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BIOGRAPHICAL
AND
GENEALOGICAL H ISTORY
OF THE
CITY OF NEWARK
AND
ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
V, 2
ILLUSTRATED
THE
LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO
1898
A2000(2 VOIS)
Southern.
INDEX: VOLUME II.
A
Ahrens, John C. 355
Albey, George A 13
Allen Family, The 465
Alling, Horace .. I68
Ames, William W
I43
Apel, Edward
153
Armbruster, Gregory 300
Arnold, George
219
Ayers, Joseph S. 23
Ayres, H. Messenger 22I
Ayres, Morgan W 219
B
Baier, John 338
Bailey, Henry E. 216
Baldwin, Albert B. 173
Baldwin Family, The. 96
Baldwin, Ira C.
223
Baldwin, Isaac P. 240
Baldwin, Jeptha H. 248
Ball, Jeremiah P. I34
Banta, William H. 254
Barry, Michael 213
418
Beach, William L 8
Beck, William F 193
9
Beers, Ralph 272
258
Bennetto, James
307
Berg, Frederick 288
Berg, Henry 55
Best, James 316
Blair, Samuel E. I43
Condit, Samuel 205
Condit, Samuel D 351
Condit, William P 339
Cook, Hiram
296
Cooney, Martin J 325
Corb, John 43
Crane, Edward B.
22
Brown, George H 24
Brown, George F
409
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Brown, James H. I52
Bruen Family, The. IIO
Brush Family, The 462
Burr, Aaron
35
Burt, George H
40
Bushauer, Peter 322
C
Cadmus, Eugene L. R. 236
Cadmus Family, The 234
Cadmus, J. H. L. 70
Cahill, Owen A. 323
Caldwell, John D 364
Campbell, John, Jr 79
Canfield Family, The 106
Carle, Frederick 25
Carlson, John S. 27
Carter, Aaron
454
Carter, Abram P
305
Case, Alvin
361
Chapman, C. Durand
267
Chesney, Robert
77
Ciaramelli, Guiseppe
295
Cleveland, Grover
34
Cohen, Jacob
425
Coit, Charles S.
184
Colgate Family, The
125
Colie, Edward M. 47I
Collamore Family, The 44
Colt, Thomas C.
328
Condit, Albert P. 432
Condit, Elias M. 200
Condit Family, The 200
Condit, Ira H. 200
Blake, John L .. 236
Booth, James
377
Borcherling, Charles 56
Bowden, Anthony
48
Boyle, Patrick
228
Broughton, William R. 294
Crane, Marcus S.
74
Crane, Matthias S.
214
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Beach, Joseph E.
Becker, Louis
Bennett, John
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INDEX.
Crane, James C .. 259
Crofutt, Benjamin S 81
Cross, Jeremiah A. 140
Crowell, David S. 358
Cruden, Timothy
344
Cullen, Thomas H. 347
D
Dare, Hezekiah 222
Davenport, George W 33
Day, Abraham 369
DeCamp, Aaron
191
DeCamp, George E.
192
Glatzmayer, Herman A. 305
Goertz, August
302
Grimm, Diedrich
5
H
Hagerty, John F. 318
Halsey, Henry B. 270
Halsted Family, The 123
Halsted, Oliver S. I4I
I4I
Harrison, Amos W.
304
Drake, Mahlon S
29
Drake, Nathaniel
261
Dugan, Daniel A.
207
Durand, Asher B.
326
Durand, Frederic F
326
Duryee, John L. 19
F
East Orange Gazette 93
Edison, Thomas 49
Ely Family, The 246
English, Joseph 257
Epstein, Harry B
I5
Evans, Joseph
26
Evertz, Edward 106
Evertz, Ernest C. 104
F
Feick, Charles A. I20
Fewsmith, Joseph, Jr. 167
Firth, Harry 274
Fletcher, Josiah 230
Folsom, Henry 470
Francisco, R. S. 373
Francisco, Stephen 3
Frazar, Everett 457
Frazer, David R. II9
Freeman, Cyrus G. 123
Freeman, George C.
I20
Freeman, Jabez
II2
Freeman, Orville E.
I22
Frint, Charles H. 275
Fulcher, Andrew M. 96
Fulcher, Richard A. .
96
G
Gardner, James W. C. 12
Gareis, John
127
Garrabrants, William B 262
Gay, Matthew T. 138
Gay, William A. 264
Gazette, East Orange. 93
Geoffroy, Ernest A. 402
Giveans, Bradford W. 29
DeCamp, Wilber W. 54
Denman, Aaron B.
220
Depue, David A. 276
Dettig, John P 360
De Vausney, William H. 252
DeWitt, William H.
263
Dodge, James
450
Dorer, George
306
Dougherty, Arthur C.
96
Drake, George D
290
Harrison, Caleb M
256
Harrison, Edwin D.
37
Harrison Family, The
255
Harrison, Rufus F
298
Harrison, Zenos G. 195
34I
Hauser, Julius 286
Haydon, Joseph H 212
Haussling, Jacob 35
II5
Heald Family, The
II3
Heding, Albert
372
Heller, Elias G.
362
Heller, George E.
366
Heller, John J
410
Hemmer, Frank
86
Hemmer, Max
86
Hemmer, William
83
Hemmer, William, Jr.
86
Hemmer, Peter
85
Hensler, Adolph
345
Hensler, Joseph I28
Herbert, Henry W. I35
Herold, Herman C. H. I43
Higgins, Thomas F. 317
Hill, William 33I
Hinck, Christopher A 279
Hoadley, Philemon L 232
Holey, Timothy E.
340
Holmes, Hugh 208
Hood, Louis
I44
Hopper, Benjamin W 432
Halsted, Oliver S., Jr.
Harrop, Thomas, Sr
Heald, Daniel A.
INDEX.
V
Hornecker, Charles T.
42
Matthews, Henry M. 95
Maurer, Frederick. 368
Hunkele, Elias
176
Mayhew, Francis L. 252
Hunkele, John
437
McBrair, Henry C. I60 McChesney, William 446
McClellan, George B 103
Irving, Washington
38
J
Jacobus, Abram L. 23I
Jenkins, Melancthon W
72
Jenkins, Oliver S.
73
Meeker, Dayton O 312
Meeker Family, The II7
Meeker, Frank W. 266
Megaro, P. M. 261
Minott, Joseph A. . 397
Mitchell, George L. 415
Kazenmayer, Otto 418
Keasbey, Anthony Q 420
Keen, Zebulon M.
346
Keer, Ernest F.
I4I
Kierstead, Jacob
82
Kierstead, Lester
367
Kingsland, Joseph
444
Kingsland, Thomas H.
3I
Kipp, Charles J.
147
Kirkpatrick, Andrew (Chief Justice) 396
Knapp, Minard A.
29I
Knight, David G.
317
Koeck, Paul
28
Kratt, Jacob
359
L
La Faucherie, John C. 233
Lambert, George H. 224
Le Glise, George 260
Lighthipe Family, The. 91
Lindsley Family, The
57
Lindsley, Morris B
424
Lockward, Lewis G.
374
Long, John H. 258
Lyons, William W. 436
M
Maher, Michael 159
Malatesta, John M. 199
Mandeville Family, The
59
Mandeville, Henry A. 406
Peter, Lucas
291
Pfeiffer, Louis V
335
Pierson, Albert F
155
Pitney, John O. H.
159
Marquet, Eugene J. 145
Massmann, Frederick W. 80
Matthews, Harry E. 303
N
Newark Daily Advertiser
242
Newark Evening News 170
Nichols, Isaac A
151
O
Olcott, George P. 435
Orange Chronicle, The. 181
Orange Journal 177
Orange Record 18I
Orange Volksbote 177
Orben, Charles S. 287
Osborn, Joseph H. 205
Osborne, A. H. 167
Osborne, James G.
87
Osborne, Thomas S. 319
Owen, Merton B. 190
P
Pancost, George W 430
Parker, R. Wayne.
448
Parkhurst, Andrew L
313
Pascoe, John F.
343
Peddie, Thomas D
I
Mandeville, Joseph W. 249
Mapes, James . 149
Martin, Robert D 427
Plum, Joseph W 375
Price, Edward L. 28.2
Price, Frederick H 206
4I
McEwen, Richard W. 353
McGowan, Thomas 244
McGuinness, Patrick J. 304
Mead, George E.
I32
Johnson, John L.
64
K
Kazenmayer, Conrad
416
Kazenmayer, Henry: 416
Mitchell, Winthrop D. 424
Morehouse, Harvey W. 440
Mortland, James H 312
Müller, J. J. Henry. 314
Munn Family, The
170
Munn, Orson D. 172
Kilgus, Frederick 281
McDermott, Robert
I
Hosp, Ferdinand J 285
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INDEX.
Purssell Brothers
Purssell, Francis J 310
Purssell, James 310
R
Reeves, Isaac N 223
Reilly, John 342
Remer, John 154
Righter, William A. 250
Rosenwasser, Adolf.
194
Ross, Aaron S.
40I
Ruland, Frederick V 30
Rutan, Calvin 190
Ryerson, David A. 88
Turrell, George B. 410
Tuttle, Joseph N I46
U
Underhill, Charles F
227
Underwood, Henry W. 383
V
VanDoren, Howard J 55
VanHorn, Amos H. 458
VanHouten, Cornelius 385
Van Ness, Andrew J 354
Van Ness, William
348
Van Reyper, Edwin J. 13
Varley, George
198
Voss, John
II
Vreeland, Warren 370
W
Wakefield, William H. 363
Wallace, John ] I33
Wallace, Theodore C. 196
Wallace, William H. 384
Ward, Elias S. 378
Ward Family, The 379
Ward, Frederic W I36
Ward, Marcus L. 65
332
Smith, J. Frank. 75
Webster, William H.
378
Smith, Luman 3II
Weeks, Charles H
71
Smith, Nelson 229
Weigand, Charles
300
Sommer, John 336
Weston, Edward
386
Speer, Richard 350
Whitehead, Asa
I42
Spottiswoode, George 452
Whitehead, William S.
142
Stager, Ralph V. 365
Widenmayer, George W
7
Stagg, George R 320
Stahnten, Herman
15
Wigger, W. M.
6
Wilde, Edward S.
76
Williams, Charles E. 236.
Stedenfeld, August 357
Williams, Edmund
216
Steffens, Julius. 269
Williams, Edgar
179
Stevens, Joseph 30I
Williams, J. C.
218
Williams, Orlando
I37
Wolfe, F. W. 221
Wolff, Charles G. 356
Woodruff, Franklin C. 32
Woodward, Aaron H. 309
Wright, Edward H.
18
Wright, William
16
Taylor, William F. 349
Tichenor, Hiram H 148
Toler, John 165
Travis, Isaac N
237
Trepkau, Fritz
428
Tucker, John J.
395
S
Schaedel, Henry J 68
Schmidt, Christian 382
Scott, William L. 139
Sheldon, Israel 443
Shepardson, J. M
226
Shipman, Charles L 308
Sieger, Francis H 284
Smith, Cornelius
89
Smith, Edward P. I61
Smith Family, The I61
Smith, G. Washington 404
Smith, Henry 75
Watkins, S. C. G.
Wiener, Osca 293
Starr, Charles
94
Stasse, John W 78
Stone, Levi P 468
Straus, Moses
39
Struck, Henry J. 90
Sutphen, Joseph S. 273
T
Taylor Family, The 129
Y
Yardley, Mrs. Charles B ..
439
Z
Zehmisch, Emil
IO
310
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INDEX.
INDEX OF PORTRAITS: VOLUME II.
A
Alling, Horace
B
Baier, John 338
Bailey, Henry E. 216
Baldwin, Isaac P. 240
Baldwin, Jeptha H 248
Berg, Frederick
288
Borcherling, Charles
56
Bowden, Anthony 48
Broughton, William R.
294
Brown, George H.
24
Brown, James H.
152
Burt, George H.
40
C
Coit, Charles S. 184
Condit, Ira H. 200
Condit, Mrs. Ira H. 200
Crowell, David S.
358
D
DeCamp, George E. 192
Depue, David A. 276
Dodge, James 450
Durand, Asher B.
326
E
Evertz, Edward
106
Evertz, Ernest C.
104
F
Francisco, Stephen 3
Freeman, George C. I20
Freeman, Jabez II2
Fulcher, Andrew M
96
Fulcher, Richard A.
96
G
Gay, William A. 264
Geoffroy, Ernest A.
402
H
Harrison, Amos W 304
Harrison, Caleb M. 256
Harrison, Rufus F 298
Halsey, Henry B.
270
Heller, Elias G.
362
Heller, George E 366
Heller, John J. 410
Hensler, Joseph 128
Hoadley, Philemon L
232
Hood, Louis 144
Hunkele, Elias 176
J
Jenkins, Melancthon W.
72
Johnson, John L.
64
K
Keasbey, Anthony Q
420
Kazenmayer, Conrad
416
Keen, Zebulon M.
346
Kingsland, Joseph
444
Kirkpatrick, Andrew .(Chief Justice).
396
L
Lambert, George H
224
Lindsley, Morris B.
424
Lockward, Lewis G.
374
Lyons, William W
436
M
Mandeville, Henry A.
406
Massmann, Frederick W
80
Müller, J. J. Henry.
314
P
Peddie, Thomas B.
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Price, Edward L.
282
Purssell, James
310
R
Reilly, John
342
Ryerson, David A.
88
S
Schmidt, Christian
382
Speer, Richard
350
Stagg, George R.
320
T
Trepkau, Fritz.
428
V
Van Horn, Amos H.
458
Van Ness, Andrew J 354
Vreeland, Warren
370
W
'Ward, Frederic W
136
Ward, Elias S. 378
Watkins, S. C. G. 332
Weston, Edward 386
Woodruff, Franklin C. 32
Wright, Edward H.
18
Holmes, Hugh
208
Wright, William
16
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BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY.
THOMAS B. PEDDIE,
Thomas B. Peddie, one of the most en- terprising and successful of the citizens of Newark, New Jersey, began his business career in that place in 1833, before it had been incorporated as a city. Mr. Peddie was a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, and this was also the birthplace of his parents, who were persons of more than ordinary in- telligence, of great industry, and of remark- able piety, his father being somewhat noted as a religious exhorter. To the example and influence of such estimable parents was young Peddie indebted for his habits of industry, as well as for his self-reliance and his reverence for everything that is essen- tial to an honorable and pious life. Such advantages for an education as were within the means of his parents were accorded to him, and, though not great, they were quite sufficient for the ordinary purposes of life. To the acquisitions made by him as a schoolboy he subsequently added largely by reading and by contact with his fellow men as he increased in years. He was fond of books of travel and of the accounts of for- eign lands given in the newspapers of the
day. His desire to visit America was thus aroused, and having at last, through his own industry, acquired sufficient means to gratify his desire, he left his native land for the United States, not quite decided, how- ever, to make it his permanent home.
In 1833, as already stated, he found him- self in Newark, New Jersey, a place which he had been induced to visit on account of the rapid growth of its manufacturing inter- ests. Not intending to be an idle looker- on, but determined rather to obtain a thor- ough knowledge of the new people among whom he had fallen, he visited the various factories of the place, and finally applied for employment in the great saddlery estab- lishment of Messrs. Smith & Wright, the latter of whom became subsequently a sen- ator of the United States. He bore about him no other commendation than his hon- est face and manly ways, but these sufficed to gain him a desirable position in this ex- tensive factory. Here he remained two years, when, having become familiar with the business ways of the land in which he had now concluded to make a permanent home, he resolved to test his own business abilities as an operator and financier. Ac-
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cordingly he undertook, in a modest way, the manufacture of leather trunks and car- petbags. Success attended him beyond his expectations, and a large and lucrative busi- ness seemed to await him in no distant future. For ten years he continued to man- age alone his rapidly extending operations. In 1846 he found it necessary, however, to take a business partner to assist him in his labors, especially in keeping his books and attending to his growing correspondence. For this important service he selected Mr. John Morrison, who subsequently proved himself to be one of Newark's most es- timable and patriotic citizens. This part- nership continued until 1861, when Mr. Morrison died. On Mr. Peddie alone again devolved the care of his immense estab- lishment, and to it he gave his undivided attention; but the burden being more than he could long carry unassisted, he sought aid eventually from one of his most es- teemed and accomplished assistants, Mr. George B. Jenkinson, whose familiarity with every department of the complicated works relieved Mr. Peddie of much of his labor and finally resulted in a partnership between them, under the firm name of T. B. Peddie & Company. Under this name the business was conducted until the death of its founder.
For many years prior to his decease, and, indeed, until within a short time before that event, Mr. Peddie was active in discharge of all the duties of a good and patriotic citizen. His interests led him, of course, to take a prominent part in the conduct of the mon- eyed institutions of the city, in many of which he was an influential director. But even where personal interest did not call him he was equally earnest and active. In almost every important public movement
he was among the leaders, aiding by his advice as well as by his purse. Of the board of trade of the city of Newark he was a most efficient member, at one time its president and at all times an earnest participant in its proceedings.
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It was undoubtedly the sterling honesty of Mr. Peddie which pointed him out as a desirable man to be placed in public posi- tions of great responsibility. It was this that sent him, in 1863 and 1864, to the state legislature, where, as a member of the gen- eral assembly, he gave valuable support to the general government during the war of the Rebellion, and by his influence and contributions did good service in behalf of the Union. During the period of four years, 1866-69, he was mayor of Newark, an office which he filled with credit to himself and advantage to the city. In 1876 he represented the sixth congres- sional district of New Jersey in the forty- fifth congress. On the expiration of his term he declined further nomination.
Without making any pretense of learn- ing, Mr. Peddie appreciated fully the value of a good education, and this is shown by the interest which he took in building up the flourishing academy in Hightstown, New Jersey, to which was given, in honor of him, the name of Peddie Institute. He was one of the early promoters of the New- ark Technical School, an institution for which the city of Newark is mainly indebt- ed to its board of trade, by which body the first steps were taken for its establishment, with Mr. Peddie as chairman of the com- mittee having charge of the enterprise. For many years he was a trustee for the Newark City Home, a school to which he gave much attention. Of all benevolent enter- prises he was a supporter, ever ready to ad-
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vance them by contributing of his means as well as by his personal services.
On Newark's principal thoroughfare, nearly facing one of its beautiful parks, stands a house of worship, built of gray granite, in Byzantine style of architecture, and capable of seating three thousand wor- shipers. It is called the Peddie Memorial, and was the gift of this beneficent man to the congregation with which he connected himself when, as a youth, he came to New- ark, and with which he continued to wor- ship throughout his long and useful career. The erection of this massive pile was the last work of Mr. Peddie's life. It is one of Newark's noblest structures, but he did not live to see it completed. The name given to it was never suggested until after his death, which occurred February 16, 1889. All of Mr. Peddie's designs in regard to the construction and appointments of this edi- fice were fully carried out by his estimable widow, who followed him into eternal rest three years afterward. She also complied with another wish on his part by giving to the church valuable property, in New York city and elsewhere, which yields it a handsome revenue.
STEPHEN FRANCISCO
is the owner of the most complete dairy plant in America and is the recognized lead- er in this enterprise. The volume of his business is so extensive that it at once in- dicates the superior ability and manage- ment of him who stands at its head, while all with whom he has had trade relations regard him as a most reliable and trust- worthy man.
The farm upon which he was born Au- gust 21, 1850, and upon which he now re-
sides, was the ancestral home of the Fran- ciscos. It is located in Caldwell township, Essex county, and was purchased from the Indians by his great-grandfather, Hendrick Francisco. The grandfather of our sub- ject, Josiah Francisco, and the fath- er, Peter Francisco, were both born on the old homestead. The latter be- came a very successful farmer, and was also a leader in public affairs and served his fellow townsmen in the office of free- holder. Both he and his wife were devout members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and largely advanced the cause of Christianity in this community. The father died in 1843, at the age of forty-three years, leaving nine children to the care of the widowed mother. Mrs. Francisco bore the maiden name of Abbie Gould, and was a daughter of Josiah Gould, of Welsh de- scent and of old Revolutionary stock. She died in May, 1896, at the advanced age of eighty-six, death thus terminating a life that had been as useful and noble as it was long. After the death of her husband she assumed the management of the home farm, comprising three hundred acres of land, and capably managed the same in ad- dition to performing the household duties in connection with the care of her large family. She was a woman of very even disposition, never displaying an irritation of temper, equable, kind and loving. She contributed liberally to the support of the church, and by word and deed brought her children up in the admonition of the Lord.
The children in her family were Eliza- beth, widow of Josiah Franklin; Henry, who died in 1892 in Fairfield; Joanna, de- ceased wife of Richard Spear. of Mont- clair; Marcus, who died in Newark, in 1874; Rachel, who became the wife of John H.
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Spear, and died in 1874; Josiah, who died in childhood; Susan, Ella and Stephen.
The subject of this review attended the common schools in his youth and was reared to manhood on the old homestead. He entered upon his business career in No- vember, 1878, when he bought a small milk route. He milked nine cows and delivered the milk with one wagon; but his patron- age steadily increased and he now milks four hundred and fifty cows, and employs sixty men to attend to the products of the dairy, and has thirty-five horses used in the distribution of the milk and in other ser- vice on the farm. He keeps Jersey and Guernsey grade cows and has what is uni- versally acknowledged to be the best equipped dairy plant in the country. The milk is shipped to Newark, Montclair and the Oranges, and the company has a milk depot and distributing station on Glen- ridge avenue, Montclair, as well as in Cald- well. Over thirty-five hundred quarts of milk and cream are delivered daily by wagon. Great care is exercised in every- thing connected with the dairy, and it would be impossible to imagine a place where greater neatness and cleanliness pre- vailed. The men who form the milking force are attired in white suits, which are washed daily and inspected before being used. Such is the reputation of the dairy that the visitors' register which is kept there has shown as high as one hundred and forty visitors in a single day. Committees have been sent from Wisconsin and other states to inspect the plant, and among the visitors was Professor Henry, of the Wis- consin University, who reported that the plant was the most practical he had ever seen in this country or in Europe. A num- ber of states have sent committees here to
investigate the methods used in the care of the cattle and of the milk, in order to intro- duce the same into the departments of agri- culture in the state colleges. An editorial in the Archives of Pediatrics, a medical publication which gives much attention to children's diseases, complimented in the highest possible terms the methods fol- lowed by the company as securing the greatest purity in milk. On the Ist of Au- gust, 1894, the business was incorporated under the name of the Fairfield Dairy Com- pany, and from the beginning its founder has been the president. To him is due the success of the enterprise; his has been the executive power and sound judgment which has made this a profitable concern, and certainly he deserves great credit in this particular.
The officers of the company, in addition to Mr. Francisco, are his wife, who is vice- president and director; Joseph Blavelt, who is secretary and director, and also man- ager of the farm; George C. Freeland, director, who is manager of the distributing depot in Montclair; and W. P. Francisco, who is also a director. Mrs. Francisco has been to her husband a most faithful com- panion and helpmeet, and without her counsel he executes no business enterprise.
She bore the maiden name of Lydia Morehouse, her father being Aaron B. Morehouse. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Francisco was celebrated May 27, 1874, and they became the parents of six chil- dren: Wellington P., who pursued a clas- sical course of study in Rutgers College; Ruth Edna; Stephen J. G., a student in Montclair Military Academy; and three now deceased. The family have a hand- some home in Caldwell township, which was erected by the grandfather, enlarged
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by the father and modernized by our sub- ject, who has added all the modern im- provements and conveniences. Its hospi- tality seems boundless, and is enjoyed by a very large circle of friends. Mr. Francisco is a whole-souled man, whose well spent life is worthy of high commendation. He has never used tobacco or intoxicants, and through a lifelong membership in the Re- formed church of Fairfield he has almost continuously held office, serving for many years in the position of elder and Sunday- school superintendent. He acknowledges his indebtedness to his noble mother and loving wife for what he has achieved, and while very successful himself he is not nar- row or selfish in this, but generously aids others who desire to help themselves and thus make the most of life's opportunities.
DIEDRICH H. GRIMM
is one of the worthy sons that the father- land has furnished to Essex county. He is now identified with the business interests of Orange as a member of the firm of Lord & Company, painters and decorators. He was born in the city of Hoja, in Hanover, Germany, July 20, 1850, and is a son of Carson and Margaretta (Mahlstedt) Grimm. His father was a farmer all his life, and met his death as the result of fall- ing from a building; his wife has also passed away. They were the parents of four children, namely: August, who re- sides on the old homestead in Hoja; Mary, who died in 1897; Dora, wife of Fritz Bur- hoff, of Bremen, Germany, by whom she has seven children; and our subject.
Diedrich Henry Grimm acquired a com- mon-school education in his native town and remained at his parental home until
seventeen years of age. He learned the trade of shoemaking with his brother and worked as a journeyman in the city of Bremen for a time. He then returned home, but the opportunities for advance- ment were few and America held out great inducements for young men who wishied to rise in the world; so he determined to cross the Atlantic. A wish to avoid military ser- vice also led to this step, and in 1871 he em- barked in a westward-bound sailing vessel, which bore him to the harbor of New York, on the 26th of August, 1871. Coming to Orange, he secured work at his trade, which he followed until 1873, when, desir- ous of finding a more lucrative occupation, he took up painting and decorating and paper-hanging. He became very proficient in this business, won success in his under- takings, and in 1891 was admitted to a partnership in the firm of Lord & Com- pany, who are now doing an extensive and profitable business in painting, decorating and paper-hanging in Orange. The firm have executed the interior work of some of the finest residences in Essex and adjoin- ing counties. It is ever of the most com- plete and artistic character and their pro- ficiency, honorable dealing and prompt and reliable business methods have won them a very liberal patronage.
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