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

No historical or biographical record of Morris county, New Jersey, would be complete without mention of the VANDERHOOF family, of which Allison VANDERHOOF, of Boonton, is a representative in the present generation. He is an enterprising and progressive man of business, and has shown his worth to the community on various occasions.

Elijah VANDERHOOF, his father, was born in Morris county, as had been a number of his ancestors, and died there at the age of eighty years. He was a farmer, on the VANDERHOOF homestead. He married (first) Amanda MILLER, (second) Alice TAYLOR, of Newark. New Jersey, and had ten children by each marriage.

Allison VANDERHOOF was born on the VANDERHOOF homestead, about two miles from Boonton, in 1849, and acquired his education in the Public schools of his township. He worked on the farm for his father until he was twenty-two years of age, when he established himself independently. He has a fine farm of sixty-six acres, which he cultivates according to the most modern and successful methods, and in addition to this has a sand pit, which he works steadily. He has erected a fine barn and house on his place, and has made a number of other and valuable improvements on the property. It is very plainly to be seen that Mr. VANDERHOOF has inherited in rich measure the sturdy and sterling traits of his Dutch ancestors, and combined them with American ideas of progressiveness. He takes a deep interest in what ever concerns the welfare of the community, gives his political support to the Republican party, but has never cared to hold public office. For seventeen years he has been a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, and he is secretary of the Daughters of Liberty. Mr. VANDERHOOF married Mary L. a daughter of Jacob DECKER, and they have had children:

• Annie M. married John E. VERANDA, of Bloomingdale, has two children:
  • Marjorie and
  • Helen;
• Eli, a policeman of Montville, who married Anna DIXON, and has one child,
  • Irene.

This biography was transcribed by Ida King.

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