Victor E. Boell

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Victor E. Boell

Source: History Morris County New Jersey, Volume II, Lewis Publishing Co., 1914

The life of Victor E. BOELL is the story of one of those rises from small beginnings, step by step, by means of talents, faithfulness and energy, to positions of great responsibility and importance. Well known as the secretary and treasurer of the American Trust Company, of Morristown, he was born in Brooklyn, New York, January 31, 1857.

He is the son of Frederick W. BOELL, born in Alsace Loraine in 1810, came to this country in 1833, settling in Brooklyn. While still a mere youth in his native country he served in the French army. In 1835 Frederick W. BOELL married Sophia SWARTZ, a native of New York. Mr. BOELL was a banker and broker of New York, and died in 1886, at the age of seventy six years. His wife died in 1885 at the age of sixty seven years. This remarkable couple lived together for over fifty years, and were the parents of sixteen children. A brother of Victor E. BOELL, Henry P. BOELL, served in the Union Army, and another by the name of Charles, who is now dead, served in the United States Navy.

Victor E. BOELL was educated in the public schools of Succasunna, having left his native Brooklyn at the age of nine years. His first business experience was as an office boy in New York. This was followed by a position as clerk, and in this he worked faithfully for nine years in Succasunna. He then obtained work with the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company as ticket agent at Dover, New Jersey, remaining there for three years. This position was followed by a similar one which he held for ten months at Morristown. An opening now came to him as receiving and paying teller in the National Iron Bank, of Morristown, and this position he held for twenty one years. When the American Trust Company was organized he was made secretary and treasurer, which office he holds to the present day. In his political convictions Mr. BOELL is a Republican. He is a member of the Masonic order, and belongs to the Knights of Pythias. He also holds membership in the Red Men and local lodges. He belongs to the Royal Arcanum, and was a member of the Grand Council of the Loyal Association. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Mr. BOELL married, October 23, 1884, at Asbury, Warren county, New Jersey, Mary A., daughter of the Rev. Isaac and Elizabeth (RUTAN) THOMAS, the former born in Easton, and the latter in Morris county, New Jersey, and both deceased. They have had three children:

Elmer, died in 1887 at the age of two years and five months;
Victor H., born April 25, 1889, now a professor in the high school at Chester, Pennsylvania, graduate of class of 1911, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania;
Helen E., born November 12, 1895, now at home, graduate of Morristown High School, class of 1913.

Transcribed by E.J.Carlson.