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Edward Walter McDonough was born in Newark, February 19, 1887. Ilis education was acquired in private schools, and he then became a pupil in St. Antonius' parochial school, St. Patrick's Cathedral school, and finally attended Seton Hall College from 1901 until 1907. In the latter year he commenced his business career by engaging in the real estate business, in which he has been signally successful. He opened an office at No. 776 Broad street, and is located at 207 Market street at the present time (1913).
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He is progressive and farseeing in his business methods, and by the care and attention he has given to the interests of his customers has gained their confidence and esteem. Ever on the lookout to increase the scope of his business operations, he added, in June, 1912, the agency of a prominent automobile concern. In the course of time he has become the representative of a number of corporations in the insurance line, among these being: The Ohio Farmers' Insurance Company, Millers National Insurance Company and the Michigan Commercial Insurance Company. He is president of the McDonough Motor Car Company and treasurer of the Simplex Hydrometer Company of Newark and a member of the Newark Board of Trade, where his opinions carry weight.
That Mr. McDonough is an important factor in other directions is evinced by the fact of his appointment as a police justice of South Orange by Governor Woodrow Wilson. His fraternal affiliations are with the Knights of Columbus.
Quick witted and broad minded, the career of Mr. McDonough shows that he has a wide knowledge of business laws, together with a large fund of common sense, and his methods are celebrated for the latter trait. He is plain and unassuming in his habits, and highly respected for his unswerving integrity and great perseverance.
JACOB HAUSSLING
Jacob Haussling, serving at the present time (1913) as Mayor of Newark, in which capacity he is giving eminent satisfaction by an administra- tion in which all the best interests of the people as a whole have been ably and zealously defended and advanced, is a native of Newark, born February 22, 1855, in the ward in which he has ever since resided.
Henry Haussling, the father of Jacob Haussling, was a native of Bavaria, from whence he came to this country in 1848, in young manhood. He learned the trades of blacksmith and locksmith, and for a number of years after his arrival in this country worked along these lines. Later in life he engaged in the mineral water business, an industry which has been carried on by his son upon a more extensive scale. , In the beginning, one horse and wagon was all that was necessary for the deliveries, but as their patronage increased others were added from time to time, and it is now one of the largest concerns of the kind in the city. Mr. Haussling's business sagacity saw the need for the manufacture in large quantities of the machinery for making soda water, and consequently he organized a corporation for that purpose which has proved a highly successful venture. Mr. Haussling was a man of marked influence and popularity in the German-American com- munity of Newark, and he bore a reputation for public and private integrity which was indeed enviable.
Jacob Haussling was educated in St. Mary's Parochial School, the Second Ward Grammar School, and then pursued a course in Stratton's Business College. He then served an apprenticeship at the trade of marble cutting, thus following the old German idea of his father to learn a trade to have as a resource upon which to fall back upon in case of need. It is said that the sons of the Kaiser are all taught a trade, the Crown Prince being an expert cabinetmaker. At the age of seventeen, after serving his apprenticeship, Jacob Haussling went into business with his father and has continued in the same to the present time, achieving a large degree of suc- cess, the result of industry, perseverance and excellent business methods.
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In 1888 Mr. Haussling, having formerly allied himself with the Dem- ocratic party, received the nomination for the office of sheriff, and was elected by a large plurality vote. In 1889 he received the nomination for county register, but after a hotly contested fight was defeated by a margin of seventeen by the Republican candidate, Richard Coogan, the total number of votes polled being 62,000. In 1896 the Democratic party had been decimated by the defection of many of its numbers, through the free silver agitation, and it was with reluctance that Mr. Haussling consented to stand as candidate for sheriff; he was defeated by his opponent, Mr. Doremus, although Mr. Haussling ran 8,000 ahead of his ticket. In 1898 he was nominated by his party for the Assembly, the ticket of that year being popularly known as the "Big Ticket," on account of all the Democratic nominees being men of such prominence. In 1899 Mr. Haussling ran as shrievalty candidate for the third time; his opponent, the Republican nominee, John Bonnell, retired a week before the election, but the Repub- licans nominated George Virtue in his place and Mr. Virtue received the larger number of votes. In 1900 he again ran for the office of sheriff and was elected with a plurality of 3,000 over his Republican opponent, Henry M. Doremus. In 1906, at a time when political excitement ran high, Mr. Haussling consented, not without considerable urging from his friends, to run for the office of mayor. The recent legislation with regard to the liquor traffic by the bill known as the Bishop's Bill, and the heavy increase in the taxes in Newark, had combined to produce an exceedingly tense feeling in the political situation. Notwithstanding this Mr. Haussling received the nomination over a number of other candidates at the primaries and in the election was victorious, gaining the majority over the votes cast for the Republican and Independent opponents. His term as mayor of Newark began January 1, 1907, and he was again elected in 1908, the second term dating from January 1, 1909, and in 1912 was again re-elected with a majority of over 6,300, this fact testifying to his popularity and his ef- ficiency. Mr. Haussling is a man of ability and tireless energy, which, coupled with his high character, has won for him merited distinction.
Mr. Haussling married, January 11, 1874, Ellen Elligott. Children: Henry J., Elizabeth, Jacob, Josephine.
LOUIS O. FAULHABER
Louis O. Faulhaber, widely known in the business and social circles of the city of Newark, resident manager of the Casualty Company of America for the State of New Jersey, is one of the most energetic and enter- prising men of the city.
His father, Oscar Faulhaber, late professor of the French and German languages at Philips-Exeter Academy and Robinson Seminary, was born in Isny, Würtemberg, Germany, January 4, 1832. He was educated at the universities of Stuttgart and Tubingen, receiving the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the latter institution in 1855. The next three years were spent in France where, for a portion of this time, Mr. Faulhaber served in the French navy. While still living in Germany he had served in the Ger- man army. From France he traveled to England, but his sojourn in the latter country was of short duration. He came to America and entered upon what proved to be a prominent educational carcer. The modern languages, more especially German and French, were his more particular field. He taught in a Chicago high school from 1873 until 1876, and was' connected with the high school in Haverhill, Massachusetts. In 1874 he was
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appointed instructor for the French and German languages in Philips-Exeter Academy, in the course of time being advanced to a full professorship, in which he served with zeal and ability until his resignation in 1894. For a somewhat longer period of time he was connected with the Robinson Seminary in a similar capacity. For a number of years his place of resi- dence was in Haverhill and in Exeter. Dr. Faulhaber was also an instructor in the Department for Modern Languages of Harvard University. His general attainments were of a high order, and as a linquist he occupied a commanding position. His command of the English language was excep- tionally fine, and he was familiar with all the leading languages of Europe. Extensive reading and careful consideration of what he had read, com- bined with what his trained mind had observed in the course of his numerous journeys, had made of him a remarkable character. Gifted by nature and education as a brilliant conversationalist, he was an effective speaker and a fine lecturer. His love for the land of his birth was ardent and unabated but he was imbued with an intense patriotism for the land of his adoption. Public spirited as a citizen, he was enabled by means of his oratorical powers to further the cause of progress and development in the places of his residence. He had almost completed his seventieth year at the time of his death, and the mourning for him was sincere and widespread. While private funeral services were held at his former home in Haverhill, the burial took place later at Exeter, the committal service being read by Dr. Goodridge, and the pallbearers being four members of the Academy faculty --- Professor Francis and Instructors Ford, Bowles and Segerblom.
Louis O. Faulhaber was born May 13, 1875. He was educated at Philips-Exeter Academy under the personal supervision of his father, and received a most excellent education. Business life appealed more strongly to him, however, than a classical education, and he left the institution before having graduated. Engaging in the insurance business as a clerk in the employ of the New York Life Insurance Company in 1894, he remained with this corporation for some time, then accepted a position with the Fidelity & Casualty Company, being made assistant State manager of Connecticut in 1906. Subsequently he resigned his position in this com- pany and formed a connection with the Casualty Company of America, being advanced to the office of State manager of New Jersey in 1908, with his headquarters in the city of Newark. In this responsible position Mr. Faul- haber has often and amply demonstrated the wisdom of his choice in preferring a business to a college life. He is by nature endowed with remarkable executive ability, and has great talent in the systematizing and developing of affairs. He is a member of a number of insurance organiza- tions, of the Sixteenth Ward Republican Club, and of St. John's Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons.
Mr. Faulhaber married in 1902 and is the father of one son. He possesses in an eminent degree the power of concentration, and this power, combined with other natural and acquired gifts, makes him one of the fore- most men in his particular line of business.
JULIUS STROMBACH
Julius Strombach, a prominent and influential business man of Newark, New Jersey, has for many years been an important factor in various circles of that city. Of German birth, there are united in him a number of the best traits which distinguish the German and American nations, the latter having been acquired during his residence of many years in this country. For
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many years he has been identified with architectural work, and his labors in this field have been attended with unqualified success.
Mr. Strombach was born at Rhineland, Germany, in 1863, and is a son of Peter and Elizabeth Strombach. His father was a farmer by occupa- tion, and also, in a moderate degree, followed the trade of tanning. The early school education of Mr. Strombach was acquired in his native town, where he also served his apprenticeship to the callings of millwright, car- penter and iron construction. When the proper time arrived he entered the German military service, remaining in the army his full allotted time, and was discharged with high official rank, and the commendation of his superior officers. He had always been more than ordinarily progressive in his ideas, and having decided that America offered a better field for the advancement of an active young man, he came to this country in 1888, locating in Newark. For two years he was actively occupied in the trade for which he had been fitted, then returned to Germany in order to study architecture.
When he returned to his mother country it had been his intention to make there his permanent home, but finding conditions there unfavorable compared with those in America, he returned to this country with a thorough preparation for the vocation which he has followed since that time, 1892, and with results which have been exceedingly satisfactory from every point of view. Because of his liberal and broad-minded study of his profession, and the soundness of his judgment, his opinions carry weight in the architec- tural world, being regarded as particularly clear in statement and readily comprehensible.
Mr. Strombach is actively connected with a number of fraternal and social organizations, among them being: Schiller Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is a past master; Gottfried Krueger Association; presi- dent of the German Singing Society; and member of the Newark Turn Verein and the Harmonie Singing Society.
He married, in 1904, Helen M., daughter of Dr. Guenther, a popular physician of Newark. Mrs. Strombach is a woman of diversified talent, and has attained distinction in the field of painting, both in water colors and oils. They are the parents of one daughter, Alma Elizabeth.
In every capacity and relation of Hfo Mr. Strombach has exhibited marked ability. Possessed of broad and liberal views on all subjects, he displays commendable public spirit and enterprise. He has not aspired to holding public position, although eminently fitted to fill office in the gift of the people. He has, however, taken an active interest in all matters concerning the public welfare, and has always striven to the utmost to do his duty as a good citizen, an effort in which he has most certainly been successful. In social and business, as well as in private life, he is universally respected for those traits which make the loyal friend and the honest man.
AUGUST A. SIPPEL
Among the German-Americans who have achieved a notable degree of prominence in business, political and social circles in the city of Newark, a well-known name is that of August A. Sippel, who has exerted a wide- spread and beneficial influence.
Mr. Sippel was born in Germany, September 12, 1847, and received an excellent scholastic training in his native land. It was there, also, that he gained his first business experience. In early manhood he decided to come to this country, holding the opinion that it offered better opportunities for
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the advancement of a young man of energy and ambition. In this opin- ion he was not mistaken, as subsequent events have amply proved in his case. He came to America in May, 1867, and immediately took up his residence in Newark, which has remained his home city since that time. Entering the employ of Julius Gerth, a dealer in paints, wall papers, etc., at No. 93 Market street, Mr. Sippel soon proved his worth. His careful attention to detail, his executive ability and, last but not least, the evidence he gave of having his employer's interests thoroughly at heart, were not passed by without attracting attention. The result was that he was advanced from position to position until, April 1, 1876, when he succeeded to the business in which he had at first started his business career in this country, and has been in successful conduct of it since that time. He remained at the old location until May, 1910, at which time he removed to larger and more commodious quarters, such as the increased volume of business imperatively demanded, at No. 63 Market street.
Mr. Sippel is a man of diversified pursuits and many-sided ability. Educational matters have had the benefit of his attention and, from 1883 to 1885, he represented the Second ward as a member of the Board of Education. When the Sixteenth National Saengerfest was held in Newark in 1891, Mr. Sippel was prominently identified with its proceedings, being the Fest Marshal of that occasion. The festival brought thousands of visitors to the city of Newark and redounded greatly to its credit as well as that of its managers.
For thirty-three years Mr. Sippel has served as secretary of the German Hospital and is one of the directors of that praiseworthy institution. Build- ing and loan matters have also engaged considerable of his time and atten- tion, and he is president of the Central, Washington and Grand Building and Loan Associations. He has always taken an active interest in the political situation of his city, state and country, and in 1898, the time of a hotly contested election, Mr. Sippel was elected as alderman by the Democrats of the Second ward by a plurality of two hundred and eighteen votes, although this ward had elected Republican aldermen for many years prior to this election. The president of the board of aldermen appointed Mr. Sippel chairman of the committee on railroad and franchise, in which office his rulings earned general commendation as being just and unprejudiced. Hle is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of a number of other fraternal and social organizations. In private life Mr. Sippel is acknowledged by all to be a man of sound common sense and original ideas. He gives careful consideration to any enterprise in which he engages, and only forms his opinion after cool and mature deliberation.' It is well for the high standing of a city or corporation when men of the caliber of Mr. Sippel are actually and actively engaged in the management of affairs.
The event of Mr. Sippel's marriage to Anna B. Blaicher occurred in 1870. Their children are: August F., Hugo C. and Ida, who is the wife of William Lipfert, of Newark, and who have one daughter, Edna Rose.
WILLIAM WILBERFORCE WINNER
William Wilberforce Winner, a prominent educator of New Jersey, was born November 10, 1863, in Pennington, New Jersey, son of William Wilber- force and Virginia (Bergen) Winner. His grandfather, the late Rev. Isaac Winner, D. D., was one of the first Methodists in the State, and famous as a man never overcome in argument, who achieved some renown as a pulpit orator of convincing tongue, and was an indefatigable circuit rider in Mercer
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county. Virginia Bergen descended from the Von Beregen (or Bergen) family, of Manhattan. Their estate was situated at the Battery, extending north to Cortlandt street, and was one of the earliest grants as its position indicates. Its original owner, and the progenitor of the family, was Hans Von Beregen. Through another line of descent Mr. Winner is related to some of the earliest landholders in Philadelphia under Sir William Penn. The sturdiness of Puritan, Hollander and Quaker find place in the character of their descendants, and the blend of stern and honest qualities, faithful- ness to trust, unswerving perseverance, religious fervor, and kindliness, made young Mr. Winner deservedly successful, and awoke universal regret by their loss in his death November 3, 1907, at the age of forty-four years.
William. W. Winner began his education in a little old-fashioned coun- try schoolhouse, built in the woods at Dutch Neck, Mercer county, New Jersey, where he attended between the ages of five and ten. His parents then moved to Newark, giving up agricultural life, and in that city he attended the usual schools, gaining a thorough course of education in the elementary, academic departments, high school, and business school. He also took some post-graduate courses in the science of pedagogy. The business college which he attended, and of which he was the head and the first graduate, was the Newark Business College, whose founder, Professor Martin Mulvey, A. M., regarded him as a young man with a peculiar faculty for the work of a teacher. He accepted a position on the staff of teachers of the college, and thus began his remarkable career as an educator, cover- ing a period of twenty-five years. For ten years he was also a teacher in the Newark Academy, known throughout the union for its thorough college preparation work. Another ten years found him in a like position at Dear- born Morgan School, a similar institution in Orange, New Jersey. Five years at Seton Hall College, South Orange, were followed by three more years in the East Orange Institute. Finally he devoted five more precious and diligent years to instruction of classes in the Orange Young Men's Christian Association.
Ilis knowledge of business methods, and the value of the instruction given by him at the Newark Business College, made him a well-known friend of every business man in the community. The annual enrollment rose to a number exceeding six hundred students. Discipline was main- tained, the best traits of overy student cultivated, the most backward boys were taught the possibilities of their own minds, and in short his wonderful creative intellect left its mark upon every graduate that left the college halls. Moreover, Mr. Winner had talents of a mechanical kind, and was considered a remarkable artist in the lines of penmanship and engrossing. llis combined classes in penmanship for many years included as many as a thousand pupils a day. In New Jersey courts he was considered not only a master of pencraft, but an expert in determining the characteristics and verification of signatures and other handwriting over whose reliability ques- tion had been brought. Literature and nature study were among his favor- ite recreations. In sports of an out-of-door form he was fond of wheeling, boating, fishing and traveling. A diversion which to others would have appeared as another kind of labor, was carpentry, and he delighted in using the tools to add to the attractiveness of both the interior and exterior of his home.
Although a man who possessed hundreds of friends, most of these were in the business world, as he had little time to devote to acquiring acquaint- ances of a merely social sort. He joined, however, the Knights of Pythias,
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and was connected with various educational organizations, such as the National Commercial Teachers' Federation, the Eastern Commercial Teach- ers' Association, and the Private Commercial Schools Managers' Association.
Mr. Winner married (first) in 1887, Anna Knox Canniff, of Caldwell, New Jersey, who left four children, of whom three survive. He married (second) Myra L. Havens.
With the death of Mr. Winner, the prosperity of the Newark Business College would have declined if public confidence had not been restored by its management being placed in the hands of Mrs. Winner, who for some time had been her husband's assistant and thoroughly understood his methods. In fact many improvements during his lifetime were made by her advice, and her many valuable suggestions helped him greatly in carrying his responsibilities. Mrs. Winner has become the principal of the college, and is also its proprietor and manager.
CHARLES WILLIAM HEILMANN
Charles William Heilmann, the well-known undertaker of the city of Newark, is one of the representative German-American citizens of the city. Ile has identified himself closely with the interests of the city in a number of directions, always greatly to the general advantage of the community. He was born in the Rheinpfalz, Germany, in 1857, and was the son of Martin and Rosina Heilmann. His father, a machinist and millwright by occupa- tion, erected numerous mills which were operated by water power, which was the principal motive force in that section of the country.
Mr. Heilmann received his elementary education in his native country, and came to these shores when he was ten years of age. His family settled in Newark, where he attended the public schools for a limited period of time. Becoming the only support of his widowed mother, he was obliged to leave school at an early age and contribute to the family income. He was apprenticed to learn the machinists' and toolmakers' trade, and followed that vocation until 1882, when he entered the business of undertaking which had been established by his father-in-law. In addition to this, he is one of the partners in a large livery establishment operated under the firm name of Erb & Heilmann, is a director in the Modern, Passaic & Aetna Building and Loan Association, and has a number of other business ventures.
Ilis interest in the political affairs of the city has been a lively one, and he was the Republican member of the County Board of Taxation until his party was put out of office by the election of the Democrats. He was a mem- ber of the Board of Freeholders for six years (three terms).
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