S.E. Estler

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S.E. Estler

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

The spur of ambition is the hope of reward, and honorable ambition is the keynote to success. Without it business would flag, enterprise and energy would stagnate, and advancement would be slow; with it the world moves on to better things, to greater achievements and to more enduring successes. It is the same ambition which has made S. E. ESTLER one of the leading business men of Morris county, New Jersey, where his finely equipped drug store in Butler has won renown in a wide circle.

James A. ESTLER, his father, was born near Boonton, New Jersey, was engaged in trucking, and still lives on the homestead. He married Augusta COOK, now deceased, of Denville, Morris county, and had seven sons and three daughters.

S. E. ESTLER was born near Boonton, Morris county, New Jersey, October 24, 1870. From his earliest years he was a studious and inquiring mind, and his attendance at the country schools was crowned with success for him and satisfaction to his teachers. Upon the completion of his education he commenced to assist his father actively in the conduct and management of the home farm, and was engaged in this occupation until he was twenty years of age. He then came to Butler, and was part owner in a store for six years, in partnership with Allen LOOKER, Jr., under the firm name of LOOKER & ESTLER. In 1896 he returned to Boonton for a time, then went to New York, where he became a student at the College of Pharmacy, from which he graduated in the class of 1901. He became senior clerk in the drug store of John BROWN, in Boonton, and in 1905 purchased his present place of business from James MACUE, and since that time has carried it on independently. His stock is a most comprehensive and extensive one, including, in addition to a full line of drugs and toilet articles, a number of lines of fancy articles, which are now included in the line of druggists’ sundries. He is a Republican, and a member and director in the board of freeholders, and has been an official of the Methodist Episcopal church for many years. He is a member of the Silentia Lodge No. 168, F. and A. M.; Boonton Chapter, No. 21, R. A. M.; Cypress Commandery, No. 67, K. T. of Middleton, New York; Salaam Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.; the Eastern Star Lodge; the local lodge of the I. O. O. F., and the Rebekah Lodge of that order; and the B. P. O. E. Mr. ESTLER married Ella OLIVER, of Boonton

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