Albert R. DeBow

The family from which Albert R. De BOW, of Pompton Plains, Morris county, New Jersey, is descended, is one of the oldest in this section of the State. He is a son of Henry P. De BOW, and for a number of generations the family has been identified with farming and lumber interests. During the last years of his life Henry P. De BOW had retired from business, and he died at the age of seventy-six years. He married Margaret VREELAND and had seven children.

Albert R. De BOW was born in Pompton Plains, in 1863. He was educated in the public schools of that town. Upon the completion of his education he entered upon his business career, obtaining a position in the city of Newark. New Jersey, where eight years were spent in the employ of William TITUS, a wholesale cracker baker. Returning to Pompton Plains at the expiration of this time, he accepted a position with John F. POST, with whom he remained seventeen years. In 1907 he established himself in his present business, which is one of the best conducted stores in the town. He carries a full line of dry goods, notions, drugs, etc., and keeps every department strictly up-to-date. He has earned the esteem of his fellow townsmen for the strict integrity of his business methods, and for the public spirit he displays on every occasion. He has always been a staunch supporter of the Republican party, and until the spring of 1913, served as a member of the school board, a period of twenty years. For eleven years he served the town as constable, and is now in office as town marshal and overseer of the poor. His religious affiliations are with the Reformed church, and he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Daughters of Liberty, and Patrons of Husbandry.

Mr. De BOW married Anna E. WILLIAMS, of Denville, Morris county, New Jersey, and they have had children:

Etta, married A. H. RICHARDS, a plumber of Pompton Plains;
Stella, married H. G. COOK, of Passaic, New Jersey.

This biography was transcribed by John Cresseveur (1949-2003).