charter; this was granted under the name of Union Lodge,\\nNo. 1 1, on January J/, 1846. Work was resumed in the old lodge room and for half a century the lodge\\nhas enjoyed a remarkable degree of prosperity. In 1886 Union Lodge decided to build a larger and\\nmore enduring building to replace the old Masonic Temple. The plans were drawn by Joseph M. Dodd\\nand the corner-stone was laid on June 24, 1886, and the building was dedicated on the i6lh of\\nNovember following. It is an im[)osing brick structure, three stories high. The facade is of Phila-\\ndelphia pressed brick, with terra cotta trimmings. On the first story are the post ofifice and stores, and\\na broad entrance-way opening upon the staircase leading to the upper stories. On the second floor are\\noffices, lodge rooms, etc. The cost of the building was about \u00c2\u00a750,000.\\nThe men who filled the position of Worshipful Master of this lodge during its early history were\\namong the most prominent citizens of Orange. Jeptha Baldwin, the first W. M., served from 1810 to\\n1817, inclusive; Stephen I). Day, 181S; Daniel Babbitt, 1819; Jeptha Baldwin, 1820 to 1822; Amos\\nHarrison, 1823; Daniel Babbitt, 1824; Amos A. Harrison,\\n1825 to 1830; (Lodge suspended work for sixteen years).\\nPhilip Kingsley, 1846; Ichabod Harrison, 1847-8; Philip\\nKingsley, 1849; J li i M- Condit, 1850-51 Simeon Harri-\\nA\\nI\\nson, 1852-3; George A. Dodd, 1S54; William M. Babbitt,\\n1855; William B. Williams, 1856; William P. Condit, 1857;\\nIsaac L. an Orden, 1858-9; Hiram Inglesbe, i860;\\nEdward H. Ensign, 1861-2; Ezekiel B. Smith, 1863;\\nSimeon Harrison, 186^; John W. Lees, 1865; Jesse\\nWilliams, 1866; Joseph Glasner, 1867; Joseph M. Dodd,\\n1868-9; Walter E. Smith, 1870; F rederick W. Morris,\\n1871-2; Thomas O. Ayres, 1873; Augustus W. Coon,\\n1874-5; James Robotham, 1876-7; Miles A. Hanchctt,\\n1878-79-80; Robert E. Parsons. 1881; John Edwards,\\n18S3; Edwin \\\\V. Hiiie, 1884; J. Frank Smith, 1886:\\nWilliam Stalker, 1887; Daniel Kavanaugh, 1889; William\\nParkinson, 1890-91; Stuart C. Smith, 1892-3; A. H.\\nSherman, 1894; Charles E. Williams, 1895. The regular\\ncommunications are held on the second and fourth Tlniis-\\ndays in each month.\\nThe present officers of the lodge are Moses L.\\nGans, W. M.; Fred. J. Teulon, S. W.; Edward A. Pearson,\\nJ. W.; Charles E. Williams, P. M., Treasurer Thomas O. Ayres, P. M., Secretary Rev. Charles H. Mann,\\nChaplain Charles Pearce, S. D.; Fred. R. Romer, J. D.; Daniel Kavanaugh, P. M., Marshal Robert\\nC. Lumsden, S. M. S.; George C. Berg, J. M. S.; George M. Hankins, S. S.; Henry Stetson, J. S J. O. B.\\nHarrison, Organist James P. Williams, Tyler.\\nCorinthian Lodge, No. 57, F. A. M., was chartered January 10, 1861. Its charter members\\n1 5 3 rr r\\nMASONIC HAM., ORANGE.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0314.jp2"}, "287": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of hie Oranges. 245\\nwore: Aiidiew Jiritton, Edward I), ricison, Elias O. Doicmus, Chauncy Y. Williams, Edward B-\\nVVliiting, James M. Ward, Edward Gardner, Leander Williams, George A. Mcrwin, Girard Williams,\\nHorace Freeman. The first officers of the lodge were: Andrew Britton, W. M.; Edward D. Picrson,\\nS. W., and Edward B. Whiting. J. W. Those who have filled the position of W. M. since its organiza-\\ntion are: Andrew Britton, 1861 Edwin B. Whiting, 1862; James P. Burton, 1S63; George A. Merwin,\\n1864; Edwin B. Whiting, i?65; Edward D. Pierson, 1S66-67; John H. Myers, 1868: Augustus T.\\nGrinstcd, 1869; James P. Burton, 1870; Charles W. Banta, 1871 William Green, 1872; Warren\\nMcChesney, 1873; Edward D. Pierson, 1874; Charles W. Banta, 1875; Horace Stetson. 1876-77;\\nLeander Williams, 1878-79; Robert McGowan, Jr., 1S80; David George, 1881-82; Henry B.Stokes,\\n1883-84; Otto G. Silber, 1S.S5-86; Frederick Grundman, 1887; William C.Schmidt, 1SS8-89; Thomas\\nO. Ingling, 1890; Frank E. Baker, 1891: George F. Carter, 1892-93; Frank X. Schleman, 1894;\\nNathaniel Burton, 1F9;. The lodge meets on the first antl third Thursdays of each month. The\\nofficers for 1896 are: George F. Carter, P. M., W. M.; Orian L. Yeomans. S. W.; John F. Everett.\\nJ. W.; Joseph B. Bray, Treasurer; Augustus T. Grinsted, P. M., Secretary; David Georoe, P. M.,\\nChaplain; William Lord, S. D.; Alexander Clark, J. D.; Charles E. Jones, S. M. C.; Samuel A. Nunn,\\nJ. M. C; James P. Williams, of No. 11, Tyler. The present membership is loi.\\nOrange Chapter, No. 23, R. A. M. This Chapter was organized under dispensation, October 26,\\n1869, and held its first regular convocation on October 29 following. Its first officers were Edward\\nB. Whiting, M. E., IL P.; Charles F. R. Moore, E. K T. L. Van Orden, Scribe; Jacob Friday, C. of H.;\\nAugustus C. Grinsted, P. S.; Joseph A. Smith, R A. C; Frederick W. Morris, 3d Veil; Walter E.\\nSmith, 2d Veil Stcplien T. Smith, ist Veil; Edward Coumont, Treasurer; Joseph M. Dodd, Secretary;\\nJohn IL Sharp, Sentinel. These were all charter members with the addition of Simeon Harrison,\\nWilliam B. Williams and John H. Meyers. The Chapter held its convocations in the old Masonic Hall\\nuntil the erection of the new one, where it has since continued to meet. It has now a membership of\\nlOi, there being a sliglit falling off during the past two years. Its convocations are held on the second\\nand fourth Mondays in each month. The officers for 1896 arc C. F. Coyne, H. P.; F. T. Crane, E. K.;\\nF. J. Toulon, E. S.; T. O. Ayres. P. H. P., Treasurer; A. W. Coon, Secretary; J. P. HilLs, C. of H.;\\nO. G. Gerber, P. S.; M. L. Gans, R. A. C; H. J. Arne, 3d Veil; C. E. Williams, 2d Veil; Thos. Davis,\\nist Veil; James P. Williams, Sentinel.\\nODD FELLOWS LODGES.\\nThis Order, which had been in existence in this country for some years before its establishment in\\nOrange, became ery popular as a secret benevolent organization soon after the partial suppression of\\nFreemasonry growing out of the Morgan excitement referred to in the history of Union Lodge, F.\\nA. M., and it will be noted that the first lodge of Odd F ellows in Orange received its charter four years\\nbefore Union Lodge, F. A. M., was rechartered. The objects of the two orders are very similar and\\nthe early growth of Odd Fellowsliii) is due to the strong anti-Masonic sentiment which prevailed from\\n1830 to late in the forties.\\nLafayette Lodge, No. 12, I. O. O. F. This lodge was instituted in Orange July 19, 1842, with\\neleven charter members. Those named in the charter were: Edward T. Hillyer, N. G.; Joseph H. Hop\\nping, V. G.; John W. Innis, Recording Secretary; George Henry, Financial Secretary, and William Bod-\\nvvell. Treasurer. The other members were P. J.-Bodwell, James Brady, Joseph A. Condit, Aaron Pierson,\\nHenry Stetson and George A. Dodd. During the first year of its existence forty-three members were\\nadded by initiation and during the next ten years there was a further addition of between seventy and\\neighty members. In 1847 a number dimited from this Lodge to organize Olive Branch Lodge, No. 51.\\nThis, together with the financial troubles of 1853, so weakened the lodge tiiat it suspended labor and\\nforfeited its Charter. On F ebruary 22, 1868, on the petition of Z. H. Condit, Reuben W. Dodd, Amzi\\nWright, James Young and W illiam M. Durand. the Lodge was reinstated and resumed labor. Since that\\ntime nearly si.x hundred members have been added by initiation and the Lodge has had a prosperous", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0315.jp2"}, "288": {"fulltext": "246 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nexistence, and many wortliy distressed bretliicn have received tiu- benefits wliicli their membership\\nentitles them to. UiiUke tlie Masonic Order, every member is entitled to a fixed weekly allowance in\\ncase of sickness; in the former each case is treated according to its needs. The Lodge has at the\\npresent time an active membership of between 100 and 150. The Lodge was regularly incorporated\\nApril 15, 1870, under An Act to incorporate Benevolent and Charitable Associations.\\nJohn F. Morse Lodge, No. 183, L O. O. F. Tliis is a German lodge. It was organized March\\n24, 1.S75, with the following charter members: Julin G. Schaefer, Joseph Schmitt, Frederich Cohrs,\\nGustav Doehler, Jacob Bury, Heinrich G. Schaefer, Jacob Sohn, Jacob Deckenbach, Frederick Kraus,\\nJacob Burker, David Wendel, Charles Hummel. The first officers were: John G. Schaefer, N. G.;\\nJacob Sohn, V. G.; Joseph Schmitt, Secretary; Jacob Deckenbach, Treasurer\\nD. O H. (Deutsche Ouden Harugari), No. 186. This Order was established for the purpose of\\naffording relief to brethren in cases of sickness or distress, and afTords a fi.xed stipend to such as are in\\nneed of aid from the relief fund. The Orange Lodge was instituted December 17, 1868, with twehe\\ncharter members, which has largely increased and the Lodge has a beneficiar)- fund amounting to se\\\\eral\\nhundred dollars.\\nLive Oak Lodck, No. 181, I. C). O. 1- This Lodge was organized July 6, 1875, by Grand Master\\nChristian Miller, with the following charter members and officers: John G. Gegenheimer, N. G.;\\nAug. Marks, V. G.; Iruin M. Genung, R. S.; Charles E. Leyers, Financial Secretary; William W.\\nJacobus, Treasurer; IIenr\\\\- M. Cam[), O. G.; Charles H. Meeker, R. S. Thirteen candidates were\\ninitiated upon the same ilay, who, with the charter members, gave the Lodge an enrollment of twenty.\\nThere has been a steady increase in membership which now numbers 125. The present officers are\\nT. Wilson Guernsey, N. G.: Samuel Loomis, V. G.; George Danner, Recording Secretary; William\\nMarks, F^inancial Secretary; Jacob IL Hanse, Treasurer; Augustus Marks, Henel Cohart, John G.\\nGegenheimer, Trustees.\\nTEHPERANCE ORGANIZATIONS.\\nWashington Temit.e of Honor and Temperance. This order was instituted February 15,\\n1849, by leading members of the order of the Sons of Temperance. Its purpose was to work in\\nconnection with that order as a higher branch or degree to the Sons of Temperance, and at that time\\nthe membership was limited to the members of the latter order; it became independent of the parent\\norder, however, during the first year of its existence. Its meetings have been held at various places\\nand for the past few years it has met at the old Masonic building, 16 Park Street, where its forty-fifth\\nanniversary was celebrated February 16, 1895. The Temple has always met on P riday evenings.\\nThere is no record of the charter members, the records having been destroyed by the burning of the\\nWaverly building. Its first presiding officers were Daniel J. Kilburn and Ezra O. Roff. Among its old\\nmembers were Aaron Ouinln-, llenrj- B. Freeman, .A. 11. Freeman, Judge Jesse Williams, J. H. Comlit,\\nAbiel Morris Condit, Samuel D. Comlit, William Green. Aaron Williams, David S. Beach. Matthias\\nSoverel, Caleb W. Hamilton, E. J. Condit, Horton D. Williams and D. T. Oakley. The Temple is still\\nin a flourishing condition and is doing excellent work.\\nOak and Vine Social TtMri.K ok Honor and Temperance. This was organized in Orange,\\nApril 2, 1852, with seventeen charter members of both sexes. The first place of meeting was on the\\ncorner of Park and Main Streets, where Brady s photograph gallery now stands. It afterwards met in\\nthe Waverly building, which was destroyed by fire. Its present place of meeting is in the old Masonic\\nHall building. Park Street, near Main.\\nWomen s Christian Temperance Union. The movement which resulted in the establishment\\nof the Women s Christian Temperance Union, of Orange, started in 1877. The semi-annual convention\\nof the Women s Christian Temperance Union of New Jersey was held in the chapel of the North\\nOrange Baptist Church, on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 16, followed by a public meeting in the\\nevening at the First M. E. Church, under the charge of the Rev. J. H. Knowles, then pastor of the", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0316.jp2"}, "289": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 247\\ncluircli. TI1C plan of organizing an Orange branch of tlic union was suggested, ami a meeting was\\ncalled for the following Tuesday to consider it. No definite action was taken at this meeting, but a\\nweek later, at a meeting held at the same place on the evening of June 5, the organization was effected\\nand the following officers were elected: Mrs. Samuel Colgate, President; Mrs. F. F. Ellinwood,\\nTreasurer, and Miss J. Brewster, Secretary. Among the original m .-mbers were Mrs. Ellie J.\\nKnowles, Mi.ss Mary A. I.atlihury, Mrs. G. W. Richards, Mrs. Lucy C. Rand, Mrs. Albert Mann, Mrs\\nE. M. Clark, Mrs. M. Van Marter, Mrs. Naomi F. Dyckman, Miss J. O. Brewster, Miss R. F. Morse,\\nMrs. Edward Austen, Mrs. C. C. Sturges, Mrs. Gardner R. Colby, Mrs. A. O Neill, Mrs. John Gill, Mrs.\\nGeorge A. Moss, Mrs. J. C. Titcomb, Mrs. C. E Stone, Mrs. J. B. St. John, Miss Amy C. Lowrie, Mrs.\\nS. C. Burdick, Mrs. R. C. Browning, Mrs. Carnclia C. Ilussey, Mrs. W. C. Holmes, Mrs. George J.Ferry,\\nMrs. Samuel Colgate, Mrs. 11. M. Woodward, Mrs. C. A. Banta, and Mrs. H. C. I.ibby. The following\\ngentlemen were elected li()ni)rary iiuiiibers: George J. l erry, C. A. Clark, Etlward Austen, A. G.\\nStevenson, I. II. Knowks, John A. Titcomb, Gardner R. Colby, Samuel C. Burdick and the Rev.\\nEdward J udsun.\\nMeetings were held at first in the building corner nf Main antl Esse.x Streets, and were well\\nattended. A men s reading room and restaurant were opened and meals furnished at a moderate price.\\nA Helping Hand Society was started in connection with the Union, the object being to benefit young\\nwomen. Mrs. Ann Harrison, a colored woman, was a regular attendant at these meetings and became\\nmuch interested in the work. At her death a few years later it was found that she had left her property\\nto the Union, conditioned on its being used for these purposes. A lot was purchased in 1885, on the\\ncorner of Main and Commerce Streets, on which the present building was erected in 1888-9. This was\\nfitted up with every convenience for carrying on the bLMievolcnt work for which tlie Union was organ-\\nized. The cost of the building was about $19,000 and the lot about S4.000. Religious and devotional\\nmeetings are held with considerable success, and persons of either se.K out of employment receive\\ntemporary help. Mrs John J. Perrine, the President, a most energetic and devoted Christian woman,\\nspends a large portion of her time in this work. At the Sunday morning breakfast, 1,754 persons were\\nfed during the year 1895.\\nWhile the permanent object of the Union is to promote the cause of temperance, it has\\naccomplished great good in the line of religious and benevolent work, especially among the poor. The\\nmembership of the Union has been somewhat fluctuating, the average, however, being about fifty.\\nThe officers for 1895 were: Mrs. John J. Perrine, President Mrs. Electa H. J ube, First Vice-President\\nMrs. Theodore I Seward, Second Vice-President; Miss Amy C. Lowrie, Recording Secretary; Mrs.\\nMary T. Kiersted, Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Myra C. Kitchen. Treasurer; Mrs. William Dyckman,\\nLibrarian; Miss Emma Wolt, Missionary Superintendent.\\nBENEFICIARY SOCIETIES.\\nRoVAL Arcanum. This order is social as well as beneficiary, its principal object being to enable\\nits members to obtain life insurance at a moderate cost. It has survived the strong opposition of the\\nold line insurance companies and has paid millions of dollars to the families of deceased members.\\nCouncils have been established in nearly all the leading cities and towns throughout the United States.\\nOrange Councii., No. 975, R. A., was instituted June 22, 1886, in Uzal Dodd Post room with\\ntwenty-seven charter members. The first officers were: J. Day Otis, Regent Henry C. Burton, Vice-\\nRegent William G. Thomas, Orator; B. T. Martin, Past Regent; J. A.Alexander, Secretary; Charles\\nD. Phelps, Collector; A. G. Stevenson, Treasurer; Theodore H. Smith, Chaplain; Wm. H. Wakefield,\\nGuide Frank M. Odell, M. D., Warden. The council meets in the Ma.sonic Temple, on the first and\\nthird Thursdays of each month. Its growth has been steady and permanent and it has on its list over\\none hundred members.\\nHillside Council, No. 1329, R. A. This is an outgrowth of and was organized by Orange\\nCouncil, No. 975, January 13, 1891, with forty-seven members. Its first meeting was held in Uzal Dodd", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0317.jp2"}, "290": {"fulltext": "248 Thu Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nPost room. Its first officers were: Thomas O. Ingling, Regent; Miles A. Hanchett, Vice-Regent;\\nT. J. W. Duffy, Orator; William H. Wakefield, Past Regent; George R. Stagg, Secretary; Cyrus L.\\nSmith, Collector; William C. Schmidt, Treasurer; N. J. Burton, Chaplain. This council has a member-\\nship of about one hundred and its death losses have thus far been \\\\ery small. Its present place of\\nmeeting is in the Masonic Temple, on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month.\\nLlewellyn Council, No. ir, Goi den Star Fraternity, was instituted in Orange, April 13,\\n1887, in Temple of Honor Hall, with fifteen charter members. The order is constituted for the express\\npurpose of providing life insurance for its members, but it also pays sick benefits to its members for a\\nlimited term. Both sexes are eligible to membership. Its first officers were: S. F. Gibbons, Moderator;\\nWilliam Billington, Vice-Moderator; Frederick W. Alleston, Recording Secretary; A. J. Eckert,\\nFinancial Secretary; Dr. Bradshaw, Medical E.xaminer, and Henry Mohr, Treasurer. The council has a\\nmembership of over one hundred and holds its meetings in Odd Fellows Hall.\\nAnion;j; the various other secret and beneficiary orders, all of which are e.xerting an influence for\\ngood by rendering aid to the sick and a stipulated amount to deceased members, are the Ancient Order\\nof Foresters, Knights of Pythias, Order of Knights of Malta, Improved Order of Heptasophs, Order\\nUnited American Mechanics, Catholic Benevolent Legion, St. Patrick s Alliance, Ancient Order of\\nHibernians, Order of Chosen Friends. Knights of Honor, Improved Order of Red ]\\\\Ien, Order of\\nElks, etc.\\nGrand Army of the Republic. This is an outgrowth of the Civil War and was organized at\\nDecatur, Illinois, April 6, 1S66, by Dr. B. F. Stephenson, of Springfield, who had served as surgeon of\\nthe Fourteenth Illinois Infantry, and at the close of the war returned to his practice in Springfield,\\nwhere, in February, 1866, he first suggested the idea of this organization and made the draft of a\\nritual. He became the first Provisional Commander-in-Chief and issued his first call for a national\\nconvention October 31, 1866. The objects of the order are: i. To preserve and strengthen those kind\\nand fraternal feelings which bound together the soldiers, sailors and marines who united to suppress the\\nlate rebellion, and to perpetuate the memory and history of the dead. 2. To assist such former comrades\\nin arms as need help and protection, and to extend needful aid to the widows and orphans of those who\\nhave fallen. 3. To maintain true allegiance to the United States of America, based upon a paramount\\nrespect for and fidelity to its constitution and laws; to discountenace whatever tends to weaken loyalty,\\nincites to insurrection, treason or rebellion, or in any manner impairs the efficiency and permanency of\\nour free institutions, and to encourage the spread of universal liberty, equal rights and justice to all men.\\nIts membership is limited to the soldiers and sailors of the United States Army, Navy or Marine Corps\\nwho ser\\\\ed between April 12, 1S61, and April 9, 1865, in the war for the suppression of the Rebellion,\\nand those having been honorablj discharged therefrom after such service and subject to the orilcrs of\\nUnited States general officers between the dates mentioned. No person shall be eligible to membership\\nwho has at any time borne arms against the United States. The G. A. R. Posts are named in honor of\\ndeceased persons usually those who died in ilefense of their country.\\nU/.AL Do; D Post, No. 12, G. A. R. This Post was named in honor of Capt. Uzal Dodd, who\\ncommanded Company H, Twenty-sixth Regiment, N. J. Volunteers. The chaplain of this regiment\\nsaid of him He had those qualities rarely found in combination, by which he could be familiar with\\nhis men without breeding contempt which enabled him to mingle with them when off duty as equals,\\nand when on duty command them as a superior. His patriotism was of the purest and most persistent\\ncharacter. It was such that no hardship nor temporary reverses could shake. The voice of duty was\\nto him the voice of God. For some weeks before the second battle of Fredericksburg he had been\\nquite sick and off duty and in the opinion of the surgeon and other officers was not able to go with the\\nregiment. But he could not bear to have his company in the perils of battle without being at its head,\\nso he followed on after it and caught u[ before the regiment crossed the ri\\\\er. In storming the heights", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0318.jp2"}, "291": {"fulltext": "TiiK Founders and Huilders of the Oranges. 249\\nlie kept alon j ns well as his feeble strength would allow. Through his |)atri )tic desire ami iiuloinitable\\nwill he rose so far superior to bodily weakness as in the bloody battle of the next day, May 4, to take\\ncommand of his company and distinguish himself for coolness and valor. In the third and last crossing\\nof the Rai)i)ahannock, it fell upon the 26th N. J. V. and 5th Vt. to cross in boats and charge the\\nenemy s ritle pits. His company occupied the right of the line and it was iiis place to lead the regiment.\\nThis he ditl in heroic style. In the face of a destructive fire from rebel sharpshooters he led his men down\\nthe bank and at their head entered one of the pontoon boats, soon after which he received a mortal\\nwound. He lingered about eighteen hours, suffering intense pain without a complaint. He was\\nconscious of his approaching end and that he might die in full possession of his faculties, he refused to\\ntake stimulants or opiates. Many precious gifts have been laid on our country s altar during\\nthis war, but none more precious, within the range of my personal knowledge, tlian Capt. S. U. Dodd.\\nCapt. Samuel Uzal Dodd was the youngest child of Samuel M. and Jennie (Condit) Dodd, and was\\nborn in Orange, July 27, 1S2S. He lived in Orange up to the time he enlisted in the army. His\\nregiment was raised for nine months only and his term would have expired in two weeks. When his\\nembalmed boily came home for burial the citizens of Orange and its vicinity in large numbers gathered\\nto do honor to his mcmor}- and pa)- tlic List tribute of respect to the hero and patriot.\\nUzal Dodd Post, whicii has kL[)t green the memorj of this brave patriot, owes its existence mainly\\nto the efforts of Capt. Ambrose Matthews, assisted by his comrades, Charles VV. Barry, Samuel Toombs\\nand William McChesney, who nut on the 28th of February, 1S78, to consider the advisability of\\nforming an association which should help to keep alive the spirit of patriotism which animated those\\nwho freely offered their lives in defense of the Union, and to bind still stronger the ties of friendship\\nformed amiti scenes of suffering and tlcath on the battle tuld. This resulted in the organization, on\\nMarch 20, 1878, of a Grand Army Post which they named after their beloved comrade, Capt. Dodd.\\nThe charter members of the Post were: Charles W. Barry, Samuel Toombs, Edward Lindsley, William\\nMcChesney, Frederick Trepkau, Joseph B. Bray, Jacob V. Codies, Ambrose M. Matthews, William H.\\nDodd, Richard M. French, Charles M. Matthews, Edwin B. Blackman, Luther H. Perry, John W.\\nWilliams, Edward D.Taylor. Edward D. Pierson, David A. Bell, Rufus Mead, William H. Hall, August\\nErdman, John Ackerman, Edward H. Williams, William L. Harrison, Gustavus Peine, John J. Fell.\\nThe first officers of the Post were: A. M. Matthews, Commander; William H. Dodd, Senior Vice-\\nCommander; Gusta\\\\us Peine, Junior Vice-Commander; Charles W. Barry, Adjutant; William\\nMcChesney, O. M.; John W. Williams. O. of D.; John J. Fell, O. of G.; Jacob VV. Corlies. S.; David A.\\nBell, C; EdwTird D.Taylor, S. M.: Rufus Mead, O. M. S.; Edward IJndsIey, I. S.; Edwin D. Black-\\nman, O. S.\\nThe Post has its headquarters in Reynolds building, on the south side of Main, between Day and\\nCentre Streets. The Past Commanders of the Post are: Capt. Ambrose Matthews, 1878-79; W. H.\\nDodd, 1880; Samuel Toombs, 1881; David A. Bell, 1882; Edgar H.Williams, 1883; E. D.Taylor,\\n1884; Augustus W. Griffing, 1885 George Lethbridge, 1886-87: Joel W. Hatt, 1888; W. D. Robin.son,\\n1890; Joseph B. Bray, 1S91 John F. Pratt, 1892; Fritz Trepkau, 1893; Gustav Peine, 1894; William\\nMcChesney, 1S95. The present officers are: George C. Chandler, Commander; John Agar, Senior\\nVice-Commander; Dewitt Bannister, Junior Vice-Commander Augustus W. Griffin. Adjutant; E. W.\\nWilliams, Q. M.; Bennet Livingston, Surgeon; W. H. Dodd. Chaplain: E. B. Taylor, O. of D.; Adolph\\nEvison, O. of G.; D O. Sullivan, I. S.; Frank Hardy. O. S.\\nTiiK Woman s Club, OI- Orange.* This club anti-dates most of the clubs of the sterner\\nsex in the Oranges, and has nearly reached the first quarter of a century of its existence. It was not\\nonly the pioneer woman s club of New Jersey, but had only four predecessors in the country. The idea\\noriginated with Mrs. Louisa Lord Riley, who, from her familiarity with the work of the Brooklyn\\nFrom a sketch written by Mrs. Lydia Lawrence Ropes, for Woman s Progress.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0319.jp2"}, "292": {"fulltext": "250 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nWoman s Club, thought that a similar organization would be useful to the women of Orange in broaden-\\ning their mental horizon and giving variety to their thoughts. Fifteen ladies met at the house of Mrs.\\nRiley on Wednesday, February- 7, 1872, in response to her invitation, and it was then and there\\ndetermined to organize a woman s club. At the fourth meeting, held April 3, 1872, a permanent\\norganization was effected and a constitution adopted. Mrs. Henrietta W. Johnson was elected President;\\nMrs. K. H. Browning, First Vice-President; Mrs. Louisa L. Riley, Second Vice-President, and Mrs.\\nAgnes L. Colton, Secretary. The charter members were: Henrietta W. Johnson, Louisa Lord Riley,\\nLydia Laurelia Ropes, Kathrinc H. Browning, Josephine D. Thorp, Nancy Ellis Means, Martha Mott\\nLord, Clausina B. Mann, Cynthia Kasson, Cornelia C. Hussey, Anna M. Backus, Anna H. Root, Jane\\nB. Dearborn, Agnes L. Colton, Clara Ropes Prescott. The object of the club, as defined by the\\nconstitution, was the discussion of topics of social and general importance, for the purpose of awaken-\\ning in its members a more vital interest in such topics. The topics discussed during the earlier years\\nof the club were largely practical, relating to education, dress, nursing, social duties, temperance,\\nextravagance, personal responsibility, cooperative housekeeping, abolition of war, etc., etc.\\nThe only benevolent work ever undertaken by the club was an evening school for girls which was\\nopened in the winter of 1873 and was held for si.xteen weeks, at an expense of only two hundred\\ndollars. It was attended by about thirty girls and was taught by one of the public school teachers who\\nwas a member of the club. The sum of ten dollars was donated for a library to each one of the public\\nschools of the Oranges. In 1878 several amendments to the constitution and by-laws were adopted,\\ngiving greater definiteness to several points which had before been left undetermined. The club doubled\\nits membership during the first seven years and in 1879-80 had increased to forty-four, with an average\\nattendance of nineteen. The ineetings up to this time were still held in private houses. Four after-\\nnoons in the year were devoted to literary subjects and eleven to practical topics, every one of which\\nwas opened by an original paper. During the year of 1880-81 the average attendance was twenty.\\nThe annual reception was held that year at the house of Mrs. Ross C. Browning, in Llewellyn Park, and\\na new impetus given to the movement. In March, 1881 the membership had increased to fifty and it\\nwas deemed advisable to have a regular place of meeting. Arrangements were made with the New\\nEngland Society to occupy its room in Music Hall. The meetings were continued at this place for five\\nyears, until 1886; the club in the meantime having outgrown its quarters, the Dearborn-Morgan Hall\\nwas hired for its meetings. Thirty-two members were added in 1889 and this number necessitated\\nincreased accommodations and Masonic Hall was hired for the meetings, and later, the Woman s\\nChristian Temperance building. In order to meet the wants of the club the membership fee was\\nincreased to two dollars and an entrance fee of three dollars was charged. The club was incorporated\\nin 1890 which entitles it to hold property.\\nThe Federation of Clubs was organized in 1890 which the Woman s Club, of Orange, soon after\\njoined, and in uSgi the council of the Federation of Woman s Clubs met at the house of Mrs. Thomas\\nA. Edison, in Llewellyn Park, seventy presidents of the clubs being present. In 1894, for special exhibit\\nat the Columbian Exhibition, several manuals were bound in white covers, hand painted, with an\\noriginal design of oranges and leaves most ingeniously entwined, while at the left was a gilt torch\\nsuggestive of the work that clubs are doing in enlightening the world. A history of the club was also\\nprepared as a part of its exhibit at the Columbian Exhibition.\\nThe inauguration of women s clubs has been a great lever for the uplifting of women, and the\\nOrange Woman s Club has had, in the twenty-two years of its existence, ample time and opportunity\\nto help on in this great work. The club membership is now limited to 300 members and there are no\\nvacancies. It has become a department club that is, in place of its classes and committees it now has\\nits six departments, viz.: Economics, Literature, Science, Art, Education and Current Topics. Each\\ndepartment is under direction of a chairman, and meets for study and reports at stated times to the\\nclub. In November, 1895, at the suggestion of the Orange Woman s Club, a federation of the several\\nwomen s clubs of New Jersey was formed, known as the New Jersey State Federation of Women s", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0320.jp2"}, "293": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0321.jp2"}, "294": {"fulltext": "RICHARD N. DYER.\\nPRESIDENT OF COUKTRY CLUB.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0322.jp2"}, "295": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\n251\\nClubs, of which Mrs. C. B. Yarilley, of East Orange, wlio was mainly instrumental in bringing these\\nclubs together, was made President. The Presidents of the club since its formation have been: Mrs.\\nHenrietta W. Johnson, 1872-4; Mrs. Louisa Lord Riley, 1874-76; Mrs. Lydia Laurelia Ropes. 1876-84;\\nMrs. Caroline A. Atwater, 1884-85; Mrs. Katharine H. Browning, 1885-86; Mrs. Julia Kroch, 1886-88;\\nMrs. Charlotte Emerson Brown, 1S88 90: Mrs. Adaline Emerson Thompson, 1890-92; Mrs. Mary\\nCoggeshall Seward, 1892-94. The present officers of the club are: President, Mrs. J. C. Cushing\\nFirst Vice-President, Mrs. William H. Bradshaw Second Vice-President, Mrs. Albert O. Field; Treas-\\nurer, Mrs. Frederick Doremus; Corresponding Secretary, Miss Louisa Hus; Recording Secrctar\\\\ Mrs.\\nE. O. Stanley.\\nOrange Ci.UIJ. The organization of this club was the beginning of club life among the business\\nmen of the Oranges. This club started the ball rolling and five others are now in successful operation.\\nThe Orange Club was started among the\\nNew York business men residing in the\\nvicinity of Brick Church. It was the out-\\ngrowth of the Eclectic Dramatic Club,\\nwhich, during its existence, was a prosper-\\nous and influential social element. The\\nclub was incorporated on March 28, 1885,\\nby the following-namctl gentlemen Rob t\\nP. Hayes, James Y. Simpson, Walter T.\\nStephenson, Henr\\\\- H. Snow, Douglas H.\\nSchneider, G. E. Zippell, R. D. Merrell,\\nB. Holmes and James Chittick. The\\nobject as specified was for social, intel-\\nlectual and recreative purposes. The\\nfirst officers were: R. P. Hayes, President:\\nJ. Y. Simpson, Vice-President; W. T.\\nStephenson, Secretary; H. H. Snow,\\nTreasurer; G. E. Zippel, Chairman House\\nCommittee. The club first occupied rooms\\nin Appleton s building, opposite Brick\\nChurch station, but its rapidly-increasing membership necessitated more commodious quarters and the\\nclub leased the premises No. 20 Prospect Street, East Orange. This was fitted up for temporary use\\nand in 1887 the property was purchased by the club. The house was enlarged and fitted up with all\\nthe usual conveniences for club life and the grounds arranged for out-door games, etc. Notwithstanding\\nthe fact that several other clubs have since been organized in various parts of the Oranges, this club has\\ncontinued to hold its own and still has a strong membership, principally in East Orange. The present\\nvalue of the ])roperty owned by the club is about $30,000. The present officers are Richard N.\\nDyer, President; D. A. Vanhorne, Vice-President; Henry A. Potter, Secretary C. H. El)-, Treasurer\\nJ. P. Schiller, Chairman House Committee. The following named persons have served as President\\nof the club since its organization T. Y. Simpson, M. D., 1885 Staats S. Morris, 1886; John L. Blake,\\n1887-8-9; C. A. Sterling, 1890; G. I. Herbert, 1891 A. J. VVoodworth, 1S92-3; Richard N. Dyer,\\n1894-5-6.\\nuRANOJi CLUli. l.AbT OK.XNGli.\\nOrange Athletic ClUH. This club was started as a local organization for the benefit of the\\nyoung men of the Oranges. It has passed its first decade, has achieved a national reputation in its\\nseveral contests with college and other clubs throughout the country, and has made for itself a name\\nwhich affords just cause to its members and to the State of New Jersey for congratulation. It has", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0325.jp2"}, "296": {"fulltext": "25:\\nThk Founders and Builders of the Oranges\\ntaken its place among the leading clubs in the country. From the beginning it has had tlie hearty\\nsupport of the leading citizens of the Oranges, who feel proud of its achievements. In the character\\nof its membership it will compare favorably with tiiat of any athletic club in the country and it has\\ngrown in popularity from year to year. It stands in the front rank in F.sscx County in the matter of\\nathletic sports. Among its members are some of the best wheelmen, the best amateur baseball, tennis\\nand football players in the country. The project was started in the early part of 18S5 by the young\\nmen of the Oranges, who soon enlisted the aid and cooperation of all classes. On April 4, 1885, about\\ntwo hundred of the best-known citizens of the Oranges assembled in Music Hall to consider the\\nfeasibility of forming an athletic club. Plans were presented, the various details discussed and a\\ncommittee appointed to solicit subscriptions. This committee met with great success and other\\nmeetings were held, the business men subscribing liberally to the enterprise. The club was regularly\\norganized in February, 1886, with the following well-known gentlemen as incorporators and directors:\\nPresident, Robert W. Hawksworth; Vice-President. J. Montgomery Hare; Secretary, H. B.Thomas;\\nr^\\nUKA.\\\\UK AlllLKTIC CLUB.\\nDirectors, R. W. Hawksworth, J. Montgomery Hare, Everett Frazar, Henry A. Potter, John Pettit,\\nJ. B. Tilford, A. P. Boiler, J. G. Morgan, G. P. Kingsley, A. D. Palmer, William A. Brewer, Jr., T. B.\\nCuis and II. B. Starbuck.\\nA lot on llalsted Street was purchased and a club-house erected, at a cost of about $13,000. A\\ntennis building was erected in the fall of 1887, at a cost of $10,000. The club-house was formally\\nopened in January, 1888. An important feature of the club, which has done much to popularize it is\\nthe admission of ladies to membership. Article VII of House Rules says that the gymnasium shall\\nbe devoted exclusively to the use of ladies daily between the hours of 9.30 a m. and 3 p. m., excepting\\nSaturdays and holiday.s. Lady members shall have the privilege of the club-house every day until 3\\np. m., excepting on Mondays and Thursdays, when they shall have the privileges of the club (excepting\\nthe gymnasium) after 3 p. m. until midnight.\\nThe club-house is situated on the corner of Halsted Street and Railroad Avenue and is surrounded\\nby a. spacious and well-kept lawn. A wide piazza extends along a portion of the front of the main build-", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0326.jp2"}, "297": {"fulltext": "The Founpers and Builders of the Oranges. 253\\ning. The main doors open into a small lobby on one side of which is the office. The tennis building is an\\nimportant feature of the club-house. It is in the rear of the main building and communicates with it\\nby means of a wide entrance. It is entirely covered so that it can be used in all kinds of weather. It\\ncontains two full-sized tennis courts. This building is also used for balls, receptions, concerts and other\\nentertainments, and the club-house has constantly been the resort of a large part of the beauty, fashion\\nintelligence and wealth of the Oranges and neighboring places. The gymnastic classes have annually\\ngiven one or more successful and entertaining exhibitions, and the girls and children s classes have been\\nconstantly advancing in minor gymnastics and in calisthenics suitable to their strength and abilities.\\nThe club is the owner of large and well-arranged grounds near the Grove Street station. These\\ngrounds contain running tracks and spaces for football and other out-door games.\\nThe management and conduct of the games at the oval by the committees in charge have been so\\ncareful and judicious that the entire resident population has come to regard the club grounds as one of\\nits cherishetl local institutions. Ladies flock to the club games without escort, and parents gladly\\npermit their children to visit the grounds unattended, confident of respectful care and treatment, and\\nof the absence of the rowdy element which too frequently resorts to athletic games. As a result of\\nthese precautions and as a consequence of the policy of management indicated, the audiences at the\\noval have been unrivalled as to numbers and character during the past four years, and in these\\nparticulars without a parallel in the history of any of its sister organizations. So well known has this\\nfeature become that all the other crack athletic clubs are eager to secure dates for games with its teams\\nlong in advance of the events, and the leading college teams of the country look forward with pleasure\\nto their annual visits to Orange. The club is a strictly temperance athletic organization and has\\nconstantly sought to afford the best facilities for the instruction and entertainment of its members and\\nfriends. It has, year after year, brought a succession of champion athletes to its grounds, in exhibitions\\nas various in character as they have been absorbing in interest. It has, through its junior membership\\nfeatures, brought in a large contingent of the youth of the Oranges, and has excercised a wholesome\\neducational and restraining influence upon them in several tlirections. Its aims have always been high\\nin whatever it has undertaken, until by its achievements and influence it has become a large and leading\\nelement of life in the Oranges, and a power in furtherance of clean and wholesome living and a moral\\nforce in the community second only to the body of religious organizations there located.\\nOnly three men have filled the office of President since the organization of the club. K. \\\\V.\\nHawkesworth, the first President, continued in ofifice for five years and was succeeded by J. Q. Harstow,\\nwho held the position for two years, and Mr. Dillon, the present incumbent, was elected in 1S94. The\\npresent officers of the club are: William B. Dillon, President William M. Franklin, Vice-President\\nI Vederic G. Mason, Treasurer A. D. Palmer, Secretary. The Board of Directors are: William B.\\nDillon, A. D. Palmer, E. V. Z. Lane, Arthur Varian, F. G. Mason, Joseph D. Picksley, Dr. T. N. Gray,\\nE. P. Ailing, Dr. T. S. P. Fitch, Franklin Webster, Daniel Pritchard, R. M. Colie.\\nEssex County Country Club. This club, which was organized less than ten years ago with a\\nmembership of fifty-seven, has now on its list nearly three hundred resident members, besides a number\\nof non-resident members. Owing to the extreme liberality of its management and the attractiveness\\nof its surroundings, this club has become one of the most popular resorts in the country and is in many\\nrespects equal to the famous Tuxedo, in Orange County, N. Y. Its aim and purpose, as set forth in\\nArticle II, Section i of the constitution, is for the encouragement of athletic exercises and sports and\\nthe maintenance of a club-house for reading-rooms and social meetings. Persons living in any part of\\nNew Jersey are eligible to regular membership, and non-residents from any part of the globe may enjoy\\nthe full privileges of membership, except that of attending or participating in its business meetings.\\nThe clergy of the county of every denomination are entitled to full membership without cost.\\nThe club was organized in the spring of 1887 and was incorporated under a general act of the\\nLegislature entitled An Act to incorporate Societies or Clubs for social, intellectual and recreative", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0327.jp2"}, "298": {"fulltext": "254\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\npurposes, approved March 27, 1878, and amended Februar\\\\- 20, 1886. The following-named persons\\nwere the incorporators: Henry A. Page, D. Robinson, Jr., W. Emlen Roosevelt, John Burke, Edward\\nKelly, T. H. Powers Farr, H. S. Herbert, W. D. Baldwin, John Kean, Jr., Henry Parish, Jr., S. Van\\nRensselaer, H. T. Hitch, Edward P. Slevin, C. F. Watson, R. J. Cross, C. A. Munn, G. I. Herbert, J.\\nR. Pitcher, J. H. H. Brintnall, A. H. Scribner, Ogden Brower, John H. Ballantine, George H. Halsey,\\nFrederick Frelinghuyscn, E. C. Woodruff, C. Weidenfield, Julian H. Kean, B. H. Campbell, J. N. an\\nNess, Robert Hallantine, Franklin Murphy, Frederick S. Fish, A. P. Whitehead, F. M. Wheeler, Robert\\nSedgwick, Eugene Kelly, R. Fry, C. Pfizer, Jr., C. H. Lee^ Dr. William Pierson, E. D. Page, C. E.\\nSouther, E. G. Burgess, D. P. Cruikshank, William Clark, Jasper R. Rand, .Samuel S. Dennis, E. P.\\nThebaud, W. Campbell Clark, Bleeker an Wagenen, E. A. Bradley, R. G. Park, Seeley Benedict, Frank\\nArnold, John C. Wilmerding, H. G. lI.Tarr. The officers named in the certificate of incorporation\\nwere: Henry A. Page, President; Aaron Pennington Whitehead, ice-President W. Emlen Roosevelt,\\nTreasurer; Robert Sedgwick, Secretary.\\nThis club was substantially an outgrowth of the Esse.x Count)- Hunt, organized in 1S7G, which\\ncomprised a number of Orange residents, among whom were Charles H. Heckscher, Henry N. Munn,\\nEdward P. Thebaud, P rank E. Maitin. Douglas Robinson, Jr., the Messrs. Hudnut, and Charles H. Lee.\\nThe Essex County Hunt, in 1877, imported a pack of beagle\\nhounds and inaugurated drag hunting. In 1880 the\\nkennels were moved to Tory Corners, midway be-\\ntween Montclairand Orange, and Henry N. Munn,\\nof Orange, succeeded F. Merriam Wheeler,\\nof M o n t c 1 a i r as\\nmaster of the hounds.\\nThe kennels were\\nnewly stocked with a\\ntlraft of very fine fox\\nh o u n d s purchased\\nfrom the sons of Sir\\nHugh Allen, of Mon-\\ntreal, and live fo.xes\\nwere substituted for\\nthe drag. Charles\\nH .Heckscher became\\nmaster of the hounds\\nin 18S3 and was suc-\\nceeded by Edward P.\\nThebaud, who con-\\ntinued to carry on the\\nhunting in a most\\nsuccessful m a n n c r\\nuntil the club was ab-\\nsorbed by the Essex\\nCountyCoun try Club.\\nDuring Mr. Thebaud s term of ofiice 1S84 to 1887 the kennels were located in the Verona Valley.\\nAt the autumn meets there were frequently present from 500 to 600 invited guests from different\\nparts of the country and from New York City. Among the active members of the club at this\\ntime was Gen. George B. McClellan and both he and his wife (the daughter of Gen. Marcy) were\\nusually on the Reception Committee.\\nIn the early part of 1887 arrangements were made by members of the Essex County Hunt and\\nT t.\\nCOl NTRY Cl.UB-HOUSE. IIUTTON PARK.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0328.jp2"}, "299": {"fulltext": "TiiK Founders and Buildkks of the Oranges.\\n255\\nothers to secure a lease of a portion of the jMoperty in Hutton Park, incliRiing the old Mansion House\\nfor a club-house. A meetinjj of the subscribers (to a special fund) was held on May 23, 1887. at the\\nold Mansion House in Hutton Park and the formal organization of the Essex County Country Club was\\ncompleted by the election c the followiiit; officers: President, Henry A. I agc, of Montrose; Vice-\\nPresident, A. Pennington Whitehead, Newark; Secretary, Robert Setlgwick, New York; Treasurer, W.\\nEmlen Roosevelt, Elizabeth; Governors, W. D. Haklwin, Montclair; W. C. Clark, Newark; Richard J.\\nCross, New York T. H. Powers Farr, Montrose P rederick Frelinghuysen, Newark H. S. Herbert. New\\nYork; Eugene Kelly, South Orange; Henry A. Page, Montrose; Douglass Robinson, Jr., Orange; VV.\\nEmlen Roosevelt, Elizabeth; Robert Sedgwick, New York; E. P. Thebaud, Orange; J. N. Van Ness,\\nNewark; F. M. Wheeler, Montclair; A. Pennington Whitehead, Newark. The certificate of incorpora-\\ntion was executed two days following, as previously mentioned. On January 17, 1889, the Hutton\\nPark property was sold at auction and twenty-four acres, including the old Mansion House and out-\\nbuildings, was purchased b)- the Country Club. Bonds to the amount of \u00c2\u00a765,000 bearing five per cent.\\ninterest were issued, which were readily taken by the members. This amount, however, proved insuffi-\\ncient for the various additions and improvements, the total amount expended being about \u00c2\u00a775,000.\\nThe building was enlarged by additions both in front and rear, and many changes made in the interior,\\nthe billiard and other new rooms being finished in hard wood. Every conceivable arrangement for the\\ncomfort and convenience of the members aud their guests has been made, and this is now one of the\\nmost complete and best equipped club-houses in the country.\\nOn the extensive grounds ample airangcments have been made for the various sports and amuse-\\nments of the members of the club and their friends. These include a toboggan slide for the winter,\\nand for the open months, lawn tennis, golf, polo, etc. At the entrance to the grounds is a massive .stone\\ngateway that leads to the club-house. The driveway as\\nyou enter is flanked on either side by a pretty little lake\\nupon which a flock of swans are to be seen sailing over the\\nsurface. In one of these lakes is a miniature fountain.\\nThe driveway winds several times through the trees and\\ncrosses a beautiful ravine, through which tumbles a pretty\\nlittle mountain brook, which frequently forms small cas-\\ncades as it rushes over the rocks. In this ravine is a little\\nthatched summer house which encloses what was once\\nthe famous Chalybeate Spring. Just on the top of thc\\nknoll is another thatch-covered summer house, where one\\nmay enjoy the unobstructed breezes in any direction.\\nBeneath this is a deep cellar wliicli was formerly an ice\\nhouse, which always contained an abundant supply of ice\\nfor the use of the guests. A leading feature of the club\\nat the present time is the famous sport of golf which has\\nbecome the most popular game throughout the country.\\nA correspondent of the N. Y. Tribnue, May, 1896, gives\\nthe following description of the grounds, etc The Esse.x\\nCounty Country Club, of Orange, N. J., which adopted\\ngolf in its list of sports a year or two ago, is having a\\nnew course laid out on a large and carefulh arranged\\nplan. A part of the ground now used in Hutton Park\\nwill be included in the new links, but the design is entirely changed and a large additional tract of land\\nwill be included. Alexander Fiiday, the club s professional, has men constanth at work upon the\\ncourse. He expects that it will be finished soon, but se\\\\eral hard rains are needed before it will be\\nready for use.\\nENTRANCE TO COUNTRY CI.l B GROINDS.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0329.jp2"}, "300": {"fulltext": "56\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nTlie first tee is near the club stables. From it the hole is invisible, being placed just over the edge\\nof a little knoll. The line of play is narrow and straight, a deep ravine on the left hand and an old\\ntoboggan slide on the right forming hazards to punish crooked drives. Rough country must be crossed\\nto reach the second hole, which is near the Mount Pleasant Road. The third comes back again in the\\ndirection of the club-house, the green, which is unusually large, being placed in an old garden, near a\\nsmall stone house. The fourth hole will be e.xtremely long and difficult. The line runs through the\\nwoods and there is at one place a ravine, over which Finlay has thrown a bridge, so that the good\\ndriver may follow his ball. The unlucky novice will not need this bridge, for he will be down in the\\ndepths of the ravine searching for lost balls. From the fourth until the ninth or home hole is reached\\nthe ground covered is about the same as that now in use. The last hole is short, but a broad, deep\\nchasm to be crossed makes it formidable enough. At various places on the links there are bunkers of\\na kind not commonly seen. They are composed of stumps of trees with the roots still clinging to them,\\npacked so closely together as to be sure traps for a ball that hits them.\\nThe Essex County members are playing now for the June Cup, given for the best scratch score\\nhanded in this month. Contestants may enter as often as they please. The record is now held b\\\\- T.\\nH. Powers Farr, with a score of 84; C. H. Lee holds the next best score, having made the course in 88;\\nAmong the other players who are trying for the cup are: Thomas W)man Porter, Richard Colgate,\\nWilliam Runkel, Austin Colgate, Mantiin 15. Metcalf, H. T. Kissam, .S. M. Colgate and William\\nBloodgood.\\nThe Polo club con-\\nnected with the Country-\\nClub enjo\\\\-s exceptional\\nfacilities for the practice\\nof this favorite sport,\\nand some of the most\\nexpert riders and best\\nhorsemen in the country\\nare found among its\\nmembers; several of\\nthese are also members\\nof the Essex Troop. To\\nthose who prefer in-door\\namusement to out-door\\nsports, the club-house\\naffords ample accommo-\\ndations. It has one of\\nthe finest ball rooms in\\nthe country and it is no\\nuncommon thing to see\\ntwo hundred to three\\nhundred persons gath-\\nered here on Saturday evening enjoying this favorite pastime. It reminds one of long ago when the elite\\nfrom every part of the country were gathered at this famous hostlery enjoying the minuet, the Virginia\\nreel and all the well-known dances of the period. Truly, history repeats itself while the world\\nmoves on. Many famous people of old have met in this old mansion and there are those living to-day\\nwho insist that Lafayette spent the day and part of a night there during his second visit to this country\\nin 1824, and that he danced the minuet with some of the fair ladies of Orange. To those who accept\\nthe statement it adds one more to the many delightful reminiscences connected with this old place.\\nOne can enjoy here all the advantages of a first-class hotel, either a tablf ifltote dinner or a pay\\n1 \\\\KK AMI IDINIAIN 1 .N FKllNl OF THE COUNTRY CLUB-HOUSE. HLTIi S", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0330.jp2"}, "301": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0331.jp2"}, "302": {"fulltext": "^^yr^^^J^^^^/.^f\\ny-H. POWERS rAf\\nOFFICERS OF COUNTRY CLUB.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0332.jp2"}, "303": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 257\\nyour money and take your choice meal. Tlie rooms are large, well-ventilatcd and supplied with every\\nmodern convenience. The membership is select, the members are sociable while card playing is a favor-\\nite amusement, gambling is strictly prohibited. For riding members the dues are fixed at eighty-five\\ndollars, and for other members sixty dollars a year. The officers and Board of Governors are composed\\nof leading business and professional men of the highest character. Officers: President, Henry A. Page;\\nVice-President, Frederick Frelinghuysen Secretary, T. H. Powers Farr; Treasurer, R. Wayne Parker.\\nBoard of Governors: Frederick Frelinghuysen. Henry A. Page, John Marshall, R. Wayne Parker, Dr.\\nWilliam Pierson, L. V. liooraem, John C. Wilmcrding, John P. Rafferty, Oscar Willigerod, J. E.\\nFleming, Dr. Leslie D. Ward, G. I. Herbert, T. H. Powers Farr, Stephen J. Meeker, Frank Q. Barstow.\\nPerso.VNEL of the Cl.un. While a large number of the members have participated in the arious\\nmeans of entertainment provided by the club, there are a few wlio have been especially active in the\\nmanagement of its afTairs and arc worthy of special mention. Henry A. Page, the President of the\\nclub, is too well known in the Oranges to require any extended notice. The fact that he was one of\\nthe organizers of the club and that he has been its President from the beginning is the best evidence of\\nhis fitness for the position and of the confidence reposed in him by his fellow-members. Mr. Page has\\nbeen prominent in all the social affairs of the Oranges for the past twenty-five or thirty years. His own\\nhome is one of the most beautiful and picturesque along the slope of the mountain. He was associated\\nwith John G. Vose in the laying out and improving of that part of South Orange known as Montrose.\\nThey built the depot at Montrose station and made other improvements at their own expense. In\\norder to save the principal thoroughfares and beautiful avenues between South Orange and Orange from\\ninvasion by railroad corporations, he constructed, at his own expense, the present trolley road from\\nSouth Orange to Orange through private and mostly unimproved property. Naturally of a retiring\\ndisposition, declining all public honors, he is nevertheless one of the most public-spirited citizens\\nin South Orange and a liberal contributor to public improvements. His contribution of $1,000 to the\\nFree Library is only one of the many evidences of his large-hearted liberality.\\nFrederick Frelinghuysen, Vice-President, was one of the incorporators of the club and has been an\\nactive participant in its affairs from the beginning and has been continuously a member of its Board of\\nGovernors. He is chairman of the Committee on Real Estate, his experience in this line being of great\\nservice to the club in its real estate transactions. Mr. Frelinghuysen belongs to one of the best known\\nfamilies in the State. His father, Hon. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, was Secretarj- of State under\\nPresident Arthur, and the family has been conspicuous in public affairs for more than a century. Mr.\\nFrelinghuysen is a graduate of Rutgers College and a practising lawyer in Newark. He is President of\\nthe Howard Savings Bank, of Newark, President of the Esse.x Club, Secretary of the Sinking Fund\\nCommission, etc. His interest in the affairs of the Country Club is quite equal to that of any resident\\nmember or officer.\\nT. H. Powers Farr, Secretary of the club, has been one of its most active members from the\\nbeginning. He was a prominent member of the Essex County Hunt. He was captain of the polo\\nteam of the Country Club for some years, but owing to an injury received while riding he was obliged\\nto give it up. Since then he has given his attention to the golf club, which he organized and of which\\nhe is the mainstay, fie is an enthusiastic sportsman and is chairman of the Out-door Sports Committee,\\nand all the out-door sports are under his supervision.\\nR. Wayne Parker. Treasurer, is a resident of Hutton Park and has been a member of the club for\\nthe past three years. He is an enthusiastic sportsman, especially fond of riding and is an officer of the\\nEssex County Troop. He is a son of the Hon. Cortlandt Parker, and stands at the head of his\\nprofession as a lawyer. He represented his Congressional district in the last Congress.\\nThe Riding and Driving Club, of Orange. This organization grew out of a class formed for\\nring riding, which had been in existence for two previous seasons and held their rides at the old Riding\\nAcademy in North Clinton Street. The members of this riding class found so much interest manifested", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0335.jp2"}, "304": {"fulltext": "258 The Founders and Ri ilders of the Oranges.\\nin horseback riding that thty determined to form a permanent organization, and on June 8, 1892, the\\narticles of incorporation of the Riding Club, of Orange, were duly filed and the corporation was formed\\nunder the general corporation act of the State of New Jersey. The incorporators were: Louis A.\\nChandler, William J. Berg, Henry G. Atwater, Charles Hathawaj W illiam F Oatman, James H. Dill,\\nWilliam M. Franklin, Edward P. Ailing, Robert \\\\V. Hawkesworth, Appleton D. Palmer, Floyd B.\\nWilson, Richard N. Dyer, William A. Brewer. Jr Louis O. Hedden, Henry A. Page, James Bingham,\\nFranklin M. Ring, Charles R. Hedden and Frank H. LaPierre.\\nOn June i, 1895, the name of the club was changed to the Riding and Driving Club, of Orange.\\nAmong the gentlemen most active in its organization were: Charles Hathaway. James B. Dill, William\\nM. Franklin, William C. Horn, Edward P. Ailing, Charles R. Hedden, Edward M. Colie, Henry G.\\nAtwater, Frank H. LaPierre, Henry A. Page, Charles A. Sterling and Sylvester Judd, all of whom\\nwere charter members. The first ofificers elected were: Charles Hathaway, President; Edward P.\\nAiling, Treasurer, and Henry G. Atwater, Secretary. Mr. Hathaway has remained its President ever\\nsince, having been elected every year. The objects, as set forth in the articles of incorporation, are:\\nTo conduct within said township and State an organization for social and recreative purposes, and to\\nassociate together persons interested in the use and management of horses, especially riding and driving,\\nand to facilitate and encourage the practice thereof. And for that purpose to erect and maintain\\nsuitable buildings, including club-house, an enclosed riding ring, stables and such other accessories as\\nmay be desired or required where the use and management of horses can be taught and the training\\nthereof be practised. The management of the property and affairs of this club, except as otherwise\\nprovided in these by-laws, shall be vested in a Board of Directors, consisting of fifteen active members,\\nwho shall be elected by the active members of the club.\\nImmediately upon its organization the club rented the Riding Academy in Clinton Street and\\ncontinued there for two years. In the summer of 1892, a lot was purchased on Halsted Street, with\\nan L running through to Prospect Place, and in Februar)-, 1S95, the present buildings were completed.\\nThe lot has a frontage of 100 feet on Halsted Street, running back about 200 feet, together with an L\\n30 feet wide running through to Prospect Place, which is used as an entrance and exit for horses and\\ncarriages, and another L 100 feet wide extending to within 100 feet of Main Street, which is used as a\\nstable. The riding ring is one of the largest in the country having a clear space of 92 x 120 feet. The\\nstable has accommodations for sixtj -five horses and there is ample space for storing carriages and for\\nsupplies of all kinds. The present membership of the club in iio and has been ra])idl\\\\- growing since\\nthe club entered into possession of its own building.\\nIn December, 1895, the club held a horse show lasting four da\\\\s which was very largely attended,\\nand in which were exhibited horses not only from Orange and vicinity, but from all parts of the country,\\nmany of the prize winners of the New York horse show having been brought there for exhibition. In\\nApril, 1896, the club held an amateur circus, at which there were exhibitions of riding by the members\\nand the usual accessories of an old-fashioned country circus. During the winter season, from November\\nto May, a music ride is held every Thursday evening, at which there is class riding and also exhibitions\\nof fancy riding, games on horseback and jumping. The club owns its grounds and building as well as a\\nlarge number of horses fi)r the use of members. The approximate value of the club s property in its\\nland, building and e(|ui[)ments is $50,000. The officers and directors of the club are President,\\nCharles Hathaway; Vice-President, William C. Horn; Treasurer, H. G. Atwater; Secretary, Theodore\\nWilson. Executive Committee: E. M. Colie, James G. Marshall, C. B. Gregory, H. G. Atwater, William\\nC. Horn. Finance Committee: Charles A. Sterling, E. M. Colie, W. C. Horn. Ring and Stable\\nCommittee: Charles B. Gregory, E. M. Colie, James G.Marshall. House Committee: J. L. Seward,\\nJ. C. Cassidy, Charles B. Gregory. Membership Committee H. A. Mandeville, J. L. Seward, Theodore\\nWilson, James G. Marshall, Charles A. Sterling.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0336.jp2"}, "305": {"fulltext": "Thk Founders and Huii.ders of the Oranges.\\n259\\nOrange Whist Ci.UH. The favorite game of whist has of late years become more popular than\\never. Clubs have been ori,fanized in various jiarts of the country which have not onl)- led to friendly\\ncontests but to the organization of a National Congress. The Orange Whist Club was organized\\nOctober 2, 1894, by Messrs. S. T. Varian, T. K. Otis, G. W. Wallis. G. E. Zippel, E. C. Herring. H. A.\\nHottenroth, J. W. Hatt, L. P. Moller, II. Eldridge and L. C. Freeman. The first officers, who still\\ncontinue, were: S. T. Varian, President; 1 E. Otis, Vice-President; E. C. Herring, Secretary; G. E.\\nZippel, Treasurer; G. W. Wallis, Chairman Card Committee. The club now has a membership of fifty,\\nand is said to have the strongest whist team in New Jersey.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0337.jp2"}, "306": {"fulltext": "CHAPTER XVII.\\nTHE BUILDERS OF ORANGE.\\njL GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.\\n-TT|^^] 1 1 E K E are doubtless many individuals who, during the past half century, have con-\\n*a\\\\ fffr tributed materially to the growth of Orange and ought to be noticed in a work of\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2yTfl f\\\\(^ I this character, but the difficulty of obtaining data regarding those who have passed\\nawa)- or who have moved to other localities, and the unwillingness or inability of\\n^V^fj^ many of those of the present generation to supply the necessary information, nccessi-\\n\\\\t 1 tates the omission of much interesting personal and family history. The names and\\nrecord of many who have been conspicuous as Builders of Orange will be found in\\nJ their proper place among the descendants of the Founders.\\n^1^ THE LIGHTHIPE FAMILY.\\nThe Lighthipes stand first in chronological order as Builders of tlie Oranges, their\\nconnection with Orange beginning two years after it was set off from Newark as a separate township.\\nFrom that time to the present they have been constantly identified with the growth and prosperity of\\nthe township, town and city of Orange, in all of which Charles A. Lighthipe, the present representative,\\nlias borne a conspicuous part.\\nJohn Lighthipe, the ancestor of the family, came from Hrunsuick, Germany, about the beginning\\nof the Revolution and immediately joined the Continental Army, serving faithfully until the close of the\\nwar. He then settled at Pompton Plains, N. J., and drew a pension until his death. He was a man of\\nmeans and considerable influence in the community, lie married Mary Duffy, whose parents were\\nnatives of Scotland.\\nCharles Lighthipe, a son of the ancestor, was born at Pompton, N. J. He removed to Orange\\nin l8o8 aud was one of the leading manufacturers of that period. He built what is still known as the\\nLighthipe homestead on Main Street, near Jefferson, and had his factory on the same property. He\\nwas a man of strict integrity and honesty, and highly respected. He married Maria S. Condit, born\\nApril 25, 1789, daughter of Capt. Moses and Hannah (Smith) Condit. His father was a private in the\\nRevolutionary War, and took part in the battle of Monmouth. 1 le was also a Captain of Militia in the\\nWar of 1812. He was a ruling elder in the First Presbyterian Church from 1805 until his death, in 1838.\\nHe was a brother of Dr. John Condit, a distinguished officer of the Revolution and for thirty years\\nRepresentative and Senator in Congress.\\nCharles Alexander LlGiixnirE, youngest son of Charles and Maria (Condit) Lighthipe, was\\nborn in Orange, at the homestead of his father, on Main Street, near Jefferson, October 11, 1824, and\\nattended the little village school which was then located opposite St. Mark s Church, and the old\\nOrange Academy on Main Street. He served his time at hat making and afterwards became the leading\\nmanufacturer in the business under the firm name of C. A. Lighthipe Co. He carried on a successful\\nmanufacturing business for nearly twenty years, and was known from one end of the country to the\\nother. He was one of the first to adopt the use of machinery which resulted in a large increase of his\\nbusiness. In 1865 he became interested in the hat-forming business, introducing the newly-invented\\nhat-forming machine which produced a better grade of work with much less labor. He sold out his hat", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0338.jp2"}, "307": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0339.jp2"}, "308": {"fulltext": "CHARLES A. LIGHTHIPE.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0340.jp2"}, "309": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 261\\nbusiness in 1863 and became interested in tiie patent forniini^ business, preparing the material used by\\nthe hat manufacturers. He purchased a lar^e factory property at Milburn where lie carried on the\\nbusiness successfully for many years, until the expiration of the patents, wlien, owiiif^ to the strong\\ncompetition, it was no lonj^er remunerative.\\nMr. Lighthipe was one of the pioneers in the development of Orange and West Orange. He cut\\nthrough and laid out Central Avenue from Centre Street to Valley Road. He was associated with Mr.\\nEverett in the opening of North Jefferson Street, and was also instrumental in laying out Bell Street\\nand a part of Essex Avenue. He and Mr. Everett opened Lincoln Avenue from Main Street to\\nHighland Avenue, and named it in honor of President Lincoln. He owned, altogether, betweeii\\nseventy-five and one hundred acres. In connection with Mr. Haskell, he opened Park Avenue from\\nthe Orange line to Valley road, in West Orange. He spent large sums of money in the improvement\\nand development of this property. He also opened New England Terrace. Mr. Lighthipe was elected\\nPresident of the Orange Bank on January 8, 1862, as the successor of Dr. Babbit, and continued in that\\nposition for twenty-three years, resigning January 13, 1885. His adminstration of its affairs was wise\\nand judicious and during this period the bank grew from a small country bank to one of the strongest\\nfinancial institutions in the State of New Jersey. It was during Mr. Lighthipe s administration that\\nthe bank was changed from a State to a National bank. When he assumed charge of its affairs in 1862\\nthe stock was below par; when he resigned the stock was worth 175, and paid 10 per cent, per annum\\ndividends. In 1864-5 he represented his native town in the State Legislature. He was an active\\ndirector of the Morris Essex Railroad Company until that road was leased to the D. L. W. R. R. Co.\\nEvery business enterprise with which Mr. Lighthipe has been connected has proved successful.\\nFor more than thirty years he has been a director in the American Insurance Co., of Newark, one of\\nthe most successful insurance companies in the State of New Jersey. He has also been a director in\\nthe Citizens Gas Company almost from the date of its organization. In 1888 Mr. Lighthipe assisted\\nin organizing the United States Industrial Insurance Company, of Newark, of which he is Vice-\\nPresident and Treasurer. This, the second life insurance company in New Jersey operated on the\\nindustrial plan, bids fair to rival its older competitors. Mr. Lighthipe brought to bear a successful\\nbusiness experience of nearly half a century and has devoted all his energies to the development of\\nthis wise and beneficent plan of life insurance which enables the industrial classes to participate in its\\nbenefits. Mr. Lighthipe has been too much engrossed in business affairs to participate in the public\\naffairs of his native township, but has worked faithfully in the interests of good government and\\ncontributed liberally to public improvements of every kind. He is a man of broad and liberal ideas\\nand of generous impulses. In religious matters his interests have been with St. Mark s Episcopal\\nChurch, of which he has been for many years a warden and of which his sainted mother was one of the\\nearliest members. Mr. Lighthipe married Sarah, daughter of Caleb Smith, son of Samuel, son of\\nDavid, son of James Smith, the ancestor, who married the daughter of Deacon Azariah Crane, the\\nfounder of Cranetown, now Montclair. The issue of this marriage is Charles Francis, Arthur Nichols,\\nHerbert, Ernest, Florence and Sarah M.\\nCharles Francis, the eldest son of Mr. Lighthipe, was born in Orange, May 25, 1853: graduated\\nat Harvard College, in 1875 read law in the office of Blake Freeman, at Orange; attended Columbia\\nCollege Law School; was admitted to the bar as an attorney in 1878, and as counsellor in 1881 is a\\npracticing lawyer in Orange.\\nDANIEL BABBIT, M. D. Dr. Babbit was born at Mendon, Morris County, N. J., August 3, 1788.\\nHe graduated at Princeton College and began the practice of medicine in Orange in 18 lO. He was a\\nsuccessful practitioner for over thirtj- years, and one of the most public-spirited citizens of his day.\\nShortly before his death he remarked to Dr. Pierson that when he came to Orange there was not a\\nshade tree in the town. Moved by this deficiency he procured from Mendon, his native place (about\\n1814), a number of buttonwood trees which he set out himself in front of his residence, on the west corner", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0343.jp2"}, "310": {"fulltext": "262 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nof Essex and Main Streets, also in front and around the First Presbyterian Church and other places.\\nHe distributed a number of trees among those who were willing to plant them. To this public-spirited\\nact must be traced the practice of setting out shade trees which has made the streets of Orange such\\nan ornament to the place. He encouraged public enterprises of every character, and was earnest in his\\nefforts to promote the building of railroads in the State and in securing railroad communication between\\nOrange and New York. He was long a director of the Morris and Essex Railroad Company. He\\nassisted in organizing the Orange Bank and succeeded Stephen D. Day as its President.\\nUr. Babbit was elected councilman of the town of Orange from the Second\\nWard at the first election after the incorporation. He was a member of the Board\\nof Freeholders and was chairman of the Auditing Committee. He was one of the\\ntrustees of the Orange Academy and was interested in everything tending to\\n])romote the cause of education. He was one of the early members of Union\\nLodge, No. II, F. A. M and served as W.-. M.-. from 1S19 to 1824, and was\\nprominent in Masonic affairs throughout the State. He remained loyal to the\\nOrder during the anti-Masonic excitement and when work was resumed by the\\nOrder in 1846 he was among the first to resume his labors in the Lodge. He was\\ninstalled as Grand Master of Masons of the State of New Jersey, at Jersey City,\\nDANIEL BABBIT, M. D. February 9, 1856, and held the position for one year, and continued active in the\\ninterests of the fraternity up to the time of his death Although his early religious\\neducation was received under the fostering care of the Presbyterian Church, he became identified with\\nSt. Mark s Episcopal Church, of Orange, soon after its organization, and was vestryman and warden for\\na number of years and represented the parish at the Convention of the Diocese. Dr. Babbit was twice\\nmarried. His first wife was Nancy, daughter of Noah Matthews, of Orange. The issue of this\\nmarriage was Noah Matthews, William Matthews, Daniel Clinton, Phebe Louise, who married W. H.\\nVermilyea. He married, secondly, Charlotte Stryker, by whom he had one child, Charlotte Elizabeth.\\nTHE STETSON FAMILY.\\nThe Stetsons have been prominently connected with the hat industry of Orange for more th.in\\nhalf a century. Of the early history of this branch of the family little is known, except that Stephen\\nStetson, the first of the name in Orange, came from Connecticut, where all the descendants of the\\nimmigrant ancestor have been settled for more than two hundred years. Stephen Stetson, of Orange,\\nwas probably a grandson of Stephen, born 1762, son of William (2), born 1738, son of William (i), born\\n1700, son of Robert (2), born 1653, son of Robert Stetson, born in Scotland 1612, settled in Scituate,\\nMass., in 1634. He was cornet of the first Horse Company raised in Plymouth, Mass., 1658-9, and was\\nknown as Cornet Robert. In 1661 he was chosen a member of the Council of War and held that\\nposition for more than twenty years. The Stephen Stetson referred to above came to Orange in the\\nthirties and established a hat manufactory on the east branch of the Rahway River, where the present\\nNo Name hat manufactory is now located. He did a successful business for many years and estab-\\nlished a reputation for the superior quality of his goods. ]5y his marriage with Susan Batterson, of\\nWestport, Conn., he had twelve children. Four of his sons continued in the same line of business.\\nHeNRV T. Stetson, the eldest son of Stephen and Susan Stetson, was born ^Lly 4. 1S17. He\\nlearned the hatter s trade with exceptional thoroughness and early engaged in business on his own\\naccount and as partner with his brother, Napoleon Stetson. As a business man he was one of the\\nbrightest, most energetic ant! successful of his period. In the early fifties his name stood first on the\\nlist of the hat manufacturers of Orange, and he employed a larger force of workmen than any of his\\ncompetitors. He was cut off in the very prime of life, August 8, 1853, while coining from New York\\non the then New Jersey now Pennsylvania Railroad. While crossing the bridge over the Hackensack\\nRiver the locomotive whistle was blown to warn some laborers near the track. The passengers on the", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0344.jp2"}, "311": {"fulltext": "The Founders and JJuilders of the Oranges. 263\\ntrain became frijjhtcned, and Mr. Stetson attcmptetl to tlirow himself from tlie window but struck his\\nhead against tlie beams of the structure enclosing the bridge and was instantly killed. Mr. Stetson\\nwas best known in Orange for his business capacity, fine social qualities and his goodness of heart. He\\nexemplified the motto borne on the arms of his early English ancestors, Vir/us Nobilitat Omnia virtue\\nennobles all things. He is remembered by many of the ])rcsent day for his energy and activity in the\\npromotion of all enterprises into which he embarked. The man\\\\- organizations which have since made\\nOrange famous as a philanthro[)ic community had no existence in his day. Had there been any sucii,\\nhowever, he would ha\\\\e been first and foremost to engage in them. He loved his fellow-men and\\nsympathized w ith tlicni in their misfortunes, and was ever ready to lend a helping hand at whatever\\ncost or personal sacrifice. His many virtues are still cherished in loving remembrance by those who\\nknew him. He married Susan Campbell, and had three children, only one of whom, Horace, is\\nnow living.\\nNapoleon Stetson, second son of Stephen Stetson, succeeded to the business of H. T. N.\\nStetson until the financial depression of 1873. His impaired health for some years past has prevented\\nhim from engaging in business of any kind. He has resided for many years at his old homestead in\\nthe Valley, spending his winters in Florida. He was for many years an active member of Union Lodge,\\nF. A. M., having been entered, passed and raised in that Lodge in 1846, and is at the present\\ntime the oldest living member. He has been twice married. His first wife was Mary Leonard, by\\nwhom he had seven children, of whom Ella, Emma, Clara Louise and Kate Loraine are respectively\\nmarried to John N. Lindsley, D. Axford Vanhorne, George Strawbridge, of Philadelphia, and Philip F.\\nTimpson. Harry Stetson, the only son, is President of the No Name Hat Manufacturing Company,\\nand is now a member of the Orange Common Council.\\nJohn B. Stet.son the founder of the great Philadelphia house, which has earned a world-wide\\nreputation for producing the highest grade of goods, is the third son of Stephen, and was born and\\neducated in Orange, N. J., and learned the trade of his father. His efforts in behalf of his workmen\\nhave given him a national reputation and placed him among the great philanthropists of the\\npresent age.\\nCharles W. Stetson, the fourth son of Stephen, was at one time a partner of John H. Stetson,\\nin the business of hat manufacturing, but for several years, on account of his bad health, he has been\\ncompelled to live upon a farm and has resided in one of the suburbs of Philadelphia.\\nHorace Stetson, second son of Henry T. and Susan Stetson, was born in Orange, April 7, 1848.\\nHe was but five years of age when he was left an orphan. From the time he began his professional\\ncareer he has been wholly dependent on his own resources. His early education was acquired at private\\nschools, his preparatory course, in 1 861-2, being at what was then known as Mt. Washington Institute,\\non Washington Square, New York City. He graduated from Columbia College in 1866, and read law in\\nthe office of John L. Blake, Esq., of Orange. He entered Columbia College Law School in 1S67,\\ngraduating in i86g, and was admitted to the bar of New Jersey the same year. He was elected City\\nClerk in May, 1871, and held that position continuous!} for more than twenty-three years, under several\\nadministrations opposed to him [joliticall) until June i, 1894, when he resigned. He was one of the\\nmost p()])ular officers who ever held a similar position in Esse.x County, and lawyers and laymen alike\\nwho were brought into close relations with him cherish with grateful remembrance his courteous treat-\\nment, his kindly manner, his cheerful disposition and readiness to assist them in the work connected with\\nhis office. In 1873 Mr. Stetson was made Assistant Treasurer of the Half Dime Savings Bank and in\\n1883 became its Treasurer. At the beginning of his connection with the affairs of the bank, the\\nnumber of depositors was about 800 and the amount of deposits S75.000; there are now 5,000 depositors\\nand nearly $800,000 on deposit, with a clear surplus of over $1 10,000. Mr. Stetson has been connected\\nwith the Board of Education as its Secretary for nearly a quarter of a century, having been appointed\\nto that position in 1873. He is a Pa.st Master of Corinthian Lodge, No 57, F. A. M., in which he\\nwas made a M. M., and is also a member of Orange Chapter, R. A. M. In 1S76 Mr. Stetson married", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0345.jp2"}, "312": {"fulltext": "264\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nEva J. Adams, daughter of Emery H. Adams, a descendant of Henry Adams, of Rraintree, Mass., the\\nprogenitor of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, and other distinguished members of\\nthe Adams family. Two daughters and three sons are the issue of this marriage.\\nHenry Stetson, .sixth child of Napoleon and Mary (Leonard) Stetson, was born at the homestead\\non Tompkins Street, January 12, 1857. After receiving a fair education at the public schools of his\\nnative town he entered the hat manufactory known at present as the No Name Hat Manufacturing\\nCompany, and in the course of a few years mas-\\ntered the mechanical details of the business, and\\nwhen the No Name Company was organized in\\n1882, with John B. Stetson as President, he\\nbecame a stockholder and actively interested in\\nthe success of the business and when the company\\nwas reorganized in 1893 he was made President.\\nIt is one of the leading houses in the country and\\ngoods made by it are known from Maine to Cali-\\nfornia. Mr. Stetson has exhibited great capacity\\nand executive force in bringing the business to its\\npresent condition. He possesses many of the\\nqualities that distinguished his grandfather and\\nwill no doubt make his mark in the world. The\\ngoods made by his company have attained such a\\nwide reputation that the strong competition has\\nbut little effect on the business. The customers\\nstand by Mr. Stetson knowing that they can always\\nrely on his statements regarding the quality of\\ngoods. Mr. Stetson has recently become quite\\nprominent in public affairs. He adheres to the\\nJeffersonian school of Democracy as did his father\\nand grandfather. He has represented his ward\\nthe third in the Orange Common Council for\\nthe past three years and has received the nomina-\\ntion for a second term. He is the third represent-\\native of his family in Union Lodge, F. A. M..\\nboth his father and grandfather having preceded him. Mr. Stet.son was a member of the Orange Board\\nof Trade up to the time of its dissolution. In 1882 he married Cornelia, daughter of James Wilson,\\nof Orange, son of Moses J., a direct descendant of John Wilson, one of the Elizabethtown Associates.\\nThey have one child, Stephen Leonard, born in 1887.\\nTHE KINQSLEY FAHILY.\\nThe first representative of the legal profession in Orange.\\nOne of the inducements held out by the early settlers of Newark to encourage immigration was that\\nthere were no lawyers in the new settlement and it was many years before the legal profession received\\ndue recognition not, in fact, until the land troubles brought many of the inhabitants to the verge of\\nruin. The Mountain Society trusted to their good dominie to draw up all their legal documents and to\\ndefend them against the unjust claims of the Lords Proprietors. The first representative of the legal\\nprofession in Orange and the first settler in this locality from the State of Vermont, was Philip Kingsley,\\nwho was evidently attracted by the great real estate boom that grew out of the discovery- of the Chal)--\\nbeate Springs and which at that time drew people from all parts of the country. Althougli a native\\nof Vermont, Mr. Kingsley represented the old Massachusetts family of this name.\\nHENRY STETSON.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0346.jp2"}, "313": {"fulltext": "TiiK Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 265\\nJohn Kin slcy, tlic cmi ^i;int ancestor, was born at Hampshire, Enj,dand, anil was one of the\\noripfinal purchasers of Taunton, Mass. He removed thence to Dorchester, in 1635 and became one of\\ntlie founders of that town. The children of John Kingslcy were Eldad, born i6^S, \u00c2\u00a3\u00c2\u00bbos, Edward,\\nRenewall.\\nEnos Kingsley, son of John Kingsley, was born in Dorchester, Mass., about 1640, and settled in\\nNorthampton, Mass. He married, June 15, 1662, Sarah, daughter of Edmund Ifaynes, of Springfield,\\nand hatl issue, Ann Samuel, born 1675 Remember, born 1677, died soon Hannah, born 168 r.\\nPeleg Kingsley, a descendant of Enos in the fifth or sixth generation, was born in Northampton,\\nMass., September 3, 1767, and removed thence to Brattleboro, Vt., about the beginning of the present\\ncentury. He married Anna Mason, horn November 7, 1772, died July ig, 1842. They had sons Philip,\\nGeorge Pliny anil other chililrcn.\\nPhilip Kingsley, probably a grandson of Samuel (2), was born March 28, 1799, in Brattleboro,\\nVt., his father having removed to that place from Northampton, Mass. In the History of Brattleboro,\\nhe and his brother Pliny are mentioned among the collegiate graduates of that place. He came to\\nNew Jersey as a young man and taught school at Caldwell. He studied law in the office of Hon.\\nTheodore Frelinghuysen, of Newark, and was admitted to the New Jersey Bar as an attorne\\\\- in the\\nspring of 1828, and settled in Orange the same year, where he began practice. He was not only the\\nfirst, but for many years the only lawyer in the place. There was considerable manufacturing in Orange\\nat this time, and real estate had alread\\\\- received quite an impetus. Mr. Kingsley soon acquired a\\nlucrative practice. He was a man of kindlj and generous disposition, and although it was against his\\nown inteiests he alwaj-s discouraged litigation. He was friendU to all, generous to the poor, never\\ntaking advantage of a debtor. Said one who had known him intimatel) for years, I think he was the\\nbest man I ever knew. He was highly respected for his legal abilities and strict integrity. On May\\n24, 1852, a meeting of the Bar of Esse.x County was held at the Court House in Newark, and the\\nfollowing resolutions adopted\\nResolved, That wc have heard with regret of the death of our friend ami brother. Philip Kingsley,\\nEsq.\\nThat in his death we are called upon to lament the loss of a member of the Esse.x Bar who was\\never distinguished by courtesy toward his fellows in the profession and bj- liberality toward all those\\nwith whom he came in contact.\\nThat by his appreciation of business and fidelity to the interests of his client, he has set us an\\ne.xample worthy of imitation.\\nThat we wear the usual badge of mourning for the space of thirty days.\\nThat the proceedings of this meeting be published in the papers of the count}- ami that a copy of\\nthese resolutions be sent to the family of our deceased friend, and that the chairman be requested to\\napply to the Esse.x County Courts at their ne.xt term for leave to spread them upon their records.\\nSimilar action was taken by Union Lodge, No. 11, F. A. M., of Orange, of which Mr. Kingsley\\nwas long a worth) member and served as Worshipful Master from 1846 to 1849. 1 he resolutions stated\\nthat society had lost an honest, upright and useful man the poor, a generous and confiiling friend,\\nand the Lodge a worthy and beloved member, and that the remembrance of his many virtues exercised\\nboth as a man and as a mason, shall be sacredh cherished in our hearts until, like him, we shall all have\\npassed to that bourne from whence no traveller returns. Mr. Kingsley married liomana A., daughter\\nof John Morris Lindsley (.see Lindsley family), and by her had three children a daughter who died\\nyoung, George Pliny and Philip.\\nGeorge Plinv Kingslev, eldest son of Philip and Romana A. (Lindsley) Kingsley, was born in\\nOrange, May 12, 1842, at the homestead on Day Street, where the present High School is now located.\\nHis preparatory course of study was received at the Newark Academy and he was graduated at the\\nUniversity of the City of New York in 1863, and later at Columbia College Law School. He read law\\nin the office of John L. Blake, Esq., in Orange, and was admitted to practice as an attornej- in 1866,", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0347.jp2"}, "314": {"fulltext": "266 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges,\\nand as counsellor in 1875, and has continued in active practice for more than thirty years. During this\\nperiod he has been at times connected with various business and other enterprises. He has been\\ntreasurer of the Orange Savings Bank, previous to which he was secretary; his connection with this\\ninstitution dating from 1865. He was a leading spirit in the founding of the Memorial Hospital, of\\nOrange, and has continued his interest in this work. While identified with the Republican party, he\\nhas never had any ambition for public office. He was one of the early members of the New England\\nSociety, of Orange, having joined it within a few months after its organization. He was for some time\\na member of the Board of Education and is still interested in its affairs. He has been connected with\\nthe Rosedale Cemetery as treasurer since 1875. As a lawyer he is careful, painstaking, reliable and\\nthorough. He holds at the present time (1896) the position of City Counsel. He is of a quiet,\\nunassuming disposition and inherits many of the traits for which his honored father was distinguished.\\nMr. Kingsley married Abby H. Mason, daughter of Timothy B. Mason, of Cincinnati, Ohio.\\nTHE BLAKE FAMILY.\\nAmong the first of the New York accessions to the old township of Orange after 1840 was Rev.\\nJohn L. Blake, D. D., who came here in 1842 and purchased the John Fleming property, on the west\\nside of Centre .Street, about three-quarters of a mile north of South Orange Avenue. The tract\\nconsisted of thirty-two acres, upon which he built a modest dwelling-house, removing to and occupying\\nthe same in 1846. It was then and for some time thereafter, one of the twelve dwellings on Centre\\nStreet between the present Henry Street and Jeptha Baldwin s home on South Orange Avenue. He\\nwas preceded in the township by Andrew P. Pillot, Charles A. Heckscher and Matthias O. Halsted, of\\nthe New York party. No one was quicker than he to anticipate the growth and development of the\\ndistrict, aiul in the spring of 1857 he opened Tremont Avenue through his property, between Centre\\nStreet and the present Berkeley Avenue, in connection with the work of James R. Gilmore westward to\\nthe present Ridgewood Road. Tremont Avenue was then the only cross road from Centre Street\\nto Scotland Street^in the whole territory lying south of Main Street. This was the beginning of the\\nimprovements in that particular section of the township.\\nRev. John Lauris Blake, D. D., was of the fifth generation in lineal descent from Jasper Blake\\nand Deborah, his wife, of Hampton, N. H. The early history of Jasper is unknown, but it is said that\\nhe went to Hampton before 1649 and that he was married soon after his arrival. His wife was sister of\\ntwo famous men Philemon and Timothy Dalton, the last named being the first teacher of the\\nchurch in that place. The line of descent of John L. Blake is through Timothy, died 1718; Israel,\\nborn 1683, settled in Nottingham, N. H.; Joseph, born 171 1, and Jonathan, born 1754. Jonathan, the\\nfather of John Lauris, settled in the town of Northwood, N. H., and married Mary Dow, one of the\\ndescendants of Henry Dow, who came to New Hampshire about 1645.\\nJohn Lauris Blake was bom in Northwood, N. H., December 21, 1788. His baptismal name was\\nsimply John, but after he became a student he adopted the middle name of Lauris. When a boy he\\nalternately worked on his father s farm and attended the district school. Showing a taste for mechanics\\nat twelve years of age, he was apprenticed to a cabinet maker and afterwards labored as a journeyman\\nin Salem, Mass. While there he joined the Tabernacle Church and resolved to enter the ministry. He\\nentered Philips Exeter Academy, where he remained two years and afterward taught school for several\\nmonths at Bedford, Mass. He entered the sophomore class of Brown University, at Providence, R. L,\\nfrom which he was graduated in 1812. After his graduation and until 1814 he studied theology, and\\nwas also employed as the master of the Westminster School, in Providence. He was licensed to preach\\nby the Rhode Island Association of Congregational Ministers in 1813, but becoming interested in the\\nEpiscopal Church he was ordained deacon by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Griswold, in 18 15. His honesty and\\nconsistency were so well understood by his former associates in the ministry that he did not lose the\\nfriendship of a single one of them because of his changed relations. He began a mission in Pawtucket,\\nnear Providence, in May. 1815; organized St. Paul s parish and upon the day of his consecration, in", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0348.jp2"}, "315": {"fulltext": "Tin; Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 267\\n1816, was made rector. He remained there until 1820, when he returned to New Hampshire and took\\ncharge of the churches in Concord and Hopkinton. He also established in Concord a school foi young\\nladies. In this enterprise he was eminently successful. He continued his religious work at the same\\ntime. He removed his school to Boston in 1822, remaining at its head until 1830 and making for it a\\nhigh reputation. From 1824 till 1832, when, because of ill-health, he was compelled to give up preach-\\ning, he was rector of St. Matthew s Church, in Boston, and subsequently he devoted himself entirely to\\nliterary work. He was editor of the Literary Advertiser and the Gospel Aihocate and was an active\\nmember of the Boston school committee for several years: he also contributed largely to the secular\\npress. His most important publication at this time was his General Biographical Dictionary, on\\nwhich he spent five years of arduous labor. He wrote or compiled about fifty volumes, mostly te.xt\\nbooks, embracing treatises on astronomy, chemistry, natural philosophy, botany, geography and history.\\nHis first work was a Text Book of Geography and Chronology (1814). His Biographical Dictionary\\nwas published in New York in 1835, and just before his death he jniblished a revised edition of the\\nsame under the title of Universal Biographical Dictionary (Philadelphia, 1857).\\nDuring his long residence in Orange and up to the day of his death, he continued his religious work\\nand was one of the most active supporters of St. Mark s Episcopal Church, frequently ofificiatino in\\nthe absence of the rector. Mr. Biake died July 6, 1857, at the age of 69. His first marriage was June\\n25, 1814, to Louisa Gray Richmond, of Providence, R. I. She died January 3, 1S16, a few days after\\nthe birth of her only child, Henry Kirkc, who was lost at sea July 4, 1834. He was married again on\\nDecember 6, 1816, to Mary Howe, youngest daughter of Samson and Huldah (Davis) Howe, of\\nKillingly, Conn. His children were Alexander Viets, born 1818; Louisa Richmond, born 1822, married\\nGeorge F. Tyler, of Philadelphia John Lauris, born March 25, 183 1. Bishop George W. Doane, of New\\nJersey, who knew him well, said of him He was not a common man. He was born in love with\\nlearning. Authorship was his occupation. His was a shrewd, sagacious, practical mind. There was no\\nnonsense in it, no ambiguity, no superfluity. He was a good man; he was a true friend; he was a\\nphilosopher in the best sense of the word; lie was a real churchman he was a pious Christian. His\\nmemory is blessed.\\nTHE EVERITT FAMILY.\\nIsaac J. Everitt. At the time of his death Mr. Everitt was one of the oldest and most prosperous\\nmerchants of Orange. He was the third child of John D. and Roxanna (Decker) Everitt, was born\\nat Montague, Sussex County, N. J., December 5, 1825, died in Orange in November, 1875. He was\\na descendant in the fourth generation of Jacob Everitt, who came to this country in 1755 and settled\\nin Hunterdon County, N. J. When he was seven years old his parents removed to Sandiston, Susse.x\\nCounty, where he began life as a clerk in his father s store. Three years later he bought out Mr. Day s\\ninterest in the business and became junior member of the new firm of Bailey Everitt. Mr. Everitt\\nalways took a great interest in town affairs. It was principally through his influence that the first\\ntelegraph line was brought to Orange, the ofifice being originall) in the old store and afterward in\\nLibrary building. He was one of the original republicans in Orange, and an ardent supporter of the\\ngovernment during the war. When Orange was incorporated Mr. Everitt was acti\\\\e in securing the\\npassage of the charter. He was for some years a director of the Orange Savings Bank and a director\\nof the Republic Trust company, of Newark, and was also a director of the Orange National Bank, but\\nwithdrew at the time of the change in its administration. He was also treasurer of the Rosedale\\nCemetery Company until his death. He was for many years the appraiser for all insurance companies\\ndesirous of effecting loans on property in this vicinity, and his was accepted as the standard valuation\\non Orange property.\\nMr. Everitt was one of the most active members of the Joint Water Committee, and it was owing\\nto his individual efforts that the experiments were made which resulted in a plentiful supply of water\\nfor Orange. At the time when the work upon the streets was being done in an imperfect manner and\\nthat part of th.e city s expense was costing thousands of dollars for which there did not appear to be", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0349.jp2"}, "316": {"fulltext": "268\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nadequate results, Mr. Everitt volunteered to take the office of Street Commissioner at one-third the\\nsalary which was then paid, to administer the department satisfactorily and to give his personal\\nattention to the work. He was appointed by the Common Council and served one year. During his\\nfirst term some eight or ten thousand dollars was saved to the city, and the streets were kept in better\\ncondition than ever before, Mr. Everitt receiving as his salary S350. He was reappointed in the spring\\nof 1875 and was serving his second term at the time of his death. He was said to be the most efificient\\nStreet Commissioner that Orange ever had. Mr. Everitt married Martha B. daughter of James Britton\\nArmstrong, of Montague, Sussex County, N. J. They had issue, Edward Allen, Mary Louisa, John\\nDavis, Robert Armstrong, Frances Armstrong, Willis Britton.\\nEdward Allen Everitt, eldest child of Isaac J. and Martha Britton (Armstrong) Everitt, was\\nborn on Day, near William Street, April 19, 1854. He attended the best private schools and completed\\nhis education at the High School, of Orange. He entered the firm of Bailey Everitt (his father s\\nfirm) as clerk, continuing in that capacity until his father s death. A new copartnership was then\\nformed, Mr. George W. Kynor, a former clerk, entering the new firm, which was changed to that of\\nBailey, Everitt Co., and notwithstanding the changes by death, the busines is still carried on under\\nthat name. Mr. Everitt became his father s successor as manager of the Orange Savings Bank. He\\nwas one of the founders and the first V ice-Prcsident of the Second National Bank. Mr. E\\\\eritt married\\nEllen J. Fields, daughter of James B. Fields, a native of Paterson, N. J., son of Peter, a native of\\nRockland, County. N. Y son of James.\\nSTEPHEN WICKES, M. D. As a physcian Dr. Wickes was long and favorably known throughout\\nthe Oranges; as a local historian, and as historian of the medical profession of the State of New Jersey,\\nhe rendered the most important service of any man of\\nhis period. Stephen Wickes, son of Van Wyck and Eliza\\n(Herriman) Wickes, and a descendant of Thomas Wickes,\\ngrantee, in 1666. of Huntington, L. I., was born in Jam-\\naica, L. I., March 17, 1S13. He was graduated at Union\\nCollege in 1S31. In the fall of 1832 he entered the\\nMedical Department of the University of Pennsylvania,\\nand in 1834 received his degree of M. 1). He began the\\npractice of his profession in New York City and after a\\nshort period removed to Troy, N. Y., where he continued\\npractice for some fifteen years, a portion of the time with\\nDr. Thomas W. Blatchford, his old preceptor. While a\\nresident of Tro\\\\-, Dr. Wickes was ruling elder of the First\\nPresbyterian Church of that city. President of the Rens-\\nselaer Tract Society and a trustee of the Rensselaer\\nPolytechnic Institute. He removed to Orange in 1852\\nwhere he resided until his death He had a successful\\npractice in Orange, but was better known as a writer on\\nmedical and sanitary subjects. He was for twenty-five\\nyears chairman of the New Jersey State Medical Society,\\nand in 1884 was its President. He was a member of the\\nAmerican Medical Association, of the National Sanitary\\nAssociation, of the New Jersey Sanitary Association and\\nan honorary member of the New York State Medical\\nSociet}-, etc. In 1879 he published his History of\\nMedicine in New Jersey and of its Medical Men from the\\nSettlement of the Province to A. D. iSoo, and in 1884 a\\nSTKI IIKN WICKES, M. D.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0350.jp2"}, "317": {"fulltext": "Thk Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 269\\nwork entitled \u00e2\u0080\u00a2Sepulture; Its History, Methods aiul Sanitary Kequisites. He spent many years of\\nlaborious research in collecting material for the history of the Mountain Society, whicii, with otiier\\ninteresting historical data, was published after his death by the New England Society, under the name\\nof Wickes History of the Oranges. It is one of the most valuable contributions to the history of\\nthis locality, especially of the Mountain Society and First Presbyterian Church, ever published, and is\\nrecognized as a standard authority on local history. Dr. Wickes was an active and prominent member\\nof the New Jersey Historical Society and took a deep interest in the work of this society. It was his\\nwork, however, in connection with the First Presbyterian Church, of Orange, that absorbed more of his\\ntime and attention than anything else. Long a luling elder in this church, he worked incessantly to\\nailvance the cause of religion and leil, himself, a most e.\\\\emplar\\\\- Christian life.\\nTHE PATTON FAHII^Y.\\nLudlow Patton, the representative of the Patton family in the Oranges, was one of the first of the\\nNew York business men to locate permanently in that part of Orange township known as South Orange\\nand Orange Valley. He visited the water cure establishment in 185 1-2 and was so well pleased with\\nthe location and surroundings that he purchased twenty-six and one-half acres, being a part of what in\\nthe early times was known as the Zenas Freeman farm. It was located on the side of the mountain,\\npartly in South Orange and partly in what was then Orange, now West Orange. He built a \u00c2\u00a710,000\\ndwelling and a $3,000 barn, a large sum in tho.se days. He reclaimed, trimmed, adorned and put in\\nsuperb condition these acres. A beautiful fountain the only one then in the Oranges\u00e2\u0080\u0094 sent up continu-\\nously its jet of spray in the midst of a lawn dotted with the rarest and most graceful trees and shrubbery.\\nIt was at that time one of the finest residences in any part of the Oranges. He gave it the name of\\nDawnwood. These improvements drew the attention of others to this locality and gave an impetus\\nto the movement which had just begun in the sale of suburban property. The ])rice paid by him at\\nthe time was only S96 an acre. It is probably worth as much as that per running foot at the\\npresent time.\\nThe name of Paton is written in old deeds Patton, and the family, originally from the south of\\nEngland, is of considerable antiquity. An old parchment dceti in the possession of an English family\\nof the name states that in the si.\\\\-and-twentieth year of Henry VI, William Patten alias Waynflete\\n(from a town in Lancashire where he was born) was son and heir of Richard Patten and eldest brother\\nof John, Dean of Chichester. For his learning he was first consecrated Bishop of Winchester, then\\nfor his wisdom made Lord Chancellor of England, and was the sole founder of the Magdalen College,\\nin 0.x ford.\\nCol. Robert Patton, the grandfather of Ludlow Patton, of Orange, was born in Westport, Ireland,\\nin 1755, and died in New York City, January 3, 1814. He was brought to this country when he was\\nseven years of age and resided in Philadelphia. In October, 1776, he enlisted as private in the Revolu-\\ntionary Army, was taken prisoner by the British and confined for some time in New York City. After\\nhis liberation he rose to the rank of major and served under Washington and Lafayette; he was later\\npromoted to a colonelcy. He was one of the original members of the Society of the Cincinnati. In\\n1789 he was appointed by President Washington, postmaster of Philadelphia, that office then being the\\nmost important in the country. He discharged the duties continuoush- for nearl\\\\- twenty ears when\\nhe resigned and went to New York City. He was intimate with President Madison and the latter\\noffered him the postmaster-generalship, but Patton refused the appointment on the ground that he was\\nunwilling to remo\\\\e his family fiom a free to a slave communit)-. One of his chief characteristics was\\nhis strict integrity. When he was made postmaster he refused to appoint any of his sons to a clerkship\\nand on his resignation he strictly enjoined them not to apply to be his successor, saying that the office\\nhad been long enough in his family and should now go to another. When war was declared in 1812\\nand a government loan, which e\\\\ery one prophesied would prove a failure, was placed on the market,\\nhe went at an early hour on the first day and subscribed \u00c2\u00a760,000, asserting that if his countrj- should be", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0351.jp2"}, "318": {"fulltext": "270 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nruined his property would then be valueless. Col. Patton married Cornelia, daughter of Robert and\\nJemima (Shepard) Bridges. The latter was a son of Edward Bridges and Cornelia Culpepper, and\\nthrou ^h this line Mrs. Patton was connected with Lord Thomas Coalpepper, second colonial Governor\\nof Virginia. Through the same line the descent is also traced from Oliver Cromwell. Col. Patton was\\na descendant of the noble family of Chandoss. By his marriage with Miss Bridges, Col. Patton had\\neight children, among whom was William Patton.\\nRev. William Patton, D. D., son of Col. Robert and Cornelia (Bridges) Patton, was born in Phila-\\ndelphia, August 23, 1798. He was graduated at the Middlebury (Vt.) College, in 1818, and at Princeton\\n(N. J.) Theological Seminary, two years later. He began his labors as city missionary in New York\\nand organized the Broome Street Presbyterian, known as the Central Presbyterian Church, which he\\nstarted with four members and which, under his pastorate, grew to be one of the largest and most\\ninfluential churches in New York. He was ordained as pastor by the New York Presb\\\\-tery in 1822.\\nHe solicited and personally contributed the money for building the church edifice. The Madison\\nAvenue Presbyterian (Dr. Parkhurst s) Church, and the Fifty-seventh Street Presbyterian Church are\\nthe outgrowth of the Broome Street Church. He was one of the organizers of the American Home\\nMissionary Society, in 1826, and assisted in organizing the Third Presb)-tery of New York in iS3t. He\\nresigned his charge of the Broome Street Church in 1834 to accept the secretaryship of the American\\nEducation Society. In 1836 he received the honorary degree of D. D. from the University of the City\\nof New York, in the founding of which he took an active part. He severed his connection with the\\nAmerican Education Society in 1837 and on October 11 of that year was installed as pastor of the\\nSpring Street Presbyterian Church. He was the founder of the World s Evangelical Alliance, which he\\ndid in a letter to Rev. John Angel James, of Birmingham, England, on March 23, 1843. attended\\nthe convention in August, 1846, that organized the Alliance. He was the founder of the New York\\nUnion Theological Seminary and first proposed its establishment, and raised $50,000 of the $75,000 first\\ncontributed for its support. He acted for many years as one of its directors, contributing liberally to\\nits funds, and serving without pay as Professor Extraordinary of Homiietics, Pastoral Theology and\\nkindred studies. He made fourteen visits to Europe between 1825 and 1879. He was an earnest\\nopponent of slavery and was for forty years a member of the Executive Committee of the American\\nHome Missionary Society. His views on the subject of temperance were equally radical. In the\\npulpit he was characterized by his strong grasp upon his subject, his simplicity, directness and freshness.\\nDr. Patton was a man of great individuality and power. Anecdotes are abundant to-day of his\\nstrength as a preacher and his rare gift of humor and geniality in conversation. He had a commanding\\npresence and an original way of enforcing the truth which gave his sermons a staying quality. He\\nremained with the Spring Street Church until October 29, 1847, ^t^ then accepted the pastorate of the\\nHammond Street Congregational Church, which had been gathered and organized by his personal\\nfriends. He remained until 1852 and then retired from pastoral work. He removed soon afterward to\\nNew Haven, Conn., where he devoted his time to literary and occasional ministerial work. Besides\\nediting President Jonathan Edwards work on revivals, and Charles G. Fenney s Lectures on Revivals\\n(London, 1839), The Village Testament (New York, 1835), and assisting in editing The Christ-\\nian Psalmist (1836), he published The Laws of Fermentation and the Wines of the Ancients (1871),\\nThe Judgement of Jerusalem Predicted in Scriptures, Fulfilled in History (London, 1879), Jesus of\\nNazareth (1S78), and Bible Principles and Bible Characters (Hartford, 1S79), besides writing many\\npamphlets on various subjects. In 1833 he took an English commentary called the Cottage Bible and\\nso recast, changed, enlarged and improved it as to make it substantially a new work, and issued it in\\ntwo royal octavo volumes. Over 170,000 copies of this most useful family commentary have been sold\\nin this country.\\nRev. William Patton, D. D., died in New Haven, September 9, 1879. His wife, Mary Weston, born\\nin W altham, Mass., March 6, 1793, was the daughter of Zachariah Weston, born in Lincoln, Mass.,\\nMarch 8, 175 i, a descendant of John Weston, of Salem, Mass., born 1631, died 1723. Dr. Patton was", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0352.jp2"}, "319": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\n271\\nlarfjely indebted for liis success in his great life work to the prudent counsels and lieart_\\\\- sjnipatliy of\\nhis admirable wife, whom he married soon after reaciiing his majorit)- and to whom his accomplished\\nson. Rev. William F attmi, D. D., President of Howard University, Washington City, owes no little of\\nhis eminence as a man and a minister. A brother of Dr. Patton was the late Robert B. Patton,\\nProfessor of Greek in the New York Universit) The children of Rev. William Patton and Mary\\n(Weston) Patton were William ilcnry, William Weston. Cornelia Magoffin, Mary, Ludlou\\\\ Elenor\\nChandler. John Magoffin. Catharine Face, John Angell James and I-lmily.\\nLudlow Patton, fifth child and third son of Rev. William and Mary (Weston) Patton, was born\\nin New York City, August 3, 1825. He was reared in that city and kept in training for the gospel\\nministry, receiving the usual primary and academic course of education, together witli considerable\\ntheological indoctrination and experience. At fourteen years of age a good Presbyterian elder iji his\\nfather s church (Tredwell Ketcham) offered him a position in his banking and stock brokerage office, at\\n55 Wall Street, which he promptly accepted. The young man forsook the University grammar school,\\nbidding good-bye to Greek, Latin and Theology, and on February i, 1840. entered with enthusiasm on\\nhis business career. Salaries were small in those days, but having economical habits the youth always\\nmade two ends meet, and as his salary grew year by year he began to acquire some capital, which he\\nkept advantageously turning over, so that before he became of age he was financially well-to-do. Faith-\\nful, honest and industrious as a boy he was duly promoted, and on February i, 1851, was taken into\\npartnership with his employer, under the firm name of T. Ketcham Co., receiving an interest of\\none-eighth in the business. On being elected, five months afterwards, to the New York Stock Exchange,\\nhis interest in the business was increased to one-quarter. On May i, 1856, Mr. Patton established the\\nfirm of Ludlow Patton Co., and can ied on an ex-\\ntensive and successful business for seventeen years.\\nIn addition to his regular business he was success-\\nfully interested in the building of three railroads\\nand in the mining of quicksilver and bituminous\\ncoal. For a long series of years he was a director\\nin seven corporations, such as railroad, life insur-\\nance, quicksilver and coal companies lie was a\\ndirector for eleven years in the Howard Universitj-,\\nWashington, D. C, of which his brother, Rev.\\nWilliam W. Patton, D. D., L.L. D., was President.\\nOn April i, 1873, thinking there were other\\nthings to do in life than the making of money, he\\nwithdrew from business with an ample fortune.\\nMr. Patton ascribes his financial success to the\\nfact that he did a connnission business looking well\\nafter fat margins, and to the lending of his capital\\non good, marketable securities at remunerative\\nrates. His membership in the Stock E.xchange\\ncost him four hundred dollars. When he had no\\nfurther use for the same he sold it for $32,000.\\nOn February 28, 1849, Patton married Miss\\nAbby Hutchinson, daughter of Jesse and Mary\\nHutchinson, of Milford, New Hampshire. She\\nwas one of the celebrated Hutchinson Family of\\nsingers that achieved a world-wide reputation in\\ntheir day, and concerning whom N. P. Willis made\\na capital ban mot on the occasion of their debut in lldlow patton.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0353.jp2"}, "320": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges\\nNew York City: It is a nest of brothers with a sister in it. Abby Hutchinson was one of the\\nbrightest, loveliest and most talented women of licr day and Llewellyn Park owes much of its beauty\\nand attractiveness to her thoughtful suggestions.\\nThere was a charm about Mrs. Patton that was irresistable. The anti-slavery conventions were\\noften disturbed by mobs, but the uproar would be hushed as by magic when Abby s voice would ring\\nout the Slave s Appeal, and in the hush that followed, Garrison and Wendell Phillips would get a\\nhearing. The presence and charm of Abby held the pro-slavery audience of that day in check. Her\\nmarvellous voice, captivating manners and a certain undefinable, magnetic power had the effect of\\nsubduing the most unruly spirits. In personal appearance Mrs. Patton was of medium size, with a\\nbright, intelligent face, large, dark, speaking eyes, with teeth like pearls, an exquisite complexion and a\\nradiajit smile. She was, surely, one of the sweetest creatures that ever grew up in the sunshine and\\nlove of a happy home. Had Wordsworth known her he would have immortalized her as he has done her\\nwho dwelt among the untrodden ways. She was simplicity itself and totally unspoiled bj- the admira-\\ntion and applause which her touching singing everywhere called forth. Her grace of manner was\\nnatural and unstudied. She had a quiet self-possession which, instead of repelling, had the effect of\\nattracting those who conversed with her. Her moral qualities were equally beautiful and winning. No\\none could converse with her without feeling oneself to be in the presence of an artless, pure and simple\\nnature, which no applause or success could divest of its original freshness. In music, poetry and art\\nMrs. Patton possessed gifts of the highest order. She sung, making melody in her heart, and carried\\njoy and gladness wherever she went. She composed a great deal of music, both vocal and instrumental,\\nbut her modesty restrained her from publishing much. Her best known published music was Kind\\nWords Can Never Die, and Alfred Tennyson s Ring Out, Wild Bells. In 1891 Mrs. Patton privately\\nprinted for her friends a little volume called A Handful of Pebbles. containing a few poems inter-\\nspersed with brief paragraphs setting forth the\\nessence of her happy philosophy. Many of\\nthese pebbles, both in prose and verse, are\\ngems of wise ami happy expression. A copy\\nof this book is to be found in the Orange F rec\\nLibrary. Mrs. Patton founded, in 1863, in\\nLibrary Hall, the first kindergarten school of\\n^J ^T ^^^MHjir Orange. Over this she placed her niece. Miss\\n^f^ Or Victoria Hutchinson, who successfully carried\\n^^^0 f it on until her death the following \\\\-ear. Mrs.\\ni9^^ fc Patton was one of the original members of\\nthe famous Woman s Club Sorosis, and for\\nseveral years took an active part in its affairs.\\nShe was much interested in the atlvancement\\nof women and labored, also, in the cause of\\ntemperance antl prison reform.\\nMrs. Patton was favored with the personal\\nfriendship and esteem of many prominent men\\nand women poets, singers, actors and writers\\nliving during her time. In England she was\\nthe guest of such writers and thinkers as Mr.\\nand Mrs. Charles Dickens, William and Mary\\nHowitt, Harriet Martineau, Douglas Jerrold,\\nMr.s. Tom Hood, Alexander Ireland, Hartley\\nColeridge, Hon. Mrs. Norton, Richard Cobden,\\nM. P., John Bright, M. P., George Thompson, M. P., Mr. Hogarth, the historian of music, Eliza Cook,\\n3\\nMKS. ABBY (HUTCHISSONI I ATTON.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0354.jp2"}, "321": {"fulltext": "Tin; FOUNDKKS AM) liUILDERS OF THE ORANGES. 273\\nDaniel 0 Coiinell, Father Matlliew, Charles Mackay, Mark Lemon, the editor of Punch, and other noted\\nliterary people. The last public performance of Mrs. Patton was on Sei)tember 10, 1S9J, when she\\nsang, along with iier luisl)and and her brother John, at the funeral of lier life long friend, John G.\\nWhittier, the Quaker poet. Tiiey sang Close his Eyes, His Work is Done, the words of which were\\nwritten by Mrs. I atton on the spur of that moment. They came with heads silvered by age, but with\\nvoices still full of the old harmony, to sing at the grave of their friend. It was a fitting and beautiful\\ntribute to the memorj- of the noble departetl poet. Onl\\\\- a few da) s before Mrs. Patton s sudden illness\\nand death, she composed in her sleep at night the words and music of a song prophetic of her\\ndeparture. She awoke sutldenh- and sang the refrain:\\n1 live ti l;iy. I live to-day.\\nThe hours are passing fast away.\\nTo the day of her death, which occurred November 24, 1892, by apoplexy, her face beamed with\\npurity and benevolence and her voice lost none of its sweetness. She also retained that winning vivacity\\nof manner which characterized her earlier days. Her soul never grew old. Her eyes were as sparkling\\nand the expression as sweet as they were always remembered to have been. Her hand was ever out-\\nstretched to help those who were in need and her words of courage and sympathy came from a heart\\noverflowing with kindness. She had many warm friends in the Oranges and the memory of kind acts\\nand sweet, loving disposition will be cherished by those who knew and loved her. 1 he union of Ludlow\\nand Abby, as they were familiarly called, seemed to their friends an ideal one through all the forty-four\\nyears of their married life. At her request and desire Mr. Patton, later on, married her niece, Marion\\nLoveridgc, of Orange, in whom has descended, to a large degree, the musical talent of her aunt.\\nIn the spring of 1865 Mr. Patton sold his beautiful residence on the mountainside. It remained as\\na monument to his memory for some years as one of the pioneers of the new movement, but was finally\\ndestroyed by fire as was, also, the outbuildings. Mr. Patton never made any other investments in real\\nestate, but was influential in bringing others to Orange and in encouraging public improvements of\\nevery kind. Soon after his retirement from business in 1S73 Mr. Patton, in company with his wife,\\nstarted on a traveling tour which lasted about ten years. During that time they visited nearly every\\nportion of their own country, including the whole Pacific coast, from San Diego to Sitka, Alaska also\\nevery country in Europe except Lapland and Portugal, making, also, an extended tour of the whole\\nnorth coast of Africa and up the river Nile to and above the first cataract, to the island of Phila-.\\nThey also visited Palestine, Syria and Asia Minor.\\nMr. Patton was a voluminous newspaper correspondent, occasionally over his own signature, but\\ngenerally under the uoin de plitvie of Visitor, Traveler, Brother Jonathan and Nottap Woldul, which\\nlatter is his name spelled backward. He commenced his newspaper articles in the Orange Journal, and\\nin the years of 1857 to 1862 will be found many of his letters. He wrote for the Milford, N. H.,\\nEnterprise one hundred and twelve letters of travel. For several years, while in active business, he\\nwrote the New York financial letters for one of the prominent Chicago newspapers. Mrs. Patton also\\nwrote many letters of travel for the Portland, Me., Transcript.\\nMr. Patton is musical, having a rich tenor voice, and a player on sever.d musical instruments, using\\nthem as accompaniments to some of his .songs. He sings with an enthusiasm that is infectious. For\\nseveral years he was in the habit of attending the Stock Brokers annual dinners, at Delmonico s. sur-\\nprising and delighting his fellow-brokers by the singing of his original songs, bringing into them many\\nhits at the speculations and speculators of the day. He sang duetts with his wife, both in private\\nsociables and in public, for charitable causes. He wrote songs for especial occasions, but, considering\\nhis wife a true poet and musician, he usually left that feature to her good taste and judgment. Hoth\\nwere singers, both writers of ability, both ever ready to use their gifts, either mental or pecuniary, to\\ncalls for charity. Mr. Patton is a spiritually minded man. At the early age of twelve years he united\\nwith the Spring Street Presbyterian Church, New York City, of which his father was the pastor. With", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0355.jp2"}, "322": {"fulltext": "274 I^H^ Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nhis growth in years came much reading and study concerning religious matters. With the growth in\\nart, learning, invention and science, he thought that religion should grow too, and not be confined to\\nthe creeds and dogmas of ancient days. He believed in progress and was much imbued with modern\\ntiiought and requirements. In 1853 he withdrew from the Presbyterian church and has since then been\\nin sympathy with tlie advanced religious thinkers of the times. At present, when in Orange, he attends\\nthe Unitarian church, of which Rev. Edward Hale is pastor, and contributes to its support, for he says:\\nI believe in very little creed and in a large amount of practical do good religion. Mr. Patton believes\\nthat the body is but the hou^e in wliicli the spirit lives for a few brief years to work out the purpose of\\nits Creator, and that death is a recognition that the purposes have been attained, and the spirit leaving\\nits tenement of clay enters in upon a fuller comprehension of life s purposes; that creeds, rituals and\\nforms of belief count for nothing, but that life, effort and endeavor are the all-important factors in the\\nscheme of existence. Here is the sowing, there in the great Beyond, the reaping; here the endeavor,\\nthere the result here the laying of the foundation, there the gloiious upbuilding of the temple. Mr.\\nPatton has reached his three score years and ten, and is still in excellent health and spirits, ever ready\\nwith a kind and cheerful word to all with whom he comes in contact. His old love of travel still clings\\nto him and lie is quite apt, suddenly, to take his wife and go off to countries and localities by him yet\\nunvisited.\\nTHE ROPES FAHILY.\\nUavid N. Ropes, one of the earliest pioneers of the new moxement, was preeminently a Builder\\nof the Oranges, and his operations did more for the development of Orange than those of any other\\nindividual, adding hundreds of thousands of dollars to the value of property lying north of Main and\\nwest of Uay Streets. Mr. Ropes comes of Knglish and Huguenot stock dating back several generations.\\nAccording to Burke s Landed Gentry, the original spelling of the name was Roope. The pedigree\\nof Roope was entered in the College of Arms, October 11, 1600, with the following Arms. Argent, a\\nlion, rampant, per fesse, gules and vert, between seven pheons, azure. Crest. A cock pheasant, combed\\nand wattled gules. Motto. Nulla rosa sine spinnis.\\nGeorge Ropes, the American ancestor of the family, came to this country with his wife, Mary,\\nand settled in Salem, 1637. He joined the church at Salem, March 15, 1642 he died 1670. He had\\nchildren, John and George.\\nJohn Ropes, son of George, was baptized Jul\\\\- 4, 1647. He married, March 25, 1669, L\\\\-dia Wells,\\nand had Samuel, born 1686, and other children.\\nSamuel Ropes, son of John and Lydia (Wells) Ropes, was born January 24, 1686-7; died October\\n12, 1761. He married Lydia, daughter of Joseph Neal, and had, among other children, Benjamin,\\nborn 1 72 I.\\nBenjamin Ropes, son of Samuel and Lydia 1 Neal) Ropes, was horn March 22, 1721 he died\\nApril 20, 1790. He married Ruth, daughter of Joseph antl Sarah (i ickering) Hard)-, ami had, among\\nother children, Timothy, horn 1773.\\nTimothy Ropes, son of Benjamin and Ruth (llanl_\\\\i Ropes, was born in Salem, April 9, 1773;\\ndied February 17, 184S. He was a cooper and then a master mariner. He, with his brother Hardy,\\nbought of the rest of the heirs their share of the homestead property for $2,000, and later Timothy\\nbought his brother Hardy s share for \u00c2\u00a71,333, thus becoming sole possessor. He married .Sarah,\\ndaughter of Thomas and Sarah (Holmes) Delhonde, born September 15, 1775. This Thomas Delhonde\\nwas a prominent physician of Boston, son of Dr. John Delhonde, a native of France, and a Protestant,\\nwho was obliged to leave that country owing to the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. He settled in\\nBoston. Among the children born to Timothy and Sarah (Delhonde) Ropes was David Nichols.\\nDavid Nichols Rope-^, son of Timothy and Sarah (Delhonde) Ropes, was born in Salem, Mass.,\\nDecember 5, 1814. He was the youngest but one of a family of nine children. He was educated in\\nhis native town, principally at the academy and High School. His business experience began at the", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0356.jp2"}, "323": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0357.jp2"}, "324": {"fulltext": "DAVID N. ROPES.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0358.jp2"}, "325": {"fulltext": "Thk Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 275\\nage of sixteen, when he opened a small crockery store in his native town in connection with his brother.\\nWith no other business traininjj, he went with his brother two years later to Portland, Me., and started\\nthe first manufactory of table cutlery in the United States, in 1832, the factory being located in Saccar-\\nappa. Me. He and his brother Geor ^e were the inventors and patentees of American table knives.\\nThey carried on a successful business for a number of years, until they were burned out. He\\nsubsequently removed to Meriden, Conn., and became associated with Julius Pratt, the noted abolition-\\nist, under the firm name of Pratt, Ropes, Webb Co. This became known later as the Meriden\\nCutlery Co., and the goods manufactured by this company attained a world-wide reputation. In 1S35\\nMr. Ropes removed to New York City and assumed control of the company s interests at this end.\\nAbout 1862 he acquired an interest in the India Rubber Comb Company, became, later, its Vice-\\nPresident, and was one of the stockholders. For the first few months after he began business\\nin New York, Mr. Ropes made his home in Newark. He moved to Orange in October, 1855, and in\\nthe spring of 1856 he purchased a house and lot. He enlarged and improved the house on the corner\\nof High and White Streets, and later purchased considerable adjoining property and continued to reside\\nthere until 1888. He purchased large tracts of land on Park Avenue, Washington and Day Streets,\\nValley Road and other localities. He extended High Street through to Park Avenue and opened other\\nstreets through his property in all directions. He improved the property, which he divided into building\\nlots and erected thereon a number of attractive houses. He was a man of remarkably fine taste and he\\nmade improvements with a lavish hand, confidently believing that the steady growth of the city would\\nbring a rich return. The amount he expended in grading his property exceeded $100,000. The\\nWatchung Railroad ran through his property from south-west to north-east. This railroad was mainly\\nconstructed through the efforts and the financial support of Mr. Ropes. The charter of the road was\\noriginall)- obtained for a horse railroad, but by a supplement the word horse was subsequently struck\\nout and the construction of a steam road was begun as a branch of the Montclair Railroad. When the\\nlatter became bankrupt Mr. Ropes assumed practically the entire responsibility of completing the\\nunfinished Watchung branch. With remarkable energy he pushed the work forward, but at an immense\\npecuniary sacrifice to himself. It was only when it became a feeder for the Erie that it showed any\\nsigns of life. He was obliged to purchase large tracts of property in order to secure a right of way for\\nthe road, and these pieces of property, added to his purchases in the Second Ward, made his real estate\\nholdings very large. Mr. Ropes laid out all his property on a most liberal scale, cutting through streets,\\ngrading, curbing and often flagging them, then deeding them to the city. He made many sales of lots\\nand could have disposed of nearly all his property successfully but for the fact that he held on too long\\nand incorporated too many restrictions in his deeds. He bought during the high values of i860 and 1870,\\nand in order to carry on his enormous operations he was compelled to carry heavy mortgages on a large\\nportion of it. The panic of 1873 caught him with immense tracts of real estate upon his hands and he\\nwas unable to carry them. One after another of the tracts were sold under foreclosure and a large part\\nof Mr. Ropes fortune was swc[)t away. He struggled bravely on, saved a little property from the\\ngeneral wreck anil continued in business in New York. In 1887 he withdrew from active business in\\nNew York and opened a real estate office in Orange, devoting his time principally to the disposal of the\\nproperty which he still owned. In 1877 the cit\\\\- of Orange, with a view of obtaining a supply of water\\nfor public use, caused six driven wells to be opened north of Park Avenue and near the West Orange\\nline, on the property of Mr. Ropes. An inexhaustible sup[)ly of pure water was obtained which was\\nsubsequently analyzed by Prof. Leeds, of Ste\\\\ens Institute of Technology, who pronounced it equal to\\nthe best spring water and free from all impurities. Mr. Ropes submitted the matter to the West Orange\\nTownship Committee on October 12, 1887, with a view to their adoption of this valuable water supply.\\nThe proposition, however, was not accepted.\\nPolitically, Mr. Ropes was a strong abolitionist and during his residence in Portland, Me., his home\\nwas known as one of the hiding-places for fugitive slaves, escaping by the so-called underground rail-\\nroad. He was one of the originators of the Republican [larty in Orange in 1856, and took a prominent", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0361.jp2"}, "326": {"fulltext": "276 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\npart in the Lincoln campaign. He was active in procuring the incorporation of the city of Orange and\\nstrongly opposed the cutting off of East and West Orange from the city. He was elected Mayor of\\nOrange in 1864. and re-elected in 1865, and subsequenth- represented the Second Ward in the Council\\nfrom 1866 to 1872 inclusive. During his term as Mayor and councilman he distinguished himself by his\\ndevotion to the interests of the city. He was one of the oiiginal members and founders of the New\\nEngland Society, of Orange, and served as President, Vice-President and as one of its Counsellors.\\nMr. Ropes was a man of strong religious nature, but his religion was one of life and deed rather than\\nspeech. He was early a member of the New Church .Societs- (Swedenborgian), but on coming to\\nOrange he attended the Orange Valley Congregational Church, until the New Society was organized.\\nHe was a warm friend of education and was one of the three trustees appointed under the short-lived\\nCentral school district in April, 1862, when the attempt was made to consolidate all of the schools\\nof the Ashland, Central and St. Mark s Districts into one. It was his efforts to increase the efficiency\\nof the schools within his jurisdiction that led subsequenth- to the separation from Orange and the\\nerection of West Orange township. Mr. Ropes was known as the friend of the poor. He was liberal\\nand gave freely to many deserving objects. He had a generous heart, a fine presence and a pleasing\\naddress that always attracted those with whom he came in contact. Mr. Ropes was married October 6,\\n1846, to Lydia L. Bisbee, daughter of Rev. John and Mercy (Ruggles) Bisbee, who became one of the\\nfirst woman plu sicians of the new school in the United States. Mr. Bisbee was a direct descendant\\nboth of Capt. Miles Standish and John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. Si.\\\\ children were the issue of this\\nmarriage Charles Franklin, Clara, John Bisbee (deceased), Albert Barrett, Edith (deceased), and\\nArthur Dudley. Clara married Prof. C. J. Prescott, a descendant of James Prescott, of H.impton Falls,\\n1643, who came from Lincolnshire, Englanil.\\nTHE STICKLER FAMILY.\\nThe fine, large mansion on Centre .Street known as the Stickler homestead is associated with the\\nearly history of the Builders of the Oranges. The Mansard or I rench roof house, forty years ago, was\\nthe prevailing style of architecture, and this was one of the first of the kind erected in the Oranges;\\nand while hundreds of villas and cottages, comprising every variety of architectural design, have been\\nerected since that time, there is not a house in Orange that combines more of the real comforts of a\\nhome than this. The rooms are large and con\\\\enientl\\\\- arranged, the first story being finished in black\\nwalnut, while the walls, ceilings, furniture, etc.. all harmonize in color and design, giving a rich, substan-\\ntial appearance to the whole interior. The same taste and good judgment is displayed in the\\narrangement of the second and third stories. The grounds are tastefully laid out and not overcrowded\\nwith flowers and shrubs as is too often the case with suburban homes. The fine, large trees, all of which\\nwere planted under Mr. Stickler s directions, while affording ample shade, do not entirely obscure the\\nrays of the sun, but admit sufficient light and warmth to give cheerfulness tn the surroundings antl\\nl)re\\\\ent the dampness from penetrating the outer walls. To these earl\\\\- precaulionaiy measures is due\\nthe e.xtreme healthfulness of the location.\\nThe history of the Stickler family begins with the period of the Revolution, when John .Stickler\\n(^the grandfather of Joseph W.. the present representative of the f.imilyi, a native of Alsace, Switzerland,\\ncame over with the gallant baiul of patriots composing Count Rochambeau s armv, and remained in the\\nservice of the Continental .Arm)- from the beginning to the close of the war. sharing its hardships and\\nprivations and living to witness the final consummation of the great struggle for libertv and inde-\\npendence. Young Stickler was attached to a regiment of dragoons who rendered important service.\\nEvery one of this noble band of volunteers earned the patent of true nobility. Some remained to\\nenjoy the liberties they had .so dearly ])urchased, while others returned to their homes to plant the seeds\\nof liberty in a foreign soil. Among the former was John .Stickler, who settled in New York Cit\\\\-, and\\nmarried. T wo sons were born to him Joseph and John. Joseph, the elder, married Nancy Hubbard,\\na native of Riverhcad, L. L Siie was a woman of rare beauty and noted for her many excellent qualities", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0362.jp2"}, "327": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0363.jp2"}, "328": {"fulltext": "1\\n^1\\nJOSEPH W. STICKLER.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0364.jp2"}, "329": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 277\\nof heart and mind which ha\\\\c been transmitted to licr posterity. Her grandfather married Mary\\nTutliill. daughter of Nathaniel Tuthill, whose widow was said to be the richest widow on Long Ishmd.\\nNathaniel Tuthill Hubbard, the uncle of Nancy Hubbard, was one of the oldest and most prominent\\nNew York merchants, said to be the largest provision merchant in the country and, perhaps, in the world.\\nHis income at one time exceeded $50,000 a year. Like Joseph, in Egj-pt, he cared for his father with\\nthe most tender solicitude and made liberal provision for his brothers and sisters. At the time of his\\ndeath he was the oldest member of the New York Produce Exchange, having been a member for nearly\\nsixty years. He was also the oldest living member of the Chamber of Commerce. At the request of\\nseveral members of the Produce E.xchange, Mr. Hubbard sat for his bust in plaster, which was reproduced\\nin marble and presented to him. Before his death he presented it to the Produce E.xchange, where it\\nstill occupies a conspicuous position. Among the associates and friends of Mr. Hubbard were Rc)bert\\nLennox, Peter Cooper, Philip Hone and other leading merchants of New York.\\nIsaac Hubbard, the first of the name who settled in Suffolk, was born January 14, 1695. He was\\nthe son of Isaac i of Hatfield, Mass. He married Bethia Goldsmith, and had issue, I^ichard .Stears,\\nWilliam, Isaac, John and Thomas.\\nRichard .Stears Hubbard, eldest child of Isaac and Bethia (Goldsmith) Hubbard, was born in 1724.\\nHe was a most wortliy member of the church. His children were Richard Stears, Daniel and Benjamin.\\nRichard Stears Hubbard, Jr., son of Richard Stears Hubbard i 1, was born in 1721. He removed\\nwith his faiiiih- to New York Cit\\\\- in ijgS, and was for many years up to the time of his death a\\ndeacon in the Rutgers Street Presbyterian Church, then one of the oldest in the city. He was the\\nfather of Nathaniel T. Hubbard, before mentioned, and the grandfather of Mrs. Nancy (Hubbard)\\nStickler. His brother, Daniel, an honest, bold man, was captured on an American privateer during the\\nRevolution and confined on one of the New York prison ships, where he escaped death by almost a\\nmiracle. He afterwards commanded a ship plying between New York and the East Indies.\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\mong other children, Jo.seph Stickler had a son, Joseph, who, through careful management and\\ngood investments, acquired valuable property near the present Stock E.xchange, which fell to his two\\nchildren, John Hubbard and Joseph Whipple. The death of the former having occurred soon after that\\nof his father.\\nJosKi ii Whipple Stickl?:r, the subject of this sketch, became sole heir to his father s property.\\nFor many years his father was a helpless invalid and the management of the estate, as well as the care\\nof the father, devolved on him, and these duties absorbed the whole of his time until his father s death.\\n,\\\\ftcr the death of his father he removed with his mother to Hoboken, which was then a beautiful\\nsuburb of New York, the daily resort of her leading citizens during the hot summer months. Through\\nthe tender care of the son the mother lived to the ripe old age of ninety-seven. During his residence\\nin Hoboken Mr. Stickler became much interested in the public affairs of the town, and was for some time\\nPresident of a branch of one of the large English fire insurance companies. It was while living in\\nHoboken that Mr. Stickler met and married Miss Charlotte Snell, youngest daughter of Capt. John Snell,\\nof Athens, Bradford County, Pa., who was one of the first white children born in Bradford County, this\\nhaving occurred about the time of the Wyoming massacre. His father. Major Abraham Snell, emigrated\\nfrom France and settled in Athens a few years previous to the birth of this child, the country at that\\ntime being almost a wilderness, inhabited b Indians with only a few white settlers. Major Snell was\\nlargely instrumental in effecting a treaty with the Indians which resulted in their final departure from\\ntheir happy hunting grounds, leaving the whites in full possession of the beautiful mountainous valley,\\nwatered by the Susquehanna and Chemung rivers, and is at the present time one of the most picturesque\\nspots in the State of Pennsylvania, with a large and con.stantly increasing population.\\nThe mother of Mrs. Stickler was Nancy Nichols, whose father, Nichols, was one of the early\\nsettlers of Cooperstown, N. Y., and a descendant of Sergeant Francis Nichols, who came from England\\nin 1639 and was one of the original proprietors of the old town of Stratford, Conn. He also owned\\nlands at Southold, L. I. He was said to be nearly related and by some supposed to be a brother of", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0367.jp2"}, "330": {"fulltext": "2/8 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nCol. Richard Nicholls, the first English Governor of New York State. The issue of the marriage of\\nJoseph W. Stickier and Charlotte Snell was three children a son, Jo.seph \\\\V. Stickler, M. D., and two\\ndaughters, the youngest of whom, a bright, promising young lady, died while pursuing her studies\\npreparatory to entering college. The elder still resides with her parents.\\nMr. Stickler was among the earliest of the new settlers known as the Builders of the Oranges.\\nHe purchased, in 1857, a tract of four and one-half acres on Centre Street, e.xtending along the line of\\nCentral Avenue. On this he erected his present homestead, which, some years later, he enlarged and\\nimproved to its present condition. He also bought one and one-half acres in addition to his former\\npurchase. With an abiding faith in the future of Orange he began the erection of a number of elegant\\nre.sidences costing from $6,000 to \u00c2\u00a78,000 each, believing that homes of this character would induce men\\nof means and influence to settle in the locality. He erected seven houses on Central Avenue and three\\non Centre Street, including his own homestead. At the present \\\\aiuation of property these represent\\nover \u00c2\u00a7100,000 in improvements, which have enhanced the value of surrounding property in a proportion-\\nate ratio. Unlike many capitalists who bought and sold for speculative purposes and left the township\\npoorer because of their operations, .Mr. Stickler s investments have all been for permanent impro\\\\ements,\\nadding from year to year the taxable valuation of propert}-. He is one of the few men to whom the\\npeople of Orange are indebted for its constantly increasing prosperity. In public improvements he has\\noften been in advance of his neighbors. He laid the first piece of macadam road, at his own expense,\\never laid on Centre Street, which stimulated further improvements of this character and resulted in the\\nadoption of this perfect system of road making for all our streets and thoroughfares and also of those\\nof adjoining townships.\\nMr. Stickler s public spirit and enterprise have been manifested in many ways, and with a liberal\\nhand he has contributed to almost every public improvement in the city of Orange during his residence\\nof nearly forty years. His generous contributions, amounting to thousands of dollars, to the Young\\nMen s Christian Association building and to the various charitable a.ssociations for which Orange is\\nnoted, are matters of public record, and while Mr. Stickler has invariably followed the scriptural\\ncommand to let not thy right hand know what thy left hand doeth, the recipients of his benevolence,\\nin their annual reports, have made known that which he would gladi\\\\- have concealed. In his benevo-\\nlent contributions Mr. Stickler has always been influenced by the highest and purest motives and a\\nsincere desire to benefit his fellow-men. He has been for many years an acti\\\\ e member of the I irst\\nPresbyterian Church and was President of the Board of Trustees for several years. Vv hile the snows of\\nmany winters have whitened his locks and furrowed his cheeks, he is still hale and heart)- and in the\\nenjoyment of perfect health. Mr. Stickler gave the ground on which the Orange Memorial Hospital\\nnow stands and made a contribution of Si.ooo to start a building fund. He also erected a dispensary\\nwith all modern ajipliances ami facilities for clinical and laboratory work, and presented it to the manag-\\ners of the hospital. He also built a wing to the Orange Orphan Home as a memorial to his daughter\\nLouise, and also placed in the same institution a costly tablet bearing the inscription, Suffer little\\nchildren, etc.\\nJoseph \\\\Yii.i,i.\\\\\\\\i Stkki.EK, M. S., .M. D., only son of Joseph Whipple and Charlotte (Snell)\\nStickler, was born at Iloboken, X. J., June 26, 1854. Hoboken at that time was one of the mo.st noted\\nand fashionable suburbs of New York. Dr. Stickler has had no connection with it, however, since he\\nwas four years of age, he having removed with his parents to Orange in 1858. Asa boy he was studious\\nand fond of books, and his parents were able to gratify his tastes to the fullest extent. He was .sent to\\nthe best private .schools and was for a time under the instruction of Rev. V. A. Adams, one of the best\\nteachers in the State. He completed his preparatory course at the Orange High School, and then started\\nout with a fi.xed purpose in view, viz., to achieve success in the profe.ssion he had chosen. He entered\\nthe University of the City of New York in the class of 76 and graduated with the highest honors,\\nreceiving from that institution the degree of B. S., and later, that of M. S. He entered the College of\\nPhysicians and Surgeons, in New York City, and after a thorough course of study, availing himself of", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0368.jp2"}, "331": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0369.jp2"}, "332": {"fulltext": "J. W. STICKLER, M. D.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0370.jp2"}, "333": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 279\\never oi)portunity of attending medical lectures, he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1879.\\nFew men have ever left college better equipped for their chosen profession than Ur. Stickler, and his\\nability to stand the severe test of examination, in which so few applicants succeed, that secured him the\\nappointment of assistant to the house physician in the Presbyterian Hospital. He became assistant\\nsurgeon soon after and served as surgeon for eighteen months. He thus enjoyed rare opportunities for\\nohtaiiiiiiL; .1 pr.utiial knowledge of surgery, a branch of the i)riifcssi(in for which he had an especial\\nfondness, and for which he was gifted by nature. .Six months practice in the Lying-in Asylum gave\\nhim a practical knowledge of obstetrics. He then took a course of pathology and for one year lectured\\non comparative surgery and skin tliseases at the College of Comparative Medicine, in New ork. While\\npursuing his medical studies he took a pleasure trip to Euro])e, where he made the acquaintance of, and\\nwas cordially recieved by many of the leading ph\\\\sicians and surgeons, and offered e\\\\ery opjjortunity\\nfor observing the methods of practice in hnth jjublic and private institutions.\\nDr. Stickler returned to the home of his childhood in 1881 and although there were some forty\\npractitioners in the field he did not hesitate to enter the race, depending entirely on his own merits, and\\nw hile he was kindly received b\\\\- his professional brethren, he received no assistance whatever. The old\\nadage that a prophet hath no honor in his own country tlid not apply in his case, for his old school-\\nmates and the friends of his childhood were willing to test his skill as a physician and surgeon and he\\nsoon worked himself into a lucrative practice, after numerous successful achievements in medicine and\\nsurgery, and for many years has stood in the front rank of his profession, recognized alike by his\\nprofessional brethren of this city, of the county and of the State, as well as in the national councils.\\nOperations which have attracted special attention and added greatly to his reputation as a surgeon and\\nphysician are the successful performance of several ovariotomies, a number of laparotomies, etc., and he\\nhas divided the trachea its entire length to remove a foreign body from the left bronchus. Other\\nimportant surgical operations have served to demonstrate the fact that had he made surgery a specialty\\ninstead of devoting himself to a general practice he would have achieved great success. While studying\\nthe methods of others, his originality of thought, boldness of conception and inventive genius have\\nbeen developed every step of the way. Before completing his collegiate course of medical studies, Ur.\\nStickler had already begun investigations relating to the cause and prevention of scarlet fever, and has\\npursued the subject with unremitting devotion for the past fifteen years, the result of his discoveries\\nhaving attracted widespread attention in the medical world. He hail noted particularly the transmission\\nof human scarlatina to the lower animals, and was firmly impressed with the idea that a virus could thus\\nbe obtained that could be used as a preventive agent. What particularly attracted his attention to this\\nmatter was, that during the early days of February, 1884, a remarkable outbreak of sore throat occurred\\nin Dover, England, which was due to the drinking of milk obtained from cows affected with foot and\\nmouth disease. Dr. Stickler went to England in 1886 and made a thorough investigation of the matter,\\nand he noted the fact that members of certain families who had previously had scarlet fever escaped the\\nthroat epidemic, while all the other members of the same families contracted the disease, all alike having\\npartaken freely of milk infected with the contagion of foot and mouth disease. As the result of his\\nobservations at this time and subsecjuent investigations, Dr. Stickler became fully convinced of his pre-\\nconceived theory of the u.se of animal virus as a preventive agent of this dread disease, and a complete\\nreport of this was published in the Miilical Record. December 10, 1887. reprinted in pamphlet form,\\nentitled Foot and Mouth Disease as it .\\\\ffects Man and Animals, and Its Relation to Human Scarla-\\ntina as a Prophylactic. An additional paper on this subject was reprinted from the Journal of the\\nAmerican Medical Association, August 16, 1890, entitled Further Observations upon Foot and Mouth\\nDisease in its Relation to Human Scarlatina as a Prophylactic. These and other papers read before\\nmedical societies have excited the attention of medical men in this countr\\\\- and in Europe, and it is\\nbelieved that this theory will yet be fully established.\\nIn his local practice Dr. Stickler has devoted special attention to diseases of the lungs, and many of\\nhis patients have been greatly benefited by his course of treatment. He has made strenuous efforts to", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0373.jp2"}, "334": {"fulltext": "28o The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nsecure legislative action that, it is hoped, will result in the eradication of bovine tuberculosis from this\\nState, and thereby lead other States to adopt similar measures. Recognizing the importance of this,\\nthe New Jersey State Medical Society took suitable action, and Dr. Stickler was appointed chairman of\\na Committee on Tuberculosis. During his frequent visits to the Adirondacks, Dr. Stickler became\\nimpressed with its climatic conditions and its advantages as a health resort. As the result he wrote\\nAdirondacks as a Health Resort, published by G. P. Putnam s Sons, in 1886. Dr. Stickler has been\\na constant contributor to the medical and other journals for many years past. To the people of Orange,\\nhowever, Dr. Stickler is known and appreciated for the great good he has accomplished professionally\\nand otherwise. Without doubt, some of the most important cures have been effected through the\\nhappy faculty he has of ministering to a mind diseased A man of warm, sympathetic nature, tender-\\nhearted and of a cheerful disposition, he carries sunshine into tlie sick room, encourages tlie patient and\\nawakens hope, at the same time administering such remedies as will best help nature in her work of\\nrecovery. No one can help being impressed with his sincerity, truthfulness and entire frankness. He is\\nincapable of duplicit}-, and at once inspires confidence in all with whom he meets. .As a Christian\\ngentleman Dr. .Stickler is as well known as in his professional capacit) He is an elder in the I irst\\nPresbyterian Church and was for many years an active worker in the Sunday School, continuing until\\nthe pressure of his professional tluties necessitated his withilrawal. As an artist is wedded to his art, so\\nDr. Stickler is wedded to his profession. Dr. Stickler may truly be .said to be the poor man s friend.\\nNot only has he rendered gratuitous professional service for years, but has contributed liberally to the\\nneeds of the poor and in many ways has sought to elevate their condition.\\nDr. Stickler s connection with the medical societies include about all the State, county and city,\\nas well as those of other States. He is a member of the New York Pathological Society, the New York\\nAcademy of Medicine, the Ksse.x County Medical Society, the Medical Society of the State of New\\nJersey, the Society for the Relief of Widows and Orphans of Medical Men, in Newark, V^ice-President\\nof the Orange Mountain Medical Society, Pathologist to the Orange Board of Health. He has long\\nbeen an active member of the Young Men s Christian Association, of Orange, and served two years as\\nits President. He is a member of the Librar_\\\\- Association, of Orange, a director of the Second\\nNational Hank, and is connected with the social and other organizations.\\nEDWIN C. BURT. As a resilient of the Oranges for more than thirty \\\\-ears, Mr. Burt was known\\nas one of its most enterprising and progressive citizens. He was a native of .Sandersfield. Mass., where\\nhe was born in 181S. He came to New York in the forties where he established the e.\\\\tensi\\\\e shoe\\nbusiness which still bears his name. He was first associated with his father anil afterwards with his\\nbrothers. He was a resident of Brooklyn for some years where he assisted in organizing the Strong Place\\nBa| tist Church, of which he was a deacon. Mr. Burt came t i Orange about 1856 and purchased a lot\\nin IJewellyn Park, where he built one of the first two houses in the park and resided there for a number\\nof years. He subsequently sold this property and purchased the place on Main Street, abo\\\\e Ridge\\nStreet, where his widow now resides. He was one of the main pillars of the North Baptist Church, of\\nwhich he was for nian\\\\- years a deacon and trustee. He was a director in the Music Hall Association\\nand a prominent member of the New England Society. He was universally respected for his upright-\\nness and was \\\\nvin\\\\ by his intimates for his noble and genial traits of character. He died in Orange\\nMay 22, 1884. .Mr. Hurt was twice married. His first wife was Jane Loomis, of Sufifield, Conn. The\\nissue of this marriage was si.\\\\ children, \\\\iz.: William E., deceased; Emily 1.., married Luther M.\\nCurtis; Park L., deceased Frank B.; Charles N.; Edwin, died young Georgiana W. Mr. Burt married,\\nsecond, Mary B., daughter of Daniel Wilson.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0374.jp2"}, "335": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0375.jp2"}, "336": {"fulltext": "r-\\nSAMUEL COLGATE.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0376.jp2"}, "337": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 281\\nTHE COLGATE FAMILY.\\nCoLiiitiiiy tlie latest of those wlio li.i\\\\c ani\\\\cd at the aye of maiiliootl, there are only four j^eiicra-\\ntions of Collates in tliis country, ami yet there is no name more prominently identified witli tlie\\nreligious history of the country, especially of the Haptist denomination, than this. Rcjbert Colgate,\\nthe progenitor of the American family of this name, was descended from a line of ancestors who had\\nbeen in Kent CouiU\\\\-. I .iiLjIanii, for one hundred years. He was in strong sympathy with the democracy\\nof h rance and his name luadeii a list of several persons who were to be arrested by the government.\\nHe was a warm friend and an oUl schoolmate of William I itt, the Great Commoner, and tiirough the\\nhitter s efTort-- In- was enabled to escape. I itt sent a pri\\\\ate messenger from London to warn him of\\nhis peril antl ad\\\\ ised him to emigrate to a country \\\\\\\\hose politics were more congenial to his own, and\\nPitt assured him that he would delay arrest upon his pledge to leave the kingdom within two weeks.\\nThe messenger bore back the promise to London that in two weeks the liberty-loving citizen would\\nembark, antl in March, 1793, he took his departure for the land of the free and the home of the brave.\\nHe purchased a farm for his large family, where they lived se\\\\-eral \\\\-cars.\\nHis son William, born in the parish of HoUingbourne, County of Kent, January 25, 1783. came\\nwith his parents to this country when he was twelve years of age. He founded the house of Colgate\\nCo., which is now the oldest and one of the largest manufacturers of soaps and perfumes in this\\ncountry. He was for many years connected with the Oliver Street Haptist Church, New York, and was\\nafterwards prominent in the organization and building up of the Baptist Tabernacle, in Mulberry Street.\\nHe inaugurated the movement which led to the organization of the first Baptist society in New York,\\nknown as the Young Men s Bible Society, of New York, the object of which was to translate the\\nBible or assist in causing it to be translated into other languages. In 1816, when the American Bible\\nSociety was formed, Mr. Colgate became a director, and up to the last hours of his life he devoted his\\nbest thoughts and energies to the work of ministerial education, especially at Hamilton University. Its\\nfirst appeal met from him a ready response. He secured collections from his own and other churches\\nof the metropolis. His increasing contributions led to increasing interest in his annual visits to\\nHamilton to share the responsibility of the board of administration. He was married in 181 i, to Mary\\nGilbert, a lady of English descent. Miss Gilbert possessed rare endowments of mind and heart and a\\nsuperior education. They raised a large family, of whom Samuel and James B. have both been con-\\nspicuous in furthering the interests of the Baptist church and in promoting the cause of education.\\nSamiei. Coi.CATK, son of William and Mary ((nlberti Colgate, was born on John Street, New\\nYork City, March 22, 1822. He enjoyed the best educational advantages afforded by the private\\nschools of the city. He succeeded to the business established by his father, which, through his efforts,\\nhas largely increased. Mr. Colgate began his religious work in the Oliver Street Baptist Church, and\\nwas associated with his father in this and other religious work. He came to Orange m 1857 and the\\nfollowing year purchased nine acres on Centre, near Harrison Street, and subsequently twenty acres\\nadditional, it being a part of the Zenas Baldwin farm. He built there his first residence. Soon after\\nhe came to Orange Mr. Colgate, with a few others, began the organization of a Baptist Society, and in\\nconnection therewith a Sunday School, of which he was made Superintendent, and as soon as the\\nchurch was publicly recognized he was elected one of its deacons. He has held both positions uninter-\\nruptedly for a period of nearly forty years. Mv. Colgate has been identified with various Baptist\\norganizations for more than fifty years. Most of this time he has been a member of tlie Board of\\nManagers of the Baptist Missionary Union. He was for twenty-five years a member of the Finance\\nCommittee of the American Tract Society, and has been a member of the Baptist Home Mission\\nSocietv, of which he was three years President. He was one of the founders of the Society for the\\nSuppression of Vice, and as President has been active in promoting its objects. As a member of the\\nNew York Baptist Education Society of the State of New York, whose aim is to assist young men in", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0379.jp2"}, "338": {"fulltext": "282 Thk Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\npreparing for the ministry, lie has done mucli to promote its objects. Madison Uni\\\\ersity recently\\nchanged to Colgate University in recognition of the princely gift of his brother, James B. has been\\nthe special object of his attention for many years past.\\nHe has long been engaged in the collection and classification of historical data from all parts of the\\nworld, both ancient and modern, bearing on the history of the Baptist denomination and the growth\\nand development of the Baptist church. This collection, now numbering over 40,000 pamphlets,\\nincludes many rare and valuable works in the French, English and German languages; also annual\\nreports and statistics from every State in the Union. These are conveniently arranged and indexed\\nso that any information connected with the history of the Baptist Church can be readily obtained.\\nWhen completed, this will form the most valuable collection of historical data connected with the\\nB iptist denomination ever brought together. This collection has involved a large amount of labor and\\nmoney, but it has been entirely a work of love. All the books, papers and documents connected with\\nthis work will be placed in the fire-proof building at Colgate University and will thus become accessible\\nto all those who wish to examine the history and work of Baptists, etc. Mr. Colgate married Elizabeth\\nA., daughter of Richard C. Morse, a descendant of Jedediah Morse, one of the original settlers of\\nDedham, Mass., whose descendants for generations have exemplified the teachings of their Puritan\\nancestors. Mrs Colgate was well known to the people of Orange for her life-long labor of love in\\nbehalf of the poor and unfortunate. A record of her work with the Orphans Home, of Orange, will\\nbe found in connection with the histor\\\\- of that institution.\\nTHE FRAZAR FAMILY.\\nThis name is familiar to Orange residents through the efforts of Everett Frazar to pro\\\\ ide a\\nsuitable place for public entertainments as well as having himself frecpiently entertained with his exceed-\\ningly interesting lectures on Japan and kindred subjects. It is noteworthy that in every age the Frazars\\nhave been leaders of men and successful in whatever direction their inclinations led them.\\nThe name Eraser or I- razier is derived from the French word /raise, signifying a strawberry, hence\\nthe well-known heraldic object is explained. The first Fraser of note is Gilbert de Eraser, who flourished\\nsome time after the year 1 100, during the reign of Alexander I. Their original designation occurs in\\nthe roll of the Battle Abbey, and establishes their advent under the standard of the Conqueror. From\\nEast Lothian, their earliest resting-place in Scotland, the Frazers di\\\\erged into Tweeddale in the twelfth\\nand thirteenth centuries, and subsequently into the shires of Inverness and Aberdeen. Oliver Eraser\\nLovett, the chief of the clan, built and gave his name to Oliver Castle which continued in after times\\ntheir principal feudal hold.\\nCapt. Thomas F razar, the founder of the American branch of the family, was born in Scotland\\nabout 1720, came to this country as a young man and settled in Duxbury, Mass. On the records his\\nname is spelled Erasher, but on his gravestone it is Erazier. His descendants adopted the Scotch spelling\\nof the name. He married Rebecca Aldcn, November 27. 1760, who died July 21. 1S18, aged 88. She\\nwas the daughter of Capt. Samuel Alden, son of David, son of Hon. John Alden, who, as the prox\\\\- of\\nCapt. .Miles Standish, proposed to Priscilla Mullins, and the Why don t you ask for yourself, John?\\nled to the substitution of the proxy, and she became Priscilla Alden, the ancestress of Everett l- razar.\\nWarm in her friendship and of a generous heart, the tears of the poor are her eulogy. The children\\nof Capt. Thomas and Rebecca (^.Aldenj P razar, were: Saiiiiu/, born 1766, and Rebecca, born 17%.\\nwho left S500 to the Pilgrim Society.\\nCapt. Samuel Frazar, only son of Capt. Thomas and Rebecca (.Mden) Frazar. was born in Duxbury,\\nMass., in 1766. His father, who warmh- espoused the cause of the patriots in the Revolution, changed\\nthe name to Frazar. originally Frazier. Capt. Samuel Frazar was a prominent ship builder and ship\\nowner from 1800 down to 1830. He married Abigail Drew, born 1766. Their children were: Thomas,\\nborn 1793; John, born 1794; Betsey Drew, Abigail. Samuel, George, \\\\m\\\\\\\\cx Alden, Reuben Alden,\\nSarah, Thomas, Mercy, Lucj- and Rebecca.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0380.jp2"}, "339": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\n283\\nGeorge Krazar, sixth cliiltl of Capt. Samuel and Abigail (Drewi Frazar, was born at inixbiiry, Mass.,\\nin 1801, died at VVatertown, Mass., in 18S7. He was also a ship builder. He went to Hong Kong.\\nChina, in 1842 returning in 1849. He married Ann Little, of Pembroke, Mass., a descendant, probably,\\nof Thomas Little, a lawyer, who came from iJevcnishire. England, and settled in Plymoutii, 1630;\\nmarried .\\\\nne, daughter of Richard Warren, who came to .America in tlic MaNfinwer. Their children\\nwere Everett, Helen and Temperance.\\nEvKKKlT FuAZAk, son of George and Ann (Little) Frazar, was born at Du.xbury, Mass., October\\n4, 1834. After a thorough preliminary course of study he completed his education at tiie Chauncey Hall\\nSchool, of Boston, graduating in 1851. He began his mercantile career with the house of Enoch\\nTrain Co., of Boston, proprietors of the Boston and Liverpool line of packets. In 1858 he went\\nto Shanghai, China, and established the firm of Frazar Co., with branches at Nagasaki, Japan, in i86o.\\nand at Hong Kong, in 1875. The members of the firm consisted of Mr. Frazar, Mr. John Lindsley and\\nMr. W. Shepard Wetmore. The firm has done an immense business for many years with China, Japan\\nand other countries, and is well known in nearly every part of the world. They were appointed\\nagents for the Boston Board of Marine Underwriters, the Atlantic Marine Insurance Company, and\\nthe National Board of Marine Underwriters. As the representatives of American firms they have\\nintroduced a number of important industries and of late years have been actively engaged in the\\nintroduction of electric lighting into China and Japan. In 1886 Mr. Frazar negotiated with the\\nCanadian Pacific Railway for the opening of the\\nnew Pacific route with China and Japan under the\\nmanagement of his firm, which jiroject aided materi-\\nall)- in the development of the Oriental trade with\\nCanada and the United .States via Vancouver, B. C.\\nOn his last trij) to Japan and China, in 18S3, he had\\nas a fellow-passenger Gen. Lucius H. Foote, the\\nfirst appointed U. S. Minister to Korea, and through\\nhis recommendation, seconded by the warm approval\\nof His Excellency Prince Min Tong, I. K., who\\nbecame, five years later, Korean Ambassador to the\\nUnited States, Mr. Frazar was appointed Consul-\\nGencral for Korea in the L^nited States, the Exe-\\nquatur being issued by President Arthur, April 3,\\n1S84. In September, 1888, Mr. Frazar received\\nfrom His Majesty special marks of appreciation and\\nrecognition for services rendered to Korea, accom-\\npanied by gold and jade decorations and conveying\\nby special decree the honorary title of Ka .Sun Tai\\nPoo, or Korean nobleman of the second rank. On\\nthe 13th and 17th of January, 1888, His E.xcellency\\nPakchung-j ang, the new Korean Minister, and suite\\nwere presented to Secretary Bayard and President\\nCleveland by Mr. I razar and the Foreign .Secretary,\\nDr. H. N. Allen. .Since 1872 Mr. I- razar has been\\nthe resident partner in New ork of Frazar Co.\\nHe established his residence in Orange in 187S and\\nsince that time has been actively engaged in promoting the social and intellectual development of the\\nOranges. It was largely through his efforts that Music Hall, which has added so much to the pleasure\\nof the citizens of Orange and vicinity, became an accomplished fact. He was chairman of the Construc-\\ntion and T inance Committees, and soon after the completion of the building was elected President of\\nEVERETT I RA/AK.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0381.jp2"}, "340": {"fulltext": "284 Founders and Ri-ii.ders of the Oranges.\\nMusic Hall Association. The New England Society, of which Mr. Frazar is one of the most active\\nmembers, has a fine suite of rooms in the building. Mr. Frazar was elected President of the Society in\\n1880 and again in 1881. By special request of the Society Mr. Frazar prepared and read a compre-\\nhensive and exhaustive paper in Music Hall to a large and appreciative audience, on November 15, 1883,\\non Korea and her relations to China, Japan and the I nitcd .States. This was subsequently\\npublished and widely circulated.\\nThe Historical and Geographical section of the New England .Society was formed in 18S0, holding\\nnine monthly meetings in each year. Mr. I- razar was President of this section for five years, and during\\nthis time fifty lectures, papers or essays on various topics were read or delivered before the members,\\nreceiving the most hearty appreciation and aiding materially in the intellectual development of the\\ncommunity. In 189O Mr. Frazar. with other New Jersey and New York gentlemen, establislicd the\\nNew Jersey Postal Telegraph Company, with a capital of S50.000, having offices in Newark, Orange,\\nLong Branch, Asbury Park and various other places in New Jersey, communicating with e\\\\cry part of\\nthe United States and Canada, as well as foreign countries, in connection w ith the Postal Telegraph\\nCable Company. Mr. Frazar was President of the New Jersey Postal Telegraph Company from its\\nformation until June, 1894, when by mutual agreement it was transferred and absorbed into the Postal\\nTelegraph Cable Company.\\nMr. Frazar has held many offices of trust and honor in his adopted city. He is a member of the\\nFirst Presbyterian Church and President of its Board of Trustees. He is President of the Music Hall\\nAssociation, chairman of the Public Welfare Committee, Councillor of the New England Society, of\\nOrange, senior director of the Harvey Steel Co., of Newark, manufacturers of the Harveyized steel\\narmor plates for the United States and foreign governments. Mr. Frazar married, in 1866, Annie H.,\\ndaughter of Joseph C. I.indsley, born 1813, son of Benjamin and Mary Camp, son of Joseph and Abby\\nFoster (Gibbs) Lindsley, born in Boston, resided in Dorchester, Mass. The children of Everett and\\nAnnie H. (Lindsley) h razar, are Everett \\\\V., Mabel Lindsley and .\\\\bby Little.\\nTHE SPOTTISWOODE FAMILY.\\nGeorck Spottiswoode is the only representative of this famil}- who can claim the honor of being\\nclassed among the Builders of the Oranges. His record as a Builder covers a witler range and extends\\nover a longer period than most of those now living within the present boundaries of the city of Orange,\\nand while it may be said of him that he has fulfilled the injuction of the famous Bard of Avon, Put\\nmoney in thy purse, he has certainly helped hundreds of others to do the same thing, and the well-\\npaved streets and other improvements bear witness to his enterprise and public spirit. The name of\\n-Spottiswoode or Spottswood is a familiar one both in this country and in Europe. Spottswood\\nCourt House, in Virginia, and Spottswood, N. J., are both named in honor of worthy representatives\\nof this family. Of its origin, Burke, in his Landed Cientry. says: The surname of -Spottiswoode\\nwas assumed by the proprietors of the lands and barony of Spottiswoode, in the parish of Gordon,\\nCounty Berwick, as soon as surnames became hereditary in Scotland. They are frequently mentioned\\nin donations to the monasteries of Melross and Kelso, upwards of fi\\\\e centuries ago. The immediate\\nancestor of the family was Robert de Spottiswood, Lord of Spottiswood, who was born in the reign\\nof King Alexander HL and died in that of Robert Bruce. The family adhered to the fortunes of Kings\\nJames H, III and IV and William Spottiswood, a descendant of Robert, fell at the Battle of Modden,\\nin 1513, with King James 1\\\\\\nJohn Spottiswood, Archbishop of St. Andrews and Lord High Chancellor of Scotland, inherited\\nthe barony of Spottiswood in 1620. A brother of his was given the Bishopric of Cloghec, in Ireland,\\nand from him the Irish branch of the family is descended. Robert Spottiswood, a direct descendant\\nof Robert de .Spottiswood, Lord of Spottiswood, was aj)pointed Goxernor of X irginia in 1710.\\nIn the county of Tipperary, Ireland, where Cieorge .Spottiswoode was born, the 2d of November,\\n1832, the hatting industry was carried on by several families the same as it was many years ago in", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0382.jp2"}, "341": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0383.jp2"}, "342": {"fulltext": "GEORGE SPOTTISWOODE.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0384.jp2"}, "343": {"fulltext": "Tut; Founders and Builders ok the Oranges. 285\\nOrange, ami tlic father of rieor :je was a skilled workman in this line. The young man acquired some\\nknowledge of the business from constant association with his father and brothers. He was sent to an\\nexcellent school in the parish, where he made good use of his opportunities. Thus equipped he left his\\nhome at the beginning of the fifties to make his fortune in America. He landed in Orange in 1X51 and\\nsoon after became an apprentice in Stetson s hat factory. He continued to work at his trade until the\\nbreaking out of the war. when he opened a small place for the sale of newspapers and periodicals.\\nPrompt, honest, energetic and always reliable, he made many friends among his patrons and laid the\\nfoundation for his subsecjuent success. Always on the alert, he was quick to grasp any new oppor-\\ntunities for improving his prospects. In 1.S66 the Morris and Esse.x Railroad established direct\\nconnection with the coal fields and were enabled to deliver coal at their own depot in Orange. Mr.\\nSpottiswoode had accumulated sufficient capital to make a beginning. He started in the coal business\\nin a moderate way and did a good business from the start. His trade continued to increase from year\\nto year, and his sales have more than doubled those of the first year. He handled both the Lehigh and\\nScranton coal until 1S76 when the D. L. W. R. R. refused to supply him with the Scranton and raised\\nthe rates on the Lehigh coal so that he was compelled to seek other sources of supply. He then made\\narrangements with the W atchung branch of the Erie Railroad Co. to deliver him the Lehigh coal. He\\nbought a piece of property on the corner of Washington and Day Streets, near the terminus of that\\nroad, and erected a large and commodious building. During the first four months he receivetl from the\\nErie Railroad Co., b\\\\- this roatl. some four thousand tons, and his receipts from the same source\\namounted the next year to ten thousand tons. The amount of freight paid this company was an\\nimportant item and helped it through a serious crisis. The D. L. W. Comi an\\\\- soon fountl it to their\\ninterest to resume their former relations with Mr. Spottiswoode and place him on an equal footing with\\nothers, and since then he has kept both yards running.\\nMr. Spottiswoode continued business in his own name until i.SSi,when he took his cousin, Thus.\\nM. Cusack, into partnership with him and the firm name was changed to Spottiswoode Co. The lum-\\nber business was added to it in the spring of 1887, which has since constantly increased. About 1872\\nMr. Spottiswoode, in connection with Daniel Brennan, Jr., organized the Telford Pavement Companj-\\nwith the latter as President and himself as Secretary and Treasurer. With the same push and energy\\nwhich has characterized all his other operations Mr. Spottiswoode began laying this pavement in the\\nOranges and soon after extended his operations to other points. He opened quarries and erected stone\\ncrushers and other machinery in Passaic County at the Great Notch, on the canal at Acquackanock, at\\nSouth Orange and at Plainfield. He had frequently in his employ as high as 500 men and his semi-\\nmonthly pay roll amounted to $10,000. Between fift\\\\ and one hundred miles of road was laid in these\\ndifferent places, and this improvement alone has doubtless added more to the wealth and prosperity of\\nthe Oranges than an\\\\- enterprise ever before or since attemptetl. The company wound up its affairs in\\n1 87 and the entire plant reverted to Mr. .Spottiswoode, who subse(]uently sold out the other places,\\nretaining onlv the projierty at West Orange, and the business in this locality is still conducted b_\\\\ Mr.\\nSpottiswoode on a ]5aying basis. The entire business under the management of Mr. Spottiswoode will\\n|)robably exceed a quarter of a million dollars annuallv. The benefit which others have derived from\\nhis ojierations can hardly be estimated.\\nWith all his business cares and responsibilities, Mr. Spottiswoode has found time to devote to the\\npublic interests of his adopted city. He has been a public officer for more than thirt\\\\- years, beginning\\nas collector of taxes for the Third Ward. Before the Board of Education was organized he served for\\nsome years as a trustee of the Girard School District and worked incessantly and persistenth for better\\nschool facilities and the means for higher education for the masses. Under the new regime as a member\\nof the Board of Education, he advocated liberal appropriations and was always in touch with the most\\nprogressive of his associates. He was a member of the Common Council when the very best men,\\nwithout regard to party affiliations, were selected. He served under the administrations of Mayors\\nEnsign, Ferry and .Austin. He was one of the early advocates and hardest workers in behalf of an", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0387.jp2"}, "344": {"fulltext": "286 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nimproved water supply and sewerage system for the city, and wlien the general plans were finally\\nadopted he was made a member of the Citizens Committee and devoted much time to carrj forward\\nthese important projects. With no ambition for the honors attached to public office, Mr. Spottiswoode\\nhas never hesitated to accept a position where he could advance the interests of the whole community,\\nand this has often been done at great personal sacrifice. He helped to organize the Half-Dime Savings\\nBank- and is now its Vice-President. He has long been a director of the Orange Hank. He has always\\ntaken a deep interest in Union Lodge, F. A. M., where he was first inducted into the mysteries of\\nspeculative Masonry, and has been treasurer of the Corporate Board of tliis Lodge since i.S68 He\\nwas one of the principal movers of the enterprise for the erection of the Masonic building. His\\nreligious connections have been and are still with the Orange Valley Congregational Church.\\nMr. Spottiswoode s success in life is due to his early habits of economy, his untiring intlustry, his\\nhigh sense of honor, and his strict regard for the rights of others. Blessed with a strong, robust consti-\\ntution and a supply of vital energy which age has not impaired, he is still able to attend to all the\\ndetails of his e.Ktensive business and to discharge all other duties which are daily pressed upon him.\\nMr. Spottiswoode married Elizabeth Jones, daughter of I heneas and Sally Pierson) Jones, a descendant\\nof one of the old families of Hanover, N.J. His first wife died in iS75,and in 1882 he married Sarah J.,\\nher sister. Their mother, Sally Pierson, was a daughter of Joseph Pierson, a direct descendant of\\nThomas Pierson, Sr brother of Rev. Abraham, and one of the original settlers of Newark. Mr.\\nSpottiswoode s children were all by his first wife. Out of eight, only three are living. These are Sara C,\\na successful homeopathic physician in Orange, Emma Elizabeth, and George, the youngest, who is\\nassociated with him in business.\\nHAYWARD A. HARVEY. As the in\\\\entor of the Harvey process for hardening steel plates, the\\nreputation of Mr. Harvey was world-wide. To the people of Orange, with whom he was identified for\\nmore than thirty years, he was known as a quiet, modest, unassuming citizen. Mr. Harvey was a\\nnative of Jamestown, N. V., born January 17, 1824. His line of descent from William Harvey, the\\nancestor, was through Thomas, William. Jonathan, Kufus and Thomas William Harvey, his father.\\nThe latter was the inventor of the gimlet-pointed screw and other useful de\\\\ices, and from him the son\\ndoubtless inherited his inventive genius, oung Har\\\\ey was first employed as draftsman of the New\\nYork Screw Company, and later had charge of a wire mill. In 1852 he entered the employ of the\\nHarvey Steel and Iron Works Company, of which his father was the President. In 1854 he and his\\nfather formed the Wangum Steel Company, of Connecticut. The death of his father in the latter part\\nof 1854 left him to continue his experiments alone. In 1865 Mr. Harvey founded the Continental\\nScrew Company, of Jersey City, and later devised machinery for making screws, washers, bolts, spiral\\nsprings, wire nails, etc. Some time in the eighties he began a series of experiments for hardening or\\ncarbonizing steel on the surface and the raising of a low to a high grade of steel, which he patented\\nin 1888. It was this process which gave him a world-wide reputation in connection with armor plates.\\nThe first armor plate was made in 1890 and proved a wonderful success, since which time the process\\nhas been gradually improved and perfected, and these plates have stood the severest tests, excelling in\\npoint of resistance those of any other plates ever made. The process has not only been adopted by\\nthe U. S. Government, but by all the armor plate makers of Europe. The process is gradually supplant-\\ning all other methods in the manufacture of steel and has completely revolutionized this industry. All\\nof Mr. Harvey s inventions are covered by letters patent, which anniuiU to between one hundred and\\none hundred and fifty. In 1889 Mr. Harvey organized the Harvey Steel Company, of which he was\\nPresident and one of the largest stockholders.\\nMr. Harvey was interested in the public affairs of Orange. He served two terms in the Common\\nCouncil\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I S73 and 1879. H served on the Hoard of Commissioners which deviseii the jjresent water\\nsystem, and was a member of the Advisory Board of Citizens which preceded the Sewerage Advisory\\nCommittee. He was \\\\ice-President of the .\\\\merican Washer and Manufacturing Company, of Newark.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0388.jp2"}, "345": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 287\\nHe was for some time a member of the Brick Presbyterian Clnucli, of East Orange, and afterwards\\nunited with the Trinity Congregational Church. He was an accomi)lislied musician and for years was\\nprecentor of the church. Mr. Harvey married, first, Matilda VVinant she died in 1.S56, leaving one\\nson, Dr. Thomas VV. Harvey. He married, second, Emily A. Halsey. By this marriage he had one\\nson, Hayward A., who is connected with the Harvey Steel Com[)any.\\nTlii)M\\\\ W. II \\\\K\\\\i;v. M. D, was born in New ork September 10, 1853, graduated at Princeton\\nCollege in 1875, studied medicine with Dr. William Pierson and grailuated at the College of Physicians\\nand Surgeons in 1S7S. He has been for some years associated in practice with Dr. Pierson, his former\\npreceptiir. He is a member of the Esse.x County Medical Society and Orange Mountain Medical\\nSociety. Ho married Catharine Green, of New Vork, and has two children.\\nTHE CARTER FAMILY.\\nLine of Aaron Charter, of Orange, N. J.\\nAaron Carter was among the first of the new comers who settled in that jiart of Orange known as\\nTremont Avenue. His ancestor was one of the founders of Elizabeth contemporaneous with the\\nsettlement of Newark. The coat of arms of the English branch of the family indicates the origin of\\nthe name. They bore Arms. Argent a chevron between three cartwheels vert. Crest. On a mount\\nvert, a greyhound sejant argent sustaining a shield of the last cliarged with a cartwheel vert.\\nNichol.is Carter, the ancestor of the New Jersey branch of the family, settled in Stamford, Conn.,\\nbefore 1652. He removed that year to Newtown, L. I., and was among the purchasers of that place\\nfrom the natives April 12, 1656, His allotment there was twenty acres. He is repeatedly mentioned in\\nthe Newtown Records among the leading men of the town until 1665, when he removed to Elizabeth-\\ntown, where he was among the most prominent of the Associates. He acquired large tracts of land\\nand was evidentl\\\\- a man of considerable means. His Home l.ott of twenty acres of upland at\\nWatson s Point, adjacent to Edward Case, he sold in 1675 to Bingham Wade for ;^30, payable in pipe\\nstaves. He sold most of his lands May 18, 1681, to Samuel Wilson^ and died shortly after. Samuel,\\nwho was probably his eldest son, was one of the Elizabethtown Associates. Nicholas, born in 1658,\\nwas no doubt the youngest. Elizabeth, the daughter of Nicliolas, Sr., married John Ratcliff, .\\\\ugust 6,\\n1681. Not one of the name appears on the headstones in the Elizabethtown Cemetery. Either Nicholas\\nor Samuel are supposed to have removed to Morris County, as the Carters are mentioned among the early\\nsettlers of the township of \\\\Miip]ianong, constituted in 1700. The church at Bottle Hill, now Madison,\\nwas organized in 1749 and the records state that Luke Carter, son of Benjamin Carter, declared that if\\nthe congregation would not complete the meeting-house he would. Capt. Benjamin Carter and\\nJeremiah Carter, of the township of Chatham, were both prominent in the War of the Revolution. Six\\nother Carters served in the war from Moiris Count}-, among these, Aaron, the grandfather of the present\\nAaron Carter, Jr.\\nAaron Carter, who lived at Union Hill, Morris County, was born about 1750 and was probably a\\ngrandson of Benjamin, the first of the name mentioned in connection with Morris County. He married\\nElizabeth Davis, daughter of Caleb Davis (who married Ruth, daughter of Joseph Bruen), son of Caleb,\\nof Jonathan, of Thomas, born 1660, son of Stephen Davis, who was of Hartford, 1646, freeman of\\nConnecticut, 1648, had for second wife widow of John Ward, Jr. The children of Aaron and Elizabeth\\n(Davis) Carter were Lewis, Cahb, Hannah, Sarah, Mary or Polly, married Samuel Condit, who kept a\\nhotel in Chatham.\\nCaleb Carter, second child of Aaron and Elizabeth (Davis) Carter, was born at Union Hill, Morris\\nCounty, in 1782. He went to Newark about 1800 and learned the business of carriage painting, and was\\none of the pioneers in the carriage manufacturing business. He did an extensive trade with the South.\\nOn the muster roll of Capt. Baldwin s company in iSo2 appears the name of Caleb Carter. Mr. Carter\\nwas identified with the Whig party and was something of a politician. He was appointed a magistrate", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0389.jp2"}, "346": {"fulltext": "288 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nof Newark by Governor W. S. Pennington. Mr. Carter married riioebe Joliiison. daughter of Jotham\\nJohnson, son of David (who married Eunice Crane, great-granddaughter of Robert Treat, the first\\nGovernor of Connecticut under the charter; was Governor for thirty years), son of Nathaniel (married\\nSarah Ogdem, son of Eliphalet, Esq., born 1658, son of Thomas Johnson, one of the committee of\\neleven wlio represented the towns of Milford, Guilford and Branford in arranging for tlie settlement of\\nour Town upon Passaick River, in the Province of New Jersey. Thomas Johnson was one of the\\nsigners of the Fundamental Agreement. The Town Records of Xewark state that the Town agreed\\nthat Mr. Thomas Johnson shall have ICight shillings for his Son s beating the drum this Year and\\nRepairing the remai ider of the Year. Phe town Agreed with him and Thomas Lutidington to raise\\nthe Meeting-house for five Pounds. I homas Johnson was the son of Robert, who came to New\\nHaven from Hull. England. The children of Caleb and Phoebe (Johnson) Carter were Elizabeth.\\nHarriet, Mary, James, Horace, Aaron, Catharine, Almira, Anna, Phoebe.\\nA.\\\\R )N Caktkk, sixth child and youngest son of Caleb and Phoebe (Johnson 1 Carter, was born\\nin Newark, January 17, 1817. He attended one of the best schools in the State that of Fairchild s\\nboarding school, at Mendliam, the board and tuition being at that time one hundred dollars a year. He\\nreturned home and entered the service of Taylor Baldwin, manufacturing jewelers, of whom it was said\\nthey were entitled to the credit of first winning extended fame for Newark handiwork in the jewelry\\nbusiness. Mr. Carter, in his connection with the several succeeding firms, fully maintained the reputa-\\ntion established by his old employers. Three years after attaining his majority Mr. Carter formed a\\ncopartnership with a nephew of Governor VV. S. Pennington and a Mr. Doremus under the firm name of\\nPennington, Carter Doremus; later it became Carter Doremus, and after the withdrawal of Mr.\\nDoremus, Mr. Carter carried on the business alone for some years under the name of Aaron Carter, Jr.\\nIt was during this period that he met with his greatest success, and established the reputation that has\\nmade this the leading house in the jewelry trade. Other changes in the firm were made, but\\nMr. Carter was the leading spirit and continued through the se\\\\ eral changes as senior member. It\\nwas afterwards Carter, Beaman Parsons, then Carter Parsons, Carter, Parsons Hale, Carter, Hale\\nCo., Carter, llowkins Dodd, Carter, llowkins Sloane, Carter, Sloane Co., and Carter, Hastings\\nHowe. Mr. Carter is probably the oldest representative of the jewelry industry in Newark, which\\nbegan nearly a century ago, his own employer, Taylor, being second in the line of succession from\\nEpaphras Hinsdale, who foundeti the business in iSoi. There are few industries which ha\\\\e contributeil\\nmore to the commercial prosperity of Newark than this, and not one of all the old-time manufacturers\\nhas preserved a cleaner record for honor, uprightness and business probity than Mr. Carter, a name\\nunsullied by a single act which could ever reflect adversely on him or his associates. Through the\\nvarious financial reverses of half a century Mr. Carter has maintained the credit of his firm, and never\\nfailed to meet his business obligations. He has educated others up to the high standard of business\\nhonor which has always characterized his firm in their dealings.\\nMr. Carter s influence has been equally felt in the religious interests of his native city as well as\\nelsewhere. He was originally a member of the old First Presbyterian Church, of Newark, and helped\\nto organize the South Park Church, of which he was one of its first elders, continuing in office until\\n1856. After his second marriage, that year, he moved \\\\.o New N ork City, unitetl with and became an\\nelder in Dr. Adams church, which was the leading Presbyterian church in New ork City. In 1864 he\\ncame to Orange and purchased his present residence of eight acres, including the homestead. He\\nenlarged and modernized the house ami made many improvements both within and without. The\\nhouse is Gothic in style and stands in the centre of the large plot which is entireh enclosed by an ever-\\ngreen hedge. There are sufficient trees to afford ample shade without in any way obscuring the sun-\\nlight. It possesses all the requirements of a beautiful country seat, and there is an air of restfulness\\nand comfort in the surroundings that is in striking contrast to some of the more modern places.\\nThe Valley Congregational Church being the most convenient to his residence, Mr. Carter united\\nwith it and for many years concentrated his religious efforts in the work of this church. He was a", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0390.jp2"}, "347": {"fulltext": "AARON CARTER.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0393.jp2"}, "348": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0394.jp2"}, "349": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 289\\ntrustee and deacon and labored for its temporal as well as its spiritual advancement. In 1890 lie witii-\\ndrew with many others and lielped to organize the Hillside Presbyterian Church, which has become one\\nof the most prosperous and strongest cluirches in the Oranges. Mr. Carter is very pronounced in\\npolitical views, and after the disruption of the old Whig party he united with the Republicans and for\\nmany years has been one of its most zealous supporters. In 18 he received the republican nomination\\nfor the Legislature, but the district being one of the democratic strongholds he was defeated. He\\nreceived, however, the undivided support of his own party. Mr. Carter has other large interests in\\naddition to his extensive manufacturing business which absorbs much of his time. He acquired, some\\nyears ago, stock in the Bombay (India) Tramway and is chairman of its Board of Trustees. He has\\nbeen a director in the Newark City Bank since its organization. He is also a director in the Mutual\\nFire Insurance Company, of New York, and of the /lur/trs Circular, a publication issued in the\\ninterests of the jewelry trade. He is a trustee, and much interested in the New Jersey Industrial School\\nfor Girls, at Trenton. Mr. Carter married, first, Elizabeth C. Tuttle, daughter of William Tuttle, and a\\ngranddaughter of Nathaniel Camp. There was one surviving child by this marriage, viz., William\\nTuttle, who is associated with liis father in the jewelr\\\\- business. Mr. Carter married, second, Sarah S.\\nTrow, daughter of John F. Trow, the founder of Trow s New York Directory. Mrs. Carter s mother,\\nCatharine Swift, was the daughter of Gen. Nathaniel Swift, the first graduate of West Point Military\\nAcademy. The children of the second marriage are John Franklin, Ernest Trow and Herbert Swift.\\nRev. John Franklin, the eldest son, is a graduate of Yale and is rector of St. Mark s Church, Fall\\nRiver, Mass.\\nErnest Trow graduated at Princeton and began the study of law, but failing health compelled him\\nto abandon the law and having a natural taste for music he took a course under learned German\\nprofessors and is now a resident of Berlin.\\nHerbert Swift, M. D recently graduated at the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons\\nand received the first appointment at the Presbyterian Hospital.\\nCHARLES n. DECKER, who has filled the position of President of the Orange Bank since October,\\n1893, is a leading merchant and represents the most progressive element in the community, having for\\nmore than a quarter of a century conducted a business which has increased from a few thousand to over\\nhalf a million dollars annually, and has thus given ample proof of his ability as a financier. Under his\\nadministration the affairs of the bank have been successfully managed to the entire satisfaction of his\\nassociates and all interested in its prosperity, and Mr. Decker has retained the public confidence and\\nrespect of his fellow-citizens. His career has been eminently a useful one, and yet without other\\nambition than such as attaches to the faithful performance of those duties which have been from\\ntime to time assigned to him in the community in which his lot has been cast. Mr. Decker comes of\\nHolland and New England stock, a mixture which indicates thrift, industry, energy and perseverance.\\nHis father was a successful business man and stood high in the community where he lived.\\nThe History of Chemung County, New York State, contains the following record relating to the\\ngrandmother and grandfather of Mr. Decker: The first white child born in the town of Ashland, of\\nwhich there is any record, was Eunice Kel.sey, her birthday having been on March 16, 1789, her father\\nbeing Abner Kelsey. Eunice grew to womanhood and married Jacob Decker. She became the mother\\nof six children, three sons and three daughters. The above record is correct with the exception of the\\nnumber of children, which should be six sons and two daughters.\\nJacob Decker, above referred to, was a native of Orange County, N. Y., and removed thence to\\nChemung County. The name of Johannis Decker is mentioned among the settlers of the town of\\nMontgomery, Orange County, between 1768 and 1778. He was probably a son or grandson of Abraham\\nDecker, who came from Holland and settled in Copake, N. Y., in 1757. Among the children of Jacob\\nand Eunice (Kelsey) Decker was Harrison Decker, born about 1821, at Wellesburgh, Chemung County,\\nN. Y. He married Harriet, daughter of Charles Tubbs, a descendant of William Tubbs, of Duxbury,", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0395.jp2"}, "350": {"fulltext": "290 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nMass., who was admitted a freeman of Plymouth colony in 1637. He volunteered to go on an expedi-\\ntion against the Pequot Indians in June of the same ear. He was a member of the famous Capt.\\nMiles Standish s military company.\\nCharles M. Decker, son of Harrison and Harriet (Tubbs) Decker, was born in W ellesburgh, Chemung\\nCounty, N. Y., November 1850. His educational opportunities were limited to the public schools of\\nhis native town. As a boy he was self-reliant and ambitious. At the age of fourteen he made his first\\ntrip to New York in search of employment. After spending a short time in the city he concluded to\\nvisit an old friend of his father s Stephen D. Herman, then residing and doing business in Orange.\\nHe was kindly received and through the influence of Mr. Herman he obtained a situation with Benjamin\\nF. Cairnes in the grocery business. After remaining with him about a year he entered the employ of\\nMr. Herman, continuing with him and his successors until 1869. In 1870 he went to New York and\\nstarted in the butter business and the following year returned to Orange and bought out his old\\nemployer, Mr. Cairnes; he had then just attained his majority. Instead of following the old business\\nmethods of his predecessors he inaugurated an entire new system. He saw that in order to secure the\\ntrade of suburban residents, many of whom continuctl to patronize New York houses, he must shape his\\ncourse accordingly. He stocked his place with the finest goods in the market, established the delivery\\nsystem, sold on short credit and gradually brought the trade to a hcinic market. After his lease\\ne.xpired he moved into the new building on the opposite side of Main Street, in East Orange, where he\\nwas provided with ample facilities for his growing trade. He purchased strictly for cash and thus\\nsecured an advantage that enabled him to distance all competitors. His trade gradual!)- e.xtended\\nthrough all the Oranges and into the towns and villages on the outskirts of the county. Beginning with\\na trade of \u00c2\u00a710,000 to \u00c2\u00a712,000 a year in 1871-2, it reached half a million in 1893. The securing of this\\nlarge amount of trade, a portion of which was formerly divided among New York houses, has added\\nmaterially to the wealth and prosperity of the Oranges.\\nIn 1889 Mr. Decker opened a branch house in Orange, in the building of S. C. A. Lindsley, on\\nMain Street, and the following year he bought the Sharp property at 222 and 224 Main Street on which\\nhe erected one of the finest and most substantial buildings to be found in any part of Essex County,\\nan ornament to the city of Orange for which his fellow-citizens have reason to be proud. The front of\\nthe building is of Indiana stone, rubied. It is four stories high, 50 x lOO feet, extending from Main\\nStreet to Railroad Avenue. The ti)tal cost, including the land, was about \u00c2\u00a765,000. This, together\\nwith the new bank building, has added much to the appearance of Orange as a business centre.\\nMr. Decker has made other investments in real estate which he has developed and improved, thus\\nadding materially to the wealth of the city. While he has always done his duty as a citizen in pro-\\nmoting good government, Mr. Decker has never taken any active part in the political affairs of the city\\nor county, his business interests demanding his whole attention. As to the personal traits of Mr.\\nDecker, no words of eulogy are required. It is sufficient to state that lie enjoys the confidence and\\nrespect of his fellow-citizens and that his word is as good as his bond. E\\\\ery transaction of his life\\nwill bear the closest scrutiny. As nothing succeeds like success, his business record speaks for itself.\\nMr. Decker has not only made a record for himself as a Builder, but is identified by marriage with the\\nFounders of the Oranges through two of the oldest families in East Orange the Peck and the Jones\\nfamilies. His wife is a daughter of Alfred and Margaret E. (Peck) Jones, two of the earliest settlers\\nof the locality formerly known as Pecktown. Mr. Decker has had nine children, viz.: Margaret,\\nHarrison, Charles M., Jr., deceased, Addie L., Arthur, May, Richard F., Katharj-n, Laraus.\\nJAMES BELL. In a two-fold sense. James Bell is one of the oldest Builders of the Oranges. First,\\nin a material sense, as a mechanical builder he has erected a number of buildings, both public and\\nprivate, ha\\\\ing begun operations in the early fifties; second, in a spiritual sense, he has been instru-\\nmental in the building up of the religious interests in the Oranges. Mr. Bell was born in the city of\\nPerth, Scotlaiul, July 27, 1825. He was .sent to what was known as a trade school, maintained by", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0396.jp2"}, "351": {"fulltext": "CHARLES M. DECKER.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0399.jp2"}, "352": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0400.jp2"}, "353": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Guilders of the Oranges.\\n291\\nbusiness men or tradesmen for a thorou^li instruction in the rudimentary branches for tlieir own\\nchildren. Particular attention was given to his religious education by a devoted Christian mother. He\\nwas left a fatherless orphan at the age of five years and ten years later he lost his mother. He lived\\nwith his aunt for a time, wiio belonged to the Independents or Congregationalists. and from her he\\nimbibed many of his ideas of church polity which influenced his later life. After the death of his\\nmother the little property was sold and James, with his six brothers and one sister, came to this country\\nand settled for a time at Little Falls, above Paterson, X. J. His sister subsequently returned to Scot\\nland, and he, with four of his brothers, came to Orange in 1843. He and another brother both learned\\nthe mason s and stone cutting trades, and after serving their time formed a copartnership with another\\nbrother to carry on the business. Tiiere were only three other builders in all the Oranges at that time, and\\nyet there was not work enough to keep him and his brother employed. Thej- therefore went to Newark,\\nwhere they secured some large contracts and carried on a successful business for some time. Among\\nother buildings which they constructed was the High Street Presbyterian Church. About this time\\n1850 he and his brother removed to Newark and leased a quarry in Belleville in order to procure\\nmaterial for their building operations. Previous to this his eldest brother withdrew from the firm.\\nThey continued for two or three years when James\\nBell, having secured a large contract with the Illinois\\nCentral Railroad Co., concluded to go West. He\\ndid a fairly good business with the company, but\\nsickness in his family compelled him to return East,\\nand about 1855 or 56 he settled permanently in\\nOrange where for many years he carried on an\\nextensive business in the building line. To facili-\\ntate his building operations he first leased two\\n([uarries and afterwards purchased one on the\\nmountain from which he took large quantities of\\nbrown or red sandstone. He supplied other build-\\ners in addition to what he used himself. He built\\nthe Central Presbyterian Church, the first story of\\nSt. John s R. C. Church, on High Street, put up\\nthe spire of St. Mark s Episcopal Church, in West\\nOrange, and built both the first and afterwards the\\nsecond church edifice for the Valley Congregational\\nChurch. He has made additions and alterations\\nto many of the other churches in the Oranges. He\\ncontinued in the building line until 1874 and then\\nstarted in the coal business in connection with the\\nsale of masons materials, he being the first to estab-\\nlish the latter business in Orange. After more than\\nforty years of active business life he retired in 1890.\\nSoon after he settled in Orange, Mr. Bell purchased\\nthe property on the corner of Forest and Valley Streets, where the Church of the Holy Communion now\\nstands. This he sold later and bought the property where he now resides, on Scotland Street, fronting\\nthe D. L. W. R. R. This was the old Quimby homestead. He made extensive additions and altera-\\ntions to the house, but retained among other interesting relics of the past, the old hand-carved colonial\\nmantel.\\nSoon after returning to Orange, Mr. Bell united with the old First Presbyterian Church and\\nremained in communion with it for a few years. When the movement was begun to organize a new-\\ninterest in the valley, he entered with zeal and earnestness into the work, and became one of the leading\\nJAMES HULL.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0401.jp2"}, "354": {"fulltext": "292 TiiK Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nspirits, and when it had grown to such an extent as to justif)- the organization of a church he was\\nearnestly in favor of adopting the Congregational polity, and from that time to the present he has been\\none of the main pillars of the Valley Congregational Church. He was elected a member of the first\\nBoard of Trustees, and when it was decided to erect a church edifice his knowledge and experience was\\nof great value to his associates, and when, in later years, the church grew in numbers and strength, it\\nbecame necessary to erect a more commodious place of worship, the chief management of the affair\\nwas left to him, and he constructed a building of such solidity and strength that it will remain for ages\\nto come as a monument to his memory, and is emblematic of his own strength and solidity of character.\\nIn the construction of the spiritual edifice Mr. Bell has been no less conspicuous. As the years have\\nadvanced his own religious views have broadened and deepened, and from his own experience he has\\nbeen able to strengthen the weak and encourage the despondent, and as stone after stone was laid,\\ncemented together with brotherly love and kindness, he contributed materially to this end, his own\\ncheerful, happy disposition tending to promote harmony, and was like oil on the troubled waters. He\\nwas a trustee before the church was organized, and served as deacon for twenty-two years.\\nIn early life M. Bell became impressed with the beauties of symbolic or speculative Masonry and\\nbecame one of the earliest members of Union Lodge, F. A. M., of Orange, after its reorganization.\\nLater he became a member of Orange Chapter, R. A. M. He is still a Mason in good standing though\\nnonaffiliated. Mr. Bell married Ellen Strother, daughter of George Strother, of Belle\\\\ille, N. J. He\\nhas three living children, viz.: Isabella, who married Charles De.xheimer; Emma, who resides with him\\nat the present time, and Allister, a recent graduate of the Newark Academy.\\nJOHN OXENBRIDGE HEALD, third child of Daniel A. and Sarah Elizabeth (Washburni Hcald,\\n[see Heald family. West Orange] was born at Ludlow, Vt., October i8, 1850. He was prepared for\\ncollege at Philips Exeter Academy and was graduated at Vale in 1873. He studied law with Judge\\nEdward Patterson, of New York City, and spent one year at Columbia College Law School, was\\nadmitted to the bar in October, 1876, and began practice immediately after. He formed a law copartner-\\nship with George Richards in 1879, which still continues. In addition to his general law practice he has\\nbeen especially identified with insurance litigation and has been successful in the trial of many import-\\nant cases in the New (irk courts, involving important ta.x legislation both in New York and other\\nStates. As a lawyer he is careful, thorough, pain.staking, reliable and honest.\\nSince early childhood Mr. Heald has given much attention to the culture of his voice and the study\\nof music. He was a member of the Yale Glee Club while in college and since his graduation has been\\nconnected with some of the best known musical organizations in the country. He has been for more\\ntlian twenty years a member of the Mendelssohn Glee Club, of New York City, the leading male chorus\\nin the country. He was one of the founders of the Orange Mendelssohn Union, the most prominent of\\nits kind in the .State of New Jersey, and has been for ten years its President. He was President of the\\nNew England Society, of Orange, in 1892-3-4; he was President of the Yale Alumni Association,\\nof Essex County, N. J., for four years, and eight years chairman of the Executive Committee. He\\norganized the Orange Distilleti Water Ice Compan\\\\- and was its first and is still Presitlent of the\\ncompany, lie is a member of the Ad\\\\isory Board of the Sewer Committee, of Orange, and has been\\nactive in promoting public imi:)rovements. He is a trustee of the Trinity Congregational Church, of\\nEast Orange. Mr. Heald married, September 3, 1885, Miss Elizabeth Manning, daughter of Joseph E.\\nManning, of I- itchliurg, Mass. Their children are Ruth Washburn and Daniel .Addison.\\nTHE KIDDER FAMILY.\\nThere is not an organized body of men in the Oranges who enjoy greater opportunities for doing\\ngood and promoting the welfare of the whole community than those connected with the New England\\nSociety. Mr. Camillus G. Kidder availed himself of the privilege to which he was justly entitled by\\nreason of his New England ancestry, soon after he decided to make his home in Orange, and he has had\\nno occasion to regret it. He has made for himself a name and place in this community.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0402.jp2"}, "355": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 293\\nJames Kidder was the ancestor of most if not of all the families of that name in America, but the\\nfamily is tracctl throui^ h the English records to the thirteenth century. James, the patriarch of the\\nAmerican family of this name, was born at Rast Grinstead, in Sussex, England, in 1626, and was the son\\nof James Kidder, of Mansfield. He was located at Cambridge, Mass., before 1650, where he married,\\nabout 1649, Anna Moore, daughter of Elder l- ancis Moore. In 1675, during King I hilip s war, he was\\nin the public service and kept guard over the small tribe f Indians at Wamesct, now a part of Lowell,\\nand was soon after appointed to the command of a garrison-house. He died April 16, 1676, in the\\nmidst of the war. He had twelve children, of whom /o/i/i was the fourth.\\nJohn Kidder, fourth child of James and .Anna (Moore) Kidder, was born in Cambridge, in 1655-6,\\ndied in Chelmsford, Mass. He owned five hundred arces of land on the west side of Concord River, in\\nChelmsford, where he resided. He married Lydia, daughter of Abraham Parker, and had issue twelve\\nchildren, of whom Thoiiias was the third.\\nThomas Kidder, third child of John and Lydia (Parker) Kidder, was born in Chelmsford, Mass.,\\nOctober 30, 1690. He married Joanna Keyes, December 31, 1716, and had five children, of whom\\nReuben was the third.\\nReuben Kidder, known as Colonel Kidder, third child of Thomas and Joanna (Keyes) Kidder,\\nwas born in Chelmsford, now Westford, in 1723. He was a surveyor by occupation, and after the close\\nof the French and Indian War of 1748 he purchased of some of the Ipswich grantees their dormant\\nrights and became the principal founder of the town of New Ipswich. He turned his attention to the\\nculture of fruit on a very extensive scale and had one of the largest and most valuable orchards in New\\nEngland. He erected the first mill in this region. About 1770 Gov. Wentworth made him Colonel of\\na regiment of militia. At the cominencement of the Revokitinn he held two offces under the King and\\nmany of his friends were among the royal party. Declining to act under the authority of a Committee\\nof Safety of the Provincial Congress, he was superseded in his military command by an act passed in\\n1775. He died September 20, 1793. He married Susanna Burge, March 21, 1754, and had twelve\\nchildren, of whom Reuben was the sixth.\\nReuben Kidder (2), sixth child of Col. Reuben and Susannah (Burge) Kidder, was born in New\\nIpswich, April 3, 1768. After taking his degree of A. B., class of 1791, Dartmouth College, he qualified\\nhimself for the profession of law, and established himself at Waterville, Me., in the spring of 1795, the\\nfirst lawyer who adventured so far north into what was then almost a wilderness. He moved to New\\nHarmony, Iml., in 1816, where he died the year following. He married Lois Crosby and had four\\nchildren, of whom Camilbis was the third.\\nCamillus Kidder, third child of Reuben (2) and Lois (Crosby) Kidder, was born at Waterville, Me.,\\nJune 27, 1805, died in Boston, January 16, 1883. He went to Bangor, Me., when a young man and\\nengaged in business there, and moved to Baltimore, Md., in 1S42. He was a staunch Unionist during\\nthe Civil War and his business was greatly injured in consequence, and his personal safety threatened.\\nMr. Kidder married, October 16, 1834, Sarah Thompson Herrick, daughter of General Jedediah and\\nMehitable (Thompson) Herrick, of Hampden, Me. [The Herrick family are supposed to derive descent\\nfrom Eric the Forester, and therefore from the ancient King of Sweden]. Gen. Jedediah Herrick was\\ncaptain and major in the War of 181 2, and tlistinguished himself in action at the time of the burning of\\nthe corvette John Adams. He was the first High Sheriff of Penobscot County, Me., and was Major-\\nGcncral of the Tenth Division, Massachusetts Militia (Maine then being a part of Massachusetts). He\\nwas the son of Joseph (^born 1746), and Elizabeth (Preston) Herrick, son of Major Israel Herrick, who\\nserved nineteen campaigns in the French and Indian War and left it a brevet-major; he also fought at\\nBunker Hill, in the Rc\\\\olution, and resigned his commission as major when the army left Cambridge.\\nHe was the son of Benjamin, born 1700, son of Joseph (2), born 1667, son of Joseph (l), of Cherry Hill,\\nSalem, Mass.; baptized 1645; known as Governor, having commanded a military post or district. He\\nwas the son of Henry Herrick, the ancestor, born 1604, who settled in Salem, Mass., son of Sir William\\nHerrick, of Beau Manor, County of Leicester, England. The children of Camillus and Sarah Thompson", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0403.jp2"}, "356": {"fulltext": "294 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges\\n(Herrick) Kidder, were Elizabeth, married John Truslow, of New York City; Jerome Henr\\\\-, who\\nserved during the War of the Revolution, and subsequently became surgeon in the U. S. Xavy, and\\nCatnillus George.\\nCamillus George Kidder, youngest child of Camillus and Sarah Thompson (Herrick) Kidder,\\nwas born in Baltimore, Md., July 6, 1850. He prepared for college at Philips Academy, Exeter, N. H..\\nand graduated from Harvard College in the class of 1872. He was a good scholar, and took high rank\\nin his class. After graduation he taught private pupils for about a year, and read law. In the spring of\\n1873 he visited the Vienna Exposition, and in the following autumn entered Harvard Law School where\\nhe received the degree of L.L. B., ciiui laiide. He then became managing clerk in the law office of\\nEmott, Burnett Hammond, New ork Cit\\\\-. He was admitted to the New York bar in January,\\n1877, and became junior partner of the firm. In 1S79 i name was changed to Emott, Hammond\\nKidder. Upon the death of his late senior partner, James Emott, he started in the practice of law\\nupon his own account. In 1891 he formed a copartnership with John S. Melcher, under the firm name\\nof Kidder Melcher, and this firm now enjoys a successful practice.\\nMr. Kidder has been a resident of Orange since 1882 and has made many warm friends. Public\\nspirited and progressive, he has not only advocated, but has been active in promoting public improve-\\nments. He has served as a member of the Board of School Commissioners for Orange, where his advice\\nand counsel were deemed useful. He is a working member of All Saints Episcopal Church and has been\\na member of its vestry. He has served the New England Society of Orange, as Secretary and in other\\ncapacities. He was one of the original stockholders of the Orange Athletic Club and is a member of\\nthe South Orange Field Club. He organized the Essex County Electric Companw since absorbed by\\nthe Newark Electric Light and Power Company, and was for many \\\\-ears a director and the counsel of\\nthe former corporation. He is a member of various literary and other societies in New York and\\nelsewhere, among which are the New luigland -Society, of New ork. New York Historical and Genea-\\nlogical Society, New York Reform Club, Harvard, Church and University Clubs, of New York, Phi Beta\\nKappa Alumni Association, New York Civil Service Reform Association, Philips Exeter Academj-\\nAssociation and the Bunker Hill Association, of Boston, Mass. Mr. Kidder married, December 3, 1881,\\nMatilda Cushman Faber, daughter of Gustavus William and Angelica Cushman I abcr, of New ork.\\nTheir children are Jerome F aber, Lois I aber and George Herrick I- aber.\\nTHE L HOMMEDIEU FAHILY.\\nI airhome, the home of the L Hommedieus, is one of the attractive features of the locality\\nknown as Mountain Station, a little north of the South Orange line. The place abounds in trees, shrubs,\\nflowers, in great variety, covering three acres of ground and formerly known as the Hamlin Place. It\\noccupies an elevated position and the \\\\iew is unsurpassed. Around and about the place there is e\\\\er\\\\-\\nindication of lu.vury and refinement, comprising all that constitutes a nioilel home. iWr. L Hommedieu\\nhas in his possession one of the most interesting relics ever brought to this country, viz., the Bible which\\nbelonged to his ancestor, Henjamin L Hommedieu. It was printetl in I .nglancl in i6^ o and contains the\\nfollowing inscription written by its original owner: The first /rw/.v that I came to this countr\\\\- I lande\\nat K()d Island the first february, 1686. The name indicates the character of the family, which signifies\\nthe man of (iod. This was one of the numerous Huguenot families who were driven from France\\nafter the revocation of the Edict of Xantes.\\nThis Benjamin was the son of John and Patience (Throckmorton) L Hommedieu, born in 1618,\\ndied in Newport, R. I., 1708. Benjamin was born in Rochelle, France, in 1665, and, as the inscription\\nin his Bible shows, came to this country in february, 16S6. He removed later to Southold, L. I.,\\nwhere he had special privileges granted him by the Governor of the Province of New York and opened\\na store for trade in the new village. He married Patience, daughter of Capt. Nathaniel Sylvester, of", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0404.jp2"}, "357": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders ok the Oranges.\\n29s\\nkoxbury, England, who then owned Sylvester s now known as Shelter Island. Benjamin was a\\nthriving, prosperous merchant in his day. llis ciiildrcn were Benjamin, Jr., Hosea, Sylvester, /V/\u00c2\u00abr,\\nand two daughters, Patience and Susan. Iknjaniin, Sr., died January 4, 1748-9.\\nPeter L Mommedicu, fourth child of Benjamin and Patience (Sylvester) L I lommcdicu, was born\\nat Southold, L. I., August 19, 1699. He married and had, among other children, a son, Constant.\\nConstant I. l lommedieu, son of Peter, was born F cbruary 5, 1730. lie married Deborah Young\\nand had a son, Xut/Kiiiiii.\\nNathaniel L Hommedieu. son of Constant antl Deborah (Young) L Hommcdieu, was born August\\n19, 1762. He married Ann Burcham. He followed the sea for many years as master of a vessel and\\nlater engaged in the shipping business and was recognized as one of the leading merchants in the city.\\nHe was always known as Capt. Nathaniel, lie had, among other children, a son, Xnt/nuiii/ Constant.\\nNathaniel Constant l. Hommedieu, son of Capt. Nathaniel and .\\\\nn Burchamj L Hommcdieu,\\nwas born in New ork City, March 4, 1810. He married Jane Maria Hepburn, and had two children.\\nWard Burcham and Syhcstcr Yoinii^.\\nSyi.VESTKR Yol NG L HoMMKDiKr, son of Nathaniel Constant and Jane Maria Hepburn 1 L Huin-\\nmedieu. was born in New York City. He lived for\\na number of years with his parents in Brooklyn,\\nand was educated at the Polytechnic Institute. His\\nearliest business experience was acquired in the silk\\nhouse of E. H. Arnold with whom he remained for\\nten years, and at the time of his separation occu-\\npied an important position with this house. In\\nhe started in the rubbei business under the firm\\nname of S. V. L Hommedieu Co., representing\\ndifferent manufacturing firms of rubber goods. He\\nbuilt up a successful trade which has constantly\\nincreased from year to year. The firm was changed\\nto the S. L Hommedieu Co., in 1886 and a stock\\ncompany was formed. Mr. L Hommedieu s con-\\nnection with Orange began in 1874, w hen he\\ntook up llis residence at Mountainside .Station.\\nLater he purchased the Hamlin place on Montrose\\nAvenue, on which he made many impro\\\\-cmL-nts,\\nboth interior and e.xterior. lioth he and his\\nwife have been for many years prominent in social\\naffairs in the Oranges. He was for some years\\na member of the Orange Athletic Club and is\\nat present a member of the Esse.v County Countrj-\\nClub. While a resident of Brooklyn Mr. L Hom-\\nmedieu became impressed with the beauties of\\nsymbolic or speculative Masonry and was made a\\nmember of Anglo-Saxon Lodge, No. 137, F. A. M.\\nIn capitular Masonry he was advanced and e.xalted\\nin Constellation Chapter, R. A. M., of Brooklyn.\\nMr. L Hommedieu married .Abby Caroline Baldwin, daughter of Isaac Preston Baldwin, of Orange,\\nborn 1821, son of Isaac, born 1791. son of Caleb, born 1757, son of Ezekiel. born 1719, son of John, born\\n1683, son of Jonathan, born 1649, son of Joseph, the Newark ancestor. The children of this marriage\\nare Frank Arnold, Sylvester V., Natalie Constant and .\\\\ugusta Bean.\\nSYLVESTER YOUNG I. IIOMMEUIEL", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0405.jp2"}, "358": {"fulltext": "296 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nGEORGE BAYLES, H. D., was born in the city of New York, August 7, 1836. He was prepared\\nfor college at private schools, graduated at the College of the City of New York in 1856, and later from\\nthe Medical Department of Columbia College. He was surgeon on a packet ship of the Blackball Line\\nand immediately after the breaking out of the war was appointed assistant surgeon of the Twenty-fifth\\nRegiment, N. Y. Volunteers, and was transferred to the First Regiment, N. Y. Heavy Artillerj-, which\\nlater became the F ourth Regiment, of which he was appointed surgeon with rank of Major. Later he\\nbecame assistant surgeon U. S. A. and served until the close of the war. On his return he located at\\nIrvington-on-the-Hudson and served for some years as local sanitary inspector in the late Metropolitan\\nBoard of Health. In 1867 he became a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine. He settled in\\nOrange in 1879 ^vhere he has since continued in active practice. He has been for eight years on the\\nstaff of the Orange Memorial Hospital and is connected with the various medical societies.\\nTHE HITCH FAMILY.\\nThe name of Hitch, although rather an unusual one, is familiar to the people of the Oranges\\nthrough Mr. Henry F. Hitch s connection with the New England Society as its President, and also\\nthrough other organizations with which he has been identified during his residence of a quarter of a\\ncentury. This is a family of considerable antiquit}-, ha\\\\ing its origin in Worcestershire and Berkshire,\\nEngland. According to the standard works on heraldry the family bore .-Jrwj-. Quarterly; first and\\nfourth, or a bend vair, between two cotises, indented sable second and third per fesse, or and sable\\nthree estoiles counterchanged. Crest. An antelope s head, erased, sable tufted, armed, and manned or,\\nvulned through the neck with a bird-bolt or, feathered argent, holding the end in his mouth. Motto.\\nAvi numerantur avorum. The American ancestor of the Hitch family settled in ^Maryland in the early\\npart of the seventeenth century. Samuel, the fourth in descent from the ancestor, with his brother and\\ncousin, removed to Fairhavcn, Mass., and that part of the town where he resided became known as\\nHitchville.\\nCapt. Joshua Hitch, son of .Samuel, was born in Fairhaven, Mass. He was a well-known sea captain\\nand a brave and fearless officer. During the War of 1812-15 he commanded the privateer Governor\\nGerry. She was schooner-built and thoroughly equipped for business. After landing a cargo of silks\\nand other valuable goods in some French port, she came out July 29, 18 13, and ran directly into a fleet\\n(if British men-of-war. She was given chase and only surrendered after she had carried awa\\\\ all her\\nspars. Capt. Hitch carried the first .American flag to Rio Grantle. l^razil. He married Mary ilke\\\\-\\nand had a son, Henry Iliraiii.\\nHenry I lir.ini Hitch, son of Capt. Joshua and Mary (Wilkey) Hitch, was born in Fairhaven, Mass., in\\n1805. He went out to Periiambuco, Brazil, when a young man, where he was engaged as clerk in a\\ncommission house. He was living there at the time Lord Cochran bombarded and captured the city, in\\n1824. He subsequently sailed as supercargo of a vessel and rose to the position of captain. In 1835\\nhe formed a copartnership with his brother-in-law, Henry Forster, and established a large trade between\\nI ernambuco and the United States. He was well and fa\\\\orably known in the shipping trade. He died\\nat his home in Brazil in 1847. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Jireh Swift, of New Bedford, Mass.,\\na direct descendant of William Swift, who came from Bocking, County Suffolk, England. He was in\\nWatertown, Mass., 1634, and removed thence to Sandwich in 1644. His widow, Joan made her\\nwill October 12, 1662, and named son William and others.\\nWilliam (2), son of William (i), was a representative at the General Court at Sandwich, 1673-4-7-8.\\nBy his wife, Ruth, he had eleven children, one of \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ovn, Jireh, the eighth, was born 1665.\\nJireh (i), son of William Swift, was born in 1665, married Abigail Gibbs, and had a son, Jireh {2).\\nJireh Swift (2), son of Jireh (l), was born November 23, 1709, married Deborah Hathaway and had,\\namong other children, a son, Jireh (3).\\nJireh Swift (^3), son of Jireh (2) and Deborah (Hathaway) Swift, was born in 1740. He served with\\nthe Massachusetts Militia in the War of the Revolution as corporal in Capt. .\\\\braham Washburn s", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0406.jp2"}, "359": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0407.jp2"}, "360": {"fulltext": "V\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2tfRv\\nm\\nX J,^\\nHENRY F. HITCH.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0408.jp2"}, "361": {"fulltext": "Tin-: Founders and Buii.df.rs of the Oranges. 207\\ncompany. Cdl. Rdward MitclicM s regiment, in 1776. hi July, i7.Su, he was scr^ i,int in the -amc\\ncompan\\\\-, ami volunteered for service on the alarm of July 30, in Rhode Island. He married Kli/aheth\\nHaskell, and had a \u00e2\u0096\u00a0-.on, J irr/i (4).\\nJireh Swift (41, son of Jirch (3), was born SeplemlHr 26, 1773: married i-Jizabeth Hathaway and\\nhad issue, twelve children, ci| whom Elizabeth H., born .\\\\u^nist 9, iSc/ w.is the eldest. She married, as\\nbefore stated. Henry llii.mi lliti.h.\\nHknkv l-iiRsiKK 111 nil, only son of Capt. Henry Hiram and Elizabeth iSwifi 1 Hitch, was born\\nat l airhaven. Mass., 1S35. He was educated at .Stephen M. Weld s school, Jamaica I l.iins, Mass.. and\\nbegan his business career as cK-rk in the dry goods commission house of Wright Whitman, Boston.\\nFrom there he went to I ernambuco. Brazil, in 1S54. and entered his Lite father s firm (Henry I* orsfer\\nCo. I. of which he became a partner in 1857, remaining there permanently until iSCi. He then came\\nto Xew ork .md rstai)lisluil the house of H. H. Swift Co. He has continued his connection with\\nthe old firm f(U mme tli.iii lort_\\\\- years, going back and forth as occasion required. His is one of the\\nbest know 11 and is now the only .\\\\merican firm in Bernambuco, Brazil. He has largely increased the\\ntrade between Brazil and tlu Unite l States, introducing manj new articles of commerce. He was the\\nfirst to introduce kerosene into Brazil and for many years his firm were the largest exporters of sugar\\nand importers of American llnur. He was acting American Consul of Pernambuco for some time and\\nbecame \\\\ery pojnilar w ith the people, his own place being the headquarters for Americans. In 1865 he\\nassisted in obtaining a subsidy for. and in establishing the first line of American steamers between\\nBrazil and the United States, which continued fcjr twenty-five years, his firm acting as agents. Mr.\\nHitch has also been connected with internal impro\\\\ements in Brazil. His firm assisted in establishing\\nthe first street railroatl in rernanibuco.\\nMr. Hitch became a resident of that part of South Orange known as Montrose in lS7i,an(l after\\nrenting for a short time he bought of Mr. Vose a jilot of nearly three acres on Irving A\\\\enue. corner of\\nScotland .Street. He enlargtil the house and madi- many inipro\\\\enienls. He interested himself in\\npublic affairs and worked with his neighbors to build up the locality. He was elected a village trustee.\\nHe assisted in founding the free library and was its first treasurer. He was instrumental in starting the\\nl ~irst L liitarian Church, of (tr.mgt-, anil has l)cen I lesident of the Hoard of Trustees since its organiza-\\ntion. His connection with the New I .nglanil Societ\\\\- began in 1872 when the society was in its infancN\\nand from that time to the present he has been among the most earnest of its working members and\\nalways in full s\\\\nipathy with its objects. He served as Vice-President from 1SS9 to 1891 and was\\nelected President in 1892. He was a member of the special committee appointetl in 1S8S to take\\nsuitable action to compel the D. L. W. R. R. to furnish better accommodations to the tra\\\\eling public\\nof Orange, resulting in the withdrawing of over four hundreil commuters from that road, who transferred\\ntheir patronage to the Erie R. R. |The work assigned him on that committee was finished by another\\nmember, as he was obliged in the interim to leave home to attend to his business interests in Brazil. He\\nwas in full sympathy, however, with the committee and endorsed its action.] Mr. Hitch has filled a\\nprominent part in the social affairs of Orange and South Orange. He was one of the organizers of\\nthe Orange Lawn Tennis Club, and was its President for a number of years also of the Orange Athletic\\nClub and one of its first Board of Directors. He is a member of the South Orange Field Club, Ksse.K\\nCounty Countr\\\\- Cluh .mil other locd organizations. He was one of the early members of the Union\\nLeague Club, New York, and a member of the L.xecutive Committee. He was also one of the\\noriginal subscribers to the Down Town Club, of New ork.\\nMr. Hitch married Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. Joseph C. and Sylvia (Swift) Delano, of New-\\nBedford. Mass.. a descendant of Philippe de la Noye, a l- rench Protestant (born about 1602-3, baptized\\nat the Walloon Church, December 7, 16031, who joined the English at Leyden when they were about to\\nstart for America, and was allowed to come with them on the second vessel, the Fortune, which arrived\\nat Plvmouth. November 9. 1621. He was made a h reeman 1632. moved to Duxbury, had fi rty acres\\nof land there in 1637 and eight hundred acres in Dartmouth. He was the son of Jean de Launey, a", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0411.jp2"}, "362": {"fulltext": "298\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nI rencli Hu Tuenot, expelled with his w ifc from France on account of his religion. He married, fust, in\\n1634, Hester Dewsbury married, second, Mary, daughter of William I ontus. Mrs. Hitch mee Delano)\\ntraces her descent from Philippe de la Noye through Jonathan, the fourth son, born 164S, Thomas, born\\n1704, married Jane Peckham, Ephraim, horn 1733. married Elizabeth Cushman. Allerton. born 1767,\\nmarried Sarah Clement, Joseph C, married, first, Alice R. Howland. second. Sylvia Swift. The children\\nof Henry F. and Elizabeth (Delano) Hitch are Allerton, Sylvia, Joseph, Julia, Elizabeth.\\nAllerton, the eldest, was born in Pernambuco, Brazil, and was educated at Adams Academy,\\nOuincy, Mass. He has been for some years engaged in the importing business in New iirk. He\\nmarried Gertrude Minna Dumbell, daughter of Rev. George W. Dumbell, D. D.\\nJoseph, the third child and second son, is a graduate of Harvard College and now employed in a\\ndry goods commission house in New ork.\\nTHE TILNEY FAHILY.\\nThe family of Tilney is of Norman origin, but derives from the town of Tilney, in the county\\nof Norfolk, England, and was one of\\n^^^t^:^.^ (0 a,.-i^^^^jSL^\\\\ most ancient of Knights degrees\\nV^- y ML. ^^jpfe^fci l SjIHBB?^ ^tV Engla id. Frodo, the first of the\\n^Tra32]S^^3P\u00c2\u00bb^\u00c2\u00a3- B (k family, came into England in the reign\\nof Edward the Confessor, and held\\nmany lordships in Suffolk and Norfolk\\nat the time of the Norman survey he\\ngave divers lands to Hur\\\\- Abbey which\\nwere confirmed by William the Con-\\nqueror. Baldwin, the brother of Frodo,\\nwas a monk of St. Deny s, in France.\\nII; was afterwards the third abbot of\\nHur\\\\- St. Edmunds. The eldest son of\\nFrodo was Alan de Tilney, who lived\\nin the reign of Stephen. Alan s heir u as\\nAdam de Tilney, who had large posses-\\nsions in Marshland in Norfolk in the\\nreign of Henry H. His eldest son was Baldwin de Tilney, from whom de.scended the Tilneys of Marsh-\\nland. Adam de Tilney s second son was Sir\\nFrancis de Tilney, a man of more than ordinarj-\\nstrength and stature, who had his chief resi-\\ndence in Boston. He attended King Richard I,\\nAnno Domini 1 190, into the Holy Land was\\nwith him at the Siege of Aeon, where he was\\nsaid to have performed prodigies of valor, and\\nwas there knighted for his services. After his re-\\nturn home he spent the remainder of his life at\\nTorrington, in Norfolk, where he was buried-\\nSixteen knights of his name, it is said, succeeded\\nhim. His grandson, of the same name, lived in\\nBoston in the reign of Edward H and III, and\\nmarried Margaret, daughter of Sir John Roche-\\nford. Thomas Howard, the second Duke of\\nNorfolk, married Elizabeth.daughter and heiress\\nof Sir Frederick Tilney, of Ashwcll Thorpe, view ok ham., iilnf.y residence.\\nFRONT VIEW OK TIl.NEY RESIDENCE.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0412.jp2"}, "363": {"fulltext": "Tin; Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\n299\\nwhose first husband was Sir llimiphrcy Hourcliicr, son of Jolm Lord Homers, by wlioni slie liad a son\\nnamed John, who succeeded to his grandfatlicr s title and estate, and a daughter of Anne, wlio married\\nThomas Lord Dacre, and is tiie Ladie Dakers of the Southe, celebrated by the poet Skclton.\\nElizabeth Tiincy s eldest daughter by her second marriage was Elizabeth, afterwards married\\nto Sir Thomas Boleyn and mother to Anne Holeyn, the mother of Queen Elizabeth. The Duke\\nof Norfolk had for liis second wife another lad\\\\- of the Tilney family Agnes, daughter of Sir\\nHugh de Tilney, of Boston, sister of Sir I hilip Tilney, of Shilley, in Suffolk, and cousin to his first\\nwife. The third daughter by this marriage was the Ladie Elizabeth Howarde, also celebrated by\\nSkelton. The Subsidy Rolls mention John de Tilney, of Boston, in 1333. Frederick de Tilney, of\\nBoston, was a member of the Corpus Christie (niild in 1349 and 1364. Tilney Lane, Soutli End, is\\nmentioned in the Corporation Records in 1534 and 1564, and the Tilney lands, in Skirkbcck (Juarters,\\nare mentioned in 1640 in connection with Litchfield Bridge and Litchfield Hills. The coat armour of\\nthe Tilney family, as given by Burke, is An/is. Argent a chevron between three griflfins heads erased\\ngules beaked or. Cnst. A griffin s head erased gules eared or, holding in the beak a gemring of\\nthe last.\\nLieut. Col. John Tilney was the first representative of the family to come to America. He settled\\nin Accomac County, Virginia, previous to 1650, where he died in 1701. He took patents for 7,000\\nacres of land and became an extensive planter. He\\nheld positions of trust and honor in Accomac and\\nNorthampton Counties and assisted in building\\nHunger s Parish Church. His son John and his\\ngrandson Jonathan remained in Virginia on the\\nfamily estate and were planters, llezekiah, son of\\nJonathan Tilney, left irginia about 1750 for Mary-\\nland, where he became a land owner and planter in\\nSomerset, now Worcester County. Jonathan, son\\nof Hezekiah Tilney, sold the estate in Maryland\\nand settled near Milton. .Sussex County, Delaware,\\nabout 1800. He was survived by two sons, John\\nand Stringer. Stringer Tilney left children, John,\\nSally and Robert. John Tilne\\\\- had children, Robert\\nand Alletta. Robert died childless. AUetta married\\nWilliam Riley Wilson. Robert Tilney, son of\\nStringer, settled in Millsboro. He first married\\nMary, daughter of Peter Jefferson. They had\\nchildren, John Stringer, Robert P. and William V.-\\nMarried, second, Mary A. Baylis, and had one child,\\nMary A., who married Jacob Godwin.\\nJoiIX S IRI.NGKR Tll.NKV, eldest son of Robert\\nand Mary (Jefferson) Tilney, was born in Millsboro,\\nSussex County, Delaware. At si.xleen years of age,\\nafter receiving an ordinar) school education, he left\\nhome and went to Philadelphia, where he entered\\nthe house of Richardson vK; 0\\\\ermaii. lie remainetl with them until the breaking out of the war,\\nwhen he returned to Millsboro, Delaware, where he opened a country store. There he spent three\\nyears and again went to Phihuielphia, this time to engage in the wholesale and retail business. .\\\\t\\nthe entl of two and one-half years he was obliged to relinquish business, owing to failing health. In\\nJanuar\\\\-, 1S67, he came to New York City where he established the house of Tufts, Tilney Co., No. 400\\nBroadway. He sold out his interest in this firm in January, 1870, and in January, 1871, engaged in\\nJOHN STRl.SCER TII.NEY.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0413.jp2"}, "364": {"fulltext": "300\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nthe banking and brokerage business under the firm name of Merrill, Tilney Co. He organized, in\\n1876, the house of J. S. Tilney Co., in the same line of business, continuing in it until 1S82, when\\nhe retired.\\nMr. Tilney first became a resident of East Orange in 1876, and with the exception of five years, has\\ncontinued to reside in the Oranges. Mr. Tilney has an especial fondness for old and rare books, and\\nfor many years past he has been constantly on the alert, and has added to his collection from year to\\nyear. He has now one of the largest, best assorted and most complete private libraries in the country,\\ncomprising many rare and scarce editions.\\nMr. Tilney is domestic in his tastes and\\nspends most of his time with his books\\nand with liis faniilv. He lias been twice\\nmarried. His first wife was Mary K.\\nGarner, daughter of John H. ami Mary E.\\nGarner, of Mobile, .Ala. .Mr. Garner was\\nan extensive planter, anil at the same time\\nwas at the head of the firm of Garner,\\nWilliams Co, which was well known\\nthroughout the South before the war.\\nMrs. Tilnej- died in October, 1876, leaving\\nthree children, Mary Garner, Harriet Jami-\\nson and John .Stringer, Jr. For his second\\nwife Mr. Tilney married Georgiana Esther,\\ndaughter of Israel Sheldon and his wife,\\nHairiet Wallace (Cooke) Sheldon. She\\nwas the daughter of Thomas and Esther\\n(Wallace) Cooke, who was son of Thomas and .\\\\nn Lechmere) Cooke. .\\\\nii Lechmere was the\\ndaughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Gardiner) Lechmere, son of Thomas Lechmere. wlio married Ann\\nWinthrop, only daughter of Major-General Wait Still Winthrop, son of (lov. John Winthrop, and\\ngrandson of Gov. Winthrop, of Massachusetts. This Thomas Lechmere was a survej or of customs\\nunder the colonial government. He was a\\nbrother of Lord Lechmere, Chief of the Ex-\\nchequer of England, and a native of Leaming-\\nton, England. Tiie original family, says an\\nold manuscript, came from the Low Countries,\\nserved under William the Con(]ueror and\\nobtained lands in Hanley, called from them\\nLeciimere s Place, Lechmere I ^ield, and now\\nLevern Lord.\\nThomas Cooke, referred to in the fore-\\ngoing, w.is the son of Silas, son of John, son ot\\nCapt. John, son of Cai)t. Thomas (2), son of\\nCapt. Thomas (i), who came into the Plymouth\\nColony about 1635 and was one of the fift\\\\-\\nfour persons who founded the town of Taunton,\\nMass. The family of Jolin S. Tilney and his\\nwife consists of four children Georgiana Shel-\\ndon, Israel Sheldon, Nicholas Lechmere and\\nRobert Wallace.\\nRKAR VIKU OF TII.NKY RKSIDENCE.\\n^j^.^JT\\n1 jr\\nr\\nZJ\\n^3\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^r\\nli\\n^^^d i~^ 7\\nH^^^^^^\\nMMfi l^SkMi\u00e2\u0096\u00a0HH\\nw\\nPJTi i-fc.\\nlt*^t\\nEjH\\ni ui\\n|M\\nl!\\niifJIM\\nP l\\n^^i!\\nmm\\nHI I^K^\\nWJ^^^s\\nIP\\n^1\\nm\\nVIEW OF I.UIRARV, TILNEY KESIUENCE.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0414.jp2"}, "365": {"fulltext": "WEST ORANGE lOWNSllIl\\n1 1 1 tow nslii[) ol West Oran|4c is the most westerly and nortlierly of all the Oranges.\\nIt was created by an act of the I.e jislature, Marcii ii, 1862, when tlie township of\\nairmount was formed from portions of Orange, Caldwell and Livingston. In 1863\\nthe Legislature, in consequence of troubles which had arisen in regard to the public\\nschools, set ofT another portion of Orange to the township of I- airmount and changed\\nthe name of I airmount to West Orange. The first division which separated the\\nterritory now know 11 as West Orange from Orange by act of the Legislature, March\\n1 I, 1862, was as follows:\\nI. Bl IT KN.\\\\( I i;i till Siiiiiti and (iiiiira/ .Issiinh/y of the State of Xcw\\nJcrscv, That all that part of the town of Orange and the townships of Caldwell and\\nLivingston, contained within the following bounds, to wit: Heginning at the corner\\nof Orange and Caldwell townships at the southeast corner of Caldwell township, thence along the\\nHloomfield and Caldwell line in a northerly direction thirty chains; thence in a direct line in a westerly\\ndirection to the county bridge, near the residence of Mrs. .S. E. Underbill thence farther, in a\\nwesterly direction, to the southeast corner of the lot of land known as the park lot on the Second\\nMountain, now owned by Alexander S. (iould; thence along the southern boundary of said park lot\\ntwenty chains; thence in a straight line in a southerly direction to the new county bridge over Canoe\\nBrook, on the Swinefield Road, near the residence of Jacob Williams; thence farther, in a southerly\\ndirection, in a straight course to the township of Millburn, at a point sixty chains west from the mill\\nknown as Keenan s mill, being the corner of Orange, South Orange, Millburn and Livingston townships;\\nthence in an easterly course along the line of the township of Millburn, to the aforesaid mill; tlience\\nfurther, in an easterly direction, along the line of the township of South Orange, to the southeast\\ncorner of James E. Smith s land on the top of the Orange Mountain thence in a northerly direction in a\\nstraight line to the west side of the mouth of the road known as Perry Lane, near Columbus Meeker s\\nhouse; thence along the westerly side of said Perry s Lane to its intersection with the Swinefield Road;\\nthence in a straight line to the ])lacc of beginning, be and the same is hereby set off into a new town-\\nship, to be called the township of I airniount.\\n2. And be it ciiactid. That the inhabitants of the township of I airmount are hereby constituted a\\nbody politic and corporate in law, and shall be styled and known by the name of the inhabitants of\\nthe township of l- airmount. in the county of I .ssex, and shall he entitlctl to all the rights, powers,\\nauthority and privileges and subject to the same laws, regulations, governments and liabilities as the\\ninhabitants of the other townships in the said county of Essex are or may be entitled or subject to by\\nthe existing laws of this State.\\nV And he it enaeted, X\\\\\\\\2.\\\\. the inhabitants of the tow^nship of Fairmount shall hold their first\\ntown meeting at the West Orange school-house in the said township of I- airmount, on the second\\nMonday in April ensuing.\\nCiiAN(;iN(; 1)1 Namk .\\\\n1 Bound.xkiks. The second act of the State Legislature referred to,\\napproved March 14, 1863, was as follows:\\nI. Be it EXACTKI) by the Senate and General Assembly of the State 0/ .Veu- Jersey, That all that part\\nof the town of Orange, in the said county of Essex, contained within the following bounds to wit:\\nBeginning at a point twelve chains westerly from the northwest corner of the bridge near the late", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0415.jp2"}, "366": {"fulltext": "302 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nresidence of iVlexander Sayrc, deceased, on the dividing line between Orange and IMoomfield, thence\\nrunning in a straight line to l- rancis Burnside s well thence south in a straight line to the southwest\\ncorner of the gas works, on White Street; thence up the westerly side of said White Street to the\\nbridge; thence south in a straight line to the corner of the lands belonging to the heirs of Charles\\nLighthipe, deceased, and the heirs of Jacob A. Sharp, deceased, on the south side of Main Street;\\nthence south in a straight line to the easterly line of Amos Stagg s lot; thence south in a straight line-\\nto a brook in Joyce Street; thence along the line of said brook south to the north side of Freemantown\\nRoad; thence southwesterly along the line of said road to the county bridge near the school-house;\\nthence south down the brook to the South Orange line thence west along the South Orange line to the\\nsoutheast corner of I- airmount thence along the line of the said township of Fairmount in its several\\ncourses to the Bloomfield line; thence along the Bloomfield line in its several courses to the place of\\nbeginning; be, and the same is hereby set off from the town of Orange, and annexed to and made a\\npart of the township of Fairmount, in said county, to all mtents and purposes as if said territory had\\noriginally been a part of said township; and that the act entitled an act to create from parts of the\\ntown iif Orange and the townships of Caldwell and Livingston, in tlie said county of Essex, a new\\ntownship to be called the township of I airmount, ap]iroved March eleventh, Anno Domini eighteen\\nhundretl and sixt\\\\--two. shall have the same force and effect within the territory hereby annexed as\\nthc\\\\- have heretofore held, and now rightfully have within the original limits of said townshij).\\n2. .liid be it iiiactid. That the name of said township of Fairmount be and the same is hereby\\nchanged to West Orange.\\nThe present township is bounded on the east by the town of Montclair and the cit\\\\- of Orange, on\\nthe south by South Orange and Milburn, on the west by Livingston and Caldwell, and on the north by\\nCaldwell and Montclair. It embraces within its boundaries 4,621 acres of land, most of which is laid\\nout in handsome building lots. In its limits are Llewellyn and Hutton Parks and the famous Eagle\\nRock. Two mountain langes cross the townships, running nearly parallel to each other from northeast\\nto southwest. These are known respectively as the First and Second Mountains. The hulian name\\ngiven the former was Wachung or Wachtschunk, meaning on the hill or at the mountain, or the hilly\\nspot. The principal stream in the township is the west branch of the Rahway River. The township is\\nnoted for its fine streets and broad avenues, nearly all of which arc paved with Telford pavement, the\\nstone being taken from the quarries on the mountain.\\nThe road now known as Northfield Avenue, which winds around the southern side of the mountain,\\nw as the first road over the mountain from Newark to Whippany, through Livingston, and was tlie\\nroute taken by the New York and Easton stage line. The old turn])ike, which was built and owned by\\na company chartered by the State Legislature, did not open the road at present known as Mount\\nPleasant A\\\\enue until 1807, more than one hundred years after the old road had been in use. The\\nSwinefield road, now Eagle Rock .\\\\venue, has been in use a little more than one hundred years. The\\nname originated, it is said, from the fact that a number of farmers about Tory Corners were in the habit,\\nin the spring of every year, of driving large herds of swine by that route to the Passaic River, near\\nwhat later became known as Swinefiekl Bridge, leaving them there to pasture through the summer.\\nThe earliest settlers on the side of the mountain within the present boundaries of West Orange\\nbefore any roads leading thereto were constructed, were Anthony Olef, George Day antl Matthew\\nWilliams. The names of Nutman, Crane, Ball and Wall families are alsfc mentioned in the early records.\\nThe Cranes and Balls settled mostly in Cranetown, farther north on the side of the mountain. Anthony\\nOlcff s homestead was in the present Llewellyn Park. George Day had surveyed to him, in 1685, sixty\\nacres bounded with the mountain west, Matthew Williams south. Wigwam Brook east and the Common\\nnorth. In 1688-9 George Day exchanged lands with Matthew Williams, the latter parting with his\\ndwelling house, shop, other edifices and orchard and lands near Newark, and receiving two tracts at the\\nmountain one bounded east by Wigwam Brook and the other on Parrow s lirook. The lands near\\nEagle Rock so acquired were known to the later descendants as the David Day fields.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0416.jp2"}, "367": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 303\\nThe country west of Watchuiig (W atscluink) or I irst Mountain, in 1700, liad but a sparse popula-\\ntion of Indians of the Delaware nation. These, it is said, removed to Canada about 1750. The first\\ndistinctive mention made of the lantls beyond W atchung, or Orange Mountain, in connection witli local\\naffairs, is found in the town records of Newark. An item under date of October 2, 1699, indicates that\\na Mr. Pierson (Samuel, son of Thomas, Sr.) and Ensign Johnson were appointed a committee by the\\ntiiun anthnritics to negotiate the purchase of the tract lying westward of our bounds to the Passaic\\nRiver. The parties did not at this time, however, succeed in actpiiring a grant or deed from the\\nproprietors. Among the earliest settlers between the First and Second Mountains were Samuel Pierson,\\nwhose home was on the line of the Northfield Road, where he settled, probably, before 1719, and\\nSamuel Conilit. who, about the year 1720. purchased land in what is now known as Pleasant Valley.\\nHefore the close of the last century the valle\\\\- was cleared and divided up into farms of fifty to one\\nlunulred acres. These were accessible by the two roads referred to\u00e2\u0080\u0094 one, the Northfield Road leading\\nto Morristown through Northfield and a little to the north of Madison, and the other through Hanover\\nto the same place; these were the main thoroughfares to Morris County. The northern of the two\\nroads Mt. Pleasant Turnpike was incorporated in 1806. A middle road, known by the oldest inhabit-\\nants as the old road, connected the valley with Perry s Lane, now Prospect A\\\\ enue. From the\\npoint of intersection of this road with Perry s Lane a path led over the mountain and down the same\\nto Orange, intersecting the Northfield Road a few yards above the turn known as blue bird corner.\\nThis path was called the Christian s Path, as it was the most direct approach to Orange for those who\\ncame on foot to attend divine service at the old First Church. Stephen D. Day s infantry company,\\norganized in the War of 1812, was largely composed of residents of the second valley. Along this path\\nCapt. Day took his men to their accustomed place of drill on the common, in Orange, where they were\\njoined by other residents of the township. As they passed through the narrow defile of the\\nChristian s Path they improved it by making steps in the more precipitous parts of the rock, affording a\\nmore easy passage.\\nTOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT.\\nThe first meeting of the Township Committee of the township of Fairmount was held July 15,\\n1862, in the West Orange school-house and organized by the election of .Ambrose Condit as chairman.\\nSeveral meetings were held during the year and considerable business transacted. The first meeting of\\nthe Township Committee for the township of West Orange was held in the early part of April. 18^)3.\\nand on the 25th of the same month the committee met and appointed overseers of roads for the four\\nroad districts as follows: First district. Jeptha H. I.indsley second district, Ira Harrison; third district.\\nJohn Gramies; fourth district, Lawrence Koclier. The township was divided into districts as follows:\\nBy Mount Pleasant Turnpike and Main Street running east and west; by the former lines between\\nOrange and Fairmount running north and south. At a meeting of the Township Committee held\\nApril 18, 1864, it was ordered that the Poor Farm owned in conjunction with Orange, or so much of it\\nas was owned by West Orange, be sold for three hundred dollars per acre.\\nAmong those who have filled the position of chairman of the Township Committee are: Simeon\\nHarrison, 1863, 1870; Davis CoUamore, 1868; Samuel O. RoUinson, 1875, 1S77 79; James W. Field,\\n1864-5-6-7; E. Condit, 1869; D. M. Babcock, 1871-2; Egbert Starr, 1873; George Lethbridge, 1874;\\nJabez H. Hagard, 1876, 1883; Alfred G. Atkins, 1882. The members of the Township Committee for\\n1896 are: Carl Fentzlaff, John Reid, George S. Dodd, Abraham S. Overmiller, Levi Van Buskirk. 1 he\\npresent Assessor is Frank O Connor; Collector of Ta.xes, William N. Williams; Township Clerk,\\nCornelius Sexton; Justices of the Peace, Edmund Condit and Elijah D. Burnett; Overseer of the\\nPoor. Philip Kenneal\\\\-; Road Commissioner, Henry Miller.\\nEDUCATIONAL.\\nThe growth of the public school system in West Orange has been slow, owing to the fact that the\\nbeneficiaries of this system were few in number. The scattered district schools have been in existence", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0417.jp2"}, "368": {"fulltext": "304 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nfrom the time of the earliest settlement along the mountain and in the \\\\alley be\\\\-ond. The reminis-\\ncences of John C. Williams, in the History of Essex and Hudson Counties, contain the following in\\nreference to one of the old time school-houses: In the centre of the triangle formed b} the junction\\nof Washington Street, Valley and Kagle Rock Roads, stood the Tory Corner school-house, a one-story\\nbox without porch, lobby or closet, about twenty by thirty feet on the ground, with eight feet posts,\\nweather boarded and ceiled with poplar boards, a hole in one corner to shove a boy through in case it\\ntook fire between ceiling and roof, a brick chimney in the centre resting on the ceiling beams, a cast\\niron box stove with straight pipe directly underneath, a door in the southern gable, no paint outside or\\nin, a few loads of tan bark banked around the base to keep out the wintry winds, etc. Corporal\\npunishment was the rule in those days for unruly boys, and the cherry ruler formed a part of the\\nworking tools of the [irofessional teacher. One of the early teachers remembered b\\\\ the past\\ngeneration was Shaler Justin Hillycr, who taught in West Or.inge from about 1821 to 1827. The old\\ndistrict school system continued in force until Jul\\\\-, 1894, when new laws were enacted providing for\\na Board of Education in all townshi[js. There are now six well conducted schools in West )range, all\\nunder the management of a Board of Education. These are numbered and classified as follows:\\nNo. I. Si Mark s Scikxh., located on X alley Road, near the entrance to Llewellyn I ark. The\\noriginal hiiiKling of brown stone and trap rock was erected in 1S65, at a cost of about \u00c2\u00a712, COO. A brick\\naddition was built at a later period, costing about S20,ooo. It has a seating capacity of about 470 and\\nthe average attendance is about 400. It contains nine rooms besides a recitation room. It is a graded\\nschool and is full\\\\- equippetl for the higher branches of education. The principal, Mr. Edward D.\\nMcCollum, A. M., who is also superintendent of the schools of West Orange, is a man of large experi-\\nence, good judgment and well fitted for the position. He has ten assistants, including the vice-\\nprincipal, Miss Lilian J. I ield.\\nNo. 2 Till-: Vam.KV Scihxu,. This is located on Valley Road, near Mitchell Street. It is a\\nsubstantial frame building, erected about 1878. There has been a gradual increase in the attendance,\\nnecessitating an addition in 1886, doubling the seating capacit} so that it will now accommodate about\\n200 pupils. The value of the property is about S o.ooo. The average attendance is 140. Miss Rose\\nHelen Fay is principal, with three female assistants.\\nNo. 3. W ASiiiNcroN Si llmii,. This is an old school district and the former buildings were frame.\\nThe frame school-house erected 1)\\\\- Aaron Hmr Harrison many years ago was subsequent!)- moved and\\nconverted into a stable ami is located in the rear of the homestead of his two daughters. The present\\nbrick edifice which stands on the corner of Washington Street and Eagle Rock Avenue was begun in\\n1894 and completed and occupied in I Ybruary, 1 895. The princijial is Miss Alice Burroughs, who has\\nthree female assistants. The seating capacity is about 225 and the average attendance 190. Owing to\\nthe growth of the population in that vicinity, it became necessary to add a kindergarten with one\\nteacher and about 40 pupils, occupying the hall over the class rooms.\\nNo. 4. Pl.KASANT Uai.K ScilDdi.. This is located on Eagle Rock Road in the valley beyond\\nEagle Rock. The school district is one of the oldest in West Orange. There is a good frame building\\nwhich was erected about iS7oatacost of \u00c2\u00a71,800. In 1895 the building was raised and abasement\\nfitted up so as to provide the children with a play-room in stormy weather. The total cost of the lot\\nand building is about $2,500. It has a .seating capacity of about 100 and the average attentlancc is 60.\\nMiss Martha L. (iillman is principal and has one female assistant. It is a graded school.\\nNo. 5. Mnrsr Pi. HASAN r SclKiiil,, located on Mt. Pleasant Avenue in the valley, near the old\\nhomestead of Stjuire Williams. This is a frame building with accommochitions for about 75 pupils,\\ntaught by Miss Anna L. I airley.\\nNo. 6. Si. Cl.iUU) Sciiooi., located on Swamp Road, between the l-~irst and .Second Mountains,\\nnear Northfield venue. This, a frame building, was erected about 1886 to accommodate the growing\\npopulation of this neighborhood, composed mostly of laboring and farming people. It has a seating\\ncapacity of 100, with an average attendance of 70. It is a graded school, in charge of Miss Mae Welsh,", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0418.jp2"}, "369": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 305\\nprincipal, and one female assistant. The present members of tlie Hoard of Eiiucation are: George R.\\nStagg, President; John J. Kenney, Clerk; Wendell P. Garrison, Alfred R. Kimball, Jotham S. I ierson.\\nJames A. McGlynn, Orville E. Freeman, Charles R. Wilmont, Thomas S. Drummond.\\nGi:()R(;i; Ranixh.I H Stacc. Probably no one man has done more to advance the cause of educa-\\ntion in West Orange than Mr. Stagg. Under the old district school system he worked for more than\\ntwenty years to secure the best advantages possible for children that were dependent on the public\\nschools for their education, and when the new compulsory law was passed requiring all townships in the\\nState to be placetl under the control of a Board of ICducation, Mr. Stagg was elected tlie first President\\nof the Board of Education of West Orange, and still holds that position. He is a prominent factor in\\npolitics and in November, 1S94, was elected to represent his township as a member of Essex County\\nBoard of Freeholders. Mr. Stagg is a native of Orange and was educated at the public schools. He\\nlearned the sash and bliml trade and afterwards entered the employ of McCullough, Barry Co., as\\nbook-keeper, later with Cummings, Barry Co., and their successors, Cummings, Matthews Barry.\\nHe has held the same position with John J. I errine since 1893. He is a Past Grand of Live Oak Lodge,\\nL O. O. v.. Regent of Hillside Council, No. 1329, R. A. He married Emma Augustus Veeder.\\nAmos Alonzo Stagg, a brother of George R., was born in Orange, August 16, 1862. He graduated\\nat Orange High School, later at Exeter, N. H., Academy, and at Yale College in 1888. He was one of\\nthe noted athletes of Yale and graduated from there with high honors. He afterwards became\\nconnected with the School of Christian Workers, at Springfield, Mass. When the new Chicago Univer-\\nsity was opened he was appointed to the cliair of Moral and PIn-sical Culture and still holds that\\nposition.\\nGeorge R.and Amos A. Stagg were the sons of Amos L., who married Eunice Pierson, a descendant\\nof Thomas. He was the son of Jacob Stagg, who married Sarah Tompkins. This Jacob was probably\\na grandson of John Stagg, Jr. (son of John, the ancestor), born in New York Cit\\\\-, 1732; a man of\\nwealth and influence who owned several houses in the city which were burned during the occupancy of\\nthe city by the British in the Re\\\\olutionary War. He removed to Orange County, N. Y., and repre-\\nsented his district in the Assembly, and after his return to New York was again elected to the Assembly.\\nHe was a member of the General Societ\\\\ of Mechanics and Tradesmen, and was President of the F ire\\nDepartment of which he was one of the most active founders. He was an ardent patriot during the\\nwar and a man of much influence in the civil affairs. He died of yellow fever in 1803. He was twice\\nmarried, his first wife being Rachael Conklin his second, Anneke Stoutenborough. By his first wife he\\nhad Abraham and John; b}- his second, he had Isaac, Henr\\\\-. Ann, Abraham, Peter, Nellie, Phebe\\nWood, Benjamin and Philip.\\nCHALYBEATE SPRING.\\nThe healthfulness and natural beauty of Orange Mountain was first brought to the attention of\\nthe outside world by the discovery, in 1820, of the Chalybeate .Spring on the eastern slope of the\\nmountain, within the enclosure now known as Hutton Park. A correspondent of one of the New York\\npapers, under date of June 7, 1854, says:\\nNear the centre of the town is situated the Orange Mineral Spring one of the most fashionable\\nplaces of resort in the United States. L p to 1834, Orange was the great American Saratoga. The\\ngrounds in the neighborhood of the Springs still present their original features. There is every descrip-\\ntion of scenerj- hill and dale, lake and stream, gardens, walks among the hills, etc., to make it attractive.\\nThe old woodland retreats and meandering paths are still visible. The orchestra, where the band once\\nperformed, stands, but in a neglected state. The property is now owned by two wealthy individuals\\ndoing business in New York. Strangers of becoming mien are permitted to wander among\\nthe old haunts of a by-gone period, where the uorkl of fashion moved in a galaxy of light and beauty\\nduring the summer months, shut out as it were from the cares and perplexities of business. These ex-\\ntensive grounds seemed desolate and forsaken the /I /f of other da\\\\-s was wanting to gladden the land-\\nscape and give effect to the picture. Pausing to reflect upon the past, and compare it witli the [iresent.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0419.jp2"}, "370": {"fulltext": "^o6\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges\\nthe mind is incontinently led into a dream\\\\-. pensi\\\\-e state. Here stood magnificent hotels, the resort\\nof the upper tendom, where feasting and merriment was the order of the day, and where music, with\\nits voluptuous swell, sounded among the woods, and was carried away upon the balm\\\\- air of a sum-\\nmer evening, animating and cheering the hearts of thousands. The place is now deserted seldom\\nvisited even by straggling feet. It has become private property, and, of course, is sacred, forbidden\\nground to the world at large. What a pity such a beautiful place could not be revived. The present\\ngeneration of New ork must be unconscious of the attractions of Orange, or they would never suffer\\nthis famous watering [)lace to go to decay we mean the pleasure grounds. Saratoga, xcithout Iter\\niiiiiural springs, is not to be compared n.,. ith it.\\nThis property is a part of Nathaniel Wheeler s farm, one of the first settlers at the Mountain.\\nThe road leading to this property was one of the first laid out in the county. Book A, of Esse.\\\\ County\\nCHALYBEATE SPRING, BUTTON PARK.\\nRoads, contains the following reference to the Highways and Roads laiil out by tiic Commissioners of\\nNewark, in the County of Esse.x, 8th October, 1705 First, a Road from Town to the foot of the\\nMountains, or Wheeler s, as the path now runs, as straight as the Ground will allow. On the old maps\\nthis is described as the Crane road, which began at the head of Market Street, in Newark, continuing\\nthrough Orange to Nathaniel Wheeler s, at the foot of the Mountain.\\nThe portion of the farm referred to, passed to Samuel, son of Nathaniel Wheeler, who died in\\n1762, and is described as apart of the homestead of Samuel Wheeler, deceased. This .Samuel be-\\nqueathed it to his daughter, Sarah, wife of Nathaniel Lindsley, and to Sarah Wheeler, daughter of his\\nson, Samuel Wheeler. Sarah Wheeler married Joel Condit, and it afterwards became known as the\\nCondit property. In 1805, Joel Condit and Sarah, his wife, conveyed seventeen acres to their son,\\nJohn Ci ndit, Esq., except the privileges granted to Moses Condit and others, for the use of an aque-", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0420.jp2"}, "371": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 30;\\nduct in Orange. lie conveyed to his son. Joseph Condit, Jr., certain portions of the projjerty, except-\\ning and reserving from the same, the equal one-half part of the mill, mill-seat, dams, races, and privileges\\nbelonging thereto.\\nThe mill property referred to was a grist mill, run for several years by the Condits, but abandoned\\nsome time before the discovery of the mineral sjjring, and, in 1833, the mill was purchased by David\\nTompkins and converted into a dwelling-house. This stood on the present site of the Heckscher\\nbilliard-room. The discoloration of the water, as it flowed over the raceway, indicating a deposit of\\niron and sulphur, had often been observed, and, in the early part of 1820 a spring was opened, which\\nfully confirmed the belief that it contained valuable mineral properties. An analysis was made by a\\nNew York chemist, and the news of the discovery spread far and wide. Mr. Levi Lighthipe (still living,\\n1896,) remembers seeing the first shovelful of earth taken out of the spring.\\nShortly after the discovery of this spring, a correspondent of the Xt-wark Ciiitiml, under date of\\nAugust 29, 1820, writes: Not long since notice was taken in your paper of a newly discovered mineral\\nspring, at a place called Williamsville, situated in the north part of the village of Orange; more recently\\na discovery has been made of another spring on the land of Joseph Condit, Jr., about a mile and a\\nquarter southwest of the one at Williamsville. It is situated in a valley of some depth, on the east\\nside of the first, or what is more generally called Newark Mountain.\\nThe water nf this spring, which is now called, for distinction s sake, Condit s Spring, is thought\\nto be highly impregnated with mineral and medicinal qualities. No thorough or complete analysis of it\\nhas yet taken place, I believe, but from partial experiments made by Dr. McNevin, of the city of New\\nYork, and Mr. Clinton, of this county, there is no doubt it is highly chalybeate, and that its properties\\nare ver\\\\- similar to those of tlie celebrateil springs at Schooley s Mountain. In a short time it is ex-\\npected the public will be gratified with the results of thorough ex])eriment made ujjon it by both of the\\nscientific gentlemen above mentioned; and should it prove as favorable as now conjectured, I entertain\\nno doubt that the resort to it for health and pleasure will equal that of any other chalybeate spring in\\nthe United States. The date of its disco\\\\ery is not more than a fortnight since, and so great is the\\ncelebrity it has already acquired, that the number of visitors have, on some days, exceeded five hundred.\\nAll, as far as I have heard, express themselves highly gratified with their visits. Not only to the water\\ndoes their approbation extend, but the wild, romantic and picturesque scener)- which nature has thrown\\naround it, is the subject of much praise and admiration. Indeed, it is worth visiting, if it were only to\\nenjoy the romantic beauties of the place; but, when added to this, you are enabled to drink freely of\\nthe water, calculated to give strength and tonic to the enfeebled and debilitated system, no wonder it\\nhas so soon become a place of fashionable resort\\nThe same paper, of September 20, contains the following from another correspondent: The\\ndiscovery of the mineral spring at Orange has e.xcited the greatest attention, and whatever virtue is\\npossessed by its waters, it would be wonderful if all who resort thither were healed of their diseases.\\nThat it has proved beneficial to many, there remains but little doubt, while hundreds repair to the place,\\ndrink its waters and return with no other benefit than is derived from the gratification of the ride and a\\nview of the romantic scencr) around the spring. This correspondent complains that the Sunday traffic\\ninterferes with Divine worship, and sa\\\\-s that the street, morning and evening, is thronged with\\nchairs, waggons and stages from this town (Newark), who go about through the streets of the town\\nand gather up their passengers, as on week days, disturbing the quietness of the day.\\nThe same paper, under date of May 6, 1821, says: We understand Mr. Joseph Condit has\\ndisposed of his farm and mineral spring to a gentleman, late a resident of tlie city of New York. The\\ngrowing celebrity of the water and the prospect of its becoming a place of general resort of invalids,\\nas well as others who need recreation during the relaxing months of summer, has induced the present\\nowners to undertake ample accommodations for isitors, and to improve by art the charming natural\\nsceneries of the place. In addition to a regular boarding-house, places for bathing and shower baths\\nare to be erected as a still further means of promoting health.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0421.jp2"}, "372": {"fulltext": "3o8 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nTlie committee appointed by the Essex District Medical Society to inquire into the chemical and\\nmedical qualities of the Orange spring water in their report state that the water flows copiously its\\ntemperature during the hottest season was 62 degrees Fahrenheit, and during the winter it was observed\\nto maintain its fluidity twenty rods. The water contains a rich proportion of iron, with some magnesia,\\nas our limited experiment has tested, and which is fully ascertained by the more extended and accurate\\nexperiments of Mr. George Chelton, whose analysis, we beg leave to state, is most worthy of attention.\\nHe estimated the waters to contain per gallon Of carbonated iron, 3.3 gr., between 4 and 5 grs. of\\nsulphur, and the different salts of magnesia, lime, soda in various and undetermined proportions.\\nThe following advertisement appeared in the Ciiitincl o{ March 18, 182 1\\nMineral Spring Stage.\\nThe subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public in general that he will, for their better accommodation and\\nconvenience, start his stage from Newark to the Spring at Orange on the first day of April and continue at the Spring half an\\nhour and then return, every day in the week, weather permitting, and on Sundays at six o clock in the morning. For seats\\napply at the house of Stephen Roff, Inkeeper, or of the subscriber in Bank Street. Price of fare to and from the spring,\\ntwenty-five cents if taken from the stage-house, or an extra price if called for at their own houses. Should encouragement\\noffer, the stage will be run in the afternoon, at 3 o clock.\\nNewark, N. J.. March 3, 1821. THOM.XS THOMPSON.\\nThe discovery of this spring, and the e.xciteinent occasioned by it, awakened the spring fever,\\nand searches began in other directions for t lie healing waters, with gratifying results. The Xci^-ark\\nCcntiml, of June 12, 1821, contained the following:\\nThe discovery of the Mineral Spring on the premises of Mr. J. Condit, at Orange, has for soine\\nmonths past excited a considerable degree of interest, and has been the subject of frequent communica-\\ntions in the public prints. It will doubtless be recollected that early last season notice was given of the\\ndiscovery of a Mineral Spring at VVilliamsville, in the township of Orange, and about a mile distant from\\nthe Condit .Spring. An analysis of the water of Mr. Williams Spring has at length been made, and\\nsuitable buildings for bathing, and for the accommodation of visitors, have been provided.\\nPersons desirous of using the waters can be accommodated with board in private families in the\\nimmediate vicinit\\\\- of the spring. The difference in the medical virtues of these two springs\\ntheir eligible and health)- situations, and their contiguity to each other, while they present to the\\nvaletudinarian a nmre certain prospect of relief, cannot fail mutually to conspire to render the neighbor-\\nhood of the location one of the most important and fashionable watering places in the country, as it is\\nconfidently believed that two springs, so highly impregnated with valuable mineral substances, and so\\ncontiguous to each other, are not to be found in this or any other country.\\nAccording to the analysis made, the water seems to possess the essential character of a tolerably\\npure chalybeate. The iron is held in solution by carbolic acid, while it is entirely free frorri gypsum, and\\ncontains the other earthly salts in minute proportion. The ten gallons yielded Carbonated ox}-d of\\niron, 40 grains; carbonate of lime, 5 grains; carbonate of magnesia, 6 grains. On the comparative value\\nof the Orange Springs, little can be said that can give a preference to either. Their difference adapts\\nthem to the different complaints.\\nThe above described spring was on the property of John Williams, at Torj Corner, who kept a\\nhotel on the place, now owned and occupied by Max Brodesser. The spring was in a ravine near the\\nroadside, a short distance from the raceway. The sycamore trees which surrounded it still mark tlie\\nspot, although the spring is entirely filled up. The Condit Spring was run for some months by John\\nCondit (known as Miller John, because of his former connection with the grist mill), who kept a\\nhotel in what was then known as the Blue House, now occupied by Mrs. Van Rensselaer, located\\njust outside the entrance.\\nOn April 28, 1821, Joseph Condit and his wife conveyed to James Wadsworth, fifteen acres, which\\nembraced the lot recently owneil by Mrs. Georgiana Heckscher, on the east side, and also a part of the\\nlane leading to the Northfield Road. Shortly after this it became known as the Orange Mineral", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0422.jp2"}, "373": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of thk Oranges. 309\\nSpring Farm. A company was organized in tlic autumn of 1S21, known as the Orange Spring Com-\\npany, and on Ucccmber 6tli, James VVadswortli and iiis wife conveyed to Ira Munn, Allen Doild and\\nIsaac Pierson, (grandfather of the present Dr. I ierson 1, the fifteen acres, which tlie\\\\- mortgaged for\\n87,000. The price jjaid for the property was jirobabiy much larger.\\nIn 1822 a hotel was erected by this compan\\\\ which was known as the Orange .Spring Hotel,\\nand later as the Mansion House the same building now occupied by the Essex County Country\\nClub. The great yellow fever epidemic in 1S23, which caused an entire suspension of business in New\\nork City, brought hundreds of visitors to Orange, and the hotel was filled to its utmost capacity.\\nThe medicinal virtues of the Orange spring thus became extensively known, and Orange became the great\\nresort of the wealth and fashion from every part of the country. Private houses, as well as the hotels,\\nwere filled, and numbers of applicants from e\\\\ery jjart of the country were turned away, unable to\\nobtain accommodations in the vicinity.\\nA correspondent of the A tTiwrX- Ccntincl says of these springs, under date of August 12, 1823:\\nThis delightful retreat from the piercing beam of a midsummer sun continues to be the resort of not\\nonly those who wish to re[)air a debilitated constitution, but those also who seek rela.xation from\\nbusiness and the turmoil of a city residence. The excellence of these waters has been tested by past\\nexperience and their medicinal (pialities are still rising in the public estimation. Is it a matter of\\nwonder, then, that the young and the old, the rich and the gay, the merchant and the mechanic, the\\nhealthy and the diseased, shouki steal away to this reviving fount to partake of the beverage of its\\nwaters, to meander in nature s delightful bower, or to participate in the hosjiitality and rich dainties at\\nthe Mansion Hotel.\\nTo lend a sweeter zest to nature s charms,\\nHfhold with pleasantry a MUNN in arms;\\nHis mansion, proudly rising to our sight.\\nYields all the wish of plenty and delight.\\nThe hotel was run successfully for several years by ha Muini. )tlicr watering-places notably\\nSaratoga had, in the meantime, achieved a reputation, and the patronage of the Orange springs\\ngradually fell off. On Ajjril 6. 1S28, Isaac Pierson, Ira Munn and Allen Dodd conveyed the fifteen\\nacres commonly called and known by the name of The Orange Mineral Spring Farm, unto Luther\\nGoble, Ichabod Condit and Charles F. Shipman, as joint tenants in trust, nevertheless, to and for the\\nuse, benefit and behoof of the persons or associates composing the Orange Spring Company, and to\\nsuch other persons as shall become original associates in said company, their heirs and assigns in\\nproportion, according to the .several interests of such as.sociate in the said company, etc.\\nAt this or a later p ^riod it was abandoned as a hotel and opened as a military institute, by a man\\nnamed Ransom. The school did not prove a financial success, and was closed at the end of two years.\\nNot long after this the place was again opened as a hotel, under the management of one Capt. Gillespie,\\nand became known as the Mansion House. Its former prestige was, in a measure, restored, many new\\nattractions being added among these a brass band, which gave daily concerts in the summer-house by\\nthe spring; balls and parties and other scenes of gaiety and amusement were of frequent occurrence.\\nAt what period and for wliat cause it was finally discontinued by Capt. Gillespie, is not known. He\\nwas succeeded by a man named Thomas, who ran it as a hotel until adverse circumstances compelled\\nhim to close.\\nThe reputation of the Orange Mountains as a health resort had thus become extensively known,\\nand in 1835-6, speculation in real estate began the farms were divided into building plots, the property\\nwas advertised at fabulous prices, and holders realized immense fortunes on paper. The great panic of\\n1837 came, the real estate bubble burst, and prospective fortunes were suddenly swept away. The\\nOrange Mineral Spring, the Mansion House, with all the surroundings, were closed to the public. So\\ngreat was the financial depression In this locality thiit people declared that a hundred years would", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0423.jp2"}, "374": {"fulltext": "3IO The FouNnERs and Builders of the Oranges.\\nelapse before Orange would be restored to its former prosperity. The panic, however, proved a\\nblessing in disguise. Like an immense tidal wave, or a consuming fire, it swept away old ideas and\\nbusiness enterprises and prepared the way for a new era of prosperity.\\nWhile Orange ceased to exist as a place of fashionable summer resort, it never lost its reputation as\\na health resort, and pri\\\\ate indixiduals wore quick to perceive its future possibilities as a place of subur-\\nban residence.\\nThe old Blue House at the entrance nf Hutton Park, now occupied by Mrs. an Rensselaer,\\nwas sold in 1833 to St. Mark s Church, and was used for some years as a parsonage.\\nIn 1S39, a portion of the original fifteen acres was sold to Alphonse Laubat, a Frenchman, who con-\\nverted the Mansion House into a pri\\\\ate ihvcUing. In 1842. Andre PiUot, a wealthy conntrxman of\\nhis, bought the ])lace, which he enlarged from time to time by additional purchases, amounting in all to\\none hundred and forty acres, extending as far west as Perry Lane, which included the propert\\\\- now\\ncovered by some of the finest residences on the Mountain, among which is the one formerly owned by\\nGeneral George B. McClellan.\\nFor many years the Pillot place was the great attraction of visitors to Orange. Its well-kept lawns,\\nits graveled walks and drives, its beautiful lakes and tasteful groves, gave it the appearance of an elegant\\nFrench country seat. In 187c, owing to the financial reverses of Mr. Pillot, the property was sold, and\\nMr. Benjamin H. Ilutton, of New York, became the purchaser. He made some additions and improve-\\nments and called it Ilutton Park, b}- which name it has since been known. On the death of Mr. Hutton\\nthe property passed to his children.\\nThe mineral spring, hotel and other improvements were all located within the enclosure of what is\\nnow known as Hutton Park, at present occupied b\\\\- the Essex County Country Club. Art has done\\ncomparatively little, but nature has done far more to make this location attractive than that of\\nLlewellyn Park.\\nThe billiard-house at the foot of the knoll stands on the site of the old grist mill, erected by Colonel\\nJohn Condit, which was afterwards purchased and converted into a dwelling by David Tompkins.\\nriu- property remained in the hands of the Heckscher heirs until 1891, when it was purchased by\\nMr. W ilmerdiiig (who married a daughter of Mr. Heckscher), who has since made many improvements\\nwithin and without.\\nBE. VU SeJOUR Beautiful Site. Just outside the entrance to, and adjoining Hutton Park,\\nstands the noble mansion erected by Charles A. Heckscher, more than half a century ago, which he\\nnamed Beau Sejour; and a more beautiful site could not have been selected on the side of the Moun-\\ntain. The house stands on a high knoll, affording a magnificent view of the surrounding country. It\\nwas modeled after an old German villa princely in style indicating the character of its owner, a man\\nof princely generositw In laying out his grounds, he gathered the choicest trees, plants, flowers, etc.,\\nfrom near and from far. The two beautiful trees in front the pctonia impcrialis were imported from\\nGermany the bo.x which adorns the garden, from the famous nurseries of Long Island the orange and\\nlemon trees, from the sunny South the maple, spruce, elm, linden, larch, tulip, hemlock, fir and dog-\\nwood trees, from various parts of the North all of the latter have grown to an immense height, having\\nthe appearance of forest trees. The large conservatories are filled with a great \\\\ariet) of grapes, the\\nproduct of original cuttings from England, Germany and France. Among the flowers is a lu.xuriant\\nMarcchal Neil rose of half a century growth. Other varieties of flowers set out by the old German\\ngartlener are still iloing excellent service.\\nLLEWELLYN PARK AND ITS RESIDENTS.\\nThe founder of Llewellyn Park builded better than he knew. Nature pro\\\\ ided him with unlimited\\nresources, and these he utilized to the best advantage. Endowed with a keen love of nature and a\\nlemarkablj acute perception, he saw at a glance the beauties and possibilities of the forests and glades\\nof the mountainside, to make up one of the most beautiful parks that is to be found in the vicinity of", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0424.jp2"}, "375": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\n3\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab\\nNew York. He imrcliascd from the various owners their woodcil tracts, rugged quarries and rolling\\nfarm lands, amounting in all to nearly eight hundred acres, which he proceeded to lay out in winding\\nroads, rustic rambles, cascades, lakes, flower gardens, lawns and attractive villa sites, the whole forming\\none grand landscape garden of rare poetic beauty. The praises of Llewellyn Park have been spoken in\\nforeign lands by travelers who have visited the famous |)laccs in the ()k\\\\ World and the New, ami it is\\nuniversally conceded to be a most remarkable example of cultivated natural beauty.\\nIn the sere and yellow leaf of departing autumn, or when urajiped in the icy folds of winter,\\ncovered with its mantle of snow, it is still beautiful but in the s])ring and autumn, when nature is\\nrobed in her Knelicst attire, when the balmy breezes come laden with purest odors from the mountain-\\ntop ami hillside and glen, when the rip])ling streams having broken from their winter fastnesses, wander\\nthrough green meadows or tumble in miniature cascades ik)wn gentle acclivities into sunny jiools, when\\nthe feathered songsters, dri\\\\eii l5_\\\\- stern winter s blast to summer climes, return, and\\nWoods their welcome ring,\\nwhen the kine are grazing and low ing in the green pastures, a stroll from the busy, bustling world to\\ncontemplate and enjoy these harmonies of nature, is something that can never be effaced from the\\nappreciative mind.\\nFrom the \\\\arious points of\\nthe Park, and the magnificent\\nbuilding sites everywhere sur-\\nrounding it, may be distinctly\\nseen, with the naked eye, the\\nwhole of Orange, Newark, East\\nBloomfield, Newark Bay, Staten\\nIsland, Jersey City, New ork\\nCity, the Bay, the Narrows, the\\nPassaic and Hackensack Ri\\\\ers,\\na portion of Long Island; anil\\nan uninterrupted prospect\\nbreaks upon the vision in some\\ndirections of nearly one hundred\\nmiles in extent. The Park con-\\ntains hills, dales and glens,\\nsprings and streams, magnificent\\nforest trees, innumerable orna-\\nmental trees, bushes, vines and\\nflowers, stone and rustic bridges, s k i i\\netc.\\nThe entrance to the Park on Valley Road is three hundretl feet wide, enclosed by a hedge of\\nevergreens, curved two hundred feet back to the entrance gate, where stands the artistic and picturesque\\nPorter s Lodge. About three hundred feet from the entrance is 67)7/ /r containing a dense mass of\\nnoble forest trees\u00e2\u0080\u0094 of oaks, birches, tulips, chestnuts, entwined by the delicate and beautiful dogwood.\\nHere a rapid-running brook winds beneath the steep acclivity on cither side, which rises fifty feet above\\nits bed. the sides of which are studded with lofty tulips, hickories, maples, hornbeams, black and white\\nbeeches, flowering shrubs, azclias and wild flowers. Here nature is to be seen in its grandeur- the huge\\nrocks, the mighty trees, the dense foliage, the deep shade, the solemn stillness of the forest spirit is about\\nyou. The scene is impressive, grand and awe inspiring.\\nPark Way is a noble avenue of easy ascent, which intersects Glen Avenue, at which point a beauti-\\nful view towards the east is had. Further up Park Way is a striking group of hickories and oaks.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0425.jp2"}, "376": {"fulltext": "312\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nFrom tin s point may be seen, with remarkable effect, the great twin tulip trees, o\\\\er one hundred feet\\nhigh, on Tulip avenue, the southern boundary of the I ark and one of the finest drives upon it. Beyond\\nis Oak Bend, appropriately named from a beautiful white oak left standing alone in the principal curve\\nin the carriage-way. Here is a stone bridge erected from freestone, which is obtained in abundance\\nfrom tiie quarries of this material on the Park grounds.\\nOn reaching the northern end of the Park, the passage up Mountain Avenue leads through the\\nprivate grounds known\\nas Undercliffe, to Eagle\\nRock, the view from\\nwhich is probably unsur-\\npassed by any (ither\\nplace in the country.\\nProceeding along Moun-\\ntain .\\\\\\\\cnuc and des-\\ncending the slope, an\\nascent is made to the top\\ni)f the Kiosk by a wind-\\ning stair-case. This por-\\ntion of the Park, to the\\ntop of the ninuntain is\\ncalled The Rocks. Ac-\\ncess may be had to the\\ntop of the clifT by clam-\\nbering ()\\\\er the rocks.\\nFrom this point the iew\\nis second only to that\\nof I-^agle Rock. An al-\\nmost unbounded ex-\\n])anse of forests, groves,\\nlakes, hills, cultivated\\nfields, cities, towns,\\nhamlets. ri\\\\ers. bays,\\nand even a glimpse of the ocean, are spread out in vast and indescribable beauty. At the south are\\nthe Na\\\\esink Hills; toward the north are to to be seen the Hook Mountain, at Xyack, o\\\\erlooking the\\nbeautiful T.ippan Zee, the Haverstraw Peak and the Highlands, with Long Island, Staten Island and\\nthe Atlantic in the east. Beneath and around\\nHere, scattered wild, the lily of the vale\\nIts balmy essence breathes; here cowslips hang\\nTheir dewy heads, and purple violets lurk\\nWith .dl the lowly childnn of the shade.\\nThere is no sameness in the I ark, either in its architecture, its laiul:;cape gardening, or its views.\\nThe roads are smooth and perfectly kept, and nearly all of them are paved with Telford. These ave-\\nnues carry out the romance of the place in their names, as, for example: Mountain Avenue, Wildwood\\nAvenue, Glen .Avenue, Oak Bend. Hloomfield Way, Winding Way, Forest Way, Honeysuckle Avenue,\\netc. Many of the old monarchs of the forest still remain, while those of more recent growth rear their\\nstately forms in striking contrast to those natives of the forest, while the numerous evergreens, scattered\\nhere and there, give the appearance of perpetual summer. Every variety of shrubs and flowers add a\\nbright coloring and go still fm ther to enhance the beauty of the landscape.\\nI LI. 11 A\\\\I..NU1, AND I ARK WAV.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0426.jp2"}, "377": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 313\\nReference lias already been made to the chief point of attraction for visitors, viz.: Kagle Rock.\\nLon before Llewellyn Tark was thoiijjht of. it was a noted place of vantage for obtaining a view of the\\nsurroiindiny country. It stands on the hi^diest summit of the I irst Mountain, a short distance above\\nthe Eagle Rock Avenue gate of the I ark. l- rom its summit may be seen the Oranges, Clinton, Newark,\\nElizabeth. Xcw.nk Hay, the Kills. .Staten Islaiul, the Narrows, New York Hay, Jersey City, New York\\nand the Ikooklyn Hridgc. In another direction can be seen Bloomfield, Mr)ntclair and I atcrson.\\nTradition says that the Rock derives its name from the fact that while the country was still inhabited\\nby the red man, two eagles built their nest in one of the lofty trees on the top. This favorite spot is\\nnow accessible by trolley cars running in almost every direction between Newark and Orange Mountain.\\nThe originality, novelty and boldness of the conception to furnish a park for the exclusive use and\\nbenefit of a whole community of New York citizen.s, where, by the terms of sale, they may forever enjoy\\nthe blessings resulting from such an arrangement, does lasting credit to the heart and hand of the pro-\\njector. The I ark belongs to the people who live in it, but the large-hearted and liberal-minded man who\\nfounded it, always while he controlled it, insisted that it should be open, under proper restrictions, to\\nto the public at all times, except on Siiiulays, and this policy has ever since been maintained.\\nMr. Haskell s purchase of land for the Park, included a part of the Anthony Oliff (or Olefi farm,\\nthe first settler on the Mountain, 1678, his homestead being a few feet north of the stone bridge, where\\nTulip .Avenue intersects Oak Hend. The boundaries of Llewellyn Park embrace a tract of land lying be-\\ntween X alley Road, Mount Pleasant, Turnpike. Perry Lane (now Prospect Avenue) and Eagle Rock\\nRo.ul.\\nOf the original purLliase, Mr. Haskell set aside fifty acres to be laitl out as a park for the use of\\nparties who shouUl purchase and occujjv villa sites within the boundaries above mentioned. He then\\nlaid out about seven miles of winding roads, all of which, together with fifty odd acres of land, he deeded\\nto trustees in perpetual trust for the use, occupancy and enjoyment of future owners of not less than\\none acre sites.\\nThe Park proprietors meet annually and elect a Board of ALmagers, who have charge of the Park\\nand of the roads. They are also authorized to raise a ta.K of not exceeding $10 per acre, annually, on\\nall lands in the Park there is a covenant in every deed subjecting the lands to such tax. The income\\nfrom this source amounts to nearly \u00c2\u00a74,000 per annum, which sum is expended in the care of the roads\\nand grounds, and the maintainance and support of a competent police. The original trustees, who were\\nelected for life, were, T. B. Merrick, Edwin C. Burt and Augustus O. Moore. They were succeeded by\\nD. A. Heald, David A. Wallace, and David E. Green. The death of David A. Wallace, in 1895, left a\\nvacancy in the Board, which has not yet been filled. Mr. Heald has held the position of .Secretarj- of\\nthe Board since 185S, and has been one of the Board for the past twenty-five years.\\nThe original purchasers of villa sites were Le\\\\i P. Stone, I-lgbert Starr, Thomas B. Merrick, Edwin\\nBurt, John ]5urt, James Burt, Charles J. Martin, D. A. Heald and Joseph Howard.\\nLl.KWELl.Y.v S. Haskell, the founder of Llewellyn Park, which takes its name from his Christ-\\nian name, was born at New Gloucester, Me., in January, 181 5. He inclined to mercantile i)ursuits. and\\nabout 1842 was located in Philadelphia. He afterwartls became a partner in the wholesale firm of Has-\\nkell, Merrick iS; Bull, New York, and remained in the firm until i860. He took up his residence in the\\nmeantime in an elegant villa on the Hudson County side of the Passaic River, near Belleville. N. J.,\\nstyled Belmont, and shortly afterwards removed to an elegant country seat near the s.inie, called\\nLaurel Hill.\\nBut the great beauty of Orange Mountain, and the picturesque possibilities of the mountain slo|)e,\\nwhich the eye of an artist would have discovered, won him from his riverside palace. He made his first\\npurchase of twenty one and a half acres on the 20th of February, 1853, comprising the grand ridge in\\nthe vicinity of the steep precipice called Turk Eagle Rock. In October of the .same year he obtained\\neighteen acres adjoining the property of Albert Matthews, and in 1854 commenced building the Eyrie.\\nThis unique and castellated structure, of which a plain farm house was the original foundation, Mr.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0427.jp2"}, "378": {"fulltext": "314\\nThk Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nHaskell made his residence, and it remained in his possession until 1871, when he sold it to Mr.\\nGardner. The same year 1854 the locality known as Undercliffe, including about seventy acres, was\\npurchased of Mr. Elijah Williams, and on April 28. 1855, seventy additional acres of Mr. Abiathar\\nHarrison. The same j-ear he ])urchased of Ira 11. Condit a farm of about ei ^hty-si.\\\\ acres. This\\nincluded what later became the homes of John Hurkc, Egbert Starr, Levi P. Stone, Wendel Garrison,\\nEdwin C. Hurt, John Burt and O. D. Munn. These were the first and most important purchases of land\\nfor the Park proper.\\nFrom that time forward he proceeded with all the zeal and enthusiasm of an artist and the exact-\\nness of a mathematician to carry out his plans for the construction of the Park. This plan he formed\\nin silence and solitude, with onl}- the heavens above him antl what seemed a tangled wilderness of woods\\nbeneath. Hut this forest worshipper, as he was rightly termed by a friend, saw the pictures grow\\nunder his hand that he had seen in ision, until hundreds of acres lay spread over the mountainside,\\nrich with culti\\\\ation, and glowing with beauty indescribable, divided into fairy homesteads and inter-\\nsected by romantic wood paths and sequestered carriage drives of miles in extent. When completed,\\nthe generous artificer conveyed all the roads and fifty acres of the land to trustees, as a private pleasure-\\nground for the use and enjoyment of all such as might become the owners or occupants of adjoining\\nlands.\\nSir Christopher Wren, the architect of St. Paul s, in London, lies buried in the crypt, and the\\ninscription upon the block marble slab is sini[)ly Si iiioiiuntuiit rcqiiiris circunispicc If you seek his\\nmonument look for it around you. This inscription\\napplies with equal force to the founder of Llewellyn\\nPark.\\nMr. Haskell thdught and planneLl for large\\nsections of the countr\\\\ and for the orderly and\\nIjeautiful arrangement of numberless homes, as well\\nas for his own occupancy, anil with no other design\\nthan to promote the comfort and happiness of his\\nfriends and the communit\\\\ at large. It was in this\\nspirit that he aided in the erection of the fine and\\nstately edifice known as St. John s Church, by plac-\\ning at the disposal of the builders a stone quarry\\nthat la\\\\- on the mountainside, and for which bene-\\nf.ictiiin he received a grateful testimonial from the\\nmembers of the congregation. He also donated\\nlargely toward remodeling .St. Mark s Church.\\n\u00c2\u00ablr^ J^^H I ^^K^ In religion Mr. Haskell was a radical; once a\\n^^^^^i^^^PSRT de\\\\i)iit orthodox, he became interested b\\\\- degrees\\nin liberal thought, and in pursuit of the good and\\ntrue, always seen by him through the a;sthetic sense,\\nled him into the silent paths of mystic contempla-\\ntion before traversed by Jacob Behman and Emanuel\\nSuedenborg, and opening in one day. into the arcana\\nof a later spiritual revelation. Hut w hatever was his\\nreligious theory, his practice w as that of one who\\nloves his fellow-men. Anniher ])art of his practice\\nwas to do justly and love mercy. Great was his forbearance of human nature, and it is said that\\nhe was never known to speak ill of a human being even under circumstances which would have justified\\nthe severest censure.\\nAn earnest patriot, he sent his son, now Gen. Haskell, to battle for the North and liberty; but.\\nBUST OF l.l.KWEI.I.YN S. HASKELL.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0428.jp2"}, "379": {"fulltext": "Tin-: Founders and Hiii.dkrs of the Okaxges.\\n315\\ntlunigh a life-long opponent of slavery and ready to make the greatest possible sacrifices for its over-\\nthrow, he spoke of tlu slave-holder more in sorrow than in anger, and deprecated his blindness instead\\nof crushing him with invective and contumely. Thus lived and wrought, often in loneliness and pain,\\none of nature s noblemen\\nO, men this man in brotherhood your weary paths bi-guihng\\nGroaned inly while he taught you peace, and died while you were smiling.\\nA life-size bust of Mr. Ilaskcll stands upon a granite pedestal at the left hand side of the main\\nentrance to the Park, and testifies alike to the worth of the man and the affection with which his\\nname is cherished, not only by the dwellers in the Park that bears his honored name, but by the people\\nof the Oranges generally.\\nMr. Haskell never lived to witness the full fruition of his hopes. The many artistic villas and\\ncottages, with their beautiful surroundings, have added much to the general appearance of the Park.\\nAmong the present residents are the D. L. Wallace family, D. A. Heald, Mrs. Stone, David E.\\nGreen, V. E. Martin, O. D. Munn, W. R. Howe, Ross C. Browning, Charles R. Browning, Mrs. Eliza B.\\nPlummer, Margaret Williams, Thomas Edison, Mrs. Arthur J. Moulton, Robert Sedgwick. Mrs. Burke,\\nWendel P. Garrison, W. E. Bloodgood, Henry Parish, Jr., Zimri West, Mrs. Josephine Jones, Fred\\nWorth, William WoodhuU, Frank Hill, R. M. Colgate, William Barr, H. I). Folsom, Otto Bluhm,\\nAmelia Fowler, E. W. Timpson, O. J. Seabury, Thomas H. Spaulding, H. X. .Munn, Mr. Weidenfeld,\\nMr. Paul.\\nThe first purchase of a building plot in the Park was by Mr. Edwin C. Burl, on which he erected a\\nprett}- cottage which was destroyed by fire in 1 S^jS. Only a few of the original residents now remain.\\nSome have passed away and the\\npropert\\\\- has changed hands.\\nThere being no restriction in the\\nstyle of building, each one has\\nexercised his own taste, and\\nthere is a marked individuality\\nin nearly every home in the Park.\\nOh, for a lodge in some vast\\nwilderness\\nSiiKX.\\\\CTos Lodge, erect-\\ned 1892-3, the home of William\\nRead Howe, situated on the\\nbrow of the mountain within\\nthe bounds of Llewellyn Park,\\nis named in memory of the\\nIndian chief who was the owner\\nand in possession of this part of\\nthe mountain the great\\nmountain Watchung at the\\ntime of the purchase of the\\nland by the Newark settlers. This was included in the second deed, executed about ten years after\\nthe first purchase, which recites that for and in consideration of two Guns, three Coates, and thirteen\\nKans of Rum, tu us in hand paid, etc., doe covenant and declare, etc., that it is meant, agreed and\\nintended, that their bounds shall reach and goe A\u00c2\u00bb f/if top of the said Grcatc Mountain, and that Wee,\\nthe said Indians, will make out the same to remaine to them, the said inhabitants of Newark, their heirs\\nor Assigns for Ever.\\nThe house or Lodge of Mr. Howe is cruciform in shape and built of rough trap rock for the\\nTHE Gl.KN.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0429.jp2"}, "380": {"fulltext": "3i6\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nfirst story, aiul ht;av\\\\- oak construction, with tlic jianels nUcd in with cement. abo\\\\-e. The design is\\nlargely copied from a cliateau in the Tyrol, built in the sixteenth centur_\\\\-, and with the hea\\\\y overhant^\\nof the roof supijorted by hu ,re oak brackets, is \\\\ery effective.\\nRk.sioenci-: of Ciiari.ks R. BkoWNixt;, W ildwood Avenue, near the Park entrance. Most of\\nthe houses in the Park were built twenty-five or thirty years ago, when people looked more to the\\ninterior than exterior design and the architectural features were a matter of secondary consideration.\\nIt is a relief, therefore, to find almost at the very entrance of the Park a building which, although\\nmodeled after the fifteenth century\\ng.. st}-le, combines the latest impro\\\\ements\\nin architecture, evincing careful study\\nin all its details. The foundation, which\\nrises some two or three feet from the\\nground, is of rough-faced trap rock,\\n([uarricd in this vicinit} Tlie first story\\nis of brick and above this the structure\\nis formed in panels of stucco and wood,\\nthe whole surmounted b\\\\ a jjitch or\\n(iothic roof. The interior, both in style\\nand finish, is made to corresjiond with\\nthe exterior. The site selected for the\\nbuilding was well suited to the style\\nof architecture and required no grading\\nr additional tree planting. The smooth\\nlevel lawn was left in pretty much the\\nsame condition as it was when the Park\\nwas laid out originally. A [jrctty bed of\\nrhododendrons and azalias have been\\nadded to brighten the surroundings, and the shade trees which form the frame-work arc a sufficient distance\\nfrom the house not to obstruct the\\nview orcausedampnessin the interior.\\nG 1, 1 N r. A N K the picturesfpie\\nhome of Ross C. Browning, the sec-\\nond from the entrance to the Park,\\nfronting on Park VVaj cannot fail\\nto attract the attention of the\\nstranger visiting Llewell\\\\-n Park.\\nThe house is nearly hidtlen by a\\ngroup of tall forest trees which have\\ndone service for a century or more.\\nThe tall red oak in front, judging\\nfrom its present appearance, must\\nhave afforded shelter to the abor-\\niginees in their frecjuent journeying-^\\nto the coast to gather wampum. A\\nwee])ing beech near the entrance, a\\nnumber of fine magnolias and a\\nchoice collection of plants and flowers\\nKESU)F,N :F. of CIIAKI.F.S R. liROWNING.\\nGLBNBANK, THE HOME OF ROSS C. BROWNING.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0430.jp2"}, "381": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0431.jp2"}, "382": {"fulltext": "ROSS C. BROWNING.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0432.jp2"}, "383": {"fulltext": "The Foundeks and Builders of the Oranges. 317\\ncomplete the picturesciucness of tlie sunouiulinj^s. Tlie front of the house is almost entirely covered by\\nthe honeysuckle and wisteria. Owing to its location near the foot of the mountain, being ])rotected\\nfrom the northwest winds while exposed to tiie warm rays of the southern sun, the early spring flowers\\nthe snowdrops and crocuses make their first ap])earance here. A double row of trees along the\\ndriveway, between Mr. Browning s residence antl his tasteful cottage opjjosite, add much to the beauty\\nof the Park and delight the eyes of the visitor.\\nTHE BROWNING FAMILY.\\nJames Brow ning, the .mcestor of the family frum which Ross C. Browning is descended, was one of\\nthe original prt)prietors of Rutland, Worcester County, Mass., wlio, on December 14, 1715, met at\\nBoston and voted that the contents of six miles square be surveyed and set off for the settlement of\\nsixty-two families in order to the performance of the condition of the grant. He was one of tlie first\\ntown oiificers of Rutland after its incorporation as a town, appointed Jul\\\\- 6, 1722.\\nThe History of Rutland states that Mr. James and Mrs. Elizabeth Browning brought letters\\nof testimonial of tluir church fellowship in Ireland, and were received into communion with the churcli\\nin Rutland, Ma\\\\- 24, 172S. Tlu y were worthy people, fruitful and prosperous, in a strange land. They\\nhad born unto them six sons and four daughters; the danger being so great fiom the Indians, their first\\ncliild was born in garrison on August 20, 1723. These children were William, Elizabeth. James,\\nl rustram, jvy^//, Mary, John, Samuel and Martha. Mr. James Browning was Proprietor of Home Lot\\nNo. 53 and all its after dixisions; the whole he and his sons owned was about 800 acres. He died\\nFebruary 3, 1749.\\nAccording to the abo\\\\e record, this family came from Ireland. They were of English descent,\\nhowever, as shown h\\\\- the Coat .\\\\rmorial borne by the Browning family, settled in Gloucester County,\\nEngland, as follows: .Inns. Barry wavy of six argent and azure. Crest. A sinister arm from the\\nelbow issuing from a cloud in the dexter, hokling in the hand above a serpent s head, erect from the\\nmiddle, and looking toward a sinister ppr.\\nJoseph Browning, fifth child of James and Elizabeth Browning, was born in Rutland. Mass.,\\nNovember 21, 1760. He married Lucy Sherman, daughter of Asaph Sherman and Lucy Whitney. He\\nhad among other children Tlioinas, born 1787. Lucy Sherman was a direct descendant of Henry\\nSherman, of Dedhani, Essex County, England, the ancestor of Roger Sherman, one of the signers of\\nthe Declaration of Intlei^endence, and of Senator John Sherman and (ien. William Tecumseli\\nSherman, of Ohio.\\nThomas Browning, son of Joseph and Luc_\\\\- 1 Sherman 1 l^rowning, was born in Rutland, .Mass..\\nMarch 21, 1787. He was called out as a member of the Vermont Militia in the War of 1812-15, and\\ntook part in the battle of I lattsburg. lie was a well-known Universalist minister and preached for\\nsome years at Barre, Waterbury, and Richmond, Vt.. and other places. He married Persis Ross,\\ndaughter of Abraham Ross and Persis (^Welchj Ross, of Jeffrey, N. H. They had among other children,\\nRoss C.\\nRoss C. Browninc;, son of Thomas and Persis (Ross) Browning, was born at Barre, t., September\\n8, 1822. He removed with his parents to Richmond, Vt., when quite young, where he had excellent\\nschool advantages, both public and private. He completed his education at the Liberal Institute, of\\nLebanon. N. H. He taught school for several years in Sussex County, N. J., and was afterwards\\nemployed by the Erie Railway Co. at its terminus at that time at Piermont, on the Hudson. In 1859\\nhe became associated with Alvin J. Johnson, under the firm name of Johnson Browning, in the\\npublication of an atlas of the world, one of the most elaborate and complete of any work of the kind\\nthen published in this country. It had an extensive sale throughout the country and especially in the\\nSouth, and owing to the prejudice against Northern publications, it became necessary to establish a\\nbranch plant in Richmond, Va., the work being issued from that point. Mr. Browning had charge of\\nthat branch of the business, and employed a number of agents to canvass the southern territory. He", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0435.jp2"}, "384": {"fulltext": "3 8\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nwas at that time a resident of Richmond. At the breaking out of the war he managed, through the\\nefforts of Gov. Letcher, to get through the lines with his family, but was obliged to leave all his presses\\nand other materials, together with his household furniture, etc. The presses were afterwards used by\\nthe Confederate Government for printing Confederate notes and bonds. These, together with the\\nhousehold furniture, were confiscated by the Confederate Government and became a total loss, and Mr.\\nBrowning was never able to recover anything after the war. He remained true and loyal to the Union\\nthrough the war and rendered substantial aid in many ways. At the time of the draft riots, in the\\nsummer of 1863, Mr. Browning closed his establishment in New York City and, taking the lead himself.\\ninvited his employees to join the special police force in the terrible struggle which lasted for several\\ndays. The platoon in which Mr. Browning and his employees served had se\\\\eral hand-to-hand encoun-\\nters with the rioters and participated in the sanguinary charge of the police which rescued the gas\\nworks from destruction and saved the city from being plunged in darkness.\\nHe continued to carry on the map publishing business at the North, both during and after the war,\\nand was very successful. In 1S63 he and his partner became interested in a ncwiy patented clothes\\nwringer which became a great success, and the two partners divided their interests, Mr. Johnson\\ncontinuing the map business and Mr. Browning taking the clothes wringer business. A stock company\\nwas organized of which Mr. Browning was general manager. He afterwards became President. Com-\\npetition arose and other companies of the kind were organized. These were eventually absorbed by a\\nsyndicate, and in 1S92 Mr. Browning parted with his interest and retired from business.\\nMr. Bi owning was for some time a\\nresident of Brooklyn. He moved to Orange\\nin 1 86 1, and in 1865 purchased what was\\nknown as the Merrill place, in Llewell3-n\\nPark. Til is he afterwards sold and pur-\\nchased his present residence on Park Way.\\nNo one has a higher appreciation of the\\nbeauty of his surroundings than Mr.\\nBi owning, and he has done his full share\\nin maintaining and developing the prop-\\nerty in order to increase its attractiveness\\nand thus to induce others to share its\\nbenefits. Mr. Browning has been treas-\\nurer of the Park Board and for some years\\na member of the Board of Managers. The\\nconstruction of the electric road from\\nNewark to Eagle Rock, thus bringing\\nLlewellyn Park in direct and rapid com-\\nmunication with Newark, was accomplished\\npartly through his efforts, the original petition, signed by residents of West Orange, having been\\nprepared and circulated by him.\\nDuring his early life, while teaching school in Sussex County, N. J Mr. Browning met and married,\\nOctober 24, 1854, Miss Katharine Hamilton, daughter of l- rancis Price Hamilton. The latter was the son\\nof James Hamilton, who was born on the high seas while his parents were in transit from Manchester,\\nEngland, to this country. During the War of the Revolution, while working at his trade as carpenter,\\nin Philadelphia, he was seized as a British subject and taken on board a British man-of-war, but\\nsucceeded in making his escape. He became prominent as a builder and erected some of the finest\\nhouses and public buildings in East New Jersey. He married the daughter of Judge Francis Price, an\\nofficer of the Revolutionary Army, grandfather of Governor Price, of New Jersey. Francis Price\\nHamilton, the father of Mrs. Browning, married Ann Sharp, daughter of Jo.seph Sharp, a descendant of\\nCOTTAGE OK ROSS C. BKOWNINO.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0436.jp2"}, "385": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\n3 9\\nWilliam Sharp, of Gloucester County, England, who came to this country in 16S2 t take cliarye of his\\nbrother Anthony s property, consisting of large tracts of land in both West and Kast New Jersey. Joseph,\\nfifth generation, and a descendant of William, was largely interested in lands in Sussex County and\\nother places, and built the original forge, and introduced the first iron forging at Sharpsboro, afterward\\nchanged in 1792 to Hamburg, the home of I-Vancis Price Hamilton.\\nBakdnai.D, the residence of Mr. William Barr, on Tulip Avenue, is a model of elegance and\\ncosiness, both inside and outside, it wearing an unmistakable expression of fine taste and real comfort.\\nIt seems to have been built within a bed of foliage, as it is on one side surrounded with clumps of\\ndeciduous shrubs and boxwood, and on the other, festooned with vines. There is a very pretty distribu-\\ntion of flower beds scattered before a scalloped border at Baronald. Stevia, centaurea and curves of\\ngay blossoms and variegated foliage are veiy harmoniously arranged. Not far from this bit of floral\\nblending is the crysanthemum bed where standard bushes six feet high and two hundred \\\\arieties of\\nlow-spreading plants are under cultivation. There is an excellent orchid collection made by Mr. Barr,\\nand every plant is labeled. There is also a fine collection of crotons, and some rich varieties of gloxinias.\\nThe following\\ndescription of the\\nplace is given b y\\nFannie A. Benson in\\nTown Topics A\\nlawn sloping from\\nthe cottage is embel-\\nlished here and there\\nwith specimen trees,\\nsome planted singly\\nand others in groups,\\nbut none are set out\\nso that they can inter-\\nrupt the view of the\\nPalisades whose dark\\nheights, with their\\never changing halo of\\ntinted mists, can be\\ndistinctly seen from\\nthe veranda of the\\nresidence. A dog-\\nwood tree {coniiis\\nFlorida) is gracefully\\nsituated on the lawn\\nso that its large milky flowers in early spring and its crimson colors of foliage in autumn form an\\nattractive picture. Through midsummer it spreads out its leaves of firm rich texture in massive layers\\nto shelter a rustic seat, which is a comfortable resting spot and a desirable place from which to view the\\ninteresting features of gardening. A beech of weeping habit ifngiis iiiiii(/a) is an ornamental object,\\nas it is eccentric in shape and appears like some grotesque form in the landscape. The rare Judas tree\\n{a-n-isjapoiiica) is one of the beauties of Baronald. It flowers before it has any leaves in the spring, and\\nits stems are completely wreathed in pink bloom. There are noble specimens of horse chestnuts and\\nseveral majestic tulip or whitewood trees. Under a copse of the latter is a fine collection of shrubs and\\nplants, among which are several varieties of Spina, atacid, Diut::ia gracillis, and Intlia rubber trees\\n{Fit us clastica).\\nBARONALD.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0437.jp2"}, "386": {"fulltext": "!20\\nThk Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nA brilliant effect is made at one side of the residence with ^audy ^eraniums, between the beds of\\nwhich are vases dripping; with tender trailers and bright blossoms. A specimen sago palm and a large\\nUUania barlwnka with glossy fronds, give their tropical contrast to the more modest domestic growth,\\nand fme agaves are so set out that their aggressive, sharp pointed leaves are apparently protecting this\\nlovely line of plants. Ilii^iionia radiiaiis, the trumpet vine that grows so easily and blossoms so\\nor eouslv, is trained very gracefully on single straight supports which it tosses o\\\\er and around with\\nscarlet throated flowers, /fydrinii^ta otaksa is represented by a ver\\\\- large plant w ith grand trusses of\\nblue blossoms. Symmetrical ^\\\\\\\\vuh^ A/t/ica or rose of Sharon are one sheet of crimson and snow flowers,\\nnot far from which are a mass of sunflowers that make a highly ornamental group and seem to be\\nrunning a race in height\\nwith a tlirift)- bed of\\nPhlox.\\nThe owner of Baronald,\\nWilliam Harr, is a n:iti\\\\ c\\nof Lanark, Scotland, born\\nOctober 7, 1827. llecame\\nto this country in 1840\\nand obtained a position as\\nclerk in the dry goods\\nstore of Ubsdell Pierson.\\nHe became a partner in\\nthe business in 1854 and\\nwent to St. Louis to as-\\nsume charge of the branch\\nhouse already established\\nthere by his firm. V y the\\nretirement of M) Charles\\nPierson in 1864, it was\\nchanged to Ubsdell, Harr.\\nDuncan Co.: after the\\ndeath of .Mr. Ubsdell it\\nbecame Harr, Duncan iK:\\nCo., and on the retirement\\nof :\\\\Ir. Duncan it was changed to William Barr Co.. and later to the William Barr Dry (joods Compan\\\\-,\\nof which Mr. Barr is the President. Mr. Barr was married August 30, 1855, in New York City, to Miss\\nJessie R. Wright, daughter of John Wright, of that city. He removed to Orange in 1866, and the\\nfollowing year purchased the house and two acres in Llewellyn Park, and later purchased two acres in\\naddition Mr. Barr is a member of the Metropolitan Museum of .\\\\rt and a Fellow of the American\\nGeographical Societ}-, in New ork. He was formerly a member of St. Mark s Episco[)al Church, of\\nOrange, but for some years past has been connected with Grace Episcopal Church. He is a member of\\nthe New England Society, of Orange, and of the Orange Athletic Club. Mrs. Barr is active in religious\\nand benevolent work. She was one of the founders of the House of the Good Shejjherd she has\\ngiven especial attention to the Training School for Nurses; is a member of the Woman s Club; also of\\nthe several auxiliary societies connected with Grace Episcopal Church, of which he is an acti\\\\e member.\\nTHE CONS 1,1:\\n0.\\\\1\\\\1.KI(.I1, the home of the late Levi P. Stone, is situated just on the turn of Oak Bend as it\\nwinds its way up the mountain. This brown stone mansion, in its solidity and graceful architecture,\\nrising above a charming lawn and embowered among the forest trees, is the only one in the Park,\\nexcepting Castlewood, which fitly represents its surroundings. While only a portion of the material", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0438.jp2"}, "387": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0439.jp2"}, "388": {"fulltext": "V\\nLEVI P. STONE.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0440.jp2"}, "389": {"fulltext": "The F ounders and liuiLOERS of the Oranges. 321\\nused ill its construction was quairicd within the limits of tlic I ark, the house is built entirely of the\\nred sand-stone belon^nng to this part of Kast New Jersey, and was all taken from the quarries in what\\nfoimcrly comprised the township of Newark, embracing all the Oranges. There is a peculiar fitness in\\nthus utilizing a material which nature has so liberally provided in this locality, and which affords such\\na beautiful contrast to the foliage of the trees above and around and the bright-colored flowers beneath.\\nAided by the handiwork of man, it has literally lisen from the bowels of the earth as a substantial\\nmonument to its designer. In the selection of a location and in the erection of his home in Llewellyn\\nI ark, Mr. Stone had in view ail these conditions. As early as 1S34, as if he had already, in his visions of\\nthe future, a prophetic dream of his home among the trees and flowers of the mountainside, he writes:\\nOh, I would leave\\nThe haunts of busy, plodfhng man. and on\\nSo[ne mountain summit drink the purer air\\nThat breathes around. Give me the verdant grove,\\nThe wide expanse of heaven soft shades\\nOf autumn twilight, and the breezes bland\\nWhich speak a present Deity, where I\\nMay raise my silent orisons.\\nMr. Stone was among the earliest of the settlers in Llewellyn I ark. He entered heartily into the\\nplans of Mr. Haskell to make the Park a little paradise where New York business men, after the labors\\nof the day, might find needed rest and happiness in contemplating the beauties of nature. An ardent\\nlover of nature himself, Mr. Stone tried to awaken a corresponding love in the hearts of others, that in\\nthus admiring its beauties they might learn to worship nature s God.\\nLp:vi Pavsox Stone was a native of Wendell, Mass., born May i, 1802, son of Levi and Betsy\\n(Kidder) Stone. Originally of Welsh descent on his father s side, his immediate ancestor settled in\\nFramingham, Conn. The ancestor of the Kidder family, to which his mother belonged, was James, of\\nBillerica, Mass., born at East Grinstead, England, 1626, died at Billcrica, April 16, 1676. He was ser-\\ngeant and ensign in the military company of Billerica, and commander of the Billerica garrison. Mr.\\nStone was educated at the public school and .\\\\mherst Academy. His first business experience was with\\na firm atColeraine, Mass., of which he subsequently became a member. Later he removed to Greenfield,\\nMass., where he did a successful business for several years. He came to New York City in 1836, where he\\nformed a copartnership in the dry goods business under the firm name of Stone, Wood Starr. It\\nbecame one of the largest and best known dry goods houses in the city, and continued, with the subse-\\nquent admission of junior partners, for more than a quarter of a century with Mr. Stone at the head.\\nHe retired from active duties in 1866, but retained an interest in the business for several years after.\\nHe was a man of deep religious convictions and during his residence in New York he was connected\\nwith what was known as the Brick Church, in which he served for a long time as deacon and later as\\nelder. He was also engaged in Sunday School and mission work, making frequent personal visits among\\nthe tenement houses, assisting and relieving the poor, ministering alike to their temporal and spiritual\\nwants. At a later period he removed to Brooklyn and was there connected with the Second Presby-\\nterian Church. On his removal to Orange in 1857, he united with the First Presbyterian Church, of\\nwhich Rev. Dr. Hoyt was pastor. Ten years later he assisted in organizing the Central Presbyterian\\nChurch and was a member of the original session. He contributed materially to the success of this\\nnew enterprise, not only by his active participation in the work of the church, but in his liberal financial\\nsupport. He was beloved alike by the pastor and people and never forgot the stranger, who received a\\nhearty welcome at his hands. He was always found in his place, both on the Sabbath and week-day\\nservices, and endeavored faithfully to redeem the time. He was one of those rare spirits that would\\nnever forsake his seat in his own church to attend a service elsewhere; others following his example,\\ngave strength and encouragement to the heart of their pastor.\\nMr. Stone s benefactions were not confined to his own church nor to the CDmmunity where he", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0443.jp2"}, "390": {"fulltext": "322\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges,\\nresided. Among the institutions of learning in which lie became interested was that of Princeton\\nTheological Seminary. He established for that institution a lecture course which, by consent rather\\nthan by direction of the founder, bears his name the I,. P. Stone lectureship. He was a member\\nof the Board of Trustees and always manifested the most lively interest in the welfare of the seminar)\\nHe was held in high esteem by the professors in that institution and exercised an important influence\\nin its management. Public spirited and liberal as a citizen, his hand was e\\\\er open for the furtherance\\nof any enterprise that promised good to his neighbors, and it was said of him that not a charitable\\ninstitution in the whole region of the Oranges or a struggling church or missiim that did not profit by\\nhis beneficence. Mr. Stone was married in Sudbury, Mass., June 13, 1854, to Caroline Elizabeth,\\ndaughter of Roland and Martlia Cutler. The former was a descendant of Thomas Cutler, born at\\nCambridge Farms, Mass., June 19, 1678, died at Sudbury, Mass., March 26, 1718; grandson of James\\nCutler, born in England, 1606, one of the original settlers of Watertown, Mass., 1634. The children of\\nthis marriage were: Maiy Elizabeth, married Benjamin Douglass, Jr., of Orange; Augusta, married\\nDr. Fred Webster Whittemore, a descendant of Thomas Whittemore, one of the earliest settlers of\\nCharlestown, Mass.\\nWOODSIDE, the residence of D. A. Heald, fronting on Oak Bend, with W ildwood Avenue as its\\nsouthern boundary, is a picture of nature and art combined the tasteful frame cottage being set in a\\nframework of forest trees, with an unobstructive view in front, save the rustic, vine-covered summer-\\nhouse, standing on a knoll, niid\\\\va_\\\\- between the house and Oak Bend. The broad veranda in front of the\\nhouse is covered with wisteria, trumpet\\ncreeper and other vines, intermingled\\nwith a variety of flowers of brilliant\\nfoliage, giving a fine color effect to the\\npicture. Two large elms spread their\\nbranches in front of the house, and\\nshade trees in great variety surround it\\non either side. Among these are found\\nthe silver spruce, flowering cherry, dog-\\nwood, maidenhair, beech and maple,\\ntogether with a variety of select fruit\\ntrees. A centennial willow, of thrifty\\ngrowth, standing in front of the house,\\nis associated with an important histori-\\ncal event connected with the War of\\nthe Revolution. A small cutting was\\nobtained by Mr. Heald from the battle-\\nfield of Concord, (in which the grand\\nfather of .Mr. Heald took part, and of\\nwhich his father was an eye-witness 1, k i-ihkakv at \\\\vuol-sii e.\\nand planted by him on the one hundredth anniversary of that event. It may be truly said of this tree,\\nas well as of the principles it represents, Qui transtulit sustinct. Literally the parent tree drank the\\nblood of the American patriots, which, symbolically, became the seed of the .American Republic, and\\nthus the off-shoot bids fair to perpetuate and keep alive the noble sentiments which inspired the men who\\nsacrificed their lives to establish our independence.\\nThe interior of the house is supplied with every convenience that a man of taste and refinement\\ncould suggest. The hardwood, pirquet floors, both on the first and second story, are of elaborate de-\\nsign and highly polished, partly covered with a variety of Eastern mats and rugs, which give to it a\\nhomelike appearance. The w.dl and ceiling decorations in every room are made to harmonize, in their\\nL J^ i^\\n^y. ^1\\nRR\\nn\\n11\\ni^ -J L\u00e2\u0080\u009e\\n.\u00c2\u00a31\\nl^jPWf^\\nli\\nt H\\n-Hi A- Stfi^m\\nftfc jii i jjT\\n1\\ndi|| J\\nE^SIul*!\\ny^^ri\\nH^^H^\\njIB\\nPftff\\ni\\n^^3H\\nU||^K\\n.J\\n^^1", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0444.jp2"}, "391": {"fulltext": "Thk Founijkks and Builders of the Oranges. 323\\nsoft, ricli tints, with tlic suiiiuindiiiL^s. The large, lodiiiy library on the first floor, facing the east, is\\nwell supplied with a variety of st.mdard works, anil a fine collection of old and rare books, costly engrav-\\nings, being original proof copies of p.iintini;s of the old masters, interesting curios and bric-. i-brac from\\nalmost every part of the globe.\\nThe bedrooms are models of taste and clegmce, luxuriously furnished, no two alike, each possessing\\nan individuality in style and arrangement. The soft rays of the setting sun, slightly obscured by the\\nbeautifully colored-stained glass windows, impart a rich glow over the tout ensemble, lifting the soul away\\nfrom earth to the source of light and happiness.\\nTHE MEALD FAMILY.\\nThe name Hcakl is supposctl to be of Danish origin, but is found in England through several gen-\\nerations. The Coat Armorial of one branch of the family, as given by Burke, is: Anns. Quarterly\\ngules and azure in the first and fourth quarters an eagle, with wings elevated or in the second and\\nthird, a fret of the last, over all a fesse argent thereon, between two crosses pattee, a rose, of the first,\\nbarbed and seeded pjir. Crest. On a mount vert a bundle of arrows fesseways, the points towards the\\ndexter, ppr. bound gules thereon an eagle, wings elevated, criminois, in the beak a sprig of oak, also\\nppr.: the dexter claw resting on a cross pattee as in the arms. Motto. Mea gloria cru.x.\\nJohn llcald, the American ancestor of the famil\\\\-, came from Berwick, England, and settled in Con-\\ncord, Mass., in 1635 made freeman, 1641. He married Doroth}- and had issue _/(?//// ii) and seven\\nother children. John (i died May 24, 1662.\\nJohn Heald (2), son of John (1) and Dorothy was born in Concord. He married .Sarah Dean\\nand had four children, of whom Joint (j) was the second.\\nJohn Heald (3), son of John (2) and Sarah (Dean) Heald, was born September 19, 1666, died\\nNovember 25. 1721. He was commonly known as Lieutenant John. He married Mary Chandler,\\ndaughter of John Chandler, and had issue, among other children, Amos.\\nAmos Heald, son of John (3) and Mary (Chandler) Heald, was born in Concord, Mass., in 1709.\\nHe married Elizabeth Billings, daughter of Nathaniel Billings, of Concord. He had issue, Daniel d.nd\\nother children.\\nDaniel Heald, son of Amos and Elizabeth (Billingsj Heald, was born in Concord, Mass., July 14,\\n1739. He w as a man of uprightness of character, but bold and fearless in the discharge of every known\\nduty. In 1774, during the exciting events that preceded the War of the Revolution, he was deputy\\nsheriff in Concord, and in the discharge of his official duties he jxisted the notice of the adjournment\\nof the court on the court house door. On receiving notice from the Committee of Safety, however, he\\npromised not to make return on said proclamation, nor in any way be aiding or assisting in bringing\\non the unconstitutional plan of government. He was looked upon with suspicion by his neighbors,\\nbut, as he said to them, they would be treated simpl\\\\- as rebels, while any overt act on his part would\\nbe treason and he would suffer the penalty if caught. At the battle of Concord, however, while he\\ndeclined to be enrolled, he shouldered his musket and fought side by side with the patriots, joining\\nthem at The Bridge. At the battle of Bunker Hill he served in Col. Prescott s division. He was\\nalso at Ticonderoga in the summer of 1775, and throughout the entire war his sympathies were with\\nthe struggling patriots. He was a man much respected in the community and was long a deacon in the\\nCongregational Church. Some time during the war he moved to Chester, Vt., where he died September\\n7 833, aged 94. He married Abigail Wheeler and had, among other children, a son. Amos.\\nAmos Heald, son of Daniel and Abigail (Wheeler) Heald, was born in Concord, Mass November\\n18, 1765. He heard the clatter of arms and the roar of artillery when but a little child, and at\\nthe age of nine years he witnessed the battle of Concord. Young as he was he was a true patriot and\\nlived in the days that tried men s souls, and would gladly have fought side by side with his worthy\\nsire had he been able. He was but eleven years of age when his father moved to Chester, Vt., and", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0445.jp2"}, "392": {"fulltext": "324 The Founders and Bi^lders of the Oranges.\\nthere the hid worked the farm, and after peace was declared obtained a httle schooHng in the old log\\nschool-house. He was a man of marked distinction in the community and held many positions of\\nhonor and trust. He was Town Clerk, Justice of the Peace, Judge of the County Court, High Sheriff\\nof the County and represented his town in the State Legislature; he was also for many years a deacon\\nin the Congregational Church. He married Lydia Edwards, daughter and third child of Capt.\\nEbenczer Edwards, of Acton. Both Ebenezer (then nineteen years of age) and his father, Nathaniel\\nEdwards, were with the Acton company at the battle of Concord Bridge. Young Ebenezer was also at\\nthe battle of Bunker Hill and worked on the fortifications at Dorchester Heights. He was a carpenter\\nby trade and did military duty at the same time. The issue of the marriage of .\\\\mos Heald and Lydia\\nEdwards was Amos Edwards, Anna D., Prescott, Persis and Daniel Addison.\\nD.\\\\Mi:i. Addison He.\\\\LD, youngest child of \\\\nios and Lydia (Edwards) Heald, was born at Ches-\\nter, Vt., May 4, 1818. He is one of the few living connecting links with the Revolutionary period,\\nhaving heard from the lips of his father and grandfather the thrilling stories of the Revolution, and he\\nstill has in his possession the sword carried by his grantifather as Deputy .Sheriff of Concord. As a boy\\nhe attended the common school, and remained on the farm until he was sixteen years of age. He was\\nthen prepared for college at Kimberly Union Academy, Meriden, N. H., and was graduated at Vale\\nCollege in 1S41. During his senior year he read law in the ofifice of Judge Dugget, and afterwards with\\nJudge Washburn, whose daughter he married, and whose son, Peter T., afterwards became Governor of\\nVermont. Mr. Heald was admitted to the bar of his native State in May, 1843. Early in life he\\nadopted as his motto: The Temple of Honor has no room for those who throng her portals without\\nforcing her gates, and leaving traces of their stay within her walls. Mr. Heald continued the practice\\nof his profession from 1S46 to 1854, and for a portion of the time he was cashier of the bank at Black\\nRiver. He took an active part in politics, being identified with the Whig party, and in 1850 was elected\\nto the lower house of the Legislature of Vermont, and in 1854 represented his district in the State\\nSenate. In 1856 he practiced law for a short time in Galena III., during the residence of young Grant,\\nlater General and President of the United States. He was admitted to the bar of Galena about the\\nsame time as Rawlins, who afterwards became Secretary of War.\\nSoon after Mr. Heald began the practice of law in his native town, he accepted the agenc\\\\- of the\\nAetna and other Hartford insurance companies, and during the thirteen years that he remained in his\\nnative State, he acquired a marked reputation as a lawyer antl underwriter. In 1856 the Home Insur-\\nance Company of New York invited him to become their general agent in that city. In April, 1868,\\nafter twelve years of faithful service as general agent, he was elected Second Vice-President in April,\\n1883, Vice-President, and in 1888 he succeeded Mr. Charles J. Martin (deceased) as President. When\\nhe entered the service of this company its capital was $500,000 and its assets $872,823; in 1890 the\\ncapital had increased to $3,000,000 and the assets to $9,000,000. Mr. Heald has been prominent in the\\nNew York lioard of L nderwriters for many years, and the National Board of P ire Underwriters is due\\nmainly to his efforts, the latter having been established on account of the fierce competition for business\\nand the extraordinary cutting of rates in 1866. In September, 1880, Mr. Heald delivered an address\\nbefore the I ire Underwriters Association of the Northwest on F ire L^nderwriting as a Profession,\\nsetting forth the evils that had crept into the sj-steni, and the dangers that threatened the companies in\\nconsequence. His treatment of the subject evinced deep thought, and the tiiorough knowledge which\\ncan be acquired only by long e.vperience.\\nAnother speech, delivered in New York, July, 1886, on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of\\nthe organization of the National Hoard, is said to be the most masterful presentation of fire insurance\\nhistory and suggestions of which there is any record. His address before the same Board at the twenty-\\nfourth annual meeting, May, 8, 1890, contained a clear and comprehensive statement of the condition of\\nfire insurance throughout the United States, illustrated by carefully prepared tables, showing the aggre-\\ngate business done in the several States from i860 to 1889, and a comparison of the mode of business\\nand results of American companies with those of foreign companies. As an insurance expert Mr. Heald", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0446.jp2"}, "393": {"fulltext": "DANIEL A. HEALD.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0449.jp2"}, "394": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0450.jp2"}, "395": {"fulltext": "Tin: Founders and Huilders of the Okan\u00c2\u00abes. 32;\\nlias few rivals, his legal training having enabled liim to meet ami overcome dinRculties that would other-\\nwise have been insurmountable. He is a rapid thinker and a careful, painstaking and very methodical\\nworker. His services to the profession of underwriting, gratuitously rendered, says an observing\\nwriter, have justified the iissertion that has been made, that no other fire underwriter of late years has\\ndone so much to uplift the profession or advance the real intere.sts of fire insurance as he.\\nMr. Heald s connection with the Oranges, and more especially with Llewellyn Park, began in 1S57,\\ntwo years after Llewellyn S. Haskell conceived the idea of utilizing this beautiful tract of mountainous\\ncountry as a park, and he has been identified with its growth and the various improvements that have\\nbeen made almost from the beginning. He is the sole survivor of the original projectors of this\\nenterprise and has been Secretary of the Board of Proprietors since 1858, and has been largely instru-\\nmental in carrying out Mr. Haskell s plan of keeping it as a park for private residences. Over four\\nmiles of macademized roads have been made under his immediate supervision. Mr. Heald was one of\\nthe nine original members of the New England Society, of Orange, and has been one of the most active\\nin promoting its objects. He was twice elected its President, the first time receiving a larger number of\\nvotes than Gen. George B. McClellan, who was running against iiim for the office. He was one of the\\noriginal members of the Orange Valley Congregational Church, and served six years as a member of the\\n]5oard of Trustees. He has been identified with the Orange Memorial Hospital since its organization\\nwas for fifteen years President of the Advisory Board, and has been Treasurer of the Endowment Fund\\nsince it was established.\\nMr. Heald married, in 1843, Sarah Elizabeth Washburn, daughter of Judge Reuben Washburn and\\na sister of Gov. Peter T. Washburn, of N ermont. This family is traced back in an unbroken line to\\nEdward III. Judge Washburn was a direct descendant of John Washburn, Secretary of the Massa-\\nchusetts Bay Colony, and was previously its Secretary in England. Judge Reuben Washburn, the\\nfather of Mr. Heald s wife, married Hannah Blaney Thatcher, daughter of Rev. Thomas Gushing\\nThatcher, who was the son of Rev. Peter Thatcher, of Brattle Street Church, Boston, during the War\\nof the Revolution. He was the son of Oxenbridge Thatcher, an immigrant lawyer of Boston, and an\\nintimate friend of John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Paul Revere and others; distinguished as an orator\\nof rare ability; mentioned by Bancroft as the silver-tongued orator. Oxenbridge Thatcher was the\\nson of Rev. Peter Thatcher, of Milton, who married l heodora Oxenbridge, a daughter of Rev. John\\nOxenbridge, pastor of the P irst Church in Boston, who came to Boston from the North of England,\\nabout 1635. Rev. Peter Thatcher was the son of Rev. Thomas Thatcher, son of Rev. Peter Thatcher,\\nrector of St. Edmund s Church, Salisbury, England, who died in 1614. Five children were the issue of\\nthe marriage of Mr. Heald with Miss Washburn, one of whom died in infancy. Mary Eliza, married\\nA. M. Burlis, of Orange; John Oxenbridge (see page 292); Charles Arthur, died at Yale College during\\nhis senior year, aged 22 Alice Washburn, married Prof. George L. Manning, of Stevens Institute.\\nResidi.nck of D.wiii E. Grkkx. The wide exp.inse of lawn sloping gently towards the east with\\nno other covering than the rich, green, velvety carpet which nature has so liberally provided, forms the\\nchief attraction of the residence of Mr. Green. The entrance is by a winding driveway from Oak Bend,\\nand the house, a substantial brick edifice set in a framework of evergreens, with the tall forest trees for\\na background, forming altogether a most attracti\\\\e picture and a desirable home. Nothing is done for\\nshow or effect, but there is an individuality about it which is in strict harmony with the owner and\\ndesigner. The early success of Mr. Haskell in his development of Llewellyn Park is due in a great\\nmeasure to the encouragement and hearty cooperation of his friend Mr. William Green, who made the\\nfirst purchase of about twenty acres, which he immediately laid out into large building plots and induced\\nmembers of his own family to join him in the enterprise. His homestead plot on Tulip Avenue, on\\nwhich he erected a large brick house, is now owned and occupied by Mr. George J. Seabury. He\\nconveyed to his daughter, Mrs. Moore, a plot adjoining his own, where she resided for some years.\\nThis is now the property of Mr. James Lancey. Castlewood. the most attractive residence in the", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0451.jp2"}, "396": {"fulltext": "326 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nPark, was built b\\\\- his stepson, Mr. Joseph Howard. His two sons, David E. and Charles F., both built\\nfor themselves substantial brick residences. The former still resides in the Park, and is at present the\\nonly representative of the family in this locality.\\nWll.l.l.VM Green was born in New York City, August 12, 1796. He was for many years engaged\\nin the iron importing and also in the hardware trade with A. R. D. Wetmore, and conducted the iron\\nsmelting and rolling works at Boonton. Mr. Green was one of a band of men notable in their day for\\nthe brave stand they made in philanthropic and religious movements. He was one of the founders, in\\nOctober, 1833. and Vice-President of the New York City Anti-Slaver\\\\- Society, of which Arthur Tappan\\nwas President. Mr. (ireen was one of the men who met secretly for that purpose in Chatham Street\\nChapel, a mob having threatened to demolish Clinton Hall, at the corner of Theatre Alley and Beekman\\nStreet, being incited to these deeds of violence by the G^ww^rc/r?/ .-ir/t ir/wcr and other pro-southern\\npapers. Mr. Green was then living in Cit\\\\- Hall Place. About that time the Abolitionists were at all\\ntimes in danger of assaults by mobs, and to protect his house, Mr. Green kept a tank at the top of the\\nbuilding filled with hot water and hose connection, arranged in such a way that assailants would be as-\\nsured of a warm reception. In December. 1883, Mr. Green assisted in the formation, at Philadelphia,\\nof the American Anti-Slavery Society. The first ofificers of this society were Arthur Tappan, President\\nWm. Green, Jr., Vice-President John Rankin, Treasurer. Mr. Green was an intimate co-worker in philan-\\nthropic and religious matters with, among others, William Lloyd Garrison, Horace Greely, Wendel\\nPhillips, the Tappans, William Goodell, John Rankin, Dr. Abraham L. Cox, and the Rev. Charles G.\\nFinney. He was at one time an orthodox believer, but for many years before his death he accepted the\\nHarmonial Philosophy, as taught by Andrev,- Jackson Davis, as the rule of his life. Mr. Green con-\\ntinued to reside in Orange until 1876, when he removed to Brooklyn, where he died Oct. 21, 188 1. Mr.\\nGreen was twice married. First, to Jane Palter; second, to Harriet Cornelia, daughter of Zebulon Ely.\\nLakeside, the home of Henry T. Folsom. Nature seems to have designed this location as a fitting\\nsite for a castle of the feudal ages. The high elevation of the knoll, sloping in an almost perpendicular\\ndirection on every side, conveys the idea of security and seclusion, while the deep ravine in front sug-\\ngests the ancient moat, and leaves naught else to the imagination to complete the surroundings of a\\nfeudal castle, save the portcullis to guard against the entrance of foes. This is really the most romantic\\nspot in all the Park. The immense growth of trees obscures the distant view, but one has only to look\\naround and beneath to enjoy to the fullest extent the beauties of nature.\\nLakeside is located on VVildwood Avenue a little southeast of The Ramble and Park Way. The\\nhouse, which was modeled much after the style of an Italian villa, was built about 1865. Henry Folsom,\\nwho resided here for a number of years, came of an old New England family, many of whose descend-\\nants achieved distinction in their day, and were noted for their devotion to the principles of civil and\\nreligious liberty, and for their patriotism in the days that tried men s souls.\\nTHE FOLSOn FAHILV.\\nThe surname of Folsom is deri\\\\-cd from Folsham, in Norfolk County, England. The earliest period in\\nwhich the name appears in history is in the first half of the Fourteenth century. Mention is made\\nof John de Foulsham, an eloquent, imflinching opponent of the corruptions of the times. The same\\nspirit of opposition to the corruptions of the times and to injustice and oppression in every age, has\\ncharacterized his descendants.\\nJcihii I oulsham, whose ancestors were of the same family, came from Hingham, England, to this\\ncountry on the Dillegent of Ipswich, Eng., 26th of April, 1638, and settled first in Hingham, Mass.,\\nand about 1650 removed to Exeter, N. H., to which place his father-in-law had preceded him. He\\nmarried, 4th of October, 1636, Mary, eldest child of Edward and Mary Clark (lilmaii, who accompanied\\nhim to this country. Their chiUlrcn were Samuel, Joint (2), known as Deacon John, Nathaniel,\\nIsrael, Peter, Mary, Ephraim.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0452.jp2"}, "397": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\n327\\nDeacon John (2) Folsom, tliiid cliild of John fi) and Mary CGilman) FolM ni, was baptized October\\n3, 1641. He was a man of liigh stantling and i^ood proi)erty, active both in church ami |)oiitical affairs.\\nHe was frequently sent to the General Assembly. He married Abij^ail, daughter of Abraham Perkins,\\nof Hampton. He died in Fxctcr, N. H., 1715. He had twelve children, of whom was the\\neighth.\\nJeremiah Folsom, eighth child of Deacon John and Abigail (Perkins) Folsom, was born at Exeter,\\nN. H., in 1680. He Tiianietl I^lizabclh and had eight children, of whom Col. John was the\\nyoungest.\\nCol. John I olsnni, youni^ cst child nf Ji-remiali and Elizabeth Folsom, was born in New-\\nmarket, July 7, 1723. In 1766 he rcmovctl to Greenland. Mass., where he was an inn-holder. He was\\nhighly esteemed, and often elected to office in Strathani. He died April 17, 1787. He married, first,\\nSarah, daughter of Samuel easy she ilicd in 1756; he married, second, Mrs. Martha Hrackett (n(5c\\nWiggin), daughter of Thomas Wiggin. I^avid was the eldest of eight children.\\nMajor David Folsom, eldest child of Col. John and Martha (lirackett, nee \\\\\\\\iggin,) Folsom, was\\nborn in Newmarket, Mass., May 20, 1 750. He aided in laying out the town of Tamworth, in 1776, where\\nhe became a prominent citizen, holding the office of Major and various civil offices. He is said to be\\nthe first to make cut nails by machinery. In 1788 he removed to Harrisburg, Penn., and died there the\\nsame year. He married Dorothy, daughter of Rev. William Johnson, of Newburg, Mass., and of Wind-\\nham, N. H. They had two sons, William and Won. John, born 1776.\\nHon. John Folsom, youngest son of Major David and Dorothy (Johnson) Folsom, was born in\\nTamworth, Mass., March 11, 1776; died in Chester, N. H., August 9, 1850. He was taken by his father\\nto Harrisburg, Penn., in 17S8, and in 1792 returned with his mother and brother to Chester, where the\\ntwo sons put up machinery for making nails by water power, in a building which their stepfather had\\nused for a fulling mill. He continued in this business till 1805, when he became a contractor on the\\nLondonderry Tuni])ikc, wyion which he built a jiub-\\nlie house and became a popular landlord. He was\\n^D|jB^ elected State Senator, and was for years Judge of the\\n^JH^. Court of Coininon I Kas. He married, first, December 251\\n1808, Mehitabel Mclvin, who died without issue 1824; he\\nmarried, second, Dorothy T., daughter of Lieut. Josiah\\nUnderhill. They had eight children, all born in that part\\nof Chester now called Auburn John, born 1826; Charles,\\nborn 1828; /Av/n born 1829; George, born 1831 Rev.\\nArthur, born 1833; Richard, born 1835; Man* born\\n1836, married George R. Hodge. She died in Orange,\\nN. J., Nov. 12, 1862, leaving Mary Folsom, who married,\\nDec. 10. 1884, Calyton Rockhill.\\nIll \\\\K\\\\ l (M iiM, third child of Hon. John and Me-\\nhitabel (Melvin) Folsom, was born in Dcrry, N. H.,\\n)ctober 27, 1829. He received a good academic educa-\\ntion and was for some years clerk in a mercantile house.\\nHe went to St. Louis, Mo., about 1859, and engaged in\\nthe firearms business. This proved a most fortunate\\nventure, for at the end of two years the Civil War broke\\nout, and there was not only a demand for firearms but for\\nV _ every kind of military equipments. He established a\\nbranch in Chicago, which proved equally successful and\\nwas carried on until its destruction by the great fire of 71.\\nMKNKY FOLSOM. Aftcr thc capturc of Memphis by the Federal Army in", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0453.jp2"}, "398": {"fulltext": "?28\\nThe Founders and Btilders of the Oranges.\\ni S62, he opened another branch in Memphis which lie placed in charge of his brother David. Some\\nmonths later, after the capture of New Orleans, he opened another branch in that city. ATr. Folsom came\\nEast in 1867 and established his headquarters in New York City, the firm then being H. D. Folsom. He\\ncontinued in active business life until shortly before his death. Few men possess the business capacity to\\ncarry on such an extensive trade with all its ramifications as did Mr. Folsom. He weathered the various\\nfinancial crisises and met promptly all his obligations. He was a man of inflexible purpose and strong\\ndetermination of character, and in all his dealings held to that high standard of morality and business\\nintegrity which characterized the old merchants of New York. He made the most of his environment,\\nand yet his success in life is clearly traceable to the sterling traits inherited from his worthy ancestors.\\nMr. I- olsom came to Orange in about 1867. and from that time until his death never ceased to labor\\nfor the benefit of his fellow-men and for the educational and moral adxancemcnt of the town. He was\\none of the founders of the Mendelssohn Society; was its first President, and did much to contribute to\\nits success. He was not a mere figure-head, for he was excessively fond of music and hatl a well trained\\nvoice, having in his younger days received a good musical education. He conducted the music in Grace\\nEpiscopal Church and was of great assistance in the bene\\\\-olent and other undertakings connected with\\nthe parish. He was much interested in the New England Society and active in promoting its objects.\\nHe was one of the original subscribers to the building fund of the Music Hall Association. When Mr.\\nFolsom first came to Orange he built himself a house on Centre Street, where he resided for several\\nyears, and in 1878 he purchased the beautiful home in Llewellyn Park where he spent his latter days in\\npeace and quietness until his death, which took place October 10, 1S87. He married Phcebe B. F. Titus,\\ndaughter of Jonah Titus and Nancy Colwell. He was the son of Jonah, son of Jonah, a descendant of\\nRobert Titus, born in Hertfordshire, near London, in 1600 came to this country in 1635. The children\\nof Henry and Phebe B. F. (Titus) Folsom were Henry, born November 4, 1859, Eleanor Titus.\\nHknrv Thus Folsom, eldest child andonly son of Henry and Phoebe B. F. (Titus) Folsom. was\\nborn in St. Louis, Mo., November 4, 1859. He was prepared for college at St. Paul s School, Concord,\\nN. H., and graduated at Yale in 1883. He entered his father s store in New York and subsequently\\nacquired an interest in the business, taking the place of his father after the hitter s death. He purchased\\nof the estate the home in Llewellyn Park which he greatly improved by additions antl interior decora-\\ntions, the lower rooms being\\nfittctl up in hardwood. He also\\npurchased adjoining lantls, the\\nestate now covering about 1 1\\nacres. He is fond of out-tloor\\nsports and is a member of the\\nCountry Club, Orange l- ield\\nClub and other Orange societies,\\nlie married Carolyn Saltus,\\ndaughter of Nicholas, son\\nof Francis, son of Solomon\\nSaltus, who came to this coun-\\ntry from Bermuda, in the latter\\njiart of the last century. Mrs.\\nSaltus was born June 12, 1861,\\ndied July 16, 1890, leaving one\\nson, Henry Lloyd Folsom.\\nWooni.AMi, the home of\\nthe late John Burke, is ajjpro-\\npriately named, for it is in realit\\\\- a park within a park\\nWOODLAND, THE KKSUJENCK OF MRS. E. \\\\V. Bl RKE.\\nanil from the noble mansion in the centre, one", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0454.jp2"}, "399": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders ok the Oranges.\\n329\\nma l().)k in every direction ami see nothing but trees, with tlieir rich foliage of varied hues, shrubs and\\nplants, springing up from beneath the smooth, velvety lawn, wiiile the almost endless variety of\\nflowers dot the landscape here and there, exhaling their sweet perfume and making one long for\\ncontinual sunshine and a never-ending summer. One may enter this little para.lise from any direc-\\ntion, it being surrounded on every side by avenues and driveways\u00e2\u0080\u0094 encircled by Linwood Way.\\nHloomfield Way and Glen Avenue. From either point of view a new and attractive picture is pre-\\nsented. The house itself appears to front on every side; from the rear you look out upon a broad e.x-\\npanse of well-kept lawn beyond this, a large home garden under the highest state of cultivation.\\nWoodland, witii its extensive flower gardens, is not designed simply for summer use. The large\\nconservatories of ferns and roses afford a constant supply for house decorations and home comforts, dur-\\ning the long months when everything in the open is wrapped in the icy folds of winter. Chief among\\nthe roses are the American Heaut\\\\-, the Bride, the Pearl, the Mermaid, etc.\\nThe stately mansion, with its broad verandas, its high tower and its ample dimensions, are worthy\\nof special mention. It is a solid brick structure\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the design is a combination of the English and\\nItalian, a pretty blending of both, the e.xterior being con-\\nstructed with a special view to light, ventilation and comfort\\nwithin. The rooms are large and airy and fitted uj) with every\\nmodern convenience. The wall and ceiling decorations of each\\nroom are in perfect harmony with the rich upholstering and\\nmassive oak and walnut furniture. The floors on a part of\\nthe first story are inlaid hard wood, partly covered with Turk-\\nish mats and rugs of elaborate design and pattern. The rooms\\nin the second story are luxuriously furnished, the coverings\\nblending in color with the soft, mellow tints of the walls and\\nceilings. The artistic tasti- ami good judgment of its occu-\\npants are everywhere apparent, and nothing is lacking in the\\ncomforts and conveniences of a well-furnished home.\\nSTABLES AT WOODLAND.\\nEvergreen Hill. This place, now the residence of Mrs. Francis Moulton, was formerly the\\nproperty of Egbert Starr, one of the earliest settlers in the Park. It has manj attracti\\\\e features\\nworthy of note. The entrance on Honeysuckle Avenue is by two wide driveways. The place is laid out\\nmostly in lawn, with a variety of shade trees and evergreens. The place is enclosed by a serpentine\\nhedge, formed of a variety of dwarf trees and shrubs.\\nTHE MUNN F-AHILY.\\nThe origin of the name of Munn is not definitelj- known, but it is doubtless of great antiquit) as\\nshown in the .Armorial Bearings of the English branch of the family, viz.: Anns. Per chevron sable\\nand or, in chief three bezants and in base a castle triple-towered of the first. Crist. A de.xter arm in\\narmor, holding a lion s paw erased ppr. ]\\\\Iotto. Omnia vincit Veritas. Truth conquers all things.\\nBenjamin Mun, the American ancestor of this branch of the Munn famih-, was, in 1637, a resident\\nof Hartford, Conn., but he removed to Springfield. Mass., in the same \\\\ear. He joined John Mason s\\ncompany in an expedition against the Pequots in 1637, and was at the attack on the fort at Groton,\\nConn., where several hundred Indians were slain. This expedition followed an attack made b\\\\- the\\nIndians upon Wethersfield, where many settlers were killed. In May, 1637, Mason set out with his fol-\\nlowers and was joined by Uncas, chief of the Mohegans. The Pequot fort was a formidable affair, but\\nit was surprised, stormed, and carried by assault, with terrible destruction of the natives, who never\\nrecovered from the blow inflicted. The remnant of the tribe were nearly annihilated not long afterwards\\nin the swamp lands near Fairfield. Mason s company consisted of only sevcnty-se\\\\-en Englishmen, while\\nthe savages numbered about ten times that number. As they were strongly entrenched behind almost", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0455.jp2"}, "400": {"fulltext": "330 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nimpassible palisades, the Mohegan and Narragansett Indians that had joined the expedition deserted\\nbefore the assault took place. Upon his return he received, with others, by the town s courtessie, in\\n1639, a grant of land on the east side of the cow pasture lane, now known as North Main Street.\\nHe was the official viewer of chimneys and ladders in Springfield, the duties of which referred to pre-\\ncautionary measures to prevent fires originating in the thatched roofs then universally used. In 1653\\nhe was fined the sum of five shillings for taking tobacco in his haj -cock. He married April 12, 1649,\\nAbigail, daughter of Henry Burt, widow of Francis Ball, and took up his residence where now is located\\nCourt Square and the Chicopee Bank Building. The children of this union were: Abigail, borne y^ 28 of\\ny* 4 mon, 16^0; John, borne y\u00c2\u00ab 8 day of 12 mon, 1652; Mary, who married Nathaniel Wheeler; Benja-\\nmin, borne the first day of y i mon, 1655; James, borne the loth day of 12 mon, 1656; Xnt/iaiiir!,\\nborne the 25th of y 5 mon, 1661. In 1665, being very weak and aged, he was exempted from mil-\\nitary service. He died in November, 1675, and trailition lias it that he was killed by the Indians,\\nalthough the details of his death are not recorded.\\nNathaniel, youngest child of Benjamin and Abigail Burt (Ball) Man, was born in Springfield, Mass.,\\nJuly 25, 1661. Married Sarah Chapin, daughter of Japhet Chapin, of Springfield, Mass., March 24,\\n1689. They had seven children: Sarah, born September 10, 1692; Abigail, born April 9, 1696;\\nBenjamin and Hannah, twins, born May 28, 1698 (Benjamin died June 2, 1698); Biiijciiniii, born August\\n12, 1700; Samuel, born July 20, 1706; John, born January 24, 1708-9. He was deacon of the First\\nChurch in Springfield dyed the 31st day of December, Adomi, 1743, in the 63d year of his age.\\nBenjamin Mun, son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Chapin) Mun, was born August 12, 1700. Married,\\nDecember 30, 1731, Rebecca Russell, daughter of Adonijah Russell, of Brimfield, Mass., and had issue,\\nBenjamin, born Oct. 8, 1732; Joseph, born May i, 1734; Abner. born July 28, 1736; Abigail, born Sept.\\n14, 1739; Riiilhii, born April 25, 1742; Rebekah, born Dec. 1 i, 1745 Mary, born Oct. i, 1749; Jeremy,\\nborn April 11, 1754. In 1715 the new settlement of Brimfield was opened up. and \\\\-oung Benjamin,\\ntogether with ten others, became the original proprietors of the new township. In 1760 the part of\\nBrimfield in which Benjamin resided was set apart as a separate township under the name of Monson.\\nOn petition of Benja. Munn, X oted to abate the Ilighwa\\\\- Rates of those Soldiers in the Continental\\nservice the year past. i^See records of Monson, June 24, 1776.)\\nReuben Munn, son of Benjamin and Rebecca (Russell) Munn, was born April 25, 1742; marrieil\\nHannah and had issue, Alfred, born October 29, 1769; John, born Januar\\\\- 17, 1771 Flizah, born\\nSeptember 7, 1772; Julius, born February 9, 1774; A /Vc, born May 17, 1776; Cyrene, born November\\n12, 1777; Pamela, born April 13, 1780; Fidelia, born June 17, 1783; Oral, born August 6, 1785; L lyses,\\nborn July 14, 1788. Widow Hannah Munn died at Monson, Mass., October 4, 1823, aged eighty years.\\nIt was he who, when on June 24, 1776, the town passed a vote as to the attitude the town should\\ntake in relation to joining the Continental forces, made the following record on the minutes of the\\ntown meeting, viz.: Voted unanimously for Indipency. At the time of the Alarm Roll Call, pre-\\nvious to the battle of Lexington, he formed a company and marched, on April 19, 1775, to Cambridge,\\nwhere he reported for service. His name appears with the rank of Captain in the Lexington Alarm\\nRoll of Capt. Reuben Munn s Company. He served under Gen. Gates at Ticonderoga, and in 177S\\nwas raised by ballot of the House of Representatives to the rank of Second Major of the First Regi-\\nment in Hampshire County, and finally was raised to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel of the F irst Berk-\\nshire County Regiment. He was instrumental in suppressing the disorders arising at the close of the\\nwar, and he formed a company, which he marched to the front at the time of Shay s Rebellion. How-\\never distressing the condition of the revolutionists may have been, and however serious their grievances,\\nhe had no sympathy for those who endeavored to redress their wrongs by taking up arms against their\\ncountry.\\nRice Munn, son of Reuben and Hannah Munn, was born May 17, 1776; died March 12, 1866. Mar-\\nried Lavina Shaw, of Monson born Nov. 19, 1778; she died April 15, 1867. They had five children,\\nviz.: Pamelia, born May 9, 1803, died Aug. 22, 1880; Oril, born July 29, 1807, died July 16, 1891 Ada-", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0456.jp2"}, "401": {"fulltext": "Thk Founders and Builders of the Oran(;es.\\n33\\nline, born March ii, iSi i, died Au-, 31, 1894; Rice Sliaw, born Oct. 17, 1S14. died February 15. 1890;\\nOrson Pisnix, born June 11. 1824. Rice exemplified the sterling qualities ..f the Puritan stock from\\nwliich he was tlescendetl. and was upright and honest in all his dealings with his fellowmen, a true friend,\\na good father and husband. ind a man of _\\nmore than average ability. He never as-\\npireil to great worldly we. ilth, but like the\\ngood parson ()liver Goklsmith describes\\nin his poem, The Desertctl Village,\\nhe was passing rich on foit) pound.s a\\n\\\\-car. It would be true to say of him,\\nhe was one of nature s noblemen.\\nOrson Dksaix Munn, youngest son\\nof Rice and Levina (Shaw) Munn, was\\nborn in Monson, Mass., and was educated\\nat Monson Academy, an institution which\\nhad more than a local reputation, young\\nmen from distant sections of the country\\nbeing attracted by its superior educational\\nfacilities. Soon after reaching the age of\\ntwenty-one years he was informed by an\\nold school companion, Alfred E. Beach,\\n(at thai time engaged with bis father in\\nthe publication of the New York Sun), of\\na good opening for business. He started\\nat once for New York Cit\\\\ anil, to-\\ngether with his friend Beach, purchased\\nfor a few hundred dollars the Sciiiitijic\\nAmerican plant, the publication having\\nbeen founded a few months before by\\nRufus Porter. The co-partnership of\\nMunn Co., was formed in 1846, and\\nwas continued without interruption up to January i, 1S96, when Mr, Beach passed away, necessitating\\nthe conversion of the old firm into a corporation, which is still conducted under the original firm\\nname, Munn Co., and without change of management.\\nIt is seldom that a young man s first business venture continues with uninterrupted success for\\nhalf a century, but Mr. Munn proved to be w-ell adapted to his calling. His tastes and inclinations all\\nran in this direction, and under his management the Scientific American and the other publications\\nissued from the ofifice of Munn Co., have acquired influence and standing.\\nImmediately after Mr. Munn and his partner, Mr. Alfred E. Beach, assumed control of the paper,\\nthey established an agency for the soliciting of patents for inventors, not only in the United States,\\nbut in all foreign countries. This branch of their ousiness became at once an important adjunct to the\\npublication of the Scientific American, and continues to this day a most important branch of Munn\\nCo. s business. Mr. Munn was thus brought professionally into contact with many of the most distin-\\nguished inventors and thinkers of the last half century. Among such who may be mentioned as having\\nbeen specially instrumental in the early industrial development of this country, are Morse, Erics.son,\\nEads, Howe, Wilson, Stevens, Cooper, Ma.\\\\im, Gatlin, Woodworth, Blanchard, McCormick and a host\\nof others.\\nIn his desire to escape the turmoil of the city, it was eminently fitting that Llewellyn\\nPark, the suburban paradise of the metropolij, should become the summer home of the still active\\nOKSO.N DESAIX MINN.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0457.jp2"}, "402": {"fulltext": "332\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\npublisher and world-wiiie known patent attorney. Some thirty years ago I\\\\Ir. Munn purchased a large\\nplot in the Park, which he has made to blossom like tiic rose. He has a large and tasteful villa\\nfronted by a well-kept lawn, and the grounds were laid out to correspond with the natural elevation of the\\nland and the topography of the country. The nine terraces rise one above another, each covered with\\na variety of plants and\\nflowers, inspiring the be-\\nholder with the thought,\\nas he attempts to as-\\ncend, that he is truly\\nstepping hea\\\\enward.\\nMr. Munn s ])osses-\\nsions in the Park com-\\nprise si.xty acres, and in\\naddition to this he has\\na large farm on tlie top\\nof the mountain, where\\nlie is engaged in raising\\na breed of cattle hither-\\nto but little known in\\nthis country. They are\\nthe Dutch belted or\\nblanket breed of cows,\\nnatives of Holland, and\\nthough in appearance\\nthey resemble the Hol-\\nsteins.yet are a distant\\nfamily, antedating the\\nseventeenth century,\\nwhen the cattle in-\\nterests in Holland were in a thrift}- condition and this type and color were established by scien-\\ntific breeding. Their form is usually very fine and their hardy and vigorous constitutions enable\\nthem to stand sudden changes in the climate and thrive on any variety of fodder. Mr. Munn has been\\nvery successful in raising this breed of cattle and is proud of the result which has attended the exhibition\\nof his stock every autumn at State and County fairs. Mr. Munn married Julia Augusta Allen, August\\n15, 1849. She died October 26, 1894, leaving two sons, who are associated with their father in the\\npublication of the Scientific American and the patent department of this office.\\nKESIDENCK OF ORSON DESAIX MUNN.\\nTllK Cosy LriTl.K Coi TAGE located near the intersection of Park Way with Oak Bend, the\\nresidence of W. I (larrison, son of William Lloj-d Garrison, is just the place an artist and a lover of\\nnature would select for a home. It was built by the late Edward W. Nichols, a landscape painter of\\nrepute, and its construction is partly determined by his vocation, since the largest room in the house he\\ndesigned for his studio. It was built about i860 and passed from him to the late James Miller McKim,\\nthe father-in-law of Mr. Garrison, who occupied it in 1866. The style of architecture is English Gothic,\\nsimple and unpretentious, and well adapted to the location. A row of trees, extending from Park Way\\nto Oak Bend, fqrms, with the intersection of these two driveways, a perfect triangle, the cottage being\\nthe central figure in the triangular framework. There are some fine specimens of the native forest trees\\nthe chestnut, oak, dogwood and maple being dominant. A row of evergreens along the two avenues\\nplanted by the original proprietors, have attained a great height and add much to the beauty of the place.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0458.jp2"}, "403": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 333\\nThe southern prospect, which was formerly extensive, iias been nearly cut off by the growth of trees\\nand the interposition of other houses. Owing to the central location and picturesque surroundings, it\\nforms a \\\\cr\\\\- ornamental feature of the Park.\\nBi.YTHELE.V, at present owned and occupied by Mr. V. E. Martin, was for many years the residence\\nof his father, the late C. J. Martin, one of the early settlers of the I ark. It adjoins that of Castle-\\nwood, fronting on Mountain Avenue. It has all the advantages of location, magnificent views and\\nbeautiful surroundings, possessed by many others in the Park, and in addition contains points of interest\\nnot common to the others. It has most of the varieties of forest trees which have been thinned out so\\nas to form a beautiful grouping in front, presenting a very picturesque appearance. On the mountain\\nside, above the house, is a never failing spring which flows into a reservoir with a capacity of 36,000\\ngallons, and affords an abundant supply of pure, fresh water for the whole place. The house is modeled\\nsomewhat in the st_\\\\le of the Italian villa and is so arranged as to utilize every foot of room to the best\\npossible advantage.\\nC.VSlLKWooi). This is one of the chief attractions of Llewellyn Park. It is fitly named a castle\\nin the woods. The visitor to the Park, after passing along a winding road amid a forest of trees, is\\nbrought suddenly into a forest of flowers. The first effect is startling. Pausing for a moment and\\nturning sharply to the right on Mountain Avenue, he is brought face to face with a vine-covered stone\\ncastle, a relic of the middle ages. Glancing to the right, he sees imbedded in the side of a high embank-\\nment, in large letters and formed of a bright, dwarf bedding plant known as the Altcrnautlura, the words,\\nC.VSTI.E Wood. Looking toward the east, a magnificent view is presented to the eye; the tall spires\\nof the churches rising from the valley below, the city of Newark beyond, and in the distance Brooklyn\\nBridge, Brooklyn Heights, New York and the Narrows.\\nThe location of Castlewood cannot be excelled. Everything that could add to its natural beauty\\nhas been done by its present owner, Mr. Spaulding. The building was erected soon after the Park was\\nlaid out, by Mr. Joseph Howard. It was never completed according to the original design, the cost\\nhaving far exceeded the expectation of its owner.\\nEllerslik, the home of the late D. L. Wallace, is bounded by Linwood, Long Branch and Mountain\\navenues, with a frontage of about 1,500 feet on the east side of Mountain Avenue. With the exception\\nof a little opening near the house, the place is wholly enclosed with a double row of spruce trees, which\\npartially conceals the house and shuts off the view of the beautiful grounds within. The lovely brick\\ncottage, with its attractive (iothic windows, looks very inviting to the stranger whose curiosity is\\nwrought up to the highest pitch, and a desire awakened to penetrate the evergreen barriers and roam at\\nwill among the trees and flowers.\\nThe house faces south, looking out on lawn and fields and a grove of pine trees. The ele\\\\ation at\\nthis point is several hundred feet above the Orange Valley and, in a clear atmosphere, a view of at least\\nfifty miles in extent toward the east and south is obtained. At the rear of the house lies an old-\\nfashioned garden, with gravel walks leading to a rustic summer-house overgrown with wisteria. Beyond\\nthis are apple orchards with smaller fruits and vegetables in between. The spacious lawns on three\\nsides of the house are varied by shrubbery and fine old trees. A group of beautiful copper beeches, a\\nlarge silver maple and a fine primated beech are the most noticeable trees near the house. Two large\\nlindens stand on either side of the entrance. Throughout the grounds are many beautiful varieties of\\npine and spruce trees, while the chestnut, butternut, oak and hickory give it the appearance of a prime-\\nval forest.\\nThe Old English Home, fronting on Glen Avenue, built by Henry B. .\\\\uchincIoss, with its\\ndelightful surroundings, leaves nothing to be desired, either in the house or grounds, all being in perfect\\nharmony. To the beautiful forest trees, which adorned the place originally, he added a large number", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0459.jp2"}, "404": {"fulltext": "334\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nof spruce, pines and other varieties of evergreens, wliich have added nuich to the general beauty and\\nattractiveness of the Park. By making an excellent driveway of his own. uhicli he has thrown open to\\nthe public, he has made his place accessible to the main entrance. The house is brick and frame, shingled\\non the outside above the first storv-. It is large, roomy and well built, faultless in design, the work of\\nMcKim, Mead White. Five or six of the neighboring cottages, designed by the late 11. Hudson\\nHolly, which added so much to the general appearance of the Park, were erected by Mr. .Auchincloss.\\nHoi,i,V(j.\\\\KS, the residence of Mr. Richard M. Colgate, adjoining that of Mr. Auchincloss, is prettily\\nlocated, affording a fine view of the surrounding country for a great distance. The first story is of\\nrubied brown stone the second is frame, with shingled roof. The grounds are tastefully arranged and\\nadd to the attractiveness of that portion of the Park.\\nGl.KN.MONT, the home of Thomas Edison, the inventor, is situated between Park Way and Honey-\\nsuckle Avenue. The house is a combination of brick, stone and wood. Dixon, in his Life of Edison,\\ndescribes it as refreshingly independent of architectural rules, it yet presents a wealth of fancy, which\\nbrings into view at every turn unguessed and delicious surprises. It abounds in gabled roofs, pictur-\\nesque nooks and angles, carved balconies and mellow sheets of stained glass, the whole set in a\\npanorama of rare shrubs, floral arabesques and beds of emerald velvet, the brilliant coloring of which is\\nthrown in broad relief by a background of sombre pines. The extensive grounds contain specimens of\\nthe ornatum, the weeping red-cut leaved Japan maple, several specimens of the weeping birch, the\\nAmerican and Japan Judas trees, fern-leaved and weeping beech, double red-flowering cheiry, purple-\\nlea\\\\ ed or copper beech, weeping European larch, purple-leaved oak, golden-oak, guyko or maiden-hair\\ntree, white-leaved European linden, camperdown weeping elm, several varieties of spruce, Hudson s Bay\\nsilver fir, Colorado\\nblue spruce, heath-\\nlike Japan cypress,\\nthread-branched re-\\ntinospora, Japanese\\numbrella tree, golden\\nyew, etc.\\nIn his descrip-\\ntion of the interior,\\nMr. Dixon says\\nThe hall, after the\\nfashion of English\\nmanors, is luxurious-\\nly furnished. Red\\nmahogany, cunning-\\nly wroiigiit, enters\\ninto the composition\\nof the floor, walls\\nand ceiling, affording\\nan effective back-\\nground for the glow-\\ning Eastern fabrics\\nwhich abound. Mr.\\nEdison s den, back\\nof the hall, contains\\nthe large collection of gifts from the crowned heads of Europe and other celebrities; gold medals of\\nmerit from the various expositions, in recognition of his wonderful achievements in electrical inventions.\\nGLEN.MO.Sr, KEblLIENCF. OF THOMAS EDISON.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0460.jp2"}, "405": {"fulltext": "TlIK FoUNDKUS AND Hl lI.DHKS OK TlIK GRANGES. 335\\nEdison s purchase of Glenmont constituted a ten days wonder to those accjuainted witii his lou-^li-and-\\ntunible ways and his utter disreijard of luxury. Tiiat a nature whose domestic reciuirements liad iiitherto\\nbeen met by the most prosaic of surroundings, should suddenly develop a necessity f r the very\\nblossoming of asthetic art, was, indeed, calculated to excite popular comment, but the inventor s selec-\\ntion was universalh commended as a suitable shrine for his young and lovely wife.\\nThomas Edison is unquestionably the greatest inventor, if not the greatest man, of the present age;\\nhis reputation is world-wide. His power over the elements of nature is almost boundless. ranklin\\ndrew the lightening from the heavens it was harnessed by Morse, and made the instrument of com-\\nmunication between man and man in every part of the known world it was left to Edison, however, to\\nguide and direct its course, to make it subservient to his own will, and to apply the electric force to pur-\\nposes never before dreamed of. His scientific discoveries have placed him foremost among modern\\nscientists, while his inventions have effected a revolution in almost every branch of industry, and have\\nadded millions to the wealth of this and other countries. His inventions have ceased to excite wonder\\nor astonishment, for nothing is considered too great or too difficult for his fertile brain.\\nMr. Edison began life at the bottom of the ladder, and has risen, wholly independent of inviron-\\nment or aid from other sources than those which originated in his own brain. He was born in Alva,\\nOhio, February ii, 1847. His mother, who had been a teacher, gave him the little schooling he re-\\nceived, and at the age of twelve he became a newsboy on the Grand Trunk line, running into Detroit.\\nWhile thus engaged he started the Grand Trunk Herald, which he sold with his other papers. He\\nwitnessed the operations of the telegraph at the different stations, and became interested in the work.\\nA station-master, whose child he had rescued in front of a coming train, at the risk of his own life,\\ntaught him telegraph operating. He became a devoted student of, and made many improvements in\\nelectric science. W liile employed as an operator he invented an automatic repeater, by means of which\\na message could be transferred from one wire to another without the aid of an operator; and in 1864\\nconceived the idea of sending two messages at once over the same wire, which led to his experiments in\\nduplex telegraphy. This he subsequently perfected. In 1871 he became superintendent of the New\\nYork Gold and Stock Company, inventing the printing telegraph for gold and stock quotations. He\\nsubsequently established a large workshop at Newark, N. J., removing in 1876 to Menlo Park, at which\\nplace some of his most important inventions were perfected. His system of duplex telegraphy he\\ndeveloped into quadruplex and sextuplex transmission.\\nWith the use of this harmonic multiplex telegraph, the principle of electric selection has been carried\\nso fast in it, that as many as sixteen messages have been sent at once over a single wire. He invented\\nthe carbon telephone transmitter, used by nearly all the telephones throughout the world. His phonoplex\\nsystem of telegraphy did for way-station work what the quadruplex did for trunk-line work. This sys-\\ntem of railway telegraph made possible the sending of telegraphic messages to and from moving railway\\ncars without a metallic circuit connection. The messages are conveyed by induction to a conductor ex-\\ntending along the line of the railway. Another of Mr. Edison s inventions is what is known as the\\npyromagnetic generator, the object of which is to produce electricity direct from the heat energy of coal\\nor other fuel without the intervention of a steam engine or other prime motor. This apparatus is con-\\nstructed upon the principle that the capacity of iron for magnetism decreases at a high heat.\\nAfter years of experimenting, Mr. Edison solved the problem of electric lighting by perfecting the\\nincandescent lamp, \\\\fter perfecting a device for a lamp with a platina burner, he adapted a filament\\nof carbon of high resistance, enclosed in a glass chamber, from which the air was almost completely ex-\\nhausted. He also solved the problem of the commercial subdivision of the light in a system of general\\ndistribution of electricity, like gas, and in December, 1879, gave a public exhibition in Menlo Park of a\\ncomplete system of electric lighting. This was the first instance of sub-division of the electric light, and\\ncreated great interest throughout the world, especially as scientific experts had testified before a com-\\nmittee of the English House of Commons in the jjrevious year that such a sub-division was impossible.\\nWhile working at this there were nearly, or quite 3,000 theories and series of experiments investigated", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0461.jp2"}, "406": {"fulltext": "336 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nexperts were sent to all parts of the globe in search of fibres that could be utilized for the manufacture\\nof carbon filaments, and the exhaustless zeal and dogged perseverance with which the great inventor\\npushed his researches day and iiiyht, scarcely taking time for eating or sleeping, continued unabated\\ntill at last his labors were crowned with success, and the incandescent lamp, practicalh- perfect, was ready\\nfor the market. It is this resistless, rushing, burning intensity of purpose, combined with a bull-dog\\ntenacity of grip and determination to reach the end desired, at all hazards, that has contributed very\\nlargely to the success of Mr. Edison in his work.\\nThe phonograph, which is one of the crowning wonders of the life of the great electrician, was\\ninvented by him in 1877. Mr. Edison was the very first to apply the induction coil to the transmission\\nof speech. The motograph receiver, generally known as the loud speaking telephone, is an invention\\nby which the voice from a telephone can be received with such power as to be readilj heard by a large\\naudience. The telephonograph is, as the name implies, an arrangement by which a telephonic com-\\nmunication from a distance can be recorded on the phonograph and reproduced at will, l^y the mega-\\nphone, which was invented by Mr. Edison during his acoustic researches, it is claimed that under favor-\\nable conditions, conversation, in an ordinary tone of voice, has been carried on over a distance of two\\nmiles, without the aid of connecting wires or any other medium than the air.\\nIn the tasimeter Mr. Edison has made an exceedingly sensitive machine for measuring slight de-\\ngrees of heat. This is done by the employment of the principle of the varying electrical resistance of\\ncarbon in connection with the expansion of hard rubber under the influence of heat. It is so arranged\\nthat the expansion of a strip of hard rubber increases the pressure on a carbon button, and this increase\\nof pressure is at once registered by a galvanometer. It is so sensitive to heat that the heat of a person s\\nhand sensibl)- affects the instrument at the distance of thirty feet, and by means of this instrument the\\nheat given off by some of the planets and fixed stars has been successfully measured. In this same line\\nis the odoroscope, which is constructed on the same principle, but has for its object the measureinent of\\nthe amount of moisture in the air.\\nThe electro dynamo was, to a certain extent, a completed invention, when Mr. Edison took up his\\nwork, and its general principles and details of construction were well understood by experts; but Mr.\\nEdison at once began to make experiments, that have well nigh revolutionized the manner of building\\ndynamos. He was the first one to design large steam dynamos, and in 1881 he built a dynamo that\\nweighed twenty-seven tons, and of which the armature was built of massive bars of copper instead of\\nwires. This dynamo has been exhibited at all the great exhibitions since that time, and is acknowledged\\nto be one of the gieatest feats of modern science.\\nAmong Mr. Edison s inventions is the kinetoscope, designed to exhibit pictures of various objects\\nin motion, the idea being to show all the movements of the object without any perceptible break in the\\npicture. Attempts have been made by others to accomplish this, but Mr. Edison was the first to give to\\nthe public a perfect machine. To accomplish this it is necessary to make from 1,200 to 3,000 impres-\\nsions or pictures per minute, according to the character of the subject, to properly exhibit the move-\\nments or changes of the object. The negatives for these pictures are taken by an apparatus which Mr.\\nEdison calls the kinetograph, in which a transparent sensitized film, in the form of a long, narrow tape,\\nis moved at a very high rate of speed, behind a camera lens and an inter\\\\eniiig rapidl\\\\- mox-iiig shutter.\\nThe mechanism which moves the tape is provided with a stop mechanism for positively arresting the\\nforward movement when the tape is exposed by the shutter, and for giving the proper periods of ex-\\nposure in inexposure. The negatives are reproduced upon long transparent tapes for use in exhibiting\\nmachines. A very large number of the machines are in public use, and for some time past have been\\ncombined with the phonograph. These machines are manufactured at Mr. Edison s works at Orange,\\nNew Jersey.\\nThe fiuoroscope and fluorescent lamp are the result of Mr. Edison s investigation of the X-rays.\\nBy the use of this device the objects which had previously to be photographed can now be seen directly.\\nThis device is a flaring bo.x, having a pasteboard bottom, over the inside of which is a layer of tungstate", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0462.jp2"}, "407": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 337\\nof calcimii, which becomes fluorescein iiiulor the influence of the X-rays. The top of the box is provided\\nwith a curved siijht, opening like a stereoscope, and the edges are padded so as to fit closely and exclude\\nall light. The fluorescent electric lamp is a vacuum tube, covered with a layer of tungstatc of calcium,\\nwhich becomes highly fluorescent and gives off a pure white light when the vacuum tube is excited by\\noscillating waves of electricity.\\nMost of Mr. Edison s inventions are patented in the United States and foreign countries, although\\nhe has given to the public a large number of inventions and discoveries which were never patented. In\\nthe United Stales he has filed nearly one thousand applications for letters-patent, and up to date 732\\npatents have been issued for his inventions. In foreign countries, including the principal European\\ncountries, Canada, India, Australian colonies, New Zeland, Tasmania, Natal, Ceylon and Cape of Good\\nHope, over 750 patents have been issued for his inventions.\\nWhile noting the successful experiments of Mr. Edison, the press frequently referred to him as\\nThe Wi/.ard of Menlo Park. He achieved some of his greatest successes in his laboratory at that place.\\nHe continued there for some years, when he removed to New York City. Soon after purchasing his\\nbeautiful home in Llewellyn Park, Mr. Edison concluded that it would be more convenient to have his\\nlaboratory and workshop near his home, and in 1887 li purchased the property on the corner of Valley\\nRoad and Lakeside Avenue, on which he erected substantial brick buildings, conveniently arranged for\\nhis work. The main building, three stories high, contains on the first floor a magnificent library,\\nelegantly furnished in hard wood. It is proviiied with galleries and alcoves, by which the upper tiers\\nof book-shelves are reached, these shelves running from the floor to the ceiling, being filled with valuable\\nworks on electricity and kindred subjects. Near the centre of the library is Mr. Edison s private desk,\\nwhich is connected by electric bells and speaking tubes with every part of the several buildings. In the\\nrear of the library, on the first floor, is the store-room. This is a veritable museum, or, rather, it is a\\ncombination of museum, iron-mongers shop, drug-house and tinware establishment. It would be diffi-\\ncult to enumerate the various articles in this room. There are skins, hair, horns, hoofs, teeth of almost\\nevery known domestic and wild animal, including tusks of elephants, hide of rhinoceros and hippo-\\npotamus, horn of antelope, antler of deer, shark s teeth, llama s wool, and specimens of other beasts.\\nThere is also almost every known variet} of grain and cereals, fishes from all quarters of the globe, the\\nrarest and most costly of drugs and chemicals, ore of gold, silver, copper, tin, etc flour, sugar and other\\ncommodities, as well as iron and tinware, are found in the collection. All these are made use of by Mr.\\nEdison in his various experiments. On the second story of this building are a number of small rooms,\\nused by Mr. Edison s assistants in making experiments, conducting researches, etc., under his direction.\\nThere is a well-equipped photograph gallery, and a room devoted to the displa\\\\- of Mr. Edison s inven-\\ntions in the telegraph and telephone. To the north of the main building is a long, low. one-story brick\\nstructure, known as the galvenometer building. It is filled with the most delicately adjusted instru-\\nments for measuring electric currents; and one peculiarity of the structure is that there is not a particle\\nof iron or steel in its construction, all the nails, nuts and screws being of copper. North of this building\\nare the chemical rooms, where experiments are made. A short distance east of the laboratory is another\\ncluster of brick and frame buildings, which form the Edison Phonograph Works.\\n.Mr. Edison, while living in Orange, is not of it. He is too much absorbed in his inventions to give\\nsociety or other alT.iirs much attention. He is well represented, however, by Mrs. Edison, who mingles\\nfreely in society and is active in benevolent and other works. She is popular with ail classes.\\nOther residents of the Park, from whom the writer failed to obtain data for a description, have,\\nmost of them, very attractive homes. Among these are the I lummer, Sedgwick, Woodhull, Worth,\\nSayre, West and other places, each possessing interesting features.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0463.jp2"}, "408": {"fulltext": "338\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nRESIDENCES ON THE NORTHFIELD ROAD.\\nAlthough the old Northfield Road, which winds around the south side of the mountain, iiad been\\nan important thoroui^hfare for a century or more, it was not until early in the sixties that any of the\\nland adjacent thereto was made use of for suburban residences. Mr. Toombs and Mr. Davis Collamore\\nwere the first and only ones to build on the mountain slope above the old .Simeon Harrison homestead,\\nwhich faces the bend of the road where the ascent begins.\\nFRONT VIEW OF RESIDENCE OF OLIVER S. CAKTEK.\\nMOUNTAINSIDK, the home of\\nOliver S. Carter, lying along the\\nNorthfield Road, directly opposite\\nMutton Park, is, as the name indi-\\ncates, on the side of the mountain.\\nIt is a broad, level plateau, elevated\\nat a considerable height abo\\\\ e the\\nsurrounding country, appearing as if\\nnature had designed this si)ot as a\\nresting place for the weary traveler\\non his journey to the mountain tojj.\\nThe entrance is by a broad, winding\\ndriveway, opening into the North-\\nfield Road. The little brown-stone\\nlodge near the entrance, ard the\\nview therefrom, conveys the idea of\\na private park, and everything within\\nthe enclosure increases that impres-\\nsion. A row of maples, of compara-\\ntive recent growth, extends along\\nthe east and north sides, and on the\\nsouth is a little forest of oak, chestnut and dogwood trees, which were e\\\\idently spared the destruction\\nof the woodman s axe by the original\\njiroprietor. The north side of the\\nhouse, for some distance, is protected\\nfrom the cold northwest winds by a\\nrow of tall Norway spruce set closely\\ntogether. The brown-stone mansion,\\nset in the centre of this minature park,\\nis a picture in itself, and forms a very\\npretty setting in the framework of\\nnature. The brown or red sand stone\\nill this, as well as the outbuildings, was\\n.dl taken from the quarry some five\\nluiiulred feet west of the house. The\\n-|uarry nou- forms a terrace, and is\\ni-ntirely concealed under a verdure of\\nlawn and shrubs of various kinds.\\nAlong the ravine beneath flows a lit-\\ntle rivulet of ])ure, sparkling water,\\nmeandering down the mountainside\\nsii E VIEW OF RESIDENCE OF OLIVER s. CARTER. from out of a feservolr, kept constantly", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0464.jp2"}, "409": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0465.jp2"}, "410": {"fulltext": "OLIVER S. CARTER.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0466.jp2"}, "411": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 339\\nfilled from a never-failing spring, which affords an abundant sujiply of clear, cold water for every\\nbuilding on the place. Along the front of the house is a row of beautiful silver maples; the Australian\\npine, the Norway spruce and other evergreens are planted on either side. The usual variety of shrubs\\nand flowers form a pretty contrast to the bright green foliage of the trees, and add effectiveness to the\\npicture. The vegetable gardens in the rear of the house, together with the fine-bearing fruit trees, are\\ninclosed in borders of bo.x, while a hedge of arbor vita; in the rear conceals the stable and other out-\\nbuildings.\\nThe sixteen acres, with tlic improvements, were purchased by Mr. Carter of Mr. Toombs in 1877;\\nthese, together with the ten acres purchased later by Mr. Carter, form a part of the old Simeon\\nHarrison farm, once famous for its apple orchards, with their rich yield of Jersey cider and applejack.\\nThe stump of an old apple tree is all that is now left as a reminder of its former greatness. Mountain-\\nside, however, has become famous through the grand social entertainments given by tlie present ])ro-\\nprietor and his wife ,uiil (LuiglUcr, who iiave endeared themselves to the people of Orange by their many-\\nacts of kintlncss and generous hospitality.\\nTHE CARTER FAHILY.\\nJacob Carter, the Connecticut ancestor of the family, is said to have removed from Southold, L. I.,\\nto Branford, Conn., and to have married at the latter place, Dorcas Tyler, Dec. 4, 1712. He removed\\nlater to Southington, Conn. He had, among other children, a son .A^cc/\\nJacob Carter (2), son of Jacob 1 1 and Dorcas (Tyler) Carter, was born Nov. 26, 1716. He married\\nMary, daughter of Stephen Barnes, of Branford, and had a son Itliicl.\\nIthiel Carter, son of Jacob (2) and Mary (Barnes) Carter, was born in Southington, Conn., Aug. i,\\n753- He served in tlie War of the Revolution as Sergeant, in Captain Sizer s company, of Middletown,\\nConn., attached to the Regiment of Artificers, commanded by Jeduthan Baldwin, Col. of Engineers\\nand Lieut. Col. Comd t of Artificers. The regiment was at Brandy wine, Germantown, Monmouth and\\nother fields. Ithiel Carter married Lois, daughter of Eliakim Deming, of Southington, and had issue,\\nLucy, Hernias and other children.\\nHermas Carter, second child of Ithiel and Lois (Deming) Carter, was born in Southington, Conn.,\\nin 1782. He married Hannah Booth, daughter of Joseph Booth, of Berlin, Conn., born at Lnfield,\\nConn., Aug. 30, 1770; died at Berlin. Sept. 9, 1846. He was the son of Joseph, of Enfield, born there\\nOct. 28, 1736; died 1810. He .served in the French and Indian War, and in the Revolutionary War;\\nwas ensign in Capt. John Simmon s company, Terry s Regiment marched from Connecticut for the\\nRelief of Boston in the Lexington Alarm, April, 1775 was private in Eighth Company, Col. Watcr-\\nbury s Fifth Connecticut Regiment later was ensign in Seventh Company, Col. Walcott s Regiment,\\nConnecticut Line was Second Lieut, of Second Company, Col. Sage s Connecticut Regiment, Wads-\\nworth Brigade. Joseph Booth was the son of Joseph and Sarah (Chandler) Booth, of Enfield, (born\\n1710); he was the son of Zcchdria/i, of Enfield, born about 1666; a large land-holder; representative to\\nthe General Court, at Boston, several times: he was the son of Simeon, of Enfield, born in Maine, 1641\\nreceived a grant of thirty five acres of land in 16S0; came to Enfield 16S0, married Rebecca Frost son\\nof Robert, of Saco, Me.; born in England, 1602 died at Saco, 1673; was very prominent in the latter\\nplace; descend.mt of William de Booth, of County Lancaster, England, living in 1275. The motto\\nborne on the Arms was, Qiioii ero spero 1 hope that I shall be.\\nOliver Stanley Cakter, son of Hermas and Hannah t^Booth) Carter, was born in New Hartford,\\nLitchfield County, Conn. He had no other educational advantages than those afforded by the common\\nschool of his native town, but he made the most of his opportunities and laid the foundation for a suc-\\ncessful business career. He came to New York City in 1845 and obtained a position with the grocery\\nfirm of Cevell Whitlock. His connection with this firm, including the various changes that have taken\\nplace, covers a period of half a century. This is one of the very few business houses which has survived\\nthe several crises of that period, and to the present head of the firm of Carter, Macy Co. is due. in no", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0469.jp2"}, "412": {"fulltext": "340\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nsmall deo^ree, the credit of its continuous and almost unprecedented success. Mr. Carter is one of the\\noldest and most prominent of the down-town merchants. He is connected with various other business\\nenterprises, in some of which he exercises a controUing influence. He was for many years a director,\\nand later Vice-President, of the Bank of the RepubHc. and in 1892 he succeeded John J. Knox as Presi-\\ndent. He is a director in the Home Insurance Company, the Standard (ias Company, and other busi-\\nness organizations.\\nMr. Carter was for many years a resident of Brooklyn Heights, and during that time was connected\\nwith the First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn. He moved to Orange in 1862 and bought a house on\\nMain Street, where he resided until 1 S77, when he purchased his present property on the Northfield\\nRoad. On coming to Orange Mr. Carter united with the P irst Presbyterian Church. As an elder he\\nhas been faithful and earnest in guiding its spiritual interests; as trustee he has rendered efficient aid in\\nthe management of its temporal affairs, and the benevolent work of the church he has supported with a\\nliberal hand. As a public spirited citizen Mr. Carter has done his full share to further every important\\nenterprise for the advancement of public interests and for the benefit of his neighbors. The first meet-\\ning for the organization of the New ICngland Society was held at his house, and frequent meetings of\\nthe society were held there until a suitable hall was provided. Mr. Carter has been one of its councilors\\nand Vice-President.\\nMr. Carter has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Elizabeth Hyde Coley, of New Haven,\\ndaughter of John H. Coley, a prominent merchant of New Haven, a descendant of Samuel Coley,\\nthe American ancestor of the family. By this marriage Mr. Carter had four children. He married,\\nsecondly, Miss Isis Yeterbide Potter, daughter of the late Mr. William WOodburn Potter, of Washing-\\nTHE COLLAMORE FAMILY.\\nDavis Collamore, the only representative of his family name in the Oranges, was contemporaneous\\nwith Haskell, Marcy, Tomes, and other enterprising men, who cleared the mountain forests of West\\nOrano-e. making there a series of refined suburban homes. Bclhurst, Mr. Collamore s beautiful coun-\\ntry seat, with its gracefully sloping lawns, grand old forest trees, and its wealth of flowers and shrubs.\\nwill ever be associated with memories\\nof its owner, whose creative genius\\nand love of nature enabled him to\\nemphasize the natural beauties of the\\nlocation, so that it yielded the largest\\nmeasure of pleasure to the many who\\nwere permitted to enjoy his genial\\nhospitality. Mr. Collamore was an\\nexemplitication of that rare develop-\\nment of qualities which, through suc-\\ncessive generations, had characterized\\nthe family as one of marked influence\\nin its ilay.\\nIn early Colonial records the name\\nis variously spelled Colh more, Col-\\nmore, CoUymer, Collmer, etc. It is\\nderived from Colline, a small mound\\nor hill. From the description of the\\narms, given in Burke s General Arm-\\nory, it would appear that the family\\ncame from France, and the in.scription on the shield indicates that its members were among the bold\\ncrusaders who followed the fortunes of Richard Coeur de Lion, and were knighted for brilliant achieve-\\nKNTRANCE TO RESIDENCE OK DAVIS COI.I.AMOkE.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0470.jp2"}, "413": {"fulltext": "The Founders and lini.ni .Ks dk the Oranges.\\n34\\nments. The fust of the family name mciitioiicd in the liistory I lymoutli Colony, is that f I etcr\\nC( ll\\\\-moie, who secured a grant of land at Scitiiate, Mass., in 1639, and whose home, Hrook Hall, on\\nthe Third Herring Brook, was on the direct road to Scituatc Harbour. He was also an ori|{inal pro-\\nprietor at Seconset, now Little Compton. I eter became a freem.m in 1643, i having no chililrcn he\\nsent to Europe for his nejjhews, William Hlacknu)re (soon afterwards killed by the Indians), and An-\\nthony Collymore. By will, dated in 1684, Peter provided for wife Mary, one-third of the income of my\\nestates, also for children of William l?lackmore, and then to his nephew Anthony all other property.\\nCapt. Anthony CoUamore, was a ])rominent citizen, always taking part in military, civil and ecclesi-\\nastical affairs of his town. In iT/xi he married Sarah, twin daughter of Isaac Chittenden, several times\\ndeputy from Scituate, member of the Council of War, etc. Anthony was a Captain of militia and mas-\\nter of a vessel, and lost his life December 16, 1693, in a wreck on the coast near his home, his vessel\\ngoing to pieces on a rocky reef which still bears the name of Collymore s Ledge. In 1694, shortly after\\nhis death, there was printed in Boston a memorial, composed by the Rev. Deodet Lawson, under the\\ntitle of Threnodia, or a Mournful Remembrance of the Much-to-be Lamented Death of the Worthy\\nand Pious Captain Anthony CoUamore. Of Anthony CoUamore s twelve children, five only lived be-\\nyond infancy Peffr, Mary, Sarah, Martha and Elizabeth. The latter was twice married first to Jere-\\nmiah Rose and afterwards to Tymotlu .Symmes. Her great-granddaughter, Anna Symmes, married,\\nNov. 22, 1795, William Henry Harrison, ninth President of the United States.\\nIVter CoUamore, son of Capt. Anthonj- and Sarah (Chittenden) CoUamore, was born in Scituate,\\nMass., in 1671, and in 1695 married Abegail Davis, of Roxbury, Mass. Their children were: Abegail,\\nSarah, Anthony, Peter, Mary, Isaac, Thomas and Samuel. Peter and Samuel died young; the\\ndescendants of Anthony went to New York State and X crmont they adopted the er termination of\\nthe name. Among these was Hon. Jacob CoUamer, who was Postmaster-General in 1S49, and L nited\\nStates Senator from Vermont, 1855 to 1865. The descendants of Isaac went to Maine and Rhode\\nIslantl, while those of Thomas and John remained in Massachusetts.\\nJohn CoUamore, sixth child of Peter and Abegail (Davis) CoUamore, was born in Scituate, in 1704,\\nand died April 17, 1755. He married Margaret Whiton, daughter of Enoch Whiton, of Hingham,\\nMass., April 27, 1732. Their children were: Sarah, Mary, Betty, John and liiiocli.\\nCaptain Enoch CoUamore, fifth child of John ami Margaret (Whiton) CoUamore, was born in Scitu-\\nate, Mass., June 27, 1745, and died April 22, 1S24. In the War of the Revolution he marched for the\\nRelief of Boston in the Lexington Alarm, April, 1775, and March 17.\\n1777, was elected one of the Committee of Correspondence, Inspection\\nand Safety, serving till the close of the war. He represented Scituate\\nin the first State Legislature in 1781-2-3, and again in 1806-7-8. His\\ntitle of Captain was gained in the militia. He married Hannah Cush-\\ning, daughter of Capt. Pyam and Hannah (Lincoln) Cushing, whose\\nancestor, Matthew Cushing, came in the ship Diligent from Hing-\\nh mi, in Old England, and settled in Hingham, in New England, in 1633.\\nHannah was a granddaughter of the Hon. Benjamin Lincoln, who\\nwas a representative of the General Court in 1746-47-48, and a niece\\nof General Benjamin Lincoln, who served through the Revolution and\\nwas Secretary of War in 1781. Their nine chiklren were: ////.Han-\\nnah, Sarah, Enoch, Sophia, Anthony, Gilman, Horace and Susannah.\\nCol. John CoUamore, eldest child of Enoch and Hannah (Cushingi\\nCoUamore, was born in Scituate, Mass., July 9, 1775, and died March\\n18, 1S59. He was a manufacturer and farmer, cultivating the acres of\\nhis ancestors with success. Like others of his race, he was prominent in the afTairs of his native town.\\nThe military instinct was inherited naturally, and from the time he received his first commission as\\nensign, from the Hon. Samuel Adams, in November, 1795, until the expiration of that of Colonel, given\\ncoi.. jiiii^\\n1 I \\\\M(iRK.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0471.jp2"}, "414": {"fulltext": "342\\nThe Foundeks and Builders of the Oranges.\\nliim by Jolin Brooks, in 1820, he was a commissioned officer in the Mihtia of the Commonwealth of\\nMassachusetts for thirty years. It is recorded tliat he was never superseded, and was, during the\\nentire time, never but once absent from any regularly appointed training or review. In civil life he\\nserved as Selectman, Assessor, Justice of the Peace, School Committee and County Commissioner,\\nand also as a member of the con\\\\ention, held in 1S20, to revise the State Constitution. Colonel CoUa-\\nmore was also a deacon in the Baptist Church, and widely esteemed as a man of sterling integrity and\\nfervent piety. He was twice married, first on Oct. 4, 1801, to Michal Curtis, daughter of Ebenezer Curtis,\\nof Hanover, Mass., one of his contemporaries in the Revolutionary service. Her grandfather, Bazaliel\\nCurtis, was made one of the Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety for Hanover, in 1775.\\nThe children of Col. John and Michal (Curtis) Collamore were: John and Michal, (twins), born Aug. 13,\\n1802; Sarah. July 26, 18C4; Mary, March 7, 1806; Betsey, Nov. 1807; Ebenezer, Sept. 5, 1S09;\\nWilliams, July 23, 181 i Lucinda, March 28, 1S13 Williams and Lucinda, (twins), Aug. 13, 181 5 .An-\\ndrew I- uller, Sept. 11, 1817; Dcii is, Oct. 7, 1820. Col. John Collamore married, second. Poll)- Little, of\\nMarshfield, and had issue Almira Amanda, George Enoch, William Ward, Oilman\\nDavis Ciu.i.amoke, twelfth child of Col. John ami Michal (Curtis) Collamore, the seventh genera-\\ntion of the name in America, was born in Scituate, Plymouth County, Mass., Oct. 7, 1820. Having re-\\nceived a thorough academic education, he came to New York in 1836, to enter the employ of his brother,\\nEbenezer, an importer of fine china and glass, then located at 151 Broadwa\\\\-, and li\\\\ed with his\\nbrother, whose home was in the neighborhood of .St. John s Park. After si.x years with his brother, dur-\\ning which Uavis not only mastered the details of the business as then conducted, but made as well a\\nstudy of ceramics, he fountleil the house of Davis Collamore, at 595 Broadway. Some years after the name\\nwas changed to Davis Collamore Co Mr. Collamore admitting to partnership some of his clerks, to\\nwhom he gave an interest. Highly endowed with that mental trait which has been so aptly styled the\\ngentle genius of taste, Mr. Collamore speedily devoted his energies to emphasizing the artistic features\\nof his business. He did much to refine\\nand cultivate the public taste of his day,\\nand to increase the understanding and\\nlove of Keramic art, his mind quickly-\\ngrasping the wisdom of the view which\\nheld that it should be studied for the\\nnew forms of beauty it reveals, and for\\nthe sake of the enlarged intelligence\\nand consequent widened range of le-\\nfined [ileasure affonled b\\\\ such research.\\nAmong his business contemporaries he\\nsoon became not only a leader whose\\nopinions were sought in this branch of\\ntrade, but his marked ability as an art\\nconnoisseur and his originality as a de-\\nsigner of styles was fully recognized\\nand acknowledged by leading manu-\\nfacturers of Europe. He was most ap\\npreciative of all that is best in art ami\\nliterature.\\nThe business of which he was the\\nfounder remained practically unchanged till 1S86. when it was reorganized as a stock company, with\\nMr. Collamore as President. Though naturally of a retiring disposition, during his business career of\\nfifty--one years Mr. Collamore did not hesitate to take part in public affairs where he thought he could\\nbe of .service. As a member of the Seventh Regiment he was on dutv during the night of the Aster\\nUKI.IURST, KF.SIDENCE OF DAVIS COl.I.AMOKK.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0472.jp2"}, "415": {"fulltext": "DAVIS COLLAMORE.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0475.jp2"}, "416": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0476.jp2"}, "417": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\n343\\nPlace riots, and as a loyal Republican ho was a staunch supporter of the National Government clurinj;\\ntlie Rebellion. Amont; his business associates he was regarded as the soul of honor and integrity, and\\nhis commercial probity enabled his firm to meet every obligation through all the financial crises.\\nAbout 18(14 Mr. CoUaniore became a summer resident of West Orange, purchasing .seventy acres on\\nthe eastern slope of the Orange Mountain, part of the Simeon Harrison farm, twenty acres being apple\\norchards and the balance the fine forest, which gave to his home its fitting name, Iklhurst, (beauti-\\nful wood). The estate was bounded on the cast by Mr. Tomes property, and extended on the west to\\nthe very crest of the Mountain. While the home was being built Mr. Collamore lived at Cosy Cot-\\ntage. adjoining .Silver Spring, the home of Dr. Lowell Mason. In improving the property it was\\nthe owner s pleasure to enhance the natural beauties of the location rather than to make it in any de-\\ngree artificial. The dignified mansion, built of brown stone, quarried on the estate, was designed by his\\nnephew, George Hathorne, the eminent architect, whose early ileath dejirivcd his profession of a\\ntalented member.\\nAmong the first to introduce the breeding of Jersey cattle in the neighborhood of Orange, the\\nbeautiful creatures grazing in the fields at Iklhurst were one of the features of the ]}lace. Much\\nfriendly rivalry e.xisted among the\\nvarious owners of the vicinity, and\\nrepresentatives of Mr. Collamore s\\nherd won many a prize at the annual\\nState Fairs at Waverley, N. J. In\\n1867, during the early agitation of\\nthe question of good roads, Mr.\\nCollamore joined other public-\\nspirited citizens in serving on the\\nTownship Committee, and as chair-\\nman of the Road Committee he was\\n1 irgely instrumental in securing the\\nadoption of the Telford system of\\nimproved road building. The owner\\nof Belhurst was one of the twelve\\noriginal members of the New Fng-\\niand Society of Orange.\\nOf dignified mien, a semi-mili-\\ntary bearing increasing his courtli-\\nness of manner. Davis Collamore was\\nthe personification of thoughtfulness\\nin all the aried range of his charities. From his Pilgrim ancestors he inherited to the fullest e.xtent all\\nthe characteristics of resolute courage and de\\\\otion to duty which marked the sturdy settlers of The\\nPlymouth Colony of Massachusetts. F rom boih parents he drew a mingling of strength and gentle-\\nness of manner that was specially attractive in his character and which made his home life ideal.\\nThough naturally reserved in manner, he was a most charming social companion. In conversation, a\\nbreadth of knowledge acquired by extended travel, obser\\\\ation and reading, gave to his concise and\\ncomprehensive, yet well-chosen words, the impress of wise thought. His tact and helpfulness, in the\\npresence of suffering, made him a welcome visitor in many a sick-room All who were fortunate in po.s-\\nsessing his acquaintance bear testimony to his purity of life and to the many attributes which marked\\nhim pre-eminently the Christian gentleman. His death, August 13, 1887, was a loss to the community.\\nOn November 7, 1842, Mr. Collamore married Hannah Augusta Fiske, a Bostonian by birth, and a\\ndirect descendant of David Fiske, who came from England to Watertown, Mass., in 1642, and whose\\nEnglish record traces back in the direct line to Symon Fiske, Lord of the Manor of Stradhaugh, parish\\nLANDSCAPE AT BE.LIURST.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0477.jp2"}, "418": {"fulltext": "344 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges\\nLaxfield, County of Suffolk, England, in the reign of Henry \\\\1., (1399-14221. Robert Fiske, (^and\\nwife Sybil Gould), the progenitor of the New England famih was fourth in descent from him.\\nDavis and Hannah Augusta (Fiske) Collamorc, had four children Emma Augusta, Lucinda\\nFuller, Davis and Marion Davis. The eldest married Samuel Patridgc. The second and tliird children\\ndied in infancy. Mrs. CoUamore died November 13, 1882. After the death of Mr. Collamore, his two\\ndaughters, finding the cares and responsibilities of the place too great, sold the homestead and nineteen\\nacres, retaining the forty acres adjoining. They still spend their summers on the Mountain Ridge, and\\ncling fondly to the many pleasant associations connected with this neighborhood.\\nMountain Riixie. All that p.irt of the ridge of the First Mountain, now coverctl by beautiful\\naiul attractive homes, was, previous to i860, an unbroken forest, almost inaccessible even to the pedes-\\ntrian. Its present condition is due to the efforts of Dr. E. E. Marcy, who was the pioneer in this great\\nundertaking. He purchased, in i860, of Daniel C. Otis, a tract of two hundred acres, h ing between the\\nNorthfield Road and Mount Pleasant Avenue, overlooking Hutton Park in front and extending west to\\nPerry Lane. He opened a road from the top of the Mountain to Mount Pleasant Avenue, and removed\\nthe trees along the front of the ridge which obstructed the view. He built his residence and employed\\na well-known landscape gardener to la\\\\- out the grounds. He iiro\\\\-ided himself witli every modern\\nconvenience that could be had, even to having gas-pipes laid from the town to the top of the Mountain.\\nIt was not long before others were attracted to this locality, and in the course of a few years he had not\\nonly a delightful country home for himself, but was surrounded with pleasant and agreeable neighbors,\\namong whom were (jeneral Marcy, his brother. General McCIellan, the Browns, the Robinsons, the\\nHartleys, and others, all of whom erected fine residences and made additional improvements.\\nTHE MARCY FAMILY.\\nThe name of Marcy is a familiar one to the American people, through its distinguished representa-\\ntives, who have figured prominently in the public affairs of this country for more than three quarters of\\na century. The famil\\\\- were originally of French ancestr}-. De Marcy, or simply Marcy, is a name\\nquite common in France and its colonies. The name appears to have come into Normand\\\\- with Rollo,\\nA. D. 912, (it was then Von Marcy); thence went to England with William the Conqueror, A. D. 1068,\\nand became very common in Cheshire, where the orthography is now universally Massey, or Marsie. In\\nthis form (Massey) it is common in the English and Irish peerage. The present French form of the\\nname obtains somewhat in England, as shown by The Patents of King John, A. D. 120S, in which\\nmention is made of one Radus de Marcy.\\nJohn Marcy, the founder of tliis branch of the family in America, was the son of the High Sheriff\\nof Limerick, Ireland. He was born about 1662, joined Elliot s Church, in Roxbury, Mass., March 7,\\n1685. In April, 1686, he, with twelve others, known subsequently as the Old Thirteen, founiled the\\ntown of Woodstock, Conn., granted (1663) by the Colony of Massachusetts to the town of Ro.xbury.\\nThe territory was claimed by Massachusetts for many years afterwards. John Marc\\\\- married Sarah,\\ndaughter of James Hadlock, and had eleven children, of which Jniijniniii was the sixlli.\\nBenjamin Marcy, sixth child of John and .Sar.di 1 Hadlock) Marcy, w.is born in Woodstock, Conn.,\\nMarch 11, 1697. He married Mary, daugiiter of James and Ilanna 1 1 .astnian 1 Corbiii. The)- had eight\\nchildren, of whom -Is/ini/ was the seventh.\\nAshael Marc\\\\% seventh child of Benjamin and Mar\\\\ (^Corbin) Marcy, was born in Woodstock,\\nMarch 25, 1738. He served as private in the War of the Revolution. He married PrisciUa Dunham,\\nof Woodstock. He died March 2, 1819, aged eighty-one. They had issue four children, of whom\\nLaban was the third.\\nLaban Marcy, third child of Ashael and Priscilla (Dunham) Marcy, was born in Woodstock, Conn.,\\nMarch 7, 1780. He was educated at the W^oodstock Academy, studied law with Judge Barnes, of Tol-\\nland, and with the Hon. Ed. Dickenson, of Amherst, Mass.; he lived and practiced his profession in", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0478.jp2"}, "419": {"fulltext": "Thk Foundkus and IUiilders ok tiif. Okanges.\\n345\\nGreenwich, Hampsliiie Comity, Mass., for fifty years; was twenty times elected a member of tlic Legis-\\nlature of Massaciuisetts was a member of the Constitutional Convention, botii in 1820 and in 1853.\\nHe married P anny Howe, of Sturhriilge, a woman of fine personal a])|)earance and vigorous intellect.\\nHe died Oct. 11, iSfio. Their children were: Randolph Barnes (Gen.;, Jirnstiis lid^i^trloti (M. D.),\\nWilliam Ainswoilh, Marsia Ann, Mary A. and Fred A.\\nI -RAsriTS KD(;i:ri i)X Makcy, (M. I).), son of Laban and l- aiiny (llowel Marcy, was born in Green-\\nwicli, M.is-,. Ill- was prepared for college by a private tutor, and entered Amherst College at the age\\nof thirteen. He was a classmate and intimate friend of Henry Ward Heecher, and joined with him in\\nthe fun, frolic and mischief for which Beecher was famous. Both had a strong aversion to mathematics.\\naiul were callotl stupid iiy the piofessnr; by preparing one lesson thoroughly, however, they\\nmanaged to hoodwink the professor, and won his commendation for the time at least. Dr. Marcy e.\\\\-\\ncelled in ever)- other branch, and graduated with honor. lie subse [uently gr.iduated at Jefferson\\nMedical (_ (illc;^c. l or ten years he practiced as an allnp.ith in Hartford, Conn., where he .achieved\\nquite a reputation. He was at that lime a strong opjjonent of the new school of practice, but after\\ncareful study and research he became ,i convert to homeopathic views. He came to New ork, where\\nhe acquired an extensive anil lucrative practice, ranking among the first of his school in the United\\nStates. His clientel included leading men in\\nevery part of the country, who had the utmost\\nconfidence in his skill as a i)hysician, and his\\nhonor and uprightness as a man. His genial\\ndisposition and his winning mannci no less\\nthan his convincing arguments and uniform\\nsuccess, led many to adopt his views and be-\\ncome converts to his system of practice.\\nDr. Marcy has achieved a reputation as\\nwriter, no less than tli.it of .1 physician. In\\n1852 he established the North .American\\nJournal of Homeopath), which he edited un-\\ntil 1865. lie has written numerous essa\\\\-s on\\nmedical and chemical subjects, besides which\\nhe has publislied Theory and Practice of\\nMedicine (New York, 1850), Homeopathy\\nvs. Allopathy (1852), Theory and Practice\\nof Homeopathy (2 vols., 1858), Life and\\nIts Duties (1869), and he has also edited\\nHahnemann s Lesser Writings (1856).\\nDr. Marcy was educated in the old Puri-\\ntanical doctrines of religion according to the\\nCalvinistic school. He was ne\\\\er fully satis-\\nfied with the teachings of the Protestant\\nChurch, but accepted them for the time in\\nlieu of something better. He was finally led\\nto investigate the teachings of the Catholic.\\nor, as it is often called the Mother Church.\\nAs a result he became fully convinced that this was the true church. and its teachings in harmony\\nwith what he believed to be the true religion. He united with St. Stephen s (K. C.) Church, New York,\\nwhere he has continued to worship for many years. His woik. Christianity and its Conflicts, (1867),\\nis one of the ablest works of the kind ever written. It covers a wide range and meets every point in\\ncontroversy between the Protestants and Catholics. The style is simple, yet forceful and convincing.\\nERASTUS KDGERION MARI V.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0479.jp2"}, "420": {"fulltext": "346\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\ni;\\n.Many who, like liiniscif, were waverinj; in their bcHef, liave, through reading his work, become devout\\nCathohcs. His broad Catholicity, in every line of investigation, is one of the marked traits in Dr.\\nMarcy s character. There is nothing narrow-minded and selfish in his make-uj). lie has never sought\\nto make proselytes, but simply to present the truth as he believes it.\\nHis life work has been one of blessing and comfort to others. In his calling as a physician he had\\nthe courage to break loose from old and long-established theories and customs, and enter a new field but\\npartially explored, and while his own views have broadened and expanded, the knowledge thus acquired\\nhas been of untold benefit to others. While Dr. Marcy has accumulated a comfortable fortune through\\nhis extensive practice, his greatest reward has been the simple God bless you from those who have\\nbenefited by his treatment.\\nIn ministering to the disea.ses of the mind the success of Dr. Marcy has been equally markeil, and\\nmany, who for years were tossed about on the waves of doubt and fear, have been brought to a haven\\nof peaceful rest by following the lines of thought\\nlaid down, and accepting the teachings of this\\nbenefactor of the Innnan race. Dr. Marcy\\nmarried Emeline B. Kilb(i\\\\irn, daughter of\\nHon. Henry B. Kilbourn. of Hartford, who\\nwas Comptroller of the .State of Connecticut,\\nand filled other offices of public trust. Two\\nchildren are the issue of this marriage.\\nI--mma, the eldest, married I .dward Ra\\\\--\\nmontl, of New York, deceased. She e.xccls as\\na writer and musical composer, antl has achie\\\\ ed\\nquite a reputation in this line. Many of her\\npieces, published under her own name, have\\nhad an extensive circulation, while her o])eras,\\npublished under fictitious names, ha\\\\-e had a\\nmarked success. Among her best known bal-\\nlads are First Love and Adieu. words\\nby de Mussct, written for and sung by Mons.\\nPol. Plan^on, the distinguished French artist.\\nHer ballet music was very popular with Gil-\\nmore s and other well-known hands in this\\ncountry; also the leading bamls in Hamburg,\\nBaden iiaden, I rankfort and other public\\nresorts. Among the best selections of this\\nclass of music were the Toboggan Galop,\\nMelba Waltz, Oriental March, Bolero,\\nStraight Life Waltz, Valse I oetique,\\nMazurka Caprice.\\nMarc\\\\ married Ernest (j. Stedman. a rising \\\\-oung law\\\\-er.\\nMKS. EMMA KAYMONl), DAUGIIIKK UF DR. E. E. MARCY\\nof Dr\\nNina M., the second child\\ncousin of the famous poet.\\nR.wiioi.rn Barnes M.vucv, eldest child of Laban and Fanny i Howe) Marcy, was born in Green-\\nwich, Mass., April 9, 1812; died in Orange, N. J., Nov. 22, 1887. He was graduated at the U. S.\\nMilitary Academy in 1832, and served in the Black Hawk expedition of that year; also on frontier duty\\nwith the hifth Infantry. During the war with Mexico he participated in the battles of Palo Alto ,uid\\nResacca de la Palma, and was made Captain in May, 1846, after which he served on recruiting service.\\nSubsequently he was engaged in the exploration of the Red River country in 1852-4 in the Florida\\nhcstilities against the Seminole Indians in 1857; and in the Utah expedition of 1857-8, having com-", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0480.jp2"}, "421": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders ok the Oranges.\\n347\\nmand of a tlctaclimeiit that was sent to New Mexico in Nov., 1857, ami retiirniiifj in March, 1S5S, after\\ngreat suffering. In 1859 he was promotec! .Major, and served as paymaster on tiie northwestern p o.sts in\\n1859-61, becoming Inspector-Cieneral, witli llu- rank of Colonel, on the 9th of August, rS6i. During\\nthe Civil War lie served as chief of staff to his son-\\nin-law (ien. George li. McClellan, and acteil in that\\ncapacit) in McClellan s canipaiL;n of WVstcni ir-\\nginia, in the peninsular campaign also in the Mar\\\\--\\nland campaign, until Xo\\\\-., 1862. He had been made\\na Brigadier of X oluntccrs, .Sc|)t. 23, 1861. In the\\nautumn of 1S62 he was assigned to inspection duties\\nin the Department of the Xorlhucst, Missouri.\\nArkansas, Mississippi aiul the (lulf, until 1865,\\nwhere he became Ins|)ector-(jeneral of the militar_\\\\-\\ndivision of the Missouri. In 1869 he was transferred\\nto Washington, and bec.mie Inspector-General of\\nthe United States Army, with the rank of l^rigadicr-\\nGeneral, to date from Dec. 12. 1878, continuing in\\nthat ofifice till his retirement, Jan. 2, 18S1. He was\\na famous sportsman, and spent much time in hunt-\\ning in the Rocky Mountains. He contributed to\\nmagazines, and juiblished Explorations of the Red\\nRiver, in 1852: The I rarie Traveler, a Hand-Book\\nfor Oakland Emigrants; Thirty Years of Army\\nLife on the Border; Border Reminiscences, etc.\\nThe closing years of his eventful life were spent\\nin Orange, N. J., where, at his beautiful home on\\nthe Ridge, nearly adjoining that of his brother, he\\npassed his da\\\\-s in peace and quietness. Much of his\\nleisure time he spent in carving, of which lie was ex-\\ncessively fond, and possessed a remarkable gift for this art. A beautiful mantelpiece and other speci-\\nmens of his work are still to be seen in the house which he occupied.\\nVIEW OF RESIDE.SCE AND GROUNDS OF DR. E. E. M.VRCY.\\nEX=GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY.\\nlonors tlirust upon him, it would be difficult to\\nGEN. GEORGE BRINTON McCLELLAN, U. S. A\\nTo one who had achieved greatness and had\\nfind a more modest, unassuming man than (ien. George B. McClellan, who for twenty years or more\\nwas a resident of West Orange. During that time he mingled freely in all the social affairs of the\\nOranges, and every Sabbath he worshiped in the little St. Cloud Presbyterian Church, greeting in the\\nmost cordial manner the plain, simple people whom he met there. Gen. McClellan came of the same\\nPuritan stock that settled Newark and Orange Mountain. His great-grandfather, Gen. Samuel McClel-\\nlan, was a native of Woodstock, Conn., and commanded the first company of cavalry that joined the\\nContinental .\\\\rmy at Cambridge. He subsequently became General and served throughout the war.\\nWhen the currency of the Continentals had depreciated and no funds were forthcoming with which to\\npay their soldiers, General (then Colonel) McClellan advanced 1,000 from his own i)rivate jnirse to\\npay the men of his regiment.\\nThe father of (icorge B. McClellan, a well-known and prominent physician, settled in Philaiielphia,\\nwhere George B. was born December 3, 1826. It was expecteil the son would follow in the\\nfootsteps of his father, but he chose a military career and was sent to West Point Military Academy.\\nfrom which he was graduatetl in 1847. He served with distinction in the Mexican War and was\\nafterwards placed in command of a company of engineers at West Point. In 1855 lie u.is commissioned", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0481.jp2"}, "422": {"fulltext": "348\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nby Jefferson Davis, then Secretary of War, to study the iiiiHtary o[)crations in the Crimea. He after-\\nwards became Chief Engineer of the Illinois Central Railroatl, and on its completion was matle ice-\\nPresident. At the breaking out of the Civil War he was commissioned Major-Cjeneral by Governor\\nDennison, of Ohio, and placed in charge of the State troops. In May, iS6i, he was commissioned by\\nthe general government Major-Gcneral of the regular army and placed in command of the Department\\nof the Ohio. He was later assigned to the invasion of\\nWest irginia, where lie achieved great success. After\\nthe Hull Run disaster in July, 1861, he was placed in\\ncommand at Washington with an army of 52,000 men.\\nHe displayed great ability as an organizer and soon\\nplaced this immense army in splendid condition. He\\nspeedily attained a popularitj- seldom, if ever, equalled\\nin the case of an\\\\- other American general. I olitics,\\nhowever, playcil an important part in the conduct of the\\nwar, and McClellan, not being in sympathy with the\\nmethods emploj etl, was superseded in his command by\\nother generals who were able to command political\\ninfluence. In August, 1864, he was nominated by the\\nDemocratic National Convention for President. He\\nresigned his commission as Major-General, U. S. A., and\\naccepted the nomination. The jjrinciples of the Demo-\\ncratic party at that time were not popular with the\\nmasses and McClellan was defeated. After this he sj)ent\\nsome years abroad, and after his return he purchased a\\nhome for himsclf-on ()rangc Mountain, where he resideil\\nGEN. GKORCK B. MCCI.F.M.AN, U. S. A.\\nuntil his death.\\nIn 1887 he received the Democratic nomination for (lovcrnor of New Jerse_\\\\- and was elected by a\\nlarge majority. His adminis-\\ntration was moderate and con-\\nservative, giving satisfaction\\nto all. He was the first Gov-\\nernor who made his official\\nresidence at the State Capital.\\nGen. McClellan was especi-\\nally acti\\\\ e in the affairs of the\\nPresbyterian cluirch. As a\\nChristian he was lniml)lc.\\ndevout and earnest. He was\\none of the founders of the\\n.St. Cloud Presbyterian\\nCluirch and one of its first\\nelders. The tablet placet!\\nthere to his memory shows\\nthe esteem in which lie\\nwas held by the people.\\nHe was a member of the\\nNew England Society, of\\nOrange, and took frequent _\\npart in its proceedings. His .maywoou, home of b. ogden chisolm, where gen. mcci.ei.i.an imeu.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0482.jp2"}, "423": {"fulltext": "Thk Founders and Builders ok the Oranges.\\n349\\nkiiuliicss to animals was shown in his affectionate regard for his olil war liorse, Daniel Webster, wliich\\nhorc him through tiie several X irginia campaigns. The old horse died and was buried in a little grove\\non tile mountain, ami this spot is religiously cared for by the present owner, Mr. Chisolm. General\\nMcCleilan died at his home on Orange Mountain, Octob r 29, 1885. His remains were interred at\\nRiverside Cemetery, Trenton, where, while Governor, the deceased purchased a beautiful lot on a cliff\\noverlooking the Delaware River. General McCleilan married the daughter of General Marcy. His\\nwidow and two chiklren a son and tlaughtcr still survive him. The son has been prominent in New\\nork politics for some years.\\nM.wwcHin. Tlic present owner of Maywood, Mr. H. Ogden Chisolm, has a just appreciation of\\nthe historic interest that attaches to this old place, so long the home of General George li. McCleilan.\\naiui in the extensive improvements he has made we find no perceptible change in the surroundings.\\nEverything about the place reminds one of its former owner. In a c[uict nook, beneath the shade of\\nthe trees, lies buried the old w ar horse, Daniel Webster, who served his master so faithfully during the\\nfirst years of the war. 1 he foini of Little Mac, the idol of the Army of the Potomac, as he sat on\\nhis noble steed, will remain fresh in the memory of his old comrades until the last veteran has responded\\nto the final bugle call. It was here that the hero of man\\\\ a hard-fought battle met the King of Ter-\\nrors with unllinchiiig courage, antl laid down his life peacefully and (juietly just as the autumn leaves\\nwere falling and nature was about to wraj) herself in her winter covering.\\niVs the years go by, the interest in Maywood will increase, and in the near future this will become\\nthe Mecca to which many will resort who revere the irieinor\\\\- of Little Mac. In the jilacc itself\\nthere is much to admire. Nature has been lavish in her beauties and left little to be desired. The old\\nforest trees still remain in their prestiiie beauty, while others have been added from time to time to\\nsupply the places of those which have\\nfallen into decay. 1 he house, with its\\nMansard ninf and broad verandas,\\nrepresents the [jievailing style of archi-\\ntecture of thirty years ago; it is a plain,\\nsubstantial frame edifice, entirely in\\nkeeping with the tastes of its designer,\\nwho had a strong aversion to anything\\nlike display. No change has been\\nmade in the outward appearance of the\\nhouse, and while there has been a com-\\nplete renovation of the interior, the\\nlibrary used by General McCleilan re-\\nmains in nearly the same condition as\\nhe left it. The star flowerbed in\\nfront is still preserved as originally\\ndesigned.\\nThe beautiful grove of trees, with\\nthe winding roads and the house in the\\nbackground, forms a pretty setting and\\ngives the appearance of a miuature park. The entrance from the rear of the house, through the stone\\ngate, up the long driveway, shown in the accompanying illustration, gives a charming and picturesque\\neffect to the surroundings. Like the other places along the Mountain Ridge, the view is unsurpassed.\\nThe place contains about ten acres, and is a part of the old Rethuel Williams farm. It was purchased\\nin 1864 by General McCleilan of Dr. Marcy, the brother of General Marcy, whose daughter General\\nMcCleilan married. The General gave it the name of Maywood in honor of his only daughter. May.\\nRE.\\\\R ENTKANCF. TO MAYWOOD.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0483.jp2"}, "424": {"fulltext": "350\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\naddiii tlic iKiinc of wDoti as descriptive of the surri)imdini;s. After his deatli it passeti into other\\nhands and in the autumn of 1892 was purchased b}- Mr. Chisohn. Not Umisj after tiiis the stable was\\nburned, and has since been rebuilt.\\n15. Ojjden Chisolm, tlie present owner of Ma_\\\\-wood, althouj^h a native of the North, belongs to a\\nSouthern family who were prominent in the War of the Revolution, and whose ancestrj- is traced in an\\nunbroken line to the Scottish chiefs of the eleventh century. The antiepiity of the Chisholms in the\\nHighlands of Scotland, says\\nHurke, appears established\\nbeyond disputation. The\\nreputed founder of Clan\\nHarold is stated in the His-\\ntory of Shetland and Orkney\\nto have been of the ro\\\\ al\\nstock of Norway. The Chis-\\nhohns of the North are\\nknown in their vernacular\\ntongue l)y the appellation of\\nA// Siosn/irr/i. The Chisholni.\\nem])hatically as the chief.\\nHarold, Thane or I-.arl\\nof Caithness, Orkney and\\nShetland, founder of t h c\\nname and race of Chisholni,\\none the most formidable\\nNorthern chiefs, married the\\ndaughter of Mudah, or Ma-\\nched, Earl of Athol, the last\\nmale descendant of Donald\\nBan, King of Scotland. In\\nthe year i ig6 Harold raised tin\\nperiod, so great anil powerful that the King of Scotland, William the I. ion, found it necessary to lead\\nan army against the insurgents, and the clan\\nbecame for the time scattered, but succeeded\\nin maintaining its independence.\\nJohn Chisholm, The Chisholni living\\nat the close of the seventeenth century, was\\nf(nnteenth in descent fiom Harald, Thane or\\nI -arl of Caithness, Orkne\\\\- and Shetland. He\\nmarried Jean, third daughter of Sir Thomas\\nMacKinzie, of hiiulon, and was succeeded by\\nhis only son. The Chisholm Roderick, who\\nmarried Elizabeth, daughter of Duncan Mac-\\ntlonnell, of Gleiigarr\\\\-, by whom he had five\\nsons; the youngest of these was Co/iii.\\nColin Chisholm, youngest son of Rotlerick\\nand FJizabeth (Macdonnell) Chisholm, was a\\nColonel in the army of Prince Charles, and\\nwas killed at the battle of Culloden. His\\nTHE GROVE AT MAVWDOD.\\nstantlard of rebellion, and himself and his clan were, at that remote\\nI.lllKAKY A I MAVUi\\nestates were confiscated and his only son, Alexander, was sent to America.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0484.jp2"}, "425": {"fulltext": "Tin; I ouNDKRs and Uuildkk f\u00c2\u00bbr iiik Oranges.\\n35\\nAlexander Chisolni, the touiulcr of the family in tliis coimtiy, was the son of Cojunel Cnhn Cliis-\\nholm. SoDii after his arrival in tliis cimntry he settled in Ciiarleston, S. C. In consequence of the\\npolitical misfortunes of the family in England, and desirin;^ to sever all connections therewith, he\\ndro])ped the second h in the name, and it has since been known as Chisolm. He marrieil a Miss\\nChisliolm (^probably a distant relative), known as the Heiress of Wanda. By her he had a son, .l/ix-\\naiider Robert, who owned amonj; other plantations an island in Charleston harbor, whicii became known\\nas ami still bears the name of Chisolm Island.\\nWilliam E. Chisolm, the father of H. Ogdeii Chiso m, was the grandson of Ale.vaiuler Robert. He\\nwas hum in Charleston, S. C, in 1825; was educated for the bar. He came North and settled at\\nCollege I oint, 1.. I., where he married Mary A. Rogers, and was the father of seven children, of whom\\nH. Ogden is the \\\\oungest.\\nH. Ot;ni;N Cmisoi.M, youngest son of William E. and .Mary (Rogers) Chisolm, was born at College\\nI oint, June I, 1865. Soon after purchasing the property at Mountain Ridge, West Orange, he removed\\nthence with his family and usually spends the summers there. Although a comi)aratively recent comer,\\nhe is well known in social circles and his become fully identified with the Oranges.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0485.jp2"}, "426": {"fulltext": "SOUTH ORANGE TOWNSHIP.\\n.1, THE territory comprised within the townsliip of Soutli Orange originally formed\\na part of the outl\\\\ing districts of Newark, and sur\\\\eys and divisions of land were\\nmade as early as 1680, and possibly sooner. Settlements began at and near the foot\\nof the mountain, extending from the Second River on the north to South Orange on\\nthe south. The town, howe\\\\er, had been sub-divided nominally into Watscsson\\nHloomfield), Cranestown Montclair), the Mountain Society (Orange). Short Hills\\nand Camptown. TIk mountain settlement, Orange, was the first offshoot, under the\\nname of the Mountain .Society, and the people of South Orange became identified\\nwith this new interest in their leligious worship and their dead were buried in the\\nsame burying-place. They and their descendants remained inhabitants of the town\\nof Newark until 1806, at which time a division of Newark was made and Orange\\nWard was constituted. The town meetings were held regularly; the place of meeting, however, does\\nnot appear upon record until October 3, 1763, Warned by the Constable, held at the Court House,\\nat Newark, ami from tiie latter date the meetings appear to have been so held until the meeting held\\nthe 14th day of Ajjril, 1800, at which time a provision was made for holding the ne.xt Annual\\nElection for Members of the State Legislature, etc., to be opened at the house of I^ethuel Pierson (cor.\\nof South Orange Avenue and Gro\\\\e Road, the present residence of William Hrewer, Jr.), at Orange,\\nand continuetl there during the first day of the same, anil that the said Election on the Second Day be\\nopened, held and closed at the Court House, in Newark. This plan continued for some years later-\\nThe name of South Orange appears in the advertising columns of the Xczvark Ce/i/i/w/ as early as\\n1798, eight }-ears before Orange was set off from Newark as a separate township. The division of\\nOrange from Newark took place May 9, 1806, the meeting of the committee and assessors being held at\\nthe house of Samuel Munn, in Orange, at which time the boundary lines were established. The\\nsouthern division was described as thence running southwardly in a straight line to a bridge in the\\nhighway near Sayres Roberts, in Camptown thence southwardly in a straight line to Elizabeth town-\\nship to the line of Springfield township. This, it will be seen, embraced the subsequent sub-divisions\\nof Clinton, Milburn and South Orange townships. Clinton township was organized as such by act of\\nthe Legislature, April 14, 1835, South Orange and Milburn being included in the boundaries; the latter\\nwas set off as a separate township in 1857. When Orange was incorporated as a town under its new\\ncharter of June 31, i860, the boundaries were described as follows The first ward shall comprise all\\nthe territory lying east of a line commencing at the junction of Centre Street and Clinton township,\\netc. It thus appears that from 1835 to 1861 the present boundaries of South Orange were included in\\nClinton, Milburn and Orange townships.\\n(jordon s Cuizctttf, \\\\n\\\\h\\\\\\\\s\\\\\\\\QA about 1830, says of South (Grange: A village of the same town-\\nship lies on the turnpike from Newark to Morristown, 5 miles west of the first it contains about 30\\ndwellings, a tavern and store, a p.iper mill and I resbyterian church the lands around it are rich and\\nwell farmed. The act to set off the township of South Orange from Clinton, Milburn and Oiange,\\npassed January- 2(\\\\ 1861, prescribes the following boundaries: Beginning at a point on the line between", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0486.jp2"}, "427": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders ok the Oranges.\\n353\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.tV\\nOrange and Newark, half a mile north of South Orange Avenue; thence southerly along the Tiiiddlc f\\nsaid avenue; thence to the bridge over the east branch of the Elizabeth Uiver, in the road near the\\nhouse of William Steckman, in Clinton thence to the northwesterly corner of Daniel Heddcn s house;\\nthence to the bridge in the road near the house of Charles E. I.um; thence to the bridge near the\\nresidence of J. R. Courter; thence toward the late residence of Samuel Headley, deceased, to the\\nboundary line of the township and Union County; thence westerly to the east branch of the Rahway\\nRiver; thence to a bridge in the road near the house of I eter Failadc; thence to Rock Hole, in the\\nRahway River; thence along the river to Mark s Mill; thence to the northeasterly corner of James E.\\nSmith s land on the top of the First Mountain, adjoining the Walker Road thence to a small bridge\\nnear Uaniel Webb s; thence to the southwest corner of D. W. Smith s house, on Scotland Street;\\nthence to a point in Centre Street to Abby Lindslcy s land; thence to the place of beginning, except\\nthe Orange Poor Farm. This division included the settlements of Maplewood, Hilton, V ailsburg and\\nthe more tliickl) populated localit} known as Montrose.\\nOLD LANDHARKS.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A few of the old landmarks, erected long before the Oranges came into ex-\\nistence, still remain, some of them in a fair state of preservation the most notable of these is the old\\nStone House bj the Stone House Brook, of which frequent mention is made in the descriptions of sur-\\nrounding property. This is located at the corner of South Orange Avenue and Grove Road. It is\\nmentioned as early as i68o, in a grant made to Nathaniel Wheeler, Edward and Joseph Riggs. When,\\nand by whom it was built, is not shown\\nin the records. This, or adjoining prop-\\nerty, was afterwards surveyed to Thomas\\nLudington. It became the property of\\nDr. Bethuel Pierson, heir-at-law, who\\n^X administered upon the estate of Samuel\\nPierson, Jan. 11,1773. The records state\\nthat Bethuel Pierson gave a mortgage\\nupon one hundred acres, whereon he now\\nlives, at the mountain plantation, by a\\ncertain brook, called the Stone House\\nBrook.\\nDeacon Bethuel Pierson built a stone\\naddition to his dwelling-house, which he\\ncaused to be dedicated with religious\\nceremonies, especially requesting that the following words should be sung on the occasion\\nlie not too proud, by any means.\\nBuild not your house too liigh,*\\nBut always have before your mind.\\nThat vou were born to die.\\nHe must have had the subject before his mind for a long time, for he lived many years after\\nmaking the addition. The property was inherited by Dr. Cyrus Pierson, his son, who conveyed it, in\\n179^,, to Nathaniel Cciulit. It then consisted of one hundred and sixteen acres, and described as be-\\nginning at the road in the lands formerly of Bethuel Pierson and Abel Ward, both deceased. Later it\\nwas owned by Mo.ses Lindsley, and after passing through other hands, the homestead, with about seven\\nacres, was purchased in 1867 by William A. Brewer, Jr., the present owner, who gave it the name of\\nAldworth. He built a modern house in front, but the walls of the old house and a portion of the\\ninterior remain nearly in their original form.\\n-y\\n1\\n:j-\\n^uf *^%i^\\ni\\nSTONE HOUSE AT SOUTH ORANGE.\\nIt was one and a half stories high.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0487.jp2"}, "428": {"fulltext": "354\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nTHE SgUIKE HOMESIKAD.\\nThe old Squire homestead on Ridgewood Road, built in 1774, which forms a part of the Redmond\\nestate, is still in a good state of preservation. It was occupied by llcnry Squire for some time previous,\\nand after the Revolution, but was originally a\\npart of the old Ludington farm, surveyed as\\nearly as 1686. A deed made by Josiah Ogden\\nand wife to Samuel Freeman, dated Dec. 12,\\n1728, makes mention of the old brook which\\nruns through the Redmond estate, as follows:\\nThence to Ludington s Brook, and up said\\nbrook to the head thereof. Not far from the\\nentrance, on Ridgewood Road, the remains of\\nthe old mill dam are still to be seen. A grist\\nmill was in operation there long before the\\nRevolution.\\nThe Timothy l?all house, on the Ridge-\\nwood Road, is probably the oldest house, pre-\\nserved in its original condition, now standing,\\nand is in moderately good repair. A stone in\\nthe chimney has the letters T. \\\\L. B., 1743.\\nand in another chimney the figures 1772.\\nwhich probably indicate an addition built on the original house at that time. This Timothy Ball was\\nthe son of Thomas, and the grandson of Fdward\\nBall, an original settler of Newark, and High\\nSheriff of Essex, 1693.\\nThe Baldwin house, which stands on the\\ncorner of South Orange Avenue and Munn Ave.,\\nwas owned by Aaron Baldwin, who was born\\nin South Orange in 17 17, and died in this house\\nin 1797. He was the son of Benjamin (2), who\\nowned a farm in South Orange. It is probable\\nthat Benjamin built the house; and if so, it\\nwas built previous to 1717, and is, therefore,\\niie.xt to the Stniie House by the Stone House\\nHrook, the oldest house in the Oranges, and\\nmtetlates the Samuel Harrison house, on\\nWashington Street, near Tory Corner, in West\\nOrange. There are some few changes in the\\narchitectural appearance of the house, but tlie\\nstone work remains in the same condition as it was originallj- and the house is still in an e.xcellent\\nstate of preservation.\\nHIGHWAYS, STREETS, ETC. In laying the foundation for a new township and in the subsequent\\nopening of new streets and other changes necessitated thereby, the lines of the old highways and roads\\nsome of which have been in existence for more than a hundred and fifty years were followed and\\nthe new streets made to conform to them. The names of some of the streets and highways were\\nchanged, while others were retained and serve to perpetuate the ancient landmarks. Although settle-\\nments began in this locality before 1680, there was no attempt at road-making by the township authori-\\nties of Newark until after 1700. In the Newark Record.s, under the date of October, 1705, reference is\\nmade to An other Road from said Road South by a line of mark d trees to Joseph Riggs House.\\nTUK liAI.UWIN llOMtbTK.MJ.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0488.jp2"}, "429": {"fulltext": "The Foundkus and nuii.oF.Rs of tiik Okan(;ks. 355\\nThis is supposed to be the Valley or Freemantown now the Riil^ cwood Road. An other Road from\\nsaid Riggs to Town, to run by a path as straight as may be and by a line of niark d Trees from the\\nfirst mention d Road North, at foot of said mountain.\\nSouth Orange Avenue is clearly indicated in this description: One public general antl common\\nhighway, beginning at the northwest corner of Richanl Raker s Home lot, running north\\nover Crane s Hrook as the okl road runs to Mr. Wiliock s lands thence along between the lands of\\nMr. Wiliock s and Jacob Mitchell, taking four rods in breadth out of the south end of Mr. Wiliock s\\norchard; thence along the north siile of Heiijamin Wade s tlwelling house; thence along by .1 line of\\nmarked trees over Rahway Ri\\\\er; thence along b\\\\- a line of marked trees till it comes to Minnisink I ath\\nat the rear of ICdward Riggs i)lantation. An other Road, beginning at the saw-mill path, thence\\nrunning as the path runneth to Brown s line: thence as the Brown s line and the path runneth to\\nEdward Riggs line, and b\\\\- Riggs antl Abraham Wilkins line to Capt. Johnson s, to Rahwa\\\\- River.\\nA road laid out on March iS, 171S, corresponds with the present Clinton Avenue to Irvington, the\\nold road over Da) s llill and Irvington Avenue, through to Ridgewood Road, that part lying west of\\nthe river having been vacatetl when the Newark and Morristown Turnpike was laid out. It is described\\nas: A public and general road of four nuls in breadth, beginning at the road by Israel Canfield s\\nBark House and running up between Robert Hayes and Captain Johnson s land as the way now runs,\\nto the top of the hill; then turning the corner along Captain Johnson s fence, as the way now runs at\\nthe top of said hill to the two mile brook, to Thomas Brown s land, and so along as the way now runs\\nto Elizabeth River, and from thence between Brown s and Hayes land, by a line of marked trees to\\nBaldwin s land thence turning northeasterly on said Baldwin s land and so over a brook in lialdwin s\\nland thence turning northeasterly on said Baldwin s land to Zachariah Burwell s land thence by said\\nBaldwin s and Burwell s land and so along Robert Hayes and John Burwell s land, and thence running\\nas the road now runs, over Rahwa\\\\- River; thence in the line between Joseph Riggs and Joseph\\nBrown s land till it comes to the road under the mountain and that the road formerly laid out between\\nNathaniel Wheeler and David Brown be closed up.\\nThe present road to Maplewood, returning by the Jefferson, Village and Ridgewood Roads, to\\nSouth Orange, is no doubt the one referred to as laid out November 19, 1728, described as: Beginning\\nat the road near the house of John Campbell, between the lands of John Campbell and Samuel Camp-\\nbell; thence along the line that divides John and Samuel till it comes to Samuel Crowell s land; thence\\nbetween Crowell and Nathaniel Campbell to the house of Crowcll thence on a straight line to the east\\nbranch of Rahway River, where there is a bridge partly built over the same; thence down said branch\\nto lands of Joseph Thompson; thence between Thompson and James Campbell to lands of Thomas\\nWood thence between Wood and Thomas Lyon thence through Wood s land to Crooked Brook\\nthence across the southeast corner of lands of Samuel Mills, deceased thence between the lands of\\nMills and Thomas Wood till it comes to the path that leads to Joseph Riggs thence along said path,\\nas the same goes, till it comes to the public road that runs by the house of said Joseph Riggs.\\nA road is described under date of April 18, 1726, as A road four rods in width, beginning at the\\n^fountain Road on Brushy Plain, at the southwest corner of Israel Canfield, northerly on the westerly\\nside of his line to the end of his line; straight to Elizabeth River, on the southeast corner of Micah\\nTompkins land over the river; westerly between Tompkins and Hugh Roberts, fifty rods; northerly\\nacross Tompkins, on the easterly side of his orchard and house to Hezekiah Johnson s land; northerly\\nthrough Johnson s land on a brow of a hill to the Mountain Road by Ebenezer Lindsley.\\nThe Newark anil Morristown Turnpike followed the line of South Orange Avenue, running direct\\nto South Orange and thence to Columbia Bridge, on the Passaic. This was one of the original roads\\nlaid out in 1705. Scotlanil Street, formerly known as Scotland Lane, running from Main Street, Orange,\\nto South Orange Avenue, in South Orange, was opened as early as 1721. It is referred to in a convey-\\nance of real estate made that year. Centre Street, which runs parallel with Scotland Street from\\nOrange to South Orange, was used as a highway before 1730. but was not formally laid out as a", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0489.jp2"}, "430": {"fulltext": "356 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nstreet until 1 809. Ward s Lane, connectintj South Orange Avenue with Irvington Avenue, is shown on\\na map made in 1767. South Prospect Street was laid out before 1737. The road east from Boyden\\nAvenue is referred to in the early records in 1718 as the road from south end of Newark to Joseph\\nRiggs house. Burnet Street, which extends from Springfield Avenue to the I-llizabethtown Road,\\nwas laid out April 30, 1796, to be two and a half rods in width from the main road leading from\\nTuscan Hill to Newark and Elizabcthtown. into the road near the house of John Towiiley, on a south-\\nwest course from the north corner of Towiilej- s barn.\\nVILLAGE OF SOUTH ORANGE.\\nThe township of South Orange included a large amount of unimpio\\\\cd property, and in order to\\nenable those who had made extensi\\\\e improvements in certain localities to manage their own affairs,\\nit was deemed advisable to apply for a village charter. This was obtained on March 25. 1S69. when\\nthe State Legislature adopted An act to incorporate the village of South Orange, in the County of\\nEsse.x. An amendment to this act was passed April 4, 1872, which did not, however, change the\\nboundaries. These are described as follows: Beginning at a point in the southeasterly line of Centre\\nStreet, where the same is intersected by the northerly boundary line of the township of .South Orange;\\nthence in a direct line to a point in the middle of South Orange Avenue, one hundred feet southerly\\nfrom the southerly corner of Seton Hall College farm house; thence in a direct line to a point in the\\nmiddle of Irvington Avenue, one hundred feet easterly from the easterly corner of the dwelling house\\nformerly of Mary Clark, deceased; thence in a direct line to the southerly corner of lands of Catharine\\nM. He.xon, in the centre line of Prospect Street thence in a direct line to a point where the north-\\neasterly point of land of Henry Fenner intersects a stone wall running along the brow of the mountain;\\nthence in a direct line along the brow of the mountain to a monument stone in an angle of the north-\\nerl}- bounilary line of the township of South Orange; thence along the said boundary line to the place\\nof beginning.\\nThe territory embraced in what is now known as Montrose Park was annexed to the village of\\nSouth Orange by an act of the Legislature approved February 10, 1891, entitled An act to annex to\\nthe village of South Orange, in the County of Essex, a part of the present township of South Orange.\\nThe boundaries are described as follows: Beginning at a point in the northwesterh- line of Centre\\nStreet where the same is intersected by the northerly boundary line of the said township of South\\nOrange, which point is also the now easterly corner of said village of South Orange from thence in an\\neasterly direction along the division line between the townships of East Orange and South Orange to\\nthat point in .said last mentioned line where the same will intersect with a line drawn parallel with the\\neasterlj line of Holland Road and one hundred and fifty feet distant easterly therefrom when produced\\nto said division line between the townships of East Orange and South Orange thence in a southerly\\ndirection and parallel with said ea.sterly line of Holland Road, and one hundred and fifty feet distant\\neasterly therefrom, to the southerly side of South Orange Avenue; thence in a straight line south-\\nwesterly to a point in the middle of Irvington Avenue, which is an angle in the present boundary line\\nof the said village of South Orange; and thence along the southeasterly boundary line of said village\\nof South Orange to the place of beginning.\\nThe charter provitied for a Board of Trustees to manage the affairs of the village and a village\\npresident, who should be the chief executive officer of the village; it conferred ample powers for the\\ngoverning, controlling and regulating everything connected with the village, including police deparment,\\na Board of Health, street commissioners, etc. With some few amendments and alterations this charter\\nhas been in operation for more than a quarter of a centur\\\\-, and has proved equal to every emergencj\\nMen of well known business ability, hone.sty and integrity have been selected to fill the important\\npositions, and all necessary improvements ha\\\\e been made from time to time, and South Orange is one\\nof the best governed villages in the State of New Jersey. Those who have filled the office of President", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0490.jp2"}, "431": {"fulltext": "The F oundeks and Buii.nKRs of the Oranges. 357\\nsince the enactment f the villasjje charter, in 1S69, are: L. L. Coudert, 1869-70; George B. Tiirrcll,\\n(resigned), Thomas Fenner, 1870-71 Thomas Feniier, 1871 7:5; George H. Turreli, 1873-74; 1^-\\nMayhew, 1S74-75; Daniel T. Chirk, 1875-77; Wm. A. I^rcwcr. Jr., 1877-78; Edward Self, 1878 79;\\nWin. A. Brewer, Jr., 1879-80; \\\\Vm. L. Cortelyou, 1880-81; Carlisle Norwood, Jr., 1881-82; E. H.\\nMead, 1882-83-S4; \\\\Vm. L. Cortelyou, 1884-85-86-87; Edward Self, 1887-88-89-90; Edward V.\\nChurch, 1890-91-92-93-94; Eu ,rene V. Connett, 1894-95-96; Harmon H. Hart, 1896.\\nA police department, consisting of a marshall and nine policemen, has thus far proved sufficient for\\nthe suppression of crime and drunkenness, of which there is very little, the restrictions in the sale of\\nproperty being such as to exclude the worst elements of society and to encourage the settlement of\\nenterprising business men in pursuit of pleasant suburban homes.\\nThe old streets referred to in the History of South Orange Township, have mostly been widened\\nand graded and made to conform to the modern system of road-making. One of the greatest improve-\\nments in streets e\\\\er made in the Oranges was the system iiUmduced by Mr. George B. Turreli during\\nhis administration as President of the Board of Trustees, in 1874. The system of macadamizing roads\\nhad been adopted in different parts of the Oranges, but was found to be very expensive, the outlay\\nbeing so great as to necessitate the bonding of the township for a large amount. Mr. Turreli, in his\\nannual report in A}Mil, 1874, recomnicntled a plan, which lie described as Construction by Repairs.\\nHe says: The manner of performing this work is exceedingly simple and easy to manage. For\\ninstance, a contract may be made with parties having facilities for obtaining the material and possessing\\ncrushing machines, to deposit along the line of the street, where the grade has been established, a suit-\\nable quantity of egg-size trap-rock, having for a top dressing a finer material, constantly re.idy for appli-\\ncation. One or two men, with shovel in hand, patrolling the streets could, from day to day, place, as\\noccasion required, a proper quantity of it in all depressions formed by traffic on the road, and when,\\nafter rain, the ground attained a fit condition, by passing a heavy roller over the road so repaired they\\nwould be kept hard and smooth. During the season of spring, when the frost is leaving the ground,\\nmuch more material would be used tiian afterwards, or in summer when the ground is dry and the roads\\nusually in a more satisfactory condition. The system recommeiuled by Mr. Turreli at first met with\\nsome opposition, but was finally adopted, and the village saved not only an expenditure of several\\nthousand dollars, but a heavy bondeil indebtedness.\\nMontrose I akk is the name given to a new settlement in South Orange township, embracing\\nabout 150 acres, bounded on the east by East Orange township, north by the city of Orange and South\\nOrange Avenue, which forms the southern boundary, and Scotland Street on the west. The pioneer of\\nthis undertaking was Mr. Thomas S. Kingman, who, soon after he began operations, became associated\\nwith William F. Havermeyer and other capitalists, and a syndicate was formed for the purpose of im-\\nproving and developing the property. .Additional purchases were made from time to time, until about\\n150 acres were acquired.\\nCentre Street, which passes through the centre of this tract, was graded, curbed and flagged, and\\nall the latest street improvements added. New streets were laid out running at right angles with Centre\\nStreet, and the old roads and cart-paths connecting with the principal thoroughfare, were all utilized in\\nthe laying out of the streets. Among these were Montrose Avenue, Warwick Avenue and Sterling\\nAvenue. Of the new ones opened were, Hartford Road, Stanley Road (nametl in honor of Henry M.\\nStanley, the distinguished African explorer), and Kingman Road (named in honor of the pioneer of this\\nenterprise!. Great care was used in the mapping out of building lots, in order to secure the best class\\nof residents. The average lots are about lOO feet front, with a depth of 200 or more feet, according to\\nthe boundaries of the adjoining property in the rear. The restrictions contained in the deed of sale of\\neach lot afford ample protection to the property holders. These restrictions embrace the building of a\\nclass of houses which must not be below a certain standard, and the exclusion of all public buildings,\\nexcept places of worshij). The effect of this wise precaution has been to bring together a class of", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0491.jp2"}, "432": {"fulltext": "358 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges\\nresidents of high social standing, men of wealth and influence; all of whcnii ha\\\\e become interested in\\nthe further development of this locality. About forty houses, costing from S6,coo to $25,000 each, have\\nbeen erected within the past ten years, the aggregate improvements exceeding half a million of dollars.\\nThe new element has already become strong enough to exercise a controlling influence in the local\\ngovernment.\\nMr. Kingman, the originator of the enterprise, erected a number of very fine and expensive houses,\\nwhich he sold to desirable parties, who have become permanent residents. St. Andrew s Church\\n(^Episcopal) is located on a portion of the property, which was presented to the trustees by the syndi-\\ncate. When Montrose Park was first opened it lay within the township of South Orange but outside of\\nthe village limits. In the winter of 1891 it was annexed to the village of South Orange, and the resi-\\ndents of the Park have since enjoyed the local advantages arising therefrom.\\nTill Meadow L.\\\\ND Socnrrv was organized in 1889 by a number of gentlemen residing on\\nScotland Street, Ridgewood Road and other adjacent streets on both sides of the valley of the east\\nbranch of the Rahway River, for the purpose of purchasing and controlling the low lands of the valley\\nbetween these streets and Montrose Avenue and South Orange Avenue on the north and south. A\\ntract of land containing about 23 acres, extending across the valley from the Morris Essex Railroad\\nto Ridgewood Road, was purchased from Mr. E. H. Mead, and by deed and contract with Mr. Reune\\nMartin, who then owned a large place on the slope of the Orange Mountain, was carefully restricted\\nagainst nuisances and undesirable occupation in the s:ime way as the Montrose tract and Llewellyn\\nPark. In 189O a lease was executed to the South Orange Field Club by which the land between the\\nM. E. R. R. and the Rahway River was devoted to field sports. The rental was made at the average\\nrate of \u00c2\u00a7150 a year for five years. In order to enable the Field Club to properly grade the grounds for\\nathletic sports, the Meadow Land Society agreed to issue its stock to the amount of ^5,000 to the Field\\nClub without extra annual charge, and nearly all of this amount has been expended on the property.\\nA new lease upon very liberal terms has just been executed, which runs for ten years from April I, 1895.\\nThe Meadow Land .Society has also agreed to lend its credit to the Field Club to aid in the erection of\\na suitable club-house in place of the structure recentlj- destroyed b)- fire. The remaining portion of\\nthe society s property on Ridgewood Road has been kept in pasturage, but may eventuall\\\\- be impro\\\\ed\\nas building sites under proper restrictions as to the character of the structures erected thereon. The\\nstock of the society is held by eighty-si.x shareholders, nearly all of whom live or own residences on the\\nhill or mountain slopes lying east or west of the property The officers of the society are as follows\\nWm. F. Allen, President; Robert Ward, ice-President Eugene Connett, Treasurer: Edwin S.\\nAllen, Secretary. Directors. W. F. Allen, Robert Ward, E. Connett, C. E. Billqvist, L. P. Farmer,\\nC. F. Loutrel, H. A. Mandevillc, F. A. Wri-ht, 15. 1?. Schneider. H. \\\\an Wagenen, Geo. B. Farrell.\\nM. W. Ferris.\\nEDUCATIONAL.\\nAt what time the first school was established within the boundaries of the present township of\\nSouth Orange is not known. The tradition is that a stone school-house, erected probably earlier than\\n1760, stood on a point of land near the intersection of the two roads now known as South Orange and\\nIrvington Avenues. The building was one story in height, about twenty by thirty feet area, facing the\\neast, having a vestibule which was surmounted by an open belfry in which the bell was hung. When\\nthe Newark and Morristown Turnpike was constructed, about 181 1, it was found that this school-house\\nstood in the way of the line surveyed along what is now South Orange Avenue, and necessitated its\\nremoval. The management of the school at that time was probably by a School Committee, as was the\\ncustom. An association of the proprietors for the management of the school affairs of this locality\\nexisted for some j-ears before it became an incorporate body. The records of this organization show\\nthat: At a special meeting of the proprietors and associates of the school in South Orange, held on", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0492.jp2"}, "433": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 359\\nWednesday evening, July 22, 18 14, it was atjrced tliat the said associates should exercise the privilefjes\\nallowed them by law and use the means to become an incorporate body. There were seventy-three of\\nthese associates, among whom were the Baldwins, Lindslcys, Tichenors. Bails, I iersons, Freemans,\\nTcrrills and other familiar names.\\nOn August 3d following, another meeting was held, at which time the trustees were elected and\\nthe name of Columbian School of South Orange was adopted. The records of this school show the\\nfollowing: At a meeting of the trustees and proprietors of the Columbian School, in South Orange,\\nat the school-house, on Saturday evening, December 31, 18 14, for the purpose of consulting on the\\npropriety of building a new school-house, it was unanimously resolved: ist. That the trustees of\\nsaid school do proceed in arrangements for building. 2tl. That the said building be built on what is\\ncommonly called the school-house common. 3d. That the said building be built of wood, two stories\\nhigh, forty-five feet in length by thirty-five feet in breadth. The money was raised by subscription\\nand was uiulcr tlic management of the trustees, and the work completed in 1815.\\nA lecord of the minutes of October 26, 1815, shows the following: 1st. That it be expedient to\\nhave a title procured of Mr. Aaron Hrown for the lot on which the school-house is built, that a statement\\nof the cost of the s.iid house be made as soon as convenient. A second resolution provided for the\\nappointment of a committee to attend to this matter. 3d. That the price of tuition in the school be\\nfi.xed at $1.75 per quarter for spelling, reading and writing; for arithmetic, in addition to the above\\nbranches, the sum of $0.25, and for grammar or geography, the further sum of \u00c2\u00a70.25. 4th. That the\\nfirewood be purchased, and at the end of each quarter the cost be divided equally between the scholars,\\nexcept such as the trustees shall deem expedient to exempt on account of their inability to pay.\\nIn March, 1815, the trustees met in accordance with the first resolution and proceeded to business\\nand e.xamined the accounts and vouchers to make an estimate of their cost of the school-house, and\\nfound the cost of the school-house and lot to amount to seventeen hundred and sixteen dollars and\\neighteen cents to the present time. On March 9, 1818, the teacher was guaranteed forty-five scholars\\nfor the first six months; the other six months at his own risk.\\nSalaries of Teachers. On March 16, 1819, Aaron McConnell was employed for seventy-five\\ndollars per quarter. On April 2, 1827, the association voted to pay Henry D. Hedden ninety-six\\ndollars for six months, and forty-eight dollars to the trustees to employ a woman for six months.\\nEighty-eight dollars per quarter was paid in 1852. In 1853 an assistant was paid twenty-four dollars\\nper quarter. In 1857 male teachers were paid from Sioo to $112 per quarter and female teachers $36.\\nIn 1859 Mr. Manning received $500 per year. The salaries were gradually increased from this time forth,\\nand in 1870 the principal received S850 and the female assistants $450 and $250 respectively.\\nFree Schools. The first step looking to free education was taken up by the proprietors on\\nJanuary 27, 1818, when they resolved That as there maybe some that send to school not able to\\npay for firewood, the trustees be instructed to examine the roll of the teacher and if, in their opinion,\\nthere be any such, they exempt them from paying and the amount for wood be equally divided among\\nthe rest of the scholars. The old system of public schools was maintained until 1S70. On A\\\\it\\\\\\\\ 19\\nof that year it was decided to vote a tax to maintain a free public school during the coming year, and\\nthe sum of five hundred dollars was so levied. All the schools became free about the same time.\\nPrevious to the consolidation under a Board of Education, the township of South Orange was divided\\ninto three school districts, known as 27, 28, 30. These are now known as Nos. i. 2. 3.\\nSchool No. I, situated on South Orange Avenue, is a large, fine brick building, provided with the\\nbest of modern school apparatus. It has a seating capacity of 450. Average attendance 320, with 14\\nteachers. The property is valued at ^35,000.\\nSchool No. 2, located at Maplewood, has a seating capacity of 125, with an average attendance of\\n89 and three teachers. The property is valued at $8,000.\\nSchool No. 3, at Hilton, has a seating capacity of 90. Average attendance, 80, with three teachers.\\nThis is valued at $7,000.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0493.jp2"}, "434": {"fulltext": "360 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nThe following gentlemen comprise the present Board of Education: Joseph H. Osborn, President\\nW. R. Burkhardt, Desk Clerk; A. B. Solomon, Louise Becker, H. H. Hart, E. L. Crowell. F. B. Sales-\\nbury, Edward E. Frances, George L. Taggart.\\nSouth Orange Library Association. This association has had a nominal existence for more\\nthan thirty years. It was suggested by William J. Beebe, a New York tea merchant, at that time a\\nresident of South Orange. The first meeting was held at the headquarters of the Republican Club, in\\n1864, iMr. Beebe being at that time President of the club. Others soon became interested in the mat-\\nter, among whom were Charles J. Beebe, V. L. B. Mahew. George Wait, Rev. D. G. Sprague, Rev. J.\\nAllen Maxwell, Lewis B. Henrj Edwin H. Mead, Joseph L. Taintor, Phineas Bartlett, Eugene H. Du-\\nrand, Joseph W. Taylor and Moses A. Peck. Donations of books and money were given by the citi-\\nzens, and the room of the Republican Club was used for some time as a librar\\\\\\\\ Stephen Ballard was\\nappointed librarian in 1865, at a salary of S150 per annum, and with this amount he was required to\\nfurnish an assistant. He did not continue long, however. In 1867 the upper floor of Lane s store, on\\nSouth Orange Avenue, was fitted up for the use of the library, and was used until 1S88, when it was\\nremoved to the Freeman building, where it remained until the erection of the pre.sent building.\\nThe South Orange Bulletin, under date of Nov., 1871, says: .Seven years ago this November a\\nmovement was made by some of the leading citizens of South Orange for the establishment of a reading\\nroom and library. After some preliminary meetings, attended with considerable enthusiasm, a constitu-\\ntion was adopted and a Board of Directors appointed. At the close of the first year there were 139\\nannual members, with 567 volumes on the shelves of the library, and twenty-four newspapers and\\nmagazines in the reading-room. The present year, of 1871, began with a balance in the treasury of\\nS 1 84.67. The whole number of volumes in the library at this time is 1,336; number of books taken out\\nduring the year, 3,260.\\nIn order to maintain and replenish the library, lectures and other entertainments were held which\\nyielded but small returns. The minutes of the association, in 1877, state that the proceeds of General\\nKilpatrick s lecture was the modest sum of S5.25; and it was unanimously resolved that hereafter\\nthe library entertainments should cost a little less and yield a little more than $5.25. Notwithstanding\\nthese discouragements, the library was well patronized and became a public necessity. The stock of\\nbooks was increased through private donations and by amounts realized from the public entertainments.\\nOn October 25, 1886, the Library Association was incorporated under the general law passed April\\n8, 1884, entitled An Act to incorporate and establish free public circulating libraries in this State.\\nThe incorporators were Carl Edward Billqvist, Annie Redmond Cross, Lily Page Ely, Bella C.\\nBrown, Sophia Rutan Connett, Margaret Howard White, Henry Lilly, Frank A. Wright, Ella Speir\\nMorrow. The officers elected at this time were: President, C. Edward Billqvist Vice-President, Mrs.\\nJ. McC. Morrow; Treasurer, Henry Y. Hitch; Secretary, Mrs. W. Howard White.\\nOn November 28, 1894, Mr. Eugene V. Connett wrote to the association offering to give a lot on\\nthe north side of Scotland Road and Taylor Place, having a frontage of 50 feet on said road and about\\n106 feet on Taylor Place, on condition that the sum of $7,500 be subscribed on or before the first of\\nMay next 1S95), and that a stone or brick building be erected thereon without unnecessary delay, and\\nthat the building be used only for library purposes. The total amount was in due time subscribed\\nand the building erected in accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor of the lot, who.\\nwhen he found the frontage was insufficient for the building, increased his previous generous gift b_\\\\-\\ngiving an additional 25 feet in width.\\nThe library building was formally opened on F riday evening. May 8, 1896. Mr. Edward Self,\\nan old resident of South Orange, made the address of the evening and entertained the audience with\\ninteresting reminiscences connected with the association the history of its struggles, difficulties, c.\\nMr. Billqvist introduced Mr. James McC. Morrow, chairman of the Building Committee, who made a\\nreport showing that the sum of $7,743.98 had been raised, all of which had been expended, leaving the", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0494.jp2"}, "435": {"fulltext": "Thl Founders and Hni.DKus of thi- Oranges. 361\\nassociation free of debt. Mrs. l^duiii II. Mead was tliaiiked for her enermis /ih of the beautiful\\nclock, a memorial of Mr. E. H. Meail. T. O Connor Sloane w.is mentioned as the first to raise a\\nsubscription for tiic buildin^^ fuiul. Mr. Hillqvist, on behalf of the association, thanked Mr. Connctt\\nfor his generous gift of the lot to tiie Free Library. Harmon II. II;irt, resident of the village of\\nSouth Orange, spoke also in the same vein. The annual report showed the number nf hooks taken out\\n(luring the year iSy, 6 was 19,519. The total number of books now in the library is 4.371. The\\ntreasurer s report showeil that tiie total receipts for the year were $2,1 14.46; disbursements, $1,304.90;\\nleaving a balance on hand of \u00c2\u00a7809 56.\\nThe association elected seven trustees to serve for three years: Mrs. A. C. Habsiui. Mrs. 1-\\nI.outrel, Mi s Josephine Alice Pulsford, Miss Harriet Spining, Spencer Miller, E. 1). .Shepard, R. S\\nSinclair. The meeting of the Hoard of Trustees followed the annual meeting and the board elected\\nthe following officers to serve for the coming year: President, C. E. Hillqvist, Vice-President, Mrs. J.\\nMcC. Morrow; Secretary, Mrs. I- 1). Shepard; Treasurer, R. S. Sinclair, i hose who are serving\\nune.xpired terms are: Mis. E. Cininett. Mrs. W. .S. Edgar, Mrs J. McC. Morrow, Mr. C. Edward\\nHillqvist, Ml. licnry \\\\V. Freeman. Mr. Hleeker an Wagenen, Mr. A. F.Wright, Mrs. R.J. Cros.s,\\nMrs. Arthur Dyer, Mrs. I-.. D. Shepard, Mr. W I Allen. Mr. Walter I.. McCoy. Mr. J. McC. Morrow.\\nMr. T. O Connor Sloane.\\nSouill Okangk Hui.I.ETIN. The issue of a modest little sheet, with the above caption, began in\\nMarch. 1870, with Joseph W. Wildey, the present Clerk of the village of South Orange, as editor and\\nproprietor, the object of its founder being to further his real estate business. It was started as a four-\\npage paper, 9.KI2, with three columns, and was published monthly. The first editorial was written by\\nthe late Rev. J. Allen Ma.Kwell. On the first anniversary of its birth, March, 1871, the editor congratu-\\nlates himself on its success, and, with pardonable pride, says With the present number (i2), the first\\nvolume of the Bulletin closes. One year ago, starting without any pretension, the first number was\\ngiven to the community, and although it was doubted by some if the second number would appear, si.x\\nmonths afterwards the size of the little journal was doubled to meet the demands of the public, and at\\nthis time a larger sheet could be maintained successfully, without doubt, and the publishers hope to\\nmake such arrangements, at no great future time, as will enable the issue of the paper oftener, at least,\\nif no enlargement is effected. Its proprietor cl.iimed at this time a monthly issue of 3,000 copies; this.\\nhowe\\\\er, included a partially gratuitous circulation. It was printed at this time and for some time after\\nat the office of Ward Tichenor. Although not a professional journalist, the proprietor deserves great\\ncredit for his push and energy. He had a good advertising patronage, which was constantly increasing.\\nIn October, 1 87 1, the size of the paper was increased to I2.\\\\i8 inches, with five columns. On May 1.\\n1872, it became a semi-monthly, and on January 2, 1874, to a weekly, and from that time forth has re-\\nceived the liberal support of the communit)-. In 1874 Mr. Wildej- sold the paper to Charles Lum and\\nO. H. Smith. The new firm opened and fully equipped an office of their own in South Orange. They\\nhad a good-sized power printing press, the power being furnished by a blind negro named George\\nThompson. O. B. Smith, who had obtained control of the paper, sold out to Fred DeF. Crozier, in\\n1882, who subsequently sold his stock and equipments to Charles Starr, of the East Orange Gazctlc, and\\nthe paper was printed for some time in the office of the Gazcltc. Later, Mr. Crozier again opened an\\noffice in South Orange, which he eijuipped with the best modern pres.ses and other material for a first-\\nclass country office. In 1889 he sold out his entire stock, together with the paper, to Mr. Edgar\\nWilliams, of the Orange Journal. Neither of the previous proprietors had had any experience in\\njournalism. Under the new management the i)aper has greatly improved, both in appearance and in\\nthe character of its news columns -every public meeting and public event of any kind being faithfully\\nreported by an experienced shorthand reporter. It is independent in local politics, and is well supported\\nby all classes of people in the village of South Orange and surroundings. It will compare favorably\\nwith any weekly journal in the State.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0495.jp2"}, "436": {"fulltext": "362 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nLODGES, ETC.\\nCentury Lodge, No. 100, V. A. ^L This lodge was chartered Jamiar_\\\\-. 1S70. The first officers\\nwere: Daniel T. Smith, \\\\V. M.; Jose])h W. Wildey, S. W.; Anson A. Ransom, J. W.; Charles E. Lum,\\nTreasurer; Benjamin L. Chandler, Secretary. [The Secretar\\\\- and \\\\V. !\\\\L of this lodge have failed to\\nrespond to repeated requests to furnish more complete data. EdJ.\\nHope Lodge, No. 179, I. O. O. F. This lodge was instituted April, 1874, with the following as\\ncharter members: Aaron B. Baldwin, Aaron G. Smith, Isaiah Smith, Joseph W. Wildej- and Moses P.\\nSmith. The fir.st officers were: Aaron G. Smith, N. G.; Joseph W. Wildey, V. G.; Moses P. Smith,\\nSecretary; Aaron B. Baldwin, Treasurer. Those who have filled the office of N. G. since its organiza-\\ntion are: Aaron G. Smith, Joseph W. Wildey, George W. Drake, Rodman Coon, David Boe, David C.\\nAllen, Jacob B. Maxwell, Charles E. P orce, Charles W. Bn.wn, Walter P. McGee, George H. Osborn,\\nCharles W. Drake, George W. (iodfrej Joseph (j. Morrison, Henr_\\\\- D. .Muiither, Edward Broun,\\nWilliam H. Evans, George H. Clark, J. Albert G. Parry. John M. Drake, .Manning E. Drake, Moses P.\\nSmith. Henry T. Trenchard, John J. Weaver, George W. Eager, Randolph A. Gardner, George S. Devon,\\nI-ldward R. Price, William X. Drake, Harvey G. Galbraith, Robert J. Lloyd, Manning H. Dorland.\\nThe present officers are: George S. Devon, N. G.; Henry T. Trenchard, G.; Moses P. Smith, Rec.\\nSec; Manning E. Drake, Per. Sec; Jacob B. Maxwell, Treas. The present membership of the lodge is 30.\\nThe regular communications of the lodge are held at Odd Fellows Hall, on South Orange Avenue.\\nOrange Lawn Tennis Cl.un. This is one of the oldest and strongest tennis clubs in this country.\\nIt was organized on October 4, 1S80. by a number of well-known gentlemen of the Oranges. The first\\nofficers were President, Richard J. Cross; Secretary, Edwartl Winslow Treasurer, Richard M.Colgate.\\nDirectors, Henry F. P itch, Samuel Campbell, E. F. Sandford and A. M. Wood. The other original\\nmembers were: I- rederick Almy, Frank Arnold, Henry Barrill, 1). L. Bennett, Henry Coolidge, John P.\\nGilli.s, John O. Heald, S. L Hnmnicdieu, J. H. Kelley, N. B. Martin, 1 J. Martin, Albert D.\\nSmith, Charles A. Munn, Henry N. Munn, J. Montgomery Hare, Appleton D. Palmer, Richard Pan-\\ncoast, PVederick E. Snow, Henry A. Page, Robert W. Hawkesvvorth, Charles V. Watson and John C.\\nWilmerding. The club-house and tennis grounds are located on the corner of Berkley Avenue and\\nMontrose Avenue, South Orange. There are no finer tennis grounds in the whole country. The club\\nleases about ten acres; it is perfectly smooth and level and is almost entirely surrounded by a grove\\nof forest trees. The grounds are divided into eight grass courts and two clay courts. The club achieved\\na reputation almost from the start and some of the finest players in the country were brought together\\nhere. In the summer of 1882 the memorable contest took place between Sears and Dwight when, after\\na spirited contest Listing two days, Sears succeeded in wresting the victor\\\\- from Dr. Dwight, his tennis\\npreceptor.\\nThe Middle States championship has been held on these grounds since the summer of 1892. The\\nmagnificent silver cup offered in 1887, so often contested for, has passed through several hands and has\\ninscribed on it probably more names than that of any other cuj) in the country. It was won in 1S87 b\\\\-\\nR. L. Beekman, in 1888-9 ^Y Uowartl Taylor, in 1890 by F-. P. McMullen, in 1891 by C. E. Sands, in\\n1892-3 by Richard Stevens, in 1894-5 by W. A. Earned and in 1896 by Clarence Hobart. The victor, to\\nhold it permanently, must win the cup three times. No one as yet has won it more than twice. During\\nthe si.xteen years of its e.xistence the Orange Lawn Tennis Club has brought into iironiinence man}-\\nplayers who have won honors for the club on many a hard- fought field.\\nThose who have filled the office of President of the club since its organization are: R. J. Cross,\\n1880-83; Edward Win.slow, 1883-86; J. Crosby Brown, 18S6 Henry F. Hitch, 1887-91; Chas. A-\\nMunn, 1891-95; Russell A. Griffin, 1895, still in office. The club still maintains the reputation it has\\nachieved and has a membership of 150, composed of the best class of citizens of all the Oranges. The", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0496.jp2"}, "437": {"fulltext": "CO\\nQ\\nZ\\nD\\no\\no\\nCO\\n2\\nZ", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0499.jp2"}, "438": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0500.jp2"}, "439": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 363\\npresent officers arc: President, Russell A. Griffin; Secretary, Stanley W.ircJ Treasurer, S. Hryan\\nKneass. Directors, in addition to the above, Charles A. Munn, Walter I). Oslicrnr. Mrnest M. I rice,\\nClifford A. Gould.\\nSouth Okanck Field Cl.rn. This club was organized in tiie summer of i88y, for tiie purpose\\nof encouraging out-door sports of all kinds and for promoting social intercourse and physical culture.\\nThe first meeting for organization was held at the house of William F. Allen, in South Orange, June\\n14, l8Sy, and forty-four gentlemen signed the following agreement he undersigned hereby agrees\\nto become a member of an athletic club for South Orange and vicinity under by-laws to be hereafter\\nadopted, the initiation fee not to exceed \u00c2\u00a75. The first officers of the club were: Reune Martin,\\nPresident; William H. Curtis. Vice-President; Henry W. Freeman, Treasurer; I^obcrt Speer, Secretary.\\nThese, with otiicis, comprised the Executive Committee or Governing Board.\\nDuring the summer of 1889 tiie club played baseball and tennis at Dr. l- enner s field, anil in the\\nfall of the same year effected a five year lease with the Meadow Land Society whereby the cost of all\\ngrading be paid for by issuing stock to the Field Club of equal value, the same to be sold by the Field\\nClub, so that practically the expense of grading was borne by the Meadow Land Society. A barn which\\nstood on the ])remiscs was presented to the club by E. H. Mead in January. 1890. This was remodelled\\nand inipro\\\\e(l, and served a very good purpose as a club-house for some years, while it lasted. In\\n1890 many improvements and additions were made, which included bowling alley, tennis club, baseball\\ngrounds, etc., and the membership of the club increased to 220 active and 55 junior members. In 1S93,\\nnew by-laws enacted provided for a board of twelve governors to control the affairs of the club, eacii\\ngovernor to be a chairman of some important committee, etc. A skating pond and other additions\\nwere made in 1894 and the membership increased to over 400. The club-house was destroyed by fire in\\nJanuary, 1895, and arrangements were soon after effected for building a larger and more commodious\\nbuilding. This contains two billiard, two pool tables, four bowling alleys, a locker room for senior and\\nalso for junior members the cost of the building was between \u00c2\u00a710,000 and 1,000. The club now owns\\nthe ground on which the club-house stands about two acres and leases about eighteen acres additional.\\nIt has three baseball diamonds, a full qnartcr-niile track cinder seven clay tennis courts, two or more\\nspaces for crotjuet for the autumn, two football fields, and for the winter, two acres of ice for skating.\\nThe total value of property owned by the club is about \u00c2\u00a715,000.\\nThe following persons have served as officers of the club since the second year of its organization\\nPresidents. Reune Martin, 1890-91 W.H.Curtis, 1S92-93; R.S.Sinclair, 1894; Spencer Miller, 1S95.\\nVice-Presidents\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W. H. Curtis, 1890-91 N. B. Martin, 1892-93; M. H. Roberts, 1894; A. C. Babson.\\n1895. Secretaries. R. W. Spier, 1890-92; T. Stallnecht, 1892-93; W. W. Palen, 1894, still in office.\\nTreasurers. H. W. Freeman, 1891-92-93; L. Middleditch, 1894-95. The present officers and Board\\nof Governors are: President, Walter J. McCoy; Vice-President, W. J. Nevius; Treasurer, Philip\\nMuder; Secretary, II. W. Palen; Austen Colgate, Orange Rev. R. II. (iage, C. G. Kidder, Orange;\\nJ. J. Hathaway, J. G. Hagemcyer, E. C. Sherman. The present membership is 370, of which there are\\nresident members, 195; non-resident, 115; juniors, 60.\\nPERSONAL HISTORY AND HOMES OF THE BUILDERS OF SOUTH ORANGE.\\nThe first and oldest of those cla.ssitied as his Builders of South Orange .\\\\bijah F. Tiilou is a\\ndescendant of one of the Founders, the father having become a resident at the Mountain before Orange\\nwas set off from Newark. Peter Tiilou. the grandfather of Abijah F., was a descendant of one of the\\nearly Huguenot families of New York City, and was by trade a chair maker. He married Mary Brown,\\ndaughter of Joseph Brown, a descendant of one of the earliest settlers of South Orange. The home-\\nstead farm of the Browns has remained continuously in that family since it was first acquired from the\\nIndians.\\nJosepli B. Tiilou, son of Peter and father of .Abijah F.. was born in New York City in 1773, and", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0501.jp2"}, "440": {"fulltext": "364\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\ncame with his uncle to South Orange in 1783, just at the close of the W.ir of the Revolutimi he was\\nthen ten years of a ye. He became a prosperous farmer and acquired considerable land. He married\\nMarv, daughter of Aniws I reeman, a descendant of Stephen Freeman, one of the original settlers of\\nNewark.\\nAmiAli FKKKNr AX Til i.ou, son of Joseph F. and Marj- (Freeman) Tillou, was born at the home-\\nstead of his father on the Ridgewood Road, October 3, 1810.\\nHe -worked on the farm and assisted his brother at shoemaking.\\nlie inherited his father s farm, a portion of which he divided\\ninto plots which he sold to good advantage. At the time\\nthe township of South Orange was incorporated he had been\\nfor a number of years a trustee of the village and has since\\nserved on the Township Committee. His life has been full of\\nmodest usefulness, active, industrious, efficient. The purit\\\\ of\\nhis motives, the constancy of his principles, the inviolability\\nof his trusts have been observed and relied ujion b_\\\\ the entire\\ncommunity. Mr. Tillou has already passed his four score and\\nsi.x years, but is still strong and hearty and attends personally\\nto all his business affairs. He is full of reminiscence and is\\none of the connecting links between the present and the past.\\nAs a stockholder and director of the Orange National ]5ank\\nhe attends its weekly meetings and interests himself in its\\naffairs. His personal history has been identified with the\\nhistory of the South Orange I resbyterian Church, of which\\nfor many years he has been a consistent member and a trustee.\\nMr. Tillou married, in 1S44, I amelia I^rowii. daughter of\\nSamuel Brown, son of Joseph, who was in the same line of\\ndescent of that of his granilmother. The issue of this marriage is Mary Fllen, Samuel B., Daniel W.\\n_/. Ju/iriAy\\nTHE REDMOND FAMILY.\\nThe name of Redmond has been so long associated with the history of South Orange as to appear\\nancient history. Oidy three names have been connected with the large estate which bears his\\nname, since the red man of the forest parted with it for a few strings of wampum.\\nW ll.l.I.VM Rehmond was born in Count) Antrim, Ireland, in October, 1806. He came to this\\ncoinUry at the age of .seventeen, and settled first in Charleston, S. C. and removed thence to New York\\nCity, where he carried on a successful business for some years and acejuired a competence After\\nspending two summers in Orange he purchased, in 1850, a large tract of land fronting on the Ridgewood\\nRoad, and extending to the top of the mountain. This was a part of the Ludington. later known as\\nthe -Squire farm, and included the Squire homestead, built in 1774, still in a good state of preservation.\\nMr. Redmond came to South Orange to enjoy the quiet life of a country gentleman. He was fond of\\ngood horses, and was the first to introduce Jersey cows in this section of country. He maile ni.in_\\\\- im-\\nprovements on the place, and built the large brown-stone mansion which, in its day, was considered one\\nof the finest in this part of the country. His religious connections were with St. Mark s Church,\\nOrange, until the organization of the Church of the Holy Communion in Soutli Orange, in which he\\nbecame greatly interested, and contributed materially to its success. He was a man of great kindness\\nof heart and of generous impul.ses. He died September 13, 1874. Mr. Redmond married Sabina,\\ndaughter of Goold lloyt, a native of Norwalk, Conn., who.se wife was Sabina Sheaf, of Philadeljihia.\\nHe was a man of great liberality. He gave S 0,000 to the Episcopal Church. One of his sons married\\na daughter of Gen. Winficld Scott. Goold Hoyt was a direct descendant of Deacon Zerubbabel Hoyt,\\none of nine persons who, by act of the General Court, were to purchase of the Indians a certain tract of", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0502.jp2"}, "441": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 365\\nland lying about fourteen miles nortlnvard of tlie town of Norwalk, Conn., to settle a plantation there.\\nHoyt s Island, mentioned in the Fairfield records of 1649. was named from the ancestor. Mrs. Red-\\nmoiul tiicd in Much, 1870, reijretted by all who knew her She was a noble e.\\\\ample of Christian\\nwomanhood. She was always ready to listen to the tales of the needy or those in distress. Her words\\nof advice and counsel were freely given to those in need, and her purse always o])en to help the worthy\\nl)oor. Her children, and the many recipients of her kindness and bounty, rise uj) to call her blessed.\\nOf the large family of five sons and si.K daughters left by Mr. and Mrs. Redmond, only two are settled\\nin South Orange one of these, Sabina, married J. Walter Wood. Mrs. Wood has been interested in\\nthe Orange Memorial Hospital and the Orange Training School for Nurses, of which latter institution\\nshe has been President for the past five years. She was also one of the founders if the House of Good\\nShepherd, one of the noblest charities ever established in the Oranges.\\nJ. Walter Wood, who married Sabina Redmond, is a native of Glasgow, Scotland. His ancestors\\nfor se\\\\eral generations have been pmniincnt in .Scotland as merchants and bankers. His father was con-\\nnected with a large banking firm in Scotland, which had branches in London, Liverpool and New York.\\nMr. Wood came with his parents to this country in 1845 He was graduated at Columbia C(\u00c2\u00bbllege, and\\nwas afterwards a partner in his father s firm lie was also in business with his brother-in law, under the\\nfirm name of Wood Redmnnd later of J. Walter Wood Co. He retired from business in 187X.\\nHe moved to South Orange in 1856, and was one of the founders of the Church of the Holy Com-\\nmunion. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Wood are Sabina Redmond, married Robert Struthers, Jr.;\\nMary Redmond, married Frank R. Martin; Harriet Amelia, married Herman C. Hoskin J. Walter, Jr.\\nAnother daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Redmond, who has a summer residence in South Orange, is\\nMrs. R. J. Cross.\\nJOHN QORHAM VOSE. M. O. ll.ilsled in East Orange, David N. Ropes in Orange, Llewellyn\\nS. Haskell in West Orange, and John Gorham Vose in South Orange, were the pioneers in the develop-\\nment of these several localities. None of them lived to witness the fruition of their hopes or the\\ncompletion of their plans. John G. Vosc lived in advance of his time, but he possessed the remarkable\\nfaculty of drawing others to himself and impressing them wiili his own enthusiasm and his own way of\\nthinking. He was no visionary; he was thoroughly practical, as evidenced by the work he accomp-\\nlished. He was cut off in the midst of his labors in the very prime of life, with no one man to take\\nup the work where he left it.\\nJohn Gorham Vose was born in Boston, Mass., in 1829; died March 17, 1874. He was the son of\\nReuben osc, .a descendant of, probably, Robert Vose, who settled in Milton, Mass., in 1638. For si.\\\\\\ngenerations the male members of this family were noted ship builders and were nearly all men of mark.\\nMr. ose was a graduate of New York University and was for many years a member of a large New\\nYork law firm. Mr. Vose began spending his summers in Orange Valley in 1859, and became deejily\\nimpressed with the beauty of his surroundings and its possibilities as a place of suburban residence. It\\nw,is not until 1871 that he began his real estate operations in the valley and beyond. He purchased\\nthe old Jotham Ouinby farm on Scotland Road, subsequently known as the Graham farm, containing\\nsome seventv-odd acres. He began by laying out, in connection with Mr. Page, that section of\\nMontrose ,\\\\vcnue lying between Scotland and X alley Roads. He purchased other property, including\\nthe Dcas farm the whole purchase amounting to upwards of one hundred and seventy-five acres. His\\nproperty e.xtended from Centre Street on the east to Valley Road on the west; from beyond Montrose\\nAvenue on the north to South Orange Avenue on the south. He opened Montrose, Sterling, Warwick,\\nHaxtun, Raymond and Ralston Avenues, Randolph Place, Grove Road, etc. He built a number of\\nhandsome residences, and for his own use, upon the summit of the hill on Montrose Avenue, he built a\\nmagnificent and palatial residence.\\nThe property at the time of his purchase w.is worth from *500 to $700 an acre. It has since\\nincreased in value to more than ten times that amount. Mr. X osc started various other enterprises,", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0503.jp2"}, "442": {"fulltext": "366\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\namong which was the Newark and South Orange Horse Car Comijany, of whicli he was President. He\\nwas the chief mover in the founding of the Memorial Hospital and Dispensary, and had he li\\\\ cd, it was\\nhis intention to provide that institution with a liberal endowment. He was almost prodigal in his\\ngenerosity and gave freely to both public and private objects of benevolence. His social qualities\\nendeared him to all who knew him, and his friends were legion. He was a member of the Orange\\nValley Congregational Church and, while he held no official position, he was a great help to the church\\nfinancially. He was a man of domestic tastes and a most devoted husband and father. He married\\nMyra R. Haxtun, daughter of Andrew R. Ilaxtun, of New ork City. The death of his wife was the\\nmeans of hastening his own deatli. lie left a son and three daughters, also a sister, the wife of Mr.\\nJohn Van Vechten, of South Orange.\\nTin: Coxnett Homkste.M) on Scotland Road. It would be difficult to find in this whole region\\nof country east of the Mountain a more delightful location for a residence tiian the one selected by Mr.\\nEugene V. Connett. It is picturesque and historic, and corresponds to the description so often referred\\nto in the early records as Upper\\nChestnut Hill. The property con- |p_^^^^ i* ,4\\nsists of about seven acres, fronting\\non Scotland Road, beautifully laid\\nout in lawn, with here and there a\\nbed of flowers, which adds a bright\\ncoloring to the Iaiidscai)e. With\\nthe exception of the wide lawn in\\nfront, which leaves an unobstructi\\\\e\\nview (if the liciuse from Scotland\\nRoad, the whole place is covered\\nwith a variety of evergreen and forest\\ntrees, which gives it the appearance\\nof a private park. The entrance is\\nthrough a winding carriageway, just\\nwhere Scotland Road forms a shar|)\\nbend to the east, continuing in a\\nnortherly direction.\\nThe large frame villa Queen\\nAnne style with its broad verandas\\nand roomy interiors, is in delightful contrast to some of the modernized, so-called Colonial structures,\\nconspicuous for the largest amount of roof attainable, with the smallest amount of comfort and con-\\nvenience. The house stands on a broad, level plateau, on the crest of the hill. On the south side there\\nis a steep declivity, ending in a deep ravine, through which flows a little ri\\\\ulet, apparentlj- running\\nujiwards to the mountain, but turning abruptly to the left, continues its course, uniting with the west\\nbranch of the Railway River.\\nMr. Connett was one of the pioneers in the movement which led to the development of South\\nOrange as a ])lace of suburban residence. He came here in 1865, and during his residence of thirty or\\nmore years he has been in some wa\\\\ connected with almost ever\\\\- public mo\\\\ement that tentietl to atl-\\nvance the interest of the community or improve the condition of the village. He served five years as a\\nmember of the Hoard of illage Trustees, and two years, 1894 to 1896, as President of the \\\\illage. He\\nassisted those who were trying to maintain a public library for the benefit of the citizens of South\\nOrange, and his recent generous gift of a plot of ground, on Scotland Street, on which to erect a build-\\ning for this institution, places him among the foremost of our public benefactors, and he received, as he\\njustly deserved, the grateful acknowledgements of his fellow citizens. His gift enabled those who had\\nTHE CON.NKIT", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0504.jp2"}, "443": {"fulltext": "Tin: I OUNDKRs and Huii.dkks oi the Ouanges. 367\\nbeen so long working to cstablisli a free library to complete tiieir work, serving as it tiiil as an incentive\\nto others bj inducing additional contributions, so that when it was finally opened to the public it was\\ndedicated free of debt.\\nThe various members of Mr. Connctl s family have been equally conspicuous for their good works\\nin the communit)-. II is wife has been especially active in the various local benevolent and clturch\\norganizations, while his sons are prominent in the clubs and social organizations\\nTHE BREWER FAMILY.\\nWilliam II. Hrcwcr, Jr, who represents the New England brancii of this family, was one of the\\nl)ionccrs of the new settlement in South Orange. He is a direct descendant of Daniel Hrewer, wiio\\ncame to this country in \\\\2 and settled in Boston. The line of descent is through Nathaniel (1), son\\nof Daniel, Nathaniel (Ji, Nathaniel (3), Nathaniel (4;, Samuel and William Augustus.\\nWilliam Augustus Hrewer, son of Samuel and .Sail} (Norton) Hrewer, was born in Boston, Mass.,\\nMarch 21, 1807; died in the house of his son, in South Orange, April II, 1890. He was a druggist in\\nlioston for many )ears, hut thiring the latter years of his life resided with his son in South Orange.\\nHe married Mary Sawin Hunting, daughter of Ikla Hunting, a direct descendant of John, of Dedham.\\nMass., 1638. They had four children, of whom William Augustus. Jr., was the eldest.\\nWil.i l.\\\\M AlM.lsrUs Brkwer, J K, eldest son of William A. and Mary Sawin (Hunting) Brewer,\\nwas born in Boston, Mass., October 9, 1835; was graduated in the Lawrence Scientific Department,\\nof Harvard, in 1854. For about two years he engaged in civil engineering and was afterw.ird\\nappointed to a position in the Actuary s Department of the New York Mutual Life Insurance\\nCompany. On the organizatien of tiie Washington Life Insurance Company, of New York, in iSfJO,\\nMr, Hrewer became its Secretary and Actuary, and nine years later was made ice-Presidenl he was\\nelected President of the company in 1S79, J ^t^ continues in that position.\\nMr. Brewer came to South Orange in 1S67 and bought the old landmark known as the Stone\\nHouse by the Stone House Brook. He built a modern house in front and made additions to the rear\\nleaving as much as possible of the old house in its original condition. He named the place Aldworth,\\nsignifying old mansion. Mr. Brewer has taken part in all the efforts to ad\\\\ance the growth of South\\nOrange since he became a resident. He was Commissioner of Assessments for a number of years, was\\nPresident of the village 1875-77, and Secretary and President of the South Orange Library A.s.sociation\\nfor a long period. He was one of the Commissioners of Drainage appointed by the Court of Common\\nPleas in 1881 to provide means for draining the east branch of the Rahway River. He was one\\nof the original members of the New England Society, of Orange, and was for twelve years its\\nTreasurer, two years Vice President and President for two years. He is a member of the Episcopal\\nChurch of the Holy Communion, of South Orange. Mr. Brewer married Bella Calvert Fisher, daughter\\nof Charles Willis l islur, of Medway, Mass. Their children are May, married laigene V. Connett, Jr.,\\nGraham IL, Calvert, Clara, married William A. Minott.\\nTHE TLIRREIT. FATIILY.\\nTheTurrell family settled in Liiclifuld and I .iirficld Counties, Conn., in the early part of the seven-\\nteenth century. In the earliest recortls the name is spelled Terril and Terrill, but was changed some\\nyears later. It is a noteworthy fact that a descendant of the same family was among the early settlers\\nof Connecticut P\\\\arms, N. J., and appears at a little later date at what is now South Orange. By the\\nwill of Daniel Riggs, dated October I, 1786 (whose homestead occupied the site of the rectorj- of the\\nChurch of the Holy Communion, in South Orange), he conveys a farm known as Bower s Place to\\none of his sons, excepting five acres on the .southeasterly corner thereof, which he gave to his daughter,\\nPhebe Terril. The immediate ancestor of George B. Turrell, so long identified with South Orange as\\none of its chief Builders, was Jonathan Turrell, who was settled in the town of Munro, Conn., about", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0505.jp2"}, "444": {"fulltext": "368 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nnine miles north of Bridgeport. He enlisted in the l- rencii and Indian W ai 1754-1762. and died in the\\nservice about 1757. He sent home his powder horn with his name engraved on it. coupled witli the\\nrequest that it should descend through his line to those bearin the name of Jonathan, lie left two\\nsons, the eldest of whom, CVnrr. was about nine years of age at the time of his father s death.\\nOliver Turrell, son of Jonathan Turrell, was born at Monroe, Conn., about 174S. He subsequently\\nremoved to New Milford, Conn. He was among the first to enlist in the War of the Revolution and went\\nwith the Connecticut troops to the Relief of Boston in the Lexington Alarm, April, 1775, and was\\nafterwards regularly enlisted in the Connecticut Line. He was at the battles of Le.Kington, Bunker\\nHill and a few months later in the hard fought battles of Long Island and White I lains, N. ile\\nre-enlisted May 26, 1777, in the regular service, honorably discharged January 9, 177S, and was probably\\nwitii the Connecticut Militia after this, as it is .said he served throughout the war. He married Huldah,\\ndaughter of Abel Barnum, a descendant in the fourth generation of Thom.is Harnum, one of the first\\neight settlers of Danbury, in 1684-5: removed later to Fairfield, Conn. 01i\\\\er Turrell had, among\\nother children, Williaiii J\\nWilliam J. Turrell, son of Oliver and Huldah (Barnum) Turrell, was born at New Miifonl, Conn.,\\nin 1791. He served in the W ar of 1812-15. He was a farmer and a leading man in the town, a mem-\\nber of the School Committee and held other local offices. He was also a member of the Baptist Church.\\nIK married Foll\\\\- Bearss, daughter of Benjamin Bearss and Ruth Benedict. The latter was a descendant\\nof Thomas Benedict, born in Nottinghamshire, England; died in Norwalk, Conn., 1690. The children\\nof William J. and Polly (Bearssj Turrell were: Laura, Lucy, Benjamin, Caroline. Gcors^c Jninditt,\\nilliani and I oll)- Ann.\\n(a-MKci BknedICT Tukkeil, fifth child of William J. and Polly (Bearssi Turrell, was born at New\\nl airficld. Conn., March 26, 1825. He attended the public school of his native village and Pro essor\\nL-vvin s Hanbury Academy. At the age of seventeen he obtained a clerkship in a village store at South\\nFarms, and soon after he became of age was taken into partnership with his emploj er, under the firm\\nname of Pickett Turrell. About six years later he went to Waterbury, Conn and bought out the\\nstore of the Watcrville Manufacturing Company. He continued his interest in this business, but w ith-\\ndrew his active service soon after to accept the Secretaryship of the Tuttle Manufacturing Company of\\nNaugatuck, Conn., one of the largest manufactories of hoes, forks and other agricultural tools in the\\ncountry. He came to New York City in 1854, to assume cliarge of the company s affairs at that point.\\nHe withdrew from active service one year later, and entered into partnership with his brother-in-law in\\nthe cloth-finishing business, under the firm name of Migeon Turrell. He continued in this for several\\nyears, and did a prosperous business. Li i860 Mr. Turrell, with two others, organized the Union Phird-\\nware Company of Torrington, Conn., wliich became one of the largest mamifactories of skates and other\\nhardware in the country. In 1874 he was induced to accept the Presidency of the company, and con-\\ntinued in this capacity until 1889, when he retiied from active service, but still continues his interest in\\nthe business as director and adviser.\\nAbout 188S Mr. Turrell bought what was known as the Red Gate Farm, located at Newton,\\nSussex County, N. J., consisting of 324 acres, which had been brought to the highest state of culti\\\\ation,\\nand it was knoivn as the model farm of New Jersey. He grew the first cro[) of tobacco ever raised\\nin Sussex County, lie stocked the farm with a herd of seventy of the best Jersey cows, many of which\\nwere imported ilirect from the Island of Jersey. He introduced a system of cooling and aerating milk\\nby which it coukl be safely bottled and ready for shipment within twenty minutes after it came from\\nthe cow, instead of waiting ten or twelve hours, as was the case under the old process. His process was\\nby trickling the milk over a series of horizontal copper pipes, through which cold water was kept con-\\nstantly running, each layer of pipe (\\\\vhich was nearly flat oval instead of round), being cooler than the\\none above it. By this method of treatment, all the animal heat, ofTensive odors and gases, were thrown\\noff, which permitted the milk to take up a sufficient quantity of oxygen to preserve it for several hours,\\nand rendered the milk absolutely pure. This process has since been adopted by most of the leading", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0506.jp2"}, "445": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0507.jp2"}, "446": {"fulltext": "GEORGE B. TURRELL.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0508.jp2"}, "447": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Huh.ders ok the Oranges. S V)\\nmilk producers. The milk was shipped to Brooklyn and yielded tlie producer double the price of that\\nreceived by others treated under the old process, which recjuircd twelve hours to cool. In addition to\\nhis Jersey cows Mr. Turrell stocked his farm with 125 black-faced Southdown sheep. The management\\nof this farm, w hile it afforded great pleasure and recreation to Mr. Turrell, he found that it absorbed\\ntoo much of his time, and after bringing it up to a high state of cultivatiun he sold it, and has since\\ngiven his attention to his other business affairs.\\nIn all his business enterprises Mr. Turrell has met witii unvar\\\\-iiig success, and every change he has\\nmade has been one step higher. His success is not due to what the world calls luck or good fortune,\\nbut to those great underlying principles which are the fountlation of true character notable character-\\nistics of his ancestors, viz honesty, probity and a conscientious regard for the rights of others. ,\\\\dded\\nto this, his general kindly nature, uniform courtes)- and urbanity of manner, by which means his circle\\nof friends and acquaintance were widened from \\\\ear to year.\\nWhen Mr. Turrell came to South Orange, in 1864, it was then but little more than a hamlet. It\\ncontained only a few modern houses, and village improvements were then an unknown quantity.\\nIts miles of well-paved and well-lighted streets, its splenditl drainage, and its reputation as a healthful\\nsuburban resort, are due largely to his efforts and to his hearty co-operation with other enterprising\\nresidents. Mr. Turrell purcha.sed what was known as the Sprague property, on Scotland Street, consist-\\ning of eleven acres. He enlarged the house, adding a number of modern improvements, in hard-wood\\nfinish and other decorations in the interior, making it one of the most elegant mansions in this part of\\nSouth Orange. In 1891 he opened a street through his property, from Scotland Street to Grove Road,\\nwhich, at the request of his neighbors, was named Turrell Avenue. The property has since been laid\\nout in building lots, and on these he erected two beautiful cottages \u00e2\u0080\u0094one for his son and the other for\\nhis married daughter.\\nMr. Turrell was one of the chief promoters of the plan for securing a charter for the village of South\\nOrange, in 1869; he was one of the original trustees and was elected President of the village the follow-\\ning year. In the autumn following, owing to failing health, he was obliged to resign, and went abroad\\nfor a time. On his return he was again elected President. During his travels on the continent he made\\na careful study of the system of road-making, and in his report for 1874 he recommended, among other\\nimprovements, the system of road-making which he described as Construction by Repairs, but which\\nhas since become known as the Turrell pavement. It met with strong opposition at the outset, not-\\nwithstanding its economic features, but after a thorough test it was finally adopted by the village\\nauthorities, and has proved to be the best and most econnmical of any system now in use, effecting a\\nsaving in the cost of construction of nearly five thousand dollars a mile. While not apparently aggres-\\nsive, Mr. Turrell has been persistent and persevering in his efforts for this and other village improve-\\nments. Owing to the large amount of surface water deposited from the streams, and the imperfect\\ndrainage, the village for a time was in a very unhealthy condition.\\nMr. Turrell was appointed by the Court of Common Pleas, in iS8r, as one of three Commissioners\\nof Drainage, to act under a law passed by the Legislature of New Jersey, in March, iSSi, making it the\\nduty of such commissioners to first determine if drainage was necessary for public health, and if so,\\ngiving them ample power to carry out the work. A thorough system for draining the east branch of\\nthe Rahwa)- River in Snuth Orange was commenced by the commissioners in 1882 and completed in\\nabout two years time, and residents of South Orange have reason to be grateful for the accomplishment\\nof a work that has contributed so much to the healthfulness of the village. The present site of the\\nField Club forms a part of the lands reclaimed from a bog covered with water and filth most of the\\nyear, and now transformed into a place of be.iuty and jileasure. This entire locality is now one of\\nthe healthiest in the State f New Jersey.\\nMr. Turrell was also one of the i)romoters of the Meadow Land Society, and during his residence\\nof more than thirty years has been identified with every movement tending to the advancement of the\\nmoral, physical and social condition of the people of this locality. He is a trustee in the Presbyterian", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0511.jp2"}, "448": {"fulltext": "3^o The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nCliuicli and a generous contributor to its support, and was a large contributor to tlie additions and\\nimprovements made in enlarging the church edifice. Mr. Turrell married Elise J. Migeon, daughter of\\nHenri Migeon, a native of France and a warm personal friend of the Marquis de Lafayette. Mr. Migeon\\ncame to this country with letters of introduction from Lafayette to Mr. Howe, then Mayor of New\\nYork City, couched in the most flattering terms, which, with other correspondence with Lafayette, are\\ndeposited with the Connecticut Historical Society, at Hartford, Conn. Mr. Migeon established a\\nsuccessful business in New York City. He subsequently purchased and resided in the old Gov. Wolcott\\nhomestead, at Litchfield, Conn. Of the children of George B. and Elise J. (Migeon) Turrell, two only\\nare living. William H. occupies a cottage near his father s residence Elise married Harvey L Underbill,\\nformerly agent of the Guion line of steamers. She also resides in one of the cottages built by her\\nfather. Louise, the wife of Dr. E. T. Weed, died in 1894.\\nThe Residence ok Thomas S. Kingman, situated on the corner of Montrose Avenue and Centre\\nStreet, is the most striking in appearance and shows more individuality, if not originality, than any\\nhouse in South Orange. It possesses many of the characteristics of the Elizabethian style of architect-\\nure, but is varied somewhat to suit the present tastes of the owner. It is built entirely of brick and\\nis paneled above the first story. Instead, however, of adopting the sixteenth century style of panels, in\\nplaster, these are formed of brick, set in herring-bone pattern, giving a striking and yet a most pleasing\\neffect. The windows, doors and exterior trimmings conform in appearance to the general style indicated.\\nThe exterior of the house is unique in design and finish. While there are no two rooms alike, there is\\nnothing offensive to the e\\\\-e or taste of the observer, and there is a perfect blending and iiarmony of\\nColor throughout. Every room is a study of itself. The finish and decorations of the rooms on the\\nfirst floor represent the English, German and French styles of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.\\nThe walls of the dining-room are covered with canvas and painted in oil colors. In the sitting-room\\nadjoining, the ceilings are formed of quartered oak panels, with decorative tints to correspond, the body\\nof material being of plaster. The large parlor, light and airy, is thoroughly French, both in the\\ntrimmings and decorations. The walls and ceilings are finished in the most delicate tints, with here and\\nthere a bit of stronger coloring to brighten the effect. Red, blue and green, with a background of\\nlight tints, are the prevailing colors of the rooms on the second floor, while the furniture, coverings, etc.,\\nare in perfect harmony with the decorations.\\nMr. Kingman s fondness for the antique has led to his selection of some rare old pieces of furniture\\ndating back to the twelfth and fifteenth centuries. These form an appropriate setting to the antique\\nsurroundings. In his travels abroad many years ago, Mr. Kingman found a painting of Priscilla,\\nwhich forms the subject of Miles Standish s and John Alden s courtship, the conception being the ideal\\nwork of a foreign artist. This painting forms an interesting link in the history of Mr. Kingman s\\nfamily, as will be shown hereafter. Both on the paternal and maternal sides, Mr. Kingman is itlentified\\nwith the Pilgrim Fathers, and his descent is traced in an unbroken line from the original settlers of the\\nMassachusetts Ha\\\\ Colony.\\nTHE KINGMAN FAMILY.\\nllcnry Kingman, of Weymouth, .Mass., the .\\\\merican ancestor, came from Wales in 1632. He was\\nmade a freeman in 1636; grand juror in 1637; representative, 1638 and 1652. He married Joanna\\nHe died about 1666, aged seventy-four. He had si.x children, of whom Jolin was the third child.\\nJolin Kingman, third child of Henry and Joanna Kingman, was born probably about 1650.\\nHe purchased of Michael Bacon, Jr., of Billerica, the estate of West Bridgewater, Mass.. formerly be-\\nlonging to Daniel Bacon. He married Elizabeth and had children, John, Henry {2), born 1668,\\nand four others. He died in 1690.\\nHenry (2) Kingman, second son of John and Eli/abeth Kingman, was born in 166S. He\\nmarried Bethiah, daughter of John Howard. Their children were: Bethiah, Elizabeth, Sarah. Martha,", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0512.jp2"}, "449": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0513.jp2"}, "450": {"fulltext": "THOMAS S. KINGMAN.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0514.jp2"}, "451": {"fulltext": "TiiK Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 371\\nHenry {i), born April 19.1701; Kezi.ih, born 1703; Hannah, born 1705. married John Aldcn. son of\\nIsaac, son of Hon. John Aldcn, the Pilgrim ancestor; the other children were, Jonathan, born 1708;\\nAnne, born 1710; Mary, born 1713.\\nHenry (3) Kin ,^man, fifth child of Henry (2) and Bethia (^Howard) Kingman, was born .\\\\pril 19,\\n1701. He married Mary, daughter of Samuel Allen, and had among other children, Matthc-u, hoxn\\nSeptember 8, 1732.\\nMatthew Kingman, second son and eighth child of Henry (3) and Mary (Allen) Kingman, was born\\nSeptember S, 1732. He married Jane, daughter of David Packard, and had Abel, born August 22, 1768.\\nAbel Kingman, son of Mattliew and Jane (Packard) Kingman, was born August 22, 176.8. He\\nmarried Lucy Washburn, daughter of Elisha Washburn, of Kingston, Mass., son of William, son of\\nWilliam, son of John (3), son of John (2), son of John Washburn, the ancestor, who was the first Secrc-\\ntar\\\\- of the Council of Plymouth, I-lngland he, with his two sons, were of the original proprietors of\\nBridgcwatcr. Hon. Abel Kingman, above mentioned, occupied a conspicuous place in the administra-\\ntion of the municipal government of North Bridgewater. Tew men lived longer or led a more active\\nand enterprising life than he. l- or a number of years he rejjrcsented the town in the Legislature of\\nMassachusetts, and for two years occupied a seat in the State Senate, from Plymouth County. He was\\na Justice of the Peace, Captain in the militia, and held other public offices. He died January 19, 1850,\\naged eighty-two. He had among other children, Abel Washburn, born April 22, 1806.\\nAbel Washburn Kingman, M. D., son of Hon. Abel and Lucy (Washburn) Kingman, was born at\\nNorth Bridgewater, Mass., April 22, 1806: graduated at Amherst College in 1830, and soon after began\\nthe practice of medicine in his native town. He married Clari.ssa Alden, daughter of William Alden,\\nson of Samuel (2), son of Samuel (i), son of Deacon Joseph, son of Joseph, son of Hon. John Alden,\\nwho came to Plymouth in the Mayflower, in 1620. His name has been immortalized in verse by Long-\\nfellow, in The Courtship of Miles Standish, the courting being done by John Alden as the proxy\\nof the redoubtable Captain, who became the prineipal \\\\n the affair, through the reply of Priscilla in the\\nform of a query, Why don t you speak for j ourself, John? John Alden married Priscilla, daughter\\nof William Mullins. The children of Dr. Abel Washburn and Clarissa (Alden) Kingman were: Francis\\nWilliams, Clara Gifford, Abel Willard, Hannah Williams, Thomas Sewall, Helen Barton Elliot.\\nThomas Sewai.i. Kixcman, third son of Dr. Abel and Clarissa (Alden) Kingman, was born in\\nNorth Bridgewater, Mass., April 5, 1840. He attended the public school and later the academy kept by\\nDr. Adams, at Newton, Mass. He entered the large wholesale dry goods house of Jordan Marsh Co.,\\nof Boston, and remained in the employ of this firm for thirteen years, rising from the lowest to the\\nhighest position in the house, viz., that of buyer and manager of the dry goods department. The push,\\nenergy and perseverance which led to his success were traits inherited from his father and grandfather.\\nHis first real estate venture began while he was in the employ of this firm. He purchased property in\\nthat part of the city of Brockton known as Winchester Park, where he built and sold fourteen houses,\\nthe first built in the park, and thus laid the foundation for a successful and prosperous settlement, it\\nbeing now occupied by a large number of fine residences.\\nMr. Kingman came to New York City in 1870 and took a similar position\u00e2\u0080\u0094 that of dress goods\\nbuyer with A. T. Stewart Co and continued in the employ of this firm for twelve years. With\\ntwenty-five years experience in two of the largest houses in this country, he embarked in business for\\nhimself in 1S82, under the firm name of Brown, Wood Kingman, dry goods and commission merchants.\\nThe firm did a successful business from the start, and Mr. Kingman retained an active interest in the\\nbusiness until 1892; since that time he has been largely engaged in real estate operations.\\nMr. Kingman s connection with the Oranges began in 1S76. He lived for about a year on the\\nFuller place and then bought land on what was known as the Elliot place, where he erected an elegant\\nmansion. After living there for about six years he bought, as has already been stated, the Bishop\\nBaldwin farm, and soon after merged his individual interests into the syndicate which continued the\\nwork begun by him. This, however, did not prevent him from engaging extensively in other real estate", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0517.jp2"}, "452": {"fulltext": "372 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\noperations, all of which liavc been successful. He is a man of ij cnerous impulses and considerate of\\nthe wants of others, and all his business operations have been conducted on that hiL;h plane which\\nalways inspires confidence between man and man. His aim has been to pro\\\\ide beautiful homes for men\\nof means who had neither the time nor the inclination to attend to the details of building. Mr. King-\\nman, while aiding to the extent of his ability in maintaining the cause of good government, has always\\nbeen averse to holding public office, and would ne\\\\er consent to the use of his name in this connection.\\nMr. Kin -man married Miss .\\\\nna 11. Jenks, daughter of Uavid Barclay Jenks, one of the brightest and\\nmost promising young lawyers in the State of Pennsylvania, who died at an early age. His brother,\\nHon. George A. Jenks, has long been recognized as one of the ablest lawyers in the country. He filled\\nmany positions of honor and trust, and was appointed Solicitor General of the United States by Presi-\\ndent Cleveland, in 1888. The children of Thomas S. and Anna H. (Jenk.s) Kingman are: Nellie L.,\\nTom Sidney, Mabel, Russell Barclay.\\nTHE MINOTT FAHILY.\\nSince the first settlement of I last New Jersey b_\\\\- the Puritan founders there has been a steady\\ninflux from New England, and this has always been the predominating element in the building up of\\nthe Oranges. Among this number, whose influence has been felt in no small degree, is that of the\\nMinott family, represented by Joseph A. Minott. This name is found among the earliest of the New\\nEngland settlers. It is of English origin, and is traced to Thomas Minott, Esq., Secretary to the Abbott\\nof Walden, by whom he was advanced to great possessions.\\nElder George Minot, the American progenitor, was the son of Thomas Minot, Esc]., of Saffron,\\nWalden, Essex, England, and was born August 4, 159^. He was among the first Pilgrim emigrants\\nto Massachusetts, and of the first settlers of Dorchester, Mass. His place of residence was near Nepon-\\nset Bridge, and he owned the land which has since become known as Squantum. He was made a\\nfreeman in 1634, and represented the town in 1635-6. He was one of the first signers of the Church\\nCovenant, and was a ruling elder in the church for thirty years. He died December 24, 167 1. He was\\na contemporary with Elder Humphrey. His death, says the record, was much lamented by the\\ntown. A gravestone in the old hurying-ground of Dorchester cont.iin^ the following:\\nHere lies the body of Unite Humphrey and Shining; Minot\\nSuch names as these they never die out.\\nBy his wife, Martha, who died December 23, 1657, he had issue: John, born 1626 -.f, born\\n1628; Stephen, born 1631, and Samuel, born 1635.\\nJames Minott, second child of Elder George and Martha Minot, was born December 31, 1628.\\nHe married Hannah, daughter of Col. Israel Stoughton, who was Ensign of the Dorchester Hand, com-\\nmanded by Capt. Mason; was chosen Assistant (I.ieutent-Governor) in 1637. He commanded the\\nMassachusetts Expedition against the Peiiuods; arriving after the battle of Mystic P ort, he nearly com-\\npleted the destruction of the Pequod tribe. He returned to England in 1643, and served there in the\\nRevolution as I.ieutenant-Colonel, under Rainsford. John, the brother of James Minott, was a physi-\\ncian, Captain, Colonel and Justice of the Peace, a military officer of thirty years, and a member of the\\nKing s Council. The children of James and Hannah iStoughton 1 Minott were, .A?w,-.f (2) and others.\\nHe married, second, Hephzebah Corlet.\\nJames Minott (2), son of James (i) anil Hannah (Stoughton) Minott, w.is born in Dorchester Mass.,\\nApril 2, 1659. He removetl to Concord, where he married Rebecca, (.laughter of John Jones, ami hatl a\\nson, Jonatliaii.\\nJonathan Minott, son of James (21 and Rebecca (Jones) Minott. was horn in 1714, probablv at Con-\\ncord, where he married Elizabeth Stratton. He removed to Westford, MidiUesex County, Mass. Ihey\\nhad six children, of whom Joiiatlian (2) was the fourth.\\nJonathan Minott (2), fourth child of Jonathan (i) and Elizabeth (^Slrallon) Minott, was born June", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0518.jp2"}, "453": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0519.jp2"}, "454": {"fulltext": "JOSEPH A. MINOTT.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0520.jp2"}, "455": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\n373\\n19, 1723. lie lived in Westford. In 1773, soon after the Boston pamphlet was issued, the people of\\nVVestfoid declared their synipath_\\\\- with the Hoston brethren, and voted to chose a committee to\\ncorrespond with Boston or any other town, as occasion may require. This committee consisted of Mr.\\nSamuel Gardner, Capt. Jonathan Miiiott, Deacon John Abbott, Dr. Asaph Fletcher and Mr. Nathaniel\\nBoynton. The title of Captain was probably received for service in the French and Indian War.\\nCapt. Jonathan Minott .served with distinctii n in the War of the Revolution. On February 7, 1776, he\\nwas chosen Second Major in the Si.xth Massachusetts Regiment, and on February 14 following, he was\\nchosen First Major of the same regi-\\nv\\\\ ment. He married Esther I roctor, of\\nChelmsford, and had nine children,\\namong whom \\\\\\\\3i% Jesse.\\nJesse Minott, son of Major Jona-\\nthan (2) and Esther (I roctor) Minott,\\nwas born at Westford, Mass., Nov. 5,\\n1759. He married Betsx- Adams, (a\\ndescendant probably of Henry Adams,\\nof Braintrec), and had issue Jesse,\\nJonathan, Joseph, Otis, Thomas and\\nI saac.\\nJoseph Minott, son of Jesse and\\nBetsy (Adamsj Minott, was born in\\nWestford, Mass. He married Fanny,\\ndaughter of Jeremiah Hildreth. He\\nsettled in Alban\\\\-, X. V., where he\\nresided for a number of years, and in\\n1 850 removed to New York City, where\\nhe died in 1854. His children were: Joseph Albert and George Rufus; the latter died in infancy.\\nJosKPii Albert Minott, eldest son of Joseph and Fanny (Hildreth) Minott, was born in Albany,\\nN. Y., March 15, 1836. He attended the Albany Academy and subsequently was sent to Westford,\\n(Mass.) Academy to complete his studies. He\\ncame to New York in 1854, and was for three\\nyears engaged in the business of wholesale dry\\ngoods. In 1857 he went with William D.\\nRussell, then engaged in the rubber-clothing\\nbusiness, and in 1861 lu;, in connection with\\nM. Shepard, founded the Rubber-Clothing\\nCompany, and in 1872, also with Mr. Shep-\\nartl, founded the Goodyear Rubber Company,\\nand has been Secretary and Treasurer of both\\ncompanies since their organization. He is\\nconnected also with the scAcral branch organ-\\nizations in Buffalo, Chicago, Milwaukee, St.\\nPaul, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Kansas City, San\\nFrancisco, Portland, Oregon, and Washington,\\nD. C. He is one of the trustees in the United\\nStates for the Union Assurance Society of\\nLondon, England, and is also a director of the Victoria Fire Insurance Company of New York.\\nMinott was one of the pioneers in the new movement in Orange, which l)egan in the fifties\\nFRONT VIEW OE RKSIDENCE OF J. A. MINOTT.\\nremoved thence in 1858, and settled on Arlington Avenue, East Orange.\\nKEAK VIEW OF KESIIIENCE OF J. A. MINOTT.\\nMr.\\nHe\\nIn 1880 he erected one of the", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0523.jp2"}, "456": {"fulltext": "374 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges\\nlargest and finest houses in all the Oranges. It gave character to the locality, as well as increased value\\nto the surrounding property, and influenced a class of people to settle here who, but for this, would\\ndoubtless have selected other localities. He sold this property in |S86, and resided for some years in\\nNew York City. The old attractions of the Oranges, however, won him back again, and in 1892 he\\nmoved to Montrose, South Orange, and purchased a lot on Scotland Road, between Montrose and Irv-\\ning Avenues, where, in 1895, he built a handsome house of the most approved modern style, known as\\nAmerican domestic, designed by Rossiter Wright, the latter of whom is a resident of South Orange.\\nWhile Mr. Minott s interests have, to a greater or less degree, been scattered among the Oranges,\\nhe has confined them mostly to East Orange. He was among the first, in connection with Mr. Shepard,\\nto take up the matter of water suppl_\\\\-, and assisted in the organization of the Orange Water Company,\\nand was made its Treasurer. When the Munn A\\\\enue, or I irst Presbyterian Church of East Orange\\nwas being organized, he was one of the chief promoters of this new interest, and was one of its earliest\\nmembers. He has been conspicuous in the social and other organizations in the Oranges. He is a\\nmember of the New England Society, of the Essex County Country Club, the Riding and Driving\\nClub and other local organizations.\\nMr. Minott married Mary Kilburn Mandeville, daughter of Abram and L\\\\^dia (Kilburn) Mandeville,\\nof Orange. Abram Mandeville was the son of Giles, son of Hendrick Mandeville, one of the original\\nsettlers of Pompton Plains, N. J. The latter was the son of Giles Jansen Mandeville, who came to this\\ncountry in 1647 in company with Governor Stuyvesant. He owned a large tract of land in what is now\\nthe centre of the city of New York, his house being located near the present site of Abingdon Square.\\nThe children of Joseph A. and Mary Kilburn (Mandeville) Minott are: Joseph Otis, Frederick Shep-\\nard, Samuel Jones, Arthur Mandeville, William Albert, Mary Mandeville, and Harold. William Albert\\nmarried, April 6, 1896, Clara, daughter of Wm. A. Brewer, Esc;., of South Orange; Arthur Mande\\\\ille\\nmarried, June 24, 1896, Florence Glisan, of Portland, Oregon, daughter of the late Dr. Rodney Glisan,\\nof that place.\\nTHE MEAD FAMILY.\\nThe Mead family of the Oranges was represented by Ktlwin H. Mead as a resident of South\\nOrange for more than a quarter of a centur}-. The name is recorded in the English College of Heraldry\\nas early as i 569. Among the most prominent of the Scotch representatives of the family was the Earl\\nof Clanwiliiam. The founder of the English branch was granted Anns. Sable a chevron or, between\\nthree pelicans, vulned of the last. Crest. An eagle sable displayed, beaked and armed or. Motto.\\nTojour pret. The eagle in the crest was given to Sir Robert Meade for his services in the cause of\\nthe German Empire in the wars of (justavus Adolphus. The chevron indicates the head of the house\\nor the commander of an expedition. The pelican is used in arms as an emblem of tender care for the\\noffspring, or undying devotion to country s cause.\\nWilliam Mead, the American ancestor, was born in England in 1600. He came to this country\\nabout 1630 and settled first in Massachusetts; removed thence to Hempstead, L. I., and settled finally\\nin Greenwich, Conn., about 1660. He is supposed to have been a member of a family of Saxon origin\\nwhich had been settled since very early times in Somersetshire, but iiati removed to Essex in the reign\\nof Henry VI, early in the fifteenth century.\\nJohn Mead, son of William, w.is born in 1635. He married Hannah, ilaughter of William Potter,\\nof Stamforil. They had a son, lihcnczcr, and other children.\\nEbcnezer .Mead, son of John and Hannah (Potter) Mead, was born in Greenwich, Conn., 1663. He\\nmarried Sarah Knapp and hwd Jiriiiiinh, and other children.\\nJeremiah Mead, son of Ebenezer and Sarah (Knapp) Mead, was probably born in Greenwich, about\\n1705. He married Hannah St. John, of Norwalk, and had among other children, Stc/ /n-)/. He removed\\nto Stratford, Conn.\\nStephen Mead, son of Jeremiah and Hannah i^St. John) Mead was born in Stratford. Conn., about", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0524.jp2"}, "457": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0525.jp2"}, "458": {"fulltext": "EDWIN H. MEAD.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0526.jp2"}, "459": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 375\\n1750. He was a soldici- in the War of the Revolution and served as private in Capt. David Halt s\\ncompany, Ninth Regiment, Connecticut Militia, commanded by Liet.-Col. John Mead. He was also in\\nCapt. Smith s company, same regiment. He enlisted again January 1 1, 1777. in Capt. Hobby s company,\\nsame regiment. His name appears on the payroll of the Company of Householders in Greenwich,\\nCapten Abraham Mead Melish Destrich, and in Cornel John Mead Regemint. Steplicn married\\nRachel Sanford, of Redding Conn., born February 25, 1753, daughter of Capt. Samuel Sanford.\\nAfter the war he removed to Pittsfield, Mass. He owned the land now occupied as the village green, in\\nPittsfield. He had among other ciiildren, a son, lipltraiiii.\\nEphraim Mead, son of Stephen and Rachel (Sandford) Mead, was born, probably, in Stratford,\\nConn., July 12, 1773, and removed with his parents to Pittsfield, Mass. He was a millwright by trade\\nand a man of great inventive genius. He married Polly Strong, and had by her four children, among\\nwhom was Ilcury Sanford.\\nHenry Sanford Mead, son of Ephraim and Polly (Strong) Mead, was born in Pittsfield, Mass., in\\n1798. He came to New ork City when a young man and engaged for some ears in mercantile pursuits.\\nDuring his residence in New l)^k he married Mary Gay Larchar, daughter of Joseph Warren Larchar,\\nson of Pierre Larchar, who was sailing master of the Bon-Homme Richard, the flag-ship of Capt.\\nJohn Paul Jones during the War of the Revolution he took part in some of the most important naval\\nengagements in the war. During the great yellow fever epidemic in 1825, Henry Sanford Mead returned\\nwith his family to Pittsfield, Mass., where he remained for some years, and finally settled in Albany,\\nN. V. He died at New Canaan, Conn., in 1883. He had two sons Eik ard Henry and Hiram Warren,\\nand four daughters: Mary Elizabeth, married John R. Pease; Julia Frances, married William Elliot;\\nMaria Josephine, married James A. Bieber; Martha Louisa, married J. B. Van Doren.\\nEdwin Henry Mead, eldest son of Henry Sanford and Mary Gay (Larchar) Mead, was born in\\nNew York City, March 23, 1822, in the house on Broadway, which stood at the entrance of what is\\nnow Lispenard Street, the house having been removed to open that street. One year after his birth,\\nEdwin H. removed with his parents to Pittsfield, Mass., where he remained long enough to receive a\\ngood education. He went to Albany in 1840 and found employment with Belknap Kearcher, then\\nthe leading firm of coal dealers is that city. He afterwards entered the service of Harnden s Express\\nCo., in Albany, and was also with the same firm in I^oston. He was for one or two years with John\\nGihon Co., linen importers, Boston, whose principal office was in New York. Mr. Mead came with\\nthe New York firm in 1849 ^n^ was later in the employ of Sears, Adriance Piatt. Mr. Piatt, of this\\nfirm, was also interested in the Pennsylvania Coal Co which was then being organized, and asked Mr.\\nMead to open the books of the new company. As the result of this he was soon after appointed\\nSecretary, and when Mr. George A. Hovt, the treasurer of the company, was advanced to the presidency,\\nMr. Mead succeeded him. On the death of Mr. Hoyt, Mr. Mead not only succeeded to the presidency,\\nbut continued in his position as treasurer and held both positions until his death, February 3, 1895.\\nThe success of this company is due in no small degree to the business sagacity and executive ability of\\nMr. Mead. He was also the managing director of the Erie Wyoming Valley Railway Company, and\\na member of the New York Chamber of Commerce and of the American Geographical Society. He\\nenjoyed the confidence and esteem of his business associates, and his marked individuality of character\\nwas shown in all his business enterprises.\\nMr. Mead resided in Brooklyn for a number of years after he began business in New York. Tiring\\nof city life he removed to South Orange, N. J., in 1 868, and bought a beautiful plot of ten acres fronting\\non the old Ridgewood Road. On this he erected a handsome villa The natural beauty of the spot\\nselected by him was much enhanced by the good judgment displayed in the planting of fine trees,\\nshrubs, flowers, etc. His library of well-selected and useful works afforded him ample opportunity for\\nstudy and recreation. He was especially fond of the study of languages and his collection included almost\\nevery written language in the world. His beautiful country home, which he named Springlawn,\\nattracted others to this locality and people of culture and refinement were induced to settle here, and", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0529.jp2"}, "460": {"fulltext": "3/6 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\ntlius the influence of Mr. Mead has widened from year to \\\\ear. lie was not only a pioneer in tlie\\nsettlement of South Oranye, but a promoter of the se\\\\eral public improvements tending to its develop-\\ninent. He was a strong advocate of and assisted in securing a village charter for South Orange and\\nserved two terms as President of the Board of Village Trustees, and one term as trustee. He took an\\nactive part in the measures which were adopted for im])roving the drainage and reclaiming the waste\\nland in South Orange. He was an influential member of the Meadow Land Association he was an\\noriginal member of the Orange Athletic Club and the South Orange I ield Club, to both of which he\\nwas a generous contributor; he was a member of the Free Library when the financial sujijiort of such\\nmen was most needed. His real estate operations were quite successful and yielded satisfactory returns.\\nHe was a broad-minded, public-spirited citizen and did much to stimulate the growth of enterprises that\\ntended to the further de\\\\-elopment of the village. While identified with the Republican part}-, he ne\\\\er\\npermitted politics to interfere with his duty as an citizen.\\nMr. Mead was a man of fine personal appearance; genial, kind-hearted ami s}-mpathetic, with a\\nready, open hand for deeds of devoted charity. He was ever approachable and had a kind word\\nfor all. He loved his home and was a model husband and father. His wife, Laura A., was a daughter\\nof Mos-s Belknap, son of Moses, son of Simeon, of Randolph, who settled in Orange County, t.. a\\ndescendant of one of the earl)- I uritan settlers. The children of Edwin H. ami Laura A. Belknap)\\nMead were: Fanny Belknap, died young; Fretierick Warren, Charles Frederick, Frank, Margaret\\nHarper, married C. N. (jraves; Morris Belknap, married Mary Eleanor McAndrews, daughter of Thomas\\nHerbert McAndrews, of New N ork City, and Winthrop L.\\nTHE CHURCH FAMILY.\\nEbenezer Church, the ancestor of this branch of the Church family, emigrated to New England\\nabout 1740, and settled in the town of Pretybrian, Mass. He removed thence to Brattleboro, t., and\\nabout 1 791 rcnio\\\\ed to Bainbridge, 1 formerly Jericho), Chenango Co., N. Y. He and his sons and one\\nor two other families, were known as the Vermont Sufferers He ilied in 1806. His children were:\\nEben, (or Ebenezer), who remained in Brattleboro Josia/i, and two other sons and three daughters.\\nJosiah Church, son of Ebenezer Church, was born in Pretybrian, Mass., in 1751, and remoxed with\\niiis parents, in 1791, to Chenango County, N. Y. He married Comfort Robbins, daughter of Captain\\nRobert Robbins, a seafaring man. He settled in Coventry, Chenango Co., and the locality became\\nknown as Church Hollow. He had eleven children, viz.: Robert Robbins, whose daughter Mary mar-\\nried Governor Geary of Pennsylvania, and second, married Dr. E. H. Goodman, of Philadelphia; Henry,\\nNancy, John, Francis, Jeremiah, Jessie, Betsey, Williaiii. Mary and Williard.\\nWilliam Church, ninth child of Josiah and Comfort (Robbins Church, was born in Chenango Co.,\\nN. Y. He married and had a son, i//iaiit.\\nWilliam Church (2), son of William (i), was born in Chenango Co., in i8of He kept a store in\\nCoventry in 1830, and in 1832 returned to Church Hollow, where he carried on business for some years,\\nand again settled in Co\\\\entry, where he was Postmaster about 1854. He married Elizabeth Houston,\\ndaughter of John Houston, of Orange County, N. Y. The}- had a son, I-.ih^ ard i ranccs.\\nEl)\\\\VAUl I- rames Church, son of William (2) and Elizabeth (Houston) Church, was born in\\nCo\\\\-entry, Chenango Co., N. Y., November 13, 1844. He received a thorough education in the higher\\nbranches at Leicester, Mass., and afterwards took a business course, graduating with honor at l\\\\astman s\\nBusiness College, Poughkeepsie. N. His first business experience was in the retail dry goods store\\nof A. T. Stewart, New York City, where he spent three years and acquired a practical knowledge of the\\nseveral branches. In 1S6S he entered the wholesale house of Bradley, Keith, Welly Co., where he\\nhad greater opportunities for advancement, and in time became manager of the flannel dejjartment.\\nHe remained si.x years with this house, and then accepted a similar position with the firm of Collins,\\nDowning Co. In 1881 tlie dry goods commission house of Field. Morris. Church Co., was organ-\\nized, two of the firm, Charles M. Field and John J. Morris, being representatives of one of the oldest", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0530.jp2"}, "461": {"fulltext": "Tiiii Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\n377\\ndry i;oods jobbing houses in the city. The new firm of wliich Mr. Church was a member, did a success-\\nful business for about four years, when, owing to thedcatli of Mr. Field, the firm was dissolved, and soon\\nafter the firm of E. K. Church Co. was orj^anized, which continued in the same line of business until\\n1893. The same year Mr. Church accepted an offer from the old established house of E. S. Jaffray\\nCo.. to take charge of their woolen department. After the dissolution of that firm Mr. Church again\\nstarted in business for liimself.\\nMr. Church s connection with South Orange began in 1874, and althougii he did not become a\\nproperty-holder until some years later, he interested himself in public affairs almost from the beginning,\\nand during his residence of nearly twenty-two years, his time and energies, outside of his regular busi-\\nness, have been largely devoted to the affairs of the village of South Orange. With no ambition for\\npublic office, Mr. Church has always evinced a willingness to serve his fellow-citizens, and often at great\\npersonal sacrifice. He was elected a mem-\\nber of the Board of Village Trustees in\\n1877, and in 1890 was elected President\\nof the village, and mi the expiration of his\\nterm of two years, was re-elected, holding\\nthe office continuously for four consecu\\ntive years.\\nSome of tlie most important improve-\\nments in South Orange were made during\\nhis administration as President. The\\nsystem of water suppl\\\\-, whicli is brought\\nfrom the top of Summit mountain, was\\none of the projects which lie urged and\\nwhich was finally adopted, ])roviding the\\nvillage of South Orange with the best\\nwater in the State at little or no cost. The\\nsystem of rapid transit was also established\\nbetween Newark and South Orange in the\\nface of a most determined opposition, the\\npoles having been erected in one night.\\nA sewerage system was started by the\\npurchase of a farm a few miles below the\\nvillage, but owing to the opposition of the\\npeople of Milburn the matter has remained\\nin abeyance for some time. Mr. Church\\nwas a most earnest advocate of all these\\nimprovements and was ably supported by\\nthe leading residents of the village. His\\ninterest in the cause of education is well\\nknown. He has served as a member of the Board of Education for three consecutive terms nine years\\naltogether. He was one of the organizers of the Meadow Land Society, of which he is still a stock-\\nholder; he also assisted in organizing the South Orange Field Club. Mr. Church purchased, in 1884. the\\nJohn Milligan place, near Prosi)ect Street, to which he added many improvements, making it one of the\\nmost deliglitful and attractive homes in this part of South Orange. Mr. Church has been twice married.\\nHis first wife was Matilda Morrison, daughter of Robert Morrison, of Brooklyn. Three children were\\nborn to them, viz.: Edward Francis, Jr., Matilda and Kate E. His present wife. Isabella K. Church, is\\nthe daughter of Charles Kellogg, a descendant of an old New England family, and on the mother s side\\nis of Danish parentage. They have had four children, three of whom are living\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A. Bonzano, Douglas,\\nJasperson and Lucille Isabella.\\nEDWARD FRANCIS CllUKClI.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0531.jp2"}, "462": {"fulltext": "378\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nTHE BRUSH FAHILY.\\nThe connection of the Rrush family with the Oranges began nearly twenty-five years ago, when\\nMr. C. E. Brush, the present representative, took up his residence in Orange and a few years later in\\nSouth Orange. With a constantly increasing interest in his surroundings and a manifest desire on his\\npart to promote social intercourse and extend a helping hand to his neighbors, his influence in the\\ncommunity has graduallj- widened, and when he was finally induced to accept public office he fulfilled\\ntlie duties connected therewith as an honest and fearless citizen. Sterling honesty and unflinching\\ncourage are distinguishing traits of the Brush family, the ancestor of whom was among the early Puritan\\nsettlers of New England. The ancestor of the Brush family was Thomas Brush, of Southold, L. I\\n1662; made a freeman of Connecticut, 1664, that part of Long Island being at the time under the\\njurisdiction of Connecticut.\\nJacob Brush, probably a son of Thomas, was born at Huntington, L. I., 1689; died )ctober 17, 17,^1.\\nHe had a son, ?(V Brush. Jr.\\nJacob Brush, Jr.. son of Jacob (11, was born at Huntington, I.. I., September 6, 1727; died April 6,\\n1813. He had a daughter, .Sarah, born September 24, 1763; married John Rolph. They had a\\ndaughter, Sally Rolph, born September 27, 1795 died December 22, 1873. She married Joshua Ikush,\\nson of Jonathan, who was probably the son of Jacob Brush, Sr.\\nJoshua Brush, son of Jonathan, was born December 14, 1794; died November 18, 1864. Married\\nSally Rolph, and \\\\\\\\Ad Joitnt/iait litltclbcrt and other children.\\nJonathan Ethelbert Inrush, son of Joshua and Sally (Rolph) Brush, was born at Smithtown, L. I.,\\nFebruary 25, 1818 died February 6, 18S9. He was a well-known New York merchant and carried on\\nthe wholesale hardware business under the firm name of W. N. Seymour Co., for upwards of forty\\nyears. He was well known and highly respected among New York business men. He married Cornelia\\nTurck, of Germantown, N. Y., a descendant, prob-\\nably, of John Christian Turck, one of the commi.s-\\nsioners appointed m 17 10 by Gov. Hunter, who\\npurchased 6,000 acres of Robert Livingston for the\\nuse of a colony of German settlers, who gave it the\\nname of Germantown. Jonathan E. and Cornelia\\n(Turck) Brush had issue, Clinton Ethelbert.\\nCi.iXTON Ethelbert Brush, eldest son of\\nJonathan and Cornelia (Turck) Brush, was born in\\nNew ork City, May 24, 1844. His educational\\nadvantages embraced everything except a collegiate\\ncourse. He attended the University Grammar\\n.School, Grammar School No. 40, and the Free\\n-Academy. Thus equipped he entered at once upon\\na successful business career as clerk in the house of\\nHastings, Cook Valentine. He did not remain\\nlong in a subordinate capacity, his industry, push\\nand energy having won him the confidence of his\\nemployers and secured his rapid advancement. In\\n1862 Mr. Hastings withdrew from the old firm and\\norganized that of Hastings Potter. Mr. Brush\\nwent with the new firm and in February, 1866, a\\nnew partnership was formed under the name of\\nHastings, Brush Co. In 1874 he sold his interest\\nand started on his own account, and soon established\\nan extensive trade. Three years later, with his\\nCLINTON ETHELBEKT BKUSIl.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0532.jp2"}, "463": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Hlii.ders of the Oranges. 379\\nbrother as partner, he opened a branch house in Toronto, Canada. The business increased to such\\nan extent tliat he became the hirjjest importer of dress trimminjjs in the Dominion. He continued in\\nthis line with iinv. trying success for eight years On January t, 1885, he accepted a position from the\\nChicago Corset Company, manufacturers of tlie Bail corset, to take entire charge of their eastern\\ndepartment and establish a branch in New York City. It was a great undertaking, owing to the\\nstrong competition in this line, but Mr. Ikush was equal to the task. He was convinced that his goods\\nwere superior to those of his competitors and he was not long in convincing the public of this fact.\\nHe began by a judicious yet liberal system of advertising, and the first year opened 1,600 accounts\\nand had orders in excess of the company s immediate ability to supply. He increased his amount of\\nadvertising from year to year with a proportionate increase of .sales, which now exceed one million\\ndollars a year, probably the largest in amount of any house in this line of business in the world.\\nAlthough a mere boy in years and appearance at the breaking out of the Civil War, Mr. lirush\\nrendered important service to his country during the most trying period of our struggle for existence as\\na nation. He joined Company B, Seventy-first Regiment. New York Militia f^now N. G. S. N. Y.), in\\nSeptember, 1862. and served with it through the famous Gettysburg campaign of 1863, and later in the\\nNew ork draft riots of the same year. He completed his full term of service and in 1876 became a\\nmember of the eteran Association, Seventy-first Regiment. Mr Brush moved to Orange in 1870 and\\nfor a time rented a house on Centre Street. In 1877 he purchased two and one-half acres on Irving\\nA\\\\ eiuie, being a part of the Goukl f.irm. On this he built a fine house where he has since resided.\\nWhile active in social and religious matters, he took no special part in public affairs until 1893, when he\\nwas elected a member of the Township Committee. The accounts of the collector had been passed\\nupon b\\\\- the committee year after year without (jucstion. When the annual report was submitted that\\nyear, Mr. Brush suggested as a matter of form the auditing of the collector s accounts, and he was\\nappointed a committee of one to make the examination. He discovered that there was a deficit of\\n$14,700. This led to a more critical examination, and other irregularities affecting a large number of\\n]5roperty-holders were discovered. He found that several pieces of property had been sold for taxes at\\ndifferent times and omitted from the records. Through the efforts of Mr. Brush a proper system of\\nbook-keeping has been adopted, the Township Committee has been more watchful of the affairs, and\\na large amount saved to the township.\\nMr. Brush has been for many years active in both speculative and capitular Masonry. He was a\\ncharter member of Bunting Lodge, V. A. M., of New York City, and dimitted from Sylvia Chapter,\\nR. A. M., of Harlem, to Orange Chapter, R. A. M., of Orange. He is a director in tiie Orange Valley\\nY. M. C. A.; is treasurer of the First Presbyterian Church, of South Orange; a member of the South\\nOrange Field Club, Village Improvement .Society and other organizations. Mr. Brush was married,\\nNovember 10, 1869, to Eliza Thompson, daughter of William S. Whitlock, of New York City, whose\\nwife was Rebecca Smith h anshaw. daughter of Daniel Fanshaw (born 1788, died i860), and a grand-\\ndaughter of Thomas h anshaw, an English clergyman.\\nWilliam Schenck Whitlock, father of Mrs. Clinton E. Brush, was the son of John (born August 22,\\n1772, died December, 18591 i Mary (Schenck) Whitlock. John was the son of Lieut. John Whitlock,\\na member of Third Battalion, of Gloucester County, N. J., in the War of the Revolution, al.so of Col.\\nSomers Battalion, State Troops. He was killed at Navesink Highlands. He was the son of Thomas\\nWhitlock, born about 1700, son of Thomas, born about 1666, son of Thomas, born about 1640, son of\\nThomas, burn about 1615, living at Gravesend, 1664. Thomas, Sr., and Thomas, Jr., and another\\nbrother had a grant of huul in Middletown, Monmouth County, N J., in 1664. Mary Schenck, wife\\nof John Whitlock, above referred to, born 1786, died 1858, was the daughter of Capt. John Schenck,\\nborn .August 28, 1745, died August 28, 1834, an officer in the War of the Revolution, lived in Pleasant\\nValley, Monmouth County, N. J. A battle was fought on his farm. He was the son of Garret (born\\nAugust 30, 1712, died August 20, 1757) and Jane (Van Cowenhoven) Schenck, son of Garret Roelofse\\n(born October 27, 1671, died September 15, 1745) and Neitge Cocrlin (Van Vonrhees) Schenck, son", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0533.jp2"}, "464": {"fulltext": "38o The Founders and Buildfrs of the Oranges.\\nof Roulof Martinse (born 1619) and Neitge (Van Cowenhoven) Schenck, son of Martin Peterse Sclienck,\\nson of Peter Schenck, of Holland. The first of this name of whom any mention is made in history, is\\nEdgar de Schencken, who, in A. D. 798, occupied the position of Imperial Seneschal to Charlemagne,\\nEmperor of Germany and France.\\nThe children of Clinton Iv and Eliza Thompson I Whitlock) Brush are Rebecca VVhitlock, born\\nAugust 26, 1870; Cornelia, born September 19, 1872; William Whitlock, born July 28, 1874; Grace\\nLouise, born November 25, 1876; Clinton Ethelbert, born March 22, 1879; Edward, born May 7, died\\nMay 9, 1881.\\nTHE ALLEN FArilLY.\\nSamuel Allen, the American ancestor of the Philadelphia branch and one branch of the New Jersey\\nfamily of Aliens, came from Bristol, England, in 1681, and settled near Philadelphia. He was a member\\nof the Society of Friends and, as is shown by the date of his arrival, preceded the settlement of the\\nPenn colony. He had a son, Samuel (2), who had a son, Samuel who had a son, Sirmuc/ (4).\\nSamuel Allen (4), son of Samuel Allen (3), was born in Philadelphia. He married there, Sarah\\nBrown, whose nephew. Gen. Jacob Brown, greatly distinguished himself in the War of 1812 and was\\nCommander-in-chief of the U. S. Army, 1821-1828. He had among other children, Stn//iu-/\\nSamuel Allen (5), son of Samuel 141 and Sarah 1 Brown) Allen, was born in 1782. He married\\nSarah W. Warner, of Bucks County. Pa. His eldest son wa^ Joseph U nnicr.\\nJoseph Warner Allen, son of Samuel (5) and Mary (Warner) Allen, was born near Bristol. Pa., July\\n22, 181 I. He was by profession a civil engineer. His first service was in connection with the Delaware\\nbranch canal, from Easton to Bristol, Pa. He was also connected with the construction of the Camden\\nAmboy R. R. and various other railway enterprises in different parts of the country. In i860, as\\nchief engineer of the lloboken Lanti and Improvement Compan)-, he completed the construction of\\nthe l^ergen tunnel, now owned by the Erie Railwa\\\\- Company. He was also chief engineer of the\\nDundee Water Power and Land Company, of Passaic, X. J. He represented Burlington Count}-, N. J.,\\nin the State Senate for several terms. He was appointed by (^ov. Charles Stratton (whose term of\\noffice was from 1845 to 1848) Deputy Quartermaster-General of the State of New Jersey. He was\\nserving in this capacity when the war broke out in 1861, and, as a member of Gov. Olden s staff, his\\nwide experience as a ci\\\\il engineer in the handling of large bodies of men, enabled him to render\\nimportant service to his countr\\\\- in the organization of the three-months men and of the first eight\\nregiments of three-years men. In September, 1S61, he raised the Ninth Regiment, N. J. Volunteers, of\\nwhich he was commissioned Colonel by Gov. Olden. This regiment contained 1,200 men, being\\ncomposed of twelve companies of one hundred men each the first regiment ever organized on that\\nbasis in this country. This unique plan of organization, altliough abandoned by the regiment after his\\ndeath, has recently been adopted by the United States ArmJ^ The regiment was attached to the\\nBurnside E.xpedition. but Col. ^Mlen. who accompanied it. was iliowned at liatteras Inlet, January\\n15, 1862. Col. Allen married Sarah Burns Norcross, daughter of James S. Norcross and Isabella Burns,\\nof Bordentow n, N. J. The children of this marriage were Bethea Burns, who married Dr. I. D.\\nYoung, of Bordcntown, N. J.; Joseph Warner, deceased, married Emil_\\\\- Beaston, of Camden, N. J.;\\nWilliam /\u00e2\u0096\u00a0rciiiruk and Jiihi in StcvcJis.\\nVVll.l.lAM I- ki;I)KKICK Am.KN, third child of Col. Joseph antl Sarah Burns (Norcross) Allen, was\\nborn in Bordentown, N. J., October 9, 1846. His early education was received at the Model School of\\nBordentown he was afterwards sent to the Protestant Episcopal Academy, and his studies were chosen\\nwith a view of his entering upon a course at West Point. As a school- boy he was a warm friend of Mr.\\nGilder, the present editor of the Century Magazine, and when thirteen years of age he and his elder\\nbrother, with young Gilder, started a little campaign paper in which tliat gentleman was equal partner.\\nThe death of his father left the family entirely dependent on William and his elder brother. William\\nbecame a rodman on the Camden and Amboy Railroad in 1862, and after a year was promoted to the", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0534.jp2"}, "465": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\n38\\nposition of assistant cnsjincer. He liad cliarge of the party surveying tlic Pcmbcrtnn ami Hightstown\\nRailroad and the Camden and Burlington Counties Railroad. He was also assistant engineer on the\\nsurvey and construction of the old Long Branch and Sea Shore Railroad and soon afterwards, in 1868,\\nhe became resident engineer of the West Jersey Road. This position he resigned in 1872 to assume\\nthe chair of assistant editor of the Offiiin/ Kai/way (iiiidc. The following year he became its editor.\\nIn 1875 he was elected Permanent Secretary of the Railway Time Convention, now the American\\nRailway Association, in which nearly all the railway companies of the country are members and are\\nrepresented through their presidents, general managers or superintendents. When the association was\\nreorgani/.cd in i.SSf), Mr. Allen was again elected its Secretary, which office he now holds. Mr. Allen\\nhas achieved a world-wide reputation in his successful efforts to perfect and secure the adoption of the\\nsystem of Standard Time now in general use throughout the civilized countries of the world. The adoption\\nof a practical system of standard time hail long been considered a consummation devoutly to be wished,\\nbut exceedingly difficult to accomplish. Numerous schemes had been proposed from time to time by\\nvarious men of science at the national councils of the railway authorities, but none of them were so well\\ndefined as to admit no doubt of their successful operation. The first to give the matter much attention\\nwas Prof. C. F. Dowd, of Saratoga, who proposed a system of time standards with hour differences, in\\n1869, but the scheme was not worked out in detail to the satisfaction of railroad managers and the\\nmatter was accordingly abandoned. The system subsequently adopted and the first /rrtc/Za// one ever\\ndevised was, says a well-known authority on this matter, we arc constrained to say, after the most\\ndiligent investigation, perfected and carried through b\\\\-\\nMr. William F. Allen, editor of the Official Kai/wnj Guide\\nand Secretary of the American Railway Association.\\nMr. Allen was appointed in 1884, by President\\nArthur, one of the five delegates to represent the United\\nStates at the International Meridian Conference, which\\nmet by invitation of our government at Washington, in\\nOctober of that year, at which meeting twenty-five differ-\\nent nations were represented. At this conference the\\nMeiidian of Cireenwich was chosen as the International\\nPrime Meridian and Standard of Time Reckoning. This\\nsystem of standanl time has since been generally adopted\\nin Europe. Great Britain, Holland ami Belgium use the\\ntime of the first hour section Germany, Austro-Hungary,\\nSwitzerland, Italy, Denmark, Sweden and western Turkey\\nuse the time of the second section, and Bulgaria, Rou-\\nmania and eastern Turkey that of the third. The same\\nsystem has also been adopted by Japan and recently b\\\\-\\nthe Argentine Republic and in Australia In June, 1895,\\nhe represented the American Railway Association at the\\nInternational Railway Congress, held in London, England,\\nhaving been selected as one of the eight delegates of the\\nassociation. The raiKva}-s of all the countries of the\\nworld were represented at the meeting. In addition to\\nthe other business connections of Mr. .Allen already mentioned, he is Manager of the National Railway\\nPublication Co., President of the Knickerbocker (uiide Co., Treasurer of the American Railway Supply\\nCo., and a director in numerous other companies.\\nMr. Allen s connection with the Oranges began in 1880. He purchased a house and lot on Ralston\\nAvenue, which he afterwards sold, and in 1886 bought a plot of ground on Scotland Street, where ho\\nerected a pretty villa which, in exterior design aud interior finish, combines many of the best features\\nWri.l.lAM FKEDEKICK ALLEN.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0535.jp2"}, "466": {"fulltext": "382\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nof wliat is now known as American architecture, under the general term of American Domestic.\\nDuring his fifteen years residence in South Orange many changes and improvements lia\\\\e been made,\\nin all of which Mr. Allen has borne a conspicuous part. Probably the most important improvement\\nconnected with the village of South Orange was the organization of the Meadow Land Society, of\\nwhich he was the chief promoter and is still its President and one of its largest stockholders. It has\\nnot only maintained and enhanced the value of all surrounding property by its restrictive features, but\\nhas done more to bring together the best elements of the village through its membership and that of\\nthe club which occupies a large part of the grounds, than any movement of the kind heretofore\\nattempted. The father of Mr. Allen, whose ancestor for inore than six generations had been connected\\nwith the Society of Friends, was the first to sever his connection with that society. He united w ith the\\nProtestant Episcopal Church shortly after his marriage. William, the subject of this sketch, was\\nbrought up in and has been for man\\\\- years a communicant of that church, and on coming to South\\nOrange united with the Church of the Holy Communion and. with the exception of one term, has\\nscr\\\\ ed continuously as a member of the estry of that church. Mr. Allen served one term as a member\\nof the village Boartl of Trustees, two terms as a member of the (loverning Board of the South Orange\\nField Club; he is one of the Board of Managers of the South Orange Free Library, a member of the\\nNew England Society, of Orange, and has served as one of its Board of Counsellors, as a member of\\nthe Committee on Public Welfare, and as an officer and member of other local organizations. Through\\nhis business and professional associations he is identified with many of the leading scientific and other\\nsocieties of national repute. He is a\\nmember of the American Metrological\\nSociety and one of its council since\\n1882, member of the American Acad-\\nemy of Political and Social Science,\\nAmerican Statistical Association,\\nAmerican Association for the Advance-\\nment of Science, and the American\\nEconomic Association. He is also an\\nhonorary member of the Die K. K.\\n(ieographischeGesellschaft, of Vienna,\\nAustria. Mr. Allen marrietl, in 1S71,\\nCaroline Perr\\\\- Vorke, daughter of\\nJudge Thomas Jones Vorke, of .Salem,\\nN. J., at one time President of the West\\nJersey R. R. Co. The children of this\\nmarriage are Vorke, Frederick Warner,\\nEugene Vorke and John Sinnickson.\\nEdwin Stkvkns Ai.lkn, young-\\nest son of Joseph Warren and Sarah\\nBurns (Xorcross) Allen, was born in\\nBordentown. X. J., January 5. i860.\\nHe was gratluatcd at Princeton I niversity in 1880. He is assistant editor of the Ojjicia/ Kailiuav Guide\\nand Secretar\\\\- and Treasurer of the Knickerbocker Guide Co. lie is a veteran of the Seventh Regiment\\nX. G., S. X. having served with honor his full term in that regiment. He moved to South Orange\\nin 1890 and bought a house and lot on Scotland Street, adjoining the property of Mr. G. B. Turrell.\\nHe married Julia Hawks Oakley, daughter of Richard Oakley and granddaughter of Rev. F rancis\\nHawks, D. D., of New Vork. The children of this marriage are Sara Burns, Marjorie Hawks and Doris\\nHarwood. Mr. Allen is Secretary of the Meadow Land Society, Secretary of the X illage Impro\\\\ement\\nSociety, and a member of various local and other organizations.\\nKLSIUENCE OF WM.I.IAM V. Al.LEN.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0536.jp2"}, "467": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0537.jp2"}, "468": {"fulltext": "H. A. MANDEVILLE. M. D.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0538.jp2"}, "469": {"fulltext": "Tin; Founders and Kuii.dkrs ok tiik OrtANCEs. 383\\nTHE HANDEVILLE FA.MILV.\\nLine of descent of Henry Addison Mandeville, \\\\I. D.\\nThe family of Maiulcvilles appear in the English records at a very early date. Tlic Mandevillcs\\ncame orij^inally from France and had, no doubt, a common origin with the Knglish branch, (iiles\\nJansen de Mandeville, the American ancestor of the family, was born in France and, tradition says, fled\\nfrom Normandy to Holland; came to America in 1647 in company with Gov. Stuyvcsant, and settled as\\na farmer on Manhattan Island, north of New Amsterdam, near what is now the friot of Twelfth Street,\\nNew c)rk, on the North River, then called Shappanaconck, his farm extemlint; from l- ourteenth to\\nTwent)--first streets, and from the river to the Warren Road. His dwelling was standing in 1890. He\\nmarried, in the Province of (iuilderland. Holland, Elsjc Hendricks, and h,id seven children, of whom\\nUiiidrick was the eldest.\\nHendrick Mandeville. eldest child of (iiles Jansen and Elsje (^Hendricks) Mandeville, was born in\\nGuilderland, Holland, about 1646. He resided first at l* latbush, L. I. He bought lands at I omplon\\nPlains and I acquenac (now Mountain iew), N. J., about T701. He resided in a stone dwelling at\\nPacciucnac. He manicd, first, Aiinctje I ioterse Scholl, of Hempstead he married, second, Elizabeth\\nJansen Berry, of New .Albany and New York, and had six children, anion^ whom was (iilrs.\\nGiles Mandeville, youngest child of Hendrick Mandeville, was born at Pompton Plains, January 25,\\n1708. He married, about 17,^1. Leah Hruin or Hrnwn, of Sccmul River, and had eight children, among\\nwhom was Anthony.\\nAnthony Mandeville was born March 7, 1742, at Pompton Plains. He was ;i man of wealth and\\nsome prominence. He married, first, Williampe an llouten; second, Margaret Jones; third, Charity\\nVan Devort. He had si.x children, among whom was Ciilcs A.\\nGiles A. .Mandeville, son of Anthony Mandeville, was born May, 1777, at Pompton Plains. He was\\na farmer and resided in the brick house in the central part of the Plains. He married, September 20,\\n1798, Elizabeth Doremus, and had ten children, among whom was Thomas.\\nThomas Mandeville, son of Giles A. and Elizabeth (Doremu.s) Mandeville, was born at Pompton\\nPlains, February 13, 1803. lie married Hester Secor, of New York City, and had ten children, the\\neldest of whom was Giles Henry.\\nRev. Giles Henry Mandeville, D. D., son of Thomas and Hestor (Secor) Mandeville, was born in\\nNew York City, December 12, 1725. He returned with his parents, in early childhood, to the place of\\nhis father s birth, in New Jersey. He attended a preparatory school at Hackensack, N. J., and was\\ngraduated at Rutgers College, New Brunswick, in 1848, and pursued the prescribed theological course\\nof three years in the seminary of the Reformed Church in America, connected with the college, and in\\n1851 he was licensed to preach and ordained to the ministry, and the same year accepted a call to the\\nReformed Church, of Flushing, L. I. During his pastorate, which was a very successful one, he wrote\\na history of F lushing. a most excellent work and a valuable contribution to the history of Long Lsland.\\nIn 1859 l^e was called to the pastorate of the Reformed Church, at Newburgh. X. where he labored\\nsuccessfully for ten years, when he accepted a call and became pastor of the Reformed Church, of\\nHarlem. After eleven years faithful service he resigned his charge to devote himself to the cause of\\neducation, to which he had already given much time and attention and for many years had been a\\nmember of the Board of Education of the Reformed Church. He was elected provisional president of\\na Michigan college established in 1866, which, owing to unwise management, had become seriously\\ninvolved. Dr. Mandeville succeeded in placing the college on a firm basis after two years of arduous\\nand incessant labor. After being relieved of the provisional presidency, he resumed his former jjosition\\nand devoted himself .exclusively to the interests of the Board of Education. He was made Corres-\\nponding Secretary, with the direction of its affairs under his guidance. To him is committed, by virtue\\nof his position, the task of keeping alive the interests of the denomination in its various struggling\\ninstitutions in the West, as well as to hold them to the duty of providing for the support of young men\\nwho are studying for the ministry.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0541.jp2"}, "470": {"fulltext": "384 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nOn |ul\\\\ 29, 1854, Dr. Mamicvillc married Rachel Jacobus, daughter of Nicholas Jacobus, a des-\\ncendant of James, of Pacquenac, a grandson of RolofT Jacobus, who came from Holland ;ind settled\\nfirst on the mountain, south of Singac, then called Paper Berg, in Essex County, N. J. His descend-\\nants settled at Pompton Plains, Te Waughow and other parts of Morris and Essex Counties. The\\nchildren of Giles Henry and Rachel (Jacobus) Mandeville are Mrs. \\\\V. P. Selleck, Mrs. Dr. G. DeW.\\nIlallctt. Mrs. R. A. Hevnor and Dr. Henry A. Mandeville.\\nHknry Addison Mandeville, M. D only son of Rev. Giles Henry and Rachel (Jacobus) Man-\\ndeville, was born in the parsonage, at Newburgh, N. Y., December 16, 1858. He came with his parents\\nto New York City at the age of nine years. His preparatory education was received mostly under his\\nfather s tuition. He was a close student and remarkably precocious. He entered New York University\\nat the age of thirteen, one of the joungest, if not the youngest student who ever matriculated at that\\ninstitution. Although thnroughl) cjualified, it was with great difficulty that he gained admission, owing\\nto his extreme youth, lie com[)leted the usual course at the age of se\\\\ enteen. During the latter [)art,\\nhowever, he took up a line of special studies, prepiratory to taking a medical course. He entered the\\nCollege of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, from which he was graduated immediately on\\nattaining his majority. After a few weeks rest he entered upon the important course of medical ex-\\nperience, covering two years, in the Presbyterian Hospital, New York. He subsequently became associ-\\nated in practice with Dr. Thomas H. Burchard. His special abilities as a practitioner were soon mani-\\nfest, and he rapidly rose in favor with the profession, and achieved distinction in his chosen line.\\nDr. Mandeville s connection with South Orange began on September 17, 1887, when he married\\nMrs. Jennie J. Morgan (nee Rice), and from that period to the present he has devoted his time, his\\ntalents and his energies to the moral, intellectual and physical development of this locality. Progres-\\nsive, earnest, public-sjiirited, he has left no stone unturned to make the village of South Orange the\\nmost attractive to suburban residents of any place in the countr\\\\ He was elected a member of the\\nvillage Board of Trustees in 1893. He was elected trustee of the school in 1891, and after ser\\\\ ing for\\nthree years, was re-elected in 1894. Many improvements have been made during this period, and Dr.\\nMandeville has endeared himself to the people by his straightforward, manly course, and his efTorts to\\npromote the best interests of the whole communit}-, without fear or favor. Like his father, he has been\\na most earnest advocate of, as well as an earnest worker in, the cause of education, and believes in giv-\\ning the poor, as well as the rich, the best educational advantages, by increasing the facilities of the free\\nschool system. He has held various positions in connection with the schools of South Orange, and when\\nthe Board of Education for the township was established, by act of the Legislature, in 1894, he was\\nelected its first President. This is the strongest possible evidence of the confidence the people have in\\nhim and his methods.\\nAs a member of the Board of Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church, Dr. Mandeville has been\\nearnest in his support of its temporal affairs and loyal to the pastor in the latter s advancement\\nof its spiritual interests. Dr. Mandeville is whole-souled and liberal in his support of every enterprise\\nwhich tends to better the condition of his fellow-men, whether religious, social or benevolent. He\\nis a member of the Orange Club, Essex County Country Club, one of the goverjiors of the South\\nOrange I ield Club, also of the Orange Riding Club. He still attcntls to his professional duties to\\na limited extent, and keejxs up his old New York connections. He is attending surgeon to the\\nColored Hosi)ital, New York City He is a member of the New York Patlu)logical Societ\\\\-, New York\\nAcademy of Mcilicine, Hospital Graduate Societj Manhattan .Surgical .Society, Psi Upsilon Club, New\\nYork Club. New i)rk Athletic Club and Down Town Insurance Chdj.\\nROSEMONT, is the name of the charming country seat of Robert Ward, a man well known to the\\npeople of South Orange during the last sixteen years. It would be difficult to find a more beautiful\\nsite for a residence in all the Oranges. It is apparently the highest point east of the railroad. The\\nhouse is situated on a le\\\\el plateau on the crest of the hill, showing an unobstructive view of the moun-", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0542.jp2"}, "471": {"fulltext": "TiiK Founders and Huilders of tmk Oranges.\\n585\\ntain on the west, the city of Orange on the north, tlie valleys and lulls of Newark, with tlic surrounding\\ncountry, on the east, and on the south almost the whole range of Clinton township, with ILlizabctii and\\nNewark Bay in the distance. From the rear of the house the appearance is that of an extensive park,\\ndotted here and there with beautiful residences. The entrance to the place is from Raymond Avenue\\non the south. The driveway winds around to the rear of the house, thence through tiie port cochcre to\\nthe stable, in the extreme rear. There is about three and a half acres in the plot, every foot of which\\nis utilized to the best advantage, with no overcrowding. Rows of Norway si)ruce, maples, larches and\\nother e\\\\ergreens, form the dividing line which scjjarates Mr. Ward from his neighbors. From the house\\nthe laiul slopes towards the west, and on the well-kej)! lawn there are no obstructions, save two old\\ncedars, the only connecting link between the past and the present. The transformation from the old\\ncorn field, with its unsightly surroundings, to its present condition, would never be recognized by those\\nwho knew it in former days. The collection of trees and shrubs are arranged in such a manner as to\\ngi\\\\e the effect of spontaneous growth, and everything like mathematical precision is avoided. Embraced\\nin this collection are found the magnolia, larch, silver maple, purple beech, copper oak, hyperin, Japa-\\nnese cherry, Persian lilac, copper-fringed oak, arbor vita:, cornus cappadocia, spiraj, together with a\\nvariety of azaleas, rhododendrons, etc.\\nThe style of the house is that of the modern English villa, and is well suited to the location. The\\nfirst story is of Belleville red sand-stone, laid up solid with rubied facing. From the second story the\\nframe-work is carried up to the roof, ending in a number of gables which are in perfect harmony with\\nthe general design. The interior is made to conform to the architectural features of the exterior, with-\\nout sacrifice of space or comfort. Solidity, strength and beauty are the notable features throughout.\\nThe wide hall, extending through from front to rear, is finished in quartered oak, and the massive oak\\ndoors are set with heavy plate-glass. Tiie parlor is finished in solid mahogany, while the wall decora-\\ntions, as well as the furniture, are harmonious both in color and design. Mr. Ward has a fine collection\\nof bric-a-brac and antique furniture. A small table, highly prized by the family, was once the property\\nof Aaron Burr, and was presented by\\nhim to the sister of Mrs. Ward s mother.\\nMr. Ward is a native of England.\\nThe family name, variously written.\\nWard, Warde, de Warde and de la\\nWarde, is of great antiquity. As far\\nback as the reign of Edward III, Simon\\nlie Warde sat in Parliament for North-\\nainptonshire, and Richard Ward was\\nelected for the borough of that shire\\nunder the reign of Henry Yl.\\nMr. Ward came with his parents\\nto this country in 1855. and settled in\\nStoughton, Mass where his father en-\\nlarged one of the oldest woolen milL^\\nin the State and carried on the manu\\nfacture of woolen goods up to the day\\nof his de.ith. l^oston was the princi[)al\\nmarket for the goods at that time. In\\ni860 Mr. Ward, who had been associ-\\nated in the business, came to New York City and established a branch, which has since become the\\nmain outlet for the sale of the goods. To Mr. Ward belongs the credit of having manufactured and\\nintroduced the first knitted flannel piece of goods ever sold in this country, and probably the first in the\\nworld, and known as Eiderdown cloth. His business experience and observation have made him an\\nearnest believer in the principle of protection.\\nKOSEMOiNT, HIE KESUJENCE OF KOBKKT WAKD.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0543.jp2"}, "472": {"fulltext": "386\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nMr. Ward came to South Orange in 1S79; afterwards bought the property and built the house\\nwhere lie now resides. He has been conspicuous in local affairs, and has been energetic and successful\\nin promoting such public enterprises as the majority of his fellow-citizens desired. He was one of the\\nmost active of the original promoters of the Meadow Land Society, and was elected its Vice-President\\nat its organization, which office he still holds. Mr. Ward has been an officer of the local Republican\\nClub since its organization, and the representative of the district in the Republican County Committee\\nfor about three years. He is a member of the New England Society, of the Essex County Country Club\\nand of the South Orange Field Club. He married Miss Mary Sncdeker, daughter of Joseph Snedeker, of\\nTroy, N. Y, a descendant of one of the early Holland families. Mrs. Ward s grandfather served in the\\nWar of the Revolution, and she is a member of the Society of the Daughters of the Revolution. The\\nchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Ward are, Arabella, Stanley (a graduate of Harvard), and Holcombe.\\nResidence of Murray W. Ferris, corner of Scotland Road and Raymond Avenue. This is one of\\nthe few houses in South Orange that posseses individuality as well as originality of design. The aim of\\nthe architects, Messrs. Rossiter Wright, was to make it a modern American house in the truest sense\\nof the term. The location is one of the finest that could be selected, commanding as it does a view of\\nthe valley for miles in extent. The house was specially designed to suit the location and tiie grade of\\nthe land. The first story is of roughcast cement; the structure above is of frame, ending in a hi]i\\nroof, from which project two dormer\\ni^i^^^ Sij: windows. The front porch is strictly\\ncolonial. On the north side of the\\nhouse is an oriole window, which\\nstands out in bold relief, forming a\\nver\\\\ prett} feature by itself. A\\nbroad veranda extends around the\\nside and rear, resting on a founda-\\ntion of boulders, which, owing to\\nthe steep grade between the front\\nand rear, rises some fifteen feet\\nabove the ground. Underneatli the\\nrear \\\\eranda the space is utilized as\\na carriage-drive, with broad, open\\nstone arches, entrance to the drive\\nbeing through a porte cochere of tlic\\nsame material. The whole design\\nis simple and \\\\Lt extremely pictur-\\nesque, h rom the broad veranda in\\nthe rear a magnificent view of the surrounding country is obtained, showing Eagle Rock and Montclair\\non the north, Milburn and Wyoming on the south, while a beautiful panorama is spread out in the val-\\nley below, extending to the top of the mountain.\\nThe same simplicity and homelike features are observable in the interior as of the exterior. The\\nwide hall extends from tlie front of the house through to the veranda in the rear; a window five\\nfeet wide in tiic rear of ihr hall seems but as a frame to a beautiful picture, as you look through\\nat the mountain opposite. The small-paneled wainscot, as well as the staircase, is of cypress, laid\\nup so as to show the grain of the wood to the best advantage. The parlor is entered from the\\nright of the hall, and through this a broad doorway to the large sitting-room in the rear. Tiic\\ne.x])osed beams of the ceiling remind one of ye olden time. The richl_\\\\--carved mantle, some\\nnine feet in length, extending from floor to ceiling, is a fine, artistic piece of cabinet work. Blazing\\nwood fires on the broad hearth make it very attractive. Ihe library, or sitting-room, opens into a\\nKt.^UJl.Nt 1. ol MURRAY W. FERRIS.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0544.jp2"}, "473": {"fulltext": "TiiK Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 387\\ncosy nook some ten or twelve feet square, literally filled with books ami curios, known as the den.\\nThe stained glass in doors and transoms throiijjhout the first flcjor is all in neutral tints. The\\ndining-room, which opens out of the hall to the left, is finished in cypress, and evinces taste, good judg-\\nment and economy in the arrangement. The special feature of this room is the large, handsomely\\ncarved sideboard, set in a recess fitted for the purpose. This avoids the necessity of closets and\\nadditional doors, which are often a serious detriment, and occupy space that might be used to better\\nadvantages for other purposes. A corner closet for choice china is of leaded glass. The house is heated\\nby hot water, the radiators being all concealed by seats in the window fronts, which thereby serve a\\ndouble purpose. In addition to this heating arrangement there is a large, indirect radiator in the main\\nhall, affording an even temperature in the coldest weather.\\nFor solid comfort the second story is, in many respects, superinr to the first. The platform of the\\nmain stairway, half way up the stairs, opens on to a large porch in the rear, which is enclosed with\\nglass in the winter, and is left open in the summer. I- rom this point a more e.xtended view of the sur-\\nrounding country is obtained than from the veranda below. The bed-rooms on the second floor are all\\ntastefully arranged, and all connect with each other. One of the most attractive features of the north-\\nwest room is a cypress mantle, nine feet in width, of rich design, with leaded glass closets, forming\\np mels at either end. There is a pri\\\\ate bath-room connected with this room. The two bath-rooms on\\nthis floor are covered with white tiles; there is also a servants bath-room on the floor above, and all are\\nfitted with ever\\\\- modern convenience. The kitchen is in the southwest part and is one of the most\\nattractive rooms in the house, particularly pleasant and convenient, ihere is a large billiard-room, with\\nopen fire-place, on th; basement floor and laundry, faced all round with white tile. Everything, from\\nbisement to ceiling, is arranged for home comfort rather than display.\\nThe large stable, with its stone tower, is even more picturesque than the house the entire floor is\\nmade of cement, with accommodation for six- horses; stable connects with house by private telephone.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0545.jp2"}, "474": {"fulltext": "EAST ORANGE TOWNSHIP.\\nf\\nt\\nIlIE townsliip of East Orange contains about two thousand and four liundred acres, or\\nless than four square miles of land, and has a population of nearly twent}- thousand.\\nFew regions of our country have, within half or a quarter of a ccnturj-, e.xhibited such\\ncomplete clianges in social and material aspects as the territory embraced within the\\nlimits of this township. Prior to the building of the railroad the beautiful undulating\\ncouiiti}-, now traversed in all directions by fineh macademized roads, adorned on\\ncither side b}- rows of trees, so thickly settled as to almost possess the cliaracter of a\\ncit and displaying e\\\\-er)-wliere tasteful and even palatial homes, with all tlie adorn-\\nments of art, was a pastoral spot sparsely settled, an expanse of field and orchard and\\nwoodland, dotted here and there by the quiet and tjuaint homes of the early settlers.\\nDuring the past ten or fifteen years the increase in population has been much greater\\nthan most other New Jerse}- suburban towns. Men of business in tiie large cities near, and persons seek-\\ning health or quiet, have here found the most favorable combination of conditions that thej could desire\\nfor rural homes. Climate, sanitary advantages, beauty, well-ordered society, churches, schools, easy\\naccessibility from the great towns are all realized here and recognized each year by an increased number\\nof those who seek the advantages of city and country combined. The old landmarks that formed an\\ninteresting chapter of the past have nearly all disappeared, and there remains only a few old\\nchimneys or foundation walls to mark the homesteads of the early settlers. The old streets and lanes\\nhave not only changed their appearance, but in many cases have adopted new names. The old Whiskey\\nLane, identified with the Revolutionary period, is now North Grove Street; Munn Lane is now Munn\\nAvenue Plucl: Street, and later Cherry Street, has given place to North Arlington Avenue; the Dodd-\\ntown Road, to Prospect Street, and Tory Corner Road to Washington Street. The families of Munn,\\nPeck, Jones, Hedden and a few otiiers are still represented here.\\nThe people of East )range were the last to sever their connection with the old township of Orange.\\nSouth and West Orange had withdrawn and a strong effort was made to induce the residents of this.\\nthe largest extent of territory embraced in the Oranges, to remain lo\\\\al to the newl\\\\--established town\\ngovernment. Public meetings were held and the matter fully discussed the separatists, however,\\nproved to be largel)- in the majority, and East (Grange was organized as a separate township b\\\\- an act\\nof the Legislature passed March 4, 1S65, which i)rcscribed the following boundaries: Ik-ginning at a\\npoint on a line between the town of Orange and the township of South ()range. wiiere the centre of\\nCentre Street in said town of Orange would intersect said line thence in a northerly or northeasterK-\\ndirection to a point on the north side of Main Street, in the said town of Orange, where the line\\nbetween the lands of Caleb (i. Harrison and Nathan W. Pierson, near the corner of Baldwin and said\\nMain Street, would intersect the north side of said Main Street; thence in a northerly or northeasterly\\ndirection to a large oak tree on the lands of and near the residence of William Patterson thence in a\\nnortherly or northeasterly direction to a point on the east side of Park Street, in said town of Orange,\\nwhere the angle in said street, near the residence of Aaron Williams, would intersect said point thence\\non in the direction of the last-mentioned line to the west side of said Park Street thence in a northerlj-", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0546.jp2"}, "475": {"fulltext": "The 1 oundeks and Huii.dkrs oi- tiik Okan(;ks. 389\\nor northeasterly direction to a point in tlic centre of tlie brid^ e over tlie Nishaym- Brook, where the\\nsoutli side of Dodd Street (or tiie street riinnini^ from David Riker s store to tlie Orange Cemetery 1 would\\nintersect said |)oint thence in a northerly or northeasterly direction to a |)oint in the centre of the\\nnorth side of the bridge near tlie residence of Henry Stucky, and thence in the line of the l.ist-\\nnientioned line to the line between the town of Orange and the township of Hloomfield thence along\\nthe line between the said town of Orange and the said township of Hloomfield, to the line between the\\ntown of Orange and the city of Newark thence along the line between the said town of Orange and\\nthe said city of Newark to the line between the town of Orange and the township of South Orange;\\nthence along the line between the said town of Orange and the said township of South Orange to the\\nplace of beginning.\\nThe first election was held on the second Monday of April, 1863, at the house of Stephen \\\\V.\\nTichenor, Aaron H. Harrison serving as judge and Charles Crane as clerk. L nder the original charter\\nthe Township Committee consisted of seven members, two from each of the three school districts, and\\ncme at large. A change was made in 1886, when the township was divided into four wards, which gave\\ntwo additional members. fifth ward was added in 1892, giving two more members, making eleven\\naltogether, the present number. i\\\\n act of the Legislature was passed in 1895, known as the Townshij)\\nPresident Bill of Mast Orange, amending the charter and providing for the election by the people of a\\nTow nship President, with e.\\\\ecutive and veto powers. The changes which have been made from time\\nto time in the foim of government ha\\\\e kept pace with the growth of the township and, with the\\nadditional powers confcrretl, it is ecjual in most respects to that of a city government. Thus far, men\\nof the highest character have been selected to fill the various positions from year to year. The follow-\\ning is a list of those who have served on the Township Connnittee from 1S63 to 1895, at which time the\\nnew township law went into effect. The list from 1863 to 1S84 includes also the various offices of Clerk,\\nAssessor, Counsel, Auditor, Receiver and Justice of the Peace:\\nP ederick Adams, 1869-70; l redenck Allen, 1877; T. 1 Anderson, 1879; George Booth, 1871-2-\\n3-4, 1882; Samuel W. Baldwin, 1865-6-7-8; William T. Bowman, 1891-2-3-4; Edward E. Bruen, 1894;\\nRichard Berry, 1894; Richard T.Crane, 1876; Charles Crane, 1863-65; George Condit, 1863 4-5-6-7\\n8-9; \\\\V. S. Condit, 1873; Jotham H. Condit, 1873-4-5-6-7; Linus D. Condit, 1875-6-7-8,1880-1-2;\\nA. P. Condit, 1884; John Coyne, 1877-8-9-80-1-2-3-4 Z. E. Carrington, 1874; Gardner R. Colby,\\n1874-5; Edward M. Cowdry, 1876; Richard Coyne, 1 88 5 -6-7-8-9-90- 1 Noah M. Calberson, 1886-7-\\n8-9-90; Ferdinand Coyne, Jr., 1893-4; Matthias M. Dodd, 1886-7-8; Amzi S. Dodd, 1871 L. L. Dodd.\\n1872-74; Israel L. Dodd, 1873-5-6-7, 1 883-4-5-6-7 Elias O. Doremus, 1863, 1884-5; E jah Doremus.\\n1876-7-8, 1883; Abram J. Doremus, 1875; Frederick E. Daum, 1878-9-80-1; Josiah DeVVitt, 1866;\\nTheodore A. Dates, 1894; George Dorer, 1894: Joseph W. Ellor, 1S92-3-4; Horace W. Fowler, 1S75-6;\\nJulian C.Gregory, 1875-6-7-8; Daniel N.Gardner, 1875; Stephen Grimes, 1876; Aaron B. Harrison,\\n1863-4-5-6-7-8-9-70; Thomas Harrison, 1867-8; Caleb G. Harrison, 1871-2; Lewis D. Harrison. 1880;\\nGeorge E. P. Howard, chairman, 1SS9-90; Jotham Hedden, 1863-4-5-6, 1869-70; E. J. HaLstead,\\n1864-5-6, 1875-6-7; A. T. E. Hilton, 1S73; James Ilamni. 1877-8; Alfred Hubbins, 1S91-2; Samuel\\nC. Jones, 1863-4-5, 1878-9-80-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8; Henry E. Jepson, 1890-1-2-3: Charles E. Joraiemon,\\n1892-3-4; William King, 1863-4-5; Austin M. Knight, 1871-2-3, 1878; Rev. F. E. Kenyon, 1866;\\nAaron Lyon. 1880 1 Robert Lane, 18S4; S. M. Long, 1873-4; Robert Lane, 1885-6-7; Francis Lang,\\n1892-3-4; Joseph L. Munn, 1863, 1867-8-9, 1880-I-2-3; Thompson C. .Munn, 1863, 1867-8-9, 1873-4-5:\\nAlfred F. Munn, 1869-70, 1S75; Aaron P. Mitchell, 1864; Edward Meeker, 1873-4: Lucius McAdam,\\n1883-4-5-6-7; Francis A. Nott, 1889-90-1-2; Wallace Ougheltree. 1894; Henry Powles. 1874-5-6-7,\\n1886; John Ray, 1870; John W. Russell, 1872-3; John L. Roberts. 1881-2-3; John M. Randall. 1863.\\n1869; James E. Reynolds, 1873; Peter M. Reynolds, 1877, 1882; Abraham H. Ryan, 1 888-9-90- 1 -2\\nDaniel S. Rice, 1891-2-3; Matthias Soverell, 1864, 1872. 1882-3; William J. Sovercll, 1879-80; Samuel\\nSeitz, 1873; John F. Smith, 1887-8-9-90; Wm. C. .Schmidt, 1891-3-4: Roderick M. Sanger, 1893;\\nWalter Tompkins, 1869 70; Joseph P. Thompson, 1887-8; Thomas E. Vermilye, Jr., 1889, resigned", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0547.jp2"}, "476": {"fulltext": "390 Thk Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\n1S90; Moses H. Williams, 1863-4-5-6-7-S-9-70-1-2 Aarmi Williams, 1864-5-6-7; George D.Wood-\\nruff, 1871 Martin B.Wallace, ii 79-8o-i-2 Philemon Woodiuff, 18S3-4-5; William H. Wiley, 1887-\\n8-9; David Wil.son, 1888-9 -90-1 Adolphus P. Young, 1871-2.\\nThe amended township charter enacted by the Legislature of 1894-5, went into effect in April,\\n1895. This enlarged the powers of the Township Committee, provides for a township President with\\nexecutive and veto powers, making the office practic.dly equal to that of mayor of a cit\\\\ The following-\\nnamed persons were the first to serve under the amended charter: Township President, Joseph B.\\nThompson; Township Committee William C. Schmidt, chairman F.dward E. liruen, vice-chairman;\\nEdwin R. Crippen, Joseph W. Ellor, Francis Lang, Edward P. Ailing, Ferdinand Coyne, Jr., Wallace\\nOugheltrec, Richard Berry, George Doran, William T. Bowman. The various departments of the\\ntownship, together with the present incumbents 1896-7 are shown in the following list: Township\\nPresident, Joseph P. Thompson. Township Committee Williain C. Schmidt, chairman; Harry D.\\nMiller, member-at-large F irst ward, William Cardwell, William C.Schmidt; second ward, Edward L\\nCondit, John H. Palmer; third ward, Edward E Bruen, Ferdinand Coyne, Jr.; fourth ward, Stephen\\nW. Ougheltrec, Edward O. Stanley; fifth ward, George Dorer, Edwin R. Crippen. The Township\\nCommittee meets on second and fourth Monday evenings in eacii month. Township Committee\\nrooms and office of Township President, Receiver of Taxes. Auditor, Township Engineer, Street and\\nSewer Commissioner and liuilding Inspector, Township Building, .Main Street. Clerk s office, 342 Main\\nStreet.\\nSinking I- und Commissioners. Daviil S. Walton, President; George W. P ortmeyer, Joel W Hatt,\\nWilliam M. h ranklin, William C. Schmitlt, Alonzo Durkee, clerk. Hoard of Health, composed of\\nmembers of the Townshii) Committee and the Assessors. William C. Schmidt, President; W. D.\\nMitchell, M. D., Secretary; Health Officers, William D. Mitchell, M. D., Health Physician; William T.\\nBowman, Health Inspector. Officers, 1896-7. Township Clerk, Stephen M. Long; Counsel, J. F rank\\nFort; Auditor, Alonzo Durkee; Receiver of Taxes, Louis McCloud Township Engineer, Street and\\nSewer Commissioner. William II. V. Reimer; Overseer of the Poor, John J. Moore; Township Physi-\\ncian, Dr. W. D. Mitchell; Chief of Police, Henry Blaurock; Police Justice, George H. Elliot; Chief\\nEngineer Fire Department, Samuel J. Blair; Building Inspector, William T. Bowman. Assessors.\\nFirst ward, Israel L. Dodd Second Ward, Philip C. Williams; Third Ward, Charles M. Matthews;\\nfourth ward, Daniel C. Whitman, Jr.; fifth Ward, William V. Poucher.\\nPOLICE DEPARTMENT. The increase of crime naturalh- increases with the increase of population,\\nnecessitating fre([ueiit atUlitions to the police force. According to the report of the Township Com-\\nmittee for 1895, the regular force consisted of a chief, three sergeants, two roundsmen, eighteen patrol-\\nmen, and five chancemen, making a total of twenty-nine men in all some five or six ha\\\\-e been added\\nsince this report was made. This force would seem to be entirely inadequate to a population of nearly\\ntwenty thousand, but a more law-abiding people cannot be found in this or any other State in the\\nUnion, as is shown by the record of crime for 1895. It will be noted that three-fourths of the arrests\\nwere for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, and violation of township ordinances. The total number\\nof arrests was 423, as follows: Atrocious assault and battery, 5 assault and battery, 24; grand larceny,\\n13 breaking, entering and stealing, 15 entering and stealing, 2 forgery, i false pretences, 3 drunken-\\nness and disorderly conduct, 250; violations of township ordinances, 66; cruelty to animals, i; sus-\\npicion, 6; vagrancy, 12; bastardy, 3; desertion, 2; non-support, 2; insane, 9; as witnesses, 2. Of this\\nnumber, 133 were fined, 50 discharged and 71 sentence suspended. The character of the men on the\\npolice force is shown in the fact that only two charges were preferred against members of the force for\\nviolation of rules and regulations of the department during the year. The Chief of Police, Henry Blau-\\nrock, is a thorough disciplinarian, ami fearless in the discharge of his dut\\\\-. He has been tried and\\nnever found wanting.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0548.jp2"}, "477": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 391\\nFIRE DEPARTMENT. It was several years after I-last Orange became a separate township before\\nthe people felt the necessity for inakinj^ any special ])rovision for protection aj^ainst fire, and it was not\\niinlil one or two destructive fires occurred that any effort was made in this direction.\\nASHI.AM) HODK AND I.ADIH.K COMl ANY I, organized January 25, 1879. formed the nucleus\\nof the East (Grange Fire Department. It was incorporated March S, 1879. It iiad a membersiiip of\\ntweiit\\\\-five, which comprised many of the leading people of the township and a sprinkling of old fire\\nveterans. Mr. B. V. Everett was chosen I oreman J. I* Walsh, Assistant Foreman; S. M. Long. Secre-\\ntary, and E. S. Atwood, Treasurer. The money for the purchase of a truck and other ajjparatus was\\nraised entirely by subscription. The truck was stored and the place of meeting was in the first story of\\nWilliams carpenter shop, No. 500 Main Street. hose carriage and 1,000 feet of hose was ijurchased\\nOctober i, 1SS2 manned by volunteers from the truck comjjany, and named Ashland Hose Company\\nNo. 1. The system of water supply was introduced about this time, and soon after the Ashland school\\nbuilding took fire, and was saved from destruction by the prompt action of the hose company, which\\nreceived an abundant supply of water from the water works. Ashland Hook and Ladder Company No.\\nI, and Hose Compain- No. i, were accepted by the towMiship, and became part and parcel of the East\\nOrange Fire Department, June 1 1, 18S3. Each, however, was allowed to continue its organization as a\\nvolunteer company. The fine brick building on Main Street, between Ashland Avenue and North\\nClinton Street, was erected in 1886, at the cxijense of the township. It affords ample accommodations\\nfor both companies, and is also used as the headquarters of the Fire Department. All the apparatus of\\nboth companies, inchuling a new truck owned by Ashland Hook and Ladder Company, was purchased\\nby the township in April, 1S87; all the expenses of the two companies, from 1S83 to 1887, were borne\\nby the tow nship. The new brick building referred to, contains, in addition to the apparatus of the two\\ncompanies, the Chief Engineer s gig. five iiorses, hose drying tower, two company rooms, bunk-room for\\nfive permanent men, and a bath-room. Tho:-e who have served as officers of Ashland Hook and Ladder\\nCompany since its organization are: Foreman, Peter V. Everett, 1879: C. E. Leveridge, 1880; Henr)-\\nMills, iSSoto 1889; E. J. Condit, 1S90 to 1892; S. J. Blair, 1893: John MuJler, 1894 to 1896; Secretary,\\nS. M. Long, 1879; John Hamilton, 1880 to 1882; A. F. Munn, 1883 to 1890; O. M. Condit, 1891 to\\n1896; Treasurer, E. S. Atwood, 1879 to 1895.\\nAshland Hose ComI ANV No. i. Organized by Ashland Hook and Ladder Company, accepted\\nby the township June 11, 1883; housed in fire headquarters, on Main Street. Equipment, one hose\\nwagon (carrying 1,000 feet of hose), two horses, one permanent man. The first Foreman elected by the\\ncompany was J. R. Robinson. The present ofificers are: Foreman. William Shears; Assistant Fore-\\nman, J. F. Mills; Secretary, E. J. Hageman.\\nEastern Hose Comi-anv No. 2. Organized and accepted by the township December 11, 1883;\\nlocated in brick building, north side of Main Street, east of Grove Street. Equipment, one hose wagon\\n(carrying 1 ,ooo feet of hose), two horses, one permanent man. Building contains company-room, bunk-\\nroom and bath-room.\\nFkankiin Hose Comiwnv No. 3. This company was organized and accepteti by the township\\nApril 14, 1884. It is located in the brick building corner Dodd Street and Brighton Avenue. Equip-\\nment, one hose wagon, 1,000 feet of hose, one horse, one permanent man. The interior accommoda-\\ntions are the same as No. 2.\\nI kOSPECT Hose Company No. 4. This company was organized and accepted by the township\\nMay 24, 1886. It was located in a frame building on Prospect Street, north of Dodd Street. Its equip-\\nment consisted of one hose carriage, drawn by hand. The company was disbanded April 1. 1S95, and\\nsome of its members transferred to Franklin No. 3.\\nEl.MWOOD Hose Company No. S- This company was organized and accepted by the township\\nSeptember 12, 1887. It is located in the brick building corner of Elm wood Avenue and Clinton Street.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0549.jp2"}, "478": {"fulltext": "392 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges\\nEquipment consists of one hose wagon, 1,000 feet of hose and one permanent man. The interior accom-\\nmodations are the same as those of No. 2. The first officers of the company were: Foreman, J. B.\\nLindsley Assistant Foreman, William Hetzel Secretary, H. Waters. Present officers: Foreman, L.\\nOhhnan Assistant Foreman, C. Hetzel; Secretary, C. B. D. Norwood.\\nThe East Orange Fire Department was organized in 1884. Henry Mills was appointed Chief\\nEngineer, continuing until 1892; he was succeeded by Joseph D. Burchan, who filled the position for\\none year. The present incumbent, Samuel J. Blair, was appointed in 1894. The annual report of the\\nTownship Committee for 1895 shows the following condition of the Fire Department at tiiat time:\\nThe apparatus of the Department consists of one hook and latlder truck, four hose wagons antl one hose\\ncarriage. The department is under the command of one Chief Engineer and two Assistant Engineers.\\nThe active membership is 147, of which .\\\\shlantl Hook aiul Ladder Com])any has 32 Ashland Hose\\nCompany No. i, 18; Eastern Hose Company No. 2, 24; Franklin Hose Comj^any No. 3, 22; Prospect\\nHose Company No. 4, 26; Elmwood Hose Company No. 5, 25. The disbanding of Prospect Hose\\nCompany No. 4 does not materi.illy diminish the force, as has already been stateil several members were\\ntransferred to Franklin No. 3. Eight permanent men are continually on dut\\\\- under pa\\\\-. During that\\nyear the department answered twenty bell alarms and six still alarms. The total losses by fire\\namounted to $3,145.\\nWATER WORKS. The greatest improvement ever made in East Orange since it became a sepa-\\nrate township was the establishment of the present system of water works. In 1867 the legislature\\ngranted a special charter to the Orange Water Company, allowing the construction of water ivorks\\nand Hying of pipes through the streets of the city of Orange and adjoining townships. This charter,\\nhowever, remained unused for thirteen years, until the summer of 1880, when the Citizens Health\\nAssociation, composed of members from all the Oranges, began to agitate the question of a water\\nsupply for all this district. I requent meetings were held and a proposition was made by a private\\nindividual to sink wells and erect pumping works and furnish water ready for delivery into pipes for\\n$125,000. This proposition was referred to a committee of prominent citizens who, finding the actual\\ncost would be about $25,000, leaving \u00c2\u00a7100,000 j^rofit to the constructor, or 400 per cent, on the invest-\\nment, reported adversely on the scheme and the matter was dro]iped for the time.\\nIn December, 1880, advertisements appeared giving notice of the opening of books for subscrip-\\ntions for stock of the Orange Water Company, and to frustrate any speculative design, citizens of\\nOrange and East Orange at once subscribed for 600 of the 1,000 shares of capital stock, securing control\\nof the company. More stock was subsequently taken by the I^ast Orange residents, wlio now hold all\\nof it. The large blocks of stock were afterwards offered to citizens of Orange and East Orange without\\nreserve, in order that they might be directh- interested. The company was organized by the election of\\nthe following officers and directors: President, l M -Shepard Vice-President, l)a\\\\id N. Ropes;\\nTreasurer, Joseph A. Minott Secretar\\\\ (ieorge P. Kingslcj Directors, V. X. Shepard, David N.\\nRopes, J. M. Randall. C. A. Lighthipe, J. A. Minott, Dr. William Pierson, J I,. .Munn. Steps were at\\nonce taken to perfect a i)lan for supplying Orange and East Orange with water.\\nThe valleys between the First and Second Mountains were surveyed, the flow of the stream toward\\nMilburn ascertained during the dry summer of 1881 and the living springs were located. The plan\\n[proposed by the company was to construct a storage reser\\\\oir and take the water along a clean gravel\\nbed of the stream to the Campbell pond, where some large springs come in, and from a reservoir at\\nth.it point pump the water to a standpipe or basin at the top of the mountain, which would give ample\\nsupply and head for the highest points in Orange and East Orange. The water company hired Music\\nHall for a public meeting of the citizens of Orange and presented a proposal for furnishing water on a\\nbasis of hydrant rental. The meeting decided in favor of bonding the cit\\\\- and constructing their own\\nwater works. The water company held valuable options for the purchase of huul and water rights in\\nthe mountain valley, and at the request of some citizens of Orange the present Mayor Gill being one", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0550.jp2"}, "479": {"fulltext": "Thk Founders and Huildeus of the Oranges.\\n393\\nto remove obstacles to the ininiediatc prosecution of the work in tlie city of Oran^jc, tr.insfcrreii these\\noptions without charge. The authorities of Orange allowed these options to expire and afterwards paid\\ntlie owners of the property nearly twice as much. A similar proposal was then made to the citizens of\\nEast Orange, who favored it, and a contract was made between the township and the water company,\\nDecember 1 1, i8Si, for ten years, which, with modifications, has been renewed for another term.\\nThe water company decided to use a supply to be obtained from the neighborhood of the Great\\nBoiling Spring. This spring had never been known to fail, and in the original surveys formed the\\ncorner boundary of the township of Newark, Orange, Bloomfield and Belleville. Tjjree artesian wells\\nwere thiUcd, and as the sup[)ly of water pro\\\\ed large, an open well of twenty-four feet diameter was\\nexcavated, followed by one of fifty feet diameter, another of one hundred feet diameter, then two wells\\nof twenty-seven and one of fifty feet diameter, connected by an underground water gallery 700 feet lon\\nten feet wide and twenty feet deep, also five atlditional artesi.m wells. .All the artesian wells have tiieir\\niron pipe casing driven into the rock, and the open wells and water gallery have walls of solid water-\\ntight masonry built up from the bedrock, completely excluding surface water. These wells furnished a\\nsup[)ly sufificient for the townshi[)s of East Orange and Bloomfield, but in 1894 the water comjjany,\\nconsidering the rapid growth of the towns and their future wants, decided to separate their water supply\\nand furnish Bloomfield with the Pequannock water, which left an ample supply for East Orange during\\nthe extreme drouth which occurred during the summer of 1894.\\nThe work at the wells, setting up the pum|)s and laying pipe in the street, began in the spring of\\n1882 and five months later, November 1882, a public exhibition showed sufificient head of water at\\nthe hydrants to throw strong streams over the highest building, and to the top of the Brick Church\\nsteeple. The pumping plant consists of three pumps, with a total capacity of 7,000,000 gallons per day,\\nsupplied with steam from five boilers, all of which can be operated separately or together. Ten miles\\nof street mains were laid in 18S2, to which additions have been made every year, the total length of\\npi|)e in East Orange being more than forty miles. To protect the purity of the water the company\\npurchased from tiine to time land surrounding the wells, until they own about 142 acres, a large part\\nbeing kept as a park, with drives and footpaths, to which the public always have access. The waters\\nwere tested in 1882 by Prof. George H. Cook, State Cieologist, and he i)ronounced them good, whole- V\\nsoine waters, fit for all household purposes: thej are free from all organic matter. The) have been\\ntested se\\\\er.d times since by competent chemists, who have pronounced them entirely free from all\\norganic imi)urities. In fact. East Orange is conceded by all experts to have the finest water of any\\nplace in New Jersey and not excelled anywhere. The care of the water by covering the wells and\\nconstructing the water gallery has been approved by visitors from all countries, and not long ago a\\nrequest was received from an engineer in Moscow, Russia, for a description of the plant, he having been\\nin this country on a visit and had come to East Orange with some acquaintances and was shown the\\nwater works. There was no change in the Board of Directors from the date of the organization until\\nafter the death of Mr. Randall, in 1895. The present officers are: F. M. Shepard, President; Vernon\\nL. Davey, Vice-President J. A. Minott, Treasurer; F. M. Shepard, Jr., Secretar\\\\- Directors, F. M.\\nShepard, J. A. Minott, Joseph L. Munn. J. T. Rockwell, Dr. William Pierson. Vernon L. Davey, Fred.\\nM. Shepard, Jr.\\nCol. Gkorck V. Oi.COTT, Superintendent of the water works, was born in New York City, June 16,\\n1850. He came witli his parents to Montclair about i860, and later to East Orange. His first\\nknowledge of civil engineering was obtained as an employee of a railroad company. He was a member\\nof the engineering corps which constructed the Passaic River dykes on the Newark meadows. On the\\ncompletion of this work he became associated with W. H. Reimer, civil engineer, continuing until\\n1S78. He then took up the special work of drainage antl sanitary engineering. He constructed the\\nworks of the Orange Water Company, and has been Superintendent of the company since 1S82. He\\nhas served four years as a member of the East Orange Board of Education. He represented his district", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0551.jp2"}, "480": {"fulltext": "394 Till-: Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nin the State Lc. ,nslatiirc in 1893, and was re-elected the followinfj year. During the hitter term he intro-\\nduced and urged the passage of the Township School Act. Of this, Mr. Poland, in his school report for\\n1894, says: The passage of the Olcott school bill of 1894 will stand for years to come as one of the\\nepochs in the schcjol history of New Jersey. Col. Olcott served six years in the National Guard of\\nNew Jersey, and was made Quartermaster of Third Battalion in 1890, and in 1S94 was made Quarter-\\nmaster-General with the rank of Colonel. He is a member of the Gatling Gun Armory Association of\\nEast Orange, and other local societies and organizations. He married Ella H. Condit, a native of East\\nOrange, and has seven children.\\nBANKS AND BANKING INSTITUTIONS.\\nEast Orange, while in no sense a manufacturing town, enjoys exceptional ad\\\\-aiitages in its financial\\ninstitutions. Prior to the year 1890, there was but one bank of discount in the entire section known as\\nthe Oranges. The necessity for increased banking facilities had for some time been felt, and an effort\\nto interest the people of Orange in the organization of another bank had been made and failed, princi-\\npally for the reason that its proposed location would make it a direct competition for business with the\\nold and well-established Orange National Bank. An effort to secure a charter for a State bank in East\\nOrange had also been made, but for some reason the application was not favorably considered in\\nTrenton.\\nPeople s B.a.NK. In December, 1889, a few prominent residents of East Orange asked for a charter\\nfor the People s Bank of East Orange. The well-known character, standing and financial responsibility\\nof the applicants, and the necessity for banking facilities in that township, the richest and, in many\\nrespects, the most important in the State, were acknowledged, and the charter was granted immediately.\\nIn February of the following year the new bank opened its doors for business at its present location, 533\\nMain Street, and from that time its success has been phenomenal. The necessity for a secure depositor)-\\nfor money, and the convenience of keeping a bank account, were soon recognized by the people living\\nand doing business in the vicinity, and within a month the success of the new bank was placed beyond\\nquestion. It has paid dividends almost from the beginning, and has accumulated a handsome reserve\\nfund. No change has been made in the Board of Directors since its organization, which shows that the\\nstockholders are satisfied with the manner in which their interests have been cared for. A large and\\nmagnificent building, of brick and stone, was erected near the site of the present bank building, in 1S96.\\nThis is one of the finest public buildings in the township, and reflects great credit on the managers of\\nthis institution. I ollowing is a list of the officers and directors: William M.Franklin, President;\\nEdv.ard P. Ailing, ice-President Abraham H. Ryan, Cashier; James B. Dill, Counsel; Frank O.\\nBarstow, William C. Horn, Caton L. Decker, William W. Jacobus, David Bingham and Edward W.\\nAshley, Directors.\\nThe success of the People s Bank is due chiefly to the efforts of William Morris Franklin, whose\\nresidence here dates from the erection of East Orange as a separate township. He was the founder of\\nthe bank and has been its President from the date of its organization. Mr. Franklin was born in New\\nork Cit\\\\-, but has resided in the Oranges since 1863. He is a descendant of Matthew Franklin, a\\nquaker, who settled in New ork in 1665, the year following the capture of the city by the English.\\nMr. I Vanklin has been well known in New York for many years as a member of the lithographing firm\\nof Julius Bien Co. He retained his interest in the compan\\\\- after its incorporation and is still\\nactive in the business. In East Orange his influence has been felt and acknowledged upon many occa-\\nsions. He is a warden of Grace Church and for twenty-two years has been a member of its vestry.\\nHe is President of the People s Bank, a director and chairm.in of the I-lxecutive Committee of the\\nSa\\\\ings Investment and Trust Company, and a large stockiiolder in each institution. He is one of the\\ncommissioners of the sinking fund of East Orange, and 3Cti\\\\e in e\\\\x rything that concerns the welfare\\nof the township. He is ice-President of the Orange Athletic Club, a director of the Riding Club antl", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0552.jp2"}, "481": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0553.jp2"}, "482": {"fulltext": "WILLIAM M. FRANKLIN.\\nPRESIDENT OF PEOPLE S BANK.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0554.jp2"}, "483": {"fulltext": "Tin: Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 395\\na member of the Kssex County Club, the Grolicr Club, of New York, and the Newport Casino. Mr.\\nFrankUn married the third dau^Miter of the late Israel Sheldon, who was a well-known citizen of Orant-c.\\nand resides in Prospect Street, honored and respected by a veritable host of warm personal friends.\\nTin: S.\\\\viN(;s Invkstment and Tklsi Comianv. Tliis company began business October 1. 1892,\\nbut even in its early career it was a fi.xture in the community. It has been very successful from the start,\\nand its business is growing at a rate that augurs exceedingly well for its future. The company has a\\nremarkably broad charter, is authorized to act as executor, administrator, trustee and guardian it receives\\ndeposits subject to sight drafts, issues certificates of deposit bearing interest, transacts a general banking\\nand trust company business, and becomes security on bonds of executors, trustees, guardians, receivers,\\netc. There is also a department for savings. Deposits of a tl upwards are received and intere.st\\nallowed on deposits. The company, since its organization, has occupied a part of the People s Hank\\nbuilding, and on the completion of the new building, removed thence, where a large vault was built for\\na safe deposit department, provided with the best and all the latest improvements for this purpose.\\nThe high anil honorable character and great ability of the gentlemen who stand at the head of its\\naffairs assure careful, conservative and successful operation, as will be seen at a glance from the following\\nlist of names: President, Abraham H. Ryan; Vice-President, James H. Dill; Treasurer, Edward P.\\nAiling; Secretary, Harry D. Miller; Directors, Edward P. Ailing, Edward W. Ashley, Frank O. Barstow,\\nCharles Mathaway, Richard Coyne, Herbert J. Condit, Caton L. Decker, Henry Clark, James B.\\nDill, William M. Franklin, William H. Allen, Edward Green, William C. Horn, William W. Jacobus,\\nJohn C. Kirtland, E. Z. Lane, Frank H. La Pierre, Abraham H. Ryan, George Seabury, J. L. Seward,\\nM. D., E. K. Silby, Hamilton Wallis and George N. Wilcox. Comment upon these names is hardly-\\nnecessary, they are so well known as representing the best business and professional talent of this\\nlocalit)- and as gentlemen of means and influence, who have proven their capability to care for the\\nmonetary interests of others by the success that has attended the management of their own personal\\naffairs. The state courts have recognized and endorsed the reliability of the company by sending it\\nimportant receiverships, accepting its guarantees on the receivers bonds in the Hurkhalter case, where\\n\u00c2\u00a775,000 was involved, and in the still more important matter of H. M. Silverman Company, of Jersey\\nCity. Coming to East Orange for bonds and directing receivers to deposit their funds in the Trust\\nCompanj-, was not only highly complimentary to our home company, but an acknowledgment of the\\nold adage that nothing succeeds like success, and to those who have had unprecedented success shall\\nbe given more and more confidence and trust.\\nThe affairs of this Savings Investment and Trust Company are under the management of Colonel\\nAbraham H. Ryan, one of the incorporators and its first President, who has been a resident of Orange\\nfor the past sixteen years. He was born in New York City in 1837, removing to Illinois when a boy.\\nOn the first call to arms, in 1S61, he assisted in organizing Company A, Seventeenth Illinois Volunteer\\nInfantry, and was elected First Lieutenant, but was made Adjutant when the regiment was mustered\\ninto service. At Shiloh, as Adjutant of the Third Brigade, he commanded the brigade for several hours\\nafter its Colonel was mortally wounded, the only instance during the war of an officer of the rank of\\nFirst Lieutenant commanding a brigade in a pitched battle. He was promoted to Captain for this\\nservice. In May, 1862, he was detailed as chief of staff by Brigadier-General Ross. After the fall of\\nVicksburg he was assigned to the staff of Major-General Steele, commanding the Army of Arkansas.\\nFebruary 10, 1864, he was mustered as Colonel of the Third Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry, and remained\\nin this command until the close of the war. After peace was declared. Colonel Ryan went into business\\nin Little Rock. Arkansas, and for several years was general manager of the Little Rock, Mississippi\\nRiver and Ouchita Railroad. In 1873, while visiting Cape Cod. he saved the lives of two ladies and\\nrecovered the bodies of three others who had been drowned, and was presented by the citizens of Fal-\\nmouth, Mass., with a gold medal, and by the Humane Society of Massachu.setts with the highest testi-\\nmonial medal. Colonel Ryan came to East Orange in 1880. He has served seven years as school", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0557.jp2"}, "484": {"fulltext": "396\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\ntrustee and five years as member of the Township Committee. He is President of the Sa\\\\ings Invest-\\nment and Trust Company, cashier of the People s Bank, and ex-President of the Orange Art .Associa-\\ntion. The Colonel, as he is familiarly called, is known throughout the Oranges for his goodness of\\nheart and the flawless integrity of his life. Socially, he is well-known and everywhere cordially wel-\\ncomed. At the clubs he is as popular with the \\\\-oung men as with the elders. It is truly saitl that to\\nthe universal esteem and honor in which the cashier of the People s Bank is held, is due largely the suc-\\ncess of the bank. No man in the Oranges has more thoroughly the honest respect and hearty friend-\\n.ship of the entire community than Colonel Ryan.\\nR.VST Orange National Bank. The organization of a bank in that section of East Orange\\nknown as the Junction was justified by the constant demands of the people living in this locality for\\nmore convenient banking facilities, and the gentlemen who believed the time was ripe for a new enter-\\nprise of this kind were justified in their conclusions, as shown b\\\\ the result of the four years business of\\nthis bank. The first meeting to consider the advisability of organizing a bank to be located in the\\nneighborhood of Arlington Avenue and Main Street, was held in May, 1892, at the residence of Hon.\\nJ. Frank Fort. There were present at this meeting, John C. Cassidy, James J. Blackman, Orlaiuio E.\\nCon lit, Rev. Elias Mead and W. H. Bryan. The result of this meeting was that a sufficient number of\\nshares were pledged to justify the undertaking. Judge P ort, with his accustomed push and energy,\\nsoon succeeded in enlisting the support of a number of well-known business men. A public meeting\\nwas called in May, which was largely attended, and the full amount of capital stock ^lOO.OCO was\\nsubscribed. On May 31, the following-named stockholders met and completed the organization, viz.:\\nFrederick M. Shepard, Samuel O. Church, J. J. Blackman, W. Coolbaugh, R. M. Sanger, S. M. Long,\\nE. E. Mills, \\\\V. 1 Craig, Aaron Adams, M. Wheaton, Elias O. Doremus, J. H. Geduly, G. \\\\Y. Bryan,\\nO. E. Condit, J. E. Reynolds, Richard Coyne, S. O. Church, Chas. A. Groves, Chas. Hathaway, E. H.\\nMasters and D. S. Walton. The directors met the same evening and elected rederick M. Shepard,\\nPresident, and Hon. J. h rank Fort, Vice-President W. 11. Bryan was elected cashier. Mr. Shepard\\nresigned the presidency Ajiril 2, 1894, and Judge P ort was elected to succeed him; Dr. (iroves was\\nelected Vice-President. The report for July, 1896, shows the total resources of the bank as \u00c2\u00a7486,671.02.\\nThe untlivided profits at this lime were $9,649. 10, and the amount due depositors, \u00c2\u00a7281,683.42. The bank\\nhas done a very successful business. A large, new bank building was begun in the summer of 1896,\\nlocated nearly opposite the present one.\\nEast OrancK Sake DKrosiT and TkusI Co.mpany. The name imlicates the object antl pur-\\npose of this institution. It was organized on .Ma\\\\- 4. 1S87, with a capital of \u00c2\u00a750,000; the following\\nnamed persons were the incorporators: Frederick M.Shep-\\n1 ard, John M. Randall, John T. Rockwell, Joseph A. Minott.\\ny^^-- Joseph L. Munn. Dr. Wni. I ierson, Vernon L. Davey. The\\nJfc|^* officers elected at the time were: 1 M. Shepard, Presi-\\ndent; John M. Randall, Vice-President Josci)h Minott,\\nTreasurer; M. Slu i)ard. J r., Sccretar\\\\ The only cliange\\nthat has taken place in tin- officers since its organization is\\nthe election of Vernon L. Davey to the Vice-Presidenc_\\\\-, in\\nthe place of John M. Randall, deceased.\\nCommonwealth Hi 11 imm;. The directors of the\\nOrange W .iter Company, feeling desirous of doing what\\nthey couki to make East Orange an attractive place of resi-\\ndence, decided, in 1887, to build, in connection with a busi-\\nness office, a hall where entertainments and public meetings\\ncould be held. The plan, moderate at first, grew to the\\nconstruction of the Commonwealth Building. After the\\n4*1 Witt 1 HI c J\\ni.AI.TII lUM.DING.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0558.jp2"}, "485": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0559.jp2"}, "486": {"fulltext": "CHARLES STARR.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0560.jp2"}, "487": {"fulltext": "t\\nm\\nSTARR.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0562.jp2"}, "488": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. ^.jj\\ncommencement of the work it was tlien decided to add safe dei)osil vaults, and later, the East Orange\\nSafe Deposit and Trust Company beinj, orj, ani/.ed, the Commonwealth Huilding was sold to that com-\\npany, the water company retaining the office in the corner room on the first floor. In the building art-\\nsafe deposit vaults, safes and boxes, for safe keeping of valuable papers, jewelry, silverware, etc. The\\nfirst floor is occupied by the East Orange National Hank, the Post Office and S. J. Davis for a\\nrestaurant.\\nTHE EAST ORANGE GAZETTE. WJien a town has reached that point where it can support a\\nlocal paper, its subscciuent growth is already assured. This fact was fully appreciated by Stc|)hen M.\\nLong, the enterprising real estate agent, when, in order to further his business operations, he started a\\nreal estate paper. The first number was issued May i, 1S73, and was a very modest affair. It was\\nan eight-page sheet. 14x20 inches, five columns to the page, and was called the /iiut Oraii^f Gazette,\\nthe name it still retains. The experiment proved successful, and Mr. Long found the people of East\\nOrange were ready to support a weekly newspaper of their own, and be no longer dependent on the\\nneighboring township journals for their news. Being a Republican in politics, Mr. Long decided to\\nmake it a Republican paper, and received sufficient assurances from the leading members of that party\\nto justify him in this course; it thus became, and still continues as the organ of the Republican party.\\nThe paper was subsequently enlarged to 20x26 inches, four pages, eight columns to the page. It was\\nprinted at first, partly in New York and partly in Orange, and for some time at the Chronule office, in\\nOrange.\\nOn May 1, 1882, Mr. Charles Starr, the present proprietor, purchased the good will, etc., of the\\npaper, there being no plant to dispose of. lie at once enlarged it to its present size, and a year later\\nput in a complete newspaper and jobbing plant. On Januarj- i, 1893, he moved into his present\\nquarters on Main Street, near the Junction. He fitted up the office with the best and all the latest im-\\nprovements in presses, etc., and everj-thing necessary to carry on his business in enlarged quarters. The\\nexpectations of the present proprietor have been fully realized the circulation, as well as the advertis-\\ning, has steadily increased, and the Gazette is recognized, not simply as the organ i f a |)olitical party,\\nbut as one of the best family papers in the State.\\nCnARLi;s .Starr, the editor of the Gazette, is a native of Cincinnati. Ohio; born .\\\\pril 19, 1855.\\nHe is the son of Edgar P. and Lucy M. (Jackson) Starr, of New York, and a direct descendant of Com-\\nfort .Starr, of Boston, who had a son and grandson named Comfort. A descendant of these. General\\nComfort .Starr, was a distinguished officer of the Connecticut Line, in the War of the Revolution.\\nMost of the descendants of the first Comfort Starr resitieii in Connecticut. Charles Starr came East\\n\\\\\\\\ith his parents when he was nine years of age. and since then has been a resident of Orange. He\\nrecei\\\\ed his education at the public and private schools of the city. He left school at the age of fifteen\\nand spent four years at surveying, in the office of Mead Taylor. He began his journalistic experience\\nin the office of the Orange Clironielc, as reporter, book-keeper and finally as local editor. He had an\\nexperience of seven years in this line of work, and when, in the spring of 1882, he decided to undertake\\nthe publication of the Gazette, he was well-fitted and thoroughly equipped for such an undertaking.\\nAlthough the paper is the recognized organ of the Republican party, Mr. Starr has conducted it in such\\na manner as to win the confidence of the people without regard to party differences. Upright, honest\\nand fearless in the discharge of his duties to the public as a journalist, he never oversteps the bounds of\\npropriety by personal attacks on the individual, whatever may be the cause of grievance, but presents his\\nfacts in a clear, concise and forcible manner, leaving it for his readers to hear and determine. He\\ndevotes his whole time to his journalistic labors, leaving others to manage the political affairs of the\\ntownship. As a man he is courteous, kind and agreeable, and equally accessible to rich or poor. He is\\ninterested in the various benevolent organizations of the Oranges, in some of which he has borne a con-\\nspicuous part. He is Past Regent of Longfellow Council, No. 675, Royal .\\\\rcanum Past Commander\\nof Arlington Council, American Legion of Honor; Past Dictator of Garfield Lodge, Knights of Honor;", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0563.jp2"}, "489": {"fulltext": "398 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nPast .\\\\rchon, in East Orange Conclave, Improved Order of Heptosophs. He is also a member of Hope\\nLodge, F. A. M., of East Orange; of Plato Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and other fraternal organiza-\\ntions. Mr. Starr married, October 20, 1880, Minnie E. Smith, daughter of Caleb A. and Marj J. (Munn)\\nSmith. She died December 4, 1891, leaving one child, Charles Edgar. On September 10, 1896, Mr.\\nStarr again married, his wife being Jean Tamczen Slee, daughter of Matthew Henry and Miranda Calde-\\ncott Slee, of Auburn, N. Y.\\nEDUCATIONAL.\\nThe public schools of East Orange will compare favorably with those of any township in the State.\\nFor the superior educational advantages, which the present system provides, great credit is due to\\nJoseph L. Munn, President of the Board of Education, who has devoted the best years of his life to\\nthis purpose. In this he has had the hearty and liberal support of the people, and in the change from\\nthe old to the new system and the increased facilities provided from year to yeav to meet the demands\\nof the increasing population, there has been little or no opposition. When East Orange was erected as\\na separate township, the boundaries of the three school districts which then existed were described in\\nSection 6 of the act of the Legislature erecting the township, as follows: Ami be it cnactcii. That the\\nterritory in the township of East Orange shall be composed and divided into three school districts, as\\nfollows: All the territorj- lying east of tlie centre of Cherry Street, from the Hloomfield line to Main\\nStreet, and from the said point on Main Street to the east side of the town farm on the South Orange\\nline, shall be the Eastern school district all the territory lying north of a line drawn from the junction\\nof Cherry Street and the Bloomfield line to the junction of Park and Washington Streets, and on\\nthrough the centre of Park Street to the line between the town of Orange and the township of East\\nOrange, shall be the Franklin school district; all the remaining territory in said town shall be the\\nAshland school district and the said districts shall hold elections for school trustees in their respective\\nschool districts according to the provisions of the general school law, on the first Monday in April, at\\nthe usual hour.\\nThe division of these school districts corresponded \\\\ery nearl\\\\- with the neighborhood organizations\\nthat existed before an\\\\- systematic organization was effected and the subsequent divisions under the old\\nschool law. An act passed by the Legislature of New Jersey, November 27, 1794, and entitled An\\nAct to Incorporate Societies for the Promotion of Learning, furnished the occasion and provided the\\nmeans for the organization of the first schools of a public character. Three school-houses were built\\nwithin the bounds of what is now East Orange townshii)\u00e2\u0080\u0094 one called the Eastern School-house, in the\\ndistrict which bore that name, another called the White School-house, located at Brick Church, in what\\nwas later known as the Ashland district, and another known as Doddtown School-house, in what was\\nsubsequently known as Franklin school district. The original book of minutes relating to the Eastern\\ndistrict shows that the money to buy the lot and build the school-house was raised by a number of small\\nsubscriptions, the subscribers becoming stockholders. In addition to the names of all the old families\\nliving in the vicinity, the subscription list shows also the names of several eminent citizens of Newark\\nF relinghy.sen, Pennington, Whitehead and others. The government was vested in a board of seven\\ntrustees chosen at the annual meeting of the stockholders. The trustees held title to property and\\nmanaged all affairs of the school. These schools were small and had but one teacher. They served a\\nvery good purpose until the organization of school districts under the general free .school law.\\nMr. Vernon L. Davey, the present School Superintendent for East Orange, in his annual report for\\n1893, gives a brief history of the schools of the township up to that time, showing the gradual tlevelop-\\nment from the old to the new system. He says Prior to 1889 the township contained three districts,\\nin each of which was a substantial brick school-house varying in size from eight rooms to fifteen rooms,\\nand one of which contained a branch school in a four room brick building. As the rapidly-increasing\\nschool population had filled the buildings of the two larger districts, the question of additional build-\\nings became an important one and was discussed in the school meetings of the different districts in\\nMarch, 1889. The time was ripe for action, and by common consent, with hardly a dissenting voice, the", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0564.jp2"}, "490": {"fulltext": "TiiK Founders and Builders ok the Oranges.\\n399\\nconsolidation of the three districts into a new district, including; the entire township, was effected. The\\nnew district took possession of all the school properties and assumed all indebtedness, bonded or other-\\nwise. A Hoard of Education, consisting of eight members, was appointed in accordance with the\\nstatute providing that there shall be two members from each ward. This board recommended to the\\nTownship Committee the erection of a central High School building. An appropriation of $i20. xxj\\nwas matle ami the new building, which is, without exception, the most substantially and thoroughly\\nconstructed school-house in the State, was ready for occupancy December i, 1891. This building is\\nlocated on Winan Street, about three hundred feet north of Main .Street.\\nThe increasing po[)ulation caused the erection of a new jjrimary building (Columbian) and the\\ndivision of a ward, in 1893, and there are now five wards, with a Hoard of Education of ten niembcrs,\\nhalf of whom retire each year. The new building contains eight class rooms and ccst, without the lot.\\n$45,000. It is the most complete primary building in the State. There are now seven large school-\\nhouses within the township of East Orange, the aggregate value of which appro.ximatcs $400,000; total\\nnumber of children enrolled, 2,931 estimated cost of maintaining schools, 1^87,500, an average of S;o\\n])er annum for each child enrolled.\\nTllli High Scikku,. situated on Winan Street, between William and Main, has ten recitation\\nrooms, manual training, gymnasiums, two study rooms and offices; total value ^130,000. The lot is\\n197.6 feet front, b\\\\- 183.6 deep. This\\nbuilding, which was erected for the\\nsole use of the High School depart-\\nment, has been made to relieve the\\npressure in the grammar schools by ad-\\nmitting the highest grade of each\\nschool. While the aim of the school\\nis not merely or chiefly to prepare\\nstudents for more advanced studies,\\nthis is one of its important functions,\\nand pupils are sent from here to the\\nbest colleges in the country as thor-\\noughly prepared as from any other\\ninstitution in the State. The faculty\\nof the school consists of Wmiiou L.\\nDavey, A. B., Principal, with seven\\nassistants in the regular course, and in\\nthe preparatory class there are three\\nteachers. The enrollment for 1895-6\\nshows, white children, 357; colored, 3\\ntotal, 360.\\nColumbian School, corner of Grove Street and Springdalc Avenue. This building is. in its\\ngeneral plan, a model of what a primary or grammar school should be it has eight class and teachers\\nrooms, and the halls are spacious and well-lighted the value of this property is given at *50.000. The\\nlot on which it is located has a frontage of 185.6 feet, and an average depth of 19S feet. Six teachers\\nare employed in this .school, of which I rank D. Coe is Principal. The enrollment for 1895-6 is. white\\nchildren, ^2^; colored, 6; total, 329.\\nFUASKLIX School, Dodd Street, located in that part of East Orange formerly known as Dodd-\\ntown; has nine rooms. This attractive site is an inegular quadrangle, running to a point on the ea.st\\nand having an area of two acres, valued at $40,000. This lot is the largest belonging to any of the\\nfcAil OKANGK HIGH SCHOOL.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0565.jp2"}, "491": {"fulltext": "400 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nschools. It is situated on the north side of Dodd Street, about seventy feet west of Girard Avenue;\\nconveyed in 1812 to the trustees of the Franklin School-house, township of Orange said conveyance\\nnot being recorded until fifty-seven years later (1882). The deed calls for a frontage of about 80 feet,\\nand a depth of 203 feet, more or less. An adjoining property owner claims about twenty feet of this\\nfrontage, but a recent survc\\\\- and search does not, it is said, sustain this claim. The building is equipped\\nwith all the modern impro\\\\emcnts Frank S. Tisdale, A. M., a graduate of Hamilton College, is the\\nPrincipal, with a corps of eight efficient assistants. The enrollment for 1895-6 shows, 453 white and 9\\ncolored children, making a total of 462.\\nASIII..A.XD School, on North Clinton Street, is the largest school in the township. It has sixteen\\nrooms, and is valued at \u00c2\u00a775,000. The lot on which it is located is 244 feet front by 200.6 feet deep.\\nSixteen teachers, besides the Princiiial, Clarence E. Morse, are employed in this school; 722 white and\\njl colored, making a total of 793 scholars enrolled. In his annual report, 1S95-6, the SuperintL-ndent\\nsays: The Elmwood School acts as a feeder to this school and sends yearly from fifteen to twenty\\npupils into the sixth-\\\\-ear class. The Columbian School has served the same purpose to a limited extent,\\nas the territor} from which it draws ]iriniar)- pupils includes some of the second ward.\\nElmwood School, situatetl on the westerly side and northerh- end of Paik Street, between Main\\nand South Arlington .\\\\\\\\enues. It has six rooms and is valued at $30,000. The lot is one hundretl feet\\nfront by 300 feet deep. It is considered one of the best of the primary schools. There are six teachers\\nbesides the Principal, Albert II. Wilson. The enrollment for 1895-6 shows, 300 white children,\\n9 colored, making a total of 310.\\nEastern School, situated on Main Street, near Maple Avenue, has twelve rooms and is valued at\\n$60,000. The lot on which it stands contains one acre, affording ample room for enlargement and\\nadditional buildings. In addition to the Principal, Edward H. Dutcher, there are thirteen teachers.\\nThe enrollment, 1895-6, is, 695 white, 62 colored children; total, 677.\\nThe present members of the Board of Education are: Alonzo G. Hyde and David O. Irving, first\\nward; George S. Hulbert and George P, Olcott, second ward; John Crowell and Roderick M. Sanger,\\nthird ward: Joseph 1.. Miinn and William Thomas, fourth ward; George R. Howe and William H.\\nP orce, fifth ward. President, (jeorge S. llulburt; District Clerk, Rev. John Crowell, D. D.: .Superin-\\ntendent of Schools, Vernon L. Davey,\\nPrinate Schools. Notwithstanding the fact that the people of East Orange have made such\\nliberal provisions for free education, the\\\\- have maintained some of the best private schools in the State.\\nThe first private school of importance designed especially for young ladies was started by M. O.\\nHalsted, the pioneer of the new settlement, in 1S47. His aim was to establish a seminary of a high\\norder for the benefit of that class of people who could afford to give their children a better education\\nthan could be obtained at that time in the public schools. P or this purpose he fitted up a large build-\\ning on the west corner of Main Street and Washington Place, previously used by Amos W. Condit as a\\nstore and manufactor)-. The seminar\\\\- was opened under the most favorable circumstances by Rev.\\nF. A. Adams, a graduate of Dartmouth and a man well qualified for the position of Principal. Thirty-\\nsix pupils were enrolled the first day and it was soon filled with a class of students for which it was\\ndesigned, and a number were received fiom abroad. Continuing for five years in its original location,\\nfurnished at the sole expense o{ the founder, it outgrew its surrouniiings, necessitating enlarged facilities.\\nThis led to the organization of a company of gentlemen interested in the furtherance of this object.\\nThe company purchased the property extending from Main Street to the railroad, including a large and\\neligible vacant lot, upon which they erected a concrete buikling ]ilanned to suit the wants of the school.\\nIn this building Mr. Adams continued as Principal for the next five years, and after his retirement the\\ninstitution passed to the management of other instructors who, yielding to the adverse circumstances,\\nal)andoned the field, and the building has since been devoted to other purposes.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0566.jp2"}, "492": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0fin: Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 401\\nTin UNhKRiui 1, School. This school, conducted by the Misses Underbill, is the largest private\\ninstitution of llic kind in East Orange, and enjoys a liberal patronage. It is centrally located on Harri-\\nson Street, not far from Hrick Church Station. The large corps of teachers enables each scholar to\\nreceive individual attention, as well as have the stimulus of working with others. In the primary-\\ndepartment pupils are prepared for the discipline of the higher departments, and in the junior and senior\\ngrades the work is carefully arranged to graduate the pupils from cither of the two courses of studv. the\\nclassical or literary. In the classical course a complete preparation for college is given, and pupil-,\\nentered on certificate. Special arrangements are provided to meet the requirements of those who\\ndesire to study French, German, art, elocution, cooking or sewing. Provision has also been made for\\nthose desiring a Normal course, with a view of teaching in industrial or other schools. The art depart-\\nment is fully equipped with every facility for pursuing this study, and all the arrangements are ver\\ncomplete throughout.\\nLODGES, ETC.\\nHope LoDi;e, No. 124, F. A. M. This lodge has passed its first quarter of a century with a\\nstrong membership. It was organized under dispensation, July 22, 1871, with twenty-four charter\\nmembers, and began work in the old school-house on Main Street, nearly opposite the present Eastern\\nDistrict Public School. The first officers elected under dispensation were: Thomas W. Topham, W. M.;\\nN. G. Baldwin, S. W.; C. F. R. Moore, J. W.; George Booth, Treasurer; John D. Toppin, Secretary;\\nCharles B. Day, S. D.; A. E. Hedden, J D.; Jjiliu..ILjrxustlen, S. M. C; II. A. Hottewroth. J. M. C:\\nH. C. Willis, Tyler. The lodge was regularly constituted I ebruary 5, 1872, and held its first communi-\\ncation in the new Eastern District Public School-house. The first officers elected under the charter\\nwere: George W. F ortmeyer, W. M.; C. W. Anderson, S. VV.; Charles B. Day, J. George Booth,\\nTreasurer; D. M. Logan, Secretary; N. G. Baldwin, S. D.; A. E. Hedden, J. D.; Oliver Libby. S. M. C:\\nE. S. Paucher, J. M. C; Richard Libby, Chaplain H. C. Willis, Tyler. The present membership of the\\nlodge is between one hundred and twenty to thirty. Of this number are the following Past Masters:\\nGeorge Booth, A. B. Williams, H. E. Jepson, James A. Selvey, C. H. Gillespie, Jr., J. H. Bird, I. C.\\nCassidy, E. B. Gillbard, Louis McCloud, William B. Arnold, M. D. The present officers are: Robert\\nD. Merrill, W. M.; Alonzo Durkee, S. \\\\V.; Wm. C. Mcllvainc, J. W.; W. J. C. Cassidy, Treasurer;\\nF rank R. Wickes, Secretary; George T. Boggs, S. D.; F ranklin Webster, J. D. The regular communi-\\ncations are held on the first and third Wednesday evenings of each month.\\nEast Oraxce Lodge, No. 242, I. O. O. F. This lodge was instituted March 24, 1S94. [No further\\ninformation could be obtained. Ed.|\\nEast Oran(;e Division, No. 184, Sons ok TKMrKRANCE, was organized March 22, 18S0, in Kut-\\ncher s Hall, 191 North Park Street, East Orange, with thirteen charter members. Its first officers were:\\nGeorge Kutcher. VV. P.; George Sutphcn, R. S.; Joseph Murtha, A. R. S.; Charles Smith. S.; Caleb\\nRiker, Treasurer; Rev. J. H. Marr, Chaplain; W. L. Soverell, Com.; David D. Sutphen, A. C; John\\nGamble, I. S.; John I lsher. O. S. The present officers are: James Lowney. W. P.; Frederick Hick-\\nbohm, W. A.; Frank Cullen, R. S.; Ray Winner, A. R. S.; Walter E. Oakley, F. S.; George Kutcher,\\nTreasurer; Wm. Morrow, Chaplain George Smith, Conductor; Samuel Dope, Ass t Conductor; Charles\\nArlis, I. S.; H. E. Williams, O. S.; Mrs. Maynes Potter, Supt. Young People s Work; May Tyler,\\nI W.\\nAkitnc;ton Councii., No. 626, Amekuan Lecion ok Honok. was organized May 13, 1S85, with\\nthe following charter members: S. M. Long, J. J. Moore, J. H. (iedney. George Purdue, W. H. Nichols.\\nRichard Purdue, H. J. Richey, S. B Stewart, W. D. Robinson, M. W. Kean, Jr.. J. Thompson. L.\\nD. Gallison, Charles Starr, A. O. Lunischloss, J. D. Otis. The first officers of the council were: S. M.\\nLong, Past Commander; L. D. Gallison, Commander; A. O. Lunischloss, Secretary; John Thompson,\\nCollector; J. D. Otis, Treasurer.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0567.jp2"}, "493": {"fulltext": "402 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nThe East Okan(;k Imi I i vf..MEN r Society, which was organized by Gardner R. Colby, Samuel\\nC. Burdick, George W. Fortmeyer and other prominent citizens about 1880, and has proved itself to be\\na power in the township. Its main object was to suppress any nuisance wi)ich might have gained a\\nfoothold in this residential section and to carefully guard against the inroads of any objectional enter-\\nprise. It has always worked in harmony witli the town authorities, and it not only abated existing\\nnuisances but caused many improvements, such as the admirable sewer system, the planting of shade\\ntrees, macadamizing the roads, etc., etc. The society is composed of the best citizens of East Orange,\\nwith George W. Fortmeyer, President; Hamilton Wallis, Vice-President; Everett Mills, Secretary;\\nand D. S. Walton, President .Sinking Fund Commission. It stands ready at all times to support the\\nTownship Committee in furthering improvements, and inaugurates measures tending to add to the\\nbeauty of the section. It has a Committee on Public Welfare, which has the machinery to push and\\nengineer new projects for the welfare of the people. It has proposed amendments to the charter,\\nwhereby the community may secure a president or mayor, with executive and veto powers, without\\nincurring the expense of a city government. The society has now a membership of 250, is\\nabsolutely non-partisan and et extremely active on all public questions affecting the public in general.\\nIt was organized to make sure that East Orange should be a model residential section, and now that\\nthey have secured that fact, they are determined to watch over and perpetuate the present satisfactory\\ncondition of affairs.\\nPROMINENT FA:\\\\IILIES AND UKArTlFlT. HOMES.\\nThe following list comprises only a part of those who have been prominent as Builders in East\\nOrange, but the difficulty of obtaining data of many others is the principal reason for their omission.\\nOnly a few of the large number of beautiful residences have been selected in order to show the stj le of\\narchitecture of the present and past. Otliers were omitted because photos could not be obtained.\\nTHE DOREMUS FAHILY.\\nLine of descent fronn Cornelius Dorennus, 160O.\\nCornelius Doremus, the ancestor of the Doremus family in this country, came from Holland about\\n1690, and settled at or near Acquackanonck (now Passaic), New Jersey. He was a large land owner.\\nAn Indian deed, of the Uuck Purchase, dated .Ma\\\\- 16, 1703, of a large tract of land lying along the\\nPassaic River, has his name attached as a witness, the conveyance being made by twelve Indians, prob-\\nably of the Hackensack tribe of Lenni Lenapes. The name of his wife is not known. His chiklren\\nwere: Johannes, born at Middlebury, Holland, about 1687; Thomas, born at Acquackanonck about\\n1690; Cornelius, born 1692; Ilendrick, born 1695, and Joris, born about 1697.\\nThomas Doremus, son of Cornelius, born at Acquackanonck about 1690, resided at Wesel, N. J.;\\nmarried October 4, 1712, Anneke .Abrahamse Ackerman, born at Hackensack. N. J. He hatl fi\\\\-e child-\\nren: Coriulius, born 1715; Goline, of Jacksonville, baptized November 14, 1720; Abraham, of Cedar\\nGrove, born about 1722 Peter, of Cedar Grove, born about 1725 Johannes, born about 1726; Anneke,\\nbaptized May 5, 1756.\\nCornelius Doremus, son of Thomas and Anneke Abrahamse (Ackerman) Doremus, born April 4,\\n1715, lived at Doremustown, N. J. He married, about 1738, Antje oung, and had ten children, viz.:\\nHendricus, of Wesel, N. J., baptized March 3, 1739, (married, Sept. 25, 1760, Margaret an Winkle);\\nThomas, born April, 1741, (great-grandfather of Prof. R. Ogden Doremus, of New York); Peter, of\\nSlottcrdam, N. J., baptized June 8, 1744; Maritji, baptized May 17, 1746, (married Bartholomew Dodd,\\nof Beaverstown) Johannes, of Doremustown, born about 1749, died 1821, hotel-keeper; Jannetji, bap-\\ntized 1754; Susanna, born 1756; Alitta, born about 1758.\\nPeter Doremus, son of Cornelius and Antje (Young) Doremus, was born at Slotterdam, N. J.. June,\\n1744. He married Polly Dey, and had issue: Jacob, Richard, Cornelius, Peter and two daugliters, one\\nof whom married Henry Perry; the other married J. Speer.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0568.jp2"}, "494": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0569.jp2"}, "495": {"fulltext": "ELIAS O. DOREMUS.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0570.jp2"}, "496": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\n403\\nCornelius Doromus, son of Peter ami I olly (Ucy) Dorenius, was born near Hcavcrstown, N. J., Feb.\\n17, 1787. He married Jane Dellart, anil had issue: Peter Cornelius, John Cornelius and several\\nilaiit;hters.\\nIV ter Cornelius Doremus, son of Cornelius and Jane (Dellart) Dorenius, was born April, 1807. and\\ndied June 30, i86g. He married Julia A. Osborn, daughter of John 11. Osborn, born at Hloomfitld, N.\\nJ., 1770. I Id mother was the daughter of Zophar Haldwin, born February 9, 1740; served with the\\nEssex County Militia in the War of the Revolution. He was the son of David Haldwin, son of Hcnja-\\nmin, son of Joseph, son of John Baldwin, Senior, the New Jersey ancestor who signed the Fundamental\\nAgreement, i eter C. Doremus came to Orange in 1829, and located near tiie present corner of Main\\nand Harrison Streets, and the following year soKl that property and bought ten acres of ground near\\nProspect and Clinton Streets. He lived there until 1S50, when he purchased what was later known\\nas the Candler [jroperty, on Harrison Street, from which he moved to William Street, where he built\\nthe house in whicii he died in 1869. His children were: Mary Cook, born May 3, 1833, died August\\n17, 1873 she marrietl Charles Clark, and left one surviving child, (leorge Rishop Clark. Julia A. Dore-\\ninus, the third child of Peter C, was born December 5, 1845, died March 10, 1S81 she married David\\nJ. Rogers, and left two surviving children. Leslie D. and Pldward. The eldest child of Peter C. was\\nEI ids OsIhu ii.\\nElias Osborn Doremus. son of Peter Cornelius and Julia A. (Osborn) Doremus, was born at\\nOrange, X. J.. January 17, 1S31. lie was educated at the i)ublic school in Orarige, and afterwards\\nworked for some years with his\\nfather, a leading carpenter and\\nbuilder of his day. He succeeded\\nhis father in the business, which he\\ncarried on successfully, under the\\nfirm name of Jones Doremus, for\\nabout twenty-five years. This was\\nthe largest building firm in the\\nOranges, they having erected some\\nof the finest buildings in this locality.\\nIn the year 1865 Mr. Doremus, to-\\ngether with Moses H. Williams and\\nSamuel W. Baldwin, purchased some\\nforty acres, extending from Wash-\\nington Street to Arlington Avenue,\\nin East Orange. William Street,\\nextending from Washington .Street,\\nwas opened through this property\\nto North Clinton Street, and North\\nClinton Street to .Summit Street, and\\nSummit Street to Arlington Avenue;\\nalso Walnut Street was extended from William Street to Sumnn t Street; Lincoln Street was opened\\nfrom William Street to Carleton Street. The opening of these streets gave a great impetus to build-\\ning operations in East Orange, and marked an era from which the great pro.sperity and growth of\\nthe town may properly be dated.\\nIll 1872 Mr. Doremus was nominated by the Republicans to represent the .Second Assembly Dis-\\ntrict in the Legislature of this State, and was elected by a large majority over his Democratic opponent.\\nHe was re-elected in 1873, and was made chairman of the Ways and Means Committee; also chairman\\nof the Committee on Education, and also served as a member of other important committees. It was\\nat this session of the Legislature that the Compulsory Education bill and the General Railway law were\\nKKSIDENCE OK EI.TAS OSBORN DOREMUS.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0573.jp2"}, "497": {"fulltext": "404 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\npassed, which received tlie earnest support of Mr. Doreiiuis. Other important bills were enacted at this\\nsession to which ^Ir. Dorenius lent material aid, and his whole course met aith the hearty approwil of\\nhis constituents. Mr. Uoremus lias filled various otlier important positions in tlie county and township.\\nHe represented East Orange in the Essex County Board of Freeholders for seventeen consecutive\\nyears, the last seven of which he was the President of this Board.\\nIn 1876 he was made a director of the American Fire Insurance Company of Newark, and in 1S81\\nwas elected its Vice-President, and has since given his entire attention to the duties of this office. He\\nwas a director in the Orange National Bank for about twenty years, and was also a director in the\\nOrange Savings Bank. He is a director in the U. S. Industrial Insurance Company of Newark, of the\\nCity National Bank, a member of the Newark Board of Trade, of the New Jersey Historical Society, of\\nthe New Eno-land Society of Orange, and the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and one\\nof the Board of Managers of that association. He has long been a worthy and honored member of the\\nMasonic Fraternity. He was raised in Union Lodge, F. A. M., in 1852, and later assisted in organiz-\\ning Corinthian Lod^e, of Orange, of which he was a charter member. He is a member of Orange\\nChapter, R. A. M., also of Damascus Commandery, No. 5, K. T., of Newark.\\nMr. Doremus married Harriet, daughter of William Peck, son of James, who was the son of David,\\nson of Joseph (3), son of Joseph (2), the Newark ancestor of the Peck family, son of Joseph Peck (1),\\nwho signed the Fundamental Agreement at New Haven in 1639. The issue of Mr. Doremus marriage\\nwith Harriet Peck was: Emily, born 1858, died 1867: Fannie, married George F. Bassett, who died\\nMay 20, 1891 Frederick Halsey, a merchant of New York and a member of the firm of George F. Bas-\\nsett Co., importers and dealers in crockery and china. Edwin Patterson, the youngest son of Mr.\\nDoremus, died May 24, 1895. He was a young man of high promise, just entering on a prosperous career.\\nHis untimely death was a shock, as well as a great bereavement to his father, family, and a large circle\\nof friends.\\nTHE HATT FAMILY.\\nThis family has been identified with what is now the township of l- .ast Orange for mure than half\\na century, and while it has no special claims to remote ancestry, it has made for itself an honorable\\nrecord, and every member so far as is known, has lived an exemplary Christian life and sought to make\\nthe world better. John Hatt was the first member of this family to settle in East Orange. He was\\nborn in Reading, Berkshire County, England, and emigrated to this country in 1831 as the head of a\\nlittle colony of seventeen persons, his son Joel having preceded him one year. John, the father, was a\\nman greatly beloved in his own country, and a man of great influence in the community where he\\nresided. The little colony which came with him to this country had frequent meetings at his house, and\\nhis ad\\\\ice and counsel was sought on all occasions, and after he settled in East Orange he was still\\nlooked up to by his neighbors and was the leader of the first religious movement in this locality, and\\nbecame the real founder of the First Baptist Church, of East Orange. His house was the centre for\\nthe gathering of the religious eUnient in the community, ami he li\\\\ed to see the full fruitimi of his\\nhopes in the completion of the little church for which he toiled and labored up to the d.iy of his death.\\nHe was the first deacon of the church, and during the first two or three years frequently supplied the\\npulpit, lia\\\\-ing been regulaiiy ordaineil as a Baptist preacher in the old cuuntr)-. lie married, in\\nEngland, Ann Church, and had issue, /cc/, George, .Ann. Mary, I hebe, William. Josiah.\\nJOKI, II ATT, eldest son of John and Ann (Church 1 Hatt, was born at Reading, Berkshire County,\\nEngland. He learned the trade of boot and shoe-making, and desiring to better his condition, came to\\nthis country in 1831 and settled first in Williamsburg and afterwards in New York City. lie induced\\nhis parents and other members of the family to come over, and they followed a ye.ir later and .settled in\\nEast Orange. Joel sub.scquently joined his parents and continued to resitle in I-^ast Orange until his\\ndeath. He worked at his trade as a boot and shoe-maker and had the reputation of doing the best\\nwork of any one in his line of trade in this locality. He was poor in this world s goods, but rich in\\nheavenly treasures. He exemplified the teachings of his blessed Master in his daily walk and conver.sa-", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0574.jp2"}, "498": {"fulltext": "TiiK Founders and Builders of the Okant.ks.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0105\\ntion, ami thus left to his chikiren a richer legacy than old and silver r iiuuses and lands. I rubably\\ntiic happiest day of his life was when he saw the coni|)leti )n of the modest little Bai)tist church for\\nwhich he had toiled and struggled, practicing the most rigid economy and self-denial, in order that he\\nmight establish at this home of his adoption a religious home for his children. Joel Uatt married, in\\nReading, England, Rachel Wells. They had an adopted child, Annie, whom they brought from\\nEngland. Rachel, born in England, married Rev. W. I). Hedden, D. D.; Mary, born in New York\\nCity, married Henry Tichenor, of Binghampton, N. V.; John H., born in New York, married Julia\\nClarkson /I c/A-, born in East Orange; Sarah born in East Oran-^e, married Frederick M.\\nUntietit Josiah Henry, dietl in 1838.\\nJoKL Wei.I.s Matt, fourth child of John and Rachel (Wells) Matt, was born in I-:a.st Orange, June\\n16, 1837, the same day that gave birth to the First Baptist Church, of Orange. His early education\\nwas obtained at the little school kept by Miss Julia Ball; he also attended three terms about nine\\nmonths at a Mr. Chittenden s. With this amount of book learning, he began at the age of nine\\nyears to earn his own living. He worked for a time with his father and engaged in various other occu-\\npations until 1854, when he obtained a position as clerk in the dry goods house of Henry S. Ward and\\nThomas C. Chandler, of Newark, where he\\nremained until after the breaking out of the\\nwar. In 1862 he enlisted for nine months\\nin Company K, Twenty sixth N. J. Volun-\\nteers. This was attached to the Second\\nBrigade, Second Division, Sixth Army\\nCorps, then under the command of Gen.\\n.Sedgwick. He entered the army as\\nprivate, was promoted to corporal and\\nlater to that of sergeant. Although in\\nactive service less than a year he saw\\nh irtler fighting than many who passed\\nthrough a three years term He was in\\nthe terrible engagements in and around\\nFredericksburg, of November 9 and\\nDecember 1 1 to 16, 1862, in which both\\narmies suffered severe loss. He was also\\nin the battle of Marye s Heights, May 3,\\n1863. After the expiration of his term of\\nenlistment he remained with the army as\\nsutler for fifteen months and was witii\\nSherman s army in front of Atlanta. He\\nreturned home in 1,864 i resumed his\\nold vocation witii the firm of Marvin\\nDodd Co., Newark, continuing until\\nAugust 27, 1867. Having married the\\ndaughter of William King, of East C)range,\\nhe bec.ime associated with him in the\\nlumber business, August 28, 1867. On\\nthe death of the latter, in 1S82, Mr. Hatt\\nsucceeded him and continued under the\\nold firm name until October i, 1886, when he purchased the entire business which he has since carried\\non in his own name.\\nMr. Hatt assisted in organizing the Lumbermen s Protective Association, in 1885, and became its", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0575.jp2"}, "499": {"fulltext": "4o6 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges\\nfirst President. His chief interest outside of his business affairs has centered in tlie Grand Army of the\\nRepublic. To meet his old comrades around the camp-fire and with them fight their battles o er and\\no er has been to him a delightful pastime, and many an unfortunate veteran has had his heart gladdened\\nand the wolf driven from the door by the timely assistance rendered by Comrade Hatt. Mr. Hatt\\nwas one of the early members of Uzal Uodd Post, No. 12, G. A. R., of Orange, and was its Commander\\nin 1888. He was commissioned Ass t Inspector-General of the Department of New Jersey by Com-\\nmander-in-Chief R. A. Alger, in 1889. He has been a delegate to the several National Encampments\\nheld at Milwaukee, Boston, Indianapolis and Pittsburg. He is a member of the Society of the Army\\nof the Potomac, with which he first received his baptism of fire, ami his personal record during the\\ncampaign of 1862-3 is one of which any man may justly feel proud.\\nIn the First Baptist Church of Orange, later of East Orange, Mr. Hatt has continued the good work\\nbegun and carried on by his father, and has been one of its .strongest financial props, as well as taking a\\ndeep interest in its spiritual growth and prosperity. Mr. Hatt inherits from his ancestors those strong\\ncharacteristics that have marked each successive generation, viz.: Loyalty to the truth, unflinching\\nintegrity, and uncompromising honesty. With a gentleness of disposition and kindness of heart, char-\\nacteristic of his father and mother, he has the courage of his convictions, and nothing can swerve him\\neither to the right or left in a course he has once marked out for himself. He has earnestly supported\\nthe principles of the Republican i)arty and contributed to its success. He has been fortunate in busi-\\nness, and nothing is more gratifying to him than the opportunity to help those in need, and to carry\\nforward established benevolent projects. By his wife, Henrietta S. King, the daughter of his former\\npartner, he has one child, Rachel M. His beautiful home on Grove Street is one of the attractive\\nfeatures of East Orange, and is a model of comfort and convenience. This is the old homestead of\\nWilliam King, his father-in-law, and is the identical spot where the first meeting was held for the organ-\\nization of the Baptist Cluuch.\\nTHE HALSTED FAMILY.\\nXlne Pioneer Builder of the Oranges.\\nThat a native of East New Jersey and a descendant of an adjoining town should become the first\\nBuilder of the Oranges, is a cause for congratulation b\\\\- the native population. To the efforts of\\nMatthias O. Halsted is due the woiulciful growth of East Orange. He laid the foundation and gave it\\nits first impetus. Little is known of the early history of the Halsted family. Jonas, Timothy and\\nJoseph Halsted are found at Jamaca, L. L, as early as 1656-7. Timothy Halsted was the ancestor of\\nthe New Jersey family of this name.\\nTimothy Halsted, Jr., son of Timoth}- (i), was taxed on seventy-eight acres of land at Hempstead,\\nin 1685. He probably sold his land and removed to New Jersey the same year, as appears by the fol-\\nlowing affidavit: The testimony of Tinioth\\\\- Holstead, of Hempstead, in Oueens County, L. I.],\\nwho declareth y yf purcha.scrs of Affter Kull,(viz.): Daniel Denton, John Baylus and Luke Watson,\\ndid admit off myselff and my brother alsoe, vpon y disbursement off ffour pounds a peece in bever pay\\nto be Associates w y in purchase in case wee liked, which money we disbursed ffor Indean trade\\nwhich say Indean goods went to y= purchase of y s^ land at Affter Kull, at y= request of y affores\\npurchasers, we desliking y= place vpon a run off it. And they imaging we should be pay^^ ffor our goods\\nand wee acknowledge y wee Received satisfaction off Dan Denton affors one of y\u00c2\u00ab purchasers, the\\nwhole sum pay by selff and brother, was fTour pounds a peece and two and sixpence. Sworn before\\nvs y\u00c2\u00ab i/ ii of Novem^ 1685. Klias Doughty, Richard Cornwell, Justices in Quorem. Timothy Hal-\\nsted, Jr., had a son, Caleb the latter had a son Caleb, who also had a son, Caleb Halsted, born in 1741.\\nThe last Caleb married Rebecca Ogden, and had a son, Robert.\\nRobert Halsted, M. D., .son of Caleb (3; and Rebecca (Ogden) Halsted, was born in Elizabeth, N.\\nJ., September 13, 1746. He was a leading and fearless citizen in the gloomy days of tiie Revolution.\\nOn one occasion a renegade T( r\\\\- informed against him as a rebel and an artient upholder of rebellion.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0576.jp2"}, "500": {"fulltext": "TllK FoUNnKKS AND BUILDERS OK TIIK ORANGES.\\n407\\naiul he was tciiiixnai ily Iodised in tlic old Sugar House on Liberty Street, New York, where he sufTered\\ngreat hardship, lie was released finally through the inlluencc of friends. On another occasion he\\nsaved the life of Col. Aaron Ogdcn, who had been seriously wounded by the Hessians, while out alone\\non military rcconnoissance. He was a physician of note. His younger brother, Caleb, was also an\\neminent physician. On July 25. 1825, the latter, while confined to his house by illness, received a visit\\nfrom General Lafayette, and he had the pleasure of entertaining that .son of France. Caleb Halsted.\\nJr.. was for a long time Mayor of the borough of FJizabeth. Robert Halsted, M. D., married, first,\\nMary Wiley; second, Mary Mills. He had children, of whom Matthias Ogdcii was the fourth.\\nMaitiiias Ocdkn Halsted, fourth son of Dr. Robert and Mary (Mills) Halsted, was born in\\nElizabeth, N. J., July 12, 1792. He was graduated at Princeton College and studied law with Matthias\\nOgden, of Elizabeth Town, N. J. He settled at Belvidere, N. J., where he practiced law for some years\\nand was Surrogate of Warren County. He made many warm friends and was held in high estimation\\nthroughout that district of New Jersey. He subsecpiently relintpiished the practice of law and entered,\\nas partner, the mercantile house of Halsted, Haines Co., New York City, which in his day was one of\\nthe largest and most successful dry goods firms in the countrj-. Among their customers was Amos W.\\nCundit, of East Orange, who failed, owing the firm a large balance. He offered his farm lOO acres\\nand the homestead fronting on Main Street in liquidation of the debt. Mr. Halsted assumed the\\ndebt on his own account and took the farm in pa^ ment. He removed to East Orange about 1838, and\\nin 1840 built the large elegant mansion with Corinthian pillars now occupied by Mr. Hawkesworth, who\\nmarried a granddaughter of Mr. Halsteil. The building attracted great attention at the time as there\\nwas nothing like it in this part of New Jersey. The farm which he purchased was known as the Gruett\\nfarm. It lay between what is now Halsted Street, and\\nClinton Avenue, with a frontage on Main Street and\\nextending in a southerly direction nearly to the South\\nOrange line. He subsequently bought thirty acres on\\nHarrison Street, adjoining his original purchase. All this\\nhe laid out into large building plots. He erected homes\\nfor his two daughters and built other houses which he\\nsold to his New York friends and induced them to settle\\nhere. When he began operations there was but one train\\neach way on the D. L. W. R. R. The morning train\\ntook him and the evening train let him off, both stopping\\nnear his residence for his /W/i /V/zw/ accommodation. He\\nsoon provided better facilities. He erected a depot on\\nthe site of the present Brick Church station at his own\\nexpense, placed a man and wife in charge, and conveyed\\nthe property to the railroad company //-(r y rt\u00c2\u00bbj/. He\\nthus opened the way for the pioneer settlement and lived\\nto see it well advanced, although ho reaped but little\\npecuniary benefit from his large outlay. He w is gener-\\nous and liberal at all times. He gave freely to the Brick\\nChurch, of which he was a member. He was unostentatious in his charities and it afforded him pleasure\\nto he!]) his fellow-men. He mingled freely with the people, and took part in all their meetings. He\\nwas an elder of the church anti Superintendent of the Sunday School. He established a private school\\nfor young ladies, erected a building on Washington Place and induced Rev. F. A. Adams, of Andover.\\nMass., a celebrated teacher in his day, to come and take charge of it.\\nDuring the war Mr. Halsted was thoroughly loyal to the government and aided in the vigorous\\nprosecution of the war by encouraging enlistments and arousing public sentiment. He lived to see the\\nunion of the States maintained and the government established on a firm basis. He died June 12. 1866.\\nMATTHIAS OGIIEN HALbTbU.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0577.jp2"}, "501": {"fulltext": "4o8\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nTUB FKANKI.IN (FORMERLY SHELDON) HOMESTKAD.\\nMr. Halstcd was twice married. His first wife was Cornelia Wade, of Elizabeth, N. J. By her he liad\\nthree children. I hebc, Mary, Enos. He married, second. Miss Hepzebah Clary, nee Eastman, a relative\\nof Daniel Webster. Their children were Julius, Cornelia, Emily and William.\\nThe Franklin Homestead, formerly the Sheldon Homestead, 74 Prospect Street. At the time\\nof its erection, nearly forty years ago, this was considered one of tlie prettiest and most attractive\\nplaces in East Orange. It has lost none of its natural beauty or picturesquencss, but has improved\\nfrom year to year, the small saplings hav-\\ning grown into immense forest trees with\\ntheir wide-spreading branches e.xtending\\nin every tlirection, affording ample shade.\\nRustic benches and settees here and there\\ninvite the weary to rest and enjoy the\\ncool breezes. There is nothing modern\\nabout the place except the briglitness and\\nfreshness of the flowers and the green,\\nvelvety lawn. The stiffness and over-\\ncultivation observable in many suburban\\nhomes is nowhere to be found. With\\nthe exception of here and there a beaten\\npath winding in and through the flowers,\\nshrubs and trees, it looks as if nature had\\nscattered her choicest treasures in rich\\nprofusion, lea\\\\ing nothing further to be\\ndesired.\\nTHE SHELDON FAHILY\\nIsrael Sheldon, the earliest representative of this family in the Oranges, was one of the pioneers in\\nthe settlement of East Orange as a place of suburban residence. He was contemporaneous with M. O.\\nHalsted, Llewellyn Haskell. David N. Ropes and others of this cla.ss, who founded the new settlements\\nnow known as the Oranges. Like most of the\\nsettlers of this neighborhood, Mr. Sheldon was a\\ndescendant of one of the old New England\\nfamilies which have exercised such a potent influ-\\nence in shaping the destinies of our country. Of\\nthe English branch of this family from which the\\nAmerican ancestor ilescended, Hurke says: Of\\nSheldon, County Warwick, no mention is made in\\nthe Conqueror s sur\\\\e\\\\-, whence Dugdale infers\\nthat it was included in Colshill, and. together\\nwith it possess d bv Ceffrey de Clinton, in the\\nreign of Henry 1. Henry de Sheldon was cm-\\nploj ed by Edward 1 as commissioner to iiuiuire\\ntouching the lords of every mannour, with the\\nliberties, priviledges and extent of the same, as\\nalso concerning the patronage of the church and\\nhow it was endowed, etc The Sheldon s,\\nfrom the earliest period of their history, bore\\nfor Anns. Sable, a fesse, argent, between three sheldrakes ppr. Cnst. A sheldrake ppr. Motto.\\nOptimum pati.\\nINTEKIOR OF FRANKLIN HOMESTEAD.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0578.jp2"}, "502": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0579.jp2"}, "503": {"fulltext": "ISRAEL SHELDON.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0580.jp2"}, "504": {"fulltext": "Till. FouNUEUs AND Builukks or tiik Oran(;ks.\\n409\\nJohn Sheldon {2), the ancestor of the Rhode Island branch of the family, came from Kn^land in\\nearly childhood and settled in Providence, R. I. He married, 1663, Joanna, daughter of William\\nincent. The\\\\ had a son, Xic/ioias, born about 1665.\\nNicholas Sheldon, son of John and Joanna incent) Sheldon, was born in I auluxet, about 1665.\\nHe married Abigail Tillinghast, a daughter of Elder Pardon Tillinghast, f Providence, R. I. They\\nhad among other children a son, Josr/ /t.\\nJoseph Sheldon, son of Nicholas and Abigail Tillinghast) Sheldon, was born in Pautuxet, in 1698.\\nHe is said to have married Mary Greene and had a son, Christopher.\\nChristopher Sheldon, son of Joseph and Mary (Greene) Sheldon, was born in Pautuxet, February\\n22, 1732 He married Rosannah Arnold in 1752. They had issue, Rimiii^^toit and other children. The\\nSheldon s inherited and owned much property and were conspicuous in the affairs of the town.\\nRemington Sheldon, son of Christopher and Rosannah (Arnold) Sheldon, was born August 22,\\n1753. He married Huldah, daughter of Stephen Greene and Mary Rhodes, his wife. Among other\\nchildren they had a son, Israel.\\nIsrael Sheldon, son of Remington and Huldah (Greene) Sheldon, was born at Pautuxet, R. 1.,\\nMarch 22, 1797. F rom his boyhood he seems to have had a fondness for study and work, and applied\\nhimself with remarkable energy and diligence. The old Academy at Woodstock, Conn., which he\\nattended, was among the best in New England. He had for a classmate the father of Gen. McClellan,\\nand some of the leading men of the country point with pride to this as their alma mater. Young Shel-\\ndon swung loose from his moorings and started\\non an independent career, assuming all the\\nresponsibilities of a full}- developed manhood\\nat an age when most boys are in the full enjoy-\\nment of childhood s sports. At the age of\\nfourteen he went a long distance from home,\\nas it was considered at tliat time, and obtained\\na clerkship with S. B A. B. Arnold, at\\nWilmington, N. C who were at that time\\nlargely engaged in a commission and export\\ntrade with the West Indies. After an experi-\\nence of two years in the business, being then\\nbut seventeen years of age, he made a voyage\\nto the Windward Islands with a mixed cargo,\\nhe being supercargo and part owner of the\\nvessel. He disposed of his cargo at a good\\nprofit, and came home with a good freight\\nin return. For three years he traded between\\nthe West India Islands and North Carolina.\\nAt the age of nineteen he went on a voyage to the Spanish main, with a vessel and cargo, sailing\\nfrom St. Pierre, Martinique. In attempting to reach Augustura his vessel was thrice captured by\\ndifferent parties then at war, the .second capture costing the lives of over two hundred men in the\\nfight for the possession of the prize. Young Sheldon conducted himself with great coolness and\\nbravery amid these perilous .scenes, and there is little doubt that had he been in command of a war ves-\\nsel instead of a merchantman, his antagonists would have suffered defeat. The vessel and cargo were\\nfinally seized by the naval force under General Bolivar and condemned. Mr. Sheldon and his crew\\nwere kept close prisoners for four months. Our Government demanded an apology and payment for\\nthe loss sustained by the owners, and Commodore Perry successfully arranged the matter to the\\n.satisfaction of all parties concerned. There was a sad termination of the affair, however, for Perry,\\nwhile descendin rthe Orinoco River, was seized with a deadly climatic fever and died after a short illness.\\nVIEW OF GROUNDS, FK.\\\\NKLIN HOMKSTEAU.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0583.jp2"}, "505": {"fulltext": "410\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nOn reaching his majority, Mr. Slieldon established himself in business in North Carolina and carried\\non a successful trade for many years; was clerk of the courts of Hyde County. It 1834 he started with\\nhis family and servants, journeying by wagon, to Alabama, which was then a sparsely settled country.\\nThere he made his home for many years as a merchant and planter, making annual trips to the North\\nwith his family, where he spent his summers, and at the same time purchased goods for his stores and\\nplantation. He grew to love the people of the South, and was greatly respected in return, his business\\nmethods being in strong contrast to those of the typical Southener. Mr. Sheldon remained in Alabama\\nuntil a short time previous to the Civil War. Foreseeing the impending conflict, he transferred his\\ninterests to the North, and when the first gun was fired at Sumpter, he was in Missouri on his way to\\nNew York. He was in sympathy with the South, but, like many Southern men, he was opposed to\\nsecession, believing that all differences between the North and South could be amicably arranged.\\nIn 1857, four years before the trouble began, Mr. Sheldon bought a plot of land on Prospect Street,\\nEast Orange, and built for himself a pleasant summer residence, which was among the first of modern\\nbuilt houses in this localit}-. He improved his surroundings and made his home attractive; he also\\nbuilt a house for his daughter, and his efforts in this direction influenced other business men to settle\\nhere. After leaving the South, Mr. Sheldon\\nmade East Orange his permanent home, and\\nwatched with the deepest interest its rapid\\ngrowth and development. He was one of the\\nfounders of Grace Episcopal Church, and\\nassisted materially in carrying on the work at a\\ntime when the burden was necessarily borne\\nhy a very few. He was a man of great force\\nand integrity of character, and a patriot in\\nevery sense of the word. Mr. Sheldon died\\nSeptember 25, 1884. lie was several times\\nmarried, ami is represented a number of\\ndescendants in the Oranges.\\nDorcas Wallace Sheldon, daughter\\nof Israel and Hetty Wallace Sheldon, married\\nRobert W. Aborn, and had five children.\\nJosephine Wallace, the eldest of these, mar-\\nried Stevens Hogan, who died, leaving two\\nchildren, Margaret and William Strong. The second child of Mr. and Mrs. Aborn was Mary U.,\\nwho married William I,. .Strong, the present Mayor of New York City, and had issue, Mary, wife of\\nAlbert Shattuck, and I utman Hradlec. The third child of Mrs. Aborn was Dora T. The fourth\\nchild, Rebecca Sheldon, married Robert St. John Beasley, of England. The fifth child, Robert W.,\\nmarried at the West and had three children, viz Dorcas, Georgiana Sheldon and Mary.\\nP anny Sheldon, second daughter of Israel and Mar\\\\- Wallace (Borden) Sheldon, was twice married\\nfirst to Dr. William Walton Woolsey they had issue one child, Katharine Walton, who married\\nFrederick H. Hamilton; she died in 1888, leaving two children, Cecil Woolsey, and Stuart. Fanny\\nWoolsey married, second, Colonel Woolsey R. Hopkins, Quartermaster of the Second Army Corps, and\\nhad issue two children Dr. Woolsey, who married Helen Birdsall, and has two children, Katharine\\nWoolsey and Woolsey Rogers. Sheldon, the second ciiild of Col. Woolsey R. and Fanny (Sheldon)\\nHopkins, married Ella Scribner. Katharine Josephine, daughter of Israel and Mary Wallace (Borden)\\nSheldon, m irried William Morris Franklin, a leading citizen of East Orange. Their children are\\nKatharine Borden, Sheldon and Rose Clare. Georgiana Esther, youngest daughter of Israel and\\nHarriet Wallace (Cooke) Sheldon, married John S. Tilney, Esq., and has four children, viz.: Georgiana\\nSheldon, Israel Sheldon, Nicholas Lechmere and Robert Wallace. [See Tilney family, of Orange].\\nVIF.W OF FR.\\\\NKL1N HOME, LOOKING EAST.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0584.jp2"}, "506": {"fulltext": "Tin; Founders and Bfii.nrRs of the Oranges. 411\\nTHE TAYLOR lAAUL^\\nEvery man who induces another to settle in the Oranges adds just that much to the wealth of the\\nwhole community. When it is considered that the combined efforts of Abraham C. and Ira M. Taylor\\nfather and son^in this direction extend over a period of more than sixty years, it is safe to say that\\nthey have added hundreds of thousands of dollars to the wealth of the Oran^jes. Hoth arc natives of\\nEssex County ard arc identified by marriage with some of the oldest families in this vicinity. William\\nTaylor, the American projenitor of this branch of the Taylor family, was the .son of Jacob and Eliza-\\nbeth (Eccles) Taylor, of Randall s Town, near Belfast, Ireland. Jacob was a linen manufacturer, a\\nnative of Scotland, the family being all staunch Scotch Presbyterians.\\nWilliam Taylor, son of Jacob, was a millwright. He came to this country soon after 1800, in\\ncompany with Deacon John Nichol, one of the pillars of the Hrick Church, East Orange. William\\nTaylor settled in Bloomfield, where he married Gertrude, daughter of Colonel Thomas Cadmus, of that\\nplace, a descendant of one of the old Holland families who settled in East New Jersey. The hou.se in\\nwhich Col. Cadmus lived, on Washington Street, Bloomfield, was built by his ancestors about 1672.\\nThis house is mentioned in the history of Bloomfield as Washington s Headquarters.\\nAiiRAHAM Cadmus Taylor, son of William and Gertrude (Cadmus) Taylor, was born in Bloom-\\nfield, N. J., March 9, 1812; died in East Orange, December 17, 1883. He lived with his uncle, Abraham\\nCadmus, from an early age until the latter s death, and inherited most of his property. His grandfather.\\nCol. Thomas Cadmus, served with distinction in the War of the Revolution and enjoyed the personal\\nfriendship of Gen. Washington, who presented him with a sword, the broken parts of which are still in\\nthe family. At the age of eighteen years Abraham C. Taylor came to Orange, where he spent the\\nremainder of his life. He kept a country store for some years and subsequently established a large\\nclothing business in Mobile, Ala., under the firm name of Taylor Dickinson. Mr. Taylor remained\\nNorth, attending to the buying, manufacturing, etc., while his partner attended to the Southern branch\\nof the business. He continued until just before the panic of 1857 and thereby escaped financial disaster.\\nMr. Taylor was among the first of the old residents to api)reciate the possibilities of Orange as a place\\nof suburban residence, and, with wise forethought, he purchased large tracts of land in Orange and\\nMontclair. His first home property was located on Main, Baldwin and Harrison Streets. He afterward\\npurchased several acres on Washington Street and built for himself a new house, in which he lived and\\ndied. He divided this property into building lots, and opened William Street through the property,\\nfrom Prospect to Washington Streets, and made other necessary improvements. Among other proper-\\nties, he developed the Uzal Dodd tract at Doddtown he also opened New Street to Orange. He did\\nnot wait for others to develop their property in order that he might reap the benefit, but with a worthy\\npublic spirit he spent his money freely in improving all his property, while many of his tieighbors\\nprofited thereby. He was a whole-souled, enterprising business man, with large ideas which he was\\ncapable of carrying out. He was a leader in politics, although, with a single exception, he invariably\\ndeclined to accept office. He worked earnestly for his friends, and whoever was fortunate enough to\\nsecure his influence was almost certain of an election. He managed all his own affairs with consummate\\nability, exercising wisdom and forethought in all his transactions. Though not a member of any church\\nhe led an exemplary life, and in all his intercourse with his fellow-men endeavored to conform to the\\nGolden Rule. He had large business interests and was connected with various organizations. He was\\na director in the Orange Savings Bank, and in the Essex County Mutual Insurance Co.\\nMr. Taylor married lilizabeth Simmons Condit, daughter of Samuel Wheeler and Sarah (Brundage)\\nCondit, residents of what is now West Orange. Samuel Wheeler Condit was the son of Joel and Sarah\\n(Wheeler) Condit. Joel served in the War of the Revolution. He was the .son of Daniel, son of\\nSamuel, the Newark ancestor of the family. The children of Abraham Cadmus Taylor and his wife,\\nElizabeth, were: Mary C; Harriet, married Samuel G. Van Auken William A., born November 17,\\n1840, died January 9, 1836; Elizabeth, married Marcus A. Gould; she is a practicing physician of the\\nnew school Gertrude, resides in Washington, D. C; Ira M.: Samuel M.; Caroline, died in infancy.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0585.jp2"}, "507": {"fulltext": "412\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nIra M. Taylor, sixth cliild of Abraliam Cadmus and Elizabeth fCondit) Taylor, was born in\\nOrange, or what is now East Orange, October 31, 1846. He was sent to the best private schools in\\nOrange, among which was that of the well-known institution of Mr. Adams. Mr. Taylor s first business\\nexperience was in New York City, where he was first engaged in mercantile affairs and afterwards in the\\nmanufacturing business. He was for some time connected with the Paragon Manufacturing Co., which\\nmade the first paragon umbrella frames in this country. After his father s death Mr. Taylor returned\\nto East Orange to assume charge of the estate which for a time required his undivided attention. In the\\nsettlement of his father s affairs he was gradually drawn into the real estate business and began opera-\\ntions for himself and others. His pleasing and courteous manners drew people to him and witluuit any\\nspecial effort on his part, business increased.\\nStrangers, as well as his personal friends,\\nfound they could always rely on his representa-\\ntions that he had no personal ends to serve.\\nHis aim has been to please the buyer as well as\\nthe owner of the property and he has never\\nfailed to state the true conditions as to health,\\ndrainage, etc., even though it might be to the\\ndetriment of the owner, and at a personal sacri-\\nfice of his own interests. His methods, which\\nwere actuated by a conscientious regard for\\nthe |)ublic welfare, and for the good of his\\np.itrons, have yielded their legitimate fruits,\\nand a large number of the most desirable class\\nof business men have been induced to settle in\\nthe Oranges and build for themselves fine resi-\\ndences. These in turn have induced others to\\nlocate here, who invariably commend Mr. Taylor\\nas the best man to conduct negotiations. The\\nfact of his individual success and prosperity is\\nthe best evidence of what he has accomplished\\nin the development of the Oranges, and through\\nhis efforts hundreds of thousands of dollars\\nhave been added to the wealth of his native\\ntown, and without any pretense or assumption\\non his part he has proved one of the greatest\\nof public benefactors. His conscientious regard\\nfor the truth, liis honesty antl perfectly fair\\ndealings with all, have won him the confidence\\nand support of both buyers and sellers of\\nproperty.\\nIt was Mr. Taylor s reputation for honorable dealing, as well as his good judgment and strict\\nimpartiality, that led the projectors of The New Orange Industrial Association to make him their\\nrepresentative and manager for this district for the greatest real estate enterprise ever attempted in this\\ncountry. \\\\iz., the purchase and immediate development of nineteen hundred acres of land lying between\\nMilburn and Roselle and the immediate outlay of millions of dollars for improvements, etc. Mr. Taylor\\nwas one of the commissioners appointed to widen and straighten Second River in that part of the\\nDoddtown district formerly known as Rattlesnake Plains. He organized and is Secretary of the Penn\\nHluff IJrick and Tile Co., an enterprising and successful corporation. He served on a commission for\\nopening new streets in East Orange. Mr. Taylor is thoroughly domestic in his tastes and habits and\\nIRA M. TAYI.OK.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0586.jp2"}, "508": {"fulltext": "Thk Founders and Buildkrs of the Oranges. 413\\nhas no interest whatever in club life. He is a member of Hrick Church and was formerly Secretary and\\nTreasurer of the Sunday School. Mr. Taylor married Kate X. Scym-.ur, of New York City. They\\nhave one child, Catharine.\\nTHE MEEKER FAHILY.\\nTile proi,rcnitor of tiic New Jersey branch of the Meeker family was William Meeker, who came\\nfrom Enj^dand about 1635 to the Ma.ssachusefts Bay, and from thence removed to the New Haven\\nColony, of which he was one of the founders. While residing there he married Sarah Preston, a native\\nof Yorkshire, England. In the spring of 1665, with his family and others of the New Haveii Colony,\\n(whom tradition says he brought in his own sloop), he landed on the site that became known as Eiiza-\\nbethtown Point, N. J., and was enrolled with his eldest son, Joseph, with the original Associates,\\nwho acquired title by purchase of the Indians, and also by grant from (lovcrnor Nichols, for the ground,\\na portion of whicli now comprises the entire count\\\\- of Union. Following the subsequent appointment\\nof Sir Philip Carteret as successor to Governor Nichols, came (in the belief of the Associates in-\\nvasions of their purchase rights, which culminated in dissatisfaction and final revolt on their part, and\\nthe flight of Governor Carteret. Chosen by the Associates, and holding a commission from Gover-\\nnor Carteret as Constable of the Town, William Meeker became an active adherent of Captain James\\nCarteret, who succeeded the absent Governor. For this offense he was, in 1675, adjudged to lo.sc his\\nestate. The people of Klizabethtown and Newark, appreciating his fidelity to their interests, presented\\nhim with a tract of land at Lyons Farms, where the old homestead of the family was erected by his son,\\nand where he died in 1690. The children of William and Saraii (Preston) Meeker were: Joseph,\\nBenjamin, Sarah, Mary, John.\\nBenjamin Meeker, second child of William and Sarah (Preston) Meeker, was born in New Haven,\\nMarch, 1649. He also was of the Elizabetlitown Associates. He was a planter and carpenter by\\noccupation, and built the house known as the Meeker homestead at Lyons Farms, about 1677. This\\nquaint old house, one of the oldest in the State, has never been alienated from the family. The succes-\\nsive generations, who have been its occupants, have adhered to the English rather than the American\\npractice in cherishing the old, even though homely. An enlargement, corresponding in style to the\\noriginal structure, and the necessary repairs, have been made, but the main features have been preserved.\\nQuite recently, however, the old oaken bucket, and the still more antiquated well-sweep, after over\\ntwo centuries of service, ha\\\\-c given way to modern fixtures, and while it is not on record that the suc-\\ncessive occupants dispensed with clocks, the ancient sun-dial not onl\\\\- indicates the meridian, but\\nreminds the observer in the words of David, engraven upon the stone to which it is affixed, Our days\\non earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. Benjamin married Elizabeth and had seven\\nchildren, William, Benjamin, Jonathan, Daniel, Samuel, Thomas, Joseph.\\nWilliam Meeker, eldest child of Benjamin and. I -li/.abeth Meeker, was born at the homestead\\nof his father, October 13, 1677. He married Hannah Potter and had \\\\?,^\\\\xc, Jonathan, Isaac and David.\\nHe died March 5, 1744.\\nJonathan Meeker, eldest son of William and Hannah (Potter) Meeker, was born at the Meeker\\nhomestead, November 18, 1712. He married Sarah After his marriage he built a house (jn a\\nfarm given him by his father, adjoining the homestead propert}-. His children were Johanna, yt\u00c2\u00bb;/ 7//M;/,\\nObadiah, Sarah, Rebecca. He died in 1781.\\nJonathan Meeker (2), son of Jonathan and Sarah Meeker, was born at Lyons I- arms, February 11,\\n1744; tlicd June 10, 1805. He served with the Essex County Militia in the War of the Revolution.\\nHe was twice married. His first wife was Mary Ogden, by whom he had three children. Obadiah,\\nHannah, Joel. He married, secondly, Rachel Denman. Of this marriage were born. Jonathan, Rebecca,\\nPenman, Elly, Polly, David, Moses, Rachel.\\nDenman Meeker, third child of Jonathan Meeker (2) and Rachel (Denman) Meeker, was born at\\nLyons Farms, June 10, 17S1. In connection with his brother Jonathan, he established a pottery in\\nNewark, his interest in which continued till 1814. at which time he removed to Succasunna I lains and", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0587.jp2"}, "509": {"fulltext": "414\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nL\\nestablished himself in the same business, which is still successfully run under the ownership of his son\\nJosiah. He married Mary, daughter of John Maxwell, son of Davicl. Thirteen children were born to\\nthem, of whom Josiah, Marcus and Edivcird dLVQ now living.\\nEdward Meeker, youngest child of Denman and Mary (Maxwell) Meeker, was born at Succa-\\nsunna Plains, Morris County, N. J., September 27, 1830^ and received such educational advantages as\\nthe place of his birth afforded. After serving an apprenticeship to the carpenter trade, at Newark, lie,\\nin 1853, began contracting for the erection of buildings at Newark and Orange. In 1865 he removed\\nhis business entire!)- to East Orange, and\\navailing himself of the wider opportunities\\noffering, (for the great development of\\nthe Oranges dates from about that time),\\nhe engaged actively in the purchase and\\nimprovement of real estate, in addition to\\nhis former business of contracting. Both\\nat Newark and in the Oranges he has con-\\nstructed many public buildings, churches\\nand private residences, which will compare\\nfavorably with those of any in the limits of\\nthe two places. In 1891 he retired from\\nactive business and is now devoting him-\\nself to the care of his real estate interests,\\nwhich still continue to be large. In the\\npublic offices, he has held that of Town-\\nship Committeeman, School Trustee and\\nCommissioner of Appeals, etc. He en-\\ndeavored to serve his constituents faith-\\nfully, on the basis of a wise economy in\\nthe expenditures of public money s.\\nIn 1854 Mr. Meeker married Emma\\nCaroline, daughter of Nathaniel Douglas,\\nof Hanover, N. J. The children of this\\nmarriage are: Henrietta M., now Mrs.\\nM. P. Ward; Anne Maxwell; tldward\\nC, who married I.orena. daughter of\\nStephen B. Colgate; Helen Douglas;\\nArthur Denman.\\nKl UAkl) MliEKEK.\\nTHE COLIE, DAYTON AND RUNYON FAHILIES.\\nThe Colie family has been represented in East Orange for a number of }-ears b\\\\- Daniel Eord_\\\\ce\\nand his son, Edward M. Colie. James Colie, the ancestor, is mentioned among the Elizabethtown\\nAssociates who received their allotments of land previous to 1699. He came to this country with a\\nnumber of Huguenot families who fled from P rance after the revocation of the Edict of Nantts.\\nDaniel, a descendant of James in the second or third generation, resided in Springfield, Chatham town-\\nship, the latter part of the last century, where he died in 1804 at an advanced age. He had among\\nother children, sons, Daniel and Saniiicl. The former achieved quite a reputation as a school teacher\\nand was known by the old inhabitants of half a century ago as Schoolmaster Colie.\\nSamuel Colie, brother of Daniel (2) and son of Dariel (i), was born in Springfield, about 1790. He\\nmarried Phebe Woodruff, and had among others, a son, Daniel Fordycc, born in 181P..\\nD.XNIEL l- ORDVCE Coi.IE, son of Samuel and Phebe (Woodrufif) Colie, was born in Springfield,", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0588.jp2"}, "510": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0589.jp2"}, "511": {"fulltext": "EDWARD M. COLIE.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0590.jp2"}, "512": {"fulltext": "TnK Founders and Builders ok the Oranges. 415\\nN. J., in 1S18. lie carried on a country store in Milburn for some years and afterwards removed to\\nNewark. lie became a resilient of Kast )ran e in 1855, and built himself a home on Arlington\\nAvenue, known at that time as Cherry Lane. He was contemporary with M. O. Haistcd and other\\nenterprising business men who laid the foundation of the present township of East Orange. He built\\nseveral houses aiul was successful in his real estate operations, lie attended the Second Presbyterian\\nor Brick Church ami withdrew from that with a number of others to assist in organizing the Munn\\nAvenue or First Pre^b\\\\terian Cluirch. of Kast Orange. He was an earnest worker in the new church\\nand served as a member of its Hoard of Trustees for man)- years. He was dignified in his bearing, and\\nin his pri\\\\ ate life was above reproach.\\nMr. Colie married Elizabeth S. Dayton, daughter of Levi Dayton, of Newark. He was the son of\\nNoah, who married Elizabeth Runyon. Noah, son of Robert, was born 1742, died 1814. Robert was\\nthe son of Jonathan Dayton, born May i, 1701, died 1776. The latter was the father of the famous\\nGen. Jonathan Dayton, who served in the War of the Revolution in the New Jersey Line. Conti-\\nnental Troops, as Paymaster Third Battalion, First Establishment, February 7, 1776; Paymaster Third\\nBattalion, Second Establishment; Lieutenant and Paymaster Third Regiment to date, February t,\\n1779; Major and Aide-de-camp to Major General Sullivan, May i, 1779; Captain Third Regiment to\\ndate, March 30, 1780; prisoner of war November 4, 1780; Captain First Regiment, discharged at the\\nclose of the war. He was prominent in civil and military life after the war and was one of tlie signers\\nof the Constitution of the United States. Jonathan, Sr.. was the son of Samuel, born in 1666, at East\\nHampton, L. L, who was the son of Robert, born in England, came to this country with his parents\\nin 1638. Robert was the son of Ralph Dayton, the ancestor, born at Yorkshire, England, in 1585; emi-\\ngrated to America in 1638; was first in Boston, where his signature is found dated June 4. 1639; settled\\nin East Hampton, I,. I., where, in 1649, he was President and Constable of the place. The Dayton\\nfamily bore Anns. Or, on a fesse, between three annulets gules as many standing cups of the field.\\nThe children of Daniel Fordyce and Elizabeth S. (Dayton) Colie were: Levi Dayton, born 1850,\\ndied in infancy; litkvard M., horn 1852; Mary Dayton, married William S. Johnson, of Orange, and\\nHenry W.\\nEdward M. Coi.IK, eldest child of Daniel F.and Elizabeth S.(Dayton) Colie, was born at Milburn,\\nN. J., October 27, 1852. He came with his parents to East Orange when he was but three years of\\nage. He attended the public school and later entered the College of the City of New York, from which\\nhe was graduated in 1873. He entered the law office of Stone Jackson, Newark, and a part of the\\ntime, while pursuing his legal studies, held the position of Vice-Principal of the Ashland school, in East\\nOrange. He passed a satisfactory examination and was admitted as attorney in 1876, and as counsellor\\nin 1878. He practiced for a time under his own name and in 1888 entered the firm of Colie Tits-\\nworth, succeeding to the practice of the old firm of C. S. C. G. Titsworth. dissolved by the deaih of\\nthe senior member. Ex Judge Caleb S. Titsworth. Upon the retirement of Mr. Charles G. Titsworth\\nfrom the firm of Colie Titsworth, the firm of Colie Swayzc was formed in 1892. Mr. Colie s general\\npractice is large and lucrative, and he is considered an exceptionally good lawyer. Of late years he has\\ngiven special attention to insurance law, and his successful trials of diflRcult and complicated cases have\\ngiven him a wide reputation, and he is recognized as one of the best insurance lawyers in the State.\\nHe is counsel for the Merchants Insurance Company, of Newark, of the Fidelity Casualty Company,\\nof New York, and at the same time represents several large companies in other States. As a lawyer he\\nis careful, painstaking and thorough in his preparation and trial of cases. His clients trust him\\nimplicitly, knowing that every means in his power will be conscientiously employed to bring to a success-\\nful issue matters placed in his hands. He is a man of quick perceptions, strong nervous force and\\nvital energy.\\nAs a pastime, Mr. Colie has done consid-.-rable literary work. He has frequently contributed to\\nAppkton s Journal, the Christian i nion. the Bookman and other periodicals. He h.is one of the\\nlargest and best assorted libraries in the State. He is especially interested in Sociolog and has a large", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0593.jp2"}, "513": {"fulltext": "4i6 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\ncollection of works bearing on this subject. Ruskin is his favorite author, and a paper read by him\\nbefore the I lii Beta Kappa Society of the College of the City of New York, December 18, 1S94, on\\nJohn Ruskin as an Ethical Teacher, has since been published in pamphlet form and received the\\nfavorable criticisms of students of Ruskin. Mr. Colie was one of the originators of the indejjendent\\nmovement in politics, which for a time threatened to disrupt the old political parties and which has\\nsince held the balance of power. He was associated in this movement with Dr. William Hayes Ward,\\nWendell Phillips Garrison and other well-known reformers. Mr. Colie took the stump himself during\\nthe campaign of that year and did most effective work. In what might almost be called his native\\ntown of East Orange, Mr. Colie has been especially active in public and benevolent affairs. He has\\nbeen long a director and is now Vice-President of the Orange Bureau of Charities. He is connected\\nwith the Township Improveinent Society, and other societies of this character. His religious associa-\\ntions are with the Munn Avenue or First Presbyterian Church, of East Orange, in which he has served\\nas deacon. He is interested in physical culture. He helped to organize the Riding and Driving Club\\nof the Oranges and is a member of its Board of Directors. He is a member of the Board of Directors\\nof the Orange Athletic Club. He is a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Club; City College Club, and\\nReform Club, of New York City, and of the Essex County Country Club, and of the Essex Club, of\\nNewark. lie is also a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the\\nAmerican Association of Charities and Corrections, and the Bar Association of the United States.\\nMr. Colie married Carrie M. Runyon, daughter of Simeon M. Runyon, son of Clarkson Runyon,\\nwho was for many years a merchant in New Brunswick and subsequently a manufacturer of rubber\\ngoods, both in New Brunswick and Newark. Clarkson was the son of John, born 1767, married Christian\\nStelle, daughter of Abel and Sarah Stelle. John was the son of Ephraim, born 1737, whose wife was\\nRuth Molleson. He was the son of Reune and Rachel (Drake) Runyon. Reune, born 171 1, was the\\nson of Vincent Runyon, the ancestor of the Runyon family of this country. Vincent Runyon is first\\nmentioned in the New Jersey records in 1663. He came to this country with the Stelles and other\\nHuguenot families. He settled in Piscatavvay in 1677, and had allotted to him, in March of the same\\nyear, on the Raritan River, 154^ acres. He died November 19, 1713, his wife, Martha, surviving him.\\nThe issue of the marriage of Edward M. Colie and Carrie R. (Runyon) Colie are: Edward M., Jr.,\\nDayton, Runyon, Margaret and Frederick Runyon.\\nTHE JOHNSON FAMILY.\\nLine of descent fronn Uiecirick Jansen.\\nThe ancestor of this branch of the Johnson family, Diedrick Jansen, or, as he was often called.\\nDirk Johnson, came to this country from Holland about 1700, and settled in Germantown, Pa., where\\nhe had a grant of land adjoining that of Hans Millan, whose daughter, Margaret, he married. They\\nhail a son, John.\\nJohn Johnson, son of Dictlrick and Margaret (Millan) Jansen, was born in his father s homestead,\\nat Germantown, I a. He married Agnes, daughter of Anthony Klincken, a celebrated IuiiUlt in his\\nda\\\\-. They had a z\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ John.\\nJohn Johnson (2\\\\, son of John and Agnes (Klincken) Johnson, was born July 15, 1748. lie resided\\nat the homestead built b_\\\\- his grandfather, which stood near the centre of the battlefield where the\\nbattle of Germantown was fought. They being members of the Society of l- ricnds, remained neutral\\nduring the war. Shortly before the fighting began they were warned by a British officer to take refuge\\nin the cellar, and the battle raged all around the house which was struck several times. [These bullet\\nholes still remain]. The only inaterial damage wliich the house sustained was an abrasion caused by\\na piece of stone which was knocked out from the corner. An investigation after the battle showed\\nthat the British had despoiled the pantry of its contents, and everything eatable had disappeared.\\nJohn Johnson married Rachel Levezey, and had a son, Samuil.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0594.jp2"}, "514": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0595.jp2"}, "515": {"fulltext": "mm\\nji0^^^\\nW\\nJ\\nROWLAND JOHNSON.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0596.jp2"}, "516": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 417\\nSamuel Joliiisoii was born at the liomcstcaci, in 1785. He married Jennet Rowland, of Lewes,\\nDelaware. They had twelve children, among wiiom was Rowlaiui.\\nRowi AM) Johnson, son of Samuel and Jennet (Rowland) Johnson, was born in Gcrmantown, Pa.,\\nMay 24, 1S16. He belonijed to what was known as the Hicksite branch of the Society of Friends, and\\nwas educated at the Friends Seminary of Westowne. Early in life he entereil the wholscsale crockery\\nhouse of Dorsey Son, and later became associated with his brother, under the firm name of R. j.\\nR. Johnson, in the importing of East India and Chinese goods, in I hiladelphia. In 1850 the business\\nof the firm was transferred to New York, the I hiladelphia store being continued as a branch, however,\\nuntil 1S70. A few years after the icniuval of the business to New York, the brother retired, and the\\nbusiness was continued by Rowland Johnson up to the time of his death. He was located on Heaver\\nStreet for thirty-three years, and in 1 883 removed to Broad w,iy. He occupied a leading position among\\nthe New York merchants of that period, lli was a prominent member of the Silk Association of\\nAmerica, and probably did more than any other man to further the silk interests in America.\\nHe resided in New York City during the first few years of his business life. He was one of the\\nearliest of the New York mercliants to locate in Orange, long before the division into separate town-\\nships took place. He settled in what is now East Orange, in 1855, and purchased the property on the\\ncorner of Washington and Park Streets, which was his permanent residence. The farm and summer\\nresidence on the mountainside, he purchased about 1874, and spent most of his summers there.\\nMr. Johnson was one of the leaders in the abolition movement, and was associated in this work\\nwith such men as Wendel Phillips, Oliver Johnson, William Lloyd Garrison and Horace Greeley. He\\nwas earnest, aggressive, and even bitter in his denunciation of the slaveholders, and his home in East\\nOrange was a prominent rendezvous on the route of the underground railroad, and fugitive slaves\\nfound in his home a safe shelter; they were liberally provided for and secretly helped on to the ne.xt\\nstation. Because of the bold and uncompromising stand which he took on the slavery question, he\\nwas e.xpelled from the Society of Friends. Notwithstanding this, however, he continued to meet with\\nthem, and remained steadfast in the faith. There was quite a number of Friends residing, at that time,\\nin and near Orange, and meetings were held regularly in Librarj- Hall. Mr. Johnson usually took part\\nin these meetings.\\nHe was a warm friend of Henry Berg, and one of the most earnest promoters of the Society for the\\nPrevention of Cruelty to Animals. He was also a liberal supporter of and closeh identified with the\\nFive Points Mission of New York, as well as other charitable institutions. He was active in local as\\nwell as national politics, and took a prominent part as a worker and speaker in the presidential cam-\\npaigns. He was one of the largest contributors to the founding of the Ora.ngc Journal, and was financi-\\nally interested in the paper for a number of years. Mr. Johnson was one of the original members of the\\nNew England Society, and did much to bring about the good-fellowship existing among its members.\\nHe was a warm friend of Llewellyn Haskell, and assisted him in the work of founding Llewellyn Park.\\nHe was a man of strict integrity and self-sacrificing in his devotion to the right, and yet he was aggres-\\nsive in matters involving not only his own personal rights, but those of his fellow-men. He was con-\\nstantly at war with the old Morris and Essex Railroad Company, and succeeded in bringing about many\\nneeded improvements. He was foremost in the movement of the citizens of Orange to establish a stage\\nroute between Orange and Newark, and subscribed liberally to the stock. He was interested in all\\nlocal affairs pertaining to the development of the Oranges. He was a man of great liberality, kind-\\nhearted and sympathetic, and always ready to lend a helping hand to the down-trodden and oppressed.\\nHe died September 25, 1886, at the age of seventy. His widow and two children, Anna H. and Llew-\\nellyn Haskell, survive him, the latter residing at the old homestead in East Orange until quite recently.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0599.jp2"}, "517": {"fulltext": "4i8 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges\\nTHE RANDALL FAHILY.\\nJohn M. Randall was pre-eminently a Builder of East Orange, and, with perhaps one or two excep-\\ntions, he did more than any other man to promote its development. Mr. Randall came of the same\\nold Puritan stock of Connecticut so largely represented in the early settlement of Newark. The family\\nname of Randall is traced to the period of the Norman Conquest, A. D. 1086. It first appears in the\\nDomes Day I?ook of William the Conqueror. The name of John Randall is of frequent occurrence in\\nthe year books or records of legal proceedings and judicial decisions from the beginning of the reign of\\nEdward II to the end of that of Henry VHI, a period of about two hundred years, from 1327 to 1547.\\nJohn Randall, the Connecticut ancestor of this family, was at Westerly, R. I., in territory claimed\\nby Connecticut as part of Stonington, in 1667. In 1670 he bought a lot of land on the I awcatuck\\nRiver, of Thomas Bell, and was admitted an inhabitant of Stonington, November 30. 1670.\\nJohn Randall, a descendant of John Randall, the Connecticut ancestor, was born in Connecticut\\nabout 1758. Me was a captain in the War of the Revolution and served continuously, first as a member\\nof the Connecticut Militia and afterwards of the Connecticut Line, from 1775 to 1783. He enlisted\\nat the age of seventeen, his first service being as a private in Second Company, Eighth Connecticut\\nRegiment, commanded by Colonel afterwards General Jedediah Huntington, of New London, Conn.\\nAfter the close of the war he married Phebe, daughter of Gurdon Merchant, of Redding, Conn., who\\nwas its first town treasurer and a descendant of John Merchant, of Braintree, Mass., 1638, who removed\\nto Rhode Island in 1639. After his marriage, Capt. Randall purchased a farm of some 300 acres in\\nVermont, which he cleared and subseqently sold, and purchased another large tract of about four\\nhundred acres on Otter Creek, Vt which lay partly in the town of Wallingford and part in Clarendon.\\nHe cleared and improved the farm, which was divided among his children. He had issue, Cynthia,\\nJohn, Lydia, Lucina and Merchant, born about 1795.\\nMerchant Randall, son of John and Phebe (Merchant) Randall, was born at Wallingford, Vt., about\\n1795. He bought a farm in Veteran, near Elmira, N. V., and moved thence about 1836, and in 1852\\nfollowed the march of immigration and settled in Warren County, III. He married Philena Bullartl, a\\ndescendant of Robert Bullard, who came to this countr\\\\- from Kent, England, about 1636. The children\\nof Merchant and Philena Randall were: Philena, born 181 5;. A Merchant, hoxn August 18. 1818:\\nanother child, died young Lucretia, born about 1828, married Charles Swan, of Elmira. Mr. Randall\\ndivided up his western farm among his children, giving each from forty to eighty acres.\\nJohn Merchant Ra.vdai.L, second child of Merchant and Philena (Bullard) Randall, was born in\\nRutland County, near Rutland village, Vt., August 18. 1818. His early educational advantages were\\nlimited, as he was obliged to work the farm, yet he began teaching when he was but seventeen years of\\nage. After leaving the district school, he attended Black River Academy for one term, and by teaching\\nthe following winter, earned enough to carry him through on a si.\\\\ months course at Castleton, Vt.,\\nAcademy. He then returned to the little school in his native town, where he taught for two successive\\nterms. His father, in the meantime, having removed to a village near Elmira, N. V., John M. followed\\nand taught for a time at Millport, N. Y., and in the summer of 1839 completed his studies at Canan-\\ndagua Academy, where he took a six months course. He taught again for two successive years at\\nMillport, but was finally obliged to gi\\\\e up teaching on account of failing health. He had, in the\\nmeantime, built up a flourishing school from which fifteen students were graduated and received certifi-\\ncates, all but one of whom became successful teachers. He was superintcntlent of schools in the town,\\nand also served as town clerk for two or three years. About 1844, in connection with a Mr. Botsford,\\nhe opened a country store in the town of Veteran, some ten miles from Elmira, N. Y. This was not a\\nsuccessful venture, ar.d he subsequently started on his own account in the same business, and not only\\npaid off his old liabilities in full, but in the course of si.x years cleared \u00c2\u00a76,000. With this capital he\\nformed a copartnership in the lumber business in 1853, at Brooklyn, N. Y., under the firm name of\\nBennett Randall, producing and buying lumber by the cargo and shipping it to various points in", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0600.jp2"}, "518": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0601.jp2"}, "519": {"fulltext": "!,t){w\\nm\\nJOHN M. RANDALL.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0602.jp2"}, "520": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\n419\\nand contiguous to New York, the principal trade for wliicli centered in Newark, N. J., where he subse-\\nquently established his headcpiarters, having a large yard on the I assaic River, where he did the largest\\nlumber business of any firm in the State of New Jersey and one of the largest in the country, his sales\\naggregating nearly half a million dollars a year. During this copartnership he purchased a large tract\\nof land in Tioga County, Pa., where he erected three large steam saw mills. He subsequently disposed\\nof this property to his partner and contracted to sell the entire annual production of these mills on\\ncommission. He also bought large quantities of lumber from other- i)artics and for many years carrie i\\non a successful trade in this line. In 1S65 he established a retail business in Newark in connection with\\nhis wholesale business, having for a partner in the former, George H. Swain (afterwards State Treasurer\\nof New Jersey), and later became associated with him in the entire business.\\nMr. Randall continued to carry on his country store at Veteran for some years after he started in\\nthe lumber business, and made Elmira his place of residence, where he spent his winters. In 1854 he\\nwas elected to the State Assembly from Chemung County, N. V., on the temperance ticket. He served\\nMUS.V ,\\\\VENLE. SHOWING RESIDENCE OF JOHN M. RANDALL.\\nas a n c,nl,cr f the Railroad Committee, but was at the same time one of the most earne.st supporters\\nhe bill for the laying out of Central Park. New York City. Mr. Randal became a rcs.dent of\\nNe vark N. J about ,856, and soon after bought a tract of land on Munn .Wenue, East Orange on\\nwhi he bei n nu.king improvements. In addition to his own residence he erected a number of\\nif villas along the avenue and planted a variety of shade trees. He made-mother m,provemen ts\\n^;;:h h!ve added much to the general appearance of this avenue. He sold enc. ad\\n,86S began the erection of his present home, which reqmred two ye^^rs to complete 1 his .one of the\\nmost substantial and well built villas in the county, the mtenor bemg f^n..shed m hard uood.\\nrounds and exterior arrangements are in excellent taste and present an attract.ve appearance.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0605.jp2"}, "521": {"fulltext": "420 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nWhen Orange obtained its city charter in i860, Mr. Randall was foremost in causing the separation\\nand final erection of East Orange as a separate township. He was a member of the first Township\\nCommittee and probably did more than any other man to precipitate final action. He was chairman of\\nthe committee appointed to establish the grade of the streets, and was an advocate of the macademizcd\\nroads. He erected a large number of private and public buildings, which have added materially to the\\nwealth of the township. His greatest achievement in the way of public improvements is the present\\n.system of water supply for East Orange and Bloomfield, second to none in this countr\\\\-, and one of the\\nfinest in the world.\\nMr. Ranilall has contributed liberally to the educational, religious and bene\\\\ olent interests of the\\ntownship. The Munn Avenue Presbyterian Church owes its existence mainly to his efforts, lie led in\\nthe enterprise and induced his neighbors to follow. He solicited subscriptions to a large amount, and\\nwas himself one of the largest contributors. He was chairman of the Building Committee and had the\\ngeneral supervision of its entire construction. The subsequent enlargement of the building and all the\\ninterior arrangements were designed and carried out under his personal supervision. He has also\\nencouraged and aided in the building of other churches in East Orange. His whole aim as a public-\\nspirited citizen was to elevate the moral and religious tone of the community. He lived to witness the\\ngrowth of a small village to one of the largest and most prosperous townships in the State. As a man\\nhe was beloved and respected in the community for his many personal traits, and honored by his fellow-\\ncitizens for the great work he accomplished in the development of East Orange.\\nMr. Randall was twice married first to Miss Abby Taylor, of Manlius, Onondaga Count}-, N. Y.;\\nsecond, to Miss Hulda S. Vischer, of Albany, N. Y. By his first wife he had, Philena 1 who married\\nJoseph T.. Munn, Esq. By his second wife he has issue, Walter M. and Mary E.; the latter married\\nernon L. Davey, Superintendent of Public Schools, East Orange. Mr. Randall died suddenly in the\\nsummer of 1895 while absent from home.\\nTHE COLBY FAMILY.\\nOf the thousands of enterprising New York business men who, during the j)ast thirty-five or\\nfortj years, have established their homes in the Oranges, none have been more close!} identified with\\nthe moral, physical, religious and political advancement of the people of this locality than Gardner R.\\nColby; a man who built for himself a monument in the hearts of the people as enduring as the granite\\nshaft that marks his last resting-place. His New England ancestors were all men of marked character\\nand influence, who left their impress on each generation. The history of the Colby family dates back\\nto the eleventh cenlur}-, anil the names of Robert, Warine and Simon de Colebie appear among the list\\nof those who followed the fortunes of the Conqueror.\\nAnthony Colby, the American ancestor of the family, came over with Governor Winthrop, in 1630;\\nwas one of the founders of Salisbury, in 1639, and of Amesbur}-, Mass., in 1643. He had issue, Sarah,\\nJohn, Orlando, Samuel, Isaac, Rebecca, Mar\\\\- and Thomas. The line of descent of Gardner R. Colby\\nis through John, eldest son of Anthony, John, Jr., Joseph (1 Joseph (2), Josiah and Josiah C. The\\nlatter was a well-known citizen of Bowdoinham, Maine, who was for years successfully engaged in the\\nbuilding of ships, and in business enterj^rises connected with theit ownership. His son, Gardner Colby,\\na native of Bowdoinham. Me., became one of the leading railroad projectors and builders in the great\\nNorthwest, and was equall}- noted for his strong religious faith, and the carrying forward of great benevo-\\nlent enterprises. He was largeh- instrumental in the building of the Rowe Street Baptist Church, of\\nBoston was the founder of Waterville College, Me., to which he ga\\\\ e large sums of monc}- at different\\ntimes, and which, unsolicited by himself, was changed to Colby Universit} and as such has already won\\nan honored place in the educational history of the countr}-. He married Mary Low Roberts, and had\\nissue, Gardner R., Charles L., Henry F., Joseph L., Mary F., Georgetta E.\\nGaru.NER Roberts Coi.BV, eldest son of Gardner and Mary Low (Roberts) Colby, was born in\\nRo.xbury, Mass., April, 1836. He was educated at a private school, and at the age of sixteen entered", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0606.jp2"}, "522": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\n421\\na dry goods and jobbing house at Boston, as a clerk. Subscfiucntly lie entered his father s store\\nand was his purchaser for a period of five years, representing the house in New York In 1S65 the firm\\nof Slade Colby was formed, which was changed in 1866 to Harding, Colby Co with which Mr.\\nColby was actively identified until his death. Mr. C jlby had the entire management of the New York\\nhouse, Mr. Kdgar Harding, son of the senior partner, having charge of the Boston branch. Mr. Colby s\\nbusiness talent and great executive ability were always recognized, and he was freqently called upon to\\npreside at meetings of New York business men. He was for fourteen years a member of the New York\\nChamber of Commerce, was Vice-President of the Ninth National Bank, a director of the Farmers\\nLoan and Trust Company, both of New York, and a director of the Delaware, Lackawanna and West-\\nern Railroad. Mr. Colby became a resident of East Orange in 1S66, soon after it became a separate\\ntownship. -rom the first he evinced a disposition to encourage the improvements and changes that\\nwere being made, and was recognized as a man of progressive ideas. He was chairman of the Township\\nCommittee during the years 1874-5, hav-\\ning been unanimously elected at a time\\nwhen there was a sharp controversy regard-\\ning public improvements.\\nIn politics he was a staunch Republican\\nand gave liberally to promote the success\\nof the party in his county and State. He\\nserved for two years on the State Com-\\nmittee and was frequenth- urged to accept\\nthe Congressional nomination, but always\\ndeclined the honor. At the Republican\\nState Convention, held at Trenton, in\\n1886, Mr. Colby was a prominent candi-\\ndate for Governor. Witliout any prelim-\\ninary campaign whatever, Mr. Colby went\\nto Trenton on the eve of the conquest,\\nand by his strong personalit) completely\\nchanged the calculations of the slate mak-\\ners, nearly capturing the prize. Essex\\nCounty, which was split up over several\\ncandidates, united upon him, a thing its\\ndelegates had never done before, and\\npresented his name as a unit to the con-\\nvention. i\\\\ South Jersey combination,\\nhowever, gave the nomination to a South\\nJersey man and Congressman Howey was\\nnominated. Mr. Colby received the next\\nhighest vote, and he always felt gratified\\nfor the loyal support of the Essex County\\ndelegates. Mr. Colby s name had been\\nquietly discussed in connection with the\\napproaching nomination for Governor.\\nRepublicans and temperance men could unite, and he\\nconvention. He was State elector on two occasions.\\nAfter removing to East Orange, Mr. Colby joined the North Orange Baptist Church, and to his\\ngenerous and active support is due in no small degree the i)rominence enjoyed by the church in this\\ncity and the Ba[)tist denomination to-day. He was elected one of its otTicers_ soon after he became a\\nGARDNER KOBEKTS COI.IIV.\\nwould ha\\\\e received i lic.irty xipport in the", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0607.jp2"}, "523": {"fulltext": "422 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nmember, and at the time of his death was President of the Board of Trustees, also deacon and Super-\\nintendent of the Emmanuel Baptist Church and Sunday School, in the Valley. Mr. Colby s interest in\\nthe welfare of the church never dimished. He never missed a Sunday service when at home and in\\nhealth, and always made it a point to be present at the business meetings of the Board of Deacons, the\\nmembers of which looked to him for counsel and generally followed his advice.\\nMr. Colby s benefactions were numberless. He gave of his wealth quietly and without ostentation,\\nand it will never be known how much he gave away privately or how many he assisted. He had\\nan affectionate, sympathetic nature, and though his outward manner often seemed brusque he\\npossessed a warm heart which is was not difficult to touch. He was a tower of strength upon\\nwhom many leaned for support. When friends were in trouble he was quick to assure them of\\nhis sympathy. He felt proud of the fact that he had, largely by his own efforts, amassed a fortune\\nbefore he inherited one, and although he seldom spoke about it, he did not want it thought he\\nhad inherited all his wealth. He had a fine sense of honor and was the soul of integrity, and a trust was\\nsure to be faithfully administered if committed to his care. He was naturally of a happy disposition,\\nand his wit has brightened many a company of which he was a welcome member. His death, which\\noccurred June 20, 1889, was deeply lamented by a large circle of friends in this and other States.\\nMr. Colby married Martha Louise 1 lutchins, daughter of Ezra L. Hutchins, a descendant, probably,\\nof John Hutchins, who settled in Newbury, Mass before 1640. Six children were born to them, three\\nof whom died in early life, viz.: Harriet Augusta, Charles Hewson and Gerald Gellatly. Three sons\\nsurvive their father, viz.: Gardner, born in East Orange, October 12, 1864; graduated at Brown Univer-\\nsity, and is now treasurer of several manufacturing and other companies; resides in East Orange: he\\nmarried Fanny Hazard Curtis, daughter of Henrj R. Curtis; issue, Gardner, St. Clair, Amelia, Henry\\nCurtis, Martha Louise. Louis St. Clair, also of East Orange, December, 1866; graduated at Brown\\nUniversity. Arthur Hutchins, East Orange, born March 31, 1869; graduated at Brown University;\\nengaged in the real estate business; married Marie Henrietta Miner, daughter of Allan Miner and\\nadopted daughter of Edwin C. Burt had two children, Dorothy and Bevan.\\nTHE SHEPARD FAHILY.\\nThe name of M. .Shcpan.1 occupies a warm place in the hearts of the people of this community,\\nnot only because of the public spirit he has manifested in everything that concerns the health and\\nprosperity of the Oranges, but for his large hearted, liberal support of its religious and benevolent\\ninstitutions. Many of the Builders who have preceded Mr. Shepard have left their impress on the\\npages of local history in the streets which bear their name, in the beautiful shade trees which they have\\nplanted, and in the attractive homes which have made this the garden spot of the Oranges; but Mr.\\nShepard, in the enterprises with which his name has been so prominently connected, has unconsciously\\nerected to his own memory, monuments which are imperishable, as they concern not only the health, the\\nhappiness and the well-being of the present generation, but of generations yet unborn.\\nThere is no doubt that the name of Shepard spelt in various ways is one of the oldest on record,\\nand is derived from the occupation which it represents, the very nature of which tends to develop the\\ngentler as well as the nobler traits of character. The Coat Armour borne by one of the early English\\nfamilies of this name indicates the origin. This was: Ar/iis. ycrt, two shepherd s crooks in saltire\\nor, between three lambs passant, two and one argent. Crest. A mount vert, thereon, in front of two\\nshepherd s crooks in saltire or, a lamb passant argent. The family from which I- M. Shepard descended\\nwas among the earl\\\\ settlers of Connecticut, and through each successive generation its members ha\\\\e\\nbeen noted for their good deeds and kindness of heart, rather than for great personal achievements.\\nEdward Shepard, the ancestor, was born in England, lie followed the sea and was master of a\\nshii). He came to this country and settled in Cambriilge, Mass., about 1639, where he died in 1648.\\nHe married Violet by whom he had Eliza, Abigail and Deborah.\\nJohn Shepard (i), son of Edward and Violet Shepard, was born in England, in 1627. and", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0608.jp2"}, "524": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0609.jp2"}, "525": {"fulltext": "FREDERICK M. SHEPARD.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0610.jp2"}, "526": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders ot the Oranges. 423\\ncame to America with liis father, lie was m.ide a freeman at Cambridge, Mass in ifj^o, and moved to\\nHartford after 1666. He married, first, October r, 1649. Rebecca, daughter of Samuel (ireenhill\\nsecond, Susannah Goodwin. lie died in 1707. He had a ann, /o/t/i, and other children by his first wife.\\nJohn Shepard (2), son of John (1) and Rebecca (Greenhill) Siiepard, was born in Hartford, January\\n22, 1653, died there in 1736. He was a deacon in the South Church and much respected in the com-\\nmunity. He married, first, May 12, 1680, Hannah I eck, daughter of I aul I eck second, Mary Mutt n\\nBigelow. He had, by his first wife, John, Saiiiiu-/, Hannali and Josepii.\\nSamuel Shepard, son of John (2), was born in Hartford, February 2. i( )S4, ilied there in 1730. He\\nmarried, May 17, 1709. Bclliia Steele; she dictl in 1704. Tliey hail a son, l-.ltiad. Samuel removed to\\nEast Grainillc, Mass.\\nEldad Shepard, son nf .Samuel and Hethi.i (Steele) Shepard, was born in East Granville, Mass., in\\n1740, and dictl in 1S07. lie married Rebecca Seymour; she died in 1807. Tliey had, among other\\ncliildren, a son, .v.\\nJames Shepard, son of Eldad anil Rebecca (Seymourj .Shepard, was born in Hartland, Mass.,\\nwhence his father hail removed, December 21, 1774. He was a farmer and a man of considerable\\nprominence in the community. He was a member of the State Legislature in 1840, and held other\\npublic offices He died in Norfolk, Litchfield Count} Conn., in 1846. He married Abigail Andrus,\\nand had issue. Joint Andrus, born J.muary 15, i8o2; Laura Seymour, born March 9, 1804; James\\nHutchins, born August 11, 1806, died February 15, 1895; Samuel, born December 12, 1812; Eliza.\\nJohn Andrus Shepard, son of James and Abigail (Andrus) Shepard, was born in Winchester, Conn.,\\n1802. He was a well-to-do farmer and a man of influence in the community. Although averse to\\nholding public position, he was a member of the Legislature, postmaster, and held other town offices.\\nHe married Margaret J. Mills, daughter of Michael Frederick Mills, a well-known lawyer in the com-\\nmunity. Their children were Frederick Michael, James Ira, and William Arthur.\\nFrederick M. Shepard, eldest child of John Andrus and Margaret J. (Mills) Shepaid, was born\\nin Norfolk, Litchfield County, Conn., September 24, 1827. He attended the district school and also\\na select school kept by Rev. John F. Norton. His first business e.\\\\-perience was in a countiy store in\\nNorfolk. From there he went to Hartford as clerk in the dry goods store of Collins Bros., where he\\nremained some two or three \\\\ears. He came to New York in 1848 and was for five years in the employ\\nof Augustin Averill Co., commission merchants, on South Street. In 1853 he was elected Secretar\\\\-\\nof the Union India Rubber Company. This was the opportunity which led to the ilevelopment of\\nbusiness qualifications and a capacity for great undertakings, of which, perhaps, he himself was uncon-\\nscious. He became the founder and is still the manager of one of the largest rubber interests in the\\nworld. He has been President of the Union India Rubber Company for twenty-five years. He founded,\\nwith Joseph A. Minott, in 1861, the Rubber Clothing Company, and has been its President since its\\norganization. He also founded, with Mr. Minott, the Goodyear Rubber Co., in 1872, was its first\\nPresident and still holds that position. This company is one of the largest of its kind in the world.\\nIt has its factories in Connecticut and New Jersey its places of business are in New York City, Buffalo,\\nChicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, Minneapolis St. Louis, Kansas City, San Francisco, Portland, Ore., and\\nWashington, I). C, each of these being controlled by companies organized under the laws of the several\\nStates, but all under the direct management of Mr. Shepard. These several companies and manufac-\\ntories, and others in which he is largely and actively interested, employ several thousand iiands, the\\nannual production amounting to millions of dollars. Mr. Shepard is also a director in the National\\nIndia Rubber Co., of Rhode Island, President of the Lambertville Rubber Co., a director of the U. S.\\nRubber Co., also of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co.. of Newark, N. J., one of the Advisory\\nCommittee of the Orange Memorial Hospital, to which he has been a large contributor.\\nMr. Shepard s connection with the Oranges began in 186S, by the purchase of the house on Munn\\nAvenue, where he has since resided. For several years he occupied it as a summer home, but in 1S73\\ngave up his residence in New York and made East Orange his home. Since then he has made numer-", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0613.jp2"}, "527": {"fulltext": "424 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nous additions and iniprovements, both exterior and interior, and liis home is now one of the most\\nattractive places in this locaHty. For the first five or six years Mr. Shepard s work in East Orange\\nwas mainly of a religious and benevolent character, encouraging, however, and contributing to such\\npublic enterprises as he deemed worthy of support. W lien the subject of water supply was being\\nagitated, he entered heartily into the project and was one of the first, as well as one of the largest\\nsubscribers to the stock of the Orange Water Company, a corporation which was organized in 1S67, but\\nwhich remained dormant until kS ^o, when the subscription books were for the first time opened, (^n the\\norganization of the com[)any Mr. Shepard was elected President, and has held the position continuousl\\\\-\\nup to the present time. N otwithstanding his extensive interests in New York and other parts of the\\ncountry, he has for man\\\\- years devoted a portion of his time every day to the management of the\\naffairs of the water compan_\\\\-, which has developed into one of the most perfect s\\\\-stems of water su])ply\\nin this or any other .State, and now supplies the towns of East Orange and Bloomfield. During its stage\\nof development the financial burden was largely borne by Mr. Shepard and his associate, Mr. Randall.\\nWhile Mr. Shepard was chiefly interested in procuring an abundant supply of pure water for the people\\nof East Orange, he has so managed the affairs of the company that it has for many years paid satisfac-\\ntory dividends to the stockholders. Mr. Shepard was a large contributor to the erection of the Com-\\nmonwealth Building, and organized the East Orange Safe Deposit and Trust Company, which has its\\nvaults in this building. He was the first President, and is now Vice-President of the companw He\\nalso assisted in organizing the East Orange National Bank, and was its President for two years.\\nOn coming to East Orange, Mr. Shepard attended the Munn Avenue or P irst Presbyterian Church,\\nand was for several years President of its Board of Trustees, during which time the debt which had been\\nincurred in 1863, when the church was built, was paid in full. When tiie Elmwood Chapel, a branch of\\nthe .Munn Avenue Church, was organized, Mr. Shepard assisted in the movement by his personal efforts,\\nand contributed liberally towards the erection of the building. He was elected Superintendent of the\\nElmwood Chapel Sunday-school, in 18S0, and for fifteen years has devoted his time and his energies to\\nbuild up this interest. To say that he is beloved by the teachers and children is but a feeble expression\\nof the strong attachment that exists between them. L nder his efficient management there has been a\\nsteady growth from year to year, and many of the children from tiie school have united with the church\\nand have had their names inscribed on the Lamb s Book of Life. This has been one of the most delight-\\nful features of Mr. Shepard s long residence in the Oranges, and one in which the compensation far ex-\\nceeds that of all his temporal interests combined.\\nIn remembrance of his childhood days, Mr. Shepard established, in 1S91. the Norfolk Water Com-\\npaiu for supplying his native town with water from the beautiful Mountain Lake, and thus earned the\\ngratitude of the people, and erected another monument to his own memory.\\nMr. Shepard s domestic life has been one of peaceful simplicity. His lines have fallen to him in\\npleasant places, and he has enjoyed a goodly heritage. He married, in September, 1854, Annie\\nClarissa, daughter of Theron Rockw-ell, of Colebrook, Conn. See Rockwell family.] The children of\\nFrederick M. and Annie Clari.ssa (Rockwell) Shepard are: Annie Rockwell; Frederick M., Jr., married\\nIsabella, daughter of Joseph Condit of Orange; Clara Margaret, married Alfred Boote, May 16, 1885;\\nJoseph Minott; John Andrus. and Edith .Mills. Joseph Miiiott, fiuiith child of Mr. .Shepard, died in 1875.\\nSoon after this Mr. Shepard erected, at a cost of \u00c2\u00a710,000. a consuni[)tive tlepartnicnt to the Orange\\nMemorial Hospital. history of Memorial Hospital.]\\nTHE ROCKWELL FAMILY.\\nThe Rockwell and Shepard families are closely allied by marriage, and both have been promoters\\nof public imi)rovements in East Orange. The magnificent residence of John T. Rockwell is one of the\\nmost attractive features on Arlington Avenue, and has greatly improved this locality. Mr. Rockwell\\nis a direct descendant of the Pilgrim Fathers. Deacon William Rockwell, the founder of the family in", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0614.jp2"}, "528": {"fulltext": "Thk Founders and Hrii.nKKS of tiik Orangks. 425\\nAmerica, arrived at Nantucket May 30, 1630. He was deacon of tlie first ciuircli in Dorchester, Mass.,\\nand was one of the three first selectmen of the town. He removed to Windsor. Conn., about 1636. He\\nmarried Susanna Cliapin, and hatl three children, the second of whom was Saiiiini.\\n.Samuel Rockwell, son of William and Susanna (Chapin) Rockwell, was born in Dorchester. March\\n28, 1631. He married Mary Norton, of Saybrook, Conn., and had a son, Joscpli.\\nJoseph Rockwell (i), son of Samuel and Mary (Norton) Rockwell, was born May 22, 1670. He was\\nknown as Sargaiit Rockwell. He married Rlizabeth. daughter of Job Drake, and \\\\y,\\\\i\\\\ Joscf Ji (2) and\\nother children.\\nJoseph Rockwell (2), son of Joseph (1) and Elizabeth (Drake) Rockwell, was born at Windst)r,\\nConn., November 23, 1695. He married Hannah Huntinj^ton, born at Norwich, Conn.. 1^93. Their\\neldest child was Josepit (3).\\nJoseph Rockwell (3), son of Joseph (2) and Hannah (Huntington) Rockwell, was born at New\\nWindsor, Conn., March 15, 171 5. lie was one of the original proi)rietors of Colebmok, Conn., in 1766.\\nand was Captain of the first militia company formed in the town. He married Anna Dodd. and had\\nnine children, of whom lilijali was tliu third.\\nElijah Rockwell, son of Joseph (31 and .Anna (Dodd) Rockwell, was born in East Windsor. Conn.,\\nNovember 14, 1744. He served in the War of the Revolution, and was commissioned Lieutenant of\\nSeventh Conipan_\\\\-, Connecticut Militia, b_\\\\- (iovernor Jonathan Trumbull, lie was Justice of the I eacc,\\nand was for ihirtj -eight years Town Clerk for si.xteen years he was the only civil magistrate in the\\ntown, and in this capacity he joined one hundred and twenty-seven couples in marriage. He repre-\\nsented his town in the State Legislature for some years. He married Lucy, daughter of John\\nWright, and had five children, of whom Tluron was the third.\\nTheron Rockwell, third child of Elijah and Lucy (Wright) Rockwell, was born in Colebrook, June\\n5, 1782. He was a man of considerable prominence in his day he served in both branches of the State\\nLegislature. He carried on an extensive tanning business in Colebrook, and opened an oflfice in New\\nYork City for the sale of his goods, which was under the management of his son, James S., who was\\nsucceeded by John T., a younger brother. Mr. Rockwell married Clarissa, daughter of John Treat, who\\nwas a descendant of Matthew Treat, of Connecticut. Their children were, James Sidney, born 1817;\\nHenry Edwards, born ^2\\\\\\\\ John Treat, Xnna Clari.ssa. married Frederick .\\\\I. She[)ard. now of East\\nOrange.\\nJiijiN Tki.ai R(i( kwei.I,, third child uf rhert)n and Clarissa (Treat) Rockwell, was born in Cole-\\nbrook, Conn., January 21, 1827. He was educated at Williston Seminary, East Hampton, lie was\\nassociated aith his brother in the tanneries at Colebrook and Winsted, which he bought out and con-\\ntinued to c.irrv on for some years. He removetl later to New ork ami became a member of the firm\\nof S. Rockwell Co., with which he is still connected. Mr. Rockwell came to East Orange in 1881,\\nand soon after erected the beautiful home where he now resides. He has given aid and encouragement\\nto public improvements in many ways. He is a stockhokler and director in the East Orange Water\\nWorks; also in the Safe Deposit and Tru.st Company. His religious interests are centered in the First\\nPresbyterian Church of EH.st Orange, of which he is a member.\\nEDWARD JUDSON BROCKETT. The remarkable growth of the North Orange H.iptisl Church in\\na community where, for more than a hundred years, I resbyterianism has held full sway, is due to the\\nefforts of a few individuals who had not only the courage of their convictions, but who were endowed\\nwith the essential qualifications of leadership. Among these is Edward J. Hrockett, a representative of\\na family who for several gener.Uions have been noted for their courage, zeal and devotion to the cause\\nof religion and religious libert\\\\-. The family in England dates back to the time of the Norman\\nConquest, and the head of the house in the time of Henry HI was knighted by that monarch for his\\nservices to the king. One of his descendants, John Brockett, the eldest son of Sir John Hrockett. of\\nthe County Herts, a well-known loyalist at the time of Charles who, becoming convinced of the truth", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0615.jp2"}, "529": {"fulltext": "426\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nof the gospel as preached by the Puritans, relinquislied his birthright, united with t!ic little company\\nof Rev. John Davenport, emitjrated to New England and settled in New Haven in 1638. His son, Dr.\\nJohn Hrockett, was the first permanent resident physician of the New Haven Colony, a man of remark-\\nable attainments for his time.\\nRev. I ierpont Brockett, the father of Edward J., was a direct descendant of Jnhn Rrockett, the\\nAmerican ancestor. He was born in North Haven, Conn., October 30, 1787, and was one of the most\\nnoted Baptist preachers in Connecticut for many years. He served as a private in the Connecticut\\nMilitia in the War of 181 J. His f.Uhcr, John Brockett, served in the War of the Revolution. Rev.\\nPier[)ont Brockett was for some time a missionary for the Connecticut Bajitist Convention, and traveled\\nthrough the State looking after the interests of the denomination. He was a settled pastor at different\\nperiods at Clinton, Saybrook, Esse.x, West Springfield, Nortli .Stonington, W inlhrop, L\\\\-me, Col-\\nchester and Wethersfieki, and was for three years chaplain of the Connecticut State Prison, at Wethers-\\nfield. After a long and useful life he retired from active service at the age of seventy-five. He died\\ny\\\\pril 7, 1868, having spent fifty years in the work of the ministry in the Baptist churches in New\\nEngland. His record of baptisms was 284, and hundreds more dated their conversion from his wise\\nand careful labors with them. He married Sarah Sage, daughter of Col. Josiah Sage and a relative of\\nthe well-known Gen. Comfort Sage, of Middletown, one of the heroes of the Revolution. Among other\\nchildren born to him was Eikvard Judsoii Brockett.\\nEnWAkl) JUDSON Brockktt, son of Rev. Pierpont and Sarah (Sage) Brockett, was born at Essex,\\nConn.. M irch 7, 1833. He was educated at Bacon Academy, Colchester, Conn., at that time one of the\\nleading institutions of learning in New England. He\\nbegan his business career as clerk in a publishing house\\nin Hartford, Conn., and after a few years was called to\\nNew York as manager of the subscription book business\\nof the firm of Mason Brothers. In 1858 he entered the\\nemploy of Battelle Renwick, who were engaged in im-\\nporting chemicals, as book-keeper and confitlential clerk,\\nand on the ist of Januar\\\\-, 1S83. became a member of\\nthe firm.\\nBy disposition antl business training he was fitted\\nfor places of trust, and, while never seeking position,\\nwas repeatedly elected as director or treasurer in various\\nbusiness corporations; also appointed executor of several\\nestates. Mr. Brockett was for many years a resident of\\nBrooklyn, and an active worker in the Hanson Place\\nBaptist Church. While residing in Brooklyn he married\\nMary F. Gault, daughter of George Gault, one of the\\npioneer l^aptists of Brooklyn, who was instrumental in\\nforming many of the churches in that city. The issue\\nof this marriage was: George Pierpont (deceased),\\nFrancis E.. Edith A., Frederick S. (deceased), and\\nHelen\\nOn Mr. Brockett s removal to Orange, he at once\\nidentified himself with the North Orange Baptist Church,\\nand was elected its Treasurer, liokiing theoitice toi tnii-\\nteen years. The association, with such a noble band of workers as he found in connection with th.it\\nchurcii, and iiis daily intercourse witii such men as Gardner R. Colby, Edward Austen, W A. Gellatly\\nand Edwin C. Burt, (men who, having accomplished a noble work, have passed away), served as an\\ninspiration to Mr. Brockett, and work on behalf of his own church seems to have been a leading thought", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0616.jp2"}, "530": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders ok the Oranges.\\n4^;\\nill his life. M;in\\\\- of the improvements made to tlie iiropcrty of tlie Nortli Oninge B i|)tist Cluiicli.\\nwhich has one of the best etiuipped Sinulay-scliool buildings in the coiinti were sujjgestcd by him.\\nFor many years he has been associated witli Mr. .Samuel C )l ate in the management of the Sunday,\\nschool, which is one of the largest in the State. In iSSo he was elected one of the tru.stees of the\\nchurch, which office he still holds. In iS.Si he was ordained as deacnn.\\nAs a man of broad and liberal ideas, he has united with his brethren of otlier denominations in\\ngeneral efforts to promote Christian and philanthropic work in the community, anil was instrumental in\\norganizing the Orange Sunday School Union, which gave a new impetus to .Sunila\\\\- .School work in all\\nthe )ranges, and secured a more general acquaintance among Ciiristian workers. Mr. Hrockett is one\\nof the Board of Managers of the American Baptist llonie Mission Society, also I resident of the New\\nJersey Baptist .State Con\\\\ ention.\\nALFRED PANCOAST BOLLER. The national reputation which the Oranges have enjoyed for half\\na century or more as a place of suburban resort is probably due, to a great extent, to the fact that so\\nmany public men of national reputation have been identified with this locality at different times during\\nthe past fort)- years. Mr. Boiler, who is among this number, has, during his thirty years residence in\\nEast Orange, achieved a national reputation as a civil engineer, and yet he is known to most people here\\nas a quiet, agreeable neighbor, ready to assist in all\\npublic enterprises, but too much engrossed in the\\nduties of his profession to give much heed to social\\naffairs Mr. Boiler is of German descent, born in\\nPhiladelphia, Februar)- 22. 1840, son of Henry John\\nand Anna Margaretta I ancoast) Boiler. He gradu-\\nated as A. M. from Universit}- of Pennsylvania in\\n1S58, and as civil engineer from Rensselaer Pol_\\\\-tech-\\nnic Institute, of Troy, in 1861. After graduation\\nhe was engaged on various railroad and canal\\nenterprises in the coal regions of Pennsylvania, and\\nin 1863 was an assistant engineer on the Philadelphia\\nand Erie division of the Penns\\\\-lvaiiia Railroad. In\\n1866 he came to New ork in the service of the\\nAtlantic and Great Western Railroad, at that time\\ncontemplating some large bridge enterprises. In\\nthe autumn of the same year he became engineer\\nof the Hudson River Railroad, and during this\\nconnection the great St. John s Park Depot was\\ncommenced.\\nIn the spring of 1867 the firm of Muliken\\nBoiler was formed, to act as New York and Eastern\\nagents of the Phceni.x Insurance Co., of Philadelphia.\\nIn 1 870 Mr. I^oller became Vice-President and\\nengineer of the Phillipsburg Manufacturing Co.,\\nengaged in bridge building and structural iron work.\\nCentral Avenue and Park .\\\\vcnuc bridges over the Morris Canal, Newark, were built during this time,\\nand the bridge over the Hudson River, at Troy, N. V. The Phillipsburg Co.. failing shortly after the\\npanic of 1873, in the autumn of 1874, Mr. Boiler established himself as general consulting engineer, in\\nNew York City, at 71 Broadway, where he has had his offices ever .since. He has held the following\\nimportant positions: Chief Engineer .Manhattan Elevateil Railway, Yonkers Rapid Transit Commis-\\nsion, Albany and Greenbush Bridge, West Side and Yonkers Railway (155th Street to High Bridge,\\nALFRED PANCO.AST HOI.I.KK.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0617.jp2"}, "531": {"fulltext": "428 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nincluding Righth Avenue Briilge over Harlem Riven. Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad, Tliames\\nRi\\\\er Bridge, at New London, N. Y., P. B. R. R. He was also consulting engineer to contractors\\nfor building pedestal of Bartholdi Statue; to the Department of Public Parks, N. Y.; for bridging the\\nlironx River at the various road crossings; the superstructure of the Madison Avenue Bridge, the\\nCentral Bridge and approaches over the Harlem River, at 155th Street; to the Department of Public\\nWorks, for building 155th Street viaduct; the Harlem Ship Canal Bridge (firm of Boiler and Burr), at\\nKingsbridge Road, and the roof of a new pumping and power house station at High Bridge. Mr.\\nBoiler is one of the consulting engineers in the new industrial development of the water power of the\\nSt. Mary s River, Sault St. Marie, and chief engineer of the projected bridge of the Duluth and Superior\\nBridge Co. He was contractor (Boiler Drake) for building Bergen County cut of Erie Railroad for\\nbuilding (Jones. Drake Co.) extension Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad contractor for bridge build-\\ning on the New York and Northern Railroad; associated with Ale.x. McGaw (Iioller McGaw) built the\\nArthur Kill Bridge and Ba\\\\ State Gas Co. tanks, at Boston, Metro]iolitan Avenue Bridge. Ikooklyn,\\nand bridge piers and foundations on Pennsylvania Railroad.\\nMr. Boiler is well known as a writer in technical matters connected with civil engineering, contri-\\nbuting to Franklin Institute Journal, the Railroad Gazette, the Transactions of the American .Society\\nCi\\\\il Engineers, and publisheil a Treaties on Highway Bridges, in 1874, which ran through sever. d editions.\\nHe gave the commencement address at tlie Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, at Troy, in 1S74, and\\nagain in 1885, also the commencement address at Stevens Institute, Hoboken, in 18S9. He is an\\namateur artist in water color antl charcoal drawing, in which he has done some excellent work, lie is a\\nmember of the Century Club, Xew York, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American\\nInstitute of Mining Engineers, the Institute of Civil Engineers, London, and in 1888 was one of the\\nexpert commissioners on terminal arrangements and improvements of the city of Providence. In 1895\\nhe was consulting engineer for the foundation masonrv N. Y. C. H. R. R. bridge over the Harlem\\nRiver, at Park Avenue, and devised the scheme of foundations therefor. He was consulting engineer,\\n1896, in devising scheme of grade crossing removal in city of Newark Pennsylvania and Jersey\\nCentral R.iilroad crossings.\\nMr. Boiler came to East Orange in 1866, and two years later built his present home, where he has\\nsince resided. There were but few houses on Prospect Street at the time he built. All the improve-\\nments in I^ast Orange have been made since he became a resident; as far as time permitted, he has par-\\nticipateil in m.my of the changes that have been made, notably in the introduction of a sewer system.\\nHe was one of the founders of the Town Improvement Society, and a charter member of the Orange\\nAthletic Club, and chairman of the Building Committee. His religious interests have been with Grace\\nI-lpiscopal Church of Orange. Mr. Boiler married Katharine, daughter of William Henry Newbold, of\\nPhiladelphia. They have issue: Margaretta, married William Birdsall William Newbold, married\\nNaomi Sherwood: Alfred Pancoast, Jr., (^a mechanical engineer^; Richard Emlen and Mary Newbold.\\nSTEPHEN MERRITT LONG. Mr. Long was born in New York City March 25. 1844, was educated\\nat the public school. At tlu- bre.iking out of the war he enlisted in a regiment known as the President s\\nLite Guard, lie was transferred, at his own reijuest, to the Philadelphi.i I ire Zouaves. He took part\\nin the battles of Cheat Mountain and IJall s Bluff, in 1861, and in the Seven Days Eight the following\\nyear, which included the battles of Fair Oaks, Peach Orchard, Antietam and Savage s Station. He was\\nwounded in the latter engagement, and, owing to the retreat of McClellan, he was captured by the\\nenemy and confined in Libby Prison. He was sent thence to Belle Isle, and subsequently exchanged.\\nReturning to his regiment he participated in the battle of Fredericksburg, and later that of Gettysburg.\\nHe was honorably discharged at the expiration of his term of service. He returned to New York and\\ncng.iged in the insurance business. In 1869 he moved to South Orange, and two years later to Ea.st\\nOrange, where he has since carried on an extensive real estate business. He started the East Orange\\nCazittc \\\\n 1873, and subsequently sold it to Charles Starr. He was appointed Postma.sler of East", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0618.jp2"}, "532": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0619.jp2"}, "533": {"fulltext": "^atm\\nEDWARD REED.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0620.jp2"}, "534": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 429\\nOrange in 1875, ;uul hcKl the position for thirteen years, lie served as Clerk of the Township Com-\\nmittee from 1871 to 1874 was again elected in 1891, and continues to hold the position, lie is a mem-\\nber of Uzal Ddild Post. (i. A. R., of Orange, in which he has held various positions, up to that of Senior\\nVice-Commander. He is prominent in other military organizations and several local societies. He is a\\nmember of Calvary M. K. Church, of East Orange. He married Francis, daughter of Moses Gage, of\\nNew York.\\nEDWARD REED. The residence of the late Fdward Reed, situated on the corner of I rospect\\n.Street and I ark .Avenue, purchased by him from Joiiii Kirtland, was a jKirt of the Ichabod Harrison\\nfarm, noted in former times for its fine orchards of Harrison and Canfieid apples. Nothing remains now\\nto indicate its former condition, and the BuiKlers have quite supplanted the Founders. The house was\\nbuilt some thirty years ago by its former owner, and was specially designed for comfort and convenience\\nrather than architectural disphu The grounds are tastefully laid out, and present an attractive appear-\\nance during the summer season. Although Mr. Reed had been but a few years a resident of East Orange\\nat the lime of his (K-:uli, few men have ever gained a stronger hold on the hearts of the people. Quiet\\nand reser\\\\ed, yet courtly in his manner and bearing, he impressed every one as a noble example of the\\ntrue Christian gentleman. His ample fortune, which he acquired through diligence and economj\\nenabled him early in life to retire from active business pursuits. Instead, however, of using this for selfish\\ngratification or personal aggrandizement, he sought the good of others and the happiness of his fellow-\\nmen. He recognized his personal accountability to a Higher Power as one to whom he must give an\\naccount of his stewardship, and his aim was to accomplish the greatest possible amount of good within\\nthe brief span of human life. Mr. Reed was of Puritan ancestry on both the paternal and maternal\\nsides. He was a descendant of Josiah Reed, an earl\\\\- immigrant from Massachusetts to Connecticut.\\nBranches of the family are found in Tolland, Windham and New London Counties.\\nEdward Reed was born in Salem, Conn., May 22, 1822. lie was the son of William and Lydia\\n(Uathbone) Reed. In early childhood his parents removed with him to Andover, Conn., where he\\nattended the public school and later took a prejiaratory course at Suffield. Instead of entering college\\nas he originally intended, he decided on a business career, and became associated with his father in the\\nbook business. Some time in the forties he removed to Zanesville, Ohio, where he, in connection with\\nhis brother, carried on the same business successfully for some years. Among his schoolmates at\\nAndover was Miss Fanny Miller, to whom he w.is married in 1S49. .she was also of Puritan ancestry.\\nHer father. Rev. Alpha Miller, was a descendant of one of the early settlers at Winstead, Conn. Her\\nmother was a Miss Hannah Hunt, daughter of Ur. Ebenezer Hunt, of North Coventry, Conn. Soon\\nafter his marriage, Mr. Reed removed to St. Louis, wiiere he formed a copartnership with his elder\\nbrother in the wholesale dry goods business. This was carried on successfully for about fifteen years,\\nuntil the close of the war. He retired in 1865 and, removing East, settled in Albany, where he had\\nrelatives living. He resided there for about eighteen years. He e.xercised great w-isdom and foresight\\nin his investments, which yieldeil handsome returns. It was for the purpose of investment that he\\npurchased the present property in 1879. become a resident of East Orange, however, until\\n1883. He made many improve;nents in the house and grounds and grew to like the place and the\\npeople, and determined on making this his final resting-place.\\nHe united with the Brick Presbyterian Church and found there a most delightful home. He .served\\nfor a time as trustee and was interested in the temporal as well as the spiritual growth of the church,\\nresponding liberally to every appeal fur means to carry on the work. He became deeply interested in\\nthe public affairs of East Orange ami when it was proposed by one or two enterprising public-spirited\\ncitizens to build and endow a public librar\\\\-, he entered heirtilyinto the movement, subscribing first\\nthree thousand, to which he added two thousand dollars more, besides using his influence to induce\\nothers to aid in the work. While the project failed for lack of financial support, the efforts of Mr.\\nReed, coupled with his generous offer, were deeplj- appreciated b\\\\- his fellow-citizens. Mr. Reed became", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0623.jp2"}, "535": {"fulltext": "430 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nmore interested than ever in public and benevolent affairs of the township. He was a member of the\\nAdvisory Board of the Orange Memorial Hospital and was a generous contributor to the fund for\\ncarrying on the work. He was a man of warm heart and charitable instincts, and not only gave liberally\\nto all the charitable institutions in the Oranges, but his benefactions extended to other fields in mission-\\nary work and in the spread of the gospel. Unfortunately for the numerous beneficiaries, his last will\\nand testament was never completed. In this he had made ample provision for charitable and other\\ninstitutions in the Oranges and elsewhere. Had he lived but a few weeks longer his will would have been\\ncompleted and the generous provision which he had made for these objects would have been religiously\\nobserved by his executors. Notwithstanding his failure, through illness, to carry out fully the noble\\nbeneficence he had contemplated, the memory of the man and his many acts of kindness and love will\\nlong remain enshrined in the hearts of the people of this communit)-. Mr. Reed, during his life, gave\\nmuch thought to the great financial problems of the day, and his contributions to the New York\\nJ ri/ iii/f and other papers attracted wide-spread attention. Mr. Reed s deatii occurred April 22, 1S94.\\nTHE FORT FAMILY.\\nJ oger I ort, the ancestor of the New Jersey family of this name, in his will, signed his name\\nFforte, and it is claimed that the faniil\\\\- is of Welsh descent. The English family of this name, which\\ndates back to tiie Concjueror, is spelled Fort. Burke s Peerage, in giving the line of Earl Fortescue,\\nsays: This noble family deduces its origin from Sir Richard le Forte, a distinguished soldier in the\\ninwidiiig army of William the Conqueror, who protected his royal master at the celebrated battle of\\nHastings, b}- bearing a strong shield before him, from which event the French word rsi/u (to shield) was\\nadded to the original surname of J- or/, and thus Fortescue produced. The motto of Earl Fortescue,\\nborne on his Coat of Arms, was: I* orte scutum salus ducuni. A strong buckler is the safeguard\\nof the leaders. liurkc s General Armory gives the Coat Armour of the Fort family of England as:\\nArms. Quarterly, azure and gules over all a castle or, on a chief argent a bee volant, ppr. between two\\nmartlets sable. Crest. ()n a mount vert a lion sejant argent ])ellettee, collared gules holding in his\\ndexter paw a cross crosslet fitchee of the last.\\nRoger Forte, the ancestor of the New Jersey family of this name, came, probabl}-, from England\\nwith his wife Anne, between 1696 and 1702, and took Lip a tract of about six hundred and fifty acres\\nof land in Burlington Count)-, N.J. lie built for himself a log house in Hanover township, near\\nPemberton, then called New Mills. This land has remained in the family until cjuite recently. He was\\na thrifty, prosperous farmer, \\\\^y liis wife, Anna, he had John, Joseph, Miirmadiikc, Roger, Joan, Edith\\nand Esther.\\nMarmaduke F ort, third child of Robert and Anna I ort, was born in the old log house on\\nthe homestead farm, in 1710. This log house and a subsequent frame one, built by Marmaduke, were\\nboth burnetl, ami he then built a frame house which, though improved, is still standing. He married,\\nfirst, Mary who died in 1786; he married second, Mrs. Mary Wells, of Bucks County, I a. His\\nchildren were all by his first wife. They were Anne. John. William. Elizabeth. Thomas. Both Marma-\\nduke and his first wife were buried in the old Baptist cemetery at I embei t(ni. near the Rancocas Creek.\\nThe tombstone contains the following inscription\\nStay, passengers, see wliere I lye,\\nAs you are now, so once was I,\\nAs I am now, so you must be.\\nPrepare for death and follow me.\\nJiilin l ort, eklest son of .Marniatluke ami Mary Fort, was born at the homestead, in Pember-\\nton, Sej)teniber 15, 1745. He servetl in the New Jersey State Militia during the War of the Revolution.\\nHe, with other patriots, helped to supply the American arm\\\\- while they were encamped near Phila-\\ndelphia. He married Margaret, daughter of Andrew and Mary Heisler. The\\\\- had issue, Susannah,\\nMary, Deborah, Margaret. Aiit/rfu; John and Uaniel.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0624.jp2"}, "536": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0625.jp2"}, "537": {"fulltext": "JOHN FRANKLIN FORT.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0626.jp2"}, "538": {"fulltext": "Till. Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 431\\nAndrew I- oit, fifth child of Juliii aiul Margaret I Hcislcr) Fort, was born in I cmbcrton, February 8,\\n1787. lie united with the Methodist cluircli wlien he was but fifteen years of age. and led an upright\\nChristian life. He was for man\\\\- years a class leader and local preacher in that church. He married\\nNancy Piatt, daughter of Jacob and Latitia I latt, of Wrightstown. Their children were: C lor^i-\\nFranklin, born June 30, iSog, became Governor of New Jersey; Margaret, born 181 1 Sarah Ann, born\\n1813; Mary, born 1814; John, born 1816; Jacob IMatt, born 1818; Susan, born 1820; Audnic llcislcr,\\nborn March 22, 1822; Daniel Adams, born 1826; Caroline, born 1827.\\nGeorge Franklin, the eldest son of Andrew Fort, became very prominent in the political affairs of\\nthe State. He was a member of the Assembly in 1844, of the Senate in 1S45, and was elected Governor\\nof the State in 1850 by a majority of 6,000 votes. His contemporaries said of him that he was the\\nmost popular Governor New Jersey ever had.\\nAndrew Ifeisler Fort, seventh child of .\\\\ndrew and Nancy (Piatt) Fort, brother of George Franklin\\nl ort, was born in Pemberton, N. J., March 22, 1822. He is a leader in public affairs in his native\\nCounty of Burlington. He represented his county in the State Legislature in 1866-7, ^nd \\\\\\\\c\\\\i\\\\\\nmany public places in local town affairs. He resided upon the homestead of the Forts, originally settled\\nin 1696, until a few years since, and was a thrifty farmer. He married H.mnah A. Brown, daughter of\\nJohn HrowM, a prosperous Burlington County f.irmer. Of four children,./! l- ranklin is the eldest.\\nJiiiix I KWKr.iN Fori eldest cliild and only son of Andrew II. and Hanna A (Brown) Fort, was\\nborn at the homestead of his ancestors, in Pemberton, Burlington County, N. J., March 20, 1852. He\\nwas educated at Mount Holly Institute and Pennington Seminary. He began the study of law with\\nHon. Edward M. Paxson, now Chief Justice of the Supreme Court c)f Pennsylvania, and afterwards with\\nEvan Merritt, a leading law)-er of Mount Hcjlly. While a law student with Mr. Merritt, he spent nine\\nmonths in the office of Garret S. Cannon, a well-known lawyer and Prosecuting Attorney of Burlington\\nCounty, afterwards U.S. District Attorney. lie completed his studies at the Albany, (N. Y Law\\nSchool, from which he was graduated in 1872 with the degree of L. L. B. He was admitted to the bar\\nof New Jersey as an attorney at the November term, in 1873, and as counsellor in 1876. He was\\njournal cK rk of the New Jersey Assembly- in 1873 4. lie located in Newark, N. J., in May, 1874, and\\nbegan his career as an attorney. In 187S he was appointed by Gov. George B McClellan, Judge of the\\nFirst District Court of the City of Newark, for five years, and was re-appointed by Gov. George C.\\nLudlow, in 18S3, for an additional term of five years, but resigned in March, ib86, to resume the practice\\nof his profession, which as much more renumerative. He began his political career in 1872 before he\\nreached his majoritw and during the (ireelcy presidential campaign of that year he made twenty-seven\\nspeeches.\\nHe has been conspicuous in State and local politics for nearly a quarter of a century. He was a\\ndelegate-at-large from New Jersey to the Republican National Convention, at Chicago, in 1884. He\\nhas invariably declined to become a candidate for any political office before the people. He was three\\nyears a member of the Republican State Committee, and was vice-chairman in 1890. He was chairman\\nof the Republican State Convention that nominated Gen. Grubb for Governor in 1890. In 1893 he was\\nchairman of the Republican State Committee which nominated John W. Griggs for Governor, and he\\nwas active in and a leader of the great reform upiising in the Stale which followed his nomination and\\nresulted in his triumphant election. Judge Fort was appointed by the Governor of New Jersey a\\nmember of the Constitutional Commission created by the Legislature of 1894, and was active in the\\nmovement to simplify and reorganize the Courts of the Sta e. In tlie winter of 1895 he was al.so\\nappointed by the Governor for a term of five years, one of the three commissioners to confer with a like\\ncommission from every State in the Union to bring about a uniform system of laws in the .several States\\non the subjects of insurance, insolvency, wills, marriage and divorce, assignments, oaths, the law of\\nnegotiable instruments, the e.vemplification of the public records, and kindred questions. Judge Fort\\nwas a delegate to the Republican National Convention, at St. Louis, in 1S96, and became at once an\\nactive and prominent figure therein. He was chairman of the important Committee on Credentials,", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0629.jp2"}, "539": {"fulltext": "432 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\npresented its report and sustained it in an able speech in the matter of tlie Texas and Delaware State\\ncontests. He was selected by the New Jersey dele ^ation to present the name of the Hon. Garret A.\\nHobart as the candidate of that State for ice-President, and did so in a speech which has been\\nuniversally commended and was enthusiastically received by the convention, Mr. Hobart being nomin-\\nated. Judge Fort s ability as a platform speaker, as a ready debater in association with the strongest\\nmen of the country, was demonstrated at St. Louis. A professional associate writes of Judge Fort\\nas follows\\nAdmitted to practice as an attorney-at-law at the earliest date which the rules of our court permit\\ntwenty-one Judge Fort s progress in the profession was constant and rapid. Commencing the\\npractice of law in the city of Newark, where he had taken his residence just after his admission, with\\nno influential frienils or other influences to aid, by his industry and ability, his genial manner and kind\\ndeportment, he (|uickly attained a standing at the bar which others had been able to secure only after\\nlong years of patient labor. Of fine personal appearance, with social cjualities of a high order that at\\nonce attracted friends and secured a large clientage, he proved himself not onl\\\\- a powerful advocate,\\nbut a clear-headed, well-equipped lawyer, quite as able to instruct the court in questions of law as to\\nconvince the jury in matters of fact. While his rise in the profession has been rapid, and his success in\\nmany respects phenomenal, it has proved to be the reward of merit and a just appreciation of real\\nworth. Still in the ])rime of life, with rare endowments and abundant opportunity, for him a future of\\ngreat achievement and marked distinction may safely be predicted.\\nJudge Fort resided in Newark from the time he began practice until 1889, when he bought his\\npresent residence, No. 51 Arlington Avenue, East Orange. With his genial nature and social qualities,\\nhe soon identified himself with his new home. His surroundings were all that could be desired and he\\nfound here both pleasure and recreation, a relief from the busy cares of professional life, and a home in\\nthe truest sense of the word. He is a member of the Orange Athletic, the Riding and the Country Clubs\\nand few people of longer residence have a larger circle of friends and accjuaintances. His professional\\nservices, always in demand, made him counsel for se\\\\eral local corporations. He assisted in the organi-\\nzation of the East Orange National Bank, of which he was at once made counsel, and in July, 1894, he\\nsucceeded Mr. F. M. .Shepard as President. Since April, 1893, he has been counsel for the township of\\nEast Orange, lie takes a li\\\\ely interest in all measures for the ])ul)lic good. He is a believer in bene-\\nficial fraternities, being identified with several, but more particularl_\\\\- interested in the American Legion\\nof Honor, of which he is the general counsel for the United States. He is a member of Kane Lodge,\\nF. A. M., of Newark. He organized the Security Savings Bank, of Newark, and has been one of its\\nmanagers and its counsel since that date. He was a director in the Manufacturer s National Bank, of\\nNewark, for many years ])rior to becoming President of the East Orange National Bank.\\nJudge Fort married Charlotte E. Stainsby, daughter of William Stainsb) of Newark, a man promin-\\nent in State and local affairs, State Senator from 1883 to 1886, for fourteen years a member of the\\nCommon Council of Newark, and at present the President of the IJoard of Street and Water Commis-\\nsioners of the City of Newark. Judge and Mrs. Fort have three children, Margretta, l- ranklin William\\nand Leslie Run\\\\-()n.\\nTHK WHITTEHORE FAniLY.\\nThe n.inie of Whiltemore is familiar to the people of this locality thmugli their long intercourse\\nwith .Samuel Whittemore, one of the oldest architects in the Oranges, as well as through Henry Whilte-\\nmore, compiler of TllK FoiNDKKS AND BuiI.DKRS OK TIIK Orancks; both are descendants of the same\\nAmerican ancestor, though remotely connected. The New England (ri/n-ii/ci^/cd/ Rrj^ish-r (or Ociohcr.\\n1878, says: Earliei- than the year 1 j;oo we fintl the first recorded name, John, Lord of Wh\\\\temere,\\nhaving his domicile at W hytemere, on the northeast side of the parish of Hobbington, in the manor of\\nClaverly, in Shropshire. At the present time the same locality bears the name of Whittemore.\\nAt the present day there is in the parish of Hobbington, in the manor of Ckuerly, Count} of Salop,\\nEngland, a place spelleil Whit-/-more, which is a modern looking farm-house, which has also been", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0630.jp2"}, "540": {"fulltext": "Till I -QUNDERS ANIi HUII.HKRS OK TIIK ORANOKS. 433\\nspelled W iiittcmorc and for centuries spelleil with a trisyllable. This locality is in tlic County\\nof Salo[), but the greater part of the parish is in Staffordshire. The famil)- of VVhittemore\\nhas held in fee this place since the signing of the Great Charter at Runnymede, by King John, in 1215,\\nand in early times the proprietors were called the Lords of W hytemere.\\nThomas Whittemore, the American ancestor, was the son of Thomas Whittemorc, who lived in\\nlictchin, and was married in 1566; he died in Hetchin, 1617. Thomas, Jr., was one of the earliest\\nsettlers of h.ulestown, Mass. He came to this country about 1640. In 1645 he purchased of Rev.\\nJohn Gotten, of Boston, meadow for two cows grass. His farm was located in what is now Everitt,\\nformerly Maldon, about three miles from Boston. It remained in possession of the Whittemores until\\nMay I, 1845, over two hundred years. He married Hannah The children named in his will,\\ndated February 8, 1660, are: Thomas, Daniel, Nathaniel, John, Elizabeth, Benjamin, Thomas, Samiit/,\\nPelatiah and Abraham.\\nSamuel Whittemore, ninth son of Thomas and Hannah Whittemore, lived for a time at\\nDover, N. H., and subsequently settled upon a farm in what is now Somervilie, Mass., where he died\\nSeptember 15, 1756. He married Hannah He and his wife were buried at Cambridge, Mass.,\\nHe had nine children, the eldest being Samuel, born December 24, 1672, at Dover, N. H. This Samuel\\ndied in 1694, antl he had another Sniiiiirl, the ninth anil \\\\-oungest child, born July 27, 1696.\\nSamuel Whittemore (3), youngest child of Samuel iij and Hannah VVhittemore, was born\\nJuly 27, 1696. He was an ardent patriot and served on various important committees at Cambridge,\\nduring the Revolution, and rendered valuable service. At the age of 80 he fired upon the British on\\ntheir retreat from Lexington, killing two soldiers. He was struck in the face by a bullet, which shot\\naway part of his cheek bone. He was mangled by the bayonets of the British soldiers and left for dead.\\nHe recovered in about four hours, and survived sixteen years. He died Februajy 3, 1793 or 1796. He\\nmarried first, Elizabeth Spring; second, Esther Prentice, and had ten children. His second child,\\nElizabeth, married illiam Cutler, and was the mother of thirty-six children. Thomas was the fifth\\nchild of Samuel.\\nThomas Whittemore, son of Samuel 13), was born October 29. 1729. He married Ann Cutler, and\\nhad eleven children: Anna, Thomas, Amos, born April 19, 1759. William, Susanna, Aaron, died soon.\\nAaron again, Rhoda, Lydia, Saiiiiiol, born March 25, 1774, Gersham.\\nAmos Whittemore, the third child of Thomas, was the great inventor of the machinery for the\\nmanufacture of cards for carding cotton or wool, pronounced by Judge Story a wonderful invention.\\nA member of Congress was willing to vote for a perpetual patent, as it was the only machine ever\\ninvented that had a soul.\\nSamuel Whittemore, brother of Amos, and ninth child of Thomas and Ann (Cutler) Whittemore,\\nwas born in West Cambridge, March 25, 1774. In 1803, he established a brancli of the card machines\\nin New York City, of which he was the manager, and subsequently became a partner with his brothers,\\nAmos and William. He sold his interest in 1825, at the e.vpiration of the patent. This machine\\nprobably added more wealth to the country than any other one invention, and stimulated the great\\nincrease in the production of cotton which followed. Samuel Whittemore married Jane Hill Tileston,\\nand had a son, Charles Roi^ aii.\\nCharles Rowan Whittemore, son of Samuel and Jane (Tillestoni Whittemore, was born in New\\nYork City, in 1S13. He was associated with his father and uncle in the cotton card business, and\\nrepresented the company in New York for many years. He married his second cousin, Clara Whitte-\\nmore, daughter of Timothy (son of Amos, the inventorV His children were: Saimiel /f Clara,\\nCharles Harvey, Mary Augusta and William Adrian.\\nSamuki. W. Wiiith:mork\u00e2\u0080\u009e .son of Charles Rowan and Clara Whittemore, was born in New York\\nCity, March 25, 1839. He received his preparatory course at the public schools, and was graduated at\\nthe Free Academy, now the College of the City of New York. His first preceptor in architecture was\\nIsaac G. Perry, now architect of the capitol at Albany. He was also associated with Thomas R.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0631.jp2"}, "541": {"fulltext": "434 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nJackson and John W. Rich. F rom 1864 to 1869 he held a civil position in the engineers department of\\nthe U. S. Army, at Willet s Point. He was the first resident architect in East Orange, having started\\nin 1869. During his residence of more than a quarter of a century, he has designed a large number of\\nprivate, as well as public buildings; among the latter is the Woman s Christian Temperance Union\\nbuilding, on Main Street, Orange. Mr. W hittemore has been for a number of years identified with\\nChrist Episcopal Church, East Orange, and has served as Junior Warden and Treasurer for the past four\\nor five years. He served seven years as pri\\\\-ate in Company H, Seventh Regiment, N. G. S. N. and\\nis a member of the Seventh Regiment Veterans. Mr. Whittemore married Mary Louisa Clements,\\ndaughter of Abner Lee Clements, of Matagorda, Texas. Her mother was Mary Louisa Wells, daughter\\nof James Wells, of New York City.\\nTHE HOWE FAMILY.\\nThe strong religious sentiment which pervades the Oranges has been for more than two hundred years\\nan important factor in their de\\\\ elopment. In every decade there has been found leading spirits ready\\nto take up the work of their predecessors and push it with vigor and energy. Among those of the last\\ndecade is George R. Howe, who, for more than a cjuarter of a century, has been a most indefatigable\\nworker in the ranks, and prominent in the councils of the Y. M. C. A., and has been equally prominent\\nin the church he represents. He comes of a godly ancestry, and his early environments were of a godl)\\ncharacter. His ancestors were not only distinguished for their devotion to the cause of religion, but for\\ntheir intense patriotism and bold and earnest defence of the principles of civil and religious liberty.\\nJohn How, the ancestor of the Marlborough (Mass.) branch of the Howe family, was a son of John\\nHow, Esq., of Hodinhull, in Warwickshire, England, and connected with the family of Lord Charles\\nHow. Earl of Lancaster, in the reign of Charles L He came to America and settled first at Watertown,\\nMass., and was at Sudbury in 1639. He settled at Marlborough about 1657, and built a log cabin a\\nlittle to the east of the Indian planting field, where his descendants lived for many generations. His\\nproximity to tiie Indian plantation brought him into direct contact with the natives, with whom he\\nlived in frientUy intercourse, and they not only respected his rights, but in many instances made him the\\numpire in cases of difficulty among themselves. He took the freeman s oath in 1640, was selectman\\nand marshal in 1642, and was the first white settler in Marlborough, where he died in 16S7. By his\\nwife, Mary he had five sons, of whom Thomas was the fourth.\\nThomas How, fourth son of John and Mary How, was born June 12, 1656; died February\\n16, 1733. He was a prominent citizen in town, filled the principal town offices, represented the town\\nin the General Court, rose to the rank of Colonel in the militia, and was one of his Majesty s Justices\\nof the Peace. He took an active part in the early Indian wars, and was in a severe action at Lan-\\ncaster. He married, first, Sarah Hosmer; second, Mrs. Mary Baron. He had six children, of whom\\nJonathan was the third.\\nJonathan How, third child of Thomas and Sarah (Hosmer) How, was born April 23, 1687: died\\nJune 22, 1738. He married Lydia Brigham, and had nine children, of whom Bc::alir/ wd.9. the third.\\nBezaleel How. third child of Jonathan and L\\\\-ilia (^^Brigham) How, was born June 19. 1717. He\\nmarried Anna and had among other children a son, Bccalcel {2).\\nBezaleel Howe (2), son of Bezaleel (1) and Anna How, was born in Marlborough, Mass., Dec,\\n9, 1750. lie was the first to change the spelling of his name to Howe. H.is military record, both before\\nand after the Revolution, shows continuous service of over twenty years. Ho enlisted as private in the\\nNew Hampshire Line, and marched to Boston about three weeks before the battle of Bunker Hill, but\\ncomplained that he was treated badly, not being brought into action, but held in the reserve. For\\nall that he loaded and fired several times, but the old gun kicked so that it almost dislocated his\\nshoulder and caused him to desist. He served throughout the War of the Revolution, and at its clo-^e\\nserved under General Anthony Wayne in the Western Indian campaign against the Indians. The\\nofficial record of Major Howe shows that lie was commissioned Second Lieutenant, First New 1 lampshire", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0632.jp2"}, "542": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0633.jp2"}, "543": {"fulltext": "GEORGE R. HOWE", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0634.jp2"}, "544": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 435\\nRegiment, November 8, 1776; wounded at Stillwater I reeman s Farm), N. Y., September 19, 1777;\\nFirst Lieutenant, June 23, 1779, and served to the close of the war; Lieutenant Second U. S. Infantry,\\nMarch 4, 1791 Captain, November 4, 1791 assigned to Second Sub. Legion, September 4, 1792;\\nMajor, October 20, 1794; honorably discharged Nov. i, 1796. A certificate from (jcn. Washington,\\ndated Ma\\\\- u, 1788, states that Mr. Howe, late a Lieut, in the New Hampshire Line of the\\nContinental Army, was an officer of fair and respectable character; that he ser\\\\ed some part of the last\\nyear of the war as an au.\\\\iliar\\\\ Lieutenant with my own guard that he commanded the escort which\\ncame with my l)aggage and papers to Mount Vernon at the close of the war, and that in all my acquaint-\\nance with him, I had great reason to be satisfietl with his integrity, intelligence and good disposition.\\nMajor He/.aleel Howe married, first, Hannah Merritt, October 26, 1787; he married, second, February 15,\\n1800, Catharine Moffat, daughter of Rev. John and Margaret (Little) Moffat. Their children were\\nEliza. George C, Margaret, ./o//;/ Moffat, Oscar, Julia Ann, Catharine, Hezaleel.\\nJohn Moffat Howf;, fourth child of Major Be/.aleel and Catharine (Moffat) Howe, was bor.i Jan.\\n23, 1806, at No. 12 Rose Street, New York, whence his father had removed at the close of his army life.\\nHe became earlj in life a lay preacher in the Methodist Church, and began a special study of the scrip-\\ntures with this end in view, and w-as for many years chaplain in the old New York Hospital, which stood\\non Broadway facing Pearl Street. He engaged in mercantile affairs and continued his religious work at\\nthe same time. He served in the State Militia as Lieutenant in tiie 255th Regiment. State Infantry,\\nand also as Quartermaster of the regiment. He began the study of dentistry in 1826, with the aid of\\nthe best teachers obtainable in those days, and in 1838 he had achieved a good degree of success. He\\nalso studied medicine and received the degree of M. D. He instructed a number of young men in\\ndentistry, among them his sons, John Morgan Howe, M. D., and Charles M. Howe, D. D. S. Asa\\nphysician he advocated correct and deep breathing and exercise in the open air and rendered import-\\nant service in the perfection of the inhaling tube for diseases of the throat and lungs, and for increasing\\nthe com[).iss of the voice. Dr. Howe devoted his Sabbaths to religious work, and week-days to the\\npractice of his profession. More than fifty years of his life were spent in New York City, where he was\\nalmost constantly engageil in works of charity and mercy. From 1848 to 1S51 he resitled for a part of\\nthe year in Orange, where he bought a summer home on Centre Street. In 1853 he removed to Passaic.\\nN. J., where he purchased a farm and established a home for himself. Referring to his life here, under\\nthe head of Educational, a contemporary writer says In 1853 Dr. John M. Howe removed from\\nthe city of New York to Acquackanonk. He was a man of wealth and influence, and became a large\\nland-owner and benefactor of the town. In 1856 he was elected Town Superintendent and President of\\nthe Board of School Trustees. He procured a vote of the citizens for the raising of \u00c2\u00a75,000 to erect a\\nnew school building. This was subsequently defeated, and he then built a private school-house, pri-\\nmarily for the benefit of his own family, but others, by paying the requisite tuition, were enabled to\\navail themselves of its advantages. This was known as Howe s Academy, and became a noted institu-\\ntion and flourished for man\\\\- years. Dr. Howe was recognized as one of the most public-spirited and\\nprogressive men of his day, and was largely instrumental in laying the foundation of the little village of\\nPassaic, which has since become a flourishing city.\\nDr. Howe was three times married; first, to Mary Mason; second, Ann VV. Morgan, September\\n14. 1843, who died on the birth of her first child, John Morgan Howe. On May 7. 1846, Dr. Howe\\nmarried Emeline Barnard Jenkins, daughter of Barzellai Jenkins and Susan Barnard. The first named\\nwas a descendant of Peter Jenkins, who came to this country in 1620. The Barnards trace their ancestry\\nto John Carver, of the Ma\\\\flower. By his last marriage Dr. Howe had issue: (Jior^t^c Kmc/aiii/, Ed-\\nwin Jenkins, Charles Mortimer, Ella Louise. Emeline Jinkins and Susan Elenora. Dr. Howe died h eb.\\n5, 1885. After his death his children ])ublished a memorial volume, much of which was made up from\\ndata collected by him during his long and eventful life.\\nGeorge Rowland Howe, son of John M. and Emeline B. (Jenkins) Howe, was born in New\\nYork City, October 21, 1847. His preparatory education was received mostly under a private tutor,", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0637.jp2"}, "545": {"fulltext": "436 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges\\nand he entered the New York University in the class of 68. Deciding to adopt a business career, he\\nleft college during his sophomore year, and entered the employ of Carter, Hale Co., manufacturing\\njewelers of Newark, N. J. He won the confidence of his eniplo}-ers. and became thoroughly conversant\\nwith every part of the business, and in 18/6 was admitted as a partner in the firm of Carter, Ilowkins\\nSloan, afterwards known as Carter, Sloan Co. Since 188 1 Mr. Howe has been manager of the\\nmanufacturing department, and on January i, 1896, the name of the firm was changed to Carter,\\nHastings Howe. This is not onl}- the oldest, but the largest manufacturing jewelrj- firm in the\\nUnited States, and during the later years of its existence Mr. Howe has contributed in no small degree\\nto its success.\\nWhile his business qualifications receive due recognition from his associates and the business public,\\nMr. Howe is best known in connection with the religious interests of Newark and East Orange. On\\ncoming to Newark he united with St. Paul s M. E. Church, in which he became an acti\\\\e worker One\\nyear after his advent here, he entered the ranks of the Young Men s Christian Association as a represent-\\native of his own church. He threw all his energies into the work, and for more than thirteen years has\\nlabored for its advancement, and thousands of young men have been brought under its influences. It is\\nnow one of the most successful institutions of the kind in this country, and Mr. Howe had no small\\nshare in bringing it to its present condition. He was for three years its President, and has been itlenti-\\nfied with its Board of Trustees almost from the beginning.\\nAbout 1888 Mr. Howe jjurchased a plot of land on the corner of Arlington and Park Avenues, East\\nOrange, and on this erected a handsome villa, which, on account of its admirable architectural features,\\nhas attracted the attention of the Sciriitijic Aiinriitjii, and led to a favorable notice. Mr. Howe had\\nnot been long a resident of East Orange before his influence was felt in the religious community; and\\nthough modest, yet energetic in his endeavors, his light is never hidtien under a bushel. He united\\nwith the Calvary M. E. Church, and was sot)n after elected a member of the Board of Trustees, and has\\nsince been active in promoting its temporal and spiritual interests. Mr. Howe was the prime mover in\\nthe effort to establish a mission school in I last Orange, near the Roseville line, in the autumn of 1893.\\nThe effort was made conjointly between the Roseville M. E. Church, of Newark, and the Calvary M. E.\\nChurch, of East Orange, but the work was subsequently assumed by the Newark Church E.xtension\\nSociety. Mr. Howe has been Superintendent of the school since its organization, and under his\\nmanagement there has been a steady increase, both in numbers and in interest.\\nAs a member of the Board of Education of East Orange, Mr. Howe has given attention to the fur-\\nther advancement and progress on lines already established. Nearly his whole time outside of his busi-\\nness is devoteil to the moral, educational and religious ini])rovement of the community where he has\\nestablished his home.\\nMr. Howe married Louisa Anna, daughter of Paris and Jane (Eno) Barber, a distinguished and\\npublic-spirited citizen of Homer, Cortland Count}-, N. V., and a descendant of Thomas Barber, who\\ncame from I-^ngland to Dorchester, Mass., in 1635, and settled in Windsor, Conn., 1637. The latter was\\nLieutenant of the first military company of Simsbury, Conn. The line of descent was through Samuel\\nBarber, his son, and David (i), David (2), Aaron, Jedediah the latter was the father of Paris Barber.\\nThe issue of the marriage of Mr. Howe and Louisa Barber is: George R., died in infancy; Herbert\\nBarber and Ruth Eno.\\nTHE POTTER FAHILY.\\nAs a representative of the Potter family in the Oranges, Hon. Henry A. Pottei- has added new\\nlustre to a name which has for many generations been associated with some of the most important events\\nin English historj-. The Potter famil\\\\- is said to be of Norman origin, the spelling of which was Pottier\\nor Porterie. The direct ancestor of Hon. Henry A. Potter was George Potter, an officer of Cromwell s\\narmy, who accompanied him from I -nglaiid and was com|)ensated for his serv iccs by grants of lantl in", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0638.jp2"}, "546": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0639.jp2"}, "547": {"fulltext": "iy-^,-\\nHENRY A. POTTER.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0640.jp2"}, "548": {"fulltext": "The Founders and liuiujERs oi- the Oranges. 437\\ntlie County of Farmanagh. Under the settlement and plantation of 1660 (time of Charles IIj, (ieorge\\nTotter was confirmed in the possession of several estates in the above named county, afterwards known\\nas Potterstown or Pottersrath.\\nIn the year 1791, James Potter, a representative of this family, became possessed of property in\\nthe County of Tyrone. On his death he was succeeded by his son, George Potter, who, by his marriage\\nwith Ann Scott, left issue, amoni, other cliildren, J /ioiiias Potter. George Potter removed to tiiis\\ncountry in 1828 and settled in Philadelphia, Pa.\\nThomas Potter, son of George Potter, was born at Relaghquiness, Tyrone County, Ireland, August\\n14, 1819; died at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, September 29, 187S. He came with his parents to this\\ncountry at the age of ten years, and was educated in Philadelphia. He was for many years a member\\nof the City Council of Philadelphia, and as chairman of the Finance Committee was mainly instru-\\nmental in the city s acquiring the land now known as West Fairmount Park, and in the establishment\\nof the paid fire department. He established, in 1837, the house of Thomas Potter, Sons Co., one\\nof the largest firms of oil cloth manufacturers in the United States. He was President of the City\\nNational Bank, of Philadelphia, for many years, up to the time of his death. His activity, enterprise\\nand sound judgment made him very successful in liis business, and he soon realized a large fortune\\nwhich he employed with great liberality for the benefit of his fellow-men. He held many positions of\\ntrust and responsibilit\\\\- in the municipal and financial corporations, and left behind him the character of\\na Christian gentleman, remarkable for its purity, uprightness and generosity, without a stain to dim its\\nlustre. He was gentle and courteous in his manners, kind and affectionate in his disposition, earnest\\nand indefatigable in his efforts to promote the cause of religion and benevolence. Like the centurion\\nof old, he built, at his own expense, a church for his neighbors, consisting chiefly of his workmen and\\ntheir families, and was also a munificent contributor to almost every institution of religion and charity.\\n1 Ic married Adeline Coleman Bower, daughter of George Bower, who was the son of Gen. Jacob Bower,\\nborn in Reading, Pa., September, 1757, died in VVomelsdorf, Pa., August 6, 181 8.\\nGeneral Bower was a distinguished officer of the Revolutionary War. The official records show\\nthat he was Quartermaster in Capt. George Nagle s Conijiany, Col. Thompson s Rifle Battalion. J une\\n-5- 775- This company marched from Reading, Pa., to Cambridge, Mass., and took part in the battles\\nof Bunker Hill and Lachmer s Point, for which they were publicly thanked by Washington in general\\norders, dated November 10, 1775. He was Lieutenant in hirst Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental\\nLine, January 18, 1776; Captain I ennsylvania Inlying Camp, Continental Line, 1776; Captain Si.xth\\nPennsylvania Regiment, February 15, 1776; Captain Second Pennsylvania Regiment, January 1,\\n17S3, to the close of the war, being then twenty-five years of age. He was one of the officers who,\\non May 13, 1783, in the Cantonment of the Hudson River, formed the general Society of the Cin-\\ncinnati. He was an original member of the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati, which convened\\nin Philadelphia, October 4, 1783. His son. Dr. Henry Bower, succeeded to the membership in 1823, and\\nhis grandson, Dr. William Bower, in 1845. Gen. liower was one of the five delegates appointed by the\\nPennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati to the first meeting of the General Society of the Cincinnati,\\nheld from May 4 to May 18, 1784, in Philadelphia, (ien. Washington in the chair. It was at this .session\\nthat the rejily was prepared and signed by Washington, as President, and issued to the people of the\\nUnited States, setting forth that the Cincinnati Society was not an aristocratic military order, but an\\norganization formed by the officers of the Revolution for the purposes of keeping in memory the\\nprinciples for which they fought, the privations which they suffered, and also to provide for the comfort\\nof the widows and orphans of American officers left in destitute circumstances. In the War of 1812,\\nCapt. Bower was appointed by Governor Snyder, of Pennsjivania, Brigadier General, commanding First\\nBrigade, Sixth Division, Pennsylvania Regiments.\\nThe children of Thomas and Adeline (Bower) Potter were: George, born August 7, 1846, died\\nOctober 4, 1876; Margaret, born July 16, 184S, died November 23, 1854; Thomas, Jr., born July 12.\\n1850; a man prominent in public affairs in Philadelphia, also in State military affairs; Ass t Ouarter-", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0643.jp2"}, "549": {"fulltext": "438 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nmaster-General on Gov. Bean s and Gov. Hastin ^s staff; William was Minister to Italy, appointed by\\nPresident Harrison and completed his term under President Cleveland, and represented the United\\nStates at the International Postal Congress, in Vienna, May, 1891 Margaret, again, born December 12,\\n1854, married Stcplicii J. Meeker, of Newark, a descendant of one of tlie Elizabethtown Associates;\\nllciiry Albert, born Dec. 19, 1856; James Bower, born Nov. 2, 1858; Charles A., born Oct. 4, i860.\\nHon. Hknry AiiiEKT Poiter, si.xth child of Thomas and .Adeline Coleman (Bower) Potter, was\\nborn in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 19, 1856. He pursued his preparatory studies at the Friends Central\\nHigh .School, PhiladLl[)hia, and entered the University of Pennsylvania with the class of but left at\\nthe eiul of his sophomore year and joined the class of at Lafayette College, where he graduated\\nwith the degree of B. S. He was a member of the Sigma Chi I raternity. He soon after entered his\\nfather s factory and began, the same as his father did, to learn the business, so as to fit him for the\\nposition which he was likely to assume in the near future. He worked his way up, step by step, and\\nwhen he was fully qualified to take charge he was appointed superintendent, and in 1879 he was received\\ninto the firm as a partner. The following year he established the New York branch, the business of\\nwhich has steadily increased under his management, notwithstanding the sharp competition of old and\\nlong established houses which he had to contend with. He built up a local trade second only to that\\nof the parent house. Mr. Potter settled in East Orange the same year that he established business in\\nNew York, and purchased the Reune Martin place at 95 Harrison Street. He expended a large amount\\nin external and internal improvements.\\nMr. Potter soon became interested in local politics and gradually his influence extended throughout\\nthe State, and he is at the present time recognized as one of the strongest men in the Republican party.\\nWhile participating in every movement for the advancement of party interests he is in no sense a\\nI)olitician according to the modern acceptation of the term. His ])()sitic)n is always clearly defined and\\nhis course straightforward and upright. He has ne\\\\ er been known to resort to any irregular means to\\nadvance party ends. His entrance into public life began in 18S5, when he was elected to the State\\nLegislature. It was during the height of the labor agitation, and he had the combined elements of the\\nDemocratic and the Labor parties against him the district then included Orange and East Orange.\\nUnder the circumstances he was elected by a fair majority. His course in the Legislature was manly\\nand upright and exceedingly gratif) ing to his constituents, lie introduced and carried through two\\nimportant measures relating to his own township, viz., the division of East Orange into wards, and the\\norganization of the Board of Education. Mr. Potter declined the nomination for a second term\\ntendered him by his part)-, not only as a matter of precedent, but because they believed him to be the\\nbest and strongest man to represent his district. Mr. Potter has been liberal in his donations to the\\nparty for legitimate expenses, but for no other purpose. In 188S Mr. Potter was a delegate to the\\nNational Convention which nominated Benjamin Harrison and after the election, in which Mr. Potter\\ntook a prominent pait, he was offered the position of Secretary of Legation, at Berlin, b\\\\- Hon. William\\nWalter Phelps, which he declined. He has made frequent trips to Washington on behalf of the oil\\ncloth manufacturers, to protect their interests.\\nMr. I dtter s efforts in behalf of Orange have been by no means limited to politics, but whatever\\nconcerns the public good or advances the welfare of the people, whether educational, religious or social,\\nhe can always be depended on to do his full share. He was one of the originators of the Orange\\nAthletic Club, anil was one of its governors; he also assisted in the reorganization and rebuilding of the\\n()rangeClub. 1 le is a member of the Country Club and other social orgatiizations. Of his ])ersonal\\ntraits, to which his success in life is due, much might be said with truthfulness. Heredity ami en\\\\iron-\\nment iiave played an equal part. .Mr. Potter is a man of sound sense and practical wisdom in all that\\nrelates to the e\\\\ery-daj- concerns of life. He is pleasant and unaffected in manner, entertaining in\\nconversation, frank and generous with all whom he encounters in business or social intercourse. His\\npersonal qualities insure to him great popularity, while his public services entitle him to the respect and\\nconfidence of the communitj-.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0644.jp2"}, "550": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0645.jp2"}, "551": {"fulltext": "HENRY H. HALL", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0646.jp2"}, "552": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Bhilpers of the Oraxces. 439\\nHe married, 011 April 9, 1S79, Frances Green, daughter of Justice Henry Green, of the\\nSupreme Court of Pennsylvania. He was the son of Enoch, son of John, son of Richard (2), son of\\nRichard (i), son of William, the ancestor, who left England at an early age and landed at Philadelphia.\\nHe soon after visited Long Island and there became acquainted with John Ruder, whose sister or\\ndaughter he married, and removed to Ewing township about 1700. He purchased 345 acres of Col.\\nDaniel Coxe, the deed bearing date 1712, and on it erected the first brick house in the township, which\\nis still standing, having on the west end the date 1717. His qualities were such as to give him distinc-\\ntion, for he was appointed the first Judge of Hunterdon County, N. J., and from the frecpicnt mention\\nof his name in public office, he was evidently a prominent and useful citizen. John Green, the great-\\ngrandfather of Mrs. Potter, .served in the Revolutionary War, in the First and Second Battalions, of\\nSalem, also State troops, also Continental Army. The mother of Mrs. Henry A. Potter was Anna\\nHulsizer, daughter of Daniel llulsizcr and Christiana Hummer. I3aniel was the son of Christopher,\\nson of Martin Hulsi/.cr, who came from (iciniany about 1750, ant! located firsi at Phillipsburg and later\\nresided at different points along the Musconctcong Creek. His sons were Christopher, Jacob, Valentine\\nand John Martin.\\nTHE MALL FAHILY.\\nRepresented by Henry Harrington Hall.\\nThe os//!:r line of ancestry of Henr\\\\- H. Hall is from Daniel, of Marshfield, Mass., supposed to be\\na son of John, a direct descendant of William Hall.\\nWilliam Ilall i was one of a list of fifty-nine persons who, in 1638, were admitted inhabitants of\\nan island on the coast of Rliode Island, now called Aqucdunt. He was an inhabitant of Newport, R. I.,\\nin 1639; was on the list of freeman of Portsmouth in 1655. In 1673 he was appointed as a committee\\nfor the purpose of treating with the Indians about drunkenness, and to prevent, if possible, the excess of\\nthis vice, which had become so prevalent among them. The children named b\\\\- William Hall in his\\nwill were: Zurill, W i/liatit (2), Benjamin, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Deliverance.\\nWilliam Hall (2), son of William (i), was born in 1670. He married Alice, daughter of John Tripp,\\nof Portsmouth, and had ten children, of whom Prcscr t cd wd^s the second.\\nPreserved Hall, second child of William (2) and Alice (Tripp) Hall, was born in Portsmouth, Aug.\\n29, 1675. He married Elizabeth Vaughn, in North Kingston, R. I. Their children were: John, born\\n1732; George, Robert, Caleb, Mary, David, Dorcas.\\nJohn Hall, eldest child of Preserved and Elizabeth (Vaughn) Hall, was born August 10, 1732. He\\nmarried Hannah, daughter of Captain Jonathan Matterson, who resided in West Greenwich. Their\\nchildren were Phebe, born 1756; Oliver, born 1758; Solomon, born 1761 John, born 1764; Hannah,\\nborn 1766; Daniel, born March 19, 1770.\\nDaniel Hall, supposed to be the son of John and Hannah (Matterson) Hall, was born March 19,\\n1770. He resided in Marshfield, Mass., and was a teacher of navigation in a colonial college. He\\nmarried Polly P iske, a descendant of John Fiske, who settled at W atcrtown, Mass., about 164S, and\\ntook the oath of fidelit\\\\- in 1(152. Daniel Hall had, among other children, a son George.\\nGeorge Hall, son of Daniel and Polly (Fiske) Hall, was born in Cohasset, Mass., in 1792, and after-\\nwards removed to Boston, where for some years he was a well-known builder and later a survej-or. He\\nmarried Mary P iske Harrington, daughter of Peter Harrington, a descendant of Robert, the ancestor.\\nRobert Harrington s name is the last on the list of the proprietors of Watertown. Mass., 1642. He\\nowned a hamstall, given him by Thomas Hastings. His inventory names sixteen lots of land, amount-\\ning to 642^ acres. He was admitted a freeman May 27, 1663. He married, October i, 1649, Susanna,\\ndaughter of John (ieorge, and had i.ssue twelve children, among whom was George.\\nGeorge Harrington, son of Robert and Susanna (George) Harrington, was born November 24, 1655.\\nHe was a soldier and was killed by the Indians at Lancaster, February 10, 1676. He married Su.-;anna\\nand had a son, Edioard.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0649.jp2"}, "553": {"fulltext": "440 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nEdward Harrington, son of George and Susannah Harrington, was burn March 2, 166S. He\\nmarried and had a son, Xatkanicl.\\nNathaniel Harrington, son of Edward, was born in Watertown. June 25, 1706. He graduated at\\nHarvard College, and was known as Master Harrington. He marrieil Mary Kimball, wlio died in\\n1760; he married, second, in 1762, Mary Clarke, By his first wife he had a son, Peter.\\nPeter Harrington, son of Nathaniel and Mary (Kimballj Harrington, was born in Watertown, May\\n4, 1752. He married, in 1775, Anna Hammond, and had issue, Samuel, Nathaniel, Peter (2).\\nPeter Harrington (2), son of Peter (i) and Anna (Hammond) Harrington, was born Decembers,\\n1782. He married and had a daughter, Mary Fiske, wife of George Hall.\\nHenrv Harrixgtox Ham,, son of George and Mary Fiske (Harrington) Hall, was born in Boston,\\nMass., May 16, 1846. He began his business career as clerk in the Boston office of the Home Fire\\nInsurance Comp my. He came to New York in 1867 and was for some years Secretary of the National\\nFire Insurance Co. Subsequently he was appointed branch manager of the Northern Insurance Co., of\\nLondon, which position he resigned in April, 1889, and formed, with W. W. Henshaw and E. K. Beddell,\\nthe firm of Hall Henshaw, of New York, and Goodwin, Hall Henshaw, of Chicago, now represent-\\ning the Union, of London, and several other foreign and American companies. He was President of\\nthe New York Board of Fire Underwriters in 1886-7, and later President of the Underwriter s Salvage\\nCompany. He is one of the best known underwriters in this country, and a recognized authority on all\\nmatters pertaining to fire insurance. During the latter part of the Civil War Mr. Hall served as private\\nin Company C. Forty-Second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, and was with Sheridan in the\\nShenandoah Valley.\\nMr. Hall has been a resident of the State of New Jersc\\\\- for upwards of twelve years; five years\\nof this was spent in Upper Montclair. Since his removal to East Orange, in 1S88, he has won the\\nesteem of his fellow-citizens by his efforts in behalf of good government and the promotion of religious,\\nsocial and benevolent affairs of the township. He was a trustee in the First Presbyterian Church, of\\nEast Orange, and one of the most earnest and indefatigable workers in tlie movement which led to the\\norganization of the Arlington Avenue Presbyterian Church. He was the fir.st chairman of its Board of\\nTrustees and served until the completion of the undertaking and the extinguishment of the church\\ndebt. His influence is equally felt in the affairs of the township, in social gatherings, and in fact every-\\nthing that pertains to the happiness, comfort and well-being of his neighbors. Though of a quick,\\nnervous temperament, he is genial, frank, open and free-hearted. He is a member of the Country Club,\\nthe Athletic Club, of the Oranges, and the Down Town Club and New England Society, of New York.\\nMr. Hall married, first, Abby Goodwin, daughter of Sylvester Goodwin, of Elliot, Maine, a descend-\\nant of Ozias, born in England about 1596, one of the first settlers of Hartford, Conn. The name is\\nderived {xom i^tida good, and r. friend, e., good friend. The issue of this marriage was Harring-\\nton, Goodwin and Robert Lincoln. The latter name was given in remembrance of Mr. Hall s grand-\\nmother, who was the niece of Gen. Lincoln, of Revolutionary fame. Mr. Hall married, second, Emma\\nTwitchcU, daughter of Dr. Henry Twitchell, of Brooklyn, formerly of Whitehall, N. Y. By this\\nmarriage there is one child, Henry Twitchell.\\nTHE ATWOOD FAMILY.\\nStephen Atwood, the ancestor of the Cape Cod family of this name, .settled at Plymouth not later\\nthan 1643. His name first appears on the roll at Plymouth among those liable to military duty.\\nHe was one of the founders of Eastham, on the east side of Cape Cod Bay, nearly opposite Plymouth.\\nThe place is now known as Wellsfleet. The Atwood homestead stood near the spot where the\\nexploring party of the Pilgrims had their first encounter with the Indians, previous to the landing at\\nPlymouth. Stephen Atwood married Abigail Dunham, daughter of John, at Plymouth, November 16.\\n1644. Among other chiUlrcn he had Eldad, born about 1654.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0650.jp2"}, "554": {"fulltext": "Till. Founders and IUhlders ok tiiic Oranges. 441\\nI Jdad Atwood, soil of Stephen aiul Aliigail Atwood, was born at Eastliani, about 1654. lie\\nmarried Anna Snow, daughter of Mark, February 14, 1683, and had children: Mary, born November,\\n1684; John, born August 10, 1686; Anne, born January, i6S8; Deborah, born March, 1690; Sarah, born\\nApril, 1692; Fldad. born July 9, 1695; Fbenezer, born March, 1697; Henjamin, born June, 1701.\\nJohn Atwood. son of Eldad and Anna (Snow) Atwood, was born in the town of Easlham, August\\n10, 1686. He married Tliankful VVilliamson. September 28, 1719. Their children were: William, born\\nApril 14, 1721 Mary, born Februan, 15, 1723; John, born September 25, 1725; Thankful, born May 28,\\n1727; Ephraini, bom Maich 9, 1728; Timotliy, born July 5, 1731 Simeon, born November 3, 1733.\\nTimothy Atwood, son of John and Thankful (Williamson) Atwood was born at Fastham, July 5,\\n1731. He married Susannah Harding, of Chatham, Mass., a descendant, probably, of Fdward Harding,\\none of the first settlers and original proprietors of Dedham, Mass. The children of Timothy and\\nSusannah (Harding) Atwood were: David, born August 24. 1758; Susannah, born July 20, 1760:\\nJohn, born October i 1, 1765 Deborah, born January 20. 1792 Harding, born Januaiy 7, 1796. Timothy\\nAtwood died December 24, 1820, aged 89\\nDavid Atwood was born at Eastham, August 24, 1758. He was the son of Timothy and Susanna\\n(Harding) Atwood. He served in Captain Winslow Lewis Company in the War of the Revolution.\\nlie was a seafaring man, as were most of the people of that localiiw He married, April g,\\n1781. Susannah Newcomb, daughter of William Newcomb, a descendant of Francis Newcomb,\\nwho came from Braintree, England, on the ship Planter, in 1635, and was one of the original\\nproprietors of Braintree, Mass. The children of David and Susannah (Newcomb) Atwood were:\\nTimothy, born November 7, 1782, lost at sea, August 27, 1807; Amaziali, born September 25. 1784;\\nHannah, born September 29, 1786, married John T,. Daniels; David, born January 25. 17S9; William\\nNewcomb, born August 12, I79i,and died in infanc\\\\-; William Newcomb, born December 12. 1792;\\nVashti Cole, born October 3, 1795, married Joseph S. Rich, of Mero; Susannah Harding, born Novem-\\nber 22, 1797, married Jesse W. Lewis; Joshua, born September 28. 1800. still living; Mehitabel Mayo,\\nborn December 5, 1802, married Edmund Hawes; Timothy, born December i, iSog.\\nAmaziah Atwood, son of David and Susanna (Newcomb) Atwood, was born at Wellfieet, (set off\\nfrom the town of Eastham. in 1763,) September 25, 1784. He was a sea captain, and made deep-\\nwater voyages. He was interested in shipping, and had, besides, landed interests. He afterwards\\nremoved to Southboro, Mass., w licre he died March 22, i860. He married Sally Snow, of Truro,\\ndaughter of Sylvanus, September 8, 1808, and had issue: Eunice, born June 13, 1809, married Henry\\nA. Holbrook; Sarah, born February 28, 1815, married David Cole (2); Amaziah, born February 28.\\n1818, died in infancy; Francis Atnaziali, born Januaiy 31, 1821 and four others, died in infancy.\\nFrancis Amaziah Atwood, son of Amaziah and Sally (Snow) Atwood, was born at Wellfieet. Ma.ss.,\\nJanuary 31, 1821. He went to Boston as a young man, where he carried on business for some years,\\nand died in Chelsea, Mass., September 11, 1851. He married Mary Snow, daughter of Samuel Snow,\\nwhose name originally was Salvator Sebate y Morel, a native of Villa Sec, Spain. He came to this\\ncountry in childhood, and was adopted by Captain Ephraim Snow, of Cohasset, Mass., whose name he\\ntook. He was master of a ship and was lost at sea. The mother of Mary Snow was Betsy Pratt. The\\nchildren of Francis A. and Mary (Snow) Atwood were Edward Stanley, born December 5, 1842 Sarah\\nElizabeth, born August 6, 1845, J ed young: ALiry Frances, born January 5, 1848. and Horace Frank-\\nlin, born February 5, 1850.\\nEli\\\\v.\\\\ui Stanley At\\\\vo(id, son of Francis and Mary (Snow) Atwood, was born in Boston, Mass.,\\nDecembers, 1842. He was prepared for college at Kimball Union Academy, and was graduated at\\nWilliams College in 1863, and took his degree of A. ^L three years later. His early business career be-\\ngan in a large shipping-house in Boston. He came to New York City in 1869, and since then has been\\nengaged in the copper and metal business. He was one of the early members of the Maritime A.ssocia-\\ntion, popularly known as the Maritime Exchange, and was its President from 1S92 lo 1895. Since then\\nhe has been Supt. of Docks, in the Dock Department of New York City, where he now resides.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0651.jp2"}, "555": {"fulltext": "442\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nDurin^f tlic first years of his business life, Mr. Atwood was a resident of Brooklyn, where he was\\nwell known in religious and Masonic circles. He was connected with the Second Presbyterian Church,\\nsince united with Dr. Van Dyke s Church. He was one of the most active members of Montauk\\nLodge No. 286, F. .M., and served two years as Worshipful Master, besides filling other important\\npositions. He moved to East Orange in 1873, and for more than twenty years has been identified with\\nthe religious and public interests of the township. He purchased the property which he still owns, at\\n289 William Street, and subsequently purchased adjoining property on both sides. He erected two\\nattractive cottages and made other improvements. He sold to the trustees of the Methodist Church the\\nproperty on which the Calvary Methodist parsonage now stands.\\nMr. Atwood is well-known as a public-spirited citizen, who has always interested himself in the\\naffairs of the township, and in its growth and prosperit\\\\-. He was one of the most active in the move-\\nment, and was chairman of the committee a[)p()inteil\\nb)- the citizens of the township to raise funtls for the\\npurchase of the propeity on which the Ea t Orange\\ndepot of the D., L. W. R. R. now stands, one of\\nthe most important improvements ever made in this\\nlocality. He was a charter member of Ashland II.\\nL. Co., No. I, the parent organization of the ex-\\ncellent P ire Department of East Orange, and was its\\nfirst and only Treasurer u[) to 1895.\\nIn his church relations, Mr. Atwood has been\\nidentified with the First, or what is known as the\\nMunn Avenue Presbyterian Church. He served\\nnine years as an elder of the church, and was six\\n}-ears Superintendent of the Sunday-school, and has\\nbeen more or less identified with all the measures\\nwhich ha\\\\-c resulted in the [jrescnt material pros-\\nperity- (if the church.\\nMr. .Atwood married, September 19, 1871, Mary\\nV.., daughter nf Daniel T. Le\\\\-erich, of Brooklyn, a\\ndescendant of Rev. William Le\\\\ erich, who landed\\nat Salem, Mass in 1633, and afterwards settled at\\nSandwich, Mass. lie was leader of the colony\\nwhich landed at 0\\\\-ster Bay, L. I., in i )33, ami\\nafter successful labors there and at Huntington, was\\nscttleti as pastor of the church at Middleling, now\\nNewton, L. I. His descendants have been promin-\\nng Island for more than two lunulred years. Daniel T.\\nHis wife was a direc\\nKl WAKIl SIANl.l-.V AlUOOIl.\\nently identified with the [)ublic affairs of\\nLeverich, referred to, is Financial Secretary of the Society of Old l^rooklynites\\ntor and acti\\\\ elv interested in \\\\-arious bene\\\\olcnt organizations in Bmoklvn.\\nTHE DILL FAHILY.\\nRev. James Horton Dill, youngest child of James Dill and Ruth Cushing Dill, was born in Ply-\\nmouth, Mass., January 1, i8ji. He was educated at Vale College and Seminary, entered the ministry\\nin Winchester, Conn., where he .served six years, and afterward settled in Spencerport, N. V. He began\\nthere a systematic work of visiting the entire region round about, with a view to awaken a popular\\ninterest in the faith and order of the Pilgrims, and chiefly through his indirect agency the large and\\ninfluential Plymouth Church of Rochester, was organized, and their edifice built. He delighted to make\\njourneys at his own ex[)ense and suggestion, as a general missionary of the gootl cause. Or.e of his", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0652.jp2"}, "556": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0653.jp2"}, "557": {"fulltext": "JAMES B. DILL.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0654.jp2"}, "558": {"fulltext": "TiiK Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 443\\ncnnteinpdian cs -^aiil of him Mr. Uill lias done more to cstalilisli Con^rcjjational cluirches in Western\\nNew York than any otlur ni.in in twenty years. He remained in Spencerport nearly eight years, and\\nfinally removed to Chicago and became the pastor of the South Congregational Church, when, after a\\nthree years occupancy of the pulpit, ho offered his services to the Army of the Republic. During his\\npastorate he was long the correspondent of the New York Indcpcndcut, writing under the ttoin ,{c f lutiic\\nof Puritan.\\nSoon after the breaking out of the war he joined the Railroad Regiment. from Illinois, and died\\nin the service of his country. Pilgrim, the Chicago correspondent of the New ork htdtpiiuiitit. said\\nof him: Your friend and my predecessor. Rev. J. 11. Dill, has fallen in the .service of his country. It\\nwas from motives of patriotism that he entered the army, having said to the writer that he could nut\\nbear to have the war come to an end without having had a hand in it. Just before Korefathers Day\\nhe was sent home on business of the regiment and was here taken sick, the seed of the disease having\\nbeen planted in camp life. But as his leave of absence was wearing aw.i)-, he started back, and at\\nLouisville was ordered home as unfit for service. Back again, his disease became more malignant.\\nMeantime, there came the report of the battU- at Murfreesboro, in which his division was engaged. He\\nwas very resti\\\\e from a desire to get back, and when the news came that his regiment had suffered much,\\nhe would resist no longer. He feared his men would think he was staying away unnecessarilv. He\\nstarted for Louisxille where he took the Lady Franklin for Nashville, and died on boaid, Jan. 14. near\\nthe destination of the boat. A gentleman from this city, who had gone down to look after a wounded\\nson, took the remains in charge to bring home, but as yet he had not arrived, the son having come on\\nbefore with the tidings. W\\\\ Dill seems to have had a rare preparatioi\\\\ of late for his great change.\\nJust before his .icceptance of the Chaplaincy he came into the prayer-meeting and said that it was a\\nmore serious business than he had supposed, to enter the army. The arranging of his business and\\ndomestic affairs, as though he might not come back, he said, had led him to a self-examination and to a\\nnew consecration to Christ, and now he had great peace and joy in him. He wrote back to his associate\\ncorrespondent for the Independent I am walking with God every day, and it is all the sweeter to walk\\nwith Him when so few around me are companions in that way. His last line to his wife, written the\\nSabbath evening before his death, was: Do not be concerned about me; only pray that I may come\\ninto///// communion with the mind and heart of Christ. The lad}- who took care of him on the boat\\nreports, as we might ha\\\\ e expected, that his death was triumphant. .Mr. Dill will be greatly missed by\\nthe ministers of the Puritan churches here. In their ministers meetings, he alwaj-s had some sprightly\\noriginal thoughts. He was almost utterly devoid of an\\\\-thing like censoriousncss or sectarianism. He\\nwas a true and good man.\\nMr. Dill was one of the most earnest antl useful nun in the Congregational denomination, either\\nEast or West. His efforts for the building of new cluirches, his practical usefulness in conventions,\\ncouncils and committees, his industrj in gathering the statistics of the ilenoniination, his constant,\\nunremitting services in the general cause of Congregationalism, made him one of the staunchest pillars\\nof the Western churches. He was a man of vigorous mind and body, energetic will, genial disposition,\\never ready to do a kindness, shrinking from no labors, excellent in council and possessing a rare abilit\\\\-\\nfor organization and administration. Mr. Dill married Catharine, daughter of Capt. Jeremiah Brooks,\\nof Cheshire, Conn., born 1792, son of Enos Brooks, who, in the War of the Revolution, was Corporal of\\nSecond Company, Seventh Connecticut Regiment, commanded by Col. Charles Webb. Enos was the\\nson of Enos (i), son of Thomas, son of Henry Brooks, who, with his brother John, came from England\\nand settled in the New Haven Colony about 1670. The children of Rev. James 11. and Catherine\\n(Brooks) Dill were, /an/es Brindcs Dill and Re\\\\ .\\\\rthur Cushing Dill.\\nJ.VMES Brooks Dim., eldest child of James Horton and Catharine (Brooks) Dill, was born in\\nSpencerport, Monroe County, N. Y.. July 25, 1854. He was four years of age when his parents removed\\nto Chicago, where he remained until the death of his father, in 1862, wiien he removed to New Haven,\\nConn. In 186S he went to Oberlin, Ohio, where, after a three years preparatory course, he entered the", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0657.jp2"}, "559": {"fulltext": "444 The P-qunders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nfreshman class of Oberlin College He left there to enter the freshman class in Yale, in 1872, and was\\ngraduated in 1876. He taught in Samuel Clement s school, in Philadelphia, and at the same time\\nhe studied law with a noted equity lawyer, E. Copes Mitchell. Mr. Uill came to New York in 1877 and\\nwas an instructor in Stevens Institute, at Hoboken, and at the same time entered the senior class of the\\nUniversity Law School, graduating in 1878 as salutarian of his class, with the degree of I.. L. H., and\\nwas admitted to the bar of New York the same year. He began practice at once, but it was up-hill\\nwork. He made a study of corporation law, intending to make this a specialty whenever an opening\\nshould present itself. In the meantime he gave his attention to general practice. In 1878 the com-\\nmercial agency of McKillop, Sprague Co., then one of the larger commercial agencies, failed with\\nliabilities in the millions, and as the directors had omitted to file their annual statements, they were\\nsued by the creditors, being severally liable for all the debts of the compan\\\\-.\\nOne client placed his case in the hands of Mr. Dill, belie\\\\ ing it was a hopeless one. The other\\ndirectors defended, some denying their debts and others their directorship. All these defenses failed\\nfor the reason that the facts were against them. .\\\\11 were held personally liable and became insolvent\\nby reason of the judgment against them, ainong whom was John G. Tappen, of Boston. Mr. Dill\\ndela\\\\ed the trial of his case until after the other actions had been tried, and then raised the point\\nthat b) reason of a subsequent amendment the statute was iiu alid, and on this point was success-\\nful. His client, a man of means, escaped without liability, and died recently leaving a large estate, of\\nwhich Mr. Dill was the e.xecutor, while the co-directors have never since been able to hold a dollar of\\nproperty in their own name, and some died in poverty. This was the turning point in the career of Mr.\\nDill. As business increased he took as partner Mr. Louis A. Chandler, forming the firm of Dill\\nChandler. In 1884 he added Mr. Frederick Seymour to the partnership, under the firm name of Dill,\\nChandler Seymour. Mr. Chandler retired in 1894. Frederick R. Kellogg taking his place, the firm now\\nbeing Dill, Seymour Kellogg. Mr. Dill s practice has continued along the line of corporation law and\\norganization. He has been engaged in many large organizations, which have taken place of late years,\\nand in a number of which he has been leading counsel. His firm is recognized as able and strong, as\\nthe successful i.ssue in the trial of many of the important cases attest.\\nBefore his marriage, in 1880, Mr. Dill resided in New York City. Subsequently he selected a home\\non Harrison Street, luist ()range, not far from the original homestead of Nathaniel Harrison, in whose\\nhonor the street was named. He was one of the incorporators of the People s Bank, of which he has\\nbeen a director and counsel from the beginning. He also organized the Savings Investment and\\nTrust Company, of which he at once became and still continues ice-Presitlent and director. He is a\\nmember of several local clubs and societies. He organized the Corporation Trust Conipan\\\\ of New\\nJerse)-. and has been chairman of the ENecutive Committee and counsel for the company since its organ-\\nization. He is a director in the Seventh National Bank, of New York City, the New England Street\\nRailway Compan}-, of Boston, the .Vmerican School of .Architecture, at Rome, and man\\\\- other corpor-\\nations. While a resident of New York Mr. Dill was connected with Dr. Hall s church, and has been\\ncounsel for the Loan and Relief Association, which has charge of the charitable work of that church,\\nsince 1879. O coming to East Orange he unitetl with the Brick Church, of which he has served as\\ntrustee and Treasurer for three successive years. Mr. Dill was married, in 1880, to Mary \\\\V. Hansell,\\ndaughter of Standish Hansell, a prominent merchant of Philadelphia. Thej- ha\\\\e three daughters.\\nTHE GATES FAMILY.\\nOf the fifteen members who have filled the office of President of the New England Society, Isaac\\nE. Gates is the first, as far as known, to represent the land of steady habits, and to bear on his\\nescutcheon the motto of his native state, Oui transtulit sustinet. It is fitting that, in closing a\\nhistory of this localit}-, covering a period of two hundred and thirty years 1666- I Sg6\u00e2\u0080\u0094 that the State\\nof Connecticut, from whence the Founders of the Oranges came, should be thus represented.\\nStephen Gates (i), the founder of this branch of the Gates family in America, was the son of", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0658.jp2"}, "560": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0659.jp2"}, "561": {"fulltext": "ISAAC E. GATES.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0660.jp2"}, "562": {"fulltext": "Thk Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 445\\nriinmas Gates, of Norwicli, Norfolk County, Eni, lancl. He came to Hoston, Mass., in 1638, in the ship\\nDilli jent, with liis wife and two sons, Stephen and Simon, and a dau jlUer, Eii/abetli. He settled\\nfirst at Hin ;ham ami removed thence to Nashaway (Lancaster), in iC 33, and became one of the larjjest\\nproprietors of the town, and was one of the petitioners for its incor|)oration, in 1654. He removed to\\nCambridge, where he dictl in 1(1114, lie left five children, three born in England and two in Lancaster.\\nStephen (jates (3), son of Stephen (i). was born in Norwich, England, and came with his father to\\nthis country, lie married Sarah, tlaughter of George Woodward, about 1664. He resided in and near\\nBoston. He had among other children a son, Tlioiiias.\\nThomas Gates (0, son of Stephen and Sarah Woodward) (jates, was born in Boston, December 31,\\n1669. hi early manhood he removed to that part of Norwich, Conn now known as I reston. The\\nnames of Stephen ami Tlu)mas are mentioned in the records of Preston as early as 1720. Thomas Gates\\nmarried Margaret Geer and had a son, Tliouias.\\nThomas Gates (2), son of Thomas (i) and Margaret (Geerj Gates, was born in I reston about 1709.\\nHe inherited from his father the homestead which was owned and occupied by four generations of the\\nfamily. He married Elizabeth Mitchell, of the adjoining town of Norwich. They had among other\\nchildren, a son, Cyrus, born in 1753.\\nCyrus Gates (1), son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Gates, was born in Preston, Conn., in 1753.\\nIn the War of the Revolution, among the names of the Officers and Soldiers in the 3d militia Company\\nin the town of Preston, inhabitants of town, appears the name of Corporal Cyrus Gates. He\\nmarried Ruth Rockwell, and lived at the homestead in Preston. They had a son, Cyrus.\\nCyrus Gates (2), son of Cyrus (1 and Ruth (Rockwell) Gates, was born at Preston, July 12, 1784.\\nHe married Patty Hewitt, September 5. 1813. She was a descendant of one of the numerous Huguenot\\nfamilies that fled from France to Holland after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and eventually\\nfound a lefuge in this cnuntr\\\\-. Of the children of Cyrus and Patty (Hewitt) Gates, Isaac liihviu was\\nthe )-oungest. Most of the members of this br.inch of the Gates famil\\\\- have been engaged in agri-\\ncultural pursuits.\\nIS.A.AC Ed\\\\VIX Gates, youngest son of Cyrus (2) and Patt\\\\- Hewitt) Gates, was born at Preston,\\nConn., January 2, 1833. Like Cincimiatus, of old, as well as his own ancestors, his first lessons in the\\npractical duties of life were learned while following the plow, and as a little child he was taught to\\nrepeat the lines\\nHe who by the plow would thrive.\\nHimself must either hold or drive.\\nHe began to dri\\\\e when but five years of age, and took his place between the plow handles as soon\\nas he was tall enough to hold them. His rudimentary knowledge of books was obtained at the district\\nschool, the sessions of which were limited to the five winter months. He was naturally studious and\\nambitious, and with these limited advantages he was able, at the age of seventeen, to pass the requisite\\nexamination, and ipialified as a teacher. He taught during the winter months, the remainder of the\\ntime attending to the duties of the farm. Early in life he decided to enter the ministry, having united\\nwith the Baptist church in his native town at the age of thirteen. He alternated between farm work\\nand teaching for four years, and then entered the Connecticut Literar)- Institution, at Suffield, where,\\nduring the latter part of his course, he acted as assistant teacher, continuing his studies and keeping up\\nwith all of his classes. He entered the sophomore class at Madison\u00e2\u0080\u0094 now Colgate University, in 1S55,\\ngraduating as valedictorian of his class in 1858. After completing his collegiate studies, he entered the\\nHamilton Theological Seminary, taking the full two years course, graduating in the summer of i860.\\nPrevious to this he accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Baptist Church, of Milwaukee, where\\nhe was ordained in the fall of i860. During his pastorate of nine years he served two churches,\\nwhich were greatly blessed by his labors. This period embraced the five years of the Civil War.\\nDuring this period his patriotic devotion to the Union cause was noteworthy. Both in the pulpit and\\nout of it, he was zealous, active and earnest, and his sermons had no uncertain sound. To arouse", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0663.jp2"}, "563": {"fulltext": "446 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nthe patriotism of the masses, to encourage enlistinents in his own churcli, to aid in sanitar\\\\- ami C hrist-\\nian commissions, formed no small part of iiis arduous labors in behalf of the Union cause. He never\\nneglected, however, his pastoral and educational work, especially that of the Sunda)- School, in which\\nlie was a most devout and earnest laborer, and a [jortion of time was Superintendent of the Suntlay\\nSciiool. The vast amount of labor involved in these various duties and the constant strain upon a\\npeculiarly sensitive, nervous organization, proved too much for him, and necessitated his retirement from\\na professional life. He resigned his pastorate in the spring of 1869, and on coming to New York,\\nresolved to enter upon a business career, which circumstances favored and for which results have shown\\nhe was eminently fitted.\\nIn May, 1869, he entered the service of the Central I .icific Railroad Company as an assistant to the\\nVice-President, in New York City, of which company he is now second ice-President. He developed\\na capacity for business for which he himself, perhaps, was unconscious, but which others were not long\\nin discovering. For several years he has been acting Vice-President and Ass t Secretary of the Southern\\nPacific Company, which controls and operates the Morgan Line of steamships, running between New\\nYork and New Orleans, and the railroad lines from New Orleans to San Francisco, known as the Sun-\\nset Route, from San Francisco, Cal., to Portland, Ore., and Ogden, Utah, which, with affiliated lines,\\nforms one of the most extensive railroad systems in tiie United States. Mr. Gates has filleil, and still\\nholds arious important positions in connection with railroad and other business affairs, notably Treas-\\nurer and subscquentlj- I resident of the Kentuck\\\\- Central Railway Company, Secretary and Treasurer\\nof the Chesapeake, )hio ami Southwestern Railroad Company, Treasurer of the Old Dominion Land\\nCompany, which took the initiative in building the new city of Newport New s, a., and Treasurer of\\nthe Newport News Shi[ building and Dry Dock Company the latter company has built up at Newport\\nNews one of the finest and most extensive shi])-building plants in the world.\\nNothing succeeds like success is a truism that applies to every-daj- life. It is seldom, however,\\nthat one who in earl\\\\ life adopts a professional career ever succeeds in any other. Mr. Gates was not\\nonly a successful preacher ami a devoted and earnest pastor for ten }-ears of his life, but has been\\nuniformly successful as a business man, and in every position which he has filled he lias displayed executive\\nability of the highest order. He has that rare equijioise between courage and judgment, which saves\\nhim from being rash in the hour of reflection, and from indecision at tlie moment of action. There is\\na mean between the theoretical which penetrates ultimate causes and comprehends remote influences,\\nand the practical which looks ahead at the immediate result and the impediments. From that stand-\\npoint, the man who gets there tests and rectifies theories, weighs on fundamental principles, means and\\nends, and finishes by concentrating the power of all causes toward the accomplishment of a single\\nobject. The theorist lacks result, and the [)ractical man lacks power; but the man who is alive to the\\nduty of to-day, and who has spent his time in settling principles and correcting them by daily applica-\\ntion to those ends which are the object of an active and eminent life, illustrates the elements of success.\\nMr. Gates was for about se\\\\enteen years a resident of Klizabeth, N. J., where he made many warm\\nfriends. That he accomplished great good, that he redeemed the time, goes without saying, for his\\nlife has been a busy one, .ind at no peiiod, e\\\\cn in his hours of rest and recreation, has he found it\\nnecessar}- to kill time. lie came to La^t Orange in October, 1866, and during a residence of ten\\nyears his influence has been exerted in every direction, where it was possible to benefit his fellow-men\\nand exemplify the teachings of his Divine Master. He united with the North Orange Baptist Church\\nand at once entered into the work of teaching in tlie Sunday School. As a trustee, the business\\ninterests of the church have received his careful attention, while its spiritual interests have never lacked\\na wise and faithful counsellor and an earnest participator. His prayers and his alms have gone together,\\nand his liberality is without ostentation, his fulfilment of the command, Let not thy right hand know\\nwhat thy left hand doeth, being strictly adhered to. In the home life of Mr. Gates there is an air of\\nquiet and refinement, and a genial hospitalit)-, that does not fail to impress one with the true ideal of a\\nmodel home.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0664.jp2"}, "564": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Orant.es. 447\\nOf the various societies and organizations in the Oran^ cs, the .nc liuit has interested liim most is\\nthe New Eni^Iand Society. To keep alive the ineniories of early associations, ti) honor the memory of\\nthe fmnulers of our free institutions, anil to carry out the objects of this society, has received\\nfrom him much attention ami earnest thou^dit. He was elected to membership in tliis society the first\\nyear after he became a resident of Kasl Orange, and has been a regular attendant at its meetings ever\\nsince. He was hdUoretl 1)\\\\- an electinii to the Vice-Tresidency in 1S94 and tn the Tresidcncy in 1S95,\\na position he still holds. Mr. (iates has been a steadfast friend and a generous supporter of the several\\ncharitable and benevolent organizations for which the Oranges are noted. As a speaker, Mr. Gales is\\ncalm, cool and deliberate, a man of strong coinictions ami of deep anil earnest piety, giving expression\\nto his thoughts always in a clear, concise and convincing manner. There is a calm and ([uiet dignity in\\nhis manner that is at once expressive and attractive. To all outward appearance he is never worried by\\nany amount of business pressure, am.! the cares and responsibilities incident to a busy life fail in any\\nmanner to disturb the ctiuanimity of his temper. He possesses at all times and under all circumstances\\nthe same kind and courteous demeanor that has distinguished him through life, and made for him friends\\nwhose name is legion.\\nMr. Gates married, in 1861, Ellen M., daughter of William and Elizabeth (Vincent) Huntington, of\\nTorrington, Conn. William Huntington was a descendant of Christo[)lier Huntington, the first male\\nchild born in Norwich, 1660, son of Christopher, son of Simon, the ancestor. The Vincents were among\\nthe early settlers of Edgartown, Mass. Mrs. Gates, nee Huntington, is a sister of CoUis P. Huntington,\\na name familiar to railroad men throughout the civilized world. Mrs. Gates was educated at the Galway\\nand Hamilton Seminaries. She is gifted as a poetess, especially as a hymn writer, and enjoys distinc-\\ntion in the literary world. She is a frequent contributor to the Century Magazine, the Youth s Com-\\npanion, and other periodicals. She is the author of a volume of poems published by the Putnams in\\n1895, entitled, Treasures of Kurium. Her literary work does not prevent her from engaging in works\\nof benevolence and charit\\\\ While a resident of Elizabeth she became interested in the Orphan\\nAs\\\\lum of that city, and during her residence in East Orange, the Woman s Christian Temjierance\\nUnion, the Orphan s Home, the Bureau of Associated Charities and the Orange Improvement Society,\\nhave received her earnest and practical support. Her work is done in that quiet, gentle manner that\\nexcites but little attention, but her influence is felt throughout the entire community Helen, the\\ndaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gates, is the wife of .\\\\rcher M. Huntington.\\nTHE PALMER FAMILY.\\nThe name Palmer, in ancient records De Palmer (from the branch of palm borne by those soldiers\\nof the cross who had distinguished themselves in the holy wars), was conferred upon an ancestor of the\\nfamily, Hugh de Palmer, b\\\\- King Richard I, who, as a reward for having slain a Paynim knight in\\nsingle combat, and for capturing one of the Saracen standards, gave him perinission to blazon upon\\nhis shield, three crescents, argent, divided by a chevron, the heraldic token cf valor, and to wear for\\nhis motto, Par sit fortuna labori. According to Burke, the family of Palmer, whose patriarch,\\nWilliam le Palmer, was a crusader under Richard Cceur de Lion, were, from a remote period, established\\nin the County of Sussex. This family bore on their shield. Arms. Or, two bars gules, each charged\\nwith three trefoils, in chief, a greyhound sable Crest. A demi-panther rampant, fire issuing from the\\nmouth and ears, supporting a palm branch.\\nThere were several of the name of Palmer came to this country (rom 1631 to 1700. Among this\\nnumber was Christopher Palmer, who married Elizabeth Berry. His name appears on the records\\nprevious to 1700. He had among other children a .on, Jonathan.\\nJonathan Palmer, son of Christopher and Elizabeth (Berry) Palmer, was born in 1707. He married,\\nin 1730, Abigail Rowe, and had a -mw. James.\\nJames Palmer, son of Jonathan and Abigail ^Rowei Palmer, was born in 1733. He had a son.\\nJeremiah, born in 1763.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0665.jp2"}, "565": {"fulltext": "448 The Founders and Ruii.ders of the Oranges.\\nJeremiah Palmer, son of James Palmer, was born in 1763. He married, in January, 1783, Hannah\\nBeckham, and among other children had a son, /o/oi, born 1784.\\nJohn Palmer, son of Jeremiah and Hannah (Beckham) Palmer, was born in 1784. He married Phcbe\\nWells, and had a son, ]Villiain Ilarivood.\\nWilliam Harwood Palmer, son of John and Phebe (Wells) Palmer, was born June 16, 1S05, died\\nJanuary, 1836. He lived in Warner, N. H., where he married, in 1829, Harriet, daughter of Elijah\\nDwinel he was the son of David, son of Jonathan, born 1702, son of Thomas, born 1672, son of\\nMichael Dunnel, Sr. P or three or four generations the name was spelled Dunnel. William Harwood\\nand Harriet (Dwinel) Palmer had among other children, a son Albert.\\nAlbert Palmer, son of William Harward and Harriet (Dwineli Palmer, was born in Warner,\\nN. H., June 14, 1831 he died in East Orange, X. J.. November 24, 1893. He was precocious as a child,\\nand developed into manhood at an age when most children are still pursuing the elementary branches of\\ntheir education. He was left an orphan at six years of age, and at the age of thirteen began life s\\nstruggle alone, with the little education lie had acquired at the schools of his native town, so that he\\nreally had no childhood, and he was a man of mature years long before he reached his majority. He\\nlaid the foundation of his successful business career in 1846 as editor and proprietor of a trade paper\\nknown as the U. S. Journal. He subsequently started the Xorth Aiiicrrcan Miscellany, of which\\nDonald G. Mitchell Ik Marvel was editor. As a literary work it was a success, but Mr. Palmer s\\ntastes led him in a different direction. His early struggles had forced him to grapple with the stern\\nrealities of life, and he had but little disposition and less time to experiment with the sentimental.\\nHe therefore gave up his literary publications and devoted all his energies to the tlevelopment of a\\nscheme for free distribution of advertising papers, which has since been so uni\\\\ ersally adopted and of\\nwhich he was the originator. After extending his lines East and becoming firmly established in New\\nYork, he removed to Chicago about i860 where he carried on a large business for five or six years and\\nbecame a large property holder. He returned to New York soon after the close of the war and de-\\nveloped new ideas in the publishing and advertising line. His principal business was the publication\\nof J aliiicr s Buyer, which attained a large circulation, both in this country and in F,uropc, and\\nnecessitated the establishing of a branch house in England, which for many \\\\-ears past has been under\\nthe management of his five sons. In 1S78 the business was incorporated under the name of the Albert\\nPalmer Company, and has attained a world-wide reputation. The success of this enterprise is due\\nwholly to the efforts of Mr. I almer, who was the head and front of it for nearly fifty years, until his\\ndeath. He was the pioneer in this line of publishing business, which many other firms have since\\nadopted.\\nSoon after his return from Chicago Mr. Palmer purchased a beautiful place at Cornwall-on the-\\nHudson, which he named Ciliffside. He had for neighbors N. P. Willis, E. P. Roe, Kensett, the artist,\\nand other celebrities, and here, with his family, he spent some of the happiest years of his life, and\\nenjoyed that rest which a long life of toil and labor necessitated. He was interested in the religious\\naffairs of that locality and was an elder in the Presbyterian Church, of Cornwall. In the early winter\\nof 1881 Mr. Palmer removed with his famih- to East Orange, and bought the beautiful residence of\\nJudge Whiting, at No. 57 Harrison Street, where he spent a portion of each year, until his death. He\\ncontinued, however, to spend his summers at Cornwall.\\nMr. Palmer was a public-spirited, progressi\\\\ e citizen, and contributed liberally to whatever was of\\njjublic benefit. IK- was a staunch Republican and while interested in the success of his party he had\\nno desire to hold public office. While possessing great enterprise as manifested by his life, he showed\\ngreat caution before embarking in any und ertaking but when, after full deliberation, he determined\\nupon his course, he followed it with un\\\\ielding persistency. He was a man of great kindness of feel-\\ning, liberal to an extreme, and heartily interested in whatever was of benefit to his fellow-men. He was\\nstrongly attached to home and family. He was a warm, devoted friend, and regarded with the utmost\\nfidelity the obligations which friendship imposes. He had a high sense of honor, and was scrupulously", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0666.jp2"}, "566": {"fulltext": "ALBERT PALMER.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0669.jp2"}, "567": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0670.jp2"}, "568": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Hrn.ni:Rs of the Oranges. 449\\nhonest and conscientious in his business relations, accepting always the golden rule as his guide. He\\nwas a man of great force, persistency and earnestness, of strong will power and active intellect. He\\nwas in every sense of the word a manly man.\\nIn his marriage Mr. I almer became identified with one of the founders of Newark. He married\\nCornelia Ailing, daughter of Stephen H. Ailing, of Newark, the founder of the well-known jewelry firm\\nof Ailing Hros. Co. He was the son of David, who was the son of Deacon Isaac and Mary (Clizbei\\nAiling. Isaac was the son of John and Martha (Crane) Ailing, who was the son of Deacon Samuel, son\\nof Samuel, the Newark settler, who is first mentioned in the Newark records in 1700, as a member of a\\ncommittee chosen by vote to go about to get Subscription perfected to Mr. Wakeman s Deed of Gift.\\nHe was an important man in the affairs of the town and held public positions of trust and honor.\\nSamuel was the grandson of Roger Ailing, who, at the settlement of the New Haven Colony, in 1639,\\nsigned the compact. David Ailing, the grandfather of Mrs. Palmer, married Nancy Ball, whose grand-\\nmother was cousin to the mother of Gen. Washington. The marriage ceremony took place at the\\nAiling homestead, near the present Court House, in Newark, still standing.\\nThe children of Albert and Cornelia N. (Ailing) Palmer are: Albert William, Stephen Ailing,\\nHarriet C, married Albert Collins; Emma Durrie, married Edward S. Ely; Susan P., married Frank\\nMiller, of Newark; Oliver H., Cornelius A., Harwood, John Parker, Eleanor A., and Walter, all living.\\nAlbert W. and .Stephen A. are managers of the business in this country, while their four brothers all\\nreside in England and have charge of the business there.\\nTHE BRUEN FAHILY.\\nObadiah Brnen was the ancestor of all the families of this name in East New Jersey. He was the\\nsecond son of John Ikuen, Esq of Hruen, Stapleford, Cheshire, and was baptized December 25, 1606.\\nHe was a descendant of Robert Le Hrun. of .Stapleford, A. D. 1230. He came into the Plymouth juris-\\ndiction from England with his wife, Sarah, 1640, removed thence to Gloucester, was made freeman 1O42,\\nand selectman the following year, represented the town at the General Court, 1647-51. He removed to\\nPequot (New London, Conn.), and was town clerk fifteen years was a representative at the General\\nCourt, and is named in the charter of Connecticut, 1662. He came to Newark with the Milford\\ncolonists, in 1666, and his name is second on the list of the subscribers to the Fundamental Agreement.\\nHis Home Lott and residence was on Market Street, not far from the present Pennsylvania Railroad\\ndepot. By his wife, Sarah, he had Hannah, born 1643. married John Baldwin, Sr. John, born 1646,\\nand Rebecca, widow of Thomas Post, of Norwich.\\nJohn Bruen, onl\\\\- son of Obadiah and Sarah Bruen. was born in Gloucester, Mass., in 1640.\\nHe came with his father to Newark just before he reached his majority. He married Esther, daughter\\nof Deacon Richard Lawrence, one of the Branford settlers. He died before 1696. His children were,\\nEleazer, y v y^/ John, and tradition says he had a daughter who married Joseph Baldwin.\\nJoseph Bruen, second child of John antl Esther (Lawrence) Bruen, was born in Newark, in 1669;\\ndied Februar} i, 1753. He married and hatl issue, David, Ruth, widow of Caleb Davis, and\\nperhaps other children.\\nDavid Bruen, son of Joseph and Bruen, was born in Newark, about 1700. He removed to,\\nand was one of the original settlers of Chatham township. Morris Count)-. N. J. He married Phebe,\\ndaughter of Christopher Wood, and had children, vt//!, Elias, Jabesh, Elizibeth, Phebe. He married\\nsecond. Phebe Crane, daughter of Robert, son of Deacon Azariah Crane, and had Benjamin, Jonathan\\nand Barnabas.\\nJoseph Bruen, son of David and Phebe (Wood) Bruen, was born in Chatham, Morris County, about\\n1730. He married Matilda Bonnell, and had Alexander, Biiijatnin and Ichabod.\\nBenjamin Bruen, son of Joseph and Matilda (Bonnell) Bruen, was born in Chatham, N. J., about\\n1765. He married Nancy Harris, and had issue. Isaac Harris, Elias Runyan. Aslibil. Jacob. Phebe,\\nEliza Jane, Caroline.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0671.jp2"}, "569": {"fulltext": "450\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nAshbel Bruen, third child of Ik-njamiii and Nancy (Harris) Bruen, was born in Madison, Chatham\\ntownship, N. J., in 1806; died in 1853. He was a successful builder and contractor, and built some of\\nthe finest dwellings, as well as public buildings and churches, in Madison and Morristown. He was a\\nman of considerable prominence and stood well with his neighbors. He married Mary Chandler,\\ndaughter of Jonathan Chandler, a descendant of John Chandler, who settled in Elizabethtown, before\\n1750. The children of Ashbel and .Mary (Chandler) Bruen were, Benjamin, Jane, Elizabeth, Tlicodorc\\nCaroline Merritt, Frank and Adeline.\\nTheodore Wood Bruen, son of Ashbel and Mary (Chandler) Bruen, was born in ^Madison, Chatham\\ntownship, N. J., October 12, 1832. He was associated with his father in building until the breaking out\\nof the Civil War. He joined Company K, Seventh Regiment, N. J. Volunteers, and was mustered into\\nservice in September, 1861, for three years, or the war. His regiment was attached to the Third Brigade,\\nHooker s Division. His first engagement was at the Siege of Vorktown, April and May, 1S62. In the\\nbattle of Williamsburg, May 5, 1862, while his regiment was retreating and firing, he fell backwards and\\nstruck his back on a fallen tree, sustaining a serious injury to his spine which rendered him unfit for\\nfurther service, and after remnining in the hospital for some months he was discharged at Philadelphia,\\nJune 12. 1863, being totally disabled on account of a lateral curvature of the spine. Some time after\\nhis return home he removed with his family to Elizabeth, and entered the employ of the New Jersey\\nCentral R. R. Co. He was a mere wreck of his former self and he finally died, in 1879, of hemorrhage,\\nthe result of his injury in the army. Though a constant sufferer he refused to apply for a pension, and\\nit was not obtained until after his death. He married Caroline, daughter of Smith Ma.xwell Miller,\\nson of Smith Miller, born in Elizabeth, 1765, a great-grandson of William Miller, one of the settlers of\\nElizabethtown, 1687, admitted an Associate, 1699, and was one of the Memorialists of 1700. The\\nmother of Caroline M. Miller was Catharine Coddington, daughter of Benjamin Coddington, a captain of\\nartillery in the War of the Revolution, who was long confined and nearly starved to death in the New\\nYork prison-house, living for a time on tallow candles.\\nThe children of Theodore Wood and Caroline\\n(Miller) Bruen were, Frederick S., Edward Everett, Ella\\nC, married Arthur C. Webb, Katie J married Joseph\\nRoberts; Theodore Ashbel is the youngest child.\\nEdward Everett Bruen, son of Theodore\\nWood and Caroline Ma.xwell (Miller) Bruen, was born\\nin Chatham, Morris County, X. J., June 26, 1859.\\nwas taken by his parents to Elizabeth when he was\\nbut five years of age, and enjoyed the benefit of the\\nexcellent public school system of that city. After\\ncompleting his time at the machinist s trade he entered\\nthe clerical department of the New Jersey Central\\nR. R. Co., and was subsequently promoted to the general\\nfreight office, New York City, where he remained about\\ntwo years, and then became private secretary to his\\nfather-in-law, Mr. Peeples, master mechanic of the Man-\\nhattan Elevated Railroad. [He served the full period\\nas private in Company A, Third Regiment, N. G. S.\\nN.J.J He continued in this capacity for four years,\\nuntil May, 1855. Two years previous to this he had\\nremoved to East Orange, and in 1855 he started the\\nfirst steam laundry ever attempted in the Oranges.\\nThis he left to the management of his brother while\\nhe began, in a small way at first, buying and .selling\\nreal estate. He soon evinced a remarkable adapta-\\nKDWAKU EVERETT BKUES.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0672.jp2"}, "570": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders of the Oran(;es.\\n45\\ntion for tliis business, and distanced many of his oldest competitors whose whole life had been spent\\nin this line of business. He opened an office on Washington Place, near Brick Church station, and\\nconfined himself mainly to buying lots, building and selling. He has been one of the most successful\\nreal estate operators in the Oranges. He has assisted others in building and has erected a number of\\nfirst-class dwellings, averaging in cost from $5-000 to $150,000 each, the result of which has been to\\ndraw a large number of first-class people to the Oranges, and has added upwards of half a million\\ndollars to the wealth of the township. He is a most indefatigable worker, and during the general\\ndepression of 1F194-5 he continued his operations without interruption and succeeded wjjere otiiers failed.\\nA man of keen foresight, good judgment, with a thorough knowledge of realty values, he seldom\\nerrs in his calculations. His uniform courtesy and agreeable manners have made him many friends, and\\nwhen solicited to become a member of the Township Committee in 1893 he accepted the nomination\\nand was elected h\\\\- a handsome majorit)-, and re-elected in 1895 for another term of two years. He lias\\nheld the position of vice-cliairnian and chairman of the Finance Committee, and still holds the latter\\nposition. A very important measure that of tide-water sewerage\u00e2\u0080\u0094 was introduced during his first term\\nand he gave to this his most earnest support as well as to all other measures of real improvement. He\\nbelieves in an economical administration of the township government, but favors a liberal expenditure\\nwhere the health of the community is involved. He has long been a member of the Masonic Fraternit\\\\-.\\nhaving received his first knowledge of its mysteries in Corinthian Lodge, No. 488, of New York, in 1882,\\nfrom which he dimitted to Union Lodge, No. 11, of Orange, and later to Hope Lodge, No. 124, of\\nLast Orange. Mr. Bruen married October 16, 1881, Jennie Aylesworth Peebles, daughter of Thomas\\nW. Peebles, of Chester County, Pa., whose wife was Melissa Aylesworth. The children of Edward E.\\nand Jennie Aylesworth (Peebles) Bruen are. Clarence,\\nEdward, Edith May and Marion Anita.\\nFRANK W. COOLBAUGH. Mr. Coolbaugh set-\\ntled in the Oranges as a resident, renting a small\\nhouse belonging to the late Judge Whiting on Web-\\nster Place, in 1876. At that time and until 1884, he\\nheld the position of Chief Train Dispatcher on the\\nD. L. W. R. R. During his railway experience\\nhe recognized the fact that the system of train pro-\\ntection throughout the country was very inadequate,\\nand perfected, in the course of a year or two, an\\nimproved rear end and engine lamp, with a simple\\ndevice for holding them in position. These were\\npatented. Several other railway patents were also\\ntaken out by him, and at this time he severed his\\nconnection with the road for the purpose of intro-\\nducing these specialties. In this he was very succes-\\nful, they having become standard practically on all\\nof the railways of the country.\\nIn 1 886. while still a renter in the Oranges, he\\nbecame imbued with the laudable ambition of having\\na home of his own and in our judgment this ambi-\\ntion is the bulwark of our nation and should always\\nbe fostered and in casting about for a location,\\nafter careful consideration, he hit upon the south\\nside of thejrailway track, and what is now 22 Burnet\\nStreet, was his first real estate venture. This entire", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0673.jp2"}, "571": {"fulltext": "45- The Founders and Builders of the Oranges\\nsection of the city, lying between Clinton Street on the west and South Arlington Avenue on the east,\\nCentral Avenue on the south, had been practically at a standstill for some ten years, many houses\\nstanding uncompleted, a great number of houses to rent at your own price, people steadily moving out\\nof tlie locality instead of moving in, while all other sections of East Orange was rapidly building up and\\nbecoming more beautiful. Burnet Street at this time ended at Beech Street, in a mud hole. Not a\\nfoot of .stone sidewalk had been laid on any of the streets in the section named. Such fences as existed\\nwere in a wretched condition but few, if any, shade trees had been planted. Walnut Street practicalh-\\nended at Main Street Orange, Chestnut and Beech Streets h;id not been niacademizcd and were\\n])ractically without sidewalks. After completing this house, which was designed in every detail by Mrs.\\nCoolbaugh, it attracted the attention of Mr. Arthur Jennings, the well-known architect and writer, who\\nhad it illustrated in colors b\\\\- the Builders Edition of the Scientific American, and in this edition paid\\nher a high compliment editorially, and later, in a leading architectural journal, advocated strongly women\\nas architects, and cited Mrs. Coolbaugh s success as an argument in favor of the position taken. Mr.\\nCoolbaugh s ne.\\\\t venture was No. 30 Burnet Street, which lie built as an investment for a friend in\\nCalifornia; also designed by Mrs. Coolbaugh. I- ollowing this came the purchase of a wild tract of land\\non the southwest corner of Beech Street and Burnet Street; in the meantime, Burnet Street having been\\nforced through to Central Avenue and improved. This tract eventually fell into the hands of Mr. Ellis\\nApgar, who has erected on it four handsome residences.\\nIn nSjO, property on the corner of Orange and South Walnut -Streets was purchased, and on this\\nsite Mr. Coolbaugh built his present house, and later enough property on South Walnut Street was\\npurchased by him and several friends to control the improvements. The street was at once graded and\\nimproved; is now building up rapidly and handsomely. Orange, Chestnut and Beech Streets had just\\nbeen macadamized and improved. One of the conditions named in his purchase of Orange Street pro-\\n])erty and improving of same, was, that the sidewalks should be artificial stone, and, as a result, this was\\nthe first street in all the Oranges to have this character of sidewalk; it has since become quite general.\\nBounded bv Burnet Street, South Arlington A\\\\-enue, Beech Street and Central Avenue, was a large\\ntract of wild, heavily wooded and swampy hmd, and was looked upon b_\\\\ citizens as a menace to the\\nhealth of the neighborhood. The swampy character of this property was caused by the water from the\\nseveral streets centering at the corner of ]5eech and Burnet Streets, being allowed to flood the section,\\ninstead of being taken care of by the town. This large tract was purchased by Mr. Coolbaugh from\\nseveral joint owners, consisting of some seventy large building lots. Several hundred trees were cut down,\\nstill leaving about the same number standing. Two new streets were opened one running east and west,\\nextending from Burnet to South Arlington Avenue, sidewalked with artificial stone and macadamized,\\nwhich was named Carnegie Avenue, as a compliment to Mr. Andrew Carnegie, whom Mr. Coolbaugh\\nhighly esteems, and who has challenged his admiration for many years. Another street, running north\\nand south, and called Shepard Avenue, was named in honor of East Orange s most highly respected citi-\\nzen, Mr. v. M. Shepard. At the junction of these two avenues, a unique feature was provided; namelj-,\\na circle fifty feet in diameter, called Seven Oak Circle, there being seven oaks spared in this space. A\\nnumber of hantlsome dwellings were promptly built. The township was urged to provide drains to\\nrelieve the tract, which it did. )n this stieet alone some twentj residences have been built, and what\\nwas a waste and a menace, has been made, beyond question, one of our handsomest and mo5t desirable\\nsections. During the last six years something like i 50 beautiful houses have been built in this section,\\nthe growth being more rapid than any other locality.\\nTHE WILDE FAMILY.\\nJohn Wilde, of East Orange, is the latest representative of John Wilde, the American ancestor of\\nthis family. Different branches of the familj^ have been identified with Essex County for more than\\nthree-quarters of a century. They are all of English descent, and are probabh- not far removed from\\nthe line of Sir William Wilde, Recorder of London in the sixteenth century, afterwards a Judge of the\\nKing s Bench; createtl a Baronet in 1C60.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0674.jp2"}, "572": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0675.jp2"}, "573": {"fulltext": "JOHN WILDE.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0676.jp2"}, "574": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders ok the Oranges. 453\\nJohn Willie, tlic first of this name in America, came from I- ngi.ind in 168S. Two years later he\\nmarried Sarah llayden, a descendant and probably a {granddaughter of William llayden, of Windsor,\\nConn., who came in the ship Mary and John, with Mr. Wareham s church, in 1630, and lived at Dor-\\nchester, Mass. He was an active participant in the Pequot War, and saved the life of Captain Mason,\\nwho commanded the expedition. The children of John and Sarah (Haydeni Wilde were: Jolin,\\nSaiiiiicl, William and Sarah.\\nSamuel Wilde, .second child of John anil Sarah Hayden) Wilde, was born about 1694, and lived in\\nDorchester, Mass. He married and had, among other children, a son Jos rp/i.\\nJoseph Wilde, son of Samuel and Wilde, was born in Dorchester about 1730. He was a man\\nof great personal courage, and was among the first to enlist in defense of the liberties of his countrv.\\nHis commission as Lieutenant in the Continental Army, was signed by Joiin Hancock, and is still in\\nthe possession of his descendants. He married Mehitable Doubleday, born 1739, died 1827, and had a\\nson, Sirimii/.\\nSamuel Wilde, son of Joscpli and Mehitahlc (Doubleday) Wide, was born in Dorchester, Mass., in\\niSoo. He removed to New York in iSjo, where he engaged in the hardware and looking-glass trade.\\nLater he became a partner with Elijah Witiiington, who is said to have been the first to introduce tiie\\nprocess of roasting coffee b\\\\- machinery in this country. He was assisted in the enterprise by William\\nColgate, who founded the firm of Colgate Co., soap manufacturers. The house of Withington\\nWilde established a reputation for the purit\\\\- and excellence of their goods, which was\\nmaintained through all the subsequent changes in the firm, and, notwithstanding the fact\\nthat rival houses placed upon the market inferior and cheaper goods, the standard of this firm was never\\nchanged. The firm afterwards became Samuel Wilde Son, the present name being Samuel\\nWilde s Sons.\\nSamuel Wilde possessed a rugged honest)-, inheriteii from his ancestors, which he carried into all\\nthe little affairs of life, and impressed it by precept and example on his children. He was a man of\\nstrong convictions, and had the courage to maintain them. He was one of the pioneers in the abolition\\nmovement, and was fearless in his efforts to free the slaves. A firm and open friend of the colored race,\\nhe hesitated at no means to aid them in securing their freedom, making frequent use of the under-\\nground railroad, and on a certain occasion harbored a fugitive slave in his own store ami furnished\\nhim the means, as well as the necessary passjiorts, to continue his journey across the border. He\\nresided for many years in Willianisburgh, now Brooklyn, Eastern District. The colored people of\\nthat locality looked to him as their staunch friend and benefactor. He helped the poor and indigent,\\nand worked with and for this people. He built them a church on South Third Street, and often took\\npart in their service. He exercised a fatherly care over them and they were wont to look to him for\\nadvice and counsel. He was etpially active in other religious and benevolent enterprises, and his ear\\nwas ever open to the cry of distress, from whatever source. He was broad in his catholicity, and\\nliberal in his religious views. Mr. Wilde married Sarah, daughter of Robert Jones, of Chester, England,\\nby w horn he had four sons and seven daughters.\\nJohn Wii.de, tenth child of Samuel and Sarah (Jones) Wilde, was born in Brooklyn, N. V., May\\n20, 1S49. early environment was all that could be desired, and he proved a worthy son of worthy\\nparents. Obedient, faithful and studious as a boy, he laid the foundation of a perfect manhood,\\nand followed in the same lines of those who preceded him. His education at the public schools\\nof his native city was sufficient to qualify him for the duties incident to the business which\\nwas in perfect harmonv with his own tastes and inclinations. After leaving school he entered\\nthe employ of Samuel Wilde s Sons. By diligent application he soon acipiired a knowledge of all\\nthe details of the business. He continued as an employee of the firm until the deatii of his brother\\nJoseph, in 1878, and was then given a half interest in the business by his brother Samuel, who became\\nthe senior partner. The volume of trade continued to increase under the new management, and\\nJohn Wilde was fully equal to the new duties and responsibilities imposed on him. The two", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0679.jp2"}, "575": {"fulltext": "454\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nworked in perfect liarmony together and there was never any conflicting of interests. The high\\nstandard and purity of goods was maintained witliout any variation in qualit\\\\-. The death of Samuel\\nWilde, in 1890, brought about another change in the firm, although the same name is continued,\\nMr. John Wilde becoming the senior member and his son, Herbert, the junior.\\nMr. Wilde removed to East\\nOrange in 1891, and the following\\nyear purchased of his sister his present\\nresidence, at 84 Orange Street, whicii\\nis the finest and most imposing of any\\non this street, and one of the finest\\nresidences in the Oranges.\\nUnlike his brothers. Mr. Wilde\\nnever had any inclination for public\\naffairs, but the quiet and peace of his\\nown home, after the labors of the day\\nare o er, is dearer than all else to him.\\nHis political affiliations are with the\\nRepublican party, and in order to\\ngive aid and encouragement to his\\nparty, he united with the Republican\\nClub, of East Orange.\\nMr. Wilde married Antoinette\\nWestervelt, daughter of Stephen\\nWestervelt, in 1871. residence of john wh.de.\\nnR5. CHARLES B. YARDLEY is known as one of the most earnest, energetic and progressive women\\nof the countr_\\\\-, and her efforts to enlarge and increase the influence of the women of her adopted State\\nhave met with the hearty appreciation of her co-laborers and all others interested in this noble work.\\nUnder the auspices of the Board of Managers of the Columbian E.\\\\positioii, of which she was a member,\\nshe made a collection of the books and writings of the women of New Jersey, amounting to over 400\\npublished volumes, besides much additional unpublisheti matter. She also compiled in two volumes a\\nchoice selection from 270 authors who have contributed newspaper and magazine articles from time to\\ntime, not previously puhlishcii in book form. These, together with all the other volumes collected, were\\nplaced on exhibition in the Women s Dejjaitmcnt at the World s Fair, and are now in the State House,\\nat Trenton. In recognition of her efforts in behalf of the authors of New Jersey, she was awarded by\\nthe Managing Committee of the exhibition a gold medal.\\nMrs. Yardley has been a member of the Sorosis for the past twenty-five years, and the Women s\\nClub, of Orange, twenty years, and has been identified with various other movements for the advance-\\nment of her sex In 1894 she organized the New Jersey State Federation of Women s Clubs, consisting\\nof fifty-two women s literary and other clubs, of which she is the President. She sent an exhibit of\\nthis work to be hung in the Women s Department of the Atlanta Exposition. Mrs. Yardley is one of\\nthe foremost workers and leaders in the Society of the Daughters of the Revolution, and was recently\\nelected regent of the National organization, but resigned after holding the position for a few months,\\nbecause of certain informal proceedings wiiich did not meet with her approval.\\nWll.LBUE, the home of V. Q. Barstow, on Prospect Street, unlike those of most of his neighbors,\\nis seen at its best in the late autumn or earl\\\\- winter, when the trees are stripped of their foliage, leaving\\nthe house itself, which is a model of architectural beaut}-, fulh- exposed to \\\\iew. The aim of the\\narchitect evidentl was not to confine himself to any one particular style of architecture, but to combine", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0680.jp2"}, "576": {"fulltext": "TiiK Founders and Builders ok the Oranges.\\n455\\nin detail tlic best features of the old and new scliools. The liousc is in striking contrast to tlic\\nsurroundings; being of brick, forms a pretty setting to the framework of green. The oLtagonal dormer-\\nwindow and the steep pitch gable form tlie centra! features in front. On one side is a turreted form of\\nroof flanked by high ornamental chimneys.\\nBeneath the first ciiimney is a small con-\\nS^ servatory built of mullioned windows\\nwhich distribute the rays of light through\\nthe interior, so as to produce a bright and\\npleasing effect. The picturesque feature\\nof the house is the western gable with its\\ndouble stained mullioned windows. A\\nspacious piazza flanks the lower side of\\nthe house, whicii is formed in part by a\\nlarge gabled enclosure, with the design of\\na sunburst in front The interior divisions\\nare made with ilue regard to general\\ncomfort, and conform perfectly to the\\ne.xterior design. In its summer garb,\\nwith the house partly hidden by the\\ndeep foliage of green, the place is ex-\\nceedingly attractive and adds much to\\nthe beauty of this part of Prospect\\nUll.l.llUK, THI. IIOMK uV F. Q. BARSTOW. StrCCt.\\n.G)\\nRksidenck of William C. Horn, No. 125 Prospect Street, East Orange. The home of Mr.\\nHorn is most delightfully situated nearly midway between the D. L. W. R. R. and the Watchung\\nbranch of the Erie Railroad, and is one\\nof the healthiest locations in all the\\nOranges. The house stands on an ele-\\nvation se\\\\eral feet above the level of\\nthe street and about one hundred feet\\ndistant. The lot is 180 feet front b\\\\-\\n740 feet deep, and is laid out mostly\\nin lawn and shade trees. The maple\\ntrees in front and on the south side are\\namong the largest and finest in the\\nOranges, haxMng a growth of about\\ntwenty j ears. Some three hundred\\nfeet from the rear of the house is a fine\\ngrove of chestnut and other forest\\ntrees, which were left standing when\\nthe farm was cleared, many years ago.\\nThe large, substantially built stable in\\nthe rear is partly shaded by the grove\\nof forest trees. A large tennis court in\\nthe rear of the house affords amp .e room for this popular game. The best view of the house\\nis obtained from the southeast, which, during the summer season, is partly concealed by the\\nshade trees. The house is of sufficient size to merit the name of villa, and the style of architect-\\nure is thoroughly American and well adapted to the location and surroundings, points which always\\nKF.SIDKNCE OF WILLIAM C. HORN.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0681.jp2"}, "577": {"fulltext": "456\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nreceive the consideration of Mr, Sargent, the architect. The house rests on a liigli foundation of\\nrock-faced brown stone the structure above is wood-work, covered with square-edged shingles, ever\\\\-\\nalternate one being shorter than the other, giving a very artistic effect to the covering. The broad\\npiazza extends along the entire front, winding around to the south side of the house; on the north side\\nit is carried several feet beyond the house and forms a very pretty porte cochere. This rests upon\\npillars of rock-faced brown stone, the same material forming the foundation of the piazza. A rather\\nunique feature of the second story is the large, deep recessed windows; the one on the north front is\\narched over with an ornamental pitched roof, which extends from the main roof of the house. The\\ntower, on south corner of the house, rests on a high foundation of rock-faced brown stone, which\\nis octagon shaped to the top of the first story from tliis point above it is round, terminating in a\\npointed cone above the roof.\\nThe interior of the house is arranged with a view to economy of space within, every foot of which\\nis utilized to the very best advantage. The spacious hall, I3 x 30 feet, the large, elegant mantle near the\\nfront door, and the beautiful staircase, with its handsome newel posts, are all of quartered oak, as is\\nalso the wainscot on the side of the hall and up the staircase. Three large, prettily stained glass\\nwindows in the the rear of and above the staircase diffuse the soft rays of light through the hall, giving\\na pleasing effect to all the surroundings. The entrance to the dining room is to the right as ou enter\\nthe hall. This is finished in black walnut the furniture, as well as the wall and ceilings, are all in\\nharmony. The entrance to the parlor is through the left side of the hall as you enter the front of the\\nhouse. This room, including the elegant mantle, is finished in cherry, while the furniture and decora-\\ntions are all made to correspond. The library, which connects with the parlor, is finished in quartered\\noak; the billiard room in the rear is panelled and finished entirely in cypress, which is light in color,\\nmaking a very pretty finish. The parcjuet floor of oak, with a narrow border of mahogany, gives an\\nair of cheerfulness and brightness to the room. The second floor contains five bed rooms and two\\nbath rooms, all handsomely finished, and there are six bed rooms on the tiiird floor. The laundry, wliich\\nis very complete, is in the basement. The heating and lighting arrangements throughout the house\\nare of the best, and nothing is lacking to make the house a moilel of comfort and coinenience.\\nSUNNYCROl-T, the home of the Ashlcys, 131 Prospect Street, is well known to a large class of peo-\\nple in the Oranges. The name of the place is well suited to the surroundings. It has an eastern and\\n/i^ ^,-v~^-\u00e2\u0080\u0094 southern exposure, and catches the\\nSl NNYCROFT. HOME OF EDWARD W. ASHLEY.\\nmorning sunbeams, dispelling the dew,\\nmaking evervthing bright and cheer-\\nful. The brown stone, which consti-\\ntutes the first story and foundation,\\nharmonizes with the other features.\\nConsiderable originality is shown in\\nthe style of architecture, which is in\\nstriking contrast to many of the other\\nhouses in this locality. Both Mr. and\\nMrs. Ashley (nee Morgan) are well\\nknow n in social circles, and occupy a\\nwarm place in llic hearts of the people,\\nboth, in tlieir own way, being con-\\nstantly engaged in good works and in\\nseeking the happiness of others. Mrs.\\n.Ashley has been for many years Presi-\\nlient of the Memorial Hosjiital, in\\nOrange; also President of the Parish", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0682.jp2"}, "578": {"fulltext": "The Founders and Builders ok the Oranges. 457\\nAssociation of tiiace Chuich, ami still holds both positions. Mr. Ashley and liis wife are both\\ndescendants of Kn jlisli ancestors, who for centuries have been identified with many of the most\\nprominent events recorded in English history. The frequent mention of the Ashleys in Burke s Her-\\naldry, and other well-known English works, show them to have been not only a family of great antiquity,\\nbut allied by marriage to some of the best families in England and Ireland. The Earl of Shaftsbury\\nrepresented both the Ashleys and the Coopers: combining with Cooper the arms of Ashley, the latter\\nbeing the same as those of the Somersetshire and other I-^nglish families, viz.: Arms. CJuarterly,\\nfirst and fourth argent, three bulls passant sable armed and unguled, or for Ashley, second and third\\ngules, a bend engrailed between si.v lions rampant, or for Cooper. Crest. On a chapeau gules turned\\nup ermine a bull passant sable gorged with a ducal coronet, or, attired and hoofed argent. Sii/ orfi-rs.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094On the dexter side a bull sable gorged with a ducal coronet, or. attired and hoofed argent on the\\nsinister talbot azure gorged as the dexter. Motto. Love, serve.\\nOne branch of the .\\\\shley family removed to Ireland, and from this descended I-.dward W. Ashley,\\nthe subject of this sketch. He was born in Dublin, Irchmd, and enjo\\\\-ed good educational advantages,\\nadapted to the business career which he chose. He came t this country as a young man, and was for\\nman) years connccteil with the banking house of Dre.xel, Morgan Co. Confining himself to the strict\\nrules which govern the best business houses, he has met with uniform success. Mr. Ashley formed a co-\\npartnership with Starkweather Co., an okl and well-known imi)orting house, and in 1883 assumed the\\nentire control of the business. In his business connections he is known as a man of the highest personal\\nintegrity, as well as of energy and business ability, and enjoys an excellent reputation in financial and\\ncommercial circles.\\nMr. Ashley became a resident of East Orange in 1874, and from that time up to the present has\\ninterested himself in everything that concerns the prosperity and growth of the township. In addition\\nto his own beautiful residence, which is one of the attractive features of Prospect Street, he has built\\nother fine houses, thus adding materially to the wealth of the township. He is a director and was one\\nof the founders of the People s Bank, and the Savings Investment and Trust Company, of East Orange.\\nMr. Ashley has been a vestryman in Grace Epi.scopal Church since 1875 and as Treasurer he has\\nmanaged the financial affairs with wisdom and econom\\\\-. lie was one of the organizers of the Orange\\nAthletic Club; is a member of the Country Club, the Orange Club, the New England Society of\\nOrange, and of the Young Men s Christian Association. Although a member of several associations,\\nhe is a man of domestic tastes and habits.\\nMr. Ashley married Miss Jessie Antoinette Morgan, daughter of P rancis Morgan, of New N ork\\nCity, for many years a resident of Westfield, Mass., but a native of Springfield. The latter married\\nL. Antoinette Converse, daughter of John A. Converse, of Troy, N. Francis Morgan was the son\\nof .\\\\rchippus, born May 17, 1772, married, September 28, 1800, Pamelia Taylor. He was the son\\nof Titus. Joseph, the son of Nathaniel, born in Springfield, June 14, 1671. married Hannah Bird, June\\n19, 1691, he being then hut nineteen years of age. He was the only child of Miles Morgan by the\\nlatter s second wife. Miles Morgan, the ancestor, a native of Wales, sailed from England and arrived at\\nBoston, in April, 1636. He married Prudence Gilbert, a young women whom he met on shipboard.\\nHe removed from Boston with a number of emigrants and became one of the founders of Springfield.\\nA statue of heroic size, mounted on a large pedestal, stands in a conspicuous place in Springfield. This\\nwas erected by an uncle of Mrs. Ashley, a brother of her father, Mr. Henry T. .Morgan, a banker, of\\nNew York City. Miles Morgan had by his first wife eight children b\\\\- his second wife, Elizabeth Bliss,\\nto whom he was married February 15, 1669, he had only Nathaniel, the direct ancestor of Mrs. Ashley.\\nThe name Morgan signifies of the sea, and is mentioned as early as A. U. 360.\\nOnly one child out of a family of nine of Mr. and Mrs. Ashley is now living, and to him has been\\ngiven the name of Morgan, a representative of one of the oldest, if not the oldest family of the Eng-\\nlish speaking race.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0683.jp2"}, "579": {"fulltext": "458\\nThe Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nResidence of C. M. Coburn, 135 Arlintjton Avenue. The centre of attraction here is the house\\nitself, as the surroundings are comparatively new. and sufficient time has not elapsed for the growth of\\ntrees and shrubbery. The style of architecture is in pleasing contrast to the other houses in this\\nneighborhood, and yet there has been no attempt to follow anj special line. The aim of the architect,\\nMr. W hittemore, of East Oaange, was to combine the best features of the colonial with the more modern\\nstyle of English Gothic, in such a manner as to produce strong contrast with perfect harmony in detail.\\nThe entire structure is of framework, covered with shingles, resting on a foundation of rock-faced brown\\nstone, elevated from three to seven feet above the ground, according to the grade. The most prominent\\nfeature of the house is the round tower in front, which rises from the foundation to the cornice, and\\nabove that is cone-shaped, ending at a point with the natural pitch of the roof. The upper part of the\\ntower is lighted b\\\\- a dormer window, uhich projects from this part of the roof. The first story of the\\ntower is of rock-faced brown stone.\\nThe tower divides the wide piazza into\\ntwo sections. The north section, which\\nrest on a brown stone foundation, ex-\\ntends beyond the house and forms the\\nporte cochere. A handsome balcony\\nextends around the entire front of the\\nhouse, connecting the two sections of\\nthe ])iaz/.a. On the south side of the\\nhouse, between the top of the pia/za\\nand the eaves, is an oriole window.\\nBeyond this, on the same side, is a bay\\nwindow, extending from the founda-\\ntion to the second story above, and\\nresting on it is a square window, which\\nrises upward to the cornice. On the\\nnorth side of the house is a bay w in-\\ndow, resting on a stone foundation and\\nrising to the second story. A very\\npretty effect is produced b\\\\ an orna-\\nKEsiDENCE OF c. .M. COBURN. UH iital band of stucco, painted to re-\\nsemt)le metal, which jjasses all around the house beneath the cornice, the main body of the house being\\npainted a light green, and the roof red the efTect is verj striking. The form of the e.xterior of the\\nbuilding makes an eas\\\\- and economical di\\\\ ision of the interior, s j that e\\\\er\\\\- foot of room is utilized to\\nthe best advantage. 1 he main hall, 14x26 feet, is the principal feature on entering the house, and is\\nbeautifully finished in ijuartered oak. The dining room is in the same wood, the library in cherry,\\nand the colonial parlor in cream, white and gold. The rooms on the second floor are handsomely\\nfurnished and well lighted, and perfectly arranged for heat and ventilation. Everything about the\\ninterior has a cheerful, home-like appearance, and nothing is lacking in the arrangement to add to the\\nhappiness of the inmates.\\nTHE HINE FAMILY, OF ORANGE.\\nThe name of Mine, although an unusual one, is familiar to the people of the Oranges through\\nEdwin W. Hine, who for nearly a quarter of a century has been conspicuous in business, political, mili-\\ntary and other affairs in town, county and State, and through all has preserved an unblemished reputa-\\ntion, and it may be truly said of him, that he is sans pcitr ct sans rcproclic.\\nThe land of steady habits, which furnished nearly all the material for the foundation of Newark\\nand the Oranges, was the original home of the Hine f.miilv. Thomas Hine, the first in America, had a", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0684.jp2"}, "580": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0685.jp2"}, "581": {"fulltext": "r\\nEDWIN W. HINE.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0686.jp2"}, "582": {"fulltext": "Ti!K Founders and Builders of the Oranges. 459\\nliomc lot in Milford, L oini., January 2S, 1646. Me died in Milford, 1694, leavin(r ten children. It is\\nsaid that lie relieved an Indian, who was fastened on the marsh, by tlie Mohawks, to ])erish bv the bites\\nof mosquitoes. For this act he was held in high regard by the neighboring Indians, who said that\\nwhen Hine or his descendants died the Great Spirit took them at once tu his big wigwam. Thomas\\nwas an early proprietor of Derby, l)ut there is no evidence that he ever lived there. Tiie family of Hinc\\nis supposed to be of Scotch Irish descent. Of tlie sons of Thomas only two, Sniiiiu/ and Stephen,\\nremained in Milford.\\nSamuel Mine was still living in Old Milford in 1750. lie ami his wife went to live with their son,\\n(icorgc, in 1769. The name of Samuel s wife is not known. Me died December 23, 1771.\\nGeorge Mine, son of Samuel, was born in Milford, and followed the occupation of f.irmer, teamster,\\nmerchant, etc. Mc married, it is supposed, Jean He was one of the first settlers of New Milford.\\na record of him appearing at that place October I, 1795. Me had, among other children, a son Danitl.\\nDaniel Mine, son of (ieorge and Jean Mine, was born at Old Milford, in 1750. He married\\nMary Stone, about 1775, by whom he had eight children, Daniel, ,\\\\bel, David. I olly, Mezekiah, Eliza-\\nbeth, Lyman, Abigail. In May, 1795, he moved to Warren, Litchfield County, Conn., and resided\\nthere for eleven years In the spring of 1805, he, with others, made a journey on foot to the Western\\nReserx c, to st)\\\\- out the lantl. The followitig September two of his sons moved to Johnston, O., and\\nin April, 1806, he, with the remaintler of his family, moved to Johnston, and in December following, set-\\ntled in Canfield, Ohio. In I ebruary, 1810, he located at Shalersville, Portage Co., his son, Hezekiah,\\nhaving preceded him there. His first wife died in 1812, and he married, second, Eunice Sutliff, and,\\nthird, Phebe Clark.\\nDavid Mine, third son of Daniel and Mar)^ (.Stone) Hine, was born in Milford, Conn., December 9,\\n1781. Me moved with his parents to Warren, Conn., and in 1805 moved to Johnston, Ohio., where he\\npurchased land for his father, and erected thereon a small shanty. He served with distinction in the\\nwar of 1812. On May 3, 1810, he was commissioned by the Governor of Ohio, Captain of Third Com-\\npany, First Battalion, Second Regiment, Fifth Brigade and Fourth Division of Ohio .State Militia. Me\\nserved in this capacity for five years, and was in active service during the entire period of the war of\\n1812-15. Mis regiment formed a part of the land forces at Cleveland during Perry s naval engagement\\nand victory on Lake Erie, September 10, 1812. In a letter to his wife, dated, In Camp at Cleveland,\\n6th September, iiSi2, he says: I wish you would send me a shirt made of home-made cloth as soon\\nas you can. On September 9, the da_\\\\- before Perry s \\\\ictory, he was at Camp Portage. Captain Hine\\nwas conspicuous in civil affairs after the close of the war. He was commissioned Justice of the Peace\\nby Governor Allen Tremble, May 13, 1822. On February 20, 1806, he married .Achsah Sackett,\\ndaughter of Benjamin Sackett, of Warren, Conn.; born 1786, died 1831. Shortly after his marriage he\\nmoved to Canfield, and settled on a farm a little west of Canfield Centre. They had eight children, of\\nwhom Dciviii (2) was the eighth.\\nDavid Mine, son of David and Achsah (Sackett) Hine. was born in Canfield, O., August 16, 1822.\\nHe graduated at Williams College (Mass.) in 1850. and taught in the Academy at Warren, Conn., for\\nfour years. He moved to Ohio in the autumn of 1854, and accepted a position as Principal of the\\nMahoney Academy. lie was a warm friciul and neighbor of General Garfield, and through the\\nlatter s influence, soon after the breaking out of the war, he was appointed to a position in the Secoml\\nAuditor s office, where he continued until his death, in 1872. He married Harriet Amelia Bridges,\\ndaughter of A. M. Bridges, of Williamstown, Mass., a descendant of Benjamin Bridges, son of Edward,\\nof Topsfield, Mass., 1664. The children of David and Harriet Amelia (Bridges) Hine, were: Helen\\nBlanche, born December 25, 1851, died October 7, 1883 luhviu \\\\V., born March 17, 1854; Charles\\nAugustu.s, born May 2, 1857, died young Irene Bridges, born July 12, 1861, died 1862 Irene Bridges,\\nagain, born March 2}^, 1862, died 1866.\\nCm.. tlinviN W.\\\\ki i:n Hine, son of David and Amelia (Bridges) Hine, was born in Warren,\\nLitchfield County, Conn., March 17, 1S54, During infancy he was taken by his parents to Ohio. His", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0689.jp2"}, "583": {"fulltext": "460 The Founders and Builders of the Oranges.\\nearly educatiuii was received at the Mahoney Academy, of which his father was principal. At the age of\\nthirteen years he went with his mother to Washington, where his father was then holding a government\\nposition, and completed his education at the High School of that city. He later obtained a position in\\na stationery store, remaining until 1872, when he came to New York and obtained a position as entry\\nclerk with the stationery house of George A. Olney Co., and continued with them until their failure.\\nHe removed to Orange in 1872 and was for two years with Thomas P. Bayes, dealer in books and\\nstationery. He then started in the flour and feed business in the old Academy building, on Main Street,\\nnear Cone. In 1877 he bought out the old firm of W. H. Tichenor Co., in the same line of business,\\ncontinuing until 1 890, when he sold it to B. F. Lccoq. Two years before this he became interested in\\nthe Harvey Steel Company, of which he was made a director in 1889. and he is now the only survivor\\nof the original board of five. In May, 189O, in connection with Mr. Harvey, he organized the American\\nWasher and Manufacturing Company, of which he was elected President and still holds that position.\\nMr. Hinc has always been an active and earnest Republican. In 187S he was elected for a term of\\nthree years to represent the First Ward in the Common Council, enjo\\\\ing the distinction of being the\\nonly Republican in that body, and gaining the sobriquet of the Lone Star. He proved himself a\\nDavid amidst the hosts of Goliah, and continued the fight, winning success through his own personality.\\nIt was in 1879 that he was first elected to the Hoard of Chosen Freeholders, and continued as a mcnihcr\\nof that body until 1887. Previous to his election as F reeholder, the First Ward had been represented\\nfor ten consecutive years by a Democrat. Mr. Hine .served on the most important committees of the\\nboard and in 1885 was elected director, and was re-elected each succeeding year without opposition. In\\n1884 he was a prominent candidate for Sheriff, and received fifty-eight votes in the Republican Conven.\\ntion. In 1887 he was nominated for the same office and was elected by a majority of 2,600. He\\ndischarged the duties of that office without fear or favor, retiring in 1 890 with a clean record and the\\nhearty good wishes of his fellow-citizens, irrespective of party.\\nMr. Hine began his military career in 1882 as the chief organizer of the Orange Rifles, and was\\nelected First Lieutenant. On Janua v 1 i, 1886, he was commissioned First Lieutenant and Adjutant of\\nthe Third Hatallion, N. (i. S. N. J., by Gov. Abbott. He licld this position for five years, until the re-\\norganization of the F~irst Brigade, which resulted in the consolidation of the F irst, Second and Third\\nBattalions, forming the Second Regiment. He was, on June 25, 1892, commissioned Captain and Judge\\nAdvocate, Second Regiment, under Col. Moore. On the latter s promotiuii to Brevet Biigadier-General,\\nCapt. Hine was elected, January 25, 1892, Lieutenant-Colonel, Second Regiment, and still liolds that\\nposition. Col. Hine is a born soldier; he is a man of splemlid physitjue and fine military bearing.\\nShould the necessity arise to call him into active service, he will prove ecjual to any emergency. While\\na strict disciplinarian, he is tender ami solicitous of his subordinates, exacting no duty that he himself\\nwould not do under the same circum,stances. His great pojjularity is due to the fact that he is over-\\nflowing with the milk of human kindness, and recognizes in the broadest sense the universal brotherhood\\nof man. He is Past Master of L nion Lodge, No. 11, the oldest in the Oranges, having pa.ssed from\\nthe South directly to the East, being fully qualified for that high and honorable position, as the suc-\\ncessor of such men as Dr. Babbitt, Philip Kingsley, Simeon Harrison and others of equal distinction.\\nWhile out of office, Col. Hine is by no means out of politics. He was chairman of the Esse.x\\nCounty Republican Committee from 1883 to 1886; was chairman of the Orange Republican Committee\\nfor three years, and its Treasurer for twelve years. He is an active member of the New England\\nSociety. His religious connections are with the North Orange Baptist Church. It goes without saying\\nto add that Col. Hine is generous according to his means, and that he never passed by on the other\\nside any worthy distressed brother, but has always acted the part of the Good Samaritan, doing\\ngood unto all men. especially to tliose who are of the household of faith.\\nCol. Hine married Nellie Sturtevant, daughter of David and Margaret (Rockafeller) Sturtevant, of\\nLitchfield County, Conn. The Sturtevants were among the early settlers of Plymouth, Mass., and there\\nare nian\\\\- well-known f.imilies of this name living along the banks of the 1 Unison. Of the children if", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0690.jp2"}, "584": {"fulltext": "Tin; Founders and Huii.dkks ok the Oranges.\\n461\\ntills m.iniajje, two arc deceased- 1 1 lIcii Hlanche, born 1-ebriiary 15. 1S76, died in infancy, and Margue-\\nrite, born September 20, 1879, died March 17, 1885 two living\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Walter Kobbins, born December 1, 1877,\\nand James Sayers, born Jul_\\\\- 14, 1S82.\\nJEPTHA HARRISON BALDWIN. OF ORANOE.\\nTo Isaac P. and Jeptlia H. Baldwin, his son, belongs the credit of developing the present Directory\\nof the Oranges and adjoining townships. When the elder Baldwin began the publication of an Orange\\nDirectory, in 1870, as the successor of Mr. Hayes, it was a very primitive affair. Under the present\\nmanagement it has attained a degree of perfection\\nseldom seen in any like publication. Jeptha H.\\nBaldwin, the present projorietor, is a native of Orange,\\na son of Isaac P. and a brother of I rank lialdw in,\\nof the Chroiiiclc. He was born in Orange, March 9,\\n1849. His earh eilucational opportunities were very\\nlimited, but by stutly and observation he has more\\nthan made up for the lack of early advantages.\\nHe acquired his first knowledge of the printing\\nbusiness in the office of the Orange Joiinia/. In\\n1864 he became connected with the Newark Pcii/y\\nJournal, first in the mechanical department, and\\nsubsequently in the editorial rooms as a reporter.\\nIn the latter capacity he remained for many years.\\nHe was also for some time associated with the\\nOrange Chronicle, in both the mechanical and rejior-\\ntorial departments.\\nHe subsequently became associated with his\\nfather in the publication of the Orange Directory,\\nand finally assumed the entire charge of the business.\\nUnder his management the work has grown from a\\nsmall i2mo. of about three hundred pages to an\\noctavo of about a thousand pages. The present\\npublication embraces the entire territory covered b_\\\\\\nthe Oranges, as well as Bloomfield and Montclair.\\nIn 1S91, shortl\\\\- after the death of Mr. llolbrook,\\nMr. Baldwin assumed the entire charge of the New-\\nark City Directory. He made many changes and improvements in the character of the work, and it is\\nnow one of the best directories published outside of New York Cit\\\\ and will compare favorably with\\nthat of any similar publication in the country. Mr. Baldwin, in 1894, was the first man to atteinpt the\\npublication of a Business Directory separate from the City Directory. The success of tiie work has\\nfully justified the undertaking, and the people of Newark have given it their hearty support, and appreci-\\nate the efforts of its proprietor. Mr. Baldwin is a pushing, driving, energetic man, not at all liisturbcd\\nby temporary losses or discouragements, possessing as he does, the dogged perseverance and indomitable\\nwill, characteristic of the Baldwin family.\\nMr. Baldwin married Elma Vale Reimer, daughter of Capt. Frederick Reimer, a well-known .sea\\ncaptain, who was noted for his courage and daring. Among his most important achievements was that\\nin 1858. when he crossed the Atlantic in charge of the Seth Grosvenor, the smallest steamer whicii\\never crossed the ocean. He took her to Liberia, where she is still in service. Mr. Baldwin had by his\\nfirst wife, Menick Reimer, Cyrus Preston, Marion F.lma ami Ralph I^rinton. Some time after tiie death\\nof his first wife he married Hannah 1^. Edwards.\\nJKI TIIA IIAKKISON BALDWIN.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0691.jp2"}, "585": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0692.jp2"}, "586": {"fulltext": "feps-SONjOll insrDE c.\\nAdams, 104, 140, i4cS. 154,\\n189, 190, 220, 264, 371, 373,\\n389, 396, 407.\\nAborn, 194, 243, 410.\\nAbboll, 151, 460.\\nAddis, 43.\\nAgar, 249.\\nAckerman, 249.\\nAcken. 234.\\nAustin, rSi, 203, 204, 232.\\nAusten, 238, 239, 240, 247, 430.\\nAlsTEN, Kdwaru, 208.\\nAllen Kamilv. 380.\\nAllen, \\\\V. F., 380.\\nAllen, Edwin S., 382.\\nAllen, 156, 164, 180, 232, 240,\\n358, 361, 362. 3S9. 395,449.\\nAiling, 43, 44,60,94, 141. 253,\\n258. 390. 394. 395-\\nAllerston, 248.\\nAlbers, 16.\\nAlden, John. 276, 282, 371.\\nAlbright, 45.\\nAlvord, 59.\\nAlniy. 361.\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Mford, 152.\\nArents. 28,\\n.Arnold, 32, 254, 361, 401, 409.\\nArlis, 401.\\nArne, 245.\\n.Armstrong, 103.\\nArcul.irius. 205.\\nAndrews. 78, 133, 169, 182.\\nAndross. 1.\\nAnderson, 122, 160, 183. 190.\\n191, 213. 401.\\nAshley, Edward W., 456.\\nAshley, 167, 235, 240, 394, 395,\\n456. 457-\\nAtkins, 303.\\nAtkinson, 225.\\nAtwater, 251, 258,\\n.Atterbury, 1 57.\\nAstwood, 67, 39 T, 441.\\nAyres, 244, 245.\\nAtwood Family, 440.\\nAt wood, 440, 441.\\nAugevene, 68.\\nAuchincloss.Henry B ,333.\\nAuchincloss. 1 52. 232, 238, 333.\\nArthur, 283\\nAylesworth, 451.\\nBabbitt. Daniel, 261,\\nBabbitt, 165, 202, 214, 215, 236,\\n244, 261, 262, 460.\\nBabson. 363.\\nBabcock, 238, 303.\\nBacon, 126, 187, 231,232,240.\\nBaker, 141, 177, 237, 245, 355.\\nBackus, 51, 137, 250.\\nBailey, 39, 171.\\nBadgir, 175, 176.\\nliaigree. 148.\\nBaldwin, FAMIL^, 42.\\nBaldwin, Caleb, 46.\\nBaldwin, Cyrus. 46.\\nBaldwin, Albert. 47.\\nBaldwin, Abram, 47.\\nBaldwin. Frank. 226.\\ni Baldwin. JEPIHA H., 461.\\nBaldwin Homestead, 354.\\nBaldwin, 16, 19, 20. 21, 22, 26.\\n31,32. 38,40,41.44.45.46,\\n47. 48, 49, 50. 62, 63, 68, 73.\\n79, 84, 92, 100, 106, 107, 109,\\n121, 13?, 134, 140, 141. 168.\\n186, 189, 190, 200, 201, 214,\\n215, 216, 225, 226, 227, 234,\\n235, 236, 237, 239, 243, 244,\\n254, 255, 266, 295, 354, 355,\\n359- 362, 371. 388- 40 449-\\nBallard. 360.\\nBallentine, 254.\\nBall, 15, 19, 41, 48, 60, 70. 92,\\n94, 100, 101, 122, 144, 146,\\n53. 75. 176, 302. 354. 359-\\nBalbach, 170.\\nBarton, 51.\\nBarrel. 361,\\nBarber. 59, 436,\\nBarnard, 435.\\nBarber, 81 216.\\nBarclay. 3, 19.\\nBarges. 216.\\nBartinc, 173, 174.\\nBarr, William. 319.\\nBarr, 156. 235.\\nBarry, 1 1 5, 249.\\nBarrett. 131, 173. 220.\\nBarnes, 186, 345.\\nBrandies, 214.\\nBartlelt. 360.\\nBarstow, Frank 454.\\nBarstow, 167, 253,\\nBaron, 434.\\nBayles. George. M. U.. 296.\\nBayles, 199, 221, 231, 241, 242.\\n296.\\nBayley, 166, 198, 199\\nBayes, 460.\\nBanks, 213.\\nBannister, 249.\\nBanford, i 58.\\nBancroft, 132.\\nj Basset. 94.\\nI Baxter, 166.\\nBatterson, 262.\\nBlake Family, 266. 267.\\nBlake, 121, 215, 216, 223, 229,\\n237. 238, 239, 251.\\nBlatchford, 268.\\nBlaurock, 122, 390.\\nBlair, 390.\\nBlatchley, 15.\\nBrady. 245.\\nBray, 245.\\nBracken, 50, 77, 125. 327.\\nBradshaw. 221, 248, 251.\\nBradley, 85, 166, 254.\\nBragg 123.\\nBrandt, 173.\\nBeach, 26, 54, 92, 137, 144. 14;,\\n146, 203. 206, 216, 237, 243,\\n247.\\nlieaman. 288.\\nBeasley, 410.\\nBeebe, 185, 360.\\nBeekman, 392.\\nBcckwith, 189.\\nBeckham. 448,\\nBelknap, 376.\\nBell, James, 290.\\nBell, 125, 186. 215, 249.\\nBenton, 216.\\nBennett, 237, 361.\\nBenjamin, 41.\\nBenedict, 170, 254.\\nBentley, 180.\\nBelcher. 3.\\nBergner, 234.\\nBerry, 77, 164, 16;, 390.\\nBerryman, 183. 185.\\nBerkley, 362.\\nBerg, 214, 215, 244. 258. 417.\\nBergen, 1 1.\\nBerkley, 1 i.\\nBeeber. 375.\\nBrewer, William .A., 367.\\nBrewer. 190. 231.232,235. 238,\\n241, 252. 258, 352, 353, 357.\\nBrennan. 118, 139, 214, 285.\\nBrewster, 51.98, 164, 171,247,\\nBleecker, 180. 189.\\nBishop, Rev. Geo. S., 193.\\nBishop, 44, 141, 142. 242.\\nBird. 401.\\nBirdsall, 174, 205.\\nBeebir, 375.\\n15ill |vist. 235. 358, 360, 361.\\nBillings. 211.\\nBirney. 69.\\nBigelow, I 29.\\nBingham. 153. 243, 258.394,\\nBliss, 156.\\nBilling^on. 248.\\nBridgman. 148.\\nBringham, 152, 200.\\nBrice, 175, 177.\\nBrintall, 254.\\nBrillon, 130, 215, 220, 245.\\nBrinton, 5.\\nBridges, 459.\\nBoardman, 182.\\nBodmer, 160.\\nBode, 160, 235.\\nBodwell.165, 213, 215. 236,237.\\n245-\\nBui.LER, Alfred I 427.\\nHoller, 166. 252, 427.\\nBoe, 362\\nBond, 16.\\nHoggs, 165, 401.\\nBooth, 389, 401.\\nBoone, 3.\\nBonnell, 1 10, 130.\\nBooracm, 257.\\nBoulton, 170,\\nBowman, 389, 390.\\nBoylan, 167.\\nBoyce, 237.\\nBrodessor, 308.\\nBrooks, II, 16, 169, 443.\\nBrowne, 16, 185.\\nBrown, 19, 41, 42, 60, 67, 83,\\n143. 146. 153. 54. 55. 228,\\n25 355. 360, 361. 362, 363.\\n364, 371. 431.\\nBroome, 166, 167.\\nBrocas, 167.\\nBrockett, Edward J.. 42;.\\nBrockett, 1S2, 183, 186, 425,\\n426, 427.\\nISroadus, 182.\\nBrownini; Fa.mily. 317,\\nl!ROWNiN(i, Ross C, 317.\\nBrowning, Charles R., 316.\\nBrowning, 194, 216, 245, 250,\\n25 3 5-\\nBrower, 254.\\nlirody. 216.\\nBruen Family. 449.\\nBruen, 16, 44, 45, 67, 83, 389,\\n390.\\nBloomfield. 55. 222.\\nBloodgood, 174. 256, 315.\\nBurnet, 3. 41, 148, 303.\\nBurwell. 16, 355.\\nBurgoyne, 210.\\nBurke. John, 328.\\nBurke. 51, 228, 239, 254, 314.\\n3 5-\\nBurt, Edwin C. 280.\\nBurt. 92, 166, 181,232, 313, 31 5.\\n330-\\nBurnham, 148.\\nBurkhart, 160.\\nBullard, 418.\\nBurton, 93. 245. 247, 248.\\nBurgess, 151, 254. I77-\\nBur,-, 144. 183, 185, 186,\\nBurris, 77.\\nBurdick. 183. 245. 200. 402.\\nBurrows. 174.\\nBurns, 176.\\nBurnside, 302.\\nBurroughs, 304.\\nBurkhardl, 360.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0693.jp2"}, "587": {"fulltext": "464\\nPersonal Indkx.\\nButin, 191.\\nBuchanan, 72. 200.\\nBuckingham, 132, 133.\\nHulklev. 173 239.\\nBush, 165, 168.\\nBuswell. 2IO.\\nBullz, 175. 177.\\nBushnell, 187.\\nBrumley. 86.\\nBluhni, 315.\\nBkush amii.v. 378\\nBryan, iii. 396.\\nByllesby, 46.\\nCamp. 16, 19. 20. 44. 83. loi, 140,\\n214, 289.\\nCampbell, 3. 41. 113. 115. 140. 148,\\n165. 213. 254. 355, 362.\\nCanfiei.d Famii.v. 48.\\nCanfield, 15, 16, 37. 39. 94. 95. 105,\\n133. 146. 205. 212. 215. 355.\\nCarter Famii.v, O.. 287.288, 289.\\nCarikk. Aaron. Jr., 288.\\nCarter Family, W. O.. 339.\\nCarter. Oliver S. 338, 339.\\nCarter. 54. 137, 155. 170, 220, 230,\\n231. 232 235, 237, 238. 239, 245.\\nCarnegie. 452.\\nCarr, i, 214.\\nCabot. I.\\nCarterec. 2. 3. 11, 37, 100, ^13.\\nCarson, 141.\\nCarpenter, 176.\\nCarver, 435.\\nCarringtun 166. 389.\\nCameron. 164.\\nCantine, 166.\\nCairnes. 121, 122.\\nCardwell, 390.\\nCase, 24. 287,\\nCassidy, 258. 396, 401.\\nCallan, 198.\\nCatlin. 21. 22, 80.\\nCalling. 18, 20\\nCady, 165. 182.\\nCarol, 44.\\nCalberson, 389.\\nCallahan, 197, 198.\\nChandler, 81, 146. 156, 157, 159. 249,\\n258, 362. 450.\\nChapman, 36, 46. 135, 218.\\nChambers. 158, 159, 199\\nCh.ambhss, 180, 186.\\nCJhadwick. 193.\\nChapin, 425.\\nClark, -,8, 63. 114, 169 173, 189. 190,\\n192, 237. 245, 254, 255, 361, 395.\\nClay, 170.\\nCraig. 43. 62, 396.\\nCrane, 15. 16. 19. 32, 33, 37, 41, 44,\\n45, 69 70. 71, 72, 73. 76. 84. 94,\\n:o2. 105, 106, 109, 115, 122, 127,\\n133. 134. 147. 172. 174, 190, 202.\\n214, 217, 237. 243. 245, 302, 449.\\nCleaver, 143.\\nChew, 194.\\nCleveland, 122. 165. 215. 220.\\nClements, 434.\\nCrippen, 390.\\nClinton, 33.\\nChisolm. Ogden B., 349, 351.\\nChittick. 169, 251.\\nCriss, 183.\\nChild, 170.\\nChristian, 171.\\nChiller, 199.\\nCoBURN, C. M., 458.\\nCoddington, 450.\\nCoxe. 3. 43. 439-\\nCox, 227. 229, 231, 326\\nCook, 393.\\nCoon, 244.\\nCornbury, 3.\\nCortlandi. 32.\\nCornwallis, 35.\\nCone, 36. 44, 128, 179.\\nCowman. 22.\\nCoNDiT Family. 51.\\nCoNUiT, Ira 11.. 53.\\nCONUIT, F-LIA,S M.. 53.\\nCONDIT. JOTIIAM H.. 56.\\nCondit, 36, 39. 41, 44, 48, 49, 52, 53.\\n54- 55. 71. 72. 73- 75 78. 92. 4.\\n116, 119. 120 121, 122, 130. 133.\\n134, 140, 177, 188, 192, 204, 213,\\n214, 215, 216, 218, 236. 237, 243,\\n244, 245, 261, 303. 306. 307, 308,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009e3\u00c2\u00b09. 314. 389. 39 395. 39^. 4\\nConnett. Elgene v.. 366.\\nConneil, 164.214 357. 360, 361,367.\\nConway, 164.\\nCoi.iE Family. 414.\\nCoi.iE, Fuuaru .\\\\I., 415.\\nColie. 147. 253. 237, 243 258.\\nCoe, 44. 399.\\nCobb, 158, 159.\\nCoburn, 141.\\nCole, 141.\\nCollins. 90. 173.\\nColgrove, 123.\\nCorbit, 174.\\nCook, 130, 185. 191.\\nCooke, 240.\\nCooper, 47.\\nCoolbalgh. F. \\\\V., 451.\\nCoolbaugh, 396, 401, 402.\\nCouinont, 220, 245.\\nCooper, 457.\\nCoLLAMORE. FAMILY. 340.\\nCOLLA.MORE, DAVIS, 342\\nCoUamore. 230, 231, 303. 338.\\nCoker. 186.\\nColgate Family. 281.\\nColgate. Samuel, 281. 282.\\nColgate K. M 334.\\nColgate, 181, 199. 200. 229. 231, 232.\\n236, 237. 238, 247, 315, 333. 362,\\n363,427.\\nColby, Gardner R., 420.\\nColbv, 181. 183, 186, 230, 231, 237,\\n238. 239, 389 402, 426.\\nColton, 191, 250.\\nCoon, 245.\\nConkiing, 192.\\nCollyer, 194.\\nCourier, 353.\\nCortelyou, 357.\\nConover, 215.\\nCorning, 232.\\nCorson, 239.\\nGotten, 433.\\nCory, 107.\\nConverse, 437.\\nCornell, 105. 169, 205.\\nCornwell. 406.\\nCoggeshall, 251.\\nCroful, 122. 186. 214.\\nCorlies, 166, 249.\\nCoppinger, 213.\\nCovne, 122. 168. 245, 390, 389, 395.\\n396-\\nCropsey, 91.\\nCowenhoven. 91.\\nCross. 173, 254, 255, 360. 361, 362,\\n365-\\nCrowell. 41. 42. loi. 147. 355. 400.\\nCrowe, 214.\\nClorer, 214.\\nCrozier, 361.\\nColcy, 340.\\nCrowe, 214.\\nClows, 209.\\nCurtis. 16. 67, 156, 157, 183, 363.\\nCuis. 252.\\nCutler, 199. 231.\\nCults 232.\\nCusack, 215.\\nCushing, 251,341.\\nCushman, 294.\\nCulpepper. 270.\\nCutler, 322, 433.\\nCurrv, 182.\\nCummings. 214.\\nCunningham. 174.\\nI Cushman. 41.\\nI Chlrch, Kdward F.. 376.\\nChurch. 174, 175. 179. 180. 200. 357.\\n396.\\nCruikshank. 254.\\nCrimibie, 166.\\nChubb, 194.\\nDay Family, 57.\\nDay, 16, 20, 22, 38, 39. 40. 41. 44.\\n47- 79. 84. 103. 114, 120. 174, 214,\\n215, r43, 244. 302. 303 401.\\nDavto.s- Fa.milv. 414. 415.\\nDavis, j6, 42. 28. 152, 169. 170. 175,\\n177, 180, 185, 245, 326. 341.\\nDaniels, 166. 441.\\nDavenport, 12. i8, 100, 177, 426.\\nDaglish, 48.\\nDarby, loi.\\nDarcy, 130.\\nDanner, 147. 150, 171.\\nDarnslaedi. 160, 228.\\nDaum. 178, 389.\\nDates, 389.\\nDavey, 396, 397, 399, 400.\\nDavid. 185\\nDashiell. 173. 174, 220.\\nDavid, 185.\\nDrake. 183 221, 362, 425\\nDrayton, 186.\\nDean, 41, 226, 323.\\nDennis. 8g. 229. 254.\\nDeWltt. 389.\\nDecker, has. M.. 289.\\nDecker, 77, 83, 108. 166, 168, 174,\\n214. 215. 394. 395\\nDean, 214.\\nDeninan. 413\\nDelhonde. 274.\\nDevon, 362.\\nDearborn, 222, 250.\\nDel Ian, 402.\\nDelano. 153. 154 194. 297.\\nDeegan. 164. 242.\\nDewar, 148.\\nDenslow. 164.\\nDennison. 74.\\nDrew, 170, 214.\\nDill Family. 442.\\nDill, James B., 443\\nDill, 141, 258.\\nDiller, 165.\\nDillon, 253.\\nD1CKIN.S0N, Rev. James T., 184.\\nDickinson. 144. 183\\nDickson. 166. 182.\\nDixon. 235.\\nDrinston 74.\\nDwinel, 448.\\nDoDD Family. 59-\\nDoDii. Matthias M., 61.\\nD()i)i Betiiuel. 61\\nDoiii), Samuel M., 63\\nDoiiD, Reuben, 64\\nDoini. Calvin, 66.\\nDodd, 22, 23, 27, 37, 45, 52, 59. 73,\\n75, 76, 89. 99. too, 109, no, 114,\\n121, 125. 133. 134. 135. 137, 140,\\n141, 152. 153. 165. 188. 201, 206,\\n214, 216, 236. 238. 240. 243 244.\\n245, 249, 288, 304. 389, 390 402,\\n425-\\nDoolittle. 145.\\nDoRF.MUs Family, 402.\\nDoremus. Ei.ias O.. 403.\\nDorenius, 128. 165, 201, 238, 243.\\n245, 251, 288. 383, 389. 396.\\nDoty, 65, 152\\nDouglass, 152, 229, 240, 414.\\nDoddwell, 122.\\nDobbins. 175, 178.\\nDoaiic, 116, 149, 163, 164, 165.\\nDorland, 363.\\nDoran, 390.\\nDover, 389.\\nDorer, 390.\\nDowd, 156. 380.\\nDow, 173.\\nDowns, 174.\\nDowner, 148.\\nDuncan, 125.\\nDuBois. 43.\\nDudley, 200.\\nDulcher. 200.\\nDunnell. 225.\\nDunham, 240.\\nDurand, 245. 360.\\nDull. 141.\\nDuflfy, 248. 260.\\nDurkee, 390, 401.\\nDrummond, 305.\\nDum. 174.\\nDyckman, 245, 247.\\nDyer, 251, 361.\\nEaston, 142.\\nEaton, 190.\\nF ager, 361.\\nEdgar, 361.\\nEvans, 155. 361.\\nEdwards, 32. 171 173,244.270,324.\\nErdman. 135. 228. 249.\\nEdsall, 15. 16.\\nEckman. 174.\\nElder, 174.\\nEckert, 248.\\nEverest, 159.\\nEstey, 210.\\nEve ritt Family, 267. 268.\\nEveritt. 31, 163, 202. 209. 215, 216,\\n245. 261. 268. 269. 391.\\nEgner. 160. 205. 207. 208. 216.\\nEgner, Henry W., 208.\\nEllis. 210.\\nElliott, 170 375, 390,\\nEllison, 174.\\nEUinwood. 177, 231, 247.\\nEdison, Thomas A., 334, 335.\\nEdison, 250, 315.\\nEnsign, 122, 152, 207, 220. 244.\\nEnnis, 122.\\nEnglish, 16, 54.\\nEvison, 249.\\nEldridge, 259,\\nEngor, 203.\\nEllor, 389 390.\\nEly, 126, 171, 173, 187, 244, 251, 215.\\nFairley, 304.\\nFailad e, 353.\\nFarrington, 165.\\nFairbanks, 166.\\nFarkei.l. Eugene \\\\V.. 224.\\nFarrell, 323. 358.\\nFaunce, 182.\\nFaulks. 174, 179.\\nFaller, 177,\\nFales. 210.\\nFarr, r. H. Powers, 257.\\nF arr. 234, 235, 256, 257.\\niRANKi.iN. William II 394.\\nFranklin. 166. 167, 235, 243, 252,\\n258. 390. 395. 404. 41-0.\\nFranklin Ho.mestead, 408.\\nFarmar, 24.\\nFarmer. 222, 358.\\nFarrand, 26,\\nFaren, 41,\\nFarnsworth, 232.\\nF ay, 304.\\nFaikner, 170.\\nFarmeloe. 171.\\nFancon, 171\\nFarnsworth. 373.\\nFraz/vr Family. 282.\\nFrazar. Everett, 283.\\nFrazar. 83. 137. 231, 232. 252.\\nFairchild. 129, 142.\\nFrancis, 146.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0694.jp2"}, "588": {"fulltext": "Pkrsonai. Index.\\n465\\nFrunck. 249.\\nFerris, Mirkav W.. 386.\\nFerry, George J., 207.\\nFerrv, 160. 179. 203. 205. 207, 338,\\n247-\\nFenner, 164, 263. 357.\\nFentzLiff, 161.\\nFki.i., Lahkenck T.. 209.\\nFell. 125, 2o6, 207, 249.\\nFenwick. 12\\nFrsscnden. 190. 237.\\nFelly, 234.\\nFreeman Family. 67.\\nFreeman A. H., 38.\\nFreeman. Joseph A., 69.\\nFreeman. Wii.iierforce. 69\\nFreeman. 16. 21, 22, 24. 26. 40, 41,\\n44 45. 75 oi. 07. 121. 122. 132,\\n133, 141. 144. 146. 15b. 158. 164.\\n174 186. 203. 205, 214. 216. 219,\\n220, 223, 229. 237, 239, 245. 246,\\n259. 26t, 269, 305. 359. 361. 363,\\n^364-\\nFrench. 165.\\nFreil. 207.\\nFrerichs. 91.\\nFkelinghisen. Frederick, 257.\\nFrelinghuysen. 46, 121, 255, 257.\\nFletcher, 373.\\nF leming. 10, 197. 2^7.\\nFish. 85.\\nFisher, 140. 146, 210. 367. 401.\\nFischer, 2x4.\\nF rrzGERALD, W. J., 223 224.\\nFin, 39\\nField. 237, 251, 303. 304\\nFiskc. 343. 459.\\nFitch, 94. 167. 240. 253. 362,\\nFish. 254.\\nFriday. 2^5.\\nFort Family. 430.\\nFort, John Fra.nklin. 431.\\nForbes. 19.\\nFoster, 45, 175.\\nForce, 112, 362. 400.\\nFord, 144.\\nFortmeyer, Geori^e 148. 235,\\n340, 390. 401. 402.\\nFolwell. 184.\\nFonda. 189.\\nFoLsoM Family, 326.\\nFoi.soM, Henry, 328.\\nFoi.som, Henry 1., 328.\\nFolsom, 166 232, 234, 315.\\nFowler, 231, 241. 315. 389.\\nFountain, 141.\\nFrost, 164.\\nFuller, 191.\\nFurnian, 194.\\nGates Famii.\\\\ 444.\\nGai es, IssAi E., 445.\\nGates, 183. 231, 232, 4^4. 445\\nGarfield, 459.\\n(jallison, 235. 401.\\nGarrison, W. I, 332.\\nGarrison. 146, 230. 232. 305, 314.\\n315. 326, 417.\\nGarden, 176.\\nfiardner, 24. 41. 87. loy. 125. 175,\\n222. 245, 362. 380\\nGallagher. 140.\\nGans, 244, 345.\\nGarner, 300.\\nGalbrailh. 362.\\n(J- ge. 363\\nGamble, 401.\\nCJasner, 244.\\nG.arth;rwaite. 107.\\nGault, 426.\\nGraham, 205, 365.\\n(Jraves, 229 231, 232.\\nGray, 144. 177. 252.\\nGrant, 155 156.\\nGraulicl). 160.\\nGramies, 303.\\nperber, 345,\\nGerbeit. 216.\\nGeorge, 144. r45.\\nGellally, 181. 237 436.\\nGerberl, 160.\\nGcdney, 401,\\nGeer, 445.\\nGreen, David E., 325.\\nGreen, ii.liam, 326.\\n(jreen, 29, 151, 152. 161, 190, 300.\\n24s. 246. 313.315, 395.439-\\nGreason, 186\\nGregory, 13. 258. 389\\nGreely, 326.\\nGibbons, 248.\\nGilbert 189.\\nGilder, 173, 174.\\nGilntorc, 174, 266.\\nGilmnn, 327.\\nGilson. 171.\\nGill. John, 210.\\nGill. 137. 206, 207. 212. 213, 216,\\n232, 235. 239. 392.\\nGilbert. 13.\\nGillam, 33.\\nGillman. 304.\\nGilles, 362.\\nGillespie, 309 401.\\nGist. 214.\\nGildcrsleeve, 144.\\nGiffin, 156. 249.\\nGiftbrd, 182. 239, 374.\\nGriffin, 170. 362. 3(53.\\nGrinsted. 215. 245.\\n(ireswold. 266.\\nGrimes, 389.\\nOriggs. 43\\nGomez, i\\n(Jould, 26. 363.\\nGoddard, 144.\\nGoodman, 376\\nGordon, 38, 123.\\nGoodell, 326\\nGodfrey, 362.\\nGoodwin, 440.\\nGordon. 182.\\nGlover, 34\\nGroves. 13, 148, 396.\\nGross. 177.\\nGuild, 46.\\nGruet, 243,\\nGruhnerl. 160, 161.\\nI larding. 421.\\nHarrison. 15. 19, 21, 22 37. 40, 41.\\n51. 53. S3. 64. fV}. 67, 76. 78. 80.\\n90, 99. 100, 101. 105. 107. 109, 114,\\n117. 120. 125. 226, 128 133. 134,\\n135, 141. 162, 166. i68, 169, 173.\\n180, 200. 202 213. 214, 215, 219,\\n234, 236. 237. 243. 244, 245, 249.\\n303, 304. 318, 354. 388. 389. 460.\\nHakrison Family, 70.\\nHarkison, Simeon, 72.\\nHakkison, Ira, 73.\\nHarrison. Aaron Burr, 74.\\nHalsey. 56, 98. 147, 190, 239. 387.\\nHand. 93\\nHartshorne, 44.\\nHarrington. 98. 439, 440.\\nHarper, 148.\\nHardy, 3.\\nHartley, 153.\\nHartig, 161.\\nHart, 203.\\nHarrop. 206. 214.\\nIl.irdwick. 183.\\nHart, 357. 361.\\nHague, 181, 183.\\nHarding, 441.\\nHartiorii, George H.. 208.\\nHartford, 206, 209.\\nIlamilion. 3. 19, 72, 191. 245. 3\\nHansen, 161.\\nHageinan, 163.\\nHancock. 104.\\nHaskell, Li.kweli.v.n S., 313.\\nHnskcll. 8. 46. 135. 136, 140, 143,\\n172. 236 237, 245.\\nHall I Amilv, 439.\\nHall. Henry H 440\\nHall, 91, 158. 159, 164, 235, 249.\\nHaley, 216.\\nHalsted M. O.. 406, 407.\\nH.alstcd. 128. 266. 365 38 i. 415,\\nHatfield. 136\\nHatt Family, 404.\\nHalt, 171/. 180. 31/0\\nHandy. lt 4.\\nHanlcn, 174.\\nHancheti. 248.\\nHarvey, Havward A., 386, 287.\\nHarvev, Thomas W., 387.\\nIla vey, 190, 206, 221.\\nHardy, 249 274.\\nHale, Rev. Kdward Everitt,\\n195.\\nHay. 144, 153.\\nHays. 101.\\nHarris. 201.\\nHasselman, 160.\\nHay. 186.\\nI Inwley, 190.\\nlard in. 220\\nHandi-I. 234, 235\\nHanclieit, 24}.\\nHansen, 444.\\nHankins, 244.\\nXHare, 252. 363\\nHathaway. 232, 258, 296, 397. 363,\\n395. 396-\\nI-laynes, 265.\\nH.awkcsworth, 35, 28, 362.\\nHazard, 152, 237, 303.\\nHatch, 239.\\nllnllet, 384.\\nHamm, 389.\\nHagenieyer, 363,\\nllathorne, 343.\\nHayes. 355.\\nHammard. 176\\nHawes. 179. 441.\\nHaxtun, 366.\\nHeddcn, 4. 45. 63, 88, 99. 140. 147,\\n179. 183, 188, 189. 21 239, 258.\\n353. 389. 401, 405.\\nHeckwcldcr, 4. 5.\\nHedenberg, 105.\\nHeirsted. 114,\\nHenderson, 122.\\nHerbert, 254, 255, 257.\\nHerring, 259.\\nHerman, 234. 290.\\nliegeman. 237.\\nHcckscher, 239, 266, 308, 310.\\nHenry. 231. 245.\\nHepburn, 295.\\nHeberling. 231.\\nHevnor. 384.\\nHetzel. 392.\\nIlerschel. 194.\\nHerov, t6o\\nHeai.d Family. 323.\\nHeai.d, Daniel A., 322\\nHeai.d, John O., 292.\\nHeald, 190, 229, 230, 231, 232, 235,\\n318, 315. 362.\\nHcnriclis, 170.\\nIlcadley, 253.\\nHeisler. 431.\\nHewitt, 445.\\nHicKOK, Kev H. F.. 141.\\nHiikok, 141. 152. 153, 155, 158, 160.\\nHitch Family. 296.\\nHitch. Henry. 297.\\nHitch. 194, 331. 240, 243. 354.\\nHitchcock, 137\\nHicinbotham, 153.\\nHickey. 195.\\nHickb olim, 401.\\nHis, 148, 251.\\nHill, 163 180, 220. 245, 315.\\nHillycr. 65, 103. 135, 136, 140. I43.\\n173. 236. 215.\\nHiilon. 389.\\nHiNE. liinvis W.. 458.\\nHine. 244 45*. 4S9. *6o.\\nHilliard, 174\\nHildrcih 173.\\nHognn, 410\\nHoyt. kEv. Jamks, 136.\\nHoyi. 30. 134. ijs. 136. 138, 147.\\n150 160. 172. 182. 303 375.\\nHopkins. 173.\\nHohari, 362\\nHobbv. 37:;.\\nHoll.ihd. 158\\nHolmes. 115. 1 2, 163, it*\\n\u00c2\u00bb47. 25\\nHoiicrw\u00c2\u00ab rth. 401.\\nHorige, 132\\nHohirr, 107,\\nHoerili, 161.\\nHooker. 47, 191.\\nHoneyman. 153.\\nHosmcr. 434.\\nHorn. William C, 455.\\nHorn. 169. 258, 394. 395, 455, 45\\nHodge, 327\\nHop, J45.\\nHow kins, 288.\\nHogcncanip, 173.\\nHodgkinson, 306. 314.\\nHogan, 213.\\nHopper, 226.\\nHotienroth 259.\\nHowe Family, 434.\\nHowe, (Ieorge. K., 415.\\nHowK, William K., 315.\\nHowe. 131. 163. 169. 190. 191. 201,\\n216. 23 232, 238. 241. 242. 345.\\n400.\\nHowell, 185.\\nHoward. 188. 221, 313. 333 389.\\nHiibbell, 191.\\nHubharti 276.\\nHubbins. 389\\nHuribert, 158, 215, 336. 337, 400.\\nHnghson, 199\\nHl TCHINsoN. AiiHY, 271.\\nHutchinson, 146. 23}.\\nHutchins, 271. 422.\\nHunt. 429\\nHunter. 173. 189.\\nHntton, 310.\\nHussey, 247. 250.\\nHunting 367.\\nHuntington. 15, 34. 418, 425. 447-\\nHulsizer, 439.\\nInglesby. 3.\\nInglesbe, 244.\\nIrving. 152.\\n1 1 gin. 161.\\nIngnlls. 331.\\nIddings, 340.\\nInghng, 345, 248.\\nInnis. 343.\\nlarolcmon, 32, 389.\\nJaques, 62.\\nJacobs. 67.\\nJackson, 129.\\nJanes, 173. 174. 178.\\njayne, 174. 199.\\nJ.acobus, igj. 384 394, 395.\\nJ.imes. 234 ITor-^^\\njansen. 416\\nJamison. Frank. 224\\nJamison. 223.\\nJenkins, 216, 22^7.\\nJefTrey, 175.\\njefTries, 100.\\nJessup, 157.\\nJepson, 289, 401.\\nJenks, 372.\\nJennings. 3, 452.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0695.jp2"}, "589": {"fulltext": "466\\nPersonal Indkx.\\nJenkins. 435.\\nJones Family. 76.\\nJones. 16. 30. 41. 48. 73. 74. 76. 92.\\n93. Mfi- 147. 52. 57. iS3. 213,\\n245, 286. 290, 315, 372, 375. 389.\\n453-\\nJohnson Family, E. O., 416.\\nJohnson, 15. 16. 19 22. 41, 45. 71.\\n123, 124. 127, 222, 226. 250, 251.\\n288. 318, 355. 417.\\nJolios. 24.\\nJiibe, III. 192, 247\\nJudd. 258\\nJudson, 181. 183. 247\\nKasson, 250.\\nKe.in, 254. 401.\\nKeene, 3\\nKearney. 122.\\nKerr. 150.\\nKern. 161.\\nKeck. 177 235.\\nKerin. 195. 197.\\nKeiulig. \u00c2\u00a375.\\nKemblc. 177.\\nKels,Tl 204.\\nKent. 2 13. 216.\\nKellogg. 235. 444\\nKelsey, 141\\nKenyon. 147, 389.\\nKelly. 255. 362.\\nKennealy. 303,\\nKenney. 305.\\nKnears. 363.\\nKennedy. 222. 232\\nKetchani, 271.\\nKiNGSi EY Family, 264.\\nKingsley. 80. 122. 201, 216, 229. 232,\\n236, 237, 460\\nKing. 406.\\nKilbonie. 200 346.\\nKilburn. 66. 78. 85. 108, 137. 144.\\n157. 214. 24s. 374.\\nKingsland. 22.\\nKingsbury, 152.\\nKiersted. 247.\\nKingman Family 370.\\nKingman, 229, 357, 358.\\nKliiicken. 416.\\nKiDDEK Family. 292.\\nKiUDEK, Ci. C, 294.\\nKidder, 170, 232, 363.\\nKirlland, 152. 166, 229, 237, 239,\\n240.\\nKlMMAi.L, HoKACIC, 227.\\nKimball. 98, 170. 225, 305. 440.\\nKiichcll, 16, S3. 109. no. 146. 168.\\nKitclien, 247.\\nKissaiii, 131, 256.\\nKitsall, 173.\\nKing. 191, 389. 405.\\nKnight. 152. 238. 241. 389.\\nKotcher, 303.\\nKovanaugh, 244.\\nKnox. 34.\\nKroch. 167. 251.\\nKnowles. 174. 177. 200. 246. 247.\\nKulcher. 177. 401.\\nKuniz, 161.\\nKynor, 183. 221.\\nLafayelle, 32, 33. 34, 45. 269.\\nLardlrin, 24.\\nLarned. 362.\\nLong, 120.\\nLamb. 150. 158. 159.\\nLaihbnry, 247.\\nLang, 389. 390. 391,396.\\nLane, 155. 156. 253. 389, 395.\\nLatibat, .Alphonsc, 310.\\nLawric, 1. 19.\\nLanison, 41.\\nLaylon, 43.\\nLawrence. 46. 51. 441.\\nLacis, 46.\\nLampson, 62, 114.\\nLansing. 157.\\nLa Pierre. 258. 395.\\nLeonard, 262.\\nLethbridge. 215. 249. 303.\\nLeveridge. 391.\\nLevcrich, 442.\\nLeile, 13.\\nLeonard, 117.\\nLees, 244\\nLee, 123 170. 173. 23s, 256\\nLewis, 164. 191.\\nLindsley Family. 78.\\nLindsley, 39 41. 44, 58. 60. 75. 76.\\n117. 120. 121. 131, 133. 137. 144.\\n166. 178, 200. 201. 202, 214, 215.\\n216, 219. 221. 232. 236. 243. 249.\\n284. 290. 303. 306, 353. 359, 392.\\nLinlc, 16. 78\\nLincoln. 121. 440.\\nLiverniorc. 194.\\nLibby. 247. 401.\\nLivingston. 249\\nLiGHTHiPE Family. 260.\\nLighihipe, 131, 163, 201. 213. 214,\\n215, 260, 261, 302, 307. 392.\\nLittle, 174\\nLoiitrel. 164. 168. 358. 361.\\nLockwuod. 166. 176,\\nLorrinier. 182.\\nLeve, 201, 227.\\nLord, 245.\\nLogan. 401.\\nLaihrop, 140. 146.\\nLongstreet. 123.\\nLoundes. 164.\\nLong, S. M., 428.\\nLong. 389. 390, 401.\\nLoraine, 261.\\nLowney, 401.\\nLovelace. 3.\\nLHoM.MEDiEf Family. 294.\\nL lloniniedieu. 362.\\nLord, 231.\\nLowrie. 237. 240. 247.\\nLowther. 158.\\nLooinis. 225.\\nLloyd. 152. 239. 362.\\nLudlow. Kev. J. .\\\\l,. 14S.\\nI.udloH 147. 148, 149 150. 156, 157.\\n58.\\nLudluin. 148. 209.\\nLiidington, 42, 288.\\ni.unL 362.\\nLmnsden. 244.\\nLuff. 189 239.\\nLtidwick. 166\\nLucas, 23. 24.\\nLyon, ;5, 16. 45. 58. 70, 78, 173.\\n213. 355. 389-\\nLyman, 230, 232,\\nMandevii.le Family. O.. 83.\\nMandevii.le Family. S. O 383.\\nMandeville. H. 384.\\nMandeville, 47, 204, 215,228, 258,\\n358, 375\\nManning, 2. 99 180 292. 325. 362.\\nMadison, 75. 120.\\nManii/. 161\\nMarshall, 173, 174, 176, 257. 258.\\n.Marsh. 235. 240.\\nMahew, 239. 360.\\nMarr, 77.\\nMann. 171. 174. 191, 221, 222,231,\\n237. 242. 244. 247. 250.\\nMartin, F, K 333.\\nMak I IN. C. J.. 333.\\nMarline, 59.\\nMarcy Family, 344.\\nMarcy, Erasti^s E.. 345.\\nMarcy. Randolph B.. 346, 349.\\nMarcy. 143 144\\nMaxwell. 145. 146. 362. 414.\\nMason, 44. 131, 137, 174. 187, 191,\\n253. 266. 330. 331. 332. 334. 335.\\n343. 435-\\nMarsh. 140. 168.\\n.M. illory. 142.\\nMayland. 32.\\nMarr. 152.\\nMarks, 155.\\nMagee. 148.\\nMartin. 153, 181. 185. 192.228, 229,\\n231, 232, 239. 240, 247. 315. 362.\\n363- 438\\nMarvin. 166. 237.\\nMaichett. 180\\nMc.Xnbur. 182.\\nMatterson. 439.\\nMatthews. Capt. A. M.. 122.\\nMatthews. 178. 121. 122. 123. 124.\\n125. 126 170. 186. 206. 213. 214.\\n215. 216, 238, 239. 240. 249. 262.\\n313-\\nMatthias. 172\\nMather. 87\\nMavers. 16:;\\n.McCiane. 188.\\nMcCabe. 156.\\nI McAdain. 389.\\n1 McCarthy. 197.\\n1 McKay. 195.\\nMcNamee. 207.\\nMctJall, 214.\\nMerrill. 82. 401\\nMerrell. 251-\\nMerchant. 418.\\nMerritt. 435.\\nMeeker Family. 413\\nMeeker. 125, 129 257, 289. 413.\\nMelvin 327\\nMerwirL 174, 245.\\nMelon. 186\\n.\\\\lEAi) Family. 374\\nMead. 191. 232, 249. 357. 358. 360,\\n36 363- 374 37.i. 37*. 3\\n.\\\\IelcalI. 78. 212. 229. 231. 256.\\nMecs. 234.\\nMeans. 237. 250.\\nMerrick. 230. 313.\\nMeclialick. 169.\\nMeyers. 231, 239. 245.\\nMcCi.ELLAN Gen. G B.. 347.\\nMcClellan. 122. 125. 153. 254. 310.\\n347. 428.\\nMcPherson. 147. 150.\\nMcLeod. 180.\\nMcDerniott. 192.\\nMcChensey, Leonard. 227.\\nMcChesney, 122. 125 203. 204, 213.\\n214. 225, 245, 249.\\nMcGee. 362.\\nMiddleditch, 363.\\n.Miller, in, 155. 156, 180 303. 361,\\n363. 390. 395 429. 45\u00c2\u00b0-\\nMills. 153, 391. 366. 402. 407.\\nMilliken. 195.\\nMilan. 416.\\n.Minott Family. 372.\\nMinott. 234. 367. 392 393.\\nMix, 136. 146, 152. 154. 160 221.\\nMigeon, 370.\\nMitchell Family. 87.\\nMitchell. Aakon I 88\\nMl ICHEI L, W iNTHKtjP 89.\\nMitchell, George I... 89.\\nI Miichtll, 92. 99. 128.173 88.355,\\n389. 390. 444.\\nMinor. 39\\nMcW liinney. 183.\\nMcllvane. 168, 401.\\nMclntyre. 159.\\nMcKine. i 4.\\nMcKicllop, 444.\\nMotTai, 435\\n.M.iore, 165, 214, 245, 293. 313. 3 )0,\\n401.\\nI Morrison. 362 377.\\nMoulton. 315. 329.\\n.Morse, 237, 247, 282, 400.\\n.Mohr. 235.248.\\nMosley. 191.\\nMolt. 250.\\nMoody. 199.\\nMorris. 3. 88. 76, 79, 166, 244, 245,\\n251-\\nMorgan, 89. 435, 457.\\nMorster. 175.\\nMoller, 259.\\nMorehouse. 148, 189. 193.\\nMorrow. 360. 401.\\nMcC. .Morrow, 156. 240.\\nMohr. 216.\\nMonroe, 221.\\nMcCov, 108. 148, 152. 2^4, 243. 361,\\n363\\nMcCoiinell, 359.\\nMcColhim. 304.\\nMcDougall. 235.\\nMcGowan. 245.\\nMcCord. 120.\\nMcCormac. 143.\\nMcCloud. 390. 401.\\nMinn Family. L. O 92.\\nMuNN Family. W. O., 329.\\nMUNN, O. D., 33r.\\nMunn. 36. 45. 46. 55. 60, 71. 78. 79, 3 I 5 V^\\n81, 107, 115. 121. 130. 147, 254,\\n314, 315, 362. 363. 389. 391. 392.\\n393. 400\\nMullord. 53. 107 237,201.\\nMuder. 363.\\nMulligan. 146 156. 157.\\nMulholland. 168.\\nMurphy, 173 254.\\nMurchinson, 176.\\nMiinther. 362.\\nMuUins, Priscilla, 276. 282. 371.\\nMullins. William, 371.\\nMurtha. 401.\\nMuUer. 391.\\n.McMullen, 362.\\nMcCiirdy. 165.\\nMcCiillagh. 171.\\nMyers. 44.\\nMcGlynn, 305.\\nN aiike. 189.\\nNapier, 46.\\nNagle. 437.\\nNewman, 152, 199.\\nNewell, 156.\\nNevins. 156.\\nNevius, 189. 263.\\nNewton. 51, 146. 164 189.\\nNewbold. 428.\\nNcwcomb. 441.\\nNicoil, 2. 140.\\n.Nichols. 146 277, 413.\\nNott. 389.\\nNorcross, 380.\\nNortlirup. 213.\\nNotniand. 94.\\nNorton. 425.\\nNutman. 52. 102. 114. 117. 302\\nNunn, 245.\\nOatnian. 258.\\nOverman. 299.\\nOhlman. 392.\\nOakley, 246.\\nOlef. 21. 22. 200. 302.\\nOdell, 247.\\nOvcrmuller. -03.\\nOdenheimer. 116. 164.\\nOgden. 41, 42. 44. 133. 141, 156,\\n168, 241, 406 413.\\nOwen, 174. 177.\\nOven. 213.\\nOllerbein. 214, 216.\\nO Neill, 198. 205 206, 236. 237.\\nO Reilly, 207.\\nOxenbridpe. 325.\\nOlis. 247, 401.\\nO Connor, 197, 303.", "height": "3307", "width": "2387", "jp2-path": "foundersbuilders00whit_0696.jp2"}, "590": {"fulltext": "Pkrsonai Index.\\n467\\nO Kourke, 216.\\nOridie. 331.\\nOrr, 149.\\nOsboni, 41, 164. 360. 301. 363, 403.\\nOi.coTT. Geiiki.k r., 393. 400\\nOughellrfe, 389, 390.\\nOsmun. 120. 140.\\nParbOii. 122, 244.\\nPaine, 39,\\nParcel. 32,\\nI arkinson. 242,\\nI alter, 326.\\nPaiterson, 152. 404\\nParroU, 4 t-\\nParkm.in. 3,\\nPaddock, U/ii.\\nPalmkk Kamii.v, 447.\\nPalmer, 174. 176, 252, 253, 2j8,\\n362,\\nPace, Hknkv A 257.\\nPage, 164. 229, 231, 238. 239. 254,\\n25s 257 258. 360 362. 365\\nP.nrinly. 185.\\nPattison, 182.\\nPa TTON Kamii.y. 269.\\nPaiion, 205, 234.\\nParish, 254, 315.\\nI*alen. 363.\\nParry, 361.\\nPaul, 315.\\nPark 354.\\nPancoas(, 363-\\nPaucher. 401\\npark r, k. vvavsk.257.\\nPartridge, Samuei;, 344.\\nPrait, 131.\\nPlace, 153.\\nPiatt, 431\\nPe K Family 94.\\nPeck. i6. 26. 30. 37 76. 77. 88, 92,\\n112. 114. 133 140 145. 146. 216,\\n236. 290. 360 404.\\nPreston, 174.\\nPearson, 244.\\nPersonnette. 44.\\nPeil, 78.\\nPerry, no 122.183 4. 249.\\nPearce, 244\\nPeabody, 194.\\nPeebles, 451.\\nPennington, 16. 96, 253, 288.\\nPenn, 11.\\nPeterson. 158. 160.\\nPettit. 187. 235. 241. 252.\\nPerine, 174, 214 247, 305.\\nPerkins, 327.\\nPeine, 249.\\nPreltymaii, 174.\\nPrescott, 231. 238, 250. 323.\\nPrall. 164.\\nPhelps, 247, 438.\\nPhillips. 417.\\nP1ER.S0N K.\\\\Mil.v. 100.\\nPierson, 12, 15, 17, 18, 20, 25. 26,\\n32. 41. 42. 44 46, 49, 55, 59, 65,\\n7 76. 77 82, 92. 96, 97. 98 loi,\\n112. 122. 124. 132, 133. 136. 138,\\n140. 141. 147. 152. i65. 190 200.\\n201. 203. 204. 207. 214, 215. 216.\\n217 220. 221, 228. 229. 231. 236,\\n237, 233. 239, 240. 241, 24;, 249,\\n254- 257- 287. 305. 309. 353 359.\\n388, 392 393.\\nPitman. 172.\\nPfizer, 254.\\nPrice, 46, 181, 220. 318, 362, 363.\\nPeckslcy. 169. 253.\\nPitcher. 254.\\nPillott, 266 310.\\nPost, 32. 46. 164,\\nPorter, 69. 122, 203, 215, 216, 256.\\nPower, 158.\\nPoiicher. 390.\\nPowles. 140. 38\\nI oTTER l-AMil.v, 436.\\nPotter. IIeskv A.. 438.\\nPotter. 149 153 251, 25a, 340. 401.\\n413, 436 437. 438\\nPolls. 174.\\nProctor, 173.\\nPowers. 163\\nProvosi, 215\\nPurdue. 122. 1^0. 401.\\nPullan, 188\\nPurcell, 225.\\nPiirves, 243.\\nPuisford, 3 )i,\\nPuff, 214\\nPlum, IS\\nPlume, 132. 200\\nPlumnu-r. 315. 337.\\nPriiden, 186 189\\n(JL IMIIV Ka.mh.y. 105.\\nIJuiiiibv. 44 76, 168. 190, 211, 234,\\n235\\n(Juiiiliy, 213. 245. 365.\\n\u00c2\u00ab.)uinlan, 214\\nkAM Ai,i. Family. 418.\\nRandall, 74. 77. 94. 147. ^S v,2.\\n393. 396. 418\\nKand. 211. 247 254.\\nUafferiv. 257.\\nKaiclirf. 287.\\nKansom, 362.\\nKankin, 326.\\nka niond, Mrs l-Idward, 146.\\nRay. 389\\nRankin, 187. 188.\\nRedmond Family, 364.\\nReadin 3.\\nReynolds. 59 180. 215. 233, 236,\\n237. 389- 396\\nReed, Edward, 420.\\nKeed, 137, 165. 174, 429, 430.\\nReid, 303.\\nRead. 214.\\nReimer. 180. 236. 390, 393.\\nReeves. 122.\\nReuck. 222.\\nReazcr. 163. 171. 172.\\nkigKS. 16. 21,41 43, 70. loi. 133,\\n353. 354. 355-\\nRice. 141. 389.\\nRich. 151, 158, 159.\\nRichmond. 152 169 170. 267.\\nRichards, 67, 152, 177, 220. 217, 229,\\n247-\\nRiker, 104. 153, 188. 389\\nRilev. 249. 250.\\nRing. 258.\\nRichardson. 299.\\nRichcy. 401.\\nRoberts, 16, 37 152. 178, 363, 420.\\nRobords. 41. 389\\nRoberlion. 174\\nUobbiris. 76. 22g.\\nRobinson. 45, 57. 84 120. 121, 153,\\n171, 182, 210. 221, 222, 249. 254,\\n255. 401\\nRoi Es. David N.. 274.\\nKopes, 191. 203 207. 220. 230. 231,\\n236. 237. 250, 251. 365 392.\\nRolhnson. 72. 239. 303.\\nRobotham. 244.\\nRoosevelt, 254, 255.\\nRockwell Family. 424\\nRockwell. 148, 393. 396, 424.\\nRose. 15\\nRoss. 44. 236, 295\\nRogers. 16,97, 174. 177. 234. 35\\nRochambeau, 34.\\nRowe, 23\\nRosenthal, ibo.\\nRossiter. 374\\nRoot. 191, 201, 232, 234, 235, 237,\\nRoil. 245.\\nRowe. 447.\\nRussell. 166, 340. 330, 389.\\nRunyan Family 414\\nRinnan 188. 416\\nkulan. 314 360.\\nkimkle, 239 356\\nKudvard, 3.\\nkmlcr. 439.\\nRugcr. 123.\\nkYAN. Abraham H.. 395.\\nkyan. 389 395.\\nRyinan, 174\\nSackcit. 459\\nSay, II.\\nSayre. 31. no.\\nSankey. 99\\nSage. 163 234. 426\\nSands. 363\\nSanger. 389. 396. 400.\\nSandford, 164. 173 375\\nSanders, 182\\nSavage, 187.\\nSavage, kEv. Charles. 188.\\nSianshoroiigh, 41. 112.\\nStapley. 108.\\nSiarkey, 116.\\nSharp, 302.\\nStrachan. 14I,\\nSprague. 145. 14 i\\nSalisbuiy, 146.\\nSchauck. 146.\\nStalknrcni. 15^, 3 3\\nStall, 103.\\nScranion, 167.\\nSharpley, 170.\\nScarlet, 177.\\nStanley. 221. 251. 357. 390.\\nStarr. Charles 397.\\nStarr, 137. 335. 313. 314, 31S 303.\\n397. 398.\\nShann, 335\\nSmall. 230. 339.\\nStalker. 244.\\nStarbuck. 232, 252.\\nSt Clair. 32.\\nStagg. George R.. 305.\\nStagg, 248. 305.\\nStandish, Miles 276. 28 t, 371.\\nSp.iulding. 315 333.\\nShackleford. 164. 165.\\nSwaine, 12. 15, 16. 21 40. 174.\\nSprague, 444.\\nSergeant. 16. 42, loi.\\nSe.il 1 1\\nSellers. 36.\\nSeabury, 315. 325 3*)5.\\nSedgwick, 254. 255 315 337.\\nSelf. 150. 157. 357. 360\\nStetson Family. 262.\\nStetson, 81. 122. 169. 202. 212. 213,\\n215, 216. 2;4. 245.\\nSlevin, 254.\\nSlee. 398\\nj Stevens, iii. 129. 362.\\nI Stephenson. 141. 229. 240. 251.\\ni Stevenson. 146. 166, 183 247.\\nStearns. 19 230. 231\\nSterling. 235. 240. 251. 358.\\nSteele. 236. 395.\\nSteckiuan. 353.\\nShcllenberger. 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