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

With qualifications such as ensure success in business, Melin D. VAN DUYNE, of Lincoln Park, Morris county, New Jersey, to-day holds a place among the representative men of the county. He is a man of many sided ability, and his connections have been, and are with various enterprises of importance. George H. VAN DUYNE, his father, was born in Morris county, and owned a farm at Pine Brook, on which he lived until his early death at the age of forty-six. He married Ellen, a daughter of John SISCO, and had eight children.

Melin D. VAN DUYNE was born on the farm in Pine Brook, in 1867. He attended the public school of that township, then found employment with an engraving house, that of Comly, of Lincoln Park, and remained there five years. Seven years were spent in the same line of business with Capstick, of Towaco. He then accepted a position with the American Locomotive Works in Paterson, New Jersey, remaining there eleven years, then lived retired for a time. Three months ago he opened a pool room and barber shop, and is conducting this along the most modern lines and very successfully. He is also the owner of two automobiles, which he hires out, and is engaged in the real estate business to a certain extent. Mr. VAN DUYNE married Lilly, a daughter of Nicholas MANDEVILLE, one of the oldest farmers in the county, and has two children: Herbert and William. He is an intensely public-spirited man, taking the deepest interest in whatever concerns the welfare of the community, and casts his vote for the candidates of the Republican party.

Transcribed by John Cresseveur (1949-2003)

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