James Call

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James Call

The name of CALL is associated with some very early settlements in the New England States, and the records which have come down to us prove the members of this family to have been men in the best sense of the word; strong, courageous, patriotic, and ever at the front in war of peace. Just when the family of James CALL, Morris Plains, Morris county, New Jersey, came to this country, is not a matter of record, but the CALLs have all had a common ancestry, and the traits which distinguish the earlier generations are amply manifested in the later ones.

James CALL, son of James and Mary (COOL) CALL, was born at Flanders, Mount Olive (formerly Roxbury) township, Morris county, New Jersey, July 28, 1846. Until the age of eighteen years he lived on the paternal farm, then worked for a short time for William LANDON, a distiller. He then removed to Peapack, Somerset county, New Jersey, then to Hanover township, Morris county, where he was engaged in farming twenty years. He is now the owner of a fine farm of sixty acres at Morris Plains, which is a model of its size. He is progressive in his methods, and ready to adopt any improvement, as soon as he has given it a thorough test and finds it worthy of adoption. In political matters he is a Republican, and he is member of the Morristown Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. CALL married Laura, a daughter of Isaac VAN FLEET, of Morristown, and they have one son: Norwood, a locomotive engineer in the employ of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, who resides in Jersey City, New Jersey; he married Anna FALEN and has children: Clara, James and William. James CALL, the elder, is a man who has earned the esteem of his fellow citizens because of his honest and upright methods, and his readiness to assist in any project which has for its object the improvement or development of the community.

Transcribed by John Cresseveur (1949-2003)