Middlesex County

Biographies 1664-1920
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History of Middlesex County, New Jersey 1664- 1920
Volume II 1921 : Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc. New York and Chicago
Transcribed by: Martha A Crosley Graham – Pages 300 - 401
Updated: 7 April 2012
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GEORGE ROBERT BUNTEN, JR.—For the past ten years the growth and development of the city of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, have been so rapid that the mere providing of the materials of construction has become an industry in itself. In this line of business activity George Robert Bunten, Jr., stands among the leaders.
Mr. Bunten is a son of George Robert Bunten, Sr., formerly of Alpine, New Jersey, and for many years in the ship chandlery business, but now retired. The elder Mr. Bunten served in the Civil War.
George Robert Bunten, Jr., was born in Alpine, New Jersey, May 9, 1876. He received his education in the public schools of Richmond Valley, Staten Island, New York. There he laid the practical founda­tion for a business career. As he grew into manhood he became inter­ested in his father's business, learning all the details. This business he followed for twelve years; then seeing the opportunities for success in the handling of all kinds of construction materials, he entered this field, along the line of mason's materials and supplies. This line of business activity he has followed for the last ten years, and has made himself felt in the construction world. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge No. 784, of Perth Amboy ; also a mem­ber of the Elks Club, of that city.
Mr. Bunten married, October 16, 1900, in Perth Amboy, Margaret Connell, daughter of Patrick and Margaret Connell.

WILLIAM RUSSELL BUNTEN.—In the business world of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, one of the noteworthy men in the construction line is William Russell Bunten. He was born in Alpine, New Jersey, December 3, 1878, a son of George Robert and Mary Bunten.
William Russell Bunten received his education in the excellent public schools of Richmond Valley, Staten Island, New York. When a young man he was attracted to a business career, and conducted a coal business for ten years. For the past twelve years, however, he has been actively interested in the handling of mason's materials, and his present business at No. 283 Water street, Perth Amboy, has grown and developed from its early beginnings until it is one of the important factors in the con­struction work of this section. Mr. Bunten' is first a business man, but he holds affiliation with the foremost social and fraternal organizations in which he takes an active interest. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, in which order he is past chancellor; the Improved Order of Red Men; past president of the Order of Owls; and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is an honorary member of the Washington Hose Chemical Company, of Perth Amboy; and of the Haymakers' Association. He is a member of the Elks and Odd Fellows clubs.
Mr. Bunten married, June 12, 1898, in Tottenville, New York, Annie Morehouse, daughter of David and Eliza Morehouse. They are the parents of eight children: William Russell, Jr., horn November 2, 1899; Anna, born March 3o, 1902 ; Helen, born April 1, 1906; Grace, born July II, 1907; Henry, born March 18, 191o; Bessie, born June 27, 1913; Mary, born March 21, 1916; and Robert, born June 2, 1918. The family are Members of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Perth Amboy.

BENJAMIN T. McNALLY.—From the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific coast and from the most northern part of the United States to South America, Benjamin T. McNally has visited nearly every city of im­portance on this continent and in addition has traveled all over Europe and Australia. A vaudeville performer, he enjoyed, by reason of his profession, unusual opportunities of seeing the world.
Benjamin T. McNally was born in Cleveland, Ohio, his father being Benjamin McNally, also born in Cleveland. He had always been a rail­road engineer until the last few years, when he retired from so strenuous a life and is now living in New Brunswick. On August ix, 192o, the elder Mr. McNally celebrated his seventy-seventh birthday anniversary. His wife was Annie (Hynes) McNally, born in Lynn, Massachusetts. She died January 19, 1912, in San Francisco, California, at the age of sixty-two years. Mr. and Mrs. McNally were the parents of nine chil­dren, five of whom are now living, namely: John, a resident of San Francisco; Benjamin T.; Hattie, wife of John Rogers ; Louis, living in San Francisco; Stephen, a vaudeville actor.
Though claiming Cleveland, Ohio, as his birthplace, Benjamin T. McNally spent his childhood and youth in California and there he acquired an education in the public schools of San Francisco. After leaving school Mr. McNally joined Sells Brothers Circus, traveling with them for one season, doing a high wire and flying trapeze act in their shows. Coming East he entered into vaudeville work and began his journeying all over the world. In 1912, Mr. McNally came to New Brunswick, New Jersey, and entered into business life here. In 1917 he took over the Easton Avenue Garage and now has a flourishing plant at Nos. .39-41 Easton avenue. He is a member of the actors' club, the White Rats.
During the time that Mr. McNally was performing in vaudeville in Buda Pesth, Hungary, he met Theresia Hess, a native of Paris, France. She was also engaged in vaudeville shows. On April 23, t9o5, in New York City, Benjamin T. McNally married Theresia Hess. They have no children.

NICHOLAS AUGUSTA MORRISSY is a thorough musician, and as an arranger of high class musical programs has no superiors. He is the founder of Morrissy's Band, which has a wide reputation, for no numbers except high class selections are ever played by the organization save by request. This evidences the wide range of music with which Mr. Morrissy is familiar, and the superior musicians comprising his organization.
Nicholas Morrissy, father of Nicholas Augusta Morrissy, was born in Waterford, Ireland, and came to this country when a young man, locating in Brooklyn, New York, where he worked as a blacksmith for many years. He died in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, about 1895. He married Katherine Power and to them were born ten children, seven of whom are living, among them being Katherine, wife of Patrick Tierney, a resident of Perth Amboy; Mary Dugan, a resident of Brooklyn, New York; Nicholas Augusta, mentioned below.
Nicholas Augusta Morrissy was born in Brooklyn, New York, May 24, 1872, and was brought by his parents to Perth Amboy, New Jersey, when he was six years of age. Here he attended the public schools until he was sixteen years old, when upon the death of both his parents, which occurred at this time, he was obliged to leave school. He then served an apprenticeship to the machinist's trade, since which time he has followed this particular trade with the exception of the ten years that he devoted exclusively to music. At the present time he is a machinist in the Schantz & Eckert Company. He is a fine cornetist, and has devoted much of his time to perfecting himself in the playing of this instrument. His hobby, which can be readily seen, is music. He affiliates with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and in religion is a Roman Catholic, being a prominent member of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church.
Mr. Morrissy married, in i9o4, Anna Toft, daughter of John H. and Mathilda (Brown) Toft. Mr. and Mrs. Morrissy are the parents of two children: Anna Katherine, and Harry Austin.

CHARLES AUGUSTUS SCHENCK, a man who has since 1890 been a resident of New Brunswick, New Jersey, and later held for many years a prominent place among the active business men of this com­munity, is secretary of the Brunswick Refrigerating Company, which is located on Jersey avenue.
Henry Vander Veer Schenck, father of Charles Augustus Schenck, was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1833, and died here Sep­tember 10, 1918, having spent his entire life in this State, largely in Newark, and for years connected with the Singer Sewing Machine Company. He married Mar/A. Marshall, of New York City, who is still living and resides at the present time, 1921, in Newark, New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Schenck were the parents of three children : Charles Augustus, with whom we are here concerned, being the only surviving member.
Charles Augustus Schenck was born March 16, 1861, at New Bruns­wick, but at the age of six years removed with his parents to Newark, where he attended the public schools, graduating from the Newark High School in 1878. That same year he secured a position with the Singer Manufacturing Company and remained with them until 1885, when he resigned and went to Boston, Massachusetts, where for the next two years he furnished various office buildings throughout that city with towel supplies. In 1890 he returned to New Brunswick, and became private secretary to the president of the National Water Tube Boiler Company, later being promoted to the treasurership of the organization. In 1906, when this company was merged with the Brunswick Refrigerat­ing Company, Mr. Schenck continued with the latter, and in 1912 was elected to the position of secretary of the organization in which he has since continued. He has been for the past twenty years secretary of the second Merchants' Building and Loan Company of New Brunswick.
Mr. Schenck is a member of the Royal Arcanum, life member of the Young Men's Christian Association, and also holds membership in the City Bowling Club, of which he is secretary. His hobby is bowling and in recognition of his clever playing of the game he has won many trophies. He attends the First Reformed Church of New Brunswick, and has served on its official board. An able business man, public-spirited, loyal, patriotic and progressive, he is a man whom no obstacle can daunt nor no misfortune discourage.
On December 23, 1899, Charles Augustus Schenck was united in marriage with Nellie L. Cook, a native of Newark, New Jersey.

FRANK BURRELL OVERTON.—A love of engineering in all its branches prompted Mr. Overton, while in the employ of a corporation as stationary engineer, to begin the study of welding and he became so interested in the subject that he fitted up a shop in the rear of his home in Keyport, New Jersey, finally making electrical and acetylene welding of metals his sole business. He is master of his art, and in his shop at No. 261 King street, Perth Amboy, he follows his business suc­cessfully. He is the son of William Willard and Julia Ann (Hutz) Over­ton, his father a mariner all his life.
Frank Burrell Overton was born in Port Monmouth, Monmouth county, New Jersey, on Sandy Hook bay, February 27, 1884. He attended the village public school, and when school years were over was variously employed until finally becoming a stationary engineer with the Jersey Central Traction Company of Keyport, New Jersey. He was in that employ in 1911, when he took up the study of welding metals and finally built a shop in the rear of his home and made welding his specialty. He began in a small way, but met with such encouraging success that in 1918 he moved to Perth Amboy, where he opened a snap at No. 261 King street. He specializes in both electric and acetylene welding, and is well established in business. Mr. Overton is a member of Corliss Lodge,'No. 13, National Association of Stationary Engineers; Raritan Lodge, No. 6i, Free and Accepted Masons; Perth Amboy Lodge, No. 784, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Lawrence Ledge, No. 62, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and Middlesex Lodge, Junior Order of United American Mechanics. He is also a member of Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics is a Republican.
Mr. Overton married, in New York City, February 27, 191 1, Henrietta Mears Tooker, daughter of Frank Elias and Mary Elizabeth (Farrell) Tooker. Mr. and Mrs. Overton are the parents of two daughters : Har­rietta Elizabeth, born October 3, 1914; Kathryn Willard, born August 20, 1918.

IRA RUTLEDGE CROUSE--A good example of the successful business man and man-of-affairs, who has risen through his own efforts to a position of prominence in the community, is Ira Rutledge Crouse, a citizen of whom Perth Amboy, New Jersey, may well be proud. Mr. Crouse's descent from one of the fine old families which came to this country many years ago is warranty of his sterling and vigorous traits of character. The stock from which he sprang is typical of the best traditions of American life.
William Henry Crouse, father of the subject of this review, was born "on the old homestead in Hunterdon county, in 1844 and died in 1912, at the age of seventy-one. Like many of the young men of his time he served during the Civil War; he was a volunteer attached t, the Pennsylvania regiment, and was wounded at the battle of Bull Run. He married Catherine Loudenbery, born in Warren county, New Jersey, May 6, 1842, and who died in Perth Amboy, in February, 1918. Eight children were born of this union: Annie, now the wife of Harvey Trau­ger; Harry, a gold miner of Idiarod, Alaska; John, a farmer in Hunterdon county; Edith, deceased; Walter, a farmer in Warren county; Ira Rutledge, mentioned below; Katherine, died in infancy; Frank, died in infancy.
Ira Rutledge Crouse, son of William Henry and Catherine (Louden­bery) Crouse, was born on the old homestead in Hunterdon county, January 6, 1873. He attended the district school here until he was nine years old, when he was brought by his parents to Mount Joy, New Jersey, pursuing his studies there for two years and finishing at Millers­ville, when he had reached the age of sixteen. In 1893 he came to Perth Amboy and began an apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade, and at the end of four years, after having finished his training, he established himself in the contracting and building business together with a lumber yard which he owns. He has built many of the schools of Perth Amboy and also the Polish church here, which is considered the finest structure of its kind in the State. The success which has attended his efforts is due to no happy succession of advantageous circumstances, but to his own sturdy will, steady application, and tireless energy.
Mr. Crouse's thorough business qualifications and his well-known executive ability have always been in demand on director's boards, and in consequence, he is president of the Union Garage Company, and was formerly vice-president of the Stouck-Reaser Lumber Company of Har­risburg, Pennsylvania. He is also a director of the Perth Amboy Trust Company and of the Citizens Building and Loan Association. In politics he is a Republican and takes a lively interest in that phase of public administration which makes for the highest good of the community. For two years he was a member of the Common Council, and later became the president, which office he held for four years; he has also served a five-year term on the Water Board.
Mr. Crouse affiliates with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Woodmen of the World, and with the Free and Accepted Masons Realizing that a busy man must of necessity have recreation, tie holds membership in the Raritan Yacht Club, and the East Jersey Club; his hobby is hunting.
In 1894 Mr. Crouse married Laura L. Leonard, a daughter of the late John and Jennie (Sinclair) Leonard, of Hunterdon county, New Jersey. To Mr. and Mrs. Crouse have been born three children : Law­rence, born November 18, 1895, now associated with his father in busi­ness; he is married and has one child, Grace; Ira, born March 28, 1901, a student in the Perth Amboy High School; Katherine, born in Novem­ber, 1911.
Ira Rutledge Crouse is a man of quiet force, the force that accom­plishes large results with little friction, the force that counts in the upbuilding, maintenance and prosperity of cities. Throughout his career he has been animated by the spirit of progress, ever pressing for­ward to make the good better and the better best, and his career may be summed up in one word—success—the result of his own unaided efforts furnishing a true picture of the upright business man.

EMIL EWALD BRASS, numbered among the younger generation of business men in New Brunswick, is the proprietor of the Brass Auto Supply Company, which is located at Nos. 53-55 Albany street, New Brunswick, New Jersey. He was born April 16, 1898, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Ewald and Margaret (Hoff) Brass. Ewald Brass was born in Germany and came to this country at the age of twenty years, locating in Brooklyn, New York, where he became an importer in crockery. He now resides with his wife in Metuchen, New Jersey, but spends part of his time at his son's business in New Brunswick. To Mr. and Mrs. Brass were born two children : Ewald, deceased; Emil Ewald, of further mention.
The elementary education of Emil Ewald Brass was obtained in the public schools of Brooklyn, after which he entered the Dwight School of New York City, from which he was graduated in 1916. The following year he came to New Brunswick and established himself in the auto supply business, first at No. 33 Albany street, where he remained until December, 1919, when he removed to his present location and organized the concern known as the Brass Auto Supply Company. Bringing into his business up-to-date methods, his success, already assured, has been founded upon untiring industry and conspicuous ability in his line together with a farseeing business judgment and an unchanging uprightness.
During the World War, Mr. Brass was a member of the Officers' Training Corps in New York City from September, 1918, until 'he received his honorable discharge, December 24, 1918. He is ardently devoted to all out-door sports, but takes a particularly keen interest in hunting and baseball. He affiliates with Mt. Zion Lodge, No. 135, Free and Accepted Masons; the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; and the Improved Order of Red Men. He also holds membership in the Young Men's Christian Association, in the New Brunswick Boat Club, and is secretary of the New Brunswick Motor Trade Association. In religion he is a Presbyterian and attends the Second Church of that denomination at New Brunswick. Mr. Brass is unmarried.

MATTHEW FRANCIS URBANSKI, M. D.—The history of a State as well as that of a Nation consists chiefly of the chronicles of the lives and deeds of those who have conferred honor and dignity upon it, whether in the broad sphere of professional work, or of public labors, or in the narrower, but not less worthy, one of individual activity. If the general good has been promoted, the man who has brought about this state of affairs is most decidedly worthy of mention. Dr. Matthew F. Urbanski, while he has not .:et been identified with the medical pro­fession a great number of years, has already accomplished results which rebound greatly to his credit.
Francis Xavier Urbanski, father of Dr. Matthew F. Urbanski, was born in Poland, in 1865, and came to this country when he was but twenty-one years of age. He has made his home in Perth Amboy ever since coming to the United States, and for a number of years carried on a successful painting and decorating business here, but is now retired from active pursuits and reviews a life well spent in the interests of the community which has been his home for so many years. He married Agnes Duschock, a native of Poland, and they are the parents of three children: Matthew Francis; Adrian X., a student in the medical de­partment of the University of Pennsylvania; Xavier, deceased.
Matthew Francis Urbanski, son of Francis Xavier and Agnes (Dus­chock) Urbanski, was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, August 8, 1892. He attended the public schools of his native city, and after gradu­ating from the local high school he commenced the study of medicine in the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1914. During the following three years he served an interneship of a year and a half in the Newark City Hospital and Essex County Isolation Hospital, and then for the remainder of the time was assistant medical director for the Stonywold Sanitarium. In 1917 he established himself in the active practice of his chosen profession in Perth Amboy, where he is at present located and where he devotes himself almost exclusively to one particular dis­ease, tuberculosis. He is president of the Board of Health, and vice-president of the Perth Amboy Medical Society. Professionally he also holds membership in the National Tuberculosis Association, the Amer­ican Medical Association, and the Middlesex County Medical Society.
Dr. Urbanski is a member of St. Stephen's Roman Catholic Church,
. and affiliates with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Perth Amboy Lodge, No. 784. He is a member of the Phi Alpha Sigma, medical fraternity, and supreme physician of the Greek Catholic Benevo­lent Society.
The few years that Dr. Urbanski has spent in Perth Amboy have been years of arduous devotion to the advancement of the medical profession and tireless endeavor for the relief of suffering, and have placed him in the front rank of the city's physicians. It is sometimes said of a man the early part of whose career is indicative of more than usual promise "he will be heard from later." Dr. Urbanski has already been 'heard from and P •rth Amboy thinks that he will be heard from again and again and for many more years to come.

GEORGE ANTON, JR., local manager of Armour & Company, was born June 28, 1880, the son of George and Rose (Smith) Anton. George Anton, Sr., is a native of Germany, but came to this country at the age of fourteen years. le .:ating in Somerville, New Jersey, where he has since continued to reside. To Mr. and Mrs. Anton have been born four children: George, mentioned below; William, deceased; Charles L., a resident of Cambridge, New York; J. Edward, who resides in Somerville, New Jersey.
The education of George Anton, Jr., was secured in the public schools of his native place, and during his spare hours he assisted his father in the latter's market in Somerville. At the age of twenty-two years he went to Jersey City and there secured employment in the same line of business, remaining for two years or until he resigned to identify himself with the Childs' Restaurant Company of New York City. In August, 1919, Mr. Anton came to New Brunswick from Yon­kers to accept the managership of the local branch of Armour & Com­pany, in which he has since continued most successfully, his ability as a business man having been fully tested and proven, for under his man­agement the business of the conc_rn has been greatly increased.
During the Spanish-American War, George Anton, Jr., enlisted in the 3rd Regiment of New Jersey, Company H. He is well known in social and fraternal life in New York and New Jersey, and is a member of T. D. Landon Post, Spanish War Veterans, at Somerville, New Jersey, and the Masonic order, belonging to Poughkeepsie Lodge, No. 266, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Poughkeepsie; Royal Arch Chapter,• Royal Arch Masons, Mount Vernon ; Bethlehem Commandery, Knights Templar, of Mount Vernon, New York; and Mecca Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of New York City. He is also affiliated with the Tall Cedars of Lebanon, New Brunswick. In his religious views Mr. Anton is a Presbyterian and attends the First Presbyterian Church in New Brunswick.
On November 8, 1906, George Anton, Jr., was united in marriage with Florence Wright, daughter of the late John W. and Henrietta (Barton) Wright, the latter a resident of Poughkeepsie. Mr. and Mrs. Anton are the parents of two children: George W., born August 2, 1937; Beatrice, born November 13, 1910. George Anton, Jr., is a young man, but his career has been one of good work and satisfactory results. There can be no reasonable doubt that the years which lie before him will be filled with greater effort and more signal achievement.

PATRICK NAGLE KENNEDY, one of the substantial citizens of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and known throughout the community for his public spirit and interest in the welfare of the place, traces his parental ancestry from the Dalcassian race, being descended in a direct line from the second son of King Brean Born, the name Kennidi being its anglicized form, and the cradle of the race being in that part of the present county of Tipperary, Ireland, which is washed by the Shannon river.
His maternal ancestors were French. Two brothers, Gilbert and Jocelyn de Angola, went to Ireland as knights in the army of Strong-bow, and they, like other Norman knights, :carried into the families of the native nobles and chieftains. In time the name "de Angula" became transformed into Nagle and Nangle, and both forms of the name as well as the original are extant in Ireland and other countries today. Sir Richard Nagle, the founder of the southern Nagles, was a brilliant lawyer and statesman, being speaker of the House of Commons and attorney-general for Ireland in the government of James II. Edmund Burke, the great statesman, orator and political philosopher, was a member of this branch of the family, his mother, Ellen Nagle, being a niece of Sir Richard's mother, and also the mother of the great Irish apostle of temperance. A son of the poet, Spencer, was married to one of the Nagle family, and still another member of this illustrious family was Sir Edmund Nagle, an English admiral, who later became governor of Newfoundland.
Patrick Nagle Kennedy was born July 1852, in Kilmalloch county, Limerick, Ireland, the son of John and Ellen (Nagle) Kennedy. His education was received in the national and private schools which were located in and near his native town. At the age of fifteen he took part in a revolutionary insurrection in Ireland, and after hiding for nine months he was obliged to seek refuge under the Stars and Stripes, and although this uprising failed, its moral effect had great influence in stimulating the future ambition of the people. Upon landing in the United States in the latter part of this same year, .1867, he became employed in railroad construction work, and continued in this particular line of business until about ten years ago when he became engaged in highway con­struction, which is still occupying his attention at the present time. In politics Mr. Kennedy is a Jeffersonian Democrat, and has always taken a keen interest in local public affairs, but the only office which he has been persuaded to accept was that of member of the Board of Health, which he held for a period of four years. In religion Mr. Kennedy is a Catholic, a member of St. Mary's Church, and his clubs are the Geraldine and the Washington. He is a member of an Irish political revolutionary society in which he has held the offices of secretary, vice-president and president, the object of the society being to make Ireland an independent republic.
Mr. Kennedy married (first) in New York City, 1871, Alice O'Cal­laghan, and they were the parents of three children : John J., Edward C., James N. Mr. Kennedy married (second) Margaret A. White, a native of Syracuse, New York, and the daughter of Thomas and Cath­arine (Buckley) White. They have no issue.

ALBERT LEON.—This name needs no introduction to a work of this sort, for as owner and proprietor of the largest store in Perth Amboy he is recognized as one of the leading citizens of the community, and takes an active interest in everything pertaining to municipal progress.
Albert Leon was born in Germany, November 6, 187o, the son of Marcus and Minnie Leon, both natives of Germany. Marcus Leon came to this country many years ago with his family, residing in Newark, New Jersey, in which place his death occurred in 1887. Mrs. Leon is still living and resides in Newark.
Albert Leon attended the schools of his native place until he was fifteen years of age, when he became eager to seek his fortune in this country and consequently sailed for America in 1885. Upon landing in New York City he secured employment in a chair factory, where he remained for a period of two years. He then worked his way up from porter to domestic and foreign buyer for a large Philadelphia concern, in the meantime attending a night school. In Koos he came to Perth Amboy and established himself in the furniture business, locating in a small store at No. 134 Smith street, remaining there for eight years, at the end of which time he removed to his present location at the corner of State and Smith streets, where today he has the largest store in Perth Amboy.
In addition to the above business, Mr. Leon is officially connected with various other large enterprises, being president of the Standard Foundry Company, Boum: Brook, New Jersey; vice-president of the Fords National Bank, Perth Amboy; treasurer of the Green Furniture Company, Elizabeth, New Jersey; director of the People's National Bank of Elizabeth, New Jersey; director in the New York Furniture Realty Company, New York City; president of the Perth Amboy Build­ing and Loan Association ; director of the Perth Amboy Chamber of Commerce; director in the Amalgamated Building and Loan Association of Newark, New Jersey; and president of the National Association of Retail Furniture Dealers. In fraternal circles he also takes a prominent part, being a thirty-second degree Mason, grand high priest of Royal Arch Masons of the State of New Jersey, and a member of Salaam Tem­ple, Ancient Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine; a member of the Benevo­lent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His clubs are the Progress and the Newark Athletic. He was one of the presidential electors from New Jersey on the Republican ticket.
On September 25, 1895, Mr. Leon was united in marriage with Regina Meyer, a native of Newark, New Jersey, and they are the parents of two children : Sylvia Estelle, wife of Dr. Harry S. Jacoby, of Newark; Marcus L., now a student at Columbia College.
Mr. Leon has brought to the shaping of his career a very happy and unusual combination of characteristics which have won for him his success as a business man. His philanthropy is great and springs from the sincere kindness of his heart, which embraces all men in its regard. He has many friends and among them, as in the community-at-large, he exerts a powerful influence which is always, wielded on the side of justice. It would be difficult to overestimate the value of such a man to a community or the presence in it of a man like Albert Leon. There is scarcely a department in its affairs, an aspect of its life, in which his influence is not most potently felt, and felt invariably on the side of the public good. He is a practical man of affairs, a man of the world, yet never in seeking his own business advantage does he lose sight of that of the community of which he is a member. Such a man is cer­tainly worthy of emulation.

LAWRENCE E. RICE, a prominent figure in the business life of New Brunswick, New Jersey, since 1916, is a man of a naturally retiring disposition, publicity of any sort being very distasteful to him, but he has, nevertheless, had the welfare and advancement of the community always uppermost in his mind, and since coming here has espoused and given his earnest support to all movements calculated to advance business development.
Lawrence E. Rice was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. On January 1, 1916, he came to New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he established himself in the business of household furnishings at his present location, Nos. 201-203 Neilson street. Coming here with a vast experience which he had already gained in this particular line both in Grand Rapids, Michi­gan, and in Cincinnati, Ohio, his enterprise rapidly and consistently developed until it is now one of the largest of its kind in this vicinity. Although Mr. Rice has been located here but a comparatively short time, by his unswerving honesty and fair dealing he has won for him­self not only the respect but also the admiration of his competitors.

JOSEPH BURGER.--There is very properly full praise in this country for the man who has started at the bottom of the ladder and by means of his own effort is steadily making his way towards the top. Among this number is Joseph Burger, owner and manager of a garage at No. 6 Liberty street, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Joseph Burger was born August 22, 1887, in Germany, the son of Gustave and Mary (Rhode) Burger. Gustave Burger was a native of Germany, and died there at the age of sixty-seven, having followed the trade of carpenter throughout his entire lifetime. Mr. and Mrs. Burger were the parents of ten children: Julius, Ida, Anna, Rose, Adolph, Elizabeth, Minnie, Mary ; Joseph, of further mention; and Frank, all of whom reside in this country with the exception of Mary, who has recently returned to her native Germany.
Joseph Burger attended the public schools of his native place until he was fifteen years of age, when he apprenticed himself to the machin­ist's trade, in which he continued until 1907, when he joined the navy. Three years later he set sail for this country, and upon landing in New York City remained there, engaging in the machinist's trade until 1912, at which time he came to New Brunswick, securing employment with the Simplex Company, with whom he remained until 1919, when he resigned to establish himself in his present business, erecting his garage in 1919. The close attention he has given to the development of his enterprise, together with his mechanical knowledge and reliability, have given him the opportunity which would bring him in contact with the worth while things of life, and in consequence he is found among the loyal supporters of all progressive movements for the community's welfare. From unfavorable circumstances he has won success and standing, and is one of the most respected business men of New Bruns­wick, a product of democratic institutions. Mr. Burger is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Improved Order of Red Men.
On October 24, 1912, Joseph Burger was united in marriage with Stephana Rohrich, a native of Austria, and the daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth Rohrich, the latter natives of Austria, but now residents of New Brunswick. Mr. and Mrs. Burger are the parents of two children Matthew Joseph, born October 19, 1913, and Mary, died at the age of three years.

ARTHUR LEVY.—"Young's Jewelry Store," New Brunswick, is a corporation founded in October, 1920, by Arthur Levy, and Jack Steinfeld, both young men of Newark, New Jersey, but both experienced jewelers. Jack Steinfeld was born in Newark, September 1, 1896, son of Benjamin and Lottie (Hamburger) Steinfeld, he the eldest of their six children, Jack, Esther, Rosella, Irving, Sydney and Mamie, all un­married and living in Newark. Arthur Levy was born in Newark, New Jersey, November 4, 1896, son of Max and Fannie (Berger) Levy, his parents residing in Newark. Mr. and Mrs. Levy are the parents of six children, all living in Newark: Jack, a jeweler; Elizabeth, wife of Mur­ray Swartz; Ike K.; Arthur, of further mention ; Anna, and Louise.
'Arthur Levy attended Newark public schools until fourteen years of age, and then became a clerk in a jewelry store, so continuing until arriving at legal age in 1917. He then formed a partnership with his brother, I. K. Levy, and opened a jewelry store in Newark, conducting it under the firm name, I. K. Levy, Incorporated. In October, 1920, Arthur Levy opened Young's Jewelry Store in New Brunswick, and there is becoming well established, the store and stock being beautiful and well displayed in a good location, No. 135 Albany street. Both partners are young men of experience in their business and are rapidly winning friends and patronage. They are both members of the Ortho­dox Jewish faith and both unmarried. They carry the best wishes of a wide circle of friends for the success of their business venture.

THEODORE HERMAN MERCKENS.—Everyone in and about New Brunswick has been for many years familiar with Schussler's con­fectionery and bakery, located at No. 378 George street. On September 4, 1920, Mr. F. M. Schussler sold out his entire establishment to Merckens, Incorporated, and these new owners are now conducting the old, well established business under a different management. The store has been remodelled and is now one of the most attractive of its kind in the country. The president of the company is August Merckens, who for most of the years of his business life was associated with Stollwerck Brothers, manufacturers of high grade cocoa and chocolate. He is also interested in the Norma Chocolate Company of Brooklyn, New York. The experience gained by long connection with this line fits Mr. Merckens for the work in which he has become engaged. The vice-president of the company is William Merckens, a son of the foregoing; another son, Theodore H. Merckens, is also a member of the company, and is in actual charge of the business conducted at the George street store. Mr. and Mrs. Merckens reside on their estate at Rivervale, Bergen county, New Jersey.
Theodore H. Merckens was born August 4, 1894, in New York City. In his boyhood and youth he attended the public schools of Brooklyn and East Orange, and for several years after leaving school was engaged in the service of the United States Army. In 1914 he joined the National Guard, and in 1916, during the trouble on the Mexican border, he was sent with the 23rd New York Infantry to the scene of disturbance, re­maining on duty there for seven months. In our war with Germany, Theodore H. Merckens was stationed at Camp Grant in Illinois with the Black Hawk Division for six months, and was sent with the 344th Infantry to France, sailing on September 8, 1918. He was in the service there for ten months and was mustered out July 15, 1919, at Camp Grant. He is a member of Charles Henry Post of the American Legion.

MAX GIBIAN.—In 19o5 the business which was incorporated in 1909 as the Perth Amboy Garage Company, was started by Max Gibian, who has been its guiding head from its inception until the present ( :920). His was the first garage in Perth Amboy to open its doors to the public, and the present business of thc company, at No. 283 Madison avenue, is the result of his long experience as a caterer to the needs of the auto­mobile public. Max Gibian is a son of Solomon Gibian, who was born in Bohemia, and with his mother came to the United States and located in Newark, New Jersey. He became head of a meat and grocery business in Newark, which he conducted many years. He died in Newark, Janu­ary 2, 1910, aged sixty-three years. He married Carrie Schwartz, also born in Bohemia, who died in Newark, February 8, 1912, aged sixty-seven years. They were the parents of nine children, five of whom are living: Rose, married Abraham Alter, of Newark; Minnie, a resident of Pittsburgh; Dora, married Gustav Wallach, of Newark; Joseph, a confectioner; and Max, of further mention.
Max Gibian was born in Newark, New Jersey, April 28, 1881, and was there educated, completing high school study with graduation, class of 1898. He then spent three years in a Newark grocery store, going thence to Potts & Kaufmann of Perth Amboy, that city having ever since been his home and place of business. He entered the auto­mobile business in 19o5, establishing the first public garage in Perth Amboy; and so satisfactory were the results of his venture that in 1909 he incorported as the Perth Amboy Garage Company, with Max Gibian president, and H. Brower, secretary. The garage, located at No. 283 Madison avenue, possesses excellent facilities for the storage and care of automobiles, while in addition to a full line of tires mil acces­sories, automobiles are bought, sold and exchanged. The company is a well-managed, prosperous one, reflecting credit upon its management. Mr. Gibian is president of New Brunswick Motor Car Company, sub­sidiary of Perth Amboy Garage Company; also vice-president of the Maple Realty Company, and of the Gibian Realty Company, his real estate interests being large and important.
A Democrat in politics, Mr. Gibian has served his city as assessor of taxes, and when the office of State license agent for motor vehicles was created, he was the first appointee, and is still serving. He is a member of the Masonic order, affiliated with lodge, chapter, commandery, shrine and consistury, also a member of the Tall Cedars of Lebanon, the Woodmen of the World, Young Men's Christian Association, and Young Men's Hebrew Association. In religion he is of Beth Mordecai congre­gation.
Mr. Gibian married, in 1906, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Anna Wolff, who was born in that city, a daughter of William and Fannie Wolff, her father a retired cattle dealer of Perth Amboy, her mother deceased.

WALTER BARGER.—The grandparents of Walter Barger, of New Brunswick, and New York, were residents of Vermilion, Illinois, his grandmother born in Switzerland, Europe. They were the parents of Martin J. Barger, born in Vermilion county; Illinois, died July 17, 1917, at Danville, Illinois, being at the time governor Df the Soldiers' Home, and prominent in local politics. He was himself a veteran of the Civil War, serving with Company B, 125th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He suffered three wounds at Shiloh and Chickamauga, but not so serious as to shorten his life. He married :Mary A. Steward, who died soon after their only child, Walter, was born.
Walter Barger was born in Danville, Illinois, February 25, 1870, there was educated and spent thirty years of his life, ten years of which he was employed in the County Court House. He established a produce jobbing business in Danville, and later was in the same business on South Water street, Chicago. Later he established in business in New York City, as a bond and investment broker, with offices at Columbus Circle. In 1920 he came to New Brunswick to develop the hot house project, which has been set in motion and for which a company has been incorporated, Mr. Barger being secretary. Mr. Barger is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias, and of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Mr. Barger married, in Washington, D. C., June 21, 1905, Florence Lee Osborne, born in Bluemont, Virginia, daughter of Walter Clark and Martha Carter (Taghliaferro) Osborne, her father, deceased, her mother yet living in Bluemont, Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Barger are the parents of a daughter, Jane Reynolds, born June 12, 1917. The family home is "Ross Hall," River road, New Brunswick, a delightful old Colonial residence of the pre-Revolutionary period, which is noted as the scene of much of the action in the historical romance, "Janice Meredith."

HARRY TONER BICKFORD.—About the year 1830, Samuel Mor­rill Bickford came from Portland, Maine, to Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, via canal boat, and there established in the lumber business. He was the grandfather of Harry Toner Bickford, and father of William Morrill
Bickford, who was born in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, where he spent his short life of twenty-eight years, engaged as a lumber merchant. He married Alma S. Toner, of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, who survives him and resides in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Bickford had three children: Mabel, wife of Walter Laubach, of Altoona, Pennsyl­vania; Harry Toner, of further mention ; William Morrill, of Lock Haven, now engaged in the lumber business.
Harry T. Bickford was born in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, Novem­ber 25, 1884, and there attended public schools until seventeen years of age. He then was employed by Kistler, Lesh & Company, tanners, of Mount Jewett, Pennsylvania, remaining with that company four years, then going with the Beechnut Packing Company, of Canajoharie, New York, a company with which he remained three years. For the tr:xt five and one-half years, Mr. Bickford was engaged in business for him­self in New York City, gaining considerable reputation as a production engineer. In 1914, he located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, going with the Nixon Nitration Works and remaining eighteen months. He then spent three years with the Home Realty Company, establishing his present business, real estate and insurance, in May, 192o. His great­est present interest is in the new hot houses to be erected on River road, on the site of the old golf links, the plans calling for the largest hot house plant in the United States. The company, which has been formed and incorporated, propose to utilize the great plant they will erect, in the growing of early small vegetables for the New York market. The president of the company is Jeremiah H. Nixon ; secretary, Walter Barger; treasurer, Harry D. MacMillian. Mr. Bickford is an enthusiast over baseball, football, basketball, in fact all healthful sports appeal to him. He is a member of the Masonic order, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and of the Lutheran church.
Mr. Bickford married, in New Brunswick, December t8, 1915, Caro­line Heinz, born December 15, 189o, daughter of Valentine and Louisa Heinz, her father, deceased, long with the United States Rubber Com­pany, her mother living in New Brunswick. Mr. Bickford is a young man of energy and ability, progressive, and has a host of friends.

ALBERT HARVEY TERHUNE.—With the extensive mercantile interests centered in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, the men in whose hands they lie form a significant factor. fn the prosperity of the city. Albert Harvey Terhune, prosperous and progressive himself, and the son of a merchant also invariably in step with the times, is such a man as well represents the general body of business men of Perth Amboy. Mr. Terhune is a son of Albert Terhune, who was born in New York City,. and died there, at the age of seventy-two years..
Albert Harvey Terhune wa§ born in New York City, June 18, 1862. He was educated in the public schools of that city. At the age of thirteen years he went to work in his father's store on the corner of Eighth avenue and Fifty-second street. He remained with his father until he came to the age of maturity, then for some years was his father's partner.
Later on he established a store of his own at the corner of Eighth avenue and One Hundred and Twenty-sixth street; also another on the corner of Amsterdam avenue and One Hundred and Forty-eighth street. In 19I5 Mr. Terhune came to Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and on April 10, of that year, established the store in this city which has proved so marked a success. Both Mr. Terhune and his father have always been in the same line of business.
Mr. Terhune is a man of varied activities outside his business. He is a member of the Masonic order and a member of the Veteran Asso­ciation of the Seventy-first Regiment, National Guard, of New York. He finds his favorite relaxation in boating and fishing, and owned a forty-two-foot yawl which he sailed on Long Island Sound when a resident of New York City. He is a member of the Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church, of Perth Amboy, and for several years has served on the official board of the church. He is very active in all the work of the church organization.

FRANK ALOYSIUS CONNOLLY.—Many years have passed since the founder of this family of Connolly came to the United States. He was Andrew Connolly, the grandfather of Frank Aloysius Connolly, and he emigrated from Ireland when quite young, coming directly to New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he made his home.
His son, Michael Henry Connolly, was born in New Brunswick and has lived here all his life ; he was formerly engaged in business, but now has retired from active work at the age of seventy-two years. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, having enlisted in the Civil War when only fourteen years old. The wife of Michael Henry Con­nolly was before her marriage Mary Veronica McDonald, a native of New Brunswick, where she died, aged forty-four years. She was the mother of eight children, four of whom are now living; 1. Katherine Calista, wife of William A. McConlogue. 2. Clara Veronica, who married James H. Meagher. 3. Mae V., unmarried and living at home; she is engaged in the millinery business on George street. 4. Frank Aloysius.
Frank Aloysius Connolly was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, April 2r, 1883. He attended the high school, then the parochial school, from which he graduated in 19oo, and then entered upon a business career by becoming a clerk in the dry goods store of Henry Landsberg, where he remained for a few years, then accepted a position in the dry goods establishment of the P. J. Young Company on George street, where he is still engaged. Having been an active worker in the Demo­cratic party, Mr. Connolly was appointed in 1918 to fill the unexpired term of Mayor Farrington, of New Brunswick, as city commissioner, and in May, 1919, was elected to the same position, his term of office to con­tinue for four years, he being the present incumbent. In addition to his business affairs and political and public work, Mr. Connolly is quite active in club life ; he is a member of the Knights of Columbus and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, also of the Young Men's Christian Association. His membership in these organizations gives him plenty of opportunity to indulge in his favorite amusement, a good game of billiards, and sometimes, in the season, he enjoys seeing a baseball game.
In New Brunswick, April 27, 1907, Frank Aloysius Connolly mar­ried Anna Wilhclmina Farrington, a native of New Brunswick, the daughter of Patrick and Mary Farrington, the former being deceased, the latter living in New Brunswick. Mr. and Mrs. Connolly have two children : 1. Francis Aloysius, Jr., born October 29, 1908. 2. Edward Farrington, born May 1916. The family home is at No. 55 Remsen avenue. They are all members of the Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart.

WILLIAM DAVID HOY.—There arc very few figures among the younger business men of Middlesex county, New Jersey, who have risen more rapidly to a position of influence in the community than that of William David Hoy, of Fords, who for several years has been in the front rank of those who have developed the material interests of the town and whose work for the general welfare thereof has been of extreme value. He is a native of Fords, where his birth occurred July 14, 1883, and a son of William and Elizabeth (Smith) Hoy, old and highly es­teemed residents of the town, to which place they had come just prior to their son's birth, from Ireland, and where their deaths occurred, October 12, 1919, and April 16, 1917, respectively.
William David Hoy, only son of William and Elizabeth (Smith) Hoy, passed his childhood at Fords, and attended the local public schools for a number of years. He then went to the Perth Amboy High School for two years, but left there to enter Woods Business College at Newark to prepare himself for his active career. He had even at that time had some practical experience, as he had been employed as a boy by the Valentine Fire Brick Company and the National Fireproofing Company, serving two years with each company. Upon completing the course at Woods Business College, Mr. Hoy secured a clerical position with James H. Maddy, of New York City, and later with the Erie Railroad Com­pany in the central offices of that corporation. At the latter place he remained for twelve years, and was rapidly promoted until he became secretary to the vice-president. He was very ambitious, however, to become independent in business, and at the end of that period severed his connection with the Erie, much to the regret of his employers, and, returning to Fords, established himself in his present enterprise. Since that time he has been closely identified with the growth of the com­munity, concerning himself with building development and the working up of an insurance business. He has met with marked success in his line and is today regarded as one of the most energetic and capable men of the town. He is also actively interested in public affairs, and has held a number of offices in the gift of the community, serving at present (1921) his third term as a member of the Woodbridge Township Com­mittee and as a member of the Board of Fire Commissioners of Fords. He is one of the leading men of the Republican party in this section of the State, and is a member of the Republican County Committee, and represented the district at the last Republican State Convention. For three years he was president of the Fords Fire Company, and is promi­nent in the fraternal circles of the place, being affiliated with Americus Lodge, No. 83, Free and Accepted Masons; Amboy Chapter, No. 41, Royal Arch Masons; Temple Commandery, No. 61, Knights Templar; Salaam Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Newark; Jersey City Consistory, Supreme Princes of the Royal Secret; and Tall Cedars of Lebanon, Forest No. 68, of Perth Amboy. He is also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Junior Order of United American Mechanics of Perth Amboy, the Raritan Yacht Club, and the Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Republican clubs. In his religious belief Mr. Hoy is an Episcopalian and attends St. Luke's Church of that denomination at Metuchen, of which he is a vestryman.
William David Hoy married, April 22, 1919, at Metuchen, New Jersey, Margaret May Fullerton, like himself a native of Fords, and a daughter of William H. and Margaret (Bebernes) Fullerton. Mr. Fullerton was for a number of years one of the most prominent men of Perth Amboy, president of the New Jersey Produce Company, and served as street commissioner. His death occurred October 11, 1918, at the age of fifty-two years, and he is survived by his wife, who now makes her home at Woodbridge.

JAMES MARTIN HOUGHTON.—The profession of chiropractic is still of so recent a beginning that it is yet in its early stage, though each year brings fresh adherents to the doors of those who practice it. One of the chiropractors of New Brunswick is James Martin Houghton, whose office at No. 343 George street is the "Mecca" for many troubled human beings. Not only does he relieve suffering, but in many cases gives treatment free of charge to those who are too poor to pay for it. To do this he conducts a clinic at his office between the hours of ten and twelve A. M. for their benefit. So great i3 his interest in it that it has become his pet pastime.
The Houghton family came from Ireland originally, settling almost at once in New Brunswick. On the maternal side, the Gildeas were also of Irish parentage. Dr. Houghton's maternal grandfather, Patrick Gil­dea, was a graduate of Edinburgh University in Scotland.
Dr. Houghton's father, James Martin Houghton, was born in New Brunswick, but removed some time later to Jersey City, where he con­ducts a large undertaking establishment. He is greatly interested in politics, being a well known worker in the Democratic party. He is also a very prominent Elk of Jersey City. Dr. Houghton's mother, Martha (Gildea) Houghton, was born in Jersey City, March 8, 1876. In this family there are five children: Frank A., a practicing dentist in Jersey City. 2. Claire M., the wife of William J. Flaherty, both Mr. and Mrs. Flaherty being successful chiropractors of Jersey City. 3. James Martin, of further mention. 4. Robert A., a student at St. Joseph's College, Baltimore, Maryland, of the class of 192r. 5. Rose M., unmarried, living at home, a student in the Jersey City High School in the class of 1922.
James Martin Houghton was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, May 22, 1898, and for nearly all his life it has been his home. He attended the grammar school there, graduating from it at the age of twelve years, following this by a four years' course in the high school. He was only sixteen years old when he graduated and he very soon entered the Newark (New Jersey) School of Chiropractic, the course of study there being three years. After graduating, Dr. Houghton began practicing in Jersey City, continuing to do so for over a year, going to New Brunswick later, where he opened an office at his present location. Dr. Houghton is a member of the New Jersey State Chiropractic Association and since June, 1920, has been vice-president of that body. Dr. Houghton is unmarried.

THOMAS F. DOLAN, postmaster of Sayreville, New Jersey, is connected with the business life of the community, having been for many years a successful contractor and builder here. Being a good citizen as well as an able business man and executant, Mr. Dolan is ever ready to cooperate in the charitable and philanthropic enterprises of Sayreville, his native town.
Mr. Dolan was born in Sayreville, Middlesex county, New Jersey, December 1, 1887, the son of James and Bridget (Burke) Dolan. His father, James Dolan, has been foreman in the brick yard here for many years. The boy, Thomas F., was educated in the schools of his native place, after which he established himself in the contracting and building business. He received his appointment of postmaster in 1914, and was reappointed in 1918. It is hardly necessary to mention that he is an able man of affairs, for his present office, demanding the services of one whose ability is of a high order and whose well-balanced forces are manifest in sound judgment and a ready understanding of any problem that may be presented for solution, speaks for itself in a manner not to be misunderstood. Force and resolution, combined with a genial dispo­sition, attract all who are brought in contact with him. He is one of the men who number friends in all grades of society. The thorough busi­ness qualifications of Thomas F. Dolan have always been in great demand on boards of directors, and his public spirit has led him to accept of many such trusts. In politics he is a staunch Democrat. He affiliates with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Columbus, the Foresters of America, the Improved Order of Red Men, the local union, No. 1392, Carpenters and Joiners of America, and the Musicians' Protective Union of New Brunswick. In religion he is a Roman Catholic.
On September 27, 1909, Mr. Dolan was united in marriage with Rose Gorman, a native of Sayreville, bbrn February 19, 1888. Mrs. Dolan is the daughter of Patrick and Margaret (Hughes) Gorman, both natives of Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Dolan are the parents of five children : Mar­guerite, born October 31, 191o; Bermardlna, •born July to, 1913 ; Mary, born October to, 1915 ; Rosemary, born March I, 1918, deceased ; Thomas. born March 4, 1920.

KLEMMER KALTEISSEN, numbered among the younger gener­ation of lawyers in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and a man who already is making a name for himself in the public life of this region, is a native of this city, born August 5, x894. He is the son -of Peter and Sophia (Weigel) Kalteissen. Peter Kalteissen was born in Worms, Germany, and was brought by his mother to the United .States when he was but fourteen years of age. Later he became a box manufacturer, engaged in this business for many years, but is now living retired in New Brunswick. To Mr. and Mrs. Kalteissen have been born two children: Klemmer, of further mention ; George A., born November 2, 1888, with the New Brunswick Paper Box Company, which was founded by his father, is married and has two children, William K. and George A., Jr.
The elementary portion of Klemmer Kalteissen's education . was obtained in the public schools of his native place, after which lie entered Rutgers College, subsequently matriculating in the New Jersey Law School, from which he was graduated in 1917 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Immediately after graduation' he enlisted in the United States Army in Newark, New Jersey, and was sent to the officers' training camp at Camp Devens, where he was commissioned first lieu­tenant and was ordered to Camp Gordon; Georgia, later being sent to Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio. From here he was ordered to Wash­ington, D. C., where he supervised the discharge of the enlisted men of the chemical warfare service, and was mustered out January 22, 1919. He then returned immediately to his native place and formed a partnership with William D. Danberry, with offices at No. 4o Paterson street. He fraternizes with the Delta Theta Phi law fraternity, and with the Young Men's Christian Association. His hobby is basket ball. .
Mr. Kalteissen is superintendent of the Livingston Avenue Reformed Sunday school, which position he has.filled since he was nineteen years of age. He delights in this work and is doing something worth while for the betterment of the community. He is a member of the Reformed church. Mr. Kalteissen served as deputy surrogate of Middlesex comity before forming the law partnership with Mr. Danberry. Politically he is a Democrat. He is a. member of Middlesex County and .State Bar associations. He is also member of Goodwill Council, No.- 32, Junior Order of United American Mechanics, and of Union Lodge, No. 19, Free and Accepted Masons.
On April 26, 1918, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Mr. Kalteissen was united in marriage with Flora Jacobsen, a native of Elizabeth, New Jersey, and the daughter of the late Carl and Wilhelmina (Larsen) Tacobsen. Mr. and Mrs. Kalteissen have no children.

FERD GARRETSON.—If those who claim that fortune has favored certain individuals above others will but investigate the cause of suc­cess and failure, it will be found that the former is largely due to the improvement of opportunity, the latter to the neglect of it. Fortunate environments encompass nearly every man at some stage of his career, but the strong man and the successful man is he who realizes that the proper moment has come, that the present and not the future holds his opportunity. The man who makes use of the Now and not the To Be is the one who passes on the highway of life others who started out ahead of him, and reaches the goal of prosperity in advance of them. It is this quality in Ferd Garretson, ex-mayor, and city treasurer of Perth Amboy, New Jersey.
Samuel Garretson, father of Ferd Garretson, was born June, 1841. Retired from active business affairs, Mr. Garretson reviews a life well spent for the interests of the community in which he lives, and for the service of his country as well. He holds the office of past commander of the New Jersey Volunteers, Grand Army of the Republic, having served in the Civil War with Company I, 28th Regiment. For a number of years he conducted a successful real estate business, and at one time he was recorder for the city of Perth Amboy, where he resides at the present time, and where he is held in the highest esteem.
Ferd Garretson, son of Samuel and Jennie A. Garretson, was born at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, October 7, 1867. He attended the public schools of his native city and after graduating from the local high school, entered the Centenary Collegiate Institute, from which he was gradu­ated. For the following twenty-five years he was employed by the Lehigh Valley Railroad as telegraph operator, train despatcher and train conductor. In 19o5, upon the death of his father-in-law, J. Ford, Mr. Garretson assumed the undertaking business, formerly conducted by Mr. Ford. He still carries on that business together with an automobile livery and garage which he has added.
Mr. Garretson is a Republican in politics and has always been most conspicuously associated with the organization. From 19o8 until 1911 he served as coroner for Middlesex county, and was alderman-at-large and acting mayor for the year 1912. That he fulfilled this tenure most creditably, is proven by the fact that the city elected him mayor for the next four years. In 1917 he was made city treasurer and custodian of the school moneys, which office he holds at the present time.
Mr. Garretson is prominent in fraternal organizations of his native city, being a member of Lawrence Lodge, No. 61, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; a member and past master of Raritan Lodge, No. 62, Free and Accepted Masons, and past exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Pro­tective Order of Elks, Perth Amboy Lodge, No. 784. His club is the Perth Amboy Caledonian.
Mr. Garretson married, March 19, 1890, Elizabeth M. Ford, daughter of Joshua and Amanda Ford, and they are the parents of four children: Thomas A., born October TO, 1892; Donald C., born February 24, 1894; William V., born April 9, 1895 ; Jeannette A., born December rs, r9oo.
Alert, alive, and progressive, Mr. Garretson justly merits the suc­cess he has achieved. Happily gifted in disposition, manner and taste, enterprising and original in business methods, personally liked most by those who know him best, and as frank in declaring his principles as he is sincere in maintaining them, 'his career has been rounded with great success and marked by the appreciation of men whose opinion is well worth having.

WILLIAM A. CROWELL.—The flour, feed and grain elevator in Metuchen, New Jersey, owned and operated by William A. Crowell, is the headquarters of a prosperous business which Mr. Crowell has con­ducted in Metuchen since 1908. This elevator is modernly planned and equipped for the particular business therein conducted, and is most capably managed by Mr. Crowell and his son, Reginald B.
William A. Crowell is a son of William E. and Phoebe M. (Dunn) Crowell, his father, born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, at one time a merchant, and later a farmer. Phoebe M. (Dunn) Crowell was born at Linden Heights Farm, on the Raritan river, now part of Highland Park, New Jersey.
William A. Crowell was born at Linden Heights Farm, August 15, 1859, and there educated in the public schools. He was variously occu­pied until 1893, when he entered the grain business, which he has since continued with marked success. His residence on Spring street, Metuchen, was built in 1899. He is a member of the Baptist church of Metuchen, of which he was the first Sunday school superintendent, in 1902. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. Crowell is a man widely known and thoroughly respected for his sterling character and upright life. He is one of the founders and a charter member of the local council of the Royal Arcanum. He has been active in many of the civic, charitable and other affairs of the town.
Mr. Crowell married, in Brooklyn, New York, October 2, 1884, Jennie W. Buckley, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, February 4, 1862, daugh­ter of Frederick and Fanny M. (Wilcox) Buckley, her father born in Charleston, South Carolina, her mother born in Saugerties, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Crowell are the parents of three children: Helen, born January 8, i886, died April 27, 1891. 2. Reginald B., born December 13, 189o; he enlisted in the United States Army in May, 1917, was trans­ferred to the aviation service, and was on duty at Fort Worth, Texas; he went overseas in September, 1918, and was at the front when the armistice was signed. He married, in February, 1921, Louise Crowell, of Perth Amboy. 3. Mildred, born March io, 1892; she married in September, 1916, W. H. W. Comp, a graduate of Rutgers College, who is now engaged as a sanitary engineer. They are the parents of one child, Anita.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SLOBODIEN, M. D., numbered among the young physicians of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, was born in South Amboy, New Jersey, September 16, 1891, a son of Morris and Sophia (Triffon) Slobodien, both natives of Russia, who came from that country to the United States thirty-four and thirty-two years ago respectively. The elder Mr. Slobodien, upon reaching this country, settled at once in Perth Amboy where he engaged in the blacksmith and horseshoeing business and met with considerable success. He met and married his countrywoman, Miss Triffon, and they were the parents of four children, as follows: Sarah, who became the wife of Charles Bardin, of Perth Amboy; Michael, who is now employed in a clerical position in an establishment in Perth Amboy; Benjamin Franklin, with whom we are here especially concerned ; and Bessie, who is now employed as a teacher in the public schools of the city.
The early life of Dr. Slobodien was passed at Perth Amboy and it was there that he gained his elementary education, graduating eventu­ally from the Perth Amboy High School with the class of 19o9, where he had been prepared for college. The young man had already deter­mined definitely upon a medical career, and accordingly matriculated in the University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York City. From this institution he graduated with the class of 1913, taking his medical degree, and for the year following served as interne in the Elizabeth General Hospital, Elizabeth, New Jersey. He then returned to Perth Amboy, and in 1914 began the practice of his profession in that city. Here he has continued ever since and has already won for himself a reputation as a diagnostician. Dr. Slobodien was quick to respond to his country's need for surgical and medical service during the late war, and enlisted in the army, April 18, 1918. He was given the rank of first lieutenant in the Medical Corps and was assigned to duty, first at Embarkation Hospital, No. 2, at Secaucus, New Jersey, and later at Debarkation Hospital, No. 3, in New York City. He received his hon­orable discharge from the service in August, 1919, and at once returned to his practice in Perth Amboy. Dr. Slobodien is an Independent in politics, and takes a keen and intelligent interest in all the great ques­tions and issues of the day. He is active in social and fraternal life in Perth Amboy, especially as a member of the Masonic order and is affili­ated with Prudence Lodge, No. 2o4, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; Amboy Chapter, No. 41, Royal Arch Masons; Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Caldwell Consistory; Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine ; and Lodge No. 784, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a member of Phi Delta Epsilon fraternity, and the Young Men's Hebrew Association. His medical societies are the Perth Amboy Medical Society, the Middlesex County Medical Society, the New Jersey State Medical Society, and the Clinical Society of the Eliza­beth General Hospital. He is a member of the Jewish Synagogue of Shaary Tfilloh in Perth Amboy. Dr. Slobodien is unmarried.

NATHAN ROBINS.—At the age of thirteen years, in 186o, Nathan Robins, the present sealer of weights and measures for Middlesex county, New Jersey, first came to Metuchen, which has now been his home for sixty years. A quarter of a century ago he built his present residence, and on Thanksgiving Day, 1896, observed the feast by partaking of the first meal in the new home. He is a son of Nathan and Hannah Maria (Ayres) Robins, who at the time of their son's birth were living in Oswego, New York, the father a ship chandler and later collector of customs at that port. Later the family moved to Brooklyn, New York, thence to Springfield, New Jersey, and then to Metuchen in the same State.
Nathan (2) Robins was born in Oswego, New York, December 26, 1847. He attended the public schools in Metuchen, and a private school in Flushing, Long Island, there completing his school years. He has been a resident of Metuchen since 186o, and is one of the best known men of his community. He has held many public and private positions of trust, and has been engaged in different lines of business activity. Since 1912 he has held his present position, sealer of weights and measures for Middlesex county, and was at one time postmaster of Metuchen. He is a Democrat in politics, and in religious belief an Episcopalian. He is president of Eagle Hook and Ladder Company, and affiliates with Mt. Zion Lodge, No. 35, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is a past master.
Mr. Robins married, in New York City, May 25, 1875, Mary Oakley, born January 17, 1856, daughter of Walter and Mary (Downs) Oakley. Mr. and Mrs. Robins are the parents of six children : Marie Louise, born June 6, 1876, married Frank R. Savidge, and has a son, Frank R. (2) ; Abbey Denman, born July 21, 1878; Nathan, born February 16, 1881, married Cora M. Purdy ; Elsa Rogers, born May 26, 1887 ; Caroline Nichols, born January 27, 1890, married Henry B. Cook, and has a daughter, Mary Oakley Cook; Dorothy Oakley Foster, born July 3o, 1894.
WILLIAM D. DANBERRY.—One of the younger generation of attorneys in New Brunswick, and a man who is already making a name for himself in the affairs of the community, is a native of this town, where he was born October 29, 1897, the son of William F. and Julia Danberry. William F. Danberry was born in New Brunswick, the son of William F. Danberry, and member of a family whose progenitors came to this country in the Colonial days. To Mr. and Mrs. Danberry have been born two children : William D., of further mention ; and Edmund L., deceased.
William D. Danberry received the elementary portion of his edu­cation in the schools of his native city, graduating from St. Peter's High School, after which he attended Rutgers College. He had in the mean­time determined to adopt the law as a profession, and accordingly matric­ulated at the New Jersey Law School. After completing the usual course, he graduated with the class of 1919 and won the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Throughout his school and college years he had proved himself an able, intelligent student, and came to the opening of his career unusually well equipped to take up the duties of his profes­sion. Immediately after graduating, he returned to New Brunswick, passed his bar examination and entered the law office of Russell E. Watson, where he remained until April z, 192o, when he formed a law partnership with Klemmer Kalteissen, with offices at No. 4o Paterson street. While at Rutgers College Mr. Danberry was a member of the Students' Training Corps. He affiliates with Delta Theta Phi frater­nity. In religion he is a Roman Catholic and attends St. Peter's Church of that denomination in New Brunswick, He is unmarried.

JOHN N. WESTER belongs to that class of men who started at the bottom of the ladder and has made his way to the top through his own efforts. Starting in this country poor in finances, but quick in shrewdness and foresight, he adapted himself readily to circumstances and took advantage of every opportunity which would bring him in contact with the worth-while things of life.
Neils Wester, father of John N. Wester, was born in Denmark, April 22, 1837, and died there in 1902. For many years he was a fisherman and later became a farmer, at which occupation he was engaged when his death occurred. In the war with Germany in 1864, he served in the Danish army and for his services received a medal of honor which was awarded him at that time. He married Johanna Jepsen, and they were the parents of five children: Bodil, wife of Neils Madsen of Los Angeles, California; Christian N., a prominent hotel man of Los Angeles; Marie N., wife of Christian Anderson, a resident of Denmark ; Thomas N., a builder and contractor, and a member of the firm of Johnson & Wester, of Hartford, Connecticut; John N., mentioned below.
John N. Wester was born on the island of Fur in the northern part of Jutland, Denmark, and there obtained his education, which consisted of public and high school instruction. At the age of twenty he set sail for America, and upon landing in New York City, went immediately to Hartford, Connecticut, where he served an apprenticeship to the brick­layer's and plasterer's trade, subsequently coming to Perth Amboy, where he worked at his trade for two years, or until 1904, when he established himself in this business. He has built some of the largest residences of Perth Amboy, several churches, the grammar school, manual training school and the central heating plant.
He affiliates with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge No. 784. He is also a member of the Building Trades Association, which grew to be one of the foremost of its kind in the State of New Jersey, and held the office of president of the organization from 1915 to 1920. In religion he is a Presbyterian. In 1920 Mr. Wester became affiliated with the Boy Scouts of Perth Amboy, as financial director and member of its executive committee, taking the place of the late John Penbroke, former mayor of Perth Amboy. Up to 1920 he took no active part in local politics, but in that year was prevailed to run for alderman-at-large, which he did more as a civic duty than a desire to hold office. He ran against former acting Mayor William Voorhees, and was elected, taking office January t, 1920, as president of the Board of Aldermen.
On November 16, 1900, Mr. Wester was united in marriage (first) with Magdalena Neilsen, who passed away in 19o2. To them were born one child, Ethel, March 6, 1902. Mr. Wester married (second) August I, 1909, Mathilda Neilsen, a native of Perth Amboy. They are the parents of two children: Clifford' Christian, born August t, 1912 ; James Neilsen, born May 8, 1914. The family resides at No. 221 Brighton avenue, Perth Amboy.

WILLIAM A. ALLGAIR, of South River, New Jersey, holds execu­tive positions of large responsibility. He was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, April 17, 1887, and is a son of George and Mary Allgair. The elder Mr. Allgair is in the hotel business, and has been borough collector for South River for a period of fifteen years.
Educated in the local schools, and being graduated from the South River High School in the class of 19o3, Mr. Allgair took a course at the Rutgers Preparatory School, and was graduated in 1905. Since that time he has been connected with the business life of South River, begin­ning in the office of the South River Brick Company, where he remained until the year 1908. He then entered the office of the clerk of Middlesex county, where he was employed until 1915. With this experience behind him, and his natural adaptability for an executive position, Mr. Allgair was offered a more responsible office, entering upon his new duties in 1915. This was the treasurer-secretaryship of the South River Trus: Company, of which company he is also a director.
Mr. Allgair is widely connected fraternally, being a member of Palestine Lodge, No. t, Free and Accepted Masons; the Knights of Pythias ; the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics.
On June 24, 1914, in Holy Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, Mr. Allgair married Ethel Durham, daughter of Charles and Mary Durham, of South River. Mr. and Mrs. Allgair have one daughter, born March 6, 1916. The family are members of Holy Trinity Church.

FRANCIS HENRY GORDON.—The firm of Howell & Gordon, of South Amboy, was composed of Benjamin F. Howell, later Congress­man, and James Henry Gordon, who entered the business a boy of fifteen and later became a partner. Howell & Gordon dealt in groceries and drygoods and had practically a department store; in connection with this they conducted a coal yard. In 1912 the business became a Gordon property, under the name of James Henry Gordon, but upon the death of James H., his son, Francis Henry Gordon, came into control, and for eight years has successfully carried it on.
James Henry Gordon was born in South Amboy, August 12, 1855, died December z6, 1912, his years, fifty-seven, having all been spent in South Amboy. He entered the employ of Benjamin F. Howell, a merchant of South Amboy, and so won his employer's confidence that in time he was admitted to a partnership, under the firm name, Howell & Gordon. When Mr. Howell was elected surrogate of Middlesex county, he moved his residence to New Brunswick, the burden of management of Howell & Gordon falling upon the junior partner. He became sole owner of the business in 1912, and reorganized it under his own name. He died the same year, leaving behind him an honored name and the record of a life worthily spent. He served South Amboy as township collector and as councilman after South Amboy became an incorporated borough. The business of James H. Gordon passed to his eldest son, Francis H. Gordon, then a young man of twenty-five, but familiar with the business. Mr. Gordon was a member of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, and a fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus. He married Catherine Bowe, who died in March, 1908. They were the parents of seven children, as follows: Francis Henry, of further mention; James E.; Julia, who married Thomas Pettit ; Teresa; Zita ; Angela, and Catherine.
Francis Henry Gordon was born in South Amboy, New Jersey, May 6, 1888, and obtained his early education in St. Mary's Parochial School, attending that school until thirteen years of age, when he entered the preparatory department of Fordham University, finishing in 1908. He then entered the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, but his health failed and he returned to South Amboy. He was taken into the Howell & Gordon business, and under the direction of his excel­lent father, became familiar with the different departments and their management. Four years later, James H. Gordon succeeded Howell & Gordon, and the young man was given further responsible duties. In the closing days of the year 1912, he was suddenly called upon to assume full control, his father passing away with little warning.
Mr. Gordon is a young man of ability and energy, his standing in his community being very high. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus; the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church ; and is an ex-chief of the Volunteer Fire Department of his city. In polities he is a Democrat, and served his city as councilman-at-large in 1917-18, and in 1918 was elected mayor, an office he held until January, 1921.
Mr. Gordon married, April 25, 1916, at Caldwell, New Jersey, Caroline Hazel Smith, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, daughter of William B. and Margaret (Dolan) Smith, her father a real estate dealer of Cald­well. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon are the parents of three children, their eldest dying in infancy; the second, Margaret, was born July 21, 1918; and their son, James Henry (2), was born December 2, 1920.
Mr. Gordon is a popular executive and holds to the best traditions of government. He is a hard worker, but knows how to play, and spends many a day in the woods with his gun or rifle. His years, thirty-two, have been full of honorable effort, and his success has been fairly won.

CLARK ANDERSON BUTTERWORTH, the New Brunswick distributor of the Chandler car, was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, September 24, 189o, son of Thomas and Mary (Anderson) Butter­worth, his father a grocer of New Brunswick until his death in 1892.
Clark A. Butterworth was educated in the public schools, finishing high school in the year 1907. The same year he entered the employ of the New Brunnvick Fire Insurance Company as junior clerk, and in 1923 became office manager for the New Jersey Fire Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey. He remained in that position until 1926, then for about three years was connected with the county clerk's office of Middlesex county. On April 1, 2919, he entered the automobile business, in which he yet continues, handling the Chandler automobile and the Mack truck.
Mr. Butterworth was one of the gallant lads who sailed away to maintain American honor on foreign fields during those dark days of 1917-18, and was wounded in battle. He enlisted, April 6, 1917, in Company F, 7th Regiment, New Jersey National Guard, a company and regiment which became Company F, 107th Regiment, United States Army. He was sent overseas, saw service in the front line trenches, and at the crossing of La Selle river, east of St. Souplet, in the advance on Canal de la Sombre, France, he was wounded, October 12, 1918, and sent to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, England. After recovering sufficiently from his wounds, he was returned to the United States and in due time honorably discharged. Mr. Butterworth is a member of New Brunswick Lodge, No. 324, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Goodwill Lodge, Junior Order of United American Mechanics; and the Improved Order of Red Men.

EUGENE SCHENCK GRIGGS, D. D. S., a man who is closely identified with every field of activity in New Brunswick, whether it is in the line of business or social life, has a large patronage, with offices in the National Bank building, suite 311, at No. 390 George street.
The parents of Eugene Schenck Griggs were Benjamin Schenck and Sarah A. (Suydam) Griggs, Benjamin S. Griggs was born in Dayton, New Jersey, in 1854, and was a than of many business interests, being a farmer, a miller and a large produce dealer, with headquarters at Deans, New Jersey, and at Franklin Park. He died in New Brunswick, in November, 1908, at the age of fifty-four. Mrs. Sarah A. (Suydam) Griggs still survives him, having her home at Franklin Park. She and her husband were the parents of six children: 1. Bessie R., the widow of John A. Bodine; she resides at Franklin Park. 2. Sarah Jeanette, wife of Isaac V. Williamson, their home being at Livingston Park, New Brunswick. 3. Eugene Schenck, of further mention. 4. John E., living in New Brunswick, an adjuster with the Michelin Tire Company. 5. Benjamin, died in infancy. 6. Agnes Suydam, unmarried, living in New Brunswick.
Dr. Griggs was born in Franklin Park, Somerset county, New Jersey, September 2, 1883, spending his early life there and receiving his pre­liminary education at the public schools of that town; following which he attended the New Brunswick Business College, graduating in 19o0. He then took a four years' course at the Brown Preparatory School of Philadelphia, graduating in 1904. At this time he determined to make dentistry his life work and, after a three years' course, graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery in 1907. Deciding that there was a large field for his work in New Brunswick, Dr. Griggs began practicing there, locating at once in his present offices.
During the late World War, Dr. Griggs was a member of the local board of examiners, giving a year and a half to this work, being appointed April 16, 1918, by the adjutant-general of New Jersey. He is very fond of natural history and spends much time in the study of this subject. He is also interested in the breeding and raising of thoroughbred dogs.
Among his many other interests may be mentioned his enjoyment of out-of-door sports, being especially fond of fishing and hunting, and he is a member of several organizations having sporting life as their object. Some of them are: The Interwoven Rifle Club of New Brunswick; the New Brunswick Sportsmen's Association ; and the Stillwater Hunt Club, of Canton, New York. Dr. Griggs is also a member of various associa­tions connected with his profession, among them being: The Middlesex County Dental Society, of which he is an ex-president ; the State Dental Society ; the National Dental Association ; and he is also a member of the medical staff of the Middlesex General Hospital. He is also connected with the Dutch Reformed Church of Franklin Park.
Mr. Griggs married, June 3, 1916, Gertrude V. Kee. She was born in New YArk City, the daughter of Frank T. and Sarah (Rowan) Kee. Mr. Kee is a retired contractor and builder, making his home on Hamil­ton road, New Brunswick. Dr. and Mrs. Griggs have no children.
The first known ancestor of the Griggs family came from Holland many years ago and located near what is now Flatbush, Long Island. One branch of the family, who were millwrights, settled in the Somerset county district and became the founders of Griggstown, New Jersey. The Suydam family is also of Holland Dutch ancestry and were among those who settled Flatbush. The grandfathers on both paternal and maternal sides of Dr. Griggs were fighting patriots in the Revolutionary '­War.

JOE AKEN SEXTON.—As manager of the South Amboy Lumber and Supply Company, and owner of a garage and automobile accessories' business, Joe A. Sexton does not find time hanging heavily on his hands, neither is he a slave to his business, but by an energetic, systematic arrangement finds time to meet every business engagement and to give the duties of friendship and citizenship their proper place in life. Although born in New York City, his parents moved to South Amboy when he was but two years of age, and with the exception of a few years spent in St. Louis, Missouri, he has known no other home. He was one of the old Camden & Amboy men of that period which antedated the Pennsylvania Railroad in New Jersey, that company only being able to enter the State by buying a controling interest in Camden & Amboy stock and then leasing the road.
Joe A. Sexton is a son of William Sexton, the latter born in Mon­mouth county, New Jersey, in 18'8, died in South Amboy in 1895, a contractor and builder for many years, but at the time of his death engaged in the furniture business. William Sexton married Elizabeth Aken, born in New York City, died in South Amboy, aged seventy-seven. They were the parents of three children. Joe Aken Sexton of this review the only one to reach mature years, the others dying young. He is a descendant of the Freehold, New Jersey, branch of the Sexton family founded by John and William Sexton, who came to what is now Freehold in 1646.
Joe Aken Sexton was born in New York City, May 9, 1852, but in 1854 his parents moved to South Amboy, New Jersey, which has since been his home, excepting the comparatively short time his parents resided in St. Louis, Missouri. There the lad began his education, finishing his studies in the public schools of South Amboy. He left school when fourteen years of age and secured a place with the Camden & Amboy Railroad Company. Later he learned the carpenter's trade with his father, and, in course of time, from a capable journeyman car­penter he advanced to a building contractor, and when but eighteen years of age had executed four contracts for buildings. He advanced rapidly in favor as a contractor and builder, and among the many con­tracts which he fulfilled was one for the erection of the South Amboy City Hall, and another for the building of an addition to Christ Episcopal Church in South Amboy. With the years he took on new responsibili­ties; in .1891 he became associated with Miller & Donnell, and the firm was known as Sexton, Miller & Donnell, dealers in building ma­terials of all kinds. Mr. Miller retired about two years later and the firm name was changed to Sexton & Donnell. While this firm was doing business, they established a branch in Perth Amboy under the personal supervision of Mr. Sexton; this business is now the Donnell Lumber Company, and the leading lumber yard of Perth Amboy. About two years after the establishment of the Perth Amboy plant they dissolved partnership, Mr. Sexton taking the South Amboy yards, and Mr. Don­nell the Perth Amboy yards. About i9o5 Mr. Sexton sold out his business to A. J. Miller, Mr. Sexton deciding to retire. In 19o7 he was the prime mover in the establishing of the South Amboy Lumber and Supply Company, in which he has since continued as manager, making a wonderful success of the enterprise, and in 1910 the garage and auto­mobile supply business. The South Amboy Lumber and Supply Com­pany is a corporation, with D. C. Chase, president; Henry Wolff, vice-president; R. C. Stephenson, secretary-treasurer, and Joe A. Sexton, manager. It is a solid, substantial, prosperous concern, well-managed, and has been an important factor in the development of South Amboy. The J. A. Sexton Garage is located at Broadway and Main street, South Amboy, and there motorists can have their troubles ironed out and be sent on their way rejoicing.
In his younger years Mr. Sexton was an enthusiastic yachtsman, both owning and sailing yachts, and never declining to race them. The bay and river yet have charms for him, fishing a sport he frequently indulges in. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is past grand master; a member of the Knights of Pythias; Knights of the Golden Eagle; Independent Order of Red Men ; a charter member of the South Amboy Yacht Club and for two years Its commodore ; a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal church; and for four years served his city as a member of the Board of Health. He was president for two years of the Star Building and Loan Association.
Mr. Sexton married, at South Amboy, December 22, 1872, Lucretia Herring, born in New York City, February 2, 1855, died in South Amboy, June 3o, 292o, after a happy married life covering a period of forty-eight years. She was brought to South Amboy by her parents,
James and Kate Ellen (Schenck) Herring, when a girl of twelve years, and there lived until her passing away, at the age of sixty-five. The children of Joe A. and Lucretia (Herring) Sexton, four in number, are all living; Mary Elizabeth, wife of Walter Compton, of South Amboy ; Josephine, widow of Willis Fisher; James Andrew, of South Amboy; and William, a resident of Keyport, New Jersey.

WILLIAM ORR WHITNEY was born in North Adams, Massachu­setts, July 1, 1889. He is the son of Charles Edward and Mary (Orr) Whitney. Charles Edward Whitney is an overseer in the Windsor Print Works in North Adams, and has always been active in the political life of that community, having formerly been a member and also president of the City Council. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney are the parents of three children : Arthur C.; Anna E.; William Orr, of further mention.
The preliminary portion of William Orr Whitney's education was obtained in the public schools of his native place, and after graduating from the Drury High School, North Adams, in 19o7, he matriculated in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, Massachusetts, where he remained for two years, coming to New Brunswick, New Jersey, in the fall of that same year and entering the employ of the Brunswick Refrigerating Company. Here he started in to gain a thorough knowledge of the different branches of the business, and being an apt student he quickly rose to positions of responsibility, his early training standing him in good stead in his business career. In 1917 he was promoted to his present position of manager of the marine depart­ment, and continues in the management of this department, exercising the same tireless industry which has characterized his career from its beginning. Mr. Whitney is affiliated with Union Lodge, No. 19, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Scott Chapter, No. 4, Royal Arch Masons; and Temple Commandery, No. Knights Templar. He is also a mem­ber of the local Young Men's Christian Association, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Society of Refrigerating Engi­neers, the American Society of Naval Draftsmen, and the American Society of Naval Engineers.
On October 21, 1914, William Orr Whitney was united in marriage with Ruth Jenkinson Lessig, daughter of Hilary and Tamar Lessig, of Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney are the parents of one child, Ruth Easton, born January 3o, 1918.

WILLIAM H. BROOKS.—The family of which William H. Brooks is a descendant is of good old Jersey stock, every generation in turn showing the same substantial characteristics which are the foundation of every community worth while.
This present representative of the name, William H. Brooks, is the son of Henry and Emma B. (Courter) Brooks, the former for many years employed in the ticket department of the old Camden & Amboy Railroad. Their son, William H., was born in Camden, New Jersey, December 25, 1869. After exhausting the educational opportunities of his home town, he entered Rider College of Trenton, New Jersey, of which he is now an alumnus. After his graduation, Mr. Brooks was for a time connected with Downs & Finch, shirt manufacturers, leaving it to accept a position in the George W. Helme Company. Remaining there for sixteen years he relinquished that to become, in 1905, the assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Jamesburg, New Jersey, on Buckelew avenue, where he is engaged at the present time. In the political affairs of Jamesburg, Mr. Brooks has not confined himself to either of the leading parties, being what is regarded as a "liberal" in his views. He is popular among his townspeople, which is attested by the fact that he has been retained as the town clerk for the past twenty years, holding that office at the present time. Among the many fraternal orders existing in Jamesburg, Mr. Brooks is connected with but three: The Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Appollo Lodge, No. 156, Free and Accepted Masons, Cranbury, New Jersey, and Junior Order of United American Mechanics. He is also interested in the Presbyterian church, where he and his wife attend service.
In Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, William H. Brooks and Lulu Pauline Marquis were united in marriage, September 21, 1904. Mrs. Brooks is the daughter of James T. and Mary C. (Bucher) Marquis. The maternal grandfather of Mr. Brooks, William H. Courter, built in 1853 a very beautiful house which has always been in the possession of some member of the family. It is at the present time occupied by this grandson, William H. Brooks, and his wife. They have given it the name of "Brooks Crest" and are exceedingly proud of their ancestral acres, the homestead being well worthy of their natural appreciation of it. It is situated on Railroad avenue, Jamesburg, Monroe township.

SPENCER PERRY.—The Perrys are an old Middlesex county family long located in the South River district of the county. Spencer Perry, of Milltown, engineer at the plant of the Russell Playing Card Company, is a son of .John and Patience (Bloodgood) Perry, of South River, his father a carpenter by trade.
Spencer Perry was born in South River, New Jersey, September II, 1871, and there was educated in the public schools. He was variously employed until finally deciding to fit himself for an engineer's position, and steadily pursued .his ambition until in possession of an engineer's license or certificate. For twenty-one years he has been engineer with the Russell Playing Card Company of Milltown; organizer and director of the Milltown Coal and Lumber Company, a $5o,000 corporation ; one of the original organizers of the First National Bank of Milltown, of which he is a director; served twenty-one years on the Board of Educa­tion of the town of Milltown; one term of three years as councilman of Milltown ; and an unexpired term of 'two years as mayor. Mr. Perry is a Democrat in politics, a member of the Order of United American Mechanics (both senior and junior), of the National Association of Stationary Engineers, and the Travel Club of America.
Mr. Perry married, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, August 14, 1893, Minnie Knox, born November 25, 1869, in Trenton, New Jersey, daughter of Peter B. and Henrietta (Moore) Knox, her father born in Scotland but brought to the United States at the age of eight years. Mr. and Mrs. Perry are the parents of eight children : 1. Spencer B., born Febru­ary 27, 1894; was sergeant in Company G, 311th Infantry, 78th Division, serving from October 17, 1916, until he was killed, November 1, 1917, in the Argonne Forest. 2. Jesse L., born July 20, 1895; served one year with the 203rd Regiment Ambulance Company, 78th Division, mustered out in June, 1918. 3. Malita, born January 20, 1897. 4. Richard J., born February 5, 1900. 5. Arminta K., born February 9, 1902. 6. Leslie E., born March 19, 1904. 7. Patience E., born November 20, 1905. 8. Arthur K., born July 30, 1907. The family home is at No. 18 Riva street, Milltown, New Jersey.

THOMAS SWALES.—In 1912 the city of New Brunswick, New Jersey, held what was called a "Boost Week," one of the principal fea­tures being extensive advertising of the merits and advantages of the city. One of these advertisements, catching the eye of Thomas Swales in Toronto, Canada, he determined to make that city his home and is now a loyal citizen of the United States.
Thomas Swales was born in Stockport, England, November 18, 1884, the son of James and Elizabeth (Crowder) Swales: James Swales was a native of England, a printer's engineer by trade; he died in Eng­land. Elizabeth (Crowder) Swales was also born in England and died there. They had a large family of children, eight of whom are now liv­ing: Mary Ellen, residing in England ; Polly, also in England; Ernest, living in Canada ; Daniel, also in England; James, in Toronto, Canada ; Cissie and Lillie, both of these living in England; Thomas, now residing in America. The eldest son, Charles, was killed during the World War, two of his sons meeting death in the same struggle ; one of these, Arthur Swales, was the champion welter-weight of the British Army during his service in it.
During his infancy, the parents of Thomas Swales moved from Stock­port to Manchester, England, where he attended school in his boyhood, leaving it at the age of fourteen to learn the carpenter's trade. When nineteen years old the young man came to America, and upon reaching Canada located in Toronto, where he worked as a carpenter during his residence there. After coming to New Brunswick in 1912 he for a time continued in that line .of work, then went into the building business in his own name. His offices are at No. 507 National Bank building, at No. 390 George street. Mr. Swales' ambition is to build houses in the way Henry Ford builds automobiles. Having taken an active interest in the politics of his adopted home, Mr. Swales was nominated for the office of township committeeman in 1920. He is also affiliated with several of the fraternal orders of the .city; is a member of Mt. Zion Lodge, No. 135, Free and Accepted Masons; New Brunswick Forest, Tall Cedars of Lebanon, and of the volunteer fire department.
At Tarrytown, New York, March to, 1905, Thomas Swales married Ruth Perry, a native of North Carolina. She was the daughter of Isaac and Mary Ann (Missimore) Perry, farmers of Yadkin county, North Carolina. The former is now deceased, but the latter is still living in her Southern home. Mr. and Mrs. Swales have five children, all living: Helen, Cora, Thomas, Jr., James, Ruth. Their home is in the Lindeneau section. of New Brunswick. They are members of the Protestant Epis­copal church.

HOWARD DAYTON LITTELL.—After an experience as a sales­man of coal, which gave him the information he needed to successfully conduct a business of his own, Howard D. Littell established a coal business in South Amboy which he very successfully managed for twelve years, beginning a young man of twenty-three. A little arithmetic proves him yet to be a young man, although a veteran in business and one of the progressive, substantial business men of his city. He is a son of Frederick Meeker Littell, born in Newark, but now with the General Motors Company, and long a resident of South Amboy. Frederick M. Littell married Mary Dayton, born in South Amboy, of Revolutionary family, one of her ancestors a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The Littells originally came to New Jersey from France several genera­tions ago.
Howard Dayton Littell, only child of Frederick M. and Mary (Day­ton) Littell, was born in South Amboy, October 3t, 1885, and there attended public schools until thirteen years of age. He completed his studies in State educational institutions, and was quite a noted school­boy athlete, captain of his school football team. He left school in 1904 and entered the employ of the Mohawk Coal Company of New York City, continuing with them as traveling salesman in New York State and Pennsylvania territory. In 1908 he established the coal business which he has since conducted in South Amboy, dealing in both anthra­cite and bituminous coal under the firm name, Howard D. Littell. He is also a director of the Owners' and Investors' Building and Loan Association, and a member of the South Amboy Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Littell is a member of the Masonic order and affiliates with St. Ste­phen's Lodge, No. 63, Free and Accepted Masons, and Amboy Chapter, No. 41, Royal Arch Masons. His club is the South Amboy Yacht. He attends the Protestant Episcopal church.
Mr. Littell married, in Keyport, New Jersey, November 2, 1914, Florence M. Armstrong, born there, daughter of Frederick and Mary (Milt) Armstrong, her father deceased, her mother yet (1920) a resi­dent of Keyport. Mr. and Mrs. Littell are the parents of two children: Howard Dayton (2), born June 24, 1917; Helen Armstrong, born June 26, 1920. The family home is in South Amboy, the city in which Mr. Littell was born and which has always been his home.

EDWARD JOSEPH HOUGHTON.—Three generations of Hough-tons in this branch have resided in New Brunswick, New Jersey; Dennis Houghton, who came from Ireland where he grew to manhood upon his father's farm; his son, James Houghton, born in New Brunswick, where he yet resides, aged seventy-seven ; Edward J. Houghton, now a merchant of the city, senior member of the haberdashery firm, Houghton & Strauss. The first of the family to come to the United States was the great-grandfather of Edward J. Houghton, but the records do not show that he lived in New Brunswick, neither is his name known to the writer.
Dennis Houghton was a brakeman in the employ of the Central Railroad of New Jersey until about 186o, when he went to New Orleans, where he died leaving sons, James and Michael, and a daughter Catherine.
James Houghton, son of Dennis .and Margaret Houghton, was born in New Brunswick, in 1843, and there has spent his years, seventy-seven. He attended the public schools until thirteen years of age, then spent four years as a grocery clerk, followed by four years as a tinsmith. In 1872 he opened a grocery store on Neilson street, which he conducted for many years, finally retired to a well earned competence. He was an ardent Democrat and served his ward as alderman in 1884-1888 and faithfully represented his district. He was long a member of the volun­teer fire department, and as foreman was very efficient in fighting fires or any turbulent spirit who might run counter to the desires of the company. He married, in 1871, Mary A. Whealon, who died in Febru­ary, 1902. Twelve children were born to James and Mary A. Houghton, three of whom are living: Margaret E., wife of William T. McLaughlin ; Edward Joseph, of further mention ; and Sarah A. (Sadie), a resident of New Brunswick.
Edward Joseph Houghton was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, January 21, 1876, and there has passed his years, forty-five. He attended both parochial and public schools, finishing his education with a com­mercial course in the New Jersey Business College in Newark, graduat­ing with the class of 1893. He then entered his father's employ and for ten years was associated with him in the grocery business. He was then with A. Wilson & Sons, engaged in the mercantile business for twelve years, and in 1916 established the haberdashery business of Houghton & Strauss, No. 342 George street, which he yet successfully conducts. Mr. Houghton was elected city recorder in 1908 and was twice reelected to that office. In March, 1915, he was elected commis­sioner for a four-year term, and in May, 1919, was reelected for a similar term. He has served his city well and has won public confidence to a surprising degree. He is a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Columbus, and Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church.
Mr. Houghton married (first) in New Brunswick, April 28, 1898, Katherine Donahue, who died in August, i9oo, leaving a daughter Katherine, who married Francis R. Hays, of New Brunswick. He mar­ried (second) August 17, 1908, Mary A. Donahue, and they have a daughter Margaret, born December 4, 1909.

ANTONIO FREDERICK MUNOZ.—The Munoz family is of Spanish origin, this branch finally settling in Berlin, Germany, where Antonio Frederick Munoz, Sr., was born, but of Spanish parents. Later in life he came to the United States, and located in Brooklyn, New York, where he died August 28, 1887, aged forty years. He was a man of education and ability, serving at one time as vice-consul to Venezuela, South America. He married Edwina Wiggins, born in Parkville, Long Island, died in Brooklyn, December 21, 1886, her death preceding that of her husband by less than a year. They were the parents of two chil­dren: Antonio F., of further mention ; and Grace Edwina, wife of Dr. Frederick Koehler, of Philadelphia. She died in Philadelphia, aged twenty-four. She was a descendant of Whitehead Howard, a colonel in the Revolutionary army, a landowner of Long Island, and one of the pioneer stage coach drivers between. New York and Philadelphia.
Antonio Frederick (2) Munoz, son of Antonio Frederick (1) and Ed­wina (Wiggins) Munoz, was born in Brooklyn, New York, November 28, 1877. When nine years of age he lost both parents, their deaths occurring in Brooklyn. He pursued his studies in St. Joseph's College in Canada, and in 1888 came to Perth Amboy, making his home temporarily with an uncle, Dr. H. W. Phillips. After finishing his school years, he learned the plumber's trade with Kelly & McAlinden, of Perth Amboy, and remained with that firm for seven years, becoming a skilled workman in his line. His next position was in the laboratory of the Roessler & Hasslacher Chemical Company, of Perth Amboy, but a year later he abandoned his trade to engage in stock dealing, principally horses. He so continued until January T, 1917, when he was appointed by Common Council to his present position, street commissioner of Perth Amboy.
Mr. Munoz is a Republican in politics, and has been active in the politics of his city. For three years he was president of the Third Ward Republican Club, and is county committeeman from the First District of the Third Ward of Perth Amboy, an office he has held since 1912. In addition to his public business, he is president and treasurer of the Munoz Warehouse Company, Nos. 236-238 Sheridan street, a business established in 1898, and incorporated in 1917. His hours of recreation are usually spent in his power boat on the water of Amboy and New York bays, fishing also being one of his favorite sports. He is a mem­ber of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Foresters of America; Algonquin Lodge, No. 44, Knights of Pythias ; Dramatic Order Knights Khorrasan ; Exempt Firemen's Association of Perth Amboy ; Sons of Veterans ; Lincoln Engine Company, No. ; and the Episcopal church.
Mr. Munoz married, in Perth Amboy, April 28, 1898, Anna D. Bur­chell, born in Bordentown, New Jersey, October 30, 1876, daughter of William and Emily (Thorn) Burchell. Mrs. Burchell died August 6, 1906, in Perth Amboy, Mr. Burchell surviving her, and residing iv Perth Amboy with his daughter Anna D. Mr. and Mrs. Munoz had a son, Antonio Frederick (3), born December 5, 1906, deceased.

JAMES LOUIS FAGAN, M. D.—With a broadly comprehensive hospital experience, and a record of usefulness overseas, Dr. James Louis Fagan, M. D., has established himself in the practice of medicine in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
About the middle of the nineteenth century Dr. Fagan's grandfather, John Fagan, came from Ireland to America, and settled in Ash Brook, Union county, New Jersey.
James Fagan, his son, was born in that vicinity, July 27, 1857. He is now living in Huntington, West Virginia, and holds the position of mechanical and electrical engineer for the American Railways Company. He married Helen Barry, who died July 12, 192o; they were the parents of eleven children, all of whom are now living.
Dr. James Louis Fagan, M. D., son of James and Helen (Barry) Fagan, was born in Brooklyn, New York, September 14, 1891. His par­ents removed to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and his education was begun in the primary schools of that city, continuing there up to the fourth grade. Another change took the family to Huntington, West Virginia, where the boy's common school course was completed. In this city also his higher education was begun, at Marshall College, Hunting­ton, from which he was graduated 191o. He then entered the University of Louisville, in the medical department, from which institution he was graduated in 1914. Then began Dr. Fagan's hospital practice, comprising a rarely extensive and varied experience. In 1914 and 1915, he was interne at St. Joseph's Infirmary, Louisville, Kentucky ; and in 1916 and 1917 in the New York Post-Graduate Hospital. In the latter part of 1917 he became resident physician and surgeon in St. Luke's Hospital, New York City ; shortly thereafter he went to St. Mary's Hospital for Children, in the same capacity ; then in February, 1918, he entered the medical department of the United States army. In the course of his official duties be was detailed to the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research ; then to the Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D. C., where he remained until August 1, 1918. He sailed for France, August 31, 1918, with Base Hospital No. 62. This hospital was located at Marssur-Allier, France. He was thereafter given temporary duty with Camp Hospital, No. 28, at Nevers, France; then later transferred to Base Hospital, No. 91, at Commercy, France. He sailed for the United States, July 22, 1919, and was discharged from the service' in August, 1919.
On December 22, 1919, Dr. Fagan opened an office in New Bruns­wick for the general practice of Medicine, at No. 243 George street. Although this is a comparatively recent date, Dr. Fagan is rapidly placing his name among those of the successful physicians of Middlesex county. Outside his profession Dr. Fagan has few interests. He is a member of Middlesex County Medical Association, New Jersey State Medical Association, fellow of the American Medical Association, a member of Rutgers Medical Club, and of the Phi Chi, a medical fraternity. His favorite relaxation is hunting and fishing.
Dr. Fagan married, in Washington, District of Columbia, May t, 1918, Lillian Wickenhaver, who was born in Brooklyn, New York, a daughter of John and Nettie (Wright) Wickenhaver; her father is now deceased, and her mother resides in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The family has always been connected with the Roman Catholic church.

JOHN PAXTON KIRKPATRICK, one of the successful attorneys of New Brunswick, New Jersey, and a man who has already made a name for himself and by his personal worth commands a high place in this community, was born in Jamesburg, New Jersey, January Ji, 1881, the son of David and Mary (Paxton) Kirkpatrick. David Kirkpatrick was the son of John Kirkpatrick, who emigrated to this country from Ballyshannon, Ireland, in 1822, and settled in St. John's Newfoundland, the former owning a large farm in Jamesburg, where he resided. To Mr. and Mrs. David Kirkpatrick have been .born two children: David, deceased ; and John Paxton, of further mention.
John Paxton Kirkpatrick completed the elementary portion of his education in the schools of Spotswood, New Jersey, and at the model school of Trenton, New Jersey, after which he prepared himself for college at Princeton Preparatory School, subsequently matriculating at Princeton College, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1904. Having determined in the meantime to adopt the law as a profession, he accordingly studied in the office of Aaron E. Johnston, and was admitted to the bar in February, 1908. Throughout his school and college years he had proved himself an intel­ligent and painstaking student, and at the close came to the opening of his career unusually well-equipped both with natural gifts and a training that was the result of long and conscientious effort. Immediately after passing his bar examinations, he first established himself in the practice of his chosen profession in Newark, later in Elizabeth, and in 1912 came to New Brunswick, New Jersey, and opened an office at No. 46 Paterson street, which has remained his headquarters ever since. He has built up an excellent practice and has handled many important cases up to the present, proving himself to be a most capable and conscientious attorney.
Besides his legal activity, Mr. Kirkpatrick has interested himself in the conduct of public affairs in the community and has come to be regarded as a leader of the local organization of the Democratic party. He was a member of the General Assembly for three years, 1912-13-14. He affiliates with Cranbury Lodge, No. 196, Free and Accepted Masons, and is an Episcopalian in religion. He holds membership in the Union Club of New Brunswick, and also in the New Brunswick Country Club.
On November 27, 1907, Mr. Kirkpatrick was united in marriage with Ethel B. Davison, of Jamesburg, New Jersey, the daughter of Isaac S. and Louise (Marsh) Davison. Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick are the parents of five children: John P., born November 8, 19o8, died August 29, 1909; Roger B., born June 8, 1910; Robert S., born May 3, 1914, died December 15, 1915 ; David E., born November 12, 1916; Malcolm S., born February 1, 1919.

EDWIN VOORHEES KENT.—Among the older families in this section of the country, very few can trace a straighter line to a Colonial ancestor than Edwin Voorhees Kent, of New Brunswick, New Jersey. He is the eighth in descent from the original emigrant, Stephen Kent, who landed in Massachusetts in 1638, from England. Some records give this as 1635, but he was known to have sailed from Southhampton, England, in the ship "Confidence," in 1638, and to have brought with him his wife, Margery, and four servants. Settling in Newbury, Mas­sachusetts, he was sworn a freeman May 22, 1639. For several years Stephen Kent was a man of considerable prominence in his vicinity, and remained there until he and his family removed to Woodbridge, New Jersey, in 4665, so founding the family of Kent in Middlesex county.
Edwin Voorhees Kent, born in New Brunswick, August I, 1865, is the son of John Voorhees and Ann Elizabeth (Van Derhocf) Kent. John Voorhees Kent, born September 12, 1840, son of Clayton and Catherine Ann (Voorhees) Kent. Clayton Kent, born August 5, 1794, son of Phineas and Sarah (Brown) Kent. Phineas Kent, born September
1756, son of William and Charity (Freeman) Kent. William Kent, born in 1713, son of David Kent and unknown wife. David Kent, born June 30, 1686, son of Stephen and first wife, Jane Scott Kent. Stephen Kent, born March 6, 1648, son of Stephen and first wife, Margery. Stephen (I) Kent, born in England, in 1607.
John V. Kent, father of Edwin Voorhees Kent, was a native of New Brunswick and lived there all his life, his death occurring July 30, 1910, at the age of seventy years. For many years he had been in the employ of the Raritan & Delaware Canal Company as assistant superintendent. He married Ann Elizabeth Van Derhoef, born in New Brunswick in 1841, who still survives him, her home being in New Brunswick. They had seven children, four of whom are now living: Edwin Voorhees, of whom further ; Mabel, wife of Milton C. Mook, residing at No. 48 Rector street, Metuchen ; Clayton, a coal merchant living in Uniontown, Pennsylvania; Elmer W., who resides in Passaic, New Jersey, and is assistant division superintendent of public service with an office in Passaic.
Edwin Voorhees Kent was educated in the public schools of New Brunswick and at the age of fifteen years left school to take a position as clerk in a drug store, remaining so employed for six months, when he left to become a salesman in the L. B. Tarbox jewelry store on Church street, where he remained for two years. Following this, the young man entered the real estate office of J. Bayard Kirkpatrick, contin­uing this for two more years and then accepting an opening in the National Bank of New Jersey as messenger. From this small beginning, Mr. Kent has progressed from time to time as opportunity offered, as debit clerk, bookkeeper, receiving teller, paying teller and finally, in 1915, as assistant cashier, a position he now holds.
Mr. Kent enjoys the society of his fellow-men as is evidenced by his membership in various clubs and societies. He is quite active in Young Men's Christian Association work, and is much interested in the local lodges of the Free Masons, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Since May, 192o, Mr. Kent has been president of the New Brunswick Boat Club, an organization with which he has been connected for several years. He has a particular fondness for all kinds of outdoor sports, chief among them being fishing, automobiling and hiking. Though occupied with sports and pleasures, Mr. Kent is a regular attendant at the Baptist church of New Brunswick. He resides at No. 275 George street.

DR. MORTIMER HAROLD LINDEN.--Among the younger physicians of New Brunswick, New Jersey, who are going forward to ever increasing success, is Dr. Mortimer Harold Linden.
Dr. Linden was born in New York City, Match II, 1887, a son of Jacob and Frances Linden, of that city. Jacob Linden was for many years a prominent clothier of Brooklyn, New York, but now is retired from active business. Of the five chile )f Jacob and Frances Linden Dr. Linden is the eldest. The others are as follows: Irving B., a suc­cessful attorney located at No. 299 Broadway, New York City; Bernard A., a chemist, connected with the United States Department of Agricul­ture at Washington, District of Columbia ; Arthur C., a physician located at No. 5 East Eighty-fourth street, New York City; and Jeannette E., of Brooklyn, New York.
Gaining his early education at Public School No. 147, of New York City, Mortimer Harold Linden continued at the De Witt Clinton High School, then attended the College of the City of New York for one year. He then entered Long Island College Hospital, remaining until June, 1910. From September to December, 19ro, he was assistant house surgeon at the New York Lying-In Hospital; then was house physician at Randall's Island, New York City, continuing there until April, 1911. He then went to England and practiced in London until November, 1915; and following this experience returned to this country and estab­lished himself in private practice in Brooklyn, New York. Here he remained until the interruption of the World War. He began practice in New Brunswick, New Jersey, December 4, 1919, and is rapidly becoming one of the leading physicians of the city. Dr. Linden is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, the Improved Order of Red Men, the Order of B'rith Abraham, and of the Association of Military Surgeons of America. He is a member of the Craftsmen's Club, and of the Middlesex County Medical Society.
When United States intervention became a fact, Dr. Linden was one of the first to offer his services to the Government for duty over­seas. He was commissioned first lieutenant in June, 1917, and called to active service, August 11, 1917, and detailed to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; then to Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois. Promoted to captain, he was appointed commanding officer of Ambulance Company No. 341, and arrived overseas in France, August 13, 1918. Remaining with the Ambulance Company until after the armistice, he was ordered to duty at Camp Hospital No. r, at Gondrecourt (Meuse), France. Returning home, he arrived in the United States, July 24, 1919, and received an honorable discharge at Camp Dix, on that date.

CHARLEY MARTIN PETERSON, head of the firm of C. M. Peterson & Company, dealers in coal and wood, in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and prominent in the business and commercial affairs of the city, was born in Perth Amboy, October 15, 1879, a son of Martin and Christine (Madison) Peterson, old and highly respected residents there. The elder Mr. Peterson was a native of Nakshov, Denmark, and spent the first sixteen years of his life in that country. He then came to the United States and settled at once in Perth Amboy, where he engaged in business as a cobbler, a trade that he followed for some thirty-eight years. He later became interested in the coal business and continued therein until his death, April 6, 1914, at the age of sixty-two years. He is survived by his wife, who continues to make her home in Perth Amboy. Five children were born to them, as follows: Frank, who died in infancy ; John, who died in infancy ; Charley Martin, whose career forms the subject of this sketch ; Matilda, who became the wife of John W. Olson, of Perth Amboy ; and Cornelia, who became the wife of Albert Hanson, of Perth Amboy.
The childhood of Mr. Peterson was passed in his native city, and it was there that he received his education, attending for this purpose Public School No. 1 and continuing until he had taken one year in the local high school. He then gave up his studies and took a clerical posi­tion in a shoe establishment and remained there for three or four years, gaining in the meantime a wide knowledge of business methods. Mr. Peterson was then the victim of a breakdown in his health and was recommended by his physician to seek some employment that would keep him constantly out-of-doors, so he purchased the ice business from J. Neilson, which he conducted with a high degree of success for about three years. In 1902,. in association with his father, who had given up the shoe business, he bought the coal business of Neer & Eggert, and has continued the same ever since. His father's death occurred in 1914 and since that time Mr. Peterson has been in complete control of the enterprise which, under his very capable management, has grown to be the largest of its kind in the city. Outside of his private coal business, Mr. Peterson has taken an active part in the commercial enterprises of the community and is now interested in and .a director of the Trojan Coal Mining Company, the Boardman Coal Mining Company, the City National Bank, the Citizens' Building and Loan and the Perth Amboy Building and Loan associations. He is also prominent in social and :raternal circles in Perth Amboy, and is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; Royal Arch Masons; Royal and Select Masters ; Knights Templar; and Salaam Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Besides these Masonic bodies he is a member of the Danish Brotherhood, the Danish Relief Society, the Raritan Yacht Club, and the Young Men's Christian Association, being also a director of the last named organization and chairman of the Boys' Department. Mr. Peterson is an Episcopalian and attends St. Peter's Church in Perth Amboy.
Mr. Peterson was united in marriage, July 21, 1904, in Perth Amboy, with Marie Magreta Therkelson, a daughter of Yen Peter and Marie Therkelson. Two children have been born to them, as follows: Carl Frederick and Elva Marie, born, respectively, July 15, 1907, and August 20, 1918.

HORACE E. BARWIS comes from an old English family who settled in Trenton, New Jersey, and vicinity before the Revolutionary War. He was born in Trenton, New Jersey, April 30, 1887, the son of Alfred C. and Susan R. (Hoagland) Barwis. Alfred C. Barwis was born in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, in 1848, and is now residing in Trenton, retired. For many years he was collector of the port of Bur­lington. Susan R. (Hoagland) Barwis was born in New Brunswick, July 13, 1858, and died September 6, 1920, the daughter of Tunis V. D. Hoagland, who was keeper of the New Jersey State Prison in 1862, and who served as mayor of New Brunswick at one time. To Mr. and Mrs. Barwis were born four children: Mary, wife of William Davison, of Taylorsville, Pennsylvania ; Dorothy, wife of George A. Pitman, of Trenton, New Jersey; Robert Elmer, stenographer for the Pennsylvania railroad; Horace E., of further mention.
The elementary portion of the education of Horace E. Barwis was obtained in the public schools of New Brunswick. After graduating from the local high school, in 1905, he entered Rutgers College, where he remained for two years, and then worked for the Home Rubber Company at Trenton for three years. He had in the meantime deter­mined to adopt the law as his profession, and, accordingly, studied in the law office of George L. Burton, passing his bar examinations and establishing himself in his chosen profession in 1915. He opened an office in the National Bank building in New Brunswick, and this has remained his headquarters ever since. He is building up an excellent practice and already has handled many important cases, proving himself to be a most capable and conscientious attorney. In politics he is a Republican, and was appointed in December, 1920, borough attorney of Highland Park.
On October 9, 1918, Mr. Barwis was united in marriage with Ada I. Rolfe, a native of New Brunswick, and the daughter of Joseph G. and Mary Rolfe, deceased. There is no issue.

ROBERT SEGRAVE is a son of John Segrave, a sailor, and his wife, Margaret (Austin) Segrave, who were born in Ireland, there passed their lives, and both died there. They had four children, two of whom are yet living: Patrick, of Brooklyn, New York; and Robert, of whom further.
Robert Segrave, born in Ireland, in 1854, came to the United States in 1881, having previously been a sailor, shipping first at the age of fifteen years. Upon landing in New York City he decided to go directly to South Amboy, where he is yet (1921) living, at the age of sixty-six, coming here a young man of twenty-seven. After coming to South Amboy, he operated a coal barge for several years, then for eighteen years was engaged in the liquor business on Stevens avenue, and is now interested in the operation of a line of freight boats. He is a director of the South Amboy Trust Company ; was for two years chief of the South Amboy Fire Department and still a member; for thirty years has been a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians ; and is a com­municant of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church. He is also a member of the South Amboy Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Segrave married, in Ireland (returning from the United States for his bride), Mary Grimley, born in Ireland, died in South Amboy, in 1917. They were the parents of the following children: Margaret M., married P. Joseph McGowan, of South Amboy ; Christopher, of Green­ville, captain of a tug boat; Catherine T., who resides with her father at South Amboy ; John, cashier of the Perth Amboy freight station of the Central Railroad of New Jersey ; Mary C., also at home with her father ; Francis, a student at Holy Cross College ; and two children who died in infancy.

THOMAS H. HAGERTY, an able, successful lawyer, known and honored throughout the county, and especially in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he has been practicing since Iwo, has since his commence­ment of law practice been continually in the public eye, and has won leadership in business and public life. He is a self-made man in the best sense of the word, a man of will and determination who knows not the meaning of the word failure.
Thomas H. Hagerty was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, January 13, 1874, the son of Patrick and Mary A. (Hughes) Hagerty, the former a native of Ireland and now living in New Brunswick, retired, at the age of ninety, and the latter a native of New York City. Thomas H. Hagerty obtained his elementary education in the parochial and public schools of his native city. After attending local high school, he became a clerk in a grocery store, where he remained for two years, and then, having decided upon the profession of law for his life work, he entered the law school of the New York University, from which he was graduated in 1899, and admitted to the New Jersey bar the following year. He studied law with Hon. Peter F. Daily, now (1921), judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He then went to Perth Amboy, where he practiced his profession for two years, at the end of which time he removed to New Brunswick, where he has continued active ever since.
In politics Mr. Hagerty is a Democrat, and .is chairman of the Middlesex County and Democratic executive committees. He was county collector from 1910 to 1915, and from May, 1915, up to the present time (192o), he has been city attorney. He also holds the office of attorney for the borough of Sayreville, New Jersey. He is a member of the County and State bar associations. Mr. Hagerty fraternizes with the Knights of Columbus, and is a member of the Union Club of New Brunswick. In religion he is a Roman Catholic, a member of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church.
Thomas H. Hagerty was united in marriage, November Is, 1911, with Rose N. Langan, a native of Perth Amboy, New Jersey. They have no children.

ELIAS STRATTON MASON.—John Mason, grandfather of Elias S. Mason, of South Amboy, New Jersey, was born on the ocean, his parents having left their native England for the United States. John Mason grew to manhood, married and settled in Cranbury township, Middlesex county, New Jersey, where his son, Robert P. Mason, was born, January 6, 1841. Robert P. Mason was a veteran of the Civil War, serving in the Twenty-second Regiment, New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. He was a ship carpenter by trade, and also for forty-five years, served as a justice of the peace in Cranbury township and South Amboy. Twenty-five years prior to his .death, which occurred June 4, 1917, he moved to South Amboy, and there passed away. He married. Mary Stratton, born in Pemberton, New Jersey, April 1842, died February 18, 1921, at South Amboy, in her seventy-ninth year. The six children of Robert P. and Mary (Stratton) Mason, all living, are as follows :
Rev. John R., a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, now sta­tioned in Moorestown, New Jersey. 2. Addison H., also a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, stationed at Hamburg, New York. 3. Elias Stratton, of further mention. 4. Anna K., married John Perkins, of South Amboy. 5. Eleanor S., of South Amboy. 6. Charles T., a Pennsylvania railroad employee.
Elias Stratton Mason, third son of Robert P. and Mary (Stratton) Mason, was born in the village of Cranbury, Middlesex county, New-Jersey, April 11, 1871. He attended the public schools until sixteen years of age, then became a clerk in a grocery store at Kingston, New Jersey. He then began firing on a Pennsylvania railroad locomotive and for over ten years remained a fireman. He then retired from the road, settled in South Amboy, and with a partner established in the under­taking business under the firm name, Stillwell & Mason. That firm continued in business until 1917, when it was succeeded by E. S. Mason & Son, who conduct in addition to their undertaking business a complete furniture and house-furnishing store at No. 212 North Broadway, South Amboy. Mr. Mason has just completed one of the most costly business blocks to be found anywhere outside the large cities, the building 55x125 feet, with two stores and basement. Mr. Mason resides in a handsome house at No. 249 Second street, South Amboy.
Mr. Mason retains his membership in the Brotherhood of Locomo­tive Firemen and Engineers, and is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, and the Order of United American Mechanics. He is an official member of the Methodist Episcopal church and active in church work.
Mr. Mason married (first) at Kingston, New Jersey, October 18, 1889, Mary F. Johnson, who died June 6, 1891, leaving a son, Robert Perrine, of whom further. He married (second) December 12, 1894, in South Amboy, Mattie Adelina Stillwell, and they are the parents of a daughter, Hazel Adelina, who married, October 25, 1920, Harold Francis Stephenson.
Robert Perrine Mason, only child of Elias Stratton Mason and his first wife, Mary F. (Johnson) Mason, was born in Cranbury, New Jersey, May 23, 1891, and is a graduate of the grammar and high schools of South Amboy, finishing high school with the class of 1909. He at once began a business association with his father, becoming a master of that business, and in 1916 was admitted a partner of the firm of E. S. Mason & Son, furniture dealers and undertakers, a very successful firm. Robert P. Mason married, June 25, 1913, Nellie Lambertson, born in South Amboy, New Jersey.

GEORGE SYLVESTER McLAUGHLIN.—Having had an unusual amount of experience as an assistant in the offices of other dentists, George Sylvester McLaughlin, D. D. S., was well fitted to attain the success which has attended hint since he opened his own office at No. 137 Albany street, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
The McLaughlin family originated in Ireland, but the great-grand­father of Dr. McLaughlin came to this country many years ago, settling in New Brunswick, where he now lies buried in one of the cemeteries. One of his grandsons, Charles A. McLaughlin, was at one time in the meat market business in New Brunswick, later giving it up to become free to attend to large real estate speculations in which he was interested. He was born and brought up in the city, and there married Filen McElroy; he died in New Brunswick, in March, 1909, at the age of seventy-one years. He and his wife, Ellen, were the parents of seven children : 1. Agnes, wife of George Cathers. 2. Frank A. 3. Charles A., Jr., now deceased. 4. George Sylvester, of whom further. S. Eu­gene. 6. Jennie, who married Harvey H. Moynihan. 7. Clarence A. All but one are living at the present time in New Brunswick.
The fourth child of this family, George Sylvester McLaughlin, was born in New Brunswick, July 21, I88o, residing there ever since. He was educated in the public schools, and immediately after graduating, entered the Philadelphia Dental College, from which he was graduated in 1901. His first step was to become an assistant in the office of the famous dentist, Dr. C. W. F. Holbrook, of Newark, New Jersey, later practicing with Dr. R. M. Sanger, of East Orange, New Jersey. After a time spent in this office, Dr. McLaughlin went to Freehold to join with Dr. W. E. Truax, president of the State Board of Dental Examiners. All of these different engagements gave the young dentist great oppor­tunities to advance in a practical way in his profession. Wishing to perfect himself in certain branches, Dr. McLaughlin took a post-gradu­ate course at Columbia University in advanced surgical work and X-ray examinations. During the World War, Dr. McLaughlin served as the dental examiner for Middlesex county, on the Medical Advisory Board, his appointment coming from the governor of the State. Dr. McLaughlin's office is located at No. 137 Albany street.
Though a very busy man and with butt few leisure hours in which to enjoy the diversion of a club, Dr. McLaughlin is frequently seen at the meetings of the Knights of Columbus, which body he has served as treasurer, and at the Union Club, of which he is one of the board of governors. He is also a member of the National and State Dental societies, and former secretary and later president of the Middlesex County Dental Society. He and his family attend St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church of New Brunswick.
In Jersey City, New Jersey, on February 25, 1911, George Sylvester McLaughlin was married to Margaret C. Carroll, a native of Keyport, New Jersey, where she was born, October 13, 1885. She is the daughter of Martin J. Carroll, now deceased, and his wife, Catherine C. (Dono­van) Carroll, who is still living, her home being in Jersey City. Dr. and Mrs. McLaughlin have two children, both living: Grace, born July 29, 1912; Margaret Carroll, born May 4, 1914. Their home is at No. 225 Hale street, New Brunswick.

EARL LAKE, a prominent figure in business life in Perth Amboy, president and manager of the Lake Coal Company, Incorporated, from the time of his coming to this community in 1911, has always had the welfare and advancement of Perth Amboy uppermost in his mind, and has given his earnest support to all movements calculated to advance business development..
Earl Lake was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, June 4, 1876, the son of David Crawford and Georgiana (Fitze) Lake. David C. Lake was president of the First National Bank at Osage City, Kansas. The edu­cation of Earl Lake was obtained in the public schools of his native place, and after graduating from the local high school in 1894, he entered the Eastman's National Business College, completing the business and shorthand course in one year. In 1895 he secured a position as book­keeper for the Searls Manufacturing Company, at Newark, New Jersey, subsequently becoming bookkeeper for the Elizabeth Hardware Com­pany at Elizabeth, New Jersey, and later being promoted to office man­ager, where he remained until 1911, when he was appointed manager of the Perth Amboy branch of the business, which position he held until August 1, 1917. He then purchased the coal and wood business of Henry W. Kinsey, and subsequently became president and manager of the company, which is now incorporated under the name of the Lake Coal Company, and located at No. 367 New Brunswick avenue. The enterprise has rapidly and consistently grown, due to Mr. Lake's bound­less energy.
Mr. Lake is a director of the People's Building and Loan Association, and secretary and treasurer of the City Realty and Investment Com­pany, both of. Perth Amboy. In politics he is a Republican, but is in no sense of the word a politician, having avoided rather than sought public office. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Perth Amboy, and president of its board of trustees. He also holds member­ship in the Raritan Yacht Club.
On March 16, 1904, Mr. Lake was united in marriage with Jessie Hanslip, daughter of Edward R. and Jennie Hanslip, natives of Osage City, Kansas, who died October 22, 1918. Mr. and Mrs. Lake were the parents of four children : Edward Earl, born March 13, 1905 ; Jessie Kathryn, born January 17, 1908; Frederick David, born May 28, 1913; Anna Mae, born January 8, 1917. The family reside at No. 98 High street, Perth Amboy.

EDMUND ANTHONY HAYES.—New Brunswick's lawyers of the early twentieth century constitute an element in her citizenship impor­tant both from a professional and a civic standpoint, and one of the most representative of these members of her bar is the man whose name stands at the head of this article. Mr. Hayes takes a loyal interest in everything relating to the welfare and prosperity of his native city, and can always be relied upon to do all in his power to further these ends.
Edward R. Hayes, father of Edmund Anthony Hayes, was born in Philadelphia, where his grandfather, Patrick Hayes, had settled on coming from Ireland. Edward R. Hayes was in business in Middlesex county, New Jersey. He married Mary MacLaren, who was a native of New Brunswick, and of the eight children born to them the following are now living: Edmund Anthony, mentioned below ; the Rev. John A.; Molita Barry, R. Francis, and Kenneth. At the age of fifty years, Mrs. Hayes passed away at Highland Park, New Jersey, and her husband is still living at the same place.
Edmund Anthony Hayes, son of Edward R. and Mary (MacLaren) Hayes, was born May 9, 1889, in New Brunswick. He graduated in June, 1905, from St. Peter's High School. In June, 1912, he received his degree from the New Jersey Law School. Having served a clerkship in the office of Irving Hoagland he was admitted, in 1912, at the Novem­ber term of the Supreme Court, to the New Jersey bar. In 1915, at the November term, he was admitted as a counsellor. Ever since his admis­sion to the bar, Mr. Hayes has been continuously engaged in the active practice of his profession, haying his office in the First National Bank building. The professional position which he has carved out for him­self proves him possessed of the essential qualities of a successful lawyer, and holds out a bright prospect for the future. Devoted as he is to his profession, Mr. Hayes is never neglectful of the duties of citizenship nor does he ignore the requirements of social intercourse. His favorite recreations are fishing, gunning and boating, and he affiliates with the Knights of Columbus, the Royal Arcanum, and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. His only club is the Catholic, of New Brunswick. He is a member of St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church, Highland Park, New Jersey.
Mr. Hayes married, April 23, 1916, at Woodbridge, New Jersey, Jane L. Dunigan, a native of that place, daughter of Thomas F. and Jane (Finn) Dunigan, the former a contractor of Woodbridge. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes are the parents of one child, Edmund Anthony, Jr., born March 3o, 1917.
A man of keen perception, sound judgment and clarity of vision, and withal, sagacious, fair-minded and forceful, Mr. Hayes is the type of man needed to insure the future of the New Jersey bar.

JOHN SUTLIFF.—The days when New Jersey was called the State of Camden and Amboy, on account of the supposed domination of the Camden & Amboy Railroad in State affairs, are recalled by a reference to the fact that John Sutliff, when a boy of five years, was brought by his parents to South Amboy, at one time the eastern terminus of the road, and that at an early age he was employed on the freight docks, communication with New York being by steamboat. AU this of course antedated the coming of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which acquired the Camden & Amboy.
John (2) Sutliff was born in Hightstown, New Jersey, October 19, 1858, son of John (1) and Mary Sutliff, his father born in Ireland. John (1) Sutliff came to the United States when a young man and located in Trenton, New Jersey, where he married. Later he resided in Hightstown, but in 1863 moved to South Amboy, New Jersey. John and. Mary Sutliff were the parents of nine children, six of whom are living: Mrs. Anna F. Outten, of Brooklyn, New York; Mrs. Elizabeth Morris, of Perth Amboy, New Jersey ; John (2), of further mention ; Jacob, of New York City ; Joseph, of Jersey City ; Mrs. Mary E. Houli­han, of New York City.
When John (2) Sutliff was five years of age, his parents moved to South Amboy and there he attended public schools until twelve years of age. He then did a boy's work at the pottery nearby, and two years. later entered the employ of the Camden & Amboy Railroad at their freight docks. In 1874 he was sent out with the construction train in charge of the water supply, this being followed by another period of employment in the brick yards at South Amboy. Later he was con­nected with the New York & Long Branch Railroad, then was again employed on the coal docks, finally, on April T, 1888, opening a grocery store at No. 104 North Pine avenue. Thirty-two years have since elapsed and he is still in business lind at the same location. His life has been one of activity, and he has richly earned the success which he has attained.
A Democrat in politics, Mr. Sutliff has served his city three terms of three years each as a member of the school board, and a portion of that period as president of the board. He was city collector three years, 1911-1914, and for thirteen years was treasurer of the Star Building and Loan Association. He is now a director of the same association, and serves the First National Bank of South Amboy in similar capacity. He is a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the Knights of Colum­bus, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and his religious connection is with St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church.
Mr. Sutliff married, at Jamesburg, New Jersey, March 2, 1881, Mary A. Callahan, born there February 22, 1858, daughter of John and Cather­ine (Mullane) Callahan. Mr. and Mrs. Sutliff are the parents of eight children : 1. Mary T., married Thomas P. Farrell. 2. Anna A., mar­ried James J. Dwyer. 3. John F., now his father's store assistant. 4. Edward A., now of Cleveland, Ohio, with the National Biscuit Company ; he is a veteran of the World War, served in France with the 77th Divi­sion of the American Expeditionary Forces. 5. Catherine S., married Romera R. Everett, and resides in South Amboy. 6. Joseph M., a priest of the Roman Catholic church, now serving the church at Gloucester City, New Jersey. 7. Charles J., now his father's store assistant; he was in training at Camp Green, North Carolina, during the war period, but was not sent overseas. .8. Elizabeth B., residing at home. There are seven grandsons and one granddaughter in the family.

CHARLES VAN LIEW BOOREAM.—The Booraem, Booream, Boerum, and Van Boerum families all spring from William Jacobse, who came from the village of Boerum in Friesland, Holland, to New Amster­dam, in 1657, and settled in Flatbush, Long Island. To the Dutch Van (meaning from) the name of the village was added and the surname became Van Boerum, (William Jacobse from Boerum). The founder, William Jacobse, married Gertje Hendrickse, and two of their sons, Hendrick and Jacob, came to New Amsterdam with their parents.
The Middlesex county family descends through the eldest son, Hen­drick Willemse Van Boerum, a landowner of Flatbush, and his wife, Maria (Ariaens) Van Boerum; their son, Hendrick Van Boerutn, who moved to Bound Brook, New Jersey, changed his name to Booraent ; his son, Nicholas Booraem, born near Bound Brook, New Jersey, in 1714, settled near New Brunswick, Middlesex county, New Jersey, and is the founder of that branch of the family. His son, Nicholas (2) Booraem, was a soldier of the Revolution ; and his grandson, Nicholas (3) Booraem, was a colonel in the War of 1812, a member of the New Jersey Legisla­ture, associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and for forty-two years treasurer of Middlesex county. Charles Van Liew Booream is a son of John Van Liew and Caroline (Vincent) Booream, his father born in Milltown, Middlesex county, New Jersey, his mother in New York State. John Van Liew Booream was for many years manager of a lumber company in Milltown, after which he became postmaster of the village, an office which he was later compelled to resign on account of ill health. He is now living in Milltown, retired.
Charles Van Liew Booream was born in Milltown, New Jersey, June 12, 1891, and there was educated in the public schools. He began business life as an employee of the Michelin Tire Company, where he remained about two years, then joined the Milltown Coal and Lumber Company, of which his father was manager, and when he later resigned to accept the postmastership he was succeeded as manager by his capable son. Mr. Van Liew Booream is a Democrat in politics, a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, the Improved Order of Red Men, United Order of American Mechanics (both Junior and Senior) and of the Michelin Club of Milltown. He is one. of Milltown's popular young business men, and is deeply interested in all that concerns the welfare of the village in which his life has been spent. .
Mr. Booream married, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, November 22, 1916, Barbara Lins, born there, December 29, 1892, daughter of Adam Philip and Catherine (Steinmacher) Lins, both born in Germany, her father coming to the United States at the age of twelve years, her mother at the age of sixteen. Mr. and Mrs. Booream are the parents of a son, Charles Van Liew Booream, Jr.

DR. LOUIS P. KARSHMER, one of the many young progressive dentists of New Brunswick whose patrons in that city are numerous, especially among the younger set of the Hebrew population, is a native of Russia.
Dr. Karshmer's father, Morris Karshmer, is a retired merchant, living in New Brunswick. He was born in Russia, but came to this country many years ago, locating for some time in New York City, but later, moving to New Brunswick, he opened a general merchandise store on French street, remaining there for six years. His wife, Mindel Rubenstein, also was a native of Russia. They had seven children :
Harry, now a grocer in New Brunswick. 2. A child who died in infancy. 3. Sarah, who died at the age of nineteen. 4. Benjamin, a manufacturer living in New York City. 5. Louis P., of further mention. 6. Fannie, unmarried, a school teacher, living at home. 7. Nathan, living at home and now a student in the medical department of George Washington University; he also is a graduate of the high school.
Born in Russia, but coming to America when a very small child with his parents, Dr. Karshmer has grown up to manhood in the atmos­phere and with the many advantages of the United States. His early boyhood was spent in New York City, where he attended the public schools, but when he was nine years old his family removed to New Brunswick and he was sent to the public schools of that city. He became a pupil in the grammar school, from which he graduated in 19w, then entered the high school, taking a four years' course and graduating in 1914. For a year after this he was a student at Rutgers College, New Brunswick, taking a preparatory course for entrance in the New York College of Dentistry. After a three years' course at that college he graduated, in 1918, and at once began the practice of his profession, with offices at No. 360 George street, New Brunswick.
Dr. Karshmer has one great hobby and that is athletics in every form. While a pupil in the New Brunswick High School he played on the baseball team and is equally agile in basketball or on a football team. Swimming is another one of his accomplishments, and he makes it a point to keep up his practice in all these lines. He is a member of the Young Men's Christian Association and of the Young Men's Hebrew Association, greatly enjoying the opportunities for athletic exercises in both organizations. He and all the members of his family are members of the Synagogue.
In New Brunswick, on February 22, 1919, Dr. Louis P. Karshmer and Rose. Sheinaus were united in marriage. They have one child, Robert Eugene, born February 11, 192o. Mrs. Karshmer was born in New York City, and is the daughter of Abraham and Fannie (Orell) Sheinaus. Mr. Sheinaus is an electrical engineer in Brooklyn, in the employ of the Edison Company. Dr. Karshmer and his wife reside in the Highland Park section of New Brunswick, at Abbott and Eighth avenues.
 
FRANK RUDOLPH NEWMAN was born in Liverpool, England, June 5, 1856. He attended the public schools there until he was seven­teen years of age, when he set sail for America and upon landing in New York City went immediately to Newark, New Jersey, where he became a reporter, later an editor. In 1885 he came to Perth Amboy, New Jersey, where he has been engaged in the printing business ever since and is the pioneer here in his particular line of occupation. He is a member of the International Typographical Union, No. 657, and affiliates with PoAmbo Tribe, No. 65, Improved Order of Red Men. In politics Mr. Newman was a staunch Republican until about 19o2, when he opposed party machinery and affiliated himself with the "New Idea" movement. A few years later, as a member of the executive com­mittee of both the McKinley Club and later on, the Roosevelt Progres­sive Club, he was actively engaged in the support of his party's candi­dates. He never aspired to office himself, but was always in the front ranks in the securing of the best timber for offices of any importance. He takes particular pride in the possession of an autograph letter from the late President Roosevelt, sent to him in appreciation of work done in his behalf. His hobby is fishing, and he also takes a keen delight in gardening, and is a great reader.
Mr. Newman married, September 27, 1884, Anna Louise Van Pelt, daughter of the late Joseph and Jane (Ling) Van Pelt, formerly of Rahway, New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Newman are the parents of nine children: Frank E. J.; Jennie A. B., wife of J. H. Arrowsmith, of Albany, New York; Raymond LeRoy; Joseph J.; William McKinley; George­anna ; Frances Ling; and a pair of twins, Harry S. A. and Emeline H. E.
Since 1919 Mr. and Mrs. Newman have resided in Tottenville, Staten Island, New York.
The position which Mr. Newman occupies in the business develop­ment of Perth Amboy represents the reward of unremitting labor and a fixed determination to achieve a responsible place, while in his advance­ment he has known no deviation from the strictest probity and the most upright methods.

THOMAS HENRY RIDDLE, an Englishman by birth, and a resi­dent of his native home for the early years of his life, has been a resident of New Brunswick for the past thirty years. His parents were born in England and spent all their lives there, his mother, Elizabeth (Cowling) Riddle, dying at Plymouth, England, in :.:3; his father, Jacob Riddle, still living in Plymouth at the age of ninety-six years. He was a con­tractor, in business there for many years, but has lived, for a long time back, in retirement. Jacob and Elizabeth (Cowling) Riddle had fourteen children, but of this large family only six are now living, five of them residing in England. They are Elizabeth; Thomas Henry, the only one in America; George, John, Carrie and William.
Thomas Henry Riddle was born in Plymouth, England, May 12, 186o. He attended the common schools in that city until thirteen years of age, leaving them to become an apprentice in the brick laying, stone cutting and stone mason trade. When the young man reached the age of twenty, he came to the United States, landing in New York City in 1880. Remaining there for the next few years, Mr. Riddle worked at his trade in various states, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and New York, but in 1891, locating permanently in New Brunswick, he entered into the contracting business; frequently his work has taken him temporarily into various sections of the country, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, West Vir­ginia, and Ohio, he having done quantities of railroad bridge and railroad construction work in all these States. He also built the locks for the government at Ford, Kentucky, across the Kentucky river, and the power house at Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, for the Michigan & Lake Superior Power Company.
About 1912 Mr. Riddle opened offices in the New Brunswick Savings Institution building, at No. 102 Church street, and in the years that he has located there be has done contract work in the county of Mid­dlesex, city of New Brunswick, and also in Essex and Monmouth coun­ties. He built the Albany street bridge, now in use, and is the contractor for the improvements going on at the present time (192o) in George street, New Brunswick. Mr. Riddle has erected many railroad bridges and other large works, among them being the Walnut Lane bridge, in Philadelphia, the largest span concrete bridge in the world at that time, 19°6-08.
While his ever-increasing business occupies most of Mr. Riddle's time and attention, he always greatly enjoys a gunning trip in the way of recreation, or a good game of baseball. In all matters pertaining to the work of the Free Masons, he has been particularly active, having taken all steps up to the thirty-second degree. He is a member of Ham­ilton Lodge, No. 274, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Scott Chapter, No: 4, Royal Arch Masons ; Scott Council, No. 1, Royal and Select Masters; Temple Commandery, No. i8, Knights Templar, State of New Jersey; Lulu Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of Philadelphia ; Philadelphia Consistory, Scottish Rite, Philadel­phia, Pennsylvania, and is now (1921) grand commander of the Knights Templar of New Jersey. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Knights of Pythias, also the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Royal Arcanum. Mr. Riddle has been active in the work of the Young Men's Christian Association, and is a prominent member of the Board of Trade. He is a director of the Masonic Temple Association, also the Elks Building Corporation. His clubs are the Craftsmen's and New Brunswick. Mr. Riddle and his family attend the First Reformed Church of New Brunswick.
In Rochester, New York, on December 15, 1884, Thomas Henry Riddle was married to Matilda Christ, a native of Pennsylvania. Three children were born of this marriage, but the last two died in infancy, the only surviving one being a daughter, Caroline Elizabeth, born De­cember 29, i886, now the wife of Alexander W. Quackenboss, living on Adelaide avenue, Highland Park. Mr. and Mrs. Riddle reside at No. 269 Seaman street, New Brunswick.

JABEZ HOLLAND HELM.—The fact that Mr. Helm has been but a few years numbered among the practising lawyers of New Brunswick does not exclude him from a place on the list of the city's known and respected members of the bar. In fraternal circles Mr. Helm is a figure of prominence, and as a citizen can always be relied upon to do his utmost in the promotion of any plan having for its object the betterment of community conditions.
Jabez Holland Helm was born March 7, 1882, in New Brunswick, and is a son of John A. and Alice (Cronk) Helm. John A. Helm was a well-known carpenter and stair-builder. The education of Jabez Holland Helm was received at the New Brunswick High School, and after com­pleting his course of study he became a law student in the office of Alfred S. March and Freeman Woodbridge. In 1916, at the June term of the Supreme Court, he was admitted to the New Jersey bar as attorney, being admitted as .counsellor at the June term of 1919. On March 19, 1917, Mr. Helm opened an office of his own in New Brunswick, in the National Bank building, and has since, by his own unaided efforts, won marked recognition both from the legal fraternity and the general public. In politics Mr. Helm is a Republican and has actively identified himself with the work of the organization. He affiliates with New Brunswick Lodge, No. 6, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Mid­dlesex Encampment, No. 43, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Pales­tine Lodge, No. Free and Accepted Masons; Scott Chapter, No. 4, Royal Arch Masons; Scott Council, No. Royal and Select Masters; New Brunswick Forest, No. 12, Tall Cedars of Lebanon. In bbth the Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodges he is a past officer. His clubs are the Craftsmen's and the New Brunswick Boat. He is a member of Livingston Avenue Baptist Church.
Mr. Helm married, December to, 191o, in New Brunswick, Florence May Smith, daughter of Benjamin I. and Mary (Dunn) Smith, and they are the parents of three children : Augusta, born March 2, 1912; Benja­min Holland, born September 2, 1914; and Jane, born September to, 1916. The family home is at No. 14 Stratford place.
Mr. Helm's career has opened auspiciously, and inasmuch as he is at the same time acquiring a lucrative practice and a well-founded reputation for ability and integrity, a bright future seems opening before him.

CHARLES M. SCHAEFER, manager of the New Brunswick branch of the Beith & Reilly Company, was born in New York City, September 18, 188o, the son of the late Henry C. and Elizabeth (Over­land) Schaefer. Henry C. Schaefer was born in New York City, and died here, in 189o, at the age of fifty-seven years. For many years he was engaged in the real estate business in his native place.
The education of Charles M. Schaefer was obtained in the public schools of his native place, after which he became identified with the concern with which he is still connected, first being employed with the main business, which was established In New York City hi 1906, and later, in February, 1919, when this branch was established in New Brunswick, becoming its manager. There never was a supply house to take care of the wants of the many factories in this community and when this one was established it proved to be of great benefit to the several manufacturing concerns of this vicinity. Henry F. Teall is the assistant manager of this branch; he was born in England but came to this country when a young man and lived in Jersey City until 1919, when he accepted his present position.
Mr. Schaefer takes no active part in the affairs of the community, devoting his entire time to his ever-increasing business cares. He affili­ates with Lodge No. 278, Free and Accepted Masons, but his home is his club.

ANTHONY J, GEBHARDT, a lifelong resident of Middlesex county, New Jersey, now located in the thriving borough of Highland Park, represents the progressive spirit of his community, and is one of the substantial, successful business men of his town.
Anthony J. Gebhardt was born in Milltown, Middlesex county, New Jersey, in 1864, and there resided until 1884, when he located in the city of New Brunswick and engaged in the grocery business. In 1889 he moved to Highland Park, Raritan township, where lie opened a grocery store. He has continued in business there until the present 0920 and has in addition dealt extensively in Highland Park real estate. He is a director and treasurer of the Highland Park Building and Loan Association. He is a careful, energetic, capable business man, public-spirited in his citizen­ship and keeps abreast of the times. In 1891 he was elected township committeeman of Raritan township and served three years—one term. In 1903 he was the candidate of his party for collector of taxes for Raritan township, the township at that time being strongly Republican, and he carried the township by thirty-four votes. He secured the division of the township into three lighting districts; was one of the men instrumental in securing signatures to the petition which brought the present water supply to Highland Park from New Brunswick; and was one of the organizers and a charter member of the fire department. In 1905 High­land Park was created a borough, and for six years Mr. Gebhardt served as borough collector of taxes. From 1909 to 1917 he was a director of the Board of Freeholders from Middlesex county. He has been one of the men responsible for the development of the thriving borough of Highland Park, and through his influence he had the sidewalks widened on the Albany street bridge, had Raritan avenue paved by . the county, and was responsible for many other improvements. He was also a *member. of the board that drew the plans for the present draw-bridge between New Brunswick and Highland Park. He has also made an enduring name for himself as a successful business man and public-spirited citizen.
Mr. Gebhardt married, May 9, 1887, Susie A. Fleming, and they are the parents of four children: Mrs. James L. Rogers ; Raymond A., at home; Mrs. Joseph Ballon, and Mrs. Richard Whitaker.

JOHN HENRY INTEMANN, D. D. S., numbered among the younger generation of professional men of New Brunswick, New Jersey, has been for the past five years engaged in dentistry at No. 30 George street.
John C. Intemann, father of John Henry Intemann, was born in Germany, August 6, 1851, and died in New Brunswick, New Jersey, January 3o, 1918, at the age of sixty-seven years. When sixteen years of age, he set sail for the United States and upon landing in New York City remained there until 1886, when he removed to New Brunswick and established himself in the confectionery business, in which he con­tinued until his death. He married Bertha Elizabeth Hauck, a native of the province of Posen, Germany. Mrs. Intemann is now residing in New Brunswick. Mr. and Mrs. Intemann were the parents of six children: Edward A., a confectioner at New Brunswick; Arthur H., a confectioner ; Marie, deceased ; John Henry, of further mention ; Wil­liam F., an electrical engineer of New Brunswick; Bertha, deceased.
John Henry Intemann was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, November 8, 1894, and it was here that the preparatory portion of his education was received. After graduating from the local high school, in 1912, he immediately entered New York College of Dentistry, where he remained for two years, subsequently matriculating at Philadelphia Dental College, from which he was graduated in 1915 with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. Dr. Intemann then returned to New Brunswick, where he has since been actively engaged in the practice of his chosen profession, having developed a large and high class prac­tice, so that he is now regarded among the leaders here in his particular field of labor.
He is affiliated with Palestine Lodge, No. III, Free and Accepted Masons, and is a member of the various professional organizations, in­cluding the National Dental Association, the New Jersey Dental Society, and the Middlesex County Dental Society, of which he is president, having been appointed in 1919. In religion he is a Baptist and attends the Livingston Avenue Baptist Church at New Brunswick. During the World War, Dr. Intemann served on the Middlesex County Board, No. 2, as dental examiner.
Dr. Intemann married, April 29, 1918, Margaret Ella Bartels, daugh­ter of the late Frank and Gertrude Bartels. Mrs. Bartels married (sec­ond) J. L. McAuliffe, a resident of East Orange, New Jersey. Dr. and Mrs. Intemann have no children. Dr. Intemann greatly enjoys hunting and fishing and spends much of his spare time thus employed.

ARTHUR A. DETER—The mercantile and industrial activities of the town of Woodbridge, New Jersey, call for many kinds of skill in the men who are carrying the burdens of the hour. Arthur A. Deter is an authority along chemical lines. Mr. Deter was born in Woodbridge, September 3o, 1878, and is a son of Anthony and Helen (Gillis) Deter, both long residents of Woodbridge.
As a boy Mr. Deter gained a practical And thorough foundation for future success in the excellent public schools of the town; later entered upon special courses of study along his chosen line of effort. He took up chemistry and ore and copper sampling. The need of this knowledge applies to many of the industries located in this part of New Jersey, and Mr. Deter's work is not limited to local demands. He has won his way to a high position, and is widely sought for work demanding special knowledge of this nature. His success has been gained by steady application and patient endeavor.
Mr. Deter, for the past ten years, has borne a share in the public life of Woodbridge. His standing among the people of the town. is clearly evinced by the fact that, while himself affiliated with the Repub­lican party, he was elected to the Town Council from a Democratic ward. He was elected for a term of two years, in 1911, and the call of the people has held him continuously in the same position up to the present time. Mr. Deter is a member of Perth Amboy Lodge, No. 784, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; and of the Royal Arcanum, of Woodbridge. He is also a member of the Perth Amboy and Wood­bridge Gun clubs.
On January 26, 19136, Mr. Deter married Anna Emhorn, and they have five children: George, Horace, Evelyne, Irma, and Arthur Robert.
GEORGE ENGLAND BROWN was born in Worthington, Massa­chusetts, October 7, 1841, and died in Highland Park, Illinois, April 19, 1895. He was a son of Timothy Harrington and Ermina (Drury) Brown. He was educated in the public schools of Worthington and in the acad­emy in Sherburne Falls, Massachusetts, and at a business college in the State of Wisconsin. Early in his career he taught school for two years, then entered the office employ of the New York Central Railroad Com­pany, and later transferred his services to the Pennsylvania Railroad and to other railroads of the East. He next spent two years in the lumber business in New Brunswick, New Jersey, going thence to Leadville, Colorado, where he was engaged in silver mining. After returning East he located in South River, New Jersey, where he engaged in the real estate business until his passing. Mr. Brown was a Democrat in . politics and served in several offices, including a term in the State Leg­islature. He was also called for service in several town offices, including the school board. He was a member of the Masonic order and the Knights of Pythias, his religious affiliation being with the Protestant Episcopal church.
Mr. Brown married, in South River, New Jersey, November 9, 1865, Mary. Elizabeth Martin, daughter of Daniel B. and Sarah T. Martin, her father a chief engineer and engineer-in-chief in the United States Navy, and was stationed for four years in Washington, D. C. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. George E. Brown: Daniel B. Martin, Sarah T. Martin, and Ermina Drury, who married William H. Kline. Mrs. Brown survives her husband and continues her residence in South River.

HENRY FRANK ZERFING, D. D. S., numbered among the professional men of New Brunswick, New Jersey, admittedly occupies a leading position, gained through natural ability, combined with close application and perseverance, factors that have contributed the most in this country toward making our successful men. Dr. Zerfing, who has been so intimately associated with the welfare of this community since taking up his residence here in I894, and who is as well known in social circles as he is among the dental fraternity, is a native of Ashland, Pennsylvania, where he was born, May io, 1871, the son of Aaron and Catherine (Smith) Zerfing.
Aaron Zerfing, father of Henry F. Zerfing, was born in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, October 2o, 1836, and died at Scranton, Penn­sylvania, in 1908, at the age of seventy-two years. He was a carpenter by trade. During the Civil War he enlisted in the Union army. His wife, Catherine Smith, was born in Schuylkill county, in 1842, and died there. in 1876, at the age of thirty-four years. To Mr. and Mrs. Zerfing were born five children : Wilson, a dentist at Philadelphia, and director of the dental clinic in the dental department of the University of Penn­sylvania; Ida, wife of Dr. R. J. Ritz, of Scranton, Pennsylvania; Henry Frank, of further mention; Charles E., a physician at Los Angeles, California; Laura, deceased.
Henry Frank Zerfing, son of Aaron and Catherine (Smith) Zerfing, is a direct descendant of the Zerfing family who came to this country from Germany in the middle of the eighteenth century, the records show­ing that the Zerfings paid taxes at Valley Forge in 1789. The prelimi­nary education of Dr. Zerfing was obtained in the public schools of his native place. After graduating from the Ashland High School in ink he secured a position in the Engineers' Corps with the Reading Rail­road, where he remained for two years. In the meantime, however, he had decided to adopt the profession of dentistry as his career, so with this end in view, matriculated in the dental department of the University of Pennsylvania and was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1897. Having decided to establish himself in the practice of his profession at New Brunswick, New Jersey, he came here imme­diately and Opened an office and in 1911 moved to the National Bank 1pilding, which has been his headquarters ever since. His practice is a large and widely extended one, and he has the affection as well as the confidence of his patients.
Dr. Zerfing affiliates with Union Lodge, No. 19, Free and Accepted Masons; Scott Chapter, No. 4, Royal Arch Masons; and being of a social nature, holds membership in the Union and Country clubs of New Brunswick. In religion he is a Baptist, and attends the First Church of that denomination.
On September 2, 1897, Dr. Zerfing was united in marriage with Sallie A. Wylie, daughter of Robert J. and Elizabeth (Daily) Wylie, both deceased, but formerly residents of Woodbridge. Dr. and Mrs. Zerfing are the parents of one child, Ruth, born March 7, 1901. The family home is at No. 240 Lincoln avenue, Highland Park, New Jersey. Dr. Zerfing's hobby is golf and much of his spare time he devotes to this particular recreation.

JOSEPH MARK.—The office of mayor which Joseph Mark held for thirteen years was tendered him each recurring term by his townsmen with the feeling that the proper thing to do is to continue a faithful official in office. He was a native son, born in South River, Middlesex county, New Jersey, December 6, 11365, died October 9, 1920, son of Bernard and Theresa Mark, his father a shoemaker.
Joseph Mark was educated in private schools. He spent his life in South River and was one of the best known business men of the borough. In 1907 he was elected mayor of South River and served thirteen years; he was successively reelected at the expiration of each term. He was postmaster of the borough for six years, and highly esteemed for his manly, upright life. He was a member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics; Patriotic Order Sons of America; Knights of Pythias; Im­proved Order of Red Men; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Nonpareil Club; and the Methodist Episcopal church.
Joseph Mark married, in South River, September 7, 1904, Clara Kessler, daughter of George and Marie Kessler. Mr. and Mrs. Mark were the parents of four children: Joseph George, born May 23, Istos ; Bernard Francis, born October 27, i906; Emnia Theresa, born February 3, 1908; Marie, born March 12, 1909.
MICHAEL CARL SPINELLI.—The Spinelli family of New Brunswick was founded in that city by Michael Spinelli, born in Italy, who at the age of twenty-one, in 1871, came to the United States, finding a home in Brooklyn, New York. For twenty years he conducted• a fruit business in Brooklyn, and in 1893 moved to New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he established a junk business, which he conducted for ten years. He died August 14, 1910 Mr. Spinelli married Marie Rose Zita, born in Italy, who came to the United States at the age of fourteen. They were the parents of fourteen children, four of whom are here named : Peter D., a member of Spinelli Brothers Garage and automobile accessories, married and has a son, Michael; Rose C., married Frank Piazzo, and has three children, Antoinetta, Salvator, and Michael; Michael Carl, of further mention; Dominick, a high school student.
Michael Carl Spinelli was born in New Brunswick, December 5, 1895, and there has spent his years. He attended public school until sixteen years of age, then for a time was in the employ of Johnson & Johnson. His next position was with a moving picture house, remaining there two years, going thence to Easton, Pennsylvania, where he spent three years. In 1916; he opened a garage at No. 4 Prospect street, New Brunswick, known as Spinelli Brothers Garage, his partner being his brother, Peter D. Spinelli. They maintain an automobile livery service in connection with the garage, and at the corner of French and Bayard streets have an accessory store, where a complete stock for automobiles is carried. The business is a success, and Spinelli Brothers are rated as men of energy, thoroughly reliable and capable. Michael C. Spinelli is a mem­ber of the Improved Order of Red Men, and St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church.
Mr. Spinelli married, in Easton, Pennsylvania, in 1915, Mary E. Mc­Laughlin, born in Pattenburg, New Jersey, daughter of John and Mary Emma McLaughlin, her mother yet living, a resident of Trenton, New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Spinelli are the parents of two children : Mary and Peter

RALPH ENGLISH SEAMAN, son of Frederick and Anna (Eng­lish) Seaman, was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, December 28, 1882. He received his preliminary education in the local public schools, and after graduating from the high school in 190o he studied for three and one-half years in Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania. It having been decided that he follow in his father's footsteps for his business career, he prepared himself at Columbia University College of Pharmacy, from which institution he was graduated in 1907, and immediately returned to Perth Amboy and associated himself with his father's business, which was located at that time at No. 56 Smith street, in 1910 moving to the present location, No. 6o Smith street. Whether Mr. Sea­man is considered as a business man or a citizen he must be considered a success, for his business is prosperous and his standing as a citizen is high.
Mr. Seaman affiliates with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Free and Accepted Masons. He is also a member of the Raritan Yacht Club, and his hobby is gunning, in which recreation he engages during some of the leisure time which he can spare from his ever increasing business activities. Any reference to his appearance and manner would be out of place here, inasmuch as his years of successful business and good citizenship have made them thoroughly familiar to a large number of the residents of Perth Amboy.
Mr. Seaman married, in Perth Amboy, Clara Hardiman, a daughter of James and Mary Hardiman, both of Perth Amboy. There are no children.

MARINO VINCENT PALISI, JR., numbered among the younger men of the Perth Amboy business world who give promise of marked and well-deserved success, was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, August 12, 1894, a son of Marino Palisi, who was born in Isola Salina, Italy, and . has long been a resident of Perth Amboy. He is now fifty-eight years of age, but still has a fruit store at No. 132 Smith street, which he estab­lished thirty years ago. He came to this country at the age of twenty-one years. He married, in New York City, Frances Tesoriero, who was born in his own native city in Italy. They had nine children, of whom five are now living: Marina, Marino Vincent, Dominick, Anthony and John.
Marino Vincent Palisi, Jr. received his education in the public schools of Perth Amboy. He Jr., his life career by working in his father's fruit and, grocery store at No. 132 Smith street, Perth Amboy. He was a natural salesman even when a young lad, and was well liked by his father's customers. But he was ambitious to handle larger inter­ests, believing himself capable of going out and finding trade and building up a business on a larger scale. So he became associated with P. C. Rich­ardson & Company, of New York City, in the capacity of traveling salesman. He remained with them for two years, then determined that whatever success he achieved in life would be for himself instead of turning it over to another. So on April 15, 1920, with the beginning of perhaps the greatest motoring season in the history of mechanical vehicles, he established the National Auto Supply Company, at No. 446 Amboy avenue. His friends are certain that his success is assured. Unquestionably he is taking rapid strides forward, and will soon be among the leaders in his line.
Mr. Palisi is a man of public spirit, and prominent in the social world, being particularly active in the work of those societies which. promote the welfare of Americans of Italian birth or parentage. He is a member of the Sons of Italy, and also of the Knights of Columbus. He is a fine musician, playing the E-flat tuber, and for two years has been vice-president of the Musicians' Union, of Perth Amboy. He is manager of the Columbus Italian Union Band, of Perth Amboy. This organiza­tion gave gratis a great deal of their time in all public drives and demonstrations during the World War. He was a member of the New Jersey State Militia Reserve, and took an active part in the band of the regiment. He was first sergeant, and later second lieutenant, and also took an active part in assisting after the explosion at Morgan, New Jersey.
Mr. Palisi married, in Perth Amboy, March 5, 1916, Amelia Rossi, daughter of Alfred and Gervasia (Occhialini) Rossi. Mrs. Palisi was born in Rome, Italy; her father is a modeller, living in Perth Amboy, whose work is in New York City. The family attend the Italian Church of the Holy Rosary.

GEORGE W. WOOD.—As cashier of Fords National Bank, of Fords, Middlesex county, New Jersey, Mr. Wood is well known and popular. He is deeply interested in the welfare of his adopted town and always aids or leads in every movement to make Fords a desirable place in which to locate. He is the son of George R. and Ida L. (Hamilton) Wood, who are descendants of old Staten Island and Brooklyn families.
George W. Wood was born on Staten Island, New York, August 2, 1891, and after graduating from the public schools, he spent three years in high school, and next took a business course in Trainor's Private School (now Trainor's Business College), at Perth Amboy, and in 1908 entered the employ of the Perth Amboy Trust Company as clerk. For nine years he remained with that institution, rising to the postion of teller, after which time he spent two years as teller with the Elizabeth Trust Company, then in September, 1919, he accepted his present posi­tion as cashier of the Fords National Bank, being the first cashier of that institution. He is also secretary of the Fairfield Building and Loan Association; a member of the Masonic order, the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, the Young Men's Christian Association the Raritan Yacht Club, Junior Club, Travel Club of America, and the First Presbyterian Church of Perth Amboy.
Mr. Wood married, February 27, 1915, Bessie C. Sofield, of Perth Amboy, daughter of John Ellis and Laura A. Sofield, of an old Middlesex county family. The Wood home is in Fords.

RALPH JAMES FAULKINGHAM.—Among the many physicians who live in New Brunswick none has a practice of wider scope than Dr. Ralph James Faulkingham. From his early manhood he has devoted all his energies to his beloved profession, the years spent in preparation being the necessary "foreword" of the later career.
Dr. Faulkingham claims New England as his birthplace, having been born on November 26, 184 at West Jonesport, Maine, his father, James H. Faulkingham, being a fisherman of that seaport town. Dr. Faulking­ham's mother was, before her marriage, Flora E. Woodward. Their son, Ralph James, was given every advantage in the way of education from the primary school to his graduation in 194 from the Jonesport High School. He remained at home for only a short time, for he desired to obtain college training and so entered Colby College, at Waterville, Maine, from which institution he graduated in 1910. Following this he matriculated at Bowdoin Medical College, where after a four years' course he became, in 1914, the proud possessor of the degree of Doctor of Medicine and with it the treasured sheepskin."
During his college days, Dr. Faulkingham took an active part in the fraternal life surrounding him, being a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity and of Alpha Kappa Kappa, of which he had the honor to be president. He is also connected with a benevolent society, the Improved Order of Red Men. The doctor is now giving special attention to surgery. He is a member of the Middlesex County and New Jersey State Medical societies, the American Medical Association, and of the medical section of the Rutgers Club. He is also a member of the medical staff of St. Peter's Hospital. Dr. Faulkingham and his family attend the Baptist church of New Brunswick.
On May 31, 1910, Ralph James Faulkingham was married to Lucy May Brown, the ceremony taking place at Waterville, Maine. She was the daughter of Fred H. and Clara (Dinsmore) Brown. To them two children have been born: Ralph Brown, born September 12, 1912; and Flora Blanche, born July 1$, 1917. Their home is at No. 61 Living­ston avenue.

THE GREENSPAN BROTHERS.—There is no name better known or more highly respected in mercantile and commercial circles in Perth • Amboy, New Jersey, than that of Greenspan, represented there as it is by four brothers, joint owners of the large and prosperous mercantile establishment at No. 314 Elm street, known as Greenspan Brothers Company. Isadore, Jacob, Hyman and Philip Greenspan are all natives of Russia, where the first named was born, May 30, 1892, and sons of Samuel and Diana Greenspan, of that country. The father, Samuel Greenspan, came to the United States with his wife and four children at the age of fifty years, having been preceded to this country by his son Hyman, who had settled in New York City and there engaged in the paper and box business. The elder Mr. Greenspan established himself in the milk business in Brooklyn, New York, where he met with marked success, but in t9oo removed to Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and continued in the same line until 1916, when he retired. There he still makes his home, surviving his wife, who died April 15, 1918, at the age of sixty-eight years.
Isadore Greenspan was but six years of age when he accompanied his parents to the United States, and it was in Brooklyn that he began his education in the public schools. Two years later he came to Perth Amboy and there continued his schooling until he was of an age to take part in business. He then founded and for two years conducted a retail grocery store at No. 200 Madison avenue, Perth Amboy, dis­playing an unusual degree of business ability, and meeting with a well-deserved success. In the meantime his brother Hyman, who had been in the paper and box line for some years in New York City, had retired therefrom and with another brother, Jacob, had founded the wholesale grocery business in Perth Amboy in 1900, and at the end of his two years' success in the retail branch of the trade, Isadore Greenspan joined them in the enterprise, as well as the fourth brother, Philip. Since that time the concern has grown greatly in size and importance and is now justly regarded as one of the most important of its kind in the region, it being engaged in wholesale groceries, importing, coffee roasting, and as a commission mercantile house. The four brothers are also active in the general life of the community, Isadore being a member of the Masonic order, Hyman of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, while Jacob and Philip belong to both organizations. All four brothers attend Temple B'rith Mordicai, and are members of the Young Men's Hebrew Association.
Isadore Greenspan was united in marriage, October 12, 1917, in Perth Amboy, with Anna Davidson, a native of that place, and they are the parents of one daughter, Diana. Jacob Greenspan married Beatrice Eiten, and they are the parents of two children, Jeannette and Mortimer. Hyman Greenspan married Jennie Borak, and they also are the parents of two children, Abraham and Rebecca. Philip Greenspan married Frances Davidson, and they are the parents of three children, as follows: Lillian, Walter and Francis.

THEODORE UNKEL, late owner of the Sayreville Hotel, which he conducted for many years, always took a keen and active interest in the affairs of the community, and when his death occurred, November 28, 1919, Sayreville lost one of her foremost citizens. Theodore Unkel was a native of Germany, born May 22, 187o. He was the son of Rudolph and Elizabeth (Clemens) Unkel, both of them natives of Germany. Mr. Unkel was for many years a butcher in Sayreville. Theodore Unkel received his education in the local public schools, after which he became associated with his father in business. Upon coming to this country he located in Sayreville, New Jersey, in 1884, and subsequently purchased the hotel with which he was identified for sr., many years. Upon his death Mrs. Unkel took over the entire charge of the house and has since continued in its management. In politics Mr. Unkel was a Democrat, and was long an important figure in public affairs, although caring nothing for public office, but taking a deep• interest in all that pertained to the public good. He affiliated with the Sons of Liberty, and in religinn was a Roman Catholic, greatly devoted to the interests of his church.
On July 13, 1893, in New York City, Theodore Unkel was united in marriage with Anna Nagle, a native of Germany, the daughter of Sebas­tian and Antoinette (Hoffman) Nagle. To Mr. and Mrs. Unkel have been born twelve children : Max, born October 27, 1894; Theodore, born No­vember 8, 1895; Elizabeth, born April 26, atm; Jeanette, born December 21, 1898; Sebastian, born October 2, Igo° ; Gertrude, born September 4, 1904; John, born October 26, 1906; Lillian, born October 3o, 1909; Augusta, born January 27, 191o; Madeline, born December 13, 1912; Randolph, born July 18, 1914; and George, born September 26, 1915.

WILLIAM MORRISON SMITH, now a prosperous plumber of Metuchen, New Jersey, son of James Benjamin and Elizabeth Smith, was born in Summit, Spottsylvania county, Virginia, fifty-three miles by rail north of Richmond, October 25, 1891. He was there educated in the public schools. Upon coming to a suitable age he learned the plumber's trade and has since followed that occupation. Mr. Smith located in Metuchen, New Jersey, in 1914, and during the war period was employed in the government arsenal in Raritan. He is an Inde­pendent in politics, and a member of the Presbyterian church.
Mr. Smith married, in Metuchen, June 23, 1917, Ida May Compt, in, born in Metuchen, April 25, 1896, daughter of Charles and Phoebe K. (Boylan) Compton, of an old Middlesex county family. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are the parents of twins: Doris and Oliver Compton, born Decem­ber 23, 1918.

JAMES P. OERITY. Mr. Gerity's father, Andrew Gerity, of Wood­bridge, New Jersey, was born in Tipperary, Ireland. He came to the United States in 185z and located in Woodbridge. He was married, September i8, 1864, by the Rev. Edward A. Braidy, at the Church of St. Teresa, corner of Rutgers and Henry streets, New York City, to Mary Jane Bolan. Mr. Gerity passed his life in honest industry, re­pected by all.
James P. Gerity, son of Andrew and Mary Jane (Bolan) Gerity, was born in Woodbridge, New Jersey, March 21, 1880. He attended St. James' Parochial and Woodbridge public schools, but at the age of fifteen entered the employ of the Port Reading Railroad Company as an office boy under L. J. Barrett, then shipping agent for the company. He remained in the employ of the Port Reading Railroad Company for twenty-three years, 18954918, rising through the various grades of pro­motion to the position of general timekeeper and auditor. In 1918 he resigned as auditor to enter government service as deputy collector of internal revenue under Charles Duffy, chief of the New Jersey district. Mr. Gerity was in charge of Federal taxes for Hunterdon and Somerset counties until September, 1919, when he resigned and entered business under .the firm name of J. P. Gerity & Company, Woodbridge, opening an office in the First National Bank building, where he transacts a real estate and general insurance business.
Mr. Gerity is a Democrat in politics, and for three years, 1914-1917, was a member of the Town Committee, and from 1917 until the present time has been a member of the Middlesex County Democratic Committee. A leader in local affairs, he has always taken a keen and active interest in the furtherance of any good movement which would-be beneficial to Woodbridge. He was the first to advocate permanent street pavements in Woodbridge, and largely through his efforts Main street was taken over by the County Board of Freeholders and improved with a perma­nent pavement. He has been a director of the Woodbridge Building and Loan Association since its inception; secretary of the Woodbridge Knights of Columbus Building Association; member of the Woodbridge Knights of Columbus, serving the local council as second grand knight from 19oz-1911, and in 1912-13 was district deputy. He is a member of St. James' Roman Catholic Church, Woodbridge; the Columbian Club ; and the Woodbridge Exempt Firemen's Association,
. Mr. Gerity has been greatly interested in athletic sports, and entire credit is due him for the field meet's held under the Amateur . Athletic Union in Woodbridge in 1910-1 1-i2, when many of the leading amateurs of the county competed.
Mr. Gerity married, at Union Hill, New Jersey, April 19, 1907, Anna F. Messenger, daughter of William T. and Frances (Volkert) Messenger, her father born in New York City, her mother a native of Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Gerity are the parents of two sons: James Francis Xavier, born September 27,1909; and George, born July 7, 1911.
Mr. Gerity is well and favorably known in the community with which he has been associated all his life, and is building up a good business in the lines he has chosen, real estate and general insurance.

ALEXANDER FITZ RANDOLPH.—The members of the Fitz Ran­dolph family of New Jersey, descend from the family in England, which traces its ancestry through different branches to noble and even royal blood. In this country they trace to the royal blood of New England, a "Mayflower" passenger, and on both sides descent is both ancient and honorable.
Alexander Fitz Randolph, of Middlesex county, is a son of Elkanah Fits Randolph, who spent his life in New Jersey, a farmer, Seventh Day Baptist, and a Republican. He was born October 9, 1797, and died in Plainfield, New Jersey, February 26, 1877. He married, in Plainfield, Phoebe Drake, who was born March 21, 1802, died June 19, 1876. They were the parents of eight children, all of whom grew to adult years save one.
Alexander Fitz Randolph, youngest of the children of Elkanah and Phoebe (Drake) Fitz Randolph, was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, July 4, 0344. He was educated in the public schools of Plainfield, and at Alfred University, Alfred, New York, an institution under the patron­age of the Seventh Day Baptist Church. After his college years were over, he returned to Plainfield, and has spent his life principally as a farmer, but for a few years was a merchant and for a time was employed in a factory. His home for the past forty years has been on a farm in Piscataway township, Middlesex county, where he is living practically retired. In politics he is a Republican, and for two terms served his township as school trustee. He is a member of Mount Zion Lodge, No. 135, Free and Accepted Masons, of Metuchen; New Market Grange, Patrons of Husbandry; and a member of the Seventh Day Baptist church.
Alexander Fitz Randolph married, January 20, 1877, at Alfred, New York, Jessie Witter, born in New York State, September 3, 1856, daughter of Charles Henry and Abby K. Witter, her father a farmer of New York State who gave his life for the Union cause, and died in Andersonville Prison, Georgia, April 20, 1864. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Fitz Randolph are the parents of four children : 1. Phoebe Elfrieda, born October 15, 1877; she finished her education in the Plainfield High School. 2. Jbhn Bryant, born December 3, 1884. 3. Margaret Louise, born February 18, 1888, a graduate of Plainfield High School. 4. Orson Witter, born September 26, 1892; was educated in Middlesex county public schools.

WILLIAM A. SILENCE.—For more than a quarter of a century Oak Tree, Middlesex county, New Jersey, has been the scene of the business activity of William A. Silence, who is meeting with creditable and well deserved success as the reward of his indefatigable labor, tireless energy and capable management. He is a man whose word is as good as his bond, and whose transactions are conducted in a thor­oughly business-like manner, thus insuring the continuance of the patron­age accorded him in the beginning of his business career.
The birth of William A. Silence occurred in what was then the city of Brooklyn, New York, now the borough of Brooklyn, Greater New York, November 9, 1869, a son of William A. Silence, a native of the State of Maryland, a hatter by occupation, and his wife, Emma F. (Depew) Silence, a native of Brooklyn, New York. The schools of Brooklyn in the vicinity of his home were the means of his education, and he profitted by attending them. He was a resident of his native city until the year 1894, when he removed to the State of New Jersey, locating in Oak Tree, Raritan township, where he has since made his home. His entire time and attention is devoted to the manufacture of cider and vinegar, which are of excellent quality, and these useful commodities are made in a plant which is 'suited to the purpose, modern in every particular, clean and neat in appearance, thus insuring the uniform quality of the articles manufactured. Mr. Silence holds mem­bership in the South Plainfield Patriotic Order Sons of America. He is a Republican in politics, and belongs to the Harding and Coolidge Club. The welfare and improvement of his community receives from him a hearty cooperation in all projects which have for their aim that object.
Mr. Silence married, February 22, 1893, in Oak Tree, Jane Laing, born in South Plainfield, New Jersey, August 17, 1866, daughter of Abel Laing, a native of South Plainfield, a tiller of the soil, and his wife, Cornelia C. (Drake) Laing, a native of Oak Tree. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Silence, as follows : Marion, born July 28, 1894; and William A. (3), born March 13, 191o. '

HARVEY LeROY HULLFISH—When a young boy Harvey LeRoy Hullfish came with his parents to New Brunswick, New Jersey, and there has spent the years which have since elapsed. He has devoted himself chiefly to the automobile business as a salesman, and is •one of the well known men of the trade. He is also well known in the political field.
Harvey LeRoy Hullfish was born in Jamesburg, Middlesex county, New Jersey, July 29, 1885, son of Giles H. and Bertha M. Hullfish, his father a merchant. He was educated in New Brunswick public schools and in the Wilson Business College, New Brunswick. He at once entered business life in New Brunswick, first as a groceryman, then for ten years in the automobile business, dealing both in new and second­hand cars. He is still in that line as sales manager for Elwood E. Waller & Son, handling Willys-Knight and Overland cars. He was formerly manager for the New Brunswick Motor Car Company, was the first president of the • New Brunswick Motor Trade Association, which he aided in organizing, and for three years he assisted in the management of the auto shows.
In politics Mr. Hullfish is a Republican, and for ten years was a member of the Middlesex County Committee, resigning to accept ap­pointment on the Board of Elections of the Fourth Ward. He was appointed clerk of the Martin Act Commission, was stenographer to the State Assembly one session and is now a deputy sheriff and court r)fficer, holding these positions in connection with his automobile busi­ness. He is a past officer of Goodwill Council, No. 32, Junior Order of United American Mechanics, having served twelve and one-half years in office, and is a member of Orient Court. He is a member of the Goodwill Club, and of the Livingston Avenue Baptist Church.
Mr. Hullfish married, June 24, 1908, at New Brunswick, Mary C. Whitfield, daughter of Jacob H. and Julia Whitfield. Mr. and Mrs. Hullfish are the parents of a daughter, Elsie May Hullfish, born April 30, 1911.

EUGENE WORDEN HOPE.—For many years Eugene Worden Hope has been prominent among the prosperous business men of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, where he conducts a successful milk business and enjoys a large patronage in the surrounding community. He is a mem­ber of a family that had its origin in the Island of Jersey, in the British nhannel off the coast of France, and which came from there and settled in Virginia in early days, where many of the Hopes continue to reside at the present time.
Mr. Hope is a son of Luther Martin Hope, who was born at Modes-town, Virginia, June 9, 1839, and came as a young man to Brooklyn, New York, and thence, later, to Perth Amboy, New Jersey. For many years he carried on a mercantile business at the last named place, but during the latter years of his life retired and made his home on the old Billy Watson farm, now "Hopelawn," in Perth Amboy, his death oc­curring there January 25, 1907. Luther Martin Hope married Katie Lee Coyle, of New York City, born February 2, 1840, and died December 15, 1907 ; they became the parents of nine children, as follows : Arthur H. ; Eugene Worden, with whom we are here especially concerned; Luther J.; J. Howard; Everett, who died in infancy; Annie A., who became the wife of George Liddle, of Fords, •New Jersey; Mary L., who became the wife of John Harvey, of Tottenville, Staten Island; Elizabeth V., who became the wife of George Larrison of Perth Amboy; Katie L., who became the wife of Edward Koch, of Perth Amboy.
Eugene Worden Hope was born, June 1, 1862, at Brooklyn, New York, and was but three years of age when his parents removed to Perth Amboy, where his childhood and early youth were passed. As a lad he attended the Fairfield School at Fords Corners, New Jersey, but the circumstances of the family were such at that time that it became necessary for him to engage in some kind of remunerative occu­pation at an early age and, accordingly, when only eleven years old, he began to work for the Lehigh Valley Railroad, driving a horse and cart, receiving in compensation sixty cents a day. When seventeen years of age Mr. Hope, who was of an enterprising and venturesome disposition, left his father's home and went West, locating in North Dakota, where he remained for seven years, engaged in farming and raising wheat. This period was the only one spent by him away from Perth Amboy, to Which place he returned at the age of twenty-four, and where he has subsequently made his home. Upon locating a second time at Perth Amboy, Mr. Hope, who in the meantime had amassed a considerable capital, entered into the milk business and has continued successfully in this line ever since. Under his skillful and far-seeing management
n large and flourishing business has been built up, the conduct of which has always been along the highest standards of commercial integrity and fair play. Mr. Hope is a Republican in politics and takes a keen interest in all the vital issues of the day. He is a member of the local lodge of the Royal Arcanum, the Eagle Athletic Club, and the Raritan Yacht Club. In religious belief Mr. Hope is a Baptist, and he and the members of his family attend the church of that denomination at Perth Amboy.
Eugene Worden Hope was united in marriage, September 20, 1904, at Perth Amboy, with Flora Martha Russell, a widow, and daughter of Charles and Sarah Russell, both now deceased. Mrs. Hope was the mother of one daughter by her former marriage, Helen, now the wife of Clarence Davis, of Staten Island. Mr. and Mrs. Hope are also the parents of one daughter, Ruth Elizabeth, born December 27, 1917.

STEPHEN FRANCIS SOMOGYI.—Son of a scholarly father, Stephen F. Somogyi inherited the professional instinct, and in his chosen line of activity, the law, he has built up a lucrative practice and firmly established himself in the public regard. His residence and place of business is Perth Amboy, and he is one of the most successful among the younger lawyers of the county; his proficiency in the Hungarian and Slavic languages has gained for him a large clientele among the foreign born of Perth Amboy. Stephen F. Somogyi was born in Hun­gary, in fht.• city of Kassau, August 20, 1879, son of Michael and Joseph­ine A. (Oslislo) Somogyi. Michael Somogyi was a professor in the Royal University of Kassau, and resided with his family in that city until his death occurred in 1882.
Stephen F. Somogyi received his elementary education in the schools and colleges of his native city. Assisted greatly by his scholarly father, he was well advanced in his studies when he came to America with his mother in 1890. They located first in Oliphant, Pennsylvania, where he continued his studies in the local schools until 1899, when he removed to Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Electing to follow the legal profession, he began to read law in the office of Joseph E. Stricker, in the meanwhile attending the New York Law School, where he took a special course. On June 3, 1903, he was admitted to the Middlesex County Bar as an attorney, and immediately entered into the practice of his profession in Perth Amboy, opening an office in the Adelaide building, on Smith street. From there he removed his office to No. 137 Smith street. He was later admitted to practice •as a counsellor, and now practices in the State and Federal courts of the district.
For a number of years he was greatly interested in State and local politics. He was county interpreter from 1907 until 1920, when he re­signed from office. His knowledge of European languages especially fitted him for that office in a community where a large percentage of the population is of foreign birth. In 1915 he ran for the State Assembly on the Republican ticket, but as it was an out and out Democratic year, he was defeated. He retains a lively interest in party affairs, and is an active worker for party success. During the World War, 1917-1918, he served as a member of the Advisory Board in the Draft, and was himself enrolled in the New Jersey reserves and commissioned first lieutenant, serving until the close of hostilities. During the Liberty Loan "drives" he canvassed among the foreign born and was quite suc­cessful. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Royal Arcanum, and Raritan Yacht Club, of which he is one of the board of governors and chairman of the entertainment committee. He is a lover of music and devotes much of his leisure time to, that art, being an unusually fine performer on the 'cello. He was one of the organizers of the Dominant Society, an orchestral association, and while it was in existence, was its leader. He is a member of the String Quintette, which has considerable local reputation, and is devoted to the study of classical music.
Mr. Somogyi was united in marriage, December 27, 1910, with Allie May Dayton, daughter of William and Anna Dayton, of Perth Amboy.

FREDERICK DAVID SPRUANCE, of New Brunswick, has had a somewhat varied life, both as to occupation and place of residence. At the time of this writing he is engaged in the automobile business in New Brunswick.
John Baylis Spruance, father of Frederick D. Spruance, was born in Philadelphia and still lives there, engaged in the sugar brokerage busi­ness, with an office at Eleventh and Market streets. He married Jessie McIntosh, who was born in Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Spruance have three children : t. Mabel, the wife of Charles R. Fairland, of Jenkin­town, Pennsylvania. 2. Frederick David, of whom further. 3. Florence Duncan, wife of Rev. R. B. W. Hutt, of Philadelphia.
Frederick David Spruance was born in Philadelphia, January 27, 1884, remaining there and attending the primary school until he had reached the age of seven, when his family moved to Sheffield, Alabama. Here he attended the public schools and later entered the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, taking the electrical engineering course, and grad­uating from that seat of learning in 1906. Following this he spent two and a half years in electrical construction work on the Panama Canal. Mr. Spruance next went West, where he was engaged in the transport service for more than a year, returning then to Sheffield, Alabama, taking up electrical construction work again for two and a half years. In 1913 he went for the second time to Panama, remaining for eighteen months, when he came back to the United States and accepted a position with the DuPont Powder Company. He remained with them for nearly four years, helping in the production of powder for the war work, going from this to New Brunswick and establishing a business of his own, the F. D. Spruance Automobile Company, at No. 92 Schureman street. His tem­perament is that of the hustler and his training has made him /rick to grasp an opportunity. He handles the Chevrolet, the Stearns-Knight, and the Premier cars, and also does general repair work.
Mr. Spruance is interested in several clubs in New Brunswick, being a member of the local lodge of Elks, the Middlesex County Automobile Club, and the Board of Trade. Mr. Spruance has a hobby, that of hunting, and during the season he may frequently be seen going off on an expedition with his dog and gun. During a .period spent in Phila­delphia, he took considerable interest in military matters, being a mem­ber of the Second Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard, holding the commission of captain.
The marriage of Frederick David Spruance to Annie M. Spear took place April 2, 1913, in Charleston, South Carolina, where Miss Spear was born. She is the daughter of Horace P. and Annie Mortimer (Cleckley) Spear, of Richmond, Virginia, where Mr. Spear is engaged in the real estate business.
Mr. and Mrs. Spruance went to Panama immediately after their marriage, and there they started their first housekeeping. They now have a delightful home at No. 117 South Fourth avenue, New Brunswick.
There are no children of this marriage. Both are members of the Presbyterian church.
The Spruance family is of French origin; the first of the name to emigrate to the United States was John Spruance, who landed at Lewes, Delaware, from France, in 1730.

AUGUSTUS STELLE.—On the east side of the Raritan river, opposite New Brunswick, and three miles east, lies the village of Stelton, named for the Stelle families, who owned large farms in the district, and there lived most of their lives. They were among the highly regarded citizens of their times, and among their number were promi­nent men and women of agricultural, business, professional, public and social.affairs of life.
Augustus Stelle was a prominent agriculturist and large land owner. The farm mansion which he built is now (1922) the home of his daugh­ters, who have never known any other residence than the old farm. The farm came into possession of Augustus Stelle in 184o, and the house was built by him the same year, consequently the associations of a lifetime gather around the old homestead, and the place is very dear to the Misses Stelle. They are granddaughters of Isaac and Frances (Dunn) Stelle, the former born near New Brunswick, January 26, 1789, died June 6, 1872, in Stelton, the latter born August 20, 179o, near New Brunswick, died March 3, 1876, in Stelton. Isaac Stelle was a farmer in this region all his life, and was well known. He and his wife were the parents of eight children : Samuel, Louis, Augustus, of whom fur­ther; Eliza, Phoebe, James, Prudence, and Alexander.
Augustus Stelle, son of Isaac and Frances (Dunn) Stelle, was born October 23, 1815, in Piscataway township, Middlesex county, New Jersey, died at the homestead, January 14, 1899. He was educated in the district schools, and during his active years he was engaged in farming and in farm management, becoming possessed of many acres on the east side of the Raritan river. He was an influential Democrat, and a man of substance, highly esteemed as a man of integrity and honor. He was a member of the Baptist church, which he liberally supported and regularly attended.
Mr. Stelle married, February 12, i84o, in Plainfield, New Jersey, Maria Stelle, born in South Plainfield, October 25, 1817, died January 15, i899, surviving her husband but one day, they both being laid at rest in Piscataway Town Cemetery at the same time. Augustus and Maria (Stelle) Stelle were the parents of four children: John, born June 4, 1842, in Stelton, died September 29, 1914, at Hollywood, Cali­fornia, and is buried in the family plot in Piscataway Town Cemetery. He was a farmer until his retirement and removal to California. He married Mary Conaway, of Martin's Dock, New Jersey. She died Janu­ary i6, 1920, at Washington, New Jersey, without issue. 2. Angelina A., born January 20, 1845, in Stelton. 3. Julia R., born February 20, 1848, in Stelton. 4. Spencer C., born August i854, in Stelton. He has been variously occupied in life, being at one time in the silk business.
He is now living at Dalton, New Jersey. He married Ellen C. Conaway, a sister of his brother's wife, and two children have been born to them : Harry N., who died at the age of nine years; and Russel A., who died at the age of sixteen.

NELSON M. GILES.—After following different lines of mercantile pursuits, in which he achieved a certain degree of success, Nelson M. Giles, an enterprising and public-spirited citizen of Bound Brook, New Jersey, is now devoting his time and attention to the tilling of the soil, an occupation which calls for untiring energy, perseverance and careful management, characteristics which are fully developed in the person of the subject of this review.
Nelson M. Giles was born in Harris Lane, Bound Brook, Middlesex county, New Jersey, September 20, in the same house in which he now resides, his parents, Benjamin S. and Adeline A. (Harris) Giles, also residing in the same house, Benjamin S. Giles having been born in Middlesex county, one mile distant from the place now occupied by his son. Benjamin S. Giles was a blacksmith by trade, following this line of work profitably during the active years of his life.
Nelson M. Giles attended the common school adjacent to his home, and upon arriving at suitable age became a manufacturer of roofing material, following this occupation for twelve years, at the expiration of which time he changed his line of work and engaged in farming, and in addition to the arduous duties which falls to the lot of an agri­culturist has added those of public office, serving at the present time (1920) in the capacity of collector for Middlesex borough. He is presi­dent of the borough of Middlesex Building and Loan Association, a member of the Republican County Committee, a member and trustee of the Presbyterian church, filling the latter office for two decades, and a number of the order of Free and Accepted Masons, and the Knights of Pythias. He takes a keen interest in all that pertains to the growth and improvement of his native place, and well merits the confidence reposed in him.
Mr. Giles married, May 7, 1884, in Bound Brook, New Jersey, Jennie Blaine, born in Somerville, New Jersey, February t, 1864, daughter of Charles W. and Phebe (Vanarsdale) Blaine. Children: t. Harry R., born January z6, 1886. 2. Benjamin H., born July 4, 1892. In 1917 he was drafted for service in die World War, went to camp for training, and was sent overseas, sailing from New York City, January 12, 1918. He was killed in battle, in France, October 3, 1918, thus adding another to the list who made the supreme sacrifice for their country. He had attained the rank of corporal, and was at 'the front for a period of five months. 3. Anna A., born September 22, 1895. 4. Albert M., born January 14, 1898. 5. Charles W., born December 1, two.

DENNIS FRANCIS DONOVAN came to America with his parents as a child of six years. Growing up in Perth Amboy, he is now one of the business men of the city, and well known throughout this section.
Dennis Donovan, father of Dennis F. Donovan, was born in County Cork, Ireland. In his early manhood, he was employed on a railroad in England. Upon coming to America, he located directly in Perth Amboy, and there worked on the Lehigh Valley coal docks until his death, which occurred at the comparatively early age of fifty-one years. Dennis Donovan married Johanna Sullivan, who was also born in County Cork, Ireland. She came to this country with her husband, and died here, in 1913, at the age of sixty-five years. They had eight children, of whom five are now living: Anna, the wife of George Mickle, of New York City; Michael J., of Perth Amboy; Mary E., the wife of John Kelner, of Trenton, New Jersey; Dennis Francis, of whom further; and Katherine, the widow of John Sleight, residing in Trenton.
Dennis Francis Donovan was born in County Cork, Ireland, August 25, 1877. His education was begun at the public schools of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, when his parents came to America and took up their residence there, and was completed in St. Mary's Parochial schools of that city. At the age of fifteen he went out into the world to earn his own living, beginning life in the work of tile making. After three years in this line, he worked on the railroad for three years, then, having saved enough to make a start for himself, he opened a hotel at No. 314 Front street, Perth Amboy. The venture has been successful, and promises well for the future.
Mr. Donovan is a Democrat by political choice. He is member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; of the Foresters of America; and of the Improved Order of Red Men.
Mr. Donovan married, in Perth Amboy, on October 14, 1903, Helen Gertrude Smith, daughter of Peter and Margaret Smith. She was born in Lambertville, New Jersey. Her father died in Long Island City, at the age of sixty-five years, and her mother now lives at Whitestone, Long Island. Mr. and Mrs. Donovan have two children : Margaret Frances, born March 14, isoos ; and Helen Olive, born June 1909. The family attend St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church.

CHARLES GROVER WRAGE.---Among the representative citizens of Duneflen, who have aided materially in its development, upbuilding and substantial progress, may be mentioned Charles G. Wrage, a native of Flemington, Hunterdon county, New Jersey, born September
1884, son of Henry and Catherine (Witt) Wrage, natives of Germany, from whence they emigrated to the United States in the year 1872. Henry Wrage was a contractor and builder by occupation, skillful and proficient in workmanship, just and equitable in all his transactions.
Charles Grover Wrage attended the common schools in the vicinity of his home, acquiring a practical education which fitted him for the duties of an active career. Upon attaining a suitable age, he decided to follow in his father's footsteps; in this line of work, he gave his attention to familiarizing himself with the details, and in due course of time, in 1908, began operations as a builder and contractor, so continuing during the intervening years, aid at the present time (1921) many buildings stand as monuments to his skill and ability along that line. He is progressive in his methods and ideas, fully alive to the present-day needs of the public, and by giving the closest attention to the work he has chosen, noting every improvement and acting upon it, he is looked upon as a thoroughly reliable man, and is in receipt of an excellent patronage.
Mr. Wrage is a Presbyterian in religion, a Republican in politics, and a member of the Republican Club and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is highly respected and esteemed in the community, and exerts an influence for good upon those with whom he is brought in contact. He was a member of the Dunellen Borough Council for three years, 1917-1920.
Mr. Wrage married, in New York City, February 12, 1908, Emma Miller, born in New York City, December 30, 1884, daughter of Richard and Louisa (Raggar) Miller, natives of Germany, both now deceased. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Wrage: Beatrice, born September 8, 1910; Hazel, born August 25, 1912; Evelyn, born December 17, 1919. The house in which the family now resides, No. 504 Walnut street, Dunellen, was erected by Mr. Wrage in 1912.

WILLARD N. APGAR.—Serving Dunellen as postmaster, Mr. Apgar applies to this public office the same energy and careful attention that he has given to all things connected with his busy life, and thus it can be said that he ranks among the foremost citizens of Dunellen.
Willard N. Apgar was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, March 22, 1876, the son of John P. and Sarah (Smith) Apgar. Mr. Apgar has spent practically his entire life in Dunellen, New Jersey. After receiving a good common school education, he became associated with his father in business and since that time has met with much success is a con­tractor and builder, which is the result of his untiring devotion to business.
A Democrat in politics, Mr. Apgar has ever taken a keen and active interest in the affairs of the local organization, and in 1916 was appointed postmaster of Dunellen, to which service he has added intense public spirit and patriotic fervor, all based upon full appreciation of his respon­sibility as an American citizen to whom has been delivered a profound trust. Under his term of office as postmaster he advocated and had established a city delivery service in Dunellen. He affiliates with She Foresters of America, Junior Order of United American Mechanics, and the Patriotic Order Sons of America; is a director of the Home Building and Loan Association, and in his religious belief is a Presbyterian.
On November 28, 19oo, Willard N. Apgar was united in marriage with Jennie M. Apgar, daughter of James M. and Martha (Haitman) Apgar, the former a native of High Bridge, New Jersey, the latter of Allentown, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Apgar are the parents of seven children: W. Clayton, born September 16, 1902; Sylvester M., born February 14, /9o5 ; Clifford, born January 25, 1907; Beatrice, born July 19, 1908; J. Austin, born October 14, 1910; Eleanor, born July 14, 1912; and Yvonne E., born December 27, 1918.

JOSEPH M. MAIER.—The career of Joseph M. Maier, proprietor of a fine grocery store in Dunellen, which he established in 1917, illus­trates that success can be achieved by hard work and honorable business dealings, for today he is the owner of one of the most up-to-date business establishments of his town.
Joseph M. Maier was born in Dunellen, New Jersey, June 7, 1873, son of Joseph and Catherine (Eder) Maier, the former named having been engaged in a successful hotel business for a number of years.
After completing the course of study afforded by the common schools of his birthplace, Joseph M. Maier was the proprietor for a time of the hotel formerly conducted by his father. Later he decided that a change of occupation would be beneficial and better suited to his tastes and inclinations, and accordingly, on August 21, 1917, he embarked in an entirely different line, opening up a grocery store in his native town, at No. 384 North avenue, where he carries a complete stock of everything in the grocery line. His trade has increased during the past three years, which is largely the result of his energy, progressiveness, and courteous treatment of all who grant him their patronage. Mr. Maier is con­nected with the First National Bank of Dunellen; is a Democrat in politics; and a Catholic in religion.
Mr. Maier married (first) at Cranford, New Jersey, February 14, 1898, Anna Doyle, daughter of John and Mary (Brennan) Doyle. Mrs. Maier died in Dunellen, February 4, 1905. Three children were born of this marriage, as follows: Catherine, born January 28, 1900; Joseph, born March 5, 1902; John, born November 6, 1903. Mr. Maier married (second) July 12, two, Anna Pfister, daughter of Philip and Mary (Bonig) Pfister. Five children have been born of this marriage, as follows: William, born May 25, 1912; Edward, born November 3o, 1913; Robert, born September 5, 1915; Anna, born September 30, 1917; Mar­garet, born February 25, 1920.

JAMES EDWARD NOE, whose fifty-four consecutive years in one line of business in the same city, and that his birthplace, is a fine record. He is a venerable oyster dealer of Perth Amboy, New Jersey.
The Noe family is one of the pioneer families of this region. Mr. Noe's father, David Ogden Noe, was born and died in the old Noe home­stead, the same house where his son now lives, No. & Water street. He was in the oyster business, with his son as partner, and the latter continued the business after the death of his father. He married Hester Margaret Hutted, and they had nine children, four of whom are now living: James Edward, whose name appears at the head of this review; Mrs. Henrietta L. Kipp; Mrs. Sarah E. Smith; and William Kelly; all of these are residents of Perth Amboy.
James Edward Noe was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, August 6, 1845. Here be received his early education, going to Pennington Seminary for advanced study, and later to Eastman's Business College, Poughkeepsie, New York. Immediately after his graduation from that institution, the young man went to New York City and engaged in the lumber business, being associated with Stone & Wiswall. He remained with them one year, the only period in his business career not identified with the daily life of Perth Amboy. He next joined his father in the oyster business, buying one-half of this business, and on the death of his father he continued to own the same. He was twenty-one years of age when he bought out this business, and now 0920 at the age of seventy-five years he still keeps oversight of the business, although he has been practically retired from active work since 1915.
Mr. Noe has always been deeply interested in all branches of public endeavor. He is a staunch supporter of Republican principles, and has for many years voted with this party. He was at one time elected to the Board of Education, and was made president of the board. He has also served as alderman from the First Ward. He has for many years been treasurer of the Alpine Cemetery Association, and only declined to serve longer in 1919 when advancing years made him feel that a younger man should relieve him of this charge. S.dce his youth, Mr. Noe has been identified with the work of the Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church. For twenty-five consecutive years he was superin­tendent of the Sunday school, for a long period had charge of the music for the church services, being chorister of the choir, and is still president of the board of trustees of the church.
Mr. Noe married, in Perth Amboy, December 19, i866, Annie E. Valentine, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Buck) Valentine. Mrs. Noe was born in Keasbey, Woodbridge township, New Jersey. Her father was for many years a farmer in Woodbridge. Both her parents died in Perth Amboy. Mr. and Mrs. Noe have three children, all living: Edward Valentine, of Newark, New Jersey; Margaret E., wife of Wil­liam L. Anderson, of Dorchester, Massachusetts; and Katherine D., wife of William H. Hesser, of Perth Amboy.
Mr. Noe is a man whom it is a pleasure to meet. After a long life of constant and active usefulness, he is not content to sit idly and let the world go by, but takes the keenest interest in every phase of the life of which he has been a part, and in this very interest wields a strong and beneficent influence in the commtinity.

GEORGE W. AINSCOW, of Stelton, Middlesex county, New Jersey, was born March 3o, 1868, at Bay View, Maryland, son of Evan and Rachel (Brown) Ainscow, his parents both born in Wilmington, Dela­ware. Evan Ainscow was a contractor, a farmer, and a man of energy, and was successful in his varied business enterprises.
William Ainscow, grandfather of George W. Ainscow, was born in Bolton, England; he married in his native land, and later came to America with his wife Mary, settling in Wilmington, Delaware, where they lived and died.
George W. Ainscow was educated in the public schools, and in early life was associated with his father as his assistant. He next engaged in business as a public caterer, and for fifteen years was the proprietor of a well patronized restaurant in the city of Wilmington. Delaware. In 1898 he went to Jersey City, New Jersey, where he engaged in the grain and hay business for a time. He moved to Stelton, Middlesex county, two miles east of New Brunswick, in 1911, and there bought a farm, upon which he resides. In 1920 he built a new residence on his farm, and is now building a large structure for general purposes, and for the convenience of auto tourists over the Lincoln Highway. In addition to this he erected a large garage in 1916, which he conducts in connection with his other interests. His gas and oil station is one of the largest on the highway between New York and Philadelphia. He supplies the big auto truck transportation companies with fuel, and in the course of a year hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil and gas are handled through his station. He has been successful in all his undertak­ings, and highly regarded in a business and social way. He and his fam­ily attend the Methodist Episcopal church of Metuchen, and take a deep interest in the life of the community.
Mr. Ainscow married, in Elkton, Maryland, April 30, 1890, Virgie R. Lodge, born July 27, 1867, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, daughter of Richard and Jane (Hall) Lodge. Richard Lodge was born in England, and with his parents sailed for the United States in 1847. Mr. and Mrs. Ainscow are the parents of four children : Marion E., born May 19, 1891, married Arthur Van Keuren, and they have two children : Vir­ginia and Tobias, now residing in Albany, New York; Edith V., born March 24, 1893, residing at home with her parents; A. Roy, born January 8, 1895, married Laura Boyd, and they reside near Metuchen ; George W., Jr., born November 29, 1902, residing at home.

HENRY S. GARRETSON.—From a Middlesex county farm in Piscataway township, Mr. Garretson came to Dunellen, in his native county, and there entered mercantile life. For nearly a quarter of a century he has conducted a lumber and coal business in Dunellen, and is one of the substantial men of his community. He is a son of James and Gertrude E. (Staats) Garretson, his father a farmer.
Henry S. Garretson was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, October I, 1856, and was there educated in the public schools. He grew to manhood at the home farm, and until' he was about forty-five years of age engaged in farming and tilling his own acres, and he prospered. About 1898 he formed a partnership with Alvah Gray in a lumber and coal business in Dunellen, which he has successfully conducted during the twenty-three years which have since intervened. He is a man of strong business ability, and as a citizen his upright life is an exattph.t. He is president of the Home Building and Loan Association of Dunellen, and president of the Hillsborough Mutual Fire Assurance Association, and was a member of the Board of Freeholders for nine years.
In his political views, Mr. Garretson is a Republican; in his church affiliation he is a member of the First Baptist of New Market, in which he has been active. He is a member of the Masonic order, the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, Patriotic Order Sons of America, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Republican Club.
Mr. Garretson married, in New Market, New Jersey, November 1882, Lily E. Benward, born August i7, 1863, daughter of Peter and Phoebe L. (Dayton) Benward, her father a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Gar­retson are the parents of three children: Ethel, born June 30, 1884; J. Russell, born February 7, 189o; and Lillian, born August 4, 1892. The Garretson home is in Dunelien, New Jersey, where the family is well known.

FREDERICK B. PEINS.—For eighteen years Frederick B. Peins has been engaged in the manufacture of tile flooring with the B. H. Lage Company, first under the partnership form, and later, in 1914, under its corporate form, the B. H. Lage Company, Inc., of New York City, and Menlo Park, New Jersey. This is one of the well known tile manufacturing companies, its offices being in New York City, the plant at Menlo Park. He is a son of Henry and Margaret (Anderson) Peins, both born lb Germany, where they lived and died. They were the parents of eight children : Ferdinand, Catherine, Sophia, Andrew, Marie, Hen­rietta. Frederick B., of further mention ; and Heinrich. Four of these children came to the United States : Andrew, Catherine, Frederick B., and Marie.
Frederick B. Peins was born in Tating, Germany, January 24, 1866, and there spent the first twenty-five years of his life. He was educated in his native land, the gymnasium there furnishing training and instruc­tion on a par with the best technical high schools in this country. In 1891 he came to the United States and shortly afterward began his connection with clay manufacturing. His line has been largely the manufacture of tile flooring, and in that particular line of business he has specialized. In 1902 he became superintendent and later manager of the B. H. Lage Company, of Menlo Park, New Jersey, the well known .tile manufacturing company. He has been connected with that company ever since, although in more recent years its ownership has changed and it is now the B. H. Lage Company, Inc., of New York City. Mr. Peins is one of the principal stockholders a the present company, and fills the same place in the management of the corporation as he did in the firm. He is well known in the clay products business, and the company is well established and highly regarded in the trade.
In political faith Mr. Peins is a Republican, and keenly alive to his responsibilities as a citizen, but as a citizen only, not as a seeker for office. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of Rahway, and the Independent Order of Foresters, of Metuchen ; he and his family are members of the Lutheran church of Rahway.
Mr. Peins married, in Rahway, in 1891, Anna Eseman, born in Ger­many, November 3, 1866, daughter of Frederick and Mirk Eseman, natives of Germany, where they always resided. Mrs. Peins has a sister, Martha, who remained with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Peins are the parents of five children: Anna, born February 22, 1893; Frederick, born April 8, i895; Elsie, born June 17, 1897, died September 4, 1898; Rudolph, born September 7, 1899; Margaret, born January 24, 1904, died January 29, 1904. Mr. Peins and his family are among the well known and highly respected residents of Menlo Park. The family home is one of the fine old mansions there, and the first house in which Thomas Edison installed electric lights.

GUSTAV BLAUM.—A native son of Woodbridge, Gustav Blaum has all his life been connected with the town, and from boyhood has been associated with its mercantile life. He began as a grocer's clerk, and has always been partial to that business, finally, in 1905, becoming proprietor of the Hilsdorf store in Woodbridge, and one of the leading merchants of his town. He is a son of Sebastian and Catherine (Lorch) Blaum.
Gustav Blaum was born in Woodbridge, Middlesex county, New Jersey, April 10, 1867, and there obtained a public school education. Quite early in life he clerked in different Woodbridge stores, but attended school quite regularly until about 188o, when he took a permanent position with Robert Humphrey, a long-time hardware merchant, with whom he remained until 1882, when he transferred his services to Hils­dorf & Harned, grocers, at now No. 82 Main street, Woodbridge. He remained with Hilsdorf & Harned until 184 when he became a clerk' with Burkett & Paterson, grocers, of Woodbridge, and three and one-half years later entered into a partnership with C. W. Harned and con­ducted a grocery business on Main street, Woodbridge, for three years.
This experience seems to have satisfied Mr. Blaum's ambition for a mercantile career, and for five years, 1895-1900, he was agent for the Prudential Life Insurance Company, with offices in Perth Amboy. In igoo he reentered the grocery business, accepting a position with Hilsdorf Brothers, who were then running a chain of grocery stores, one of them, the old Hilsdorf & Harned store in Woodbridge, in which Mr. Blaum had formerly been a clerk. He was appointed manager of that store by Hilsdorf Brothers, and successfully operated it for five years, when he purchased the business from the Hilsdorfs, and since 1905 has operated it under his own name. He •has been very successful, has built up a good business, and is highly esteemed by his community. He has other interests of importance, the most important being in the Woodbridge Building and Loan Association, of which he was one of the founders in 191o, and during the entire eleven years of its life he has been the efficient treasurer.
Mr. Blaum has served his town as fire commissioner, and member of the Lighting Commission; is a member of the Woodbridge Fire Departrient; the Junior Order of United American Mechanics; the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and the Royal Arcanum. Politically he is an Independent, and keenly alive to his responsibilities as a citizen. I4e is always ready to "lend a hand" in any forward movement, and displays a fine public spirit in his attitude on all questions of civic importance.
Mr. Blaum married, in Woodbridge, in i000, Emma Ayres, daughter of John and Maria Ayres.

CHARLES COMPTON.—The farm in Raritan township, Middlesex county, New Jersey, which Charles Compton owns and cultivates has been in the family name for over a century, and the house he occupies was built by Ephraim Compton, his grandfather, nearly one hundred years ago.
Joel Compton, son of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Carpenter) Compton, occupied the old farm, and in 1860 built an addition to the old house built by his father and now occupied by his son, Charles. The Comp-tons came from England to Monmouth county, New Jersey, in 1667, and William Compton, the original settler, became one of the original proprietors of Middlesex township, and from him sprang a large and influential family. The farm in Raritan township upon which Ephraim Compton lived and built his house adjoins the village of Metuchen, and once contained about five hundred acres, part of which is now owned and tilled by his grandson, Charles Compton.
Charles Comptcn, son of Joel and Louisa (Campbell) Compton, was born in Dark Lane, Middlesex county, New Jersey, May 28, 1865, and was educated in the district schools. He early became his father's farm assistant, and later inherited the old homestead upon which he now resides. He has been a farmer all his life and is rated one of the pros­perous, substantial men of his township. In religious faith, Mr. Comp­ton is a Presbyterian, and in politics exercises the greatest independence, voting for the man of principle which best appeals to his judgment.
Mr. Compton married, April 25, 1881, Phoebe (Boylan) Mettick, born October 27, 1855, daughter of John V. and Susan Terry (Newman) Boylan, and widow of Isaac Mettick. Mr. and Mrs. Compton are the parents of six children: Louisa, born August 15, 1883 ; Mattietha, born December 11, 1885 ; Olive, born May 11, 1888; Mary N., born September .3, 1889; William C., born April 16, 1892; and Ida May, born April 5, 1896.

MARTIN GALBRAITH, JR., was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, March 25, 1879, the son of Martin Galbraith, Sr., who was born in Ire­land, but came to the United States about 1859. Martin Galbraith, Sr., married Julia Kilbride, and they were living in Plainfield, New Jersey, at the time of the birth of their son, Martin, Jr.
Martin Galbraith, Jr., was educated in the public schools of that city. He early became a hotel proprietor, and is now owner of the only hotel in Iselin, a village of Woodbridge township, Middlesex county, on the Pennsylvania Railroad. The hotel of which Mr. Galbraith is proprietor was built in 1864. In politics he is an independent, in religious faith a Catholic. His fraternity is the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of Rahway.
Mr. Galbraith married, April t, 1901, at Plainfield, New Jersey, Mary Geary, born November 5, 1881, daughter of Richard and Ellen (Hughes) Geary, born in Iselin. To Mr. and Mrs. Galbraith five children were born : Dorothy, born February 21, 1903 ; Roger, born June 9, 1905, died March 14,1910; Eleanor, born November 16,1909; Charles, born Novem­ber 5, 191 ; Howard, born February 24, 1915.

CALVIN CLETUS CUNNIUS, JR.—Coming to New Brunswick a lad just out of high school, Mr. Cunnius saw the opportunity and two years later established the business which he has since conducted—an automobile service station, his absence in the army the only interrup­tion since 1915.
Calvin C. Cunnius, Jr., was born in Freeland, Pennsylvania, March 19, am the son of Calvin and Mary (Nagle) Cunnius; his father is engaged in the automobile business. The family later moved to Long Branch, New Jersey, where Calvin C. was educated, finishing with graduation from Chattle High School. He became familiar with the automobile business and was the first to operate auto-motive electrical service in New Brunswick. Later, for two years, he was with the Willard Com­pany at their New Brunswick station. In 1915, although but eighteen years of age, he opened a service station in New Brunswick for his own account, and has successfully conducted it until the present (1921).
During the World War, Mr. Cunnius enlisted in the United States army, September 5, 1918, and spent five months at Camp Humphries, Virginia, as a private of Company K, Engineers Regiment. He was honorably discharged, January 4, 1919. He is a member of the Lions Club, and of Suydam Street Reformed Church.
On May 5, 1918, in Suydam Street Reformed Church, Mr. Cunnius married Mary Regina Deshler, daughter of John and Mary Deshler.
Mr. Cunnius is a young man of energy and ability, and has obtained a good start in the business world. His service station, at No. 257 George street, is well patronized, the service being appreciated by motorists.

ARTHUR J. HAMLEY, now cashier of the First National Bank of Dunellen, New Jersey, was born in Mount Olive, New, Jersey, December 18, 1881, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Lindberry) Hamley, his father a machinist. Arthur J. Hamley was educated in public schools and business college, and when ready to enter business life he chose banking. He came to the First National Bank of Dunellen, January r, 1907, and since has been its efficient cashier. He is thoroughly informed in matters financial, and has the entire confidence of the public. Mr. Hamley is a Republican in politics, and a member of the Presby­terian church. Mr. Hamley married, in 1903, in Stephensburg, New Jersey, Esther M. Fleming, daughter of Albert and M. Louise (Mitchell) Fleming, her father a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Hamley are the parents of two childten : J. Ronald, born January 15, 1905 ; S. Elizabeth, born July 22, 1909.

JOHN H. BECKERr As a cosmopolitan nation, America is distinc­tive. From the four quarters of the globe men have come to her shores, many of whom have been men of unbounded integrity, of determined purpose, of mental vigor and endurance, men who are both builders and conservators. When one man passes another on the highway of pros­perity and high standing in a community, it is because he has the power to make the most of every advantage which surround the human race. It is this power which has made John H. Becker, of Milltown, New Jersey, one of the leading men of this community.
John H. Becker was born in Austria-Hungary, December 24, 1886, and came to this country at the age of sixteen. He conducts a garage at Milltown, New Jersey, where he also does a large repair business. He has won his way to success through sheer pluck and that indomit­able energy which in its last analysis is the fundamental characteristic of the successful business man. His career is one of those whose study affords fruitful conclusions for men who possess the combination of pluck and perseverance, and who take advantage of the opportunities open to young men in this country. In politics Mr. Becker is a Repub­lican. He fraternizes with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Improved Order of Red Men.
On August 4, 1907, Mr. Becker was united in marriage with Anna Mihalofsky, and they are the parents of five children : Anna, born April 4, 19o8; Elizabeth, born December 191o; John,' born January 6, 1912; Margaret, born June 12, 1918; Catherine, born February 25, 1920. The family home is at No. 86 Riva avenue, Milltown, New Jersey.

PATRICK F. McCUTCHEON, numbered among the representative citizens of Sayreville, New Jersey, is a native of this community, where he has always had the welfare and advancement of it uppermost in his mind and given earnest support to all movements calculated to advance its development.
Patrick F. McCutcheon was born January 6, 1865, in Sayreville, New Jersey, the son of John and Anna (Campbell) McCutcheon. He was educated in the schools of his native place, and after completing his studies entered upon his business career. For the past thirty years be has been owner and manager of general merchandise store and has been highly successful in this venture. Unswerving honesty and fairness has won for him the respect of his fellow-citizens. In politics Mr. McCutcheon is a Democrat, and gives to the affairs of the organization the interest demanded of every good citizen. He is also prominent in fraternal circles, being affiliated with the Knights of Columbus, the Improved Order of Red Men, the Foresters of America, and the Wood­men of the World. In religion he is a Roman Catholic, and has always served the church well by personal righteousness, and his means is ever contributed to his church and its benevolences.
Patrick F. McCutcheon was united in marriage with Catherine (Kel­ley) Clark, February 26, 19oo. Mrs. McCutcheon was born September 1, 1865, in New York City, the daughter of Martin and Margaret (Gur­nan) Kelley. Mr. and Mrs. McCutcheon' have no children.

WILLIAM P. WALDRON.—At Three Bridges, a village of Hun­terdon county, New Jersey, on the south branch of the Raritan river, four miles east of Flemington, Peter Waldron, and his son, William P., were born, that locality having long been the family seat. Peter Waldron, a farmer of Three Bridges, married Louise West, born in Mont­gomery, Somerset county, New Jersey, and they were the parents of William P. Waldron, now (192z) superintendent of the Middlesex County Poor Farm.
William P. Waldron was born at Three Bridges, New Jersey, Novem­ber 15, 1871, and there was educated in the public schools. He remained at home, his father's farm helper, until coming of age, then farmed for his own account until elected to superintend the County Poor Farm at Stelton. He has held that position for seven years, beginning in 1914. He is a Republican in politics, a member of Stelton Baptist Church, and of the Junior Order of American Mechanics.
Mr. Waldron married, at Bound Brook, New Jersey, March 31, 1897, Carrie Moore, born at Bound Brook, July 31, 1873, daughter of John M. and Mary (Wisner) Moore, her father a miller. Mr. and Mrs. Wal­dron have three children : Rilla, born September 2, 1901; Beulah, born January 19, 1907; Howard, born February 20, 1910.

JAMES PARKER LIDDLE.—A native son of Middlesex county, Mr. Liddle strayed far from his native heath, and for thirty years braved the storms that swept Dakota's prairies. But storms are followed by sunshine, and the Dakota storms and sunshine produced the wonderful crops which Mr. Liddle garnered year after year, until his wants were satisfied, then he met the craving he had long fought against and returned to the hills, valleys and fields of Middlesex county. On a little farm not far from Metuchen (a garden in comparison with his broad Dakota acres) he located, near enough to have city advantages, far enough away to avoid the crowded feeling, and there the veteran of seventy-three years, in the house which he rebuilt and modernized, is reaping the reward of his years of toil in a life of contented ease. He is a son of Joshua and Ann (Buck) Liddle, his father before him a Middlesex farmer.
James Parker Liddle was born in Woodbridge township, Middlesex county, New Jersey, December is, 1847, and there spent the years of his youth and early manhood. He attended public schools, then learned the blacksmith's trade, working at his trade and farming until 1878, when he went to North Dakota, and there remained for thirty years. In the early days in North Dakota few people attempted to remain on their prairie lands during the wiper, Mr. Liddle being one of the first to attempt it in his section. He built one of the first frame houses in that country, most of the houses being made of sod, which is a house partly below and partly above the surface, the walls and roof being built of thick, tough prairie sod, making a warm and comfortable home. After thirty years in the West he returned to Middlesex county and bought a little farm of nineteen acres near Metuchen, and has there created a delightful home for his declining years. In politics he is a Republican, and takes a great interest in affairs of his community.
Mr. Liddle married, at Fords Corners, New Jersey, December is, 1873, Ellen Gaffney, born in Boston, Massachusetts, July 3, 1849, daugh­ter of John and Ellen (Lavigne) Gaffney, both born in Ireland.

JOHN. JOSEPH QUINN.—One of the responsible executive posi­tions in the business world of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, is filled by John . Joseph Quinn. Born in this city, he is a son of Terence Quinn, a native of Ireland, who spent the greater part of his life in this country.
Terence Quinn was born in Tyrone,. Ireland, and came here with his parents when he was a boy. The family located in Philadelphia, and remained there for a considerable period of time. In his early manhood young Terence enlisted in a Pennsylvania regiment, and served through the Civil War. Soon after his discharge, he came to Perth Amboy, and established a cigar and candy store at No.
Smith street. .He conducted this store for many years, and the building in which it was located came to be known as the "Old Quinn Home­stead." It is still in excellent condition, and used for both residence and business purposes. Mr. Quinn's widow still resides there. Mr. Quinn' died on September 29, 1893, at the age of sixty-one. He married Jane McDonnell, who was born in County Sligo, Ireland, and came to this country with her father at the age of nine years, settling in Quebec, Canada. Terence and Jane (McDonnell) Quinn were the parents of the following children: Mary; Arthur; Elizabeth ; Terence, deceased ; Anna; James; Michael, deceased; and John Joseph.
John Joseph Quinn began his education in the public schools of Perth Amboy. After completing the usual course, he entered the Coleman Business College, of Newark, New Jersey, and was graduated in' 1903. He then entered the employ of Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Company, engineers of New York City, as one of their statistical force, remaining with them for a year.and a half, during which time he spent his evenings in advanced study at the Lenftner Preparatory School. At the end of that time he went to New York University, com­pleting his studies, and for the next five years was employed
Douglas Robinson, of Charles S. Brown Company, dealers in real estate. Returning to Perth Amboy, he became associated with Alpern Company, as vice-president of their organization, remaining in this connection for three years. He is now manager of the real estate depart-. ment of the Perth Amboy Trust Company ; and is also clerk of the District Court of Perth Amboy.
Mr. Quinn is a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Raritan Yacht Club. His hobby is music, and he has a fine bass voice. He is a member of the Roman Catholic church. Mr. Quinn married, October zo, 1920, Florence E. . Donegan, a teacher in the grammar school of Perth Amboy.

W. GUY WEAVER, now general superintendent of the New Jersey plants of the National Fireproofing Company, with local offices in Perth Amboy, was born in Newark, New Jersey, December 29, 1878, son of W. Guy and 'Elizabeth J. .(Brannigah) Weaver, his father a railroad maw and a well known resident of Perth Amboy, New Jersey.
The son, W. Guy Weaver, was educated in Perth Amboy public schools, and after school years were over, began his business career, his first position being as office boy with the G. B. Wilson Company, in Jersey City. He remained with that house four years, then, about 1896, became a clerk with the Perth Amboy Gas Light Company, con­tinuing here until 1898. In the same year he took a position with the American Smelting and Refining Company, as a weigher in the lead department, holding this until 1902. In July, 1902, he entered the employ of the National Fireproofing Company at Perth Amboy, a con­nection which has grown closer and stronger as the years have passed by and which he yet continues (1921).
Mr. Weaver's first place with the above company was as a clerk in the shipping department, and promotion followed, he having been suc­cessively assistant superintendent, superintendent, and, as above stated, is now general superintendent of all the company's plants in New Jersey, one being located in Perth Amboy, two in Woodbridge township, one at Lorillard, and one at Port Murray. He is a thorough master of every detail of the business over which he has direction, and is regarded as one of the best informed and most capable men in the business. He is a director of the City National Bank of Perth Amboy, and of the Wood­bridge National Bank, of Woodbridge, New Jersey.
In politics, Mr. Weaver is a Democrat, and has served the city of Perth Amboy as president of the Board of Aldermen, and as secretary of the Board of Water Commissioners. Ile is a past exalted ruler of Perth Amboy Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; a mem­ber of the Knights of Columbus; Royal Arcanum ; and Woodmen of the World; and his religious connection is with St. James' Roman Catholic Church of Woodbridge. His clubs are the East Jersey, the Raritan River Yacht, and the Sewaren Land and Water.
Mr. Weaver married, at Perth Amboy, October 3o, 1902, Madeline R. Hartung, daughter of Bernard and Theresa (Angst) Hartung, of Perth Amboy. Mr. and Mrs. Weaver are the parents of two daughters: Ruth M., and Bernice C. Since coming to Woodbridge, after a long residence in Perth Amboy, the family home has been at No. 192 Green street.

JOSEPH A. FURKAY.—Almost the entire section around James-burg is given over to farming, that portion of New Jersey having a wide reputation for agricultural development. One of the numerous farms is operated by Joseph A. Furkay, who has been a resident for some years past, though not a native of this State.
Joseph A. Furkay was born in New York City, March t, 1874, the son of John Furkay, a cigar maker of that city, and his wife, Anna (Lowda) Furkay. The education of the young boy was acquired in the common schools, and when that was finished he began his farming career.
In politics Mr. Furkay is a liberal, and in religion he is a Presby­terian ; his business interests are with the First National Bank of James-burg, and the only organization of which he is a member is the Farmers' Corporation of Monmouth county. In Rhode Hall, February 26, 1902, Joseph A. Furkay was united in marriage with Mae E. Scott, born April 5, 1882, in Hightstown, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Addison H. and Lydia A. (Perine) Scott, born natives of Hightstown. The grandfather of Mae E. (Scott) Furkay was James Scott, and her grandmother Mary Harding, both having been born in Mercer county, New Jersey, all her family for several gener­ations owning that county as their native place. Mr. and Mrs. Furkay have two children : Addison S., born September 4, 1903; and Joseph A., born September 14, 1915.

LEO C. OSBORN, an agriculturist and market gardener in the vicinity of New Brunswick, New Jersey, is a man who has won for himself a place among the prominent and highly respected citizens of that locality, who through his industry, his upright and honorable principles, and his genial nature, well merits the confidence and esteem in which he is held by his fellow-men.
Leo C. Osborn was born in New Market, Middlesex county, New Jersey, May 23, 1887, a son of Peter C. and Ida E. (Fulton) Osborn, the father devoting the years of his active career to the breaking and training of horses, a lucrative occupation in those days when horses were used almost exclusively as a means of conveyance from place to place, in addition to being used for all kinds of work. By attendance at the common schools in the neighborhood of his home, Leo C. Osborn obtained a good education, and upon the completion of his studies he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, the farm which he now owns and resides on having been in the possession of members of the family from the Revolutionary period, he being a member of the fifth generation, and a portion of the house he resides in was built prior to the Revolutionary War, this making it one of the ancient landmarks of that locality. The work and care he has bestowed on his property is amply shown in the harvests that it yields, which is housed in com­modious and modern buildings, everything kept in the best of order. In religious preference he is a First Day Baptist, and he is connected with the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, and the local Grange, Patrons of Husbandry.
Mr. Osborn married, October 1914, at High Bridge, Hunterdon county, New Jersey, Mae Cory Titus, born April 30, 1896, at Plainfield, New Jersey, daughter of Isaac and Caroline Titus, the former named born in Ohio, and the latter named in Bound Brook, New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Osborn are the parents of one child, Gorden, born Septem­ber 27, 1917.

HENRY KUHLTHAU, one of the. leading business men of the bor­ough of Milltown, is the successful proprietor of a coal, hay and grain store. He also carries on an extensive trade in alt kinds of farm products.
While Mr. Kuhlthau is a descendant of German ancestry, he is of American birth, having been born in Milltown, New Jersey, April 23, 1864. After attending the public school of that town, he assisted his father both in his general store and on the farm, growing up to man­hood in the village where he was born. His father, Conrad Kuhlthau, was born in Germany, came to this country when a young man, joined the mad rush to the Pacific coast, and became one of the gold diggers of California. He afterward came East and settled in Milltown, engag­ing in farming and conducting the village store, handling general mer­chandise. He bought and sold the farm his son now lives on. The mother of Henry Kuhlthau was Myleana (Junker) Kuhlthau, also a native of Germany.
Mr. Kuhlthau takes an active part in all the affairs of the constantly growing borough, and is well regarded by his fellow-citizens. He has been chosen president of the Milltown Building and Loan Association. He also is a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and of the Improved Order of Red Men. In politics Mr. Kuhlthau is a Republican, but not a politician, though for the last nine years he has been one of the councilmen of the borough. He is also a member of the Milltown Republican Club. Mr. Kuhlthau and his family attend St. Paul's Church.
On August 4, 1886, in the city of New Brunswick, Henry Kuhlthau married Mamie Hughes, daughter of Thomas Hughes, a native of Eng­land. Mr. Hughes came to this country many years ago and settled in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where his daughter Mamie was born May 28, 1869. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kuhlthau have one child, May E., born in 1887.

REUNE FITZ RANDOLPH, deceased, who for many years was a representative of the farming interests of Raritan township, Middlesex county, New Jersey, was a lineal descendant in the ninth generation of a family that made its home in the State of New Jersey at an early date, .the founder having been Edward Fitz Randolph, a native .of England, from whence he emigrated to New England in the year 1630 and located in the State of Massachusetts, married, May ro, 1637, Elizabeth Blossom, and later moved to Manasquan, New Jersey. The descent to Reune Fitz Randolph was through his son, Thomas Fitz Randolph ; his son, David B. Fitz Randolph, born January r, 1690; his son, William Fitz Randolph, born January ro, 1716, died December lo, 1795; his son, Nehemiah Fitz Randolph, born January 3, , 1745 died January 3, 1806, married Sarah Walker, born 1750, died March 27, 1807; their son, Peter Fitz Randolph, born December 12, 1767, died April 24, 1815, married Phoebe Blackford, born February 12, 1763; their son, Asa Fitz Randolph, born in Plainfield, New Jersey, May 21, 1802, a farmer by occupation, married Hannah T. Drake, born August Ift, 18o1, in New Jersey, they the parents of Reune Fitz Randolph, of this review.
Reune Fitz Randolph was born in Plainfield, Union county, New Jersey, February 1837. He attended the schools of his native place, completing his studies in the Plainfield High School, thus acquiring an education that prepared him for the activities of life. He gave his attention to farming pursuits in early boyhood, and so continued until his retirement from labor in his declining years, thereafter enjoying to the full the rest and quiet that should follow years of strenuous effort. He was a Seventh Day Baptist in religion, and a Republican in politics, and was looked upon in the vicinity of his home as a good neighbor and friend. death occurred at his home, January 25, 1914.
Reune Fitz Randolph married, in Flemington, New Jersey, January 1, 1862, Anna Camp, born in Flemington, August 25, 1842, daughter of Elias Camp, who was born in Cape May, New Jersey, May 23, 1816, married, September 30, 1838, Elizabeth Ann Dills, born February 1, 1814. Three children were born of this union, as follows: Ida, born August 5, 1864; Nellie, born July 5, 1866, departed this life December 27, 1901; 2nd Etta, born January 27, 1874. They reside in the old homestead,.and are honored and esteemed for their excellent characteristics.

PLATT J. ROWLEY, deceased, who for many years was classed among the prosperous and representative tillers of the soil of Raritan township, in the vicinity of Plainfield, New Jersey, who are noted for their excellent products, was born in Lexington, Greene county, New York, March 18, 1822, a son of Nathan and Esther (Goslie) Rowley, who resided for many years on a farm there.
The district schools of Lexington afforded Platt J. Rowley the opportunity of obtaining an elementary education, and his active life thereafter was devoted to farming in Greene county, New York, and later in Middlesex county, New Jersey. He spent a number of years on his father's farm in New York State, and later became the owner of the farm in New Jersey, whereon he spent the remainder of his days, and which since his death is occupied by his daughters. He was a man of means and experience, energetic, thrifty, and painstaking, all these qualities combining to make him a successful farmer. He also gave proof of his patriotism and allegiance to his country by enlisting in its service during the period of the Civil War, becoming a lieutenant in the Ulster New York Guard, which was ready for service at any moment, but was not called out for action. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Plainfield, an adherent of Republican principles, and highly esteemed by all with whom he associated, either in business, religious or social circles.
Mr. Rowley married, in Somerville, New Jersey, December 31, 1865, Augusta C. Cubberley, born March 23, 1829, daughter of Isaac Cubberley, of Bergen, New Jersey, and his wife, Susanna (Van Nostrand) Cubber­ley, of Paterson, New Jersey. The Cubberleys are an old English family, various members being found among the early settlers of Staten Island, and in the maternal line Mrs. Rowley is descended from the Mercereau family, an equally well known family. ,Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Rowley : Lizzie, born February 12, 1868, resides at the home­stead in Plainfield ; Adelaide, born August 31, 1870, also resides on the old homestead ; she became the wife of George M. Banks, and they are the parents of five children, as follows: Luther, Everett, Adelaide, Eunice, and George. Mr. Rowley died in his residence on the farm in Raritan township, August 17, 1899, and his wife died October 25, 1913.

PHINNEY E. AND RUTHETTA (CURTIS-DRAKE) GRAFFAM.--In the town of Gray, eighteen miles from Portland, Cumberland county, Maine, Phinney E. Graffam was born, October 5, 1852, son of Clement and Elizabeth (Ross) Graffam ; his father was a farmer. After finishing public school, he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed many years. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, a Republican in politics, and in his younger years a member of the militia.
Mr. Graffam married, in Newark, New Jersey, December 3, 1916, Ruthetta (Curtis) Drake, daughter of David and Katherine (Long) Curtis, and widow of David F. Drake, dealer in stocks, who was born in Plainfield, Union county, February 11, 1845, son of William W. Drake, Esq., a descendant of Sir Frances Drake, and Eunice (French) Drake, who was a sister of P. M. French. William W. Drake, Esq., filled a number of important public offices during his life. He was health com­missioner, overseer of the poor, and county surveyor, holding these positions until the time of his death.
Ruthetta (Curtis-Drake) Graffam was born in Plainfield, Union county, April 27, 185o, and has been a resident of this section all her life. She traces her ancestors (all of whom were born and lived in Union county) back to the early pioneer days of the seventeenth century, her great-grandfather, Daniel Curtis, having fought and died in the fight for independence.
In her early life, Mrs. Graffam devoted a great deal of her time to fancy poultry raising, for which she took many prizes. Of recent years she has dealt extensively in real estate, and owns a large amount of property in Plainfield. At the present time she and Mr. Graffam reside on their farm in Piscataway township. The farm is under splendid culti­vation. She is a Methodist, a member of the First Methodist Church of Plainfield. Notwithstanding her very active life in business, Mrs. Graf­fam has always found time to minister to the wants of the poor and needy, and is well known for her philanthropic work.
By Mrs. Graffam's first marriage there are five children now living:
William W. Drake, milk dealer, married, in Trenton, New Jersey, Lily Fermann, and has two children: Eugene and Bessie. 2. Minnie Drake, who lives in Plainfield, New Jersey; married John Barber Car­penter, and has two children : Ethel and William. 3. Edward Drake, public service employee for twenty-one years; married, in New Bruns­wick, New Jersey, Mabel Curtis, and has five children : Dorothy, Evelyn, Walter, Katherine and Mabel. 4. Charles Drake, stock farmer, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, married Mabel Long, and has two children : Nellie. and Grace. 5. Sarah Elizabeth, of Brooklyn, New York, married Edward Sanders, retired merchant, and has three children: Gladys, Victor and Ruth.

FRANK J. LAWSON.—Although Mr. Lawson has been a resident of Woodbridge for a longer period than he can remember, his business is and always has been in New York City, he having been connected with the music publishing business since his school days, and is now head of the F. J. Lawson Company, Inc., general publishers of music. He is not only a practical printer, but a practical publisher and an excellent business man.
Frank J. Lawson is a son of Peter Lawson, a one-time music pub­lisher of New York, who moved to Woodbridge, New Jersey, in 1867, and there died, February 21, 1899. He was born in New York, in 1817, and continued actively engaged in the music publishing business until 1898, when he retired in favor of his son, who had been his valued assist­ant. He was a member of the famous Seventh Regiment, New York Militia, and was with that regiment in some of its noted experiences. He married Rachel Lyons, of English parentage. She died in Wood­bridge, New Jersey, December 12, 1917. Mr. and Mrs. Lawson were the parents of five children: James, Henry, Frank J., of further mention; Jeannette, and Elsie.
Frank J. Lawson was born in New York City, December 1866, but in 1867 Woodbridge, New Jersey, became the family home, and there he completed public school studies. He then pursued a course of study at Paine's Business College, New York City, after which he became associa ted with his father in business. Under his father's direction he learned the printer's trade, and the methods of setting musical scores, printing, and every detail of the business. He became his father's trusted assistant, and when, in 1898, Peter Lawson retired from the business, Frank J. Lawson assumed sole management. In 1907 the business was incorporated as the F. J. Lawson Company, with offices at No. 35o West Thirty-eighth street, New York. The business is one of the largest music publishing concerns in the country, and at the company's plant every phase of music printing is conducted. Outside of his own firm, Mr. Lawson is interested in other activities, among them being vice­. president of the Woodbridge National Bank.
Mr. Lawson is a Republican in politics, and takes a keen interest in local affairs. He is a trustee of the First Congregational Church of Woodbridge, is past chancellor commander of Woodbridge Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and member of the official board of Woodbridge Chapter of the Red Cross. He has taken a keen interest in the affairs of the community, and is one of the esteemed citizens of the town.

RUSSELL E. RUNYON.—Dunellen, New Jersey, has long been the home of this branch of the Runyon family, this review dealing with three heads of generations who have made Dunellen the seat of their business activities: Eugene Runyon, his son, Walter G. Runyon, and his grandson, Russell E. Runyon. Eugene Runyon was active in town enterprises, and one of the leading men of his day. He was one of the principal organizers of the Dunellen Building and Loan Association, and conducted a large real estate and insurance business. He was also a merchant of Dunellen, and a man genuinely respected. He married Jersey Ann Randolph, and they were the parents of five children: Walter G., of further mention; Oscar, for many years a leading merchant of Dunellen, borough councilman, anal a member of the Board of Education; William, Arthur, and Randolph, all of whom died young.
Walter G. Runyon, eldest son of Eugene and Jersey Ann (Randolph) Runyon, was born in Plainfield. New Jersey, and for thirty years was engaged in the undertaking business in Dunellen. He also conducted a successful livery business, dealt extensively in real estate, and became influential in town affairs. He was highly esteemed and widely known as a man of integrity, public-spirited and progressive, whose labors for • the good of Dunellen added much to town progress and welfare. He was a member of several organizations, social and fraternal, and a devoted member of the New Market Baptist Church. He married Cora A. Apgar, of Cokesbury, New Jersey, and they were the parents of an only child, Russell E. Runyon, of further mention.
Russell E. Runyon, son of Walter G. and Cora A. (Apgar) Runyon, was born in Dunellen, New Jersey, October 1891, and there was educated in the public schools of Dunellen. He finished his studies in Plainfield High School and after leaving that institution, became asso­ciated with his father in business, continuing until the passing of the elder partner, when the son succeeded him as owner and manager. He has other business interests in his town, one being his connection with the First National Bank, another, the Dunellen Building and Loan Asso­ciation, of which his grandfather was a founder. He is a member of several organizations of Dunellen, social and fraternal, and takes a deep interest in town affairs.
Mr. Runyon married (first) at Dunellen, November 1914, Edna M. Shivley, of Dunellen, who died December 14, 1917, the mother of two children: Walter G. (2), born October 3, 1915; and Edythe A., born November 23, 1916. He married (second) Mabel Brown, of Boonton, New Jersey.

ALVAH GRAY.—Among the leading residents of Dunellen who have passed from a life of usefulness and service was Alvah Gray. He was one of the town's most influential citizens, highly esteemed by all who knew him, and his death, which occurred February 9, /918, was a sad loss to the community. He was a native of the State of New Jersey, born near Long Valley, Hunterdon county, November 1849, a son of Rance H. and Elizabeth (Swakhamer) Gray, natives of Long Valley, where Mr. Gray was engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Alvah Gray was a student in the common schools adjacent to his childhood home, and being inured to farm labor, assisted his father in the work of the homestead. He gave his attention to that line of occu­pation until the year 1884, then took up an entirely different line of work, engaging in the lumber, coal, flour and feed business in Dunellen, Middlesex county. His business increased in volume and importance with each passing year until it ranked among the most successful in this section of the township. He was honorable and straightforward in his methods of conducting his business, energetic and enterprising, and the success which he achieved was the direct result of his own well-directed efforts. His connection as president of the First National Bank of Dunellen for many years testified to his trustworthiness and ability. He was a member of the Presbyterian church of Dunellen, and his political allegiance was given to the Republican party. For many years he was a member of the Town Board, and a committeeman of the township.
Mr. Gray married, in Glen Garden, near Spruce Run, New Jersey, December 18, 1869, Mary Elizabeth Bonnell, born in Clinton, New Jersey, October 20, 1849, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Beavers) Bonnell, natives of Clinton. Mr. and Mrs. Gray were the parents of one daughter, Sarah Louise, born in Califon, Hunterdon county, New Jersey, September 4, 1874; she married, April 20, 1898, William E. Terry, born September 29, 1872, now serving in the capacity of manager of the American Felt Company in New York City, and resides in Dunellen. Mr. and Mrs. Terry are the parents of three children: Natalie, born December 30, 1901; Edwin T., born July 12, 1904; and Richard G., born July 1907.

TRUMAN W. BILYEU, one of the successful business men of New Market, New Jersey, is a man of excellent business and executive ability, is public-spirited and enterprising, and has always adhered to a high standard of living, both in public and private life, and enjoys the esteem and respect of all who know him.
Truman W. Bilyeu is a native of Brooklyn, New York, born October 31, 1847, a son of William and Sarah (Upson) Bilyeu, the former named born in Somerset county, New Jersey, a chair maker by trade, from which he derived a comfortable livelihood, and the latter named a native of New York City. The common schools in the .vicinity of his home afforded Truman W. Bilyeu the opportunity of acquiring a prac­tical education, and upon arriving at the age when he could depend
. upon his own efforts for making a living, he chose the trade of blacksmith, at which he became highly proficient. He also learned the trade of wagonmaker, and to these occupations he has since devoted his entire time and energy. In 1870, at the age of twenty-three years, he estab- lished a blacksmith shop on Somerset street, in Plainfield, New Jersey, which he conducted very successfully up to the year 1910, when he moved to New Market and there erected a repair and blacksmith shop, at the same time erecting a modern house for the occupancy of his family. At present he is connected with his son-in-law, Walter J. Titus, in the blacksmith and wagonmaking shop at New Market. Mr. Bilyeu is a Baptist in religion, and is staunch in his advocacy of the principles of the Republican party.
Mr. Bilyeu married, June 24, 1871, in Plainfield, New Jersey, Adeline Harris, born in New Market, Middlesek county, New Jersey, December 8, 1845, daughter of John and Susan (Pope) Harris. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Bilyeu, namely : Emma Louise, born March 30, 1872, who became the wife of Walter J. Titus, of Somerset county, New Jersey ; and Florence, born March 5, 1882, who became the wife of George Apgar, of Plainfield, and they are the parents of two children : George, Jr., and Harold Apgar.

JAMES SCANLON.—At the age of thirty, James Scanlon came to the United States from Ireland and became an employee of the Penn­sylvania Railroad, remaining many years with that company until an accident so crippled him that his days of usefulness to the road were ended. The company most generously compensated 'him by placing him upon the pension list, and he now resides at Menlo Park, Middlesex county, New Jersey, a property owner, contented and free from all care. He is a son of John and Katherine (Dugan) Scanlon, both of whom lived and died in County Sligo, Ireland, his father a farmer. The family were members of the Roman Catholic church, and in that faith James Scanlon firmly abides.
James Scanlon was born in County Sligo, Ireland, August 15, 1853 He attended parish schools, and until 1883 resided in Ireland, employed as a farm hand and in other pursuits. In that year he came to the United States and soon afterward received employment with the Penn. sylvania Railroad. He was badly injured in a railroad wreck on the Pennsylvania, and has since been upon the company's retired list. He was a member of that old-time organization, the Knights of Labor, now but a memory but at one time very strong. In politics he is a Democrat
Mr. Scanlon married, in Ireland, February 3, 1879, Katherine Carroll born November 27, 185o, in Ireland, daughter of Mark and Bridget (Dwyer) Carroll. Mr. and Mrs. Scanlon are the parents of four children: i. Mary, born November 7, 1882; she married Joseph Jan Konsky, and has eight children : Katherine, Mary, John, James, Joseph, Agnes, Michael, and Edward. 2. John, born July 24, 1884, deceased. 3. Kath• erine, born February 1, 1888; she married Stephen Walker, and has three children : Gertrude, Katherine, and James. 4. John F., born May 21, 1896.

IOW R. EDGAR.—The Edgars were formerly a Woodbridge family, and there Freeman Edgar, the father of low R. Edgar, was born. While he was yet young, his parents moved to New York City, where his life was largely spent. For a number of years he was engaged in the grocery business there, but later in life was in the same business in Metuchen, New Jersey, where he died.
low. R. Edgar, son of Freeman and Sarah (Martin) Edgar, was born in New York City, March 2o, 1847, and there spent the first eleven years of his youth. He attended the New York City public schools until 1858, when the family moved to Metuchen, New Jersey, and there the lad attended a private school until 1862, when school days ended. In that year he became a clerk in his father's general store in Metuchen, con­tinuing in the business until 1873. He then became engaged in general merchandising on his own account for several years, later entering the clay business, a line of activity he has been in for thirty years, having clay interests in Middlesex county, New Jersey, in Florida, and in Georgia.
Mr. Edgar is a director of the Metuchen National Bank, a man highly regarded in business circles, and in a social way has many friends throughout the community. In politics, Mr. Edgar is a Republican, keenly alive to his duties as a citizen, and is interested in all things for public betterment. He and his family are members of the Metuchen Reformed Church, where he married, in 1874, Cecilia Ross Thomas, daughter of David G. and Ann (Ross) Thomas, the Ross fatally one of the old Revolutionary families of Metuchen. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar are the parents of two sons : Harold T. and David R. The family home is at No. 32 Graham avenue, Metuchen.

CALEB DOUGLAS FRASER.—The Fraser family, originating in the Scottish Highlands, was established on this side the Atlantic two hundred years ago, the original immigrant ancestor settling in Nova Scotia. There the family remained for many generations. William Fraser, who was born in Nova Scotia, in 1838, later came to the United States, bringing his wife and children, and located in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. He was in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad for many years. William Fraser died in Perth Amboy, in 1go4. His wife, Susan Douglas, also born in Nova Scotia, survives him, and is now seventy-one years of age. She is a descendant of the famous Douglas clan of the Scottish Highlands. The children of this fine couple, all born in Nova Scotia with the exception of the youngest, with the sturdy pioneer spirit of their ancestors, are: Jessie, the wife of Frank Douglas, of Providence, Rhode Island ; Caleb D., of further mention ; Anne, widow of Maxwell F. Lawton, of Brooklyn. New York; Edwin Grant, a sketch of whom fol­lows; Mary, who died not long after the family left Nova Scotia ; Har­riet, a resident of Perth Amboy ; Emma, wife of John E. Sofield, of Perth Amboy; and William H., a real estate man in Perth Amboy.
Caleb Douglas Fraser was born in Hants county, Nova Scotia, on July 17, 187o, on the old farm where the family had lived for many years. There he attended school until he was sixteen years of age, helping his father in the butcher business in his spare time. In May, 1887, the family came to Perth .Amboy, New Jersey, the young man accompanying them. Later, he was employed in a grocery store in Brooklyn, New York. Returning to Perth Amboy after a year spent thus, he was apprenticed to Thomas Langan, a carpenter. He worked at this trade for a few years here in this city, then entered the employ of the American Smelting and Refining Company, and remained in that connection for ten years. Dur­ing that time, however, he kept in close touch with the construction work constantly going on in the rapid development of the city. The out­growth of this interest was the formation in 1907 of Fraser Brothers, real estate dealers. The Fraser Realty Company was also formed. of which Caleb Douglas Fraser is treasurer. He is also a director and sec­retary of the People's Building and Loan Association.
Closely identified as he is with the growth and development of the city, Mr. Fraser is interested in every phase of its progress, and while always preferring to forward the welfare in an unofficial way, he was at one time induced to become a candidate for alderman of the First Ward. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, and an elder and trus­tee. He at one time taught in the Sunday school.
Mr. Fraser married, October 12, 1899, in Pluckemin, New Jersey, Margaret Huff, daughter of David and Henriette (Van Arsdale) Huff. Mrs. Fraser was born in Pluckemin, and her mother now resides there, but her father died in Perth Amboy. Mr. and Mrs. Fraser have three children, all living: Mary Douglas, born August 14, 1902; Douglas, born [Note: print poor - the Month is either June or July] 12, 1904; and Margaret Melick, born February 29, 1908.

EDWIN GRANT FRASER, fourth child of William and Susan (Douglas) Fraser (q. v.), was born in Shurbenacadie, Hants county, Nova Scotia, February 4, 1875, and there spent the first thirteen years of his life. In 1888 he came to Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and there com­pleted his school years. At the age of fifteen he began his business career in a Perth Amboy real estate office, and so well was he adapted to that business that he has always continued therein. He began business under his own name at the age of thirty-one, in 1906 opening his first office at No. 81 Smith street. Later he moved to No. 95 Smith street, thence to a building of his own at No. 194 Smith street, and in April, 1918, to his present offices, No. 210 Smith street, in the Perth Amboy Savings Institution building. He has been very successful in business and holds the confidence and high regard of his fellowmen. He is a director of the First National Bank of Perth Amboy ; vice-president of the People's Building and Loan Association; secretary-treasurer of the East Jersey Lumber and Timber Company ; secretary-treasurer of the East Jersey Bridge Company ; and president of the Fraser Realty Com­pany.
Mr. Fraser is a Democrat in politics, and was a member of the first Board of City Assessors, and president of the Perth Amboy Board of Water Commissioners. He is a member of the Masonic order, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Royal Arcanum, East Jersey Club, Colonial Country Club, New York Athletic Club, and the First Presbyterian Church. Mr. Fraser is not married.

STANLEY FRANK KACZMAREK.—Although Jersey City was his birthplace, Stanley F. Kaczmarek was brought by his parents to Perth Amboy, New jersey, when a child of five years. Thus, when his law course was completed, he came directly to Perth Amboy and is there beginning the building of a career. He is the son of Frank and Mary Kaczmarek, both born in Poland, Europe, his father coming to the United States at the age of twenty-eight, settling in Jersey City, New Jersey, both yet living, Mrs. Kaczmarek a capable and well known mid­wife of Perth Amboy, the oldest in the city. Mr. and Mrs. Kaczmarek are the parents of two children : Mary, wife of Stephen Pribula, engaged in the retail meat and provision business on State street, Perth Amboy; and Stanley F., of further mention.
Stanley F. Kaczmarek was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, October 19, 1895, his parents moving to Perth Ainboy in 19oo. He completed grammar school courses of study in 1910, high school in 1914, then entered the New Jersey Law School, at Newark, whence he was grad­uated, class of 1919. lie began practice in Perth Amboy, in May, 1920, and is succeeding very well in his 'ipbuilding of a practice, his offices being in the Board of Trade building. During the interval between high and law schools, Mr. Kaczmarek served in the United States army, attached to the base hospital medical corps. He enlisted, May 17. 1917, and after three weeks at Fort Slocum was sent to Camp Ethan Allen, in Vermont, where he performed three months' service. His next assign­ment was at Camp McClellan, in Alabama, where he remained eighteen months, going thence to Camp Dix, New Jersey, where he was honorably discharged and mustered out, February 19, 1918. Mr. Kaczmarek is a member of the American Legion, St. Stephen's Roman Catholic Church, and fond of those royal out-of-door sports, hunting and fishing.

PATRICK FRANCIS KENAH.—Thomas Kenah, father of Patrick F. Kenah, was born in Cork, Ireland, and came to the United States a boy. He found a home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but in 188o moved to South Amboy, New Jersey, where he died in 1910, aged seventy-two years. He was a ship carpenter and a good mechanic. He married Ellen Costigan, born in Tipperary, Ireland, and was brought to the United States by her parents, they settling in Philadelphia, where she died, in 1871, aged twenty-six. They were the parents of four children: Mary, died in Philadelphia, at the age of thirty-seven years; Patrick Francis, of further mention; Catherine, died aged five years; James Joseph, in the employ of the government at Washington. It was James J. Kenah who admitted President Wilson and his daughter to the floor of the House when the officer in charge of their party was trying to find keys to unlock the door, the janitor having gone home. The newspapers of the country made a thrilling story out of this, saying that the officer would not admit them, not recognizing the President. That story con­tained the usual grain of truth, but Mr. Kenah knew the President well, and stole a march on the other officers by getting the House door unlocked.
Patrick F. Kenah, son of Thomas and Ellen (Costigan) Kenah, was born in Philadelphia, March 25, 1866, and there attended public schools until fourteen years of age. His father then moved to South Amboy, where the lad obtained employment in the shipyards, continuing a worker in the yards at Perth Amboy and South Amboy for ten years. In 1890 he established a cafe in South Amboy, and in 1895 erected the build­ing he now occupies at No. 128 North Broadway. Personally, Mr. Kenah is a man in good standing among the business men of his city, is popular with all classes and is a liberal public-spirited citizen. He is a director of the South Amboy Trust Company, a director of fifteen years standing in the Star Building and Loan Association of South Amboy, was secre­tary of the South Amboy Association, and in 1905 was elected chief of the fire department, having then been a member of the department fur fourteen years. At the end of his term of service as chief, the South Amboy paper described his record as one of "conscientious service, intel­ligently and faithfully performed." Further, "in many particulars his wisdom and persevering efforts have secured important reforms in the ranks and greater efficiency in the service."
Mr. Kenah is a member and ex-treasurer of the Loyal Order of Moose; member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians ; of the Chamber of Commerce; and of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church. He is always ready and willing to "lend a hand" in any movement tending to advance the interests of South Amboy, and is interested in many of the city's enterprises not mentioned in this review.
Mr. Kenah married, in Philadelphia, December 27, i888, Mary A. Campbell, born in that city, daughter of John and Mary Campbell, her parents both deceased.

HENRY GUNTHER—Frederick (I) Gunther, father of Henry Gunther, was born in Wittenbac, Germany, and served as cashier in the post-office of his native city. In 185o he left his native land, coming to the United States and settling in the vicinity of Metuchen, New Jersey, where he purchased a farm, consisting of one hundred and fifteen acres, and built thereon a candle factory, which he operated for a number of years. The building was later destroyed by fire and never rebuilt. He also erected a substantial house, which is now (1921) occupied by his son, Henry Gunther, the present owner of the farm. The elder Mr. Gunther prospered as a farmer, and knew a freedom and independence previously but dreamed of. Frederick Gunther married Pauline Fischer, and they were the parents of three sons and two daughters, as follows: 1. Fred­erick (2), born in Germany, now deceased; he accompanied his parents to the United States; in after life he resided in Philadelphia, Pennsyl­vania; married Hannah Drake, of Metuchen, New Jersey, and they were the parents of three children: Frederick (3), Lillian, and Bertha. 2. Gustavus, born in Germany, and accompanied his parents to the United States; he enlisted in the Union army and fought throughout the Civil War; he had followed the life of a farmer, his home near Metuchen, New Jersey; he married Sarah Langstaff, and they are the parents of three children: Laura, Charles, and Julia. 3. Johanna, born in Germany, and accompanied her parents to the United States. She married Frederick Manning, of New Durham, New Jersey, and they are the parents of three children: Stelle, Harry and Pauline. 4. Henry, of further mention. 5. Julia, born in the old homestead near Metuchen; married Alvin F. Ran­dolph, of Piscataway, New Jersey, and they are the parents of four chil­dren: Paul F., Gertrude F., William F. and Julia F.
Henry Gunther was born near Metuchen, New Jersey, September II, 1850. He obtained a good education in the district schools. He bought the old farm, his birthplace, and has lived there for the past thirty-five years. The farm lies about one mile from Metuchen, on the road to New Brunswick, opposite the Pines Hotel. Mr. Gunther is a prosperous, substantial farmer, well known in his community. In politics he is a Republican, and in religion a member of the Dutch Reformed Church.
Mr. Gunther married, April 9, 1877, Josephine Randolph, born March 20, 1853, daughter of Azael and Jane (Gibson) F. Randolph, and a mem­ber of a prominent New Jersey family.

HARLEY IRWIN WOOD.—On the border line between Middlesex and Union counties, in the vicinity of Rahway, New Jersey, a city which is noted for its many manufactures, there have been few families which in successive generations have been more highly respected than that of Wood, the man whose name heads this article being a representative in the third generation of the family to reside on the same farm whereon there are two substantial, commodious houses, equipped with all the necessaries of modern life.
Harley Irwin Wood, son of Samuel F. and Sarah Jane (Clark) Wood, the former named a carpenter and joiner by trade, was born in New Dover, New Jersey, October 5, 1873. He was a student in the common school of his birthplace, making good use of his opportunities and becom­ing well-grounded in the fundamentals, and then he followed in the foot­steps of his father, from whom he obtained a thorough insight into the mysteries of carpentering, to which he added building, conducting both lines with equal success and profit. Integrity, activity and energy have been the factors in the success he has achieved, and his enterprise has been of decided advantage to the community, promoting its material welfare in no uncertain manner. He holds membership in the New Dover Methodist Episcopal Church, and in the Junior Order of United Amer­ican Mechanics, and his political affiliations are with the Republican party.
Mr. Wood married, June 26, typo', in Plainfield, New Jersey, Adda Belle Huselton, born in Kings, Hunterdon county, New Jersey, October t, 1880, daughter of Henry and Margaret (Rupell) Huselton, the former named serving in the capacity of conductor on the New York Central Railroad. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Wood ; Dorothy M., born July 15, 1903; Isabel H., born July 18, 1904; Ruth L., born January 16, 1909; Marjorie J., born February 9, 1911; Harley S., twin of Marjorie J.; and Norman H., born June 25, 1918.

WILLIAM H. VAN WYCK.—Agriculture has from time imme­morial been the chosen occupation of many men, the greater portion of whom have achieved not only success in a material way but a strong, healthy body and an alert, active mind, capable of coping with the various problems of life, and among this number is the man whose name heads this sketch, William H. Van Wyck, an enterprising and progres­sive agriculturist of Colonia, New Jersey.
William H. Van Wyck is a native of Flatbush, Long Island, New York State, born July 24, 1872, youngest son of Z. B. and Catherine (Mitchell) Van Wyck, the former born on Long Island, and the latter at Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York State. They were the parents of five other children, namely: Frank B., born May 24, 1858; Samuel H., born December 25, 1859; George M., born November 8, 1861; Elizabeth M., born August 3, 1863 ; and Doritha M., born March 28, 1874.
William H. Van Wyck attended the common schools in the vicinity of his home in Flatbush, in which section he resided until the year 189o, when he was eighteen years of age, and then changed his place of resi­dence to the State of New Jersey, locating on a farm in Colonia, Wood­bridge township, Middlesex county, where he has made his home ever since, a period of three decades. He is devoting his entire attention to the raising of a general line of farm products, and the neat and thrifty appearance of everything pertaining to the property, including his resi­dence and out buildings, indicates the careful supervision of a master hand. Mr. Van Wyck is not hampered by affiliation with any of the great political parties, but casts his vote for the men who in his opinion are best qualified for the office for which they are nominated. His reli­gious affiliation is with the Dutch Reformed church, in the work and activities of which he takes an active interest, and wherever he is known he is held in high regard for his genuine worth, his loyalty to his duties of citizenship, and his trustworthiness in all relations of life. He is unmarried.

EDWARD W. COOPER.—Prior to the birth of their son, Edward W., his parents, Frank and Anna (Haley) Cooper, left their home in Ireland and came to the United States, Frank Cooper being at that time a young man of thirty. They settled in Iselin, Middlesex county, New Jersey, and there a son, Edward W. Cooper, now a prosperous dairy farmer of the same town, was born, July 22, 1863. Edward W. attended the Iselin public schools, and early in life began farming. He now owns a farm of forty-three acres near Iselin station, on the Pennsylvania Rail­road, in Middlesex county, and rents about two hundred adjqjning acres which he cultivates, and also uses ar pasture for a herd of thirty-two cows, for since 1902 he has been a successful dairy farmer. He is a Dem­ocrat in politics, and a member of the Protestant Episcopal church.
Mr. Cooper married, in Oak Tree, New Jersey, June 14, 1893, Jane W. Dickson, born in Scotland, February 5,187o, daughter of Thomas and Jane (Wilson) Dickson, her father a farmer, born in Scotland. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper are the parents of five children : Frank, born April 6, 1894; Jeannette, born July zo, i896; Helen, born June 12, I9oi ; Edward, born April 27, 1907, died April 29, 1907; and Ethel, born January 1, 1911.

RICHARD J. FAGAN, a lifelong resident of his native State, New Jersey, a representative of its agricultural interests, a man of integrity and honor, esteemed and respected by his fellow-townsmen, was born in Raritan, New Jersey, April 20, 186o, a son of John and Frances (McGuire) Fagan, the former named born in Ireland, November ti, 1827, the latter named born in New York City, and they were the parents of ten children, as follows: Sarah, born July 2, 1855; James, born July 27, 1857; Richard J., of this review ; Julia, born July 18, 1861; John, born February 24, 1863; William, born April 17, 1867; Thomas, born October 21, t868; Henry, born August 26, 1870; Arthur, born May 6, 1872; and Charles, born July 21, 1874.
Richard J. Fagan obtained his preliminary education in the public school in the vicinity of his home, and completed his studies in the Rah­way High School. His father was the owner of a farm consisting of two hundred acres, upon which all his children were born, hence Richard J., being the second oldest son, was inured to farm labor, assisting his father in the work of planting, cultivating and reaping, in addition to the many other tasks that fall to the lot of a farmer, and thus was thoroughly com­petent to carry on the work on his own account when attaining the suit­able age. The property is well improved and gives every indication of a master's hand in its management and cultivation. His residence and out­buildings are neat and attractive in appearance, and are equipped with everything needful for comfort and convenience, Mr. Fagan is a mem­ber of the Roman Catholic church, a member of the Knights of Colum­bus, a Democrat in politics, and a staunch supporter of community inter­ests. He is unmarried.

FRED JENSEN.—The Danish Home for the Aged, at Metuchen, was founded in 1913 and at that time a fine private residence and seventy-two acres of land were purchased from the Smith estate and has since well served its purpose. The home and farm has all modern improvements, and is maintained by various Danish societies.

FRANK WALLACE KIESSLING, son of Joseph Charles and Rachel Jane (Bell) Kiessling, was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, December 27, 1874, and there educated in the public schools. Since May, 1920, he has been a deacon of the First Presbyterian Church of New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Mr. Kiessling married, in Bellport, New York, June 3, tcos, Anna Evelyn Osborne, daughter of George Tomlinson and Anna Eliza (Sel­over) Osborne. Mr. and Mrs. Kiessling are the parents of a daughter, Elizabeth Osborne Kiessling, born January 16, 1909.

JAMES B. POWER.---John Power, father of James B. Power, was born in Waterford, Ireland. He came to the United States, about 1870, and settled in Metuchen, New Jersey, a harness-maker by trade. He married, in New York State, Ellen O'Callahan, and they. were the par­ents of five children: 'David; John, Edward, Nellie, and James B., whose career is herein traced.
James B.. Power was born in Metuchen, New Jersey, October 25; 1875, and there completed a high school education. He was variously employed in his• earlier years, and since 1933 lias'been with the Vaccum Oil Company in official Capacity. He is a Roman Catholic in religion, a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Independent " Order of Foresters.
Mr. Power married, in Southampton,: Long . Island, November 23, 1904, Anna McTurnin, born in Water Mill, Long Island, January 20, 1883, daughter of Frank and Marj, (Boyle) McTurnin, her father born in Ireland, but coming to the United States at the age of fifteen years. .Mr. and Mrs. Power have no children. Their home is in Metuchen, New Jersey.

CHARLES SMITH EDGAR—The Edgar family; of which the late Charles Smith Edgar was a descendant, came to the United States from Scotland,. about 168o, and settled in Middlesex county, New Jersey. The members of this family were mostly men of business and farmers, and in each generation produced worthy men and women who trans­mitted to posterity 'the sterling traits of character which distinguished their early Scotch ancestors. Mr. Edgar's Grandfather Tappen's home at Bonhampton, New Jersey, was once the headquarters for the British army during the Revolution. Afterwards, a British cannon ball. was found in the house and is yet kept by Mrs. Edgar as a souvenir. .Mr. and Mrs. Edgar's great-grandfather, Thomas Edgar, served during the Revo­lution. . .
Charles Smith 'Edgar;.a clay miner and manufacturer, was .a son of Albert Edgar, born in New Jersey, who became a successful farmer' of Bonhampton, New Jersey, where his wife, Susan Tappen, was born. Charles S. Edgar was born in Bonhampton, New. Jersey, .September 22, 1848, and died in.Metuchen; New Jersey, May15,1917. He obtained a good education in the district schools, and grew to manhood at the home farm, later becoming a landowner.. A clay bed was found, on his property, and he made the mining, washing and production of clays his fife's business. The production of. his mines was used in the pottery industry. He developed a very profitable enterprise, and secured a fortune through his initiative and executive ability. He continued in business until his passing away. He was a man of sterling character, and was held in high esteem by his townsmen and his business associ­ates. In politics he was a Republican, and in religion a member of the Metuchen Dutch Reformed Church.
Mr. Edgar married, in Metuchen, New Jersey, December 20, 1882, Frances Emily' Edgar, born May 22; 1848, daughter of Freeman and Sarah Elizabeth (Martin) Edgar, both parents born in New York City, where her father was a merchant. Ont, son was born' to Mr. and Mrs: Edgar, Albert Charles Edgar, born 27, 1898, who attended Rutgers College, New Brunswick, and is now (1921) a student at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York. During the World War he was with the Twenty-eighth Regiment, New Jersey Engineers, and served in France. Mrs. Edgar survives her husband, and continues her residence in Metuchen, her home, at No. 31 Graham avenue, a handsome residence built in 1889 by Mr. Edgar. Mrs. Edgar is a member of the Metuchen Dutch Re­formed Church, as was her husband. She is a lady highly esteemed in the community in which she has so long resided, and has been active in community affairs.