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One of the most important activities of the church is conceived by the policy of the Roman Catholic Church to be the education of its youth. In this progressive and earnest parish the parochial school was begun as soon as it was possible, it being opened September 11, 1911. Miss Elizabeth Dougherty was given charge of seventy-six children in a hall of the church. Two months later, on Sunday, November 5, 1911, Bishop O'Connor visited the class and confirmed sixty-eight children. In the meanwhile the author- ities were at work providing more suitable accommodation for the school and on June 17, 1912, the ground for it was broken and September 9, 1912, the Sisters of Charity took charge of the school, the number of pupils amounting at this time to one hundred and twenty. The church, located most favorably to be in touch with the people, is doing a most important work, vitalizing the whole life of the locality and restraining and neutral- izing the forces of evil. The establishment of such a church and the putting at its head a man of the calibre of Father Walsh is a matter of congratula- tion by Christians of all denominations.
AARON WIGGINS MILLER
Aaron Wiggins Miller, born in Morris county, New Jersey, February 21, 1846, comes of good old American Revolutionary stock. He is the son of Aaron and Lydia ( Romaine) Miller, the formor of whom was a farmer of Morris county, born March 20, 1804. The first Aaron Miller was a son of
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John Frederick Miller, who was aide-de-camp to General George Washing- ton, and in that capacity carried many messages between Morristown and Trenton during the Revolutionary War. John Frederick Miller had come from Connecticut and Massachusetts, and had settled in New Jersey, locating at Rockaway Valley, Morris county, where he and a brother who had accompanied him, bought large farms, and built and operated extensive flour mills. The wife of John Frederick Miller was Jemima Wiggins. The mother of Aaron Wiggins Miller, was born in Morris county, February 23, 1801, and was the daughter of Nicholas and Jennie ( Mandeville) Romaine, her father having been a farmer of Parsipping, New Jersey. Aaron Wiggins Miller was the youngest of a family of nine children whose names were: Louis, Nicholas, Jane, Adelia, Matilda, Mary, John R., Giles Edward, and Aaron Wiggins, of previous mention.
The early school training of Aaron W. Miller was that which usually falls to the lot of a country-bred boy. He attended the district school during the winter months and helped his father on the farm during the busy months of the summer, gaining by this latter experience invaluable lessons in initiative, that knowledge of life at first hand which frequently proves so serviceable an asset to the man in his later dealings with the world. He learned the trade of carpenter and was apprenticed to the well- known firm of Muchmore & Lounsberry at Morristown, and after serving his time came to Newark in 1867, and has followed the trade of carpenter ever since. During the Civil War Mr. Miller was appointed by the Provost Marshal at Morristown to draw the names of drafted soldiers from the box and fill up the quota for Morris county. While he was doing this the third name he drew was that of his own brother who is now the president of the Board of Health of the town of Boonton. In March, 1908, Mr. Miller was appointed Supervisor of Repairs for the Board of Education of the city of Newark, which position he has held to the present time. In his political opin- ions, Mr. Miller has been for the greater part of his life a Democrat, though for the last ten years he has been an Independent. Both he and his wife are regular attendants of the Christ Reformed Church of Newark.
Mr. Miller is a member of Northern Lodge No. 25, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and of Old Protective Lodge No. 28, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he is a social member of the First Ward Republican Club.
Mr. Miller married, April 20, 1871, Emma Jane, daughter of William Demarest, of Newark. She was born in Newark, February 17, 1850. Wil- liam Demarest was born in Morris county, and had learned the trade of carpenter in New York City. His wife's name was Margaret Hines and their children were: Mary Elizabeth, Emma J., Wilhelmina, Della, Edward, Har- riet, and William. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Miller, all of whom are deceased: George, Louis, and William D. William D. Miller left Herbert and Emma. Emma has since died. Herbert is now living with his grandparents at 630 Summer avenue, Newark, New Jersey.
HENRY NATHANIEL DOOLITTLE
One of the leading manufacturers of Newark is Henry Nathaniel Doo- little, who was born in Hebron, Connecticut, January 11, 1849. He is the son of Rev. Edgar Jared and Jane (Sage) Doolittle.
The Doolittle family is readily traced through early English history to the invasion of William the Conquerer In 1066. One of the Norman invaders bore the surname Dulitell or de Dolleta ("of Dolieta," a place on
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the Norman coast). Various modifications of the name appear in the old English records of the succeeding centuries. The progenitor of the family in America was Abraham Dowlittell, who was born in Kidderminster, Eng- land, about 1620. At an early age he immigrated to America, locating first in Salem, Massachusetts. From there he moved to New Haven, previous to 1640, where he owned property. In 1640 he was a sergeant in the militia company, and in 1644 took the freeman's oath. He served for some time as sheriff of the county. In 1669 he was one of a committee to look after the affairs of the new settlement at Wallingford. This town was incorporated May 12, 1670, and Mr. Dowlittell was one of the first to settle there. He served as a member of the vigilance committee during King Philip's War. His home was fortified against a possible attack of the Indians. He served several times as deputy from New Haven to the general court, and was for a number of years selectman of the town. He was one of the most influential and respected citizens of the colony. He died August 11, 1690, survived by a wife and several children.
Mr. Henry Nathaniel Doolittle's descent from Abraham Dowlittell is as follows:
Joseph, son of Abraham and Abigal (Moss) Dowlittell, was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, February 12, 1666, and died there, May 15, 1733. He served as captain in the Wallingford militia, and as deputy during 1713-16.
Ensign Joseph, son of Captain Joseph and Sarah (Brown) Doolittle, as the spelling of the name seems to have permanently become at about this time, was born in Wallingford, October 17, 1724, and died there, June 3, 1789.
Joseph, son of Ensign Joseph and Mary (Munson) Doolittle, was born in Wallingford, January 15, 1757, and died there, February 25, 1814.
Jared, son of Joseph and Sarah (Holt) Doolittle, was born in Walling- ford in 1780, and died in May, 1815. He married Anna Jones, who was a lineal descendant of Colonel John Jones, one of the judges who condemned Charles I. of England. Colonel Jones married the sister of Oliver Cromwell, and became Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Edgar Jared, son of Jared and Anna (Jones) Doolittle, was born in New Haven, Connecticut, October 19, 1810, and died in Wallingford, Feb- ruary 1, 1883. He graduated from Yale in 1836, and later received the degree of A. M. from his Alma Mater. He studied theology and became a Congregational clergyman, serving as pastor of the First Church in Hebron, Connecticut, May 18, 1842, to December 14, 1852; Chester, Connecticut, 1852 to 1865. He then located in Wallingford, where he made his home until his death. He was one of the ablest clergymen of his denomination and possessed great literary ability. He was married in 1842 to Jane E., daughter of Isaac and Harriet (Sage) Sage, a direct descendant of David Sage, who was born in Wales in 1632 and settled in Middletown, Connecti- cut, in 1652. Her grandfather, Captain William Sage, fought with the Colonial forces in the battle of Bunker Hill. Eight children were born to Rev. Edgar Jared and Jane E. (Sage) Doolittle: 1. Edgar Sage, born July 11, 1843; died May 10, 1844. 2. Edgar Jared, January 29, 1845, now a promi- nent citizen of Meriden, Connecticut; mayor of that city for five terms, and a former state senator. 3. Isaac Sage, January 26, 1847, died in his youth. 4. Ilenry Nathaniel, of Newark, mentioned above. 5. Annis Merrill, March' 12, 1851, died November 23, 1872, while in' his senior year at Yale. 6. Harriet Ann, April 1, 1856; died May 8, 1857. 7. Jane Elizabeth, Decem- ber 1, 1859, who resides at the family home in Wallingford. 8. Orrin Sage,
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December 29, 1863, a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, now residing in Yonkers, New York.
Henry Nathaniel Doolittle was educated in the Guilford Institute and passed his entrance examinations for Yale at the early age of fifteen. At this point he decided on a business career and entered his brother's box factory in Meriden, where he learned the details of the business. In 1870 he came to Newark, where he has made his home to date. Soon after locating in the city, he began manufacturing boxes at 271 Market street. In 1871 he moved his plant to larger quarters in New Jersey Railroad avenue. The constant growth of the business demanded the several successive changes to Fair street, Ogden street, McWhorter street, and in 1888 to his present commodious building on Bruen street. For several years he con- ducted branch factories in Danbury, Connecticut, and in New York City. These he has sold and now devotes his entire time and energy to his large and increasing business in Newark. From the small beginning made at 271 Market street, Mr. Doolittle, through his energy and business ability, has gradually increased his plant to its present large capacity. The constantly growing demand for packing cases has led him to devote practically his entire plant to the manufacture of this line. Mr. Doolittle has been asso- ciated with the Board of Trade of Newark since its earliest days. He is a member of the North Reformed Church.
He married, May 23, 1876, Josephine Lapham, of Newark. They have two children: 1. Ethel Guerin, a graduate of the Townsend School. 2. Henry Linsley, who graduated from the Newark Academy and is now connected with the box business. The latter married, April 23, 1908, Mary Blondel, of New York City. They have one child, June.
WALTER JOSEPH GREENE
Walter Joseph Greene, a prominent member of the fraternity of princi- pals in the Newark schools, was born at Alexander, New York, April 26, 1873, and is the son of Joseph and Olive D. (Hill) Greene. Mr. Joseph Greene, the father, is still living, and has been for the last thirty years the president of the Genesee County Patrons Fire Relief Association. He was born in March, 1843. He and his wife were the parents of four chil- dren: Dora Z., Edith O., Walter J., with whom this biographical sketch is concerned; and Lucian B. Mr. Greene is a descendant of one of the oldest and most respected New England families. He is a lineal descendant of John Greene, who migrated from England in 1637, and settled at Providence, Rhode Island. It was he who went over to England with Roger Williams, the founder of the Rhode Island colony, to negotiate for its charter.
Walter J. Greene was educated at the public schools of Alexander, his native town, and while there decided to devote his life to the profession of teaching. To this end he entered upon a course at the Geneseo Normal School, and was graduated in 1896, going then to the Albany State Normal College, from which in turn he was graduated in 1900. A later course of study at the New York University brought him the degree of B. S. in 1907. He commenced early to teach, beginning with the district schools in Genesee county, New York, where he remained for four years. Appointed the principal of the Union School at Lewiston, New York, he held this position for three years. From 1900-02 he was the teacher of science in the high school at Hoosic Falls, New York. He then became principal of the High School at South Glen Falls, where he stayed for five and a half years. This experience was followed by work that lasted for four years
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in the schools of New York City. In September, 1911, Mr. Greene came to Newark as the principal of the Lawrence Street School, and the following year was promoted to the principalship of the Warren Street School. February, 1913, he was promoted again to the principalship of the Seventh Avenue School, the position which he still holds. He is a member of the Principals' Association of Newark, the Schoolmen's Club, 'and also of the Newark Public Schools Athletic Association.
Mr. Greene married at Schuylersville, New York, January 22, 1902, Caroline Rose, daughter of Alvah M. and Rose E. (Guy) Shepherd. Their children are: Mildred C., born December 23, 1904; Elizabeth, born Feb- ruary 27, 1906; and Winifred, born August 19, 1912.
BENJAMIN CLEMENT MINER
A man who has made his mark in the educational world of his adopted town, Benjamin Clement Miner exerts a wide and uplifting influence in the Newark community. He came to Newark in 1900, having been a Vermonter by birth and born in Bridport, of that state, March 29, 1869. He is the son of Champlain Clement and Ann Elizabeth (Sturdevant) Miner, the former of whom, born in February, 1837, was a farmer in Bridport all his life. His mother was the daughter of Norman Sturdevant, of New Haven, Vermont. Like most of the descendants of the early settlers of that state, his parents were of English ancestry. Thomas Miner came to this country in 1630, settling in Stonington, Connecticut, and he is a lineal descendant of Sir Henry Bulwer-Miner, who for some meritorious service rendered King Edward III. was knighted by him in 1346. Benjamin Clement was the elder of a family of two children, his sister, Helen Amelia, being the wife of Edgar R. Brown, a member of the Newark Board of Trade and Board of Education.
Benjamin C. Miner received his early education from the district schools of his native region, later going to Beeman Academy, New Haven, Vermont. He then matriculated at Middlebury College, Vermont, and graduated in 1893 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. His decision had long before been made to devote his life to the profession of teaching, and upon leaving college he immediately began teaching, his first appoint- ment being that of principal of Union School, Essex County, New York. This was followed by work as the instructor in Latin and history at Straight University, New Orleans, during the years between 1895 and 1899. For a year following this Mr. Miner served as the president of the Beach Insti- tute, at Savannah, Georgia. After his stay in the South he came to Newark, and in September of 1900, was appointed principal of Hawthorne Avenue Grammar School, a position which for five years he filled with ability and dignity. During the year 1905-06 he served as principal of the Eliza- beth Avenue School and for the four years following this was principal of the Ann Street School. In 1910 he was appointed the principal of the Central Avenue Grammar School, the responsibilities of which he still has in' charge. Mr. Miner is an Independent in his political convictions. He is a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity of Middlebury College, and be- longs to the Schoolmen's Club, to the Principals' Association, and to the Public School Athletic Association.
He married (first) August 21, 1899, Mary Louise, daughter of John and Emily (Weeks) Thompson, and they have one child, Marion, born October 29, 1900. ITe married (second) Florence Adele, daughter of Ezra and Margaret (Booth) Anderson, February 12, 1913.
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HERBERT WORTHINGTON TAYLOR
Herbert Worthington Taylor is a well known attorney and counselor at law of New York City and Newark, New Jersey. He is a man of marked ability both in and out of his profession. He enforces his original ideas and decided views on all subjects with clear and cogent reasoning, and his keen discrimination and executive ability enable him to accomplish suc- cessfully any undertaking to which he gives his attention.
His father, James C. Taylor, was born in Tiverton, Rhode Island, and is now (1913) living in Newark, New Jersey. He was a member of the Thirty- ninth New Jersey Volunteer Militia during the Civil War, and was actively engaged in the battle of Petersburg. He married Mary Eleanor, daughter of William Worthington, of England. The Worthingtons suffered shipwreck on their passage to this country and, after a long and difficult voyage fraught with many dangers, were landed on the island of St. Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor had children: Herbert Worthington, the subject of this sketch; William, deceased; Florence; Eleanor, married Charles K. Murray, of Newark; James Leslie, who holds a position with the Prudential Insur- ance Company of Newark; Charlotte, married Winfred Inglis, of Newark. The paternal great-grandfather of Mr. Herbert Worthington Taylor was a Van Reyper, who forged a large part of the machinery for Robert Fulton's first steamboat, this work being executed at his shop in Communipaw, New Jersey.
Herbert Worthington Taylor was born in Belleville, New Jersey, Feb- ruary 19, 1869. The public schools of Harrison, New Jersey, furnished his elementary education, and he then received a thorough business training at Coleman's Business College of Newark. Matriculating at the Law School of the University of New York, he was graduated from this institution in the class of 1891 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He read law in the office of John A. Taylor and was admitted to the bar of New York in 1891, the year of his graduation. Becoming associated in the practice of law with his former preceptor, John A. Taylor, he succeeded to the entire practice of this firm in 1907, upon the death of his partner. In November of this year he was admitted to the bar of New Jersey, and has made a specialty of surrogate practice. He is noted for his quick appreciation of the points opposing counsel are endeavoring to make and his ability to parry and defeat them. His questions during a trial are clear and searching and are apt to develop the strength of his side and exploit the weakness of his op- ponent. He is brilliant and forcible in argument and marshals his facts in a most convincing manner.
In 1899 Mr. Taylor was elected by the Eighth Ward as its Republican representative in the board of aldermen of Newark, and served for a period of four years. "He was elected to the Legislature in 1904 and served two years. In January, 1913, he was elected chairman of the Essex County Republican Committee. Mr. Taylor is a thirty-second degree Mason and is connected with the following organizations: Kane Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons of Newark; Scottish Rite of Jersey City; Salaam Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; Junior Order of American Mechanics; Modern Woodmen of America; Royal Arcanum; president of the Forest Hill Golf Club, the Republican Indian League, the Northern Repub- lican Club and the Eighth Ward Republican Club. He is a member of Field Chapter, Phi Delta Phi fraternity, of the New York University, and was the secretary of the class of 1891.
Mr. Taylor married Florence, daughter of Thomas M. and Emily A.
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( Bradley) Watson. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are: Herbert Wat- son, born August 13, 1897; Dorothy Worthington, October 16, 1899; Flor- ence Bradley, September 8, 1902; Charles Meredith, September 25, 1904; Alice Gregory, October 20, 1908. Personally Mr. Taylor is affable in his manner, and combines a marked kindness of heart with an astute knowl- edge of human nature. He is a man of action as well as one of words, and demonstrates his public spirit by actual achievements. As a citizen he is universally esteemed and bears the character of a true, upright man. Notwithstanding the labors incidental to his profession, Mr. Taylor finds time to attend to a variety of other duties. The earnest spirit which marked the commencement of his career has been equally conspicuous throughout it, and it is confidently expected that great things will be achieved by Mr. Taylor in the future.
C. J. EICHHORN
Among the many captains of industry of which the city of Newark, New Jersey, proudly boasts, none is more worthy of mention for the improvements he has made and the original ideas he has developed, than C. J. Eichhorn who, for the past fifteen years, has been closely identified with two large industrial enterprises of the city.
Mr. Eichhorn was born in Newark, December 12, 1861, and, as his name indicates, is of German descent, and has inherited many of the admirable traits that characterize the people of that country. He acquired a substantial and practical education in the public schools of his native city and, at a suitable age, entered upon his active business career. His first employment was in the city of New York, where he found a position with the Manhattan Brass Company, in whose employ he remained for the period of seven years. He then returned to Newark, where he formed a connection with the firm of James Aikman & Company, which continued in force for five years. This company was engaged in the manufacture of tin and metal goods of all kinds, and Mr. Eichhorn obtained a most thorough and practical working knowledge of this branch of industry, which was of great benefit to him in his further career.
In 1901 he accepted the position of manager of The Tea Tray Company of Newark, New Jersey, where there was excellent opportunity for his natural and acquired executive ability to develop. So efficient and capable was his management of this concern, owing to the original and time-saving devices and ideas he introduced, that the annual output was immensely increased, and in the course of six years it was found necessary to erect five additional buildings to carry on the work, and to increase the working force from fifty men to four hundred employees. Mr. Eichhorn remained with this company for ten consecutive years, severing his connection with them in 1911. At that time he purchased the plumbing establishment of the late Thomas F. Kelly, at No. 19 Parkhurst street, where he gives his personal supervision to all contracts he undertakes. In the two years since Mr. Eichhorn has taken charge of this concern he has placed it on a firm footing and it is in a most flourishing condition. The method of conducting the affairs of this business are most systematic and might serve as a model for similar establishments. There are a number of skilled workmen now employed there. He attends religious services at the Church of the Redeemer. He is a member of Pythagoras Lodge No. 118, Free and Accepted Masons, and of Essex County Forest.No. 8, Tall Cedars of Lebanon.
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Mr. Eichhorn married, December, 1888, Anna Bauman of Newark, and they are the parents of two children: J. Arnold and William J. Mr. Eich- horn owes his present high position mainly to his individual and unassisted efforts, and to his strong determination to succeed. His life has been an unusually active one, and his entire career has been marked with uprightness and sincerity of purpose.
WILLIAM TALLMADGE HUNT
A figure among the literary and other professional men of the city of Newark, New Jersey, is William Tallmadge Hunt, editor-in-chief of the "Newark Sunday Call," who has gained a reputation as a publicist, and who has been identified with numerous projects having for their object the improvement and development of the city.
Sanford B. Hunt, his father, was graduated as a Doctor of Medicine. His career was a varied and interesting one, and may be condensed into the following record: Professor of anatomy at the Buffalo Medical College; journalist and magazine writer; editor of the Buffalo "Express," and the Newark "Daily Advertiser"; surgeon of the One Hundred and Ninth New York Volunteers; surgeon in charge of the Convalescent Camp, Virginia; medical director of an army corps; lieutenant-colonel by brevet for personal gallantry; member of the Centennial Exposition for New Jersey. Truly a record of which any one might feel proud. Dr. Hunt married Martha Tallmadge.
William Tallmadge Hunt was born in Buffalo, New York, November 14, 1854, and attended the public schools of his native city. After the removal of the family to Newark, New Jersey, he became a pupil at the Newark Academy, and was graduated from that institution. He commenced his business career as a proofreader and reporter, and his advancement to his present eminent position was a steady and consistent one. He became a legislative and congressional correspondent and, in 1872, assistant news editor and then managing editor of the Newark "Daily Advertiser," a connection which continued in force until 1885. In that year he assumed the chair of editor-in-chief of the "Newark Sunday Call," a position he is still filling. For a long period of time he was also correspondent for the "New York Tribune" and several other journals.
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