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Copyright, 1917, By J. J. Scannell, Paterson, N. J.
Copyright, 1919, by J. J. Scannell, Paterson, N. J.
By giving credit therefor to, "Scannell's New Jersey's First Citizens and State Guide", Newspapers and other presses are given permission to use any of the information contained in this work.
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FOREWORD.
.I herewith present to the discernible public che second edition of . "NEW JERSEY'S FIRST CITIZENS," to which title has been added "State Guide," and on account of which the work will bear the title in the future of, "New Jersey's First Citizens and State Guide." I have a feeling of confidence that my efforts have been successful in making this, the volume for 1919-'20, an improvement on the first work. In addition to many new features of value, the reader will find in this book three hundred and forty-five more biographical sketches than were contained in the initial work for 1917, and which aggregates a total of seven hundred and twenty-nine notable persons of the State presented.
I lay claim (without egotism) to the distinction of having been the first to attempt and successfully carry out a plan to publish an authori- tative list of the useful citizens of New Jersey, without being influenced by any social register. or by the use of a check book. Basing my work entirely upon the achievements of the citizenship as the only test of eligibility for admission to the pages of my book.
With the idea of making my work more useful for reference, I have in- cluded this time, the names of those in official positions in the State, making the standards of admission to these pages. 1. Those who have accom- plished something out of the ordinary-something that distinguishes them-those whose figures tower, clean-cut and clear, above the skyline of New Jersey's citizenship. 2. Those who are included on account of official position and are the subjects of wide inquiry or discussion. It is to be remembered, however, that a large majority of these names would be mentioned, anyway, because of a personal record, even though they did not belong to this classification, because words of praise give place in the records to deeds of praise.
It was my earnest intention when I began work on these pages to have even many more noteworthy citizens accounted for, but due to being unable to secure on time the data necessary to compose their biographical sketch, I was compelled to omit them entirely. I hope, however, to be able to present these persons in subsequent editions.
In this book, it will be found, that the names of persons contained in the first work and who are now deceased, again appear, although the work is intended to present principally the living notables of the State. This was done, and will be the policy hereafter, because of a sense of duty to help perpetuate the names of the honored deceased, whose biographical sketches are on record in my files and available to anyone wishing further infor- mation.
In seeking to improve the work, among other features, I have com- piled a state guide, in which virtually every official of New Jersey is
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presented, and also, information about the state institutions, commis- sions, boards and departments, because I felt the value of the book would be greatly enhanced thereby for office, school, library, and newspaper usage. Influencing in my decision to compile this addition was the fact that I was in constant receipt of communications requesting information concerning the biographies of officials of the State.
I am well aware, however, that in preparing the monumental task of selecting only the first in all lines of endeavor, I have not been infallible, and that the work as it now exists is not without a flaw. For this reason, in hopes of making the subsequent editions of this work more nearly perfect, I extend an invitation to send in suggestions for improvements in the bi- ographical data, for new names to be presented, also notices of changes of residences of persons whose sketches appear in the work, and for information as to deaths.
Perhaps my only regret concerning the 1919-20 edition, is that I was unable to distribute it to my readers much sooner than it has been. This delay was due to the fact that I, during the war period, was engaged in the service of the United States, being in charge of the Industrial Edu- cational Section, Ordinance Department, New York District. I hope the reader, mindful of this, will overlook the tardiness of the appearance of this edition.
In consistency with the policy that was adopted when the idea of compiling this work was originated, it will be found that in this edition, as in the first no "puff" matter has been tolerated in the biographical sketches. Words of praise give place in the record to deeds of praise, and so, make the presentations all the more forceful, impressive and at- tractive, without eulogy or criticism. The advantages of such a policy for notables contained in this work, and the elevation at which this book is placed thereby is easily discernible. As a result, not a single line has been paid for, nor has any consideration been given to the possibility of the person "written-up" might or might not be a subscriber. I have faith that with this policy I am weaning away from my work the "fear" that existed in connection with works of this nature, caused by other bio- graphical works in which space was allotted and "puff" matter tolerated to the degree paid for.
Although the task of bringing this work to the point of perfection in which the reader now finds it, was not easy in any sense, still I was cheered along the way and encouraged by the fact that my labors seemed to be ap- preciated, as evinced by the large number of subscriptions received from all sections of the State, the Country, and even from the principal libra- ries in foreign countries. The work will also be found in the chief newspa- per offices of the world, whose extensive use of its contents shows its reliability and dependability. Any publication is invited to make free use of the work provided only that it makes acknowledgement.
I take this opportunity to acknowledge and give thanks for large obli- gations to discerning men and women, whom I have so advantageously con- sulted, for their illuminating and guiding assistance.
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It will be noted in perusing this volume, that the photographs which were contained in the first edition have been omitted. This was done because I feared that pictures distracted from the real merit of the work and that their use with the hundreds of added sketches would enlarge the book to the point where it would be too bulky for ordinary use.
Among other added improvements, is the vocational index which adds considerably to the value of the work, by making it more useful as a reference book, and also the geographical idex in which the reader can easily learn, in a moments time, the names from various sections of the state.
In order to include eligible persons whose names were not received until it was too late for their regular classification in the work, I pre- pared an addenda to the work, in which the aforementioned names will be found.
As a final word, I wish to thank the public in general for their ap- preciation of the work, and for their support in making it possible to bring it to the point of perfection in which it now exists.
J. J. SCANNELL.
NOTICE
Upon application, I will send a sketch blank to any one a resident of New Jersey, whether born in this state or not. Applicants must fill in the sketch blank either themselves, or with the assistance of professional genealogists, and return same to me for examination. If it is found to be inaccurate in its essential points it will not be approved, but returned to the applicant.
If, when examined, it is approved and finally prepared for publication it will be issued in the following and subsequent editions of NEW JER- SEY'S FIRST CITIZENS and STATE GUIDE and the original copy with all available information, placed for historical record on file in my li- brary, without any other consideration than that it rightfully belongs there. Neither money, nor pressure, nor favoritism can avail for this consideration for anyone not entitled to it.
All sketches are written at my office. You furnish dates, names, etc., etc., and we prepare sketch here and show you the copy before sending to press. No one is limited to the number of words in the sketch, but will not permit any puff matter.
Not a single sketch nor record has been paid for and none can be paid for.
I solicit as donations to my library (of historical records) all published works on Genealogy, History and Biography, as well as all works or photographs on Town, Country and State History, or works embodying information regarding the vital records of any and all localities. Also all manuscript compiliations which bear upon the above mentioned topics, but do not solicit any donations on topics foreign to the above mentioned subjects.
All donations will be at once placed upon the shelves of my library with proper credit being given to the donor by inscribing in the work his name and will be available to any one wishing to consult same, but no one will be permitted to take any work out of the library. It is hoped through this means to collect a large amount of information of vast his- torical interest and value. -
All written inquiries on the above subjects will receive cheerful con- sideration, provided, however, that a stamped envelope is enclosed for a reply.
Address all communications to
J. J. SCANNELL,
Paterson, N. J., U. S. A.
CONTENTS.
Addenda-Biographies received too late for insertion in regular order in the body of the book 503
Biographies
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Geographical Index
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State Guide Index
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Vocational Index
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"History is the essence of innumerable biographies."
"New Jersey's First Citizens" will be revised and reissued biennially in January. The next edition will be for the years 1921-'22 (Vol III) and will be published in January, 1921.
Back numbers will be supplied at $10.00 per copy if in stock when called for. Sent to any address, postpaid, on receipt of price. J. J. Scannell
Paterson New Jersey, U. S. A.
ERNEST R. ACKERMAN-Plainfield .- Manufacturer. (Photo- graph published in Vol. 1-1917.) Born in New York City, June 17, 1863 ; son of J. Hervey Ackerman and Ellen (Morgan) Acker- man ; married at Cumberland, Maryland, on February 11, 1892, to Mora L., daughter of William E. Weber.
Ernest R. Ackerman was for six years the Senator from Union Coun- ty. The passage of the first Civil Service law enacted in New Jersey was largely due to his efforts ; it is known as the Ackerman Civil Service Law. He has also been a delegate to two of the Republican National Conven- tions ; and, as one of the Presidential Electors in 1896, helped to cast the vote of New Jersey for William McKinley of Ohio for President of the United States, and Garret A. Hobart of New Jersey for Vice-President.
Though Senator Ackerman has made twenty trips abroad and been twice around the world, he has been, as a resident of Plainfield for the greater portion of his life, deep in the life of his home community, promi- nent in church movements and a factor in the other directions that make- for its substantial welfare. He is also an ardent Philatelist, having won many medals in foreign countries for his stamp collections.
Senator Ackerman's ancestors were active in the Revolutionary War. Philip Markley, his great-great-granfather was appointed in 1777 a Com- missioner to collect supplies for the American Army ; and John Markley his great-grandfather served in the Pennsylvania Militia in 1781. His father, J. Hervey Ackerman, was President of the Common Council of the City of Plainfield and at one time City Judge.
Mr. Ackerman was educated in the Plainfield Public schools, graduat. ing from the High School with the class of 1889. His father's interest in public affairs pointed his eyes also in that direction; and at twenty-eight he became a member of the Plainfield Common Council serving for the years 1891 and 1892. In 1905 he was elected to the State Senate and re- elected in 1908. With Senators Hutchinson of Mercer and Price of Sus- sex, he constituted a special committee to investigate the subject of capital punishment. The committee made a study of conditions abroad and in this country, and rendered an illuminating report. In the session of 1910 he served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary and on that of Finance. In 1911 he was elected President of the Senate; and during Governor Wilson's absence in the West he served as Acting Governor of New Jersey. At the present time he is a member of the New Jersey State Board of Education, appointed to succeed Joseph S. Frelinghuysen upon the latter's election to the United States Senate in 1916.
Mr. Ackerman was Secretary of the New Jersey Electors in 1897. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention held in Chicago in June, 190S, and to that of 1916. In the National Convention of 1908 he was New Jersey's representative on the committee to notify James S. Sherman of his nomination for Vice-President of the United States. He has been Chairman of the Republican City Executive Committee of Plainfield and a delegate to several Republican City and County Conventions.
Mr. Ackerman is President of the Lawrence Portland Cement Com- pany, a director of the Plainfield Trust Company and of the Central Rail-
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road Company of New Jersey, a Trustee of Rutgers College, a member of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, a director of the Young Men's Christian Association and a member of the Boy Scouts Council. He is also an Associate of the American Society of Civil En- gineers and member of the Engineers Club of New York. He belongs to the Union League Club and the India House of New York City, and is a member of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, the Merchants Asso- ciation of New York (serving on the Committees on Commercial Law and City Traffic).
Mr. Ackerman served as Federal Food Administrator for Union County during the war, as chairman of the War Savings Committee for Plainfield and as Local Chairman of the Y. M. C. A. War Work Council. " He was elected to the Sixty-Sixth Congress as a Republican over Richard E. Clement by a plurality of 3905.
HENRY ELIJAH ACKERSON, Jr .- Keyport-Senator and Jurist. Born at Holmdel township near Hazlet, Monmouth County, N. J., Oct. 15th, 1880, son of Cornelius and Anna (Bray) ; mar- ried at Middletown, Conn., on April 5, 1910, to Edith Dart Calef, daughter of Dr. J. Francis Calef and Laura D. Calef.
Children : Cornelius, born December 2, 1912, and Calef Dart, born May 8, 1916.
Mr. Ackerson is a descendent of Dutch stock, his paternal ancestors having come to this country from Holland about 1650.
Most of his early education was received in the public school of Keyport, N. J., where his parents moved in 1890. In 1898 Mr. Ackerson was graduated with high honors from the High School of the same city. For a brief period after graduation he was employed as a clerk in the People's National Bank of Keyport, but later entered the Packard Com- mercial School, New York City. After leaving that institution he became a secretary to the manager of a New York brokerage firm, but during this employment continued his education at the Senftner Preparatory School in New York City, preparing for law by attending the night sessions. In 1900 he was successful in passing the New York Regent's examination and was admitted to the New York Law School, from which he was graduated two years later at the head of his class.
As a result of his record, he was appointed Professor of Pleading and Practice at the Law School. He filled this office for two years, and at the same time was associated with a law firm in Jersey City. He was admitted to the New Jersey Bar as an attorney, on March 7, 1904, and five years later was made counselor, and Master in Chancery on Nov. 28th, 1909.
It was on May 1, 1906, that Mr. Ackerson left the law firm in Jersey City and opened his practice of law in Keyport, where he has practiced ever since. He served as an attorney to the Borough of Key- port from Jan. 1, 1909 to Jan. 1, 1914, and has been counsel for the town- ship of Holmdel since January 1, 1909. On February 11th, 1914, he became
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the counsel to the Board of Chosen Freeholders of Monmouth County, and still holds that office. In 1916 he formed a partnership for the general practice of law with his brother, Cecil S. Ackerson.
In 1914 Mr. Ackerson was elected to the Senate on the Democratic ticket by a plurality of 807 over Mr. Appleby, Republican, and in 1917 he was re-elected by a majority of 1,278 over Charles R. Snyder, Re- publican. During the session of 1916 he served as minority leader. A year later he was the minority choice for President of the Senate. In 1919 he again served as minority leader and on February 11th, 1919, was ap- pointed Judge of the Court of Errors and Appeals of New Jersey. In February, 1919, he was appointed a member of the New Jersey Legislative Delegation to draft a supplementary treaty between New Jersey and New York respecting the development of the Port of New York.
Mr. Ackerson is a director and attorney for the People's National Bank of Keyport, and is Vice-President of the Keyport Free Public Li -. brary Association. He is also a member and former Past Regent of the Royal Arcanum. For this organization he served at one time as Super- vising Deputy Grand Regent in Monmouth County.
His business address is Ackerson & Ackerson, Attorneys and Coun- selors at Law, Keyport, New Jersey.
EDWARD DEAN ADAMS-Rumson .- ( Rohallion )-Engineer- Financier. Born in Boston, Mass., April 9, 1846 ; son of Adoniram Judson and Harriet Lincoln (Norton) Adams; married October, 1872, to Frances Amelia Gutterson, of Boston.
Children : Ruth, Ralph, Ernest (deceased, 1904), leaving Pier- pont and Kempton.
Edward Dean Adams, one of the Captains of Industry recognized in Wall Street as a force in the financial railroad and industrial world, is also deeply interested in the art and scientific life of New York City. He is the Chairman of the Finance Committee, a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. and Chairman of the Kahn Foundation for the Foreign Travel of American Teachers; and has been decorated (1909) with the Royal Order of the Crown of Prussia. In his business relations he reor- ganized the Northern Pacific Railroad (1893), the West Shore Railroad (1886), and had a large hand in the rehabilitation of the Central Railroad of New Jersey (1887). He also was in charge of the reorganization of the American Cotton Oil Company in 1890, and was Chairman of its Board of Directors until 1896. From 1893 until the outbreak of the World War in 1914. he was the American Representative of the Deutsche Bank of Berlin.
Mr. Adams attended the Chauncy Hall School in Boston, and entered Norwich University at Northfield, Vermont, in 1861, receiving the B. S. degree in 1864, M. S. 1897, LL. D. 1906 and M. A. 1908. He served from 1904 to 1916 as a trustee of the University. While engaged as a book- keeper by T. J. Lee & Hill, stock brokers of Boston, he took a course with the Class of 1869 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 1870
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to 1878 he was a partner in the Boston banking firm of Richardson, Hill & Company. In 1878 he became a partner in the New York banking firm of Winslow, Lanier & Company, and continued in that relation until 1893, when he became American Representative of the Deutsche Bank.
Mr. Adams now is a director of the American Cotton Oil Company, Brevard Tannin Company, Central & South American Telegraph Com- pany, Clinchfield Coal Corporation, Hammond Typewriter Company, Inter- type Corporation, Mohawk Hydro-Electric Company, New Jersey General Security Company, New York and Long Branch Railroad Company, Ni- agara Development Company, Niagara Falls Power Company, Niagara Junction Railway Company, and Western Maryland Railway Company.
He is Senior Warden and Trustee of the Endowment Fund of St. George's Episcopal Church, Rumson, and a Trustee of the Monmouth Coun- ty Historical Association. He is President of the Rumson Country Club, Rumson Improvement Company, and Rumson Park, and a member of numerous clubs and societies, particularly for the cultivation of social life and the promotion of science, art and culture.
His New York home is at 455 Madison Avenue ; his business office. at 71 Broadway, New York City.
FREDERIC ADAMS-Orange, (473 Main St.)-Jurist. ( Photo- graph published in Vol. 1-1917). Born at Amherst, New Hamp- shire, on October 9th, 1840; son of Frederic Augustus and Mary Janes (Means) Adams ; married on October 27th, 1870, at Putnam, Ohio, to Ella, daughter of John S. and Martha (Messer) King ; second marriage at Norfolk, Virginia. July 20th, 1904, to Ella King, daughter of Morris K. King and Julia (Goddard) King.
Children : Constance, born in East Orange, April 27th, 1873, wife of Cecil B. De Mille, of Hollywood, California ; John King Adams, born in East Orange, January 23rd, 1878, physician, of Orange; Ellis Adams, born in East Orange, March 4th, 1880, real estate broker in New York City, residing in West Orange, married on December 4th, 1905, to Margaret, daughter of Henry A. Potter of East Orange; Rebecca Appleton Adams, born at East Orange, October 21st, 1881, Librarian ; Frederic Atherton Adams, born at East Orange, December 11th, 1889, bond broker with International Trust Company of Denver, Colorado, married at Colorado Springs, Colorado, September 16th, 1915, to Miriam Storrs Washburn ; Nancy Adams, child of second marriage, born at Orange. December 17, 1905.
Frederic Adams sat in the Essex County Circuit Court for sixteen years ; and his wide experience on the Bench gave the stamp of authority to his decisions. His father finished his education in 1833 at Dartmouth College, made famous among the seminaries of learning. in the career of its greatest Alumnus, Daniel Webster, and was a Congregational clergy- man and teacher.
Judge Adams' parents lived in Amherst, N. H., for only three months after his birth; and he spent the first seven years of his life in Byfield,
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Mass., where his father was principal of Dummer Academy. In 1847 the family came to New Jersey and settled in Orange. Judge Adams spent two years at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. Two years sub- sequently, in 1858, he was admitted to Yale College and graduated from there with the A. B. degree in 1862. He has also Yale degrees of A. M. and LL. D.
Having decided to devote himself to the practice of the law, Mr. Adams took a course at the Harvard Law school, and then applied for admission to the New York Bar. His home-state had larger attractions for him however; and, admitted to the New Jersey Bar as an attorney in 1868 and as a counselor in 1873, he devoted himself to the practice of his profession chiefly in New Jersey. He built up a large chancery practice and was frequently called upon to act as Special and Advisory Master. His only public position during these times, was as Clerk of the Township of East Orange and later as Town Counsel.
In the early winter of 1897 Governor Griggs transferred Judge Barca- low from the Bench of the Court of Errors and Appeals to the chair of the Presiding Judge of the Passaic County Courts, and tendered the vacant seat on the Court of Errors Bench to Mr. Adams. The Senate confirmed the nomination, and Judge Adams sat as a member of that Court till Governor Murphy in 1903 named him as a Circuit Court Judge. At the expiration of his term in 1910 Governor Fort re-appointed him for the term of seven years, expiring in 1917, re-appointed 1917 by Governor Edge for another term of seven years. In politics Judge Adams is a Republican.
He retired from office by resignation on January 31st, 1919.
T. ALBEUS ADAMS-Montclair, (24 Prospect Terrace.)- Merchant and Financier. (Photograph published in Vol. 1-1917). Born in Troupsburg. Steuben County, N. Y., on September 5, 1865; son of Thomas Quincy and Catharine Morton Adams; mar- ried in New York City in 1896, to Kathleen V. Wallace, daughter of John F. and Catherine Wallace.
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