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At the age of seventeen years Mr. Doremus was sent to the city of Newark and was there apprenticed to learn the trade of carpentering. So assiduous and energetic was he In the acquirement of the necessary ability, and so successful in his endeavor in this direction, that in the comparatively short period of fourteen years he was established in business for himself and was looked upon as one of the rising business men of the city, an opinion which subsequent events fully justified. In civic and political matters Mr. Doremus has taken an equally prominent part, and has been several times honored by the highest offices in the gift of his fellow citizens.
As a member of the Republican party Mr. Doremus has done heroic service. Since he was entitled to cast his first vote, and even for a number of years prior to that time, he had followed the course of public events with the keenest interest, and when the time came for him to take an active part in the history of his city he was well prepared to do so. For thirty-five years he has been an active worker in the Republican party, being a member of the Republican County Committee for that length of time, and served as a member of the Assembly during the sessions of 1884 and 1885. He was tendered the nomination for a third term, but declined this honor. He had been elected as a representative of the Eighth and the Eleventh wards, and
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while in office was the originator of a number of ideas which were greatly to the benefit of the people he represented. It is owing mainly to his efforts that the bill for the establishment of the Soldiers' Home at Kearny, New Jer- sey, was passed, and this is now recognized as one of the best institutions of its kind in the State. So grateful were the members of the Grand Army of the Republic of the State of New Jersey that they presented a set of resolutions to Mr. Doremus for his excellent work in their behalf while he was a member of the committee on the soldiers' home. Mr. Doremus has always been imbued with an intensely patriotic spirit. It seemed but natural, therefore, that he should join the State militia. He became a member of Company D, Second Regiment, Captain Alfred Williams commanding, and was mustered out at the end of seven years with the rank of lieutenant. While he gave all needful attention to the demands made upon him in this direction, his business interests were not neglected, and his business enter- prise grew from a moderate beginning until, at the present time, he is president of the firm_known as Henry M. Doremus & Co., one of the most important of the building and contracting firms in the entire city.
Almost a quarter of a century ago Mr. Doremus was urged by his party to accept the nomination to the office of sheriff. Much against his inclination he acceded to this demand, at the same time being well aware that he had only defeat to expect. In 1896 this nomination was again tendered him and he was elected as sheriff. . During the Harrison and Morton campaign the excellent work of Mr. Doremus was highly appreciated, and subsequently lo errir! as a member of the State and county committees. In November, But he was elected Mayor of the city of Newark, and was re-elected in So bracdelal to the welfare of the city has been the rule of Mr. that men who had previously held Independent views on political ed ta hla banter in large numbers, and even his opponents wat And liberal views. The executive ability he displayed was para far beyond what his friends had dared to hope.
1. a: Araniler. Mr. Doremus has also done good and efficient work. Bir Lo The treasurer and one of the directors of the Franklin Savings Insti- tale of Newark, director of Fidelity Trust Company and North Ward hallosal bank, and is a member of the Newark Board of Trade. He was sim a cartiber of the Morris Canal Investigation Committee. Ilis fraternal anlatlons are numerous, among them being Northern Lodge, No. 25, Free Com- and Accepted Masons; Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Damascus mandery. Knights Templar; and the Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Myatle Shrine. Outdoor occupation and sports have never lost their fascina- Hon for Mr. Doremus. He is an enthusiastic sportsman and has traveled extensively in order to hunt larger game than is to be found in the vicinity of Newark. His home is adorned by numerous trophies of the chase, which have been brought down as the result of his unerring aim, and lis skill as a hunter has become almost proverbial among his friends.
Mr. Doremus married, September 22, 1875, Phoebe G. Baldwin. They have had children: Nelson B., born June 13, 1876, died September 6, 1899; Mary S., born October 6, 1880, married Dr. Hugh M. Hart, son of Joseph and Mary ( MacDougall) Hart, and has one child, Gertrude Doremus; Munson G., born November 14, 1882, married Bessie, daughter of Joseph Ward, Jr., and Carrie (Corwin) Ward, and has children, J. Ward and Carolyn; Julia, born December 12, 1887, married Chester W., son of William and Cella ( Frey) Fairlee, and has one child, Henry Doremus; Gertrude, born November 4, 1892, married Edward II,, son of John C. and Annie ( Brown) Eisele. While
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Mr. Doremus is essentially a man of business and a man of public affairs, he is of a genial and warm-hearted disposition, and his generosity and philanthropy are well known. A tale of distress is always a passport to his sympathetic heart, and he does not rest until the trouble has been alleviated to the best of his ability.
EDWIN WARREN HINE
General Edwin W. Hine, acting in the capacity of secretary of the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey, and a leading factor in the varied interests of Newark, his adopted city, is a representative of a family of Scotch-Irish descent, long seated in this country, he being a member of the seventh generation.
General Hine was born in Warren, Litchfield County, Connecticut, March 17, 1854, eldest son of David and Harriet Amelia (Bridges) Hine, the former of whom was for a number of years principal of Mahoney Academy, Canfield, Ohio, later holding a position in the office of the second auditor of the treasurer in Washington, D. C., which post he filled acceptably until his death, January 12, 1872.
General Hine was brought by his parents to the State of Ohio during his infancy, and he resided there until thirteen years of age, when his parents removed to Washington, D. C. He obtained his education in the public schools of both places, and after completing his studies accepted a position in a stationery store in Washington, his next employment being as entry clerk in the firm of George A. Olney & Co., stationers, with whom he remained until their failure. In 1872 he removed to Orange, New Jersey, entering the employ of Thomas P. Bayes, dealer in books and stationery, and two years later he engaged in business on his own account, establishing a flour and feed business in the old Academy building on Main street. In 1877 he purchased the stock and good will of W. B. Tichenor & Co., who were in the same line of business, and continued conducting the same until 1890, when he became interested in the Harvey Steel Company, and in the following year became a director of that corporation. In May, 1890, in partnership with Mr. Harvey, he organized the American Washer and Manufacturing Company, of which he was elected and remained for many years the president, then disposing of his former business. In 1903 he accepted the secretaryship of the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey, which office he is filling at the present time to the entire satisfaction of all concerned.
General Hine has always evinced a keen interest in politics, and has been active and prominent in the service of his party, the Republican. In 1878 he was elected for a term of three years to represent the First Ward of Orange In the Common Council, and being the only Republican in that body at the time was given the sobriquet of the "Lone Star." In the follow- ing year he was elected to the Board of Chosen Freeholders, continuing his membership until 1887, when he was elected to the office of sheriff, from which he retired in 1890. From 1883 to 1886 he was chairman of the Essex County Republican Committee, for three years was chairman of the Orange Republican Committee, and for twelve years its treasurer. From 1884 to 1887, director of the Board of Chosen Freeholders of Essex County.
General Hine began his military career in 1882, as the chief organizer of the Orange Rifles, of which he was elected the first lieutenant. On January 11, 1886, he was commissioned as first lieutenant and adjutant of the Third Battalion of the National Guard of the State of New Jersey by
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Governor Leon Abbett, which position he held for five years, until the reorganization of the First Brigade, which resulted in the consolidation of the First, Second and Third battalions, forming the Second Regiment. On June 25, 1892, Lieutenant Hine was commissioned as captain and judge- advocate of the Second Regiment, under Colonel J. Vreeland Moore. On April 25, 1893, Colonel Moore was retired on his own application, Lieutenant- Colonel Samuel V. S. Muzzy was promoted to his place, and Captain Hine was chosen to fill the vacancy. On November 8, 1897, Colonel Muzzy retired as brevet brigadier-general, and Lieutenant-Colonel Hine was elected to take his place, his commission bearing date of December 7, 1897, and served as colonel of the regiment, Second New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, during the war with Spain, assigned to First Brigade, Second Division, Seventh Army Corps, under command of Major-General FitzHugh Lee. On May 2, 1899, the Second Regiment was disbanded by order of Governor Voorhees and Colonel Hine was retired, but on September 19, 1902, he was unanimously elected to the command of the Fifth Regiment, which he held until March 15. 1911, being then" elected Brigadier-General to command the First Brigade.
General Hine is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Orange. He is an active member of the New England Society; Union Lodge, No. 11, Free and Accepted Masons, of Orange, of which he is past master; City Club of East Orange, Lotus Club of New York, Hamilton Club of Paterson, Union League Club of Jersey City.
General Hine married, March 23, 1874, Nellie, born in 1854, daughter flavia and Margaret ( Rockafeller) Sturtevant. Children: 1. Helen Watha bitu February 15. 1576, died In Infancy. 2. Walter Robbins, Kartlar 1. 1.17, married Annabell Bagley; child, Walter Robbins, Jr., Marguerite, September 20, 1879, died March 17, 1885. i James Mayera, July 14. 1x52.
JOHN A. GIFFORD
The name of Gifford Is of French or Huguenot extraction, and according to family tradition (Baron) Walter, son of Osborne Bolle, was given the abriquet of Gifford, Giffard or Gyffard, signifying liberality or generosity. Archer Gifford, of Normandy, married Katherine de Blois, and moved to Wales. going thence to Canada in 1756, during the French and Indian wars.
The line of the Essex County family, here under consideration, was first represented by John Gifford, a native of Wales, who, accompanied by his brother, emigrated to this country prior to the Revolutionary War, and located In the State of New Jersey, where his descendants are to be found to the present day (1912). John Gifford served as a private in Captain Craig's company of State troops during the struggle for independence. Later he erected a house in Newark, New Jersey, on what is now the southwest corner of Broad and Academy streets, and there passed the remainder of his life. In 1779 he married Hannah Crane, daughter of Joseph Crane, who was a great-grandson of Jasper Crane, one of the original settlers in Newark from Branford.
Archer, son of John and Hannah (Crane) Gifford, was born in Newark, New Jersey, in ' 1796. He obtained an excellent education at the Newark Academy and College of New Jersey, now Princeton University, from which he graduated in 1814. and later received the degree of master of arts. He studied for the profession of law in the office of Elias Van Arsdale,
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and was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1818. He became one of the leading lawyers of Newark, where he practiced continuously for over forty years. He was the author of a work entitled "Digest of the Statutory and Constitutional Constructions, etc., With an Index to the Statutes at Large." In 1836 he was appointed by President Andrew Jackson collector of cus- toms for the port of Newark, in which capacity he served for twelve years. In 1843 he became a member in the Common Council of the city. He was a member of Trinity Church, Newark, and for twenty-four years was warden of the parish. He took an active part in the rising Tractarian discussions of his day by writing and publishing a strong controversial pamphlet entitled "The Unison of the Liturgy." He married Louisa C. Cammann, of New York, and they had six children, among them Charles Louis and John Archer, of whom further. Archer Gifford died May 12, 1859.
Charles Louis, oldest son of Archer Gifford, was born in Newark, November, 1825. After graduating third of his class in 1845 at the Law School of Yale University, he returned home to study law in his father's office, and was admitted to the bar as an attorney in January, 1847. While acting as deputy collector for the port of Newark under his father's suc- cessor, James Hewson, during the next four years, he continued his legal studies, and was admitted as a counsellor in January, 1850. He was elected a member of the House of Assembly in 1857, and was State Senator from 1858 to 1860, being president of the Senate during the last year. Mr. Gifford during most of his life was a Democrat, but in 1861 ran as anti-Demo- cratic candidate for the mayoralty against Moses Bigelow, but was defeated. He was sworn in as presiding judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Essex County June 29, 1872, to fill the unexpired term of Judge Frederick H. Teese. His health failing, however, Judge Gifford resigned at the end of about two years, and in 1875 went to Europe with his wife. For a time the trip appeared to produce the desired effect, but on his return home he gradually failed, and after many months of suffering passed away at his Newark home, No. 55 Fulton street, on March 29, 1877. He was all his life a communicant of Trinity Church, Newark. He married Helen Matoaka, daughter of William and Rebecca Murray, of Virginia, and they had six children.
John Archer, son of Archer and Louisa C. (Cammann) Gifford, and brother of the above-mentioned Charles Louis Gifford, was born in Newark, New Jersey, on October 21, 1831. Ils rudimentary education 'was as a student of Burr Baldwin, one of the noted educators of Newark, and this was supplemented by attendance at the Newark Academy, from which insti- tution he graduated. In 1863 he entered into a partnership with Cornelius Van Horn in the manufacture of carriage hardware, under the name of C. Van Horn & Co. In 1871 the corporate name of the business was changed to Gifford, Beach & Co., with Mr. Gifford for the senior partner, and in 1881, upon the retirement of Mr. Beach, Mr. Gifford continued the business alone until 1903, a period of twenty-two years, when he also retired from active pursuits, putting the business into the hands of his son, Harry H. Gifford, who is now conducting the same under the firm name of John A. Gifford & Son. He is serving in the capacity of president of the Security Savings Bank, and is the senior director of the Manufacturers' National Bank. He is a communicant of Trinity Church, Newark; has served for many years as senior warden and treasurer of the parish, a member of the finance commit- tee of the diocese of Newark, and is one of the trustees of the Episcopal fund of the diocese. He is an adherent of the principles of Democracy, and holds membership in the Essex Club.
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Mr. Gifford married, February 11, 1858, Mary Jane, daughter of Charles and Clarissa R. (Baldwin) Alling. She is a descendant of a long line of honorable ancestry, dating back prior to the year 1638, when the immigrant ancestor, Roger Alling, came to the New World from England. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Gifford: 1. Clarissa Baldwin, died in infancy. 2. John Archer, Jr., died in infancy. 3. Charlotte L., died in infancy. 4. Charles Alling, born July 17, 1860; an architect by profession; married, December 10, 1890, Helen M., daughter of Colonel Charles M. and Helen Hunter (Turner) Conyngham, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Children: Alice Con- yngham, Charles Conyngham, John Archer, Herbert Cammann, who died young, and Donald Stanton. 5. Agnes, unmarried, resides with her parents. 6. Harry Harrison, born August 20, 1867; conducts the business founded by his father; married, November 8, 1892, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Clay and Anna ( Bolles) Howell. Children: Anna Howell, Elizabeth Baldwin, Mary Alling and Harry Harrison, Jr.
ROBERT DODD MEAD
Robert Dodd Mead, who has for many years held a responsible position as the secretary of the Howard Savings Institution, is a conspicuous figure In the financial circles of Newark. Son of Theodore Mead, Robert D. Mead Is descended from a family which has been distinguished in military Mitvice as well as in the arts of peace. The line contains many names that have become noted in literature, as well as some soldiers that have been labrated for Kullantry and patriotism. Originally of German extraction, for hr : of the family, Peter Mead by name, came to this country in 1690, watfind the New York City. The descendants of the first settler moved
Es Pington Plaina, New Jersey. Peter Mead died in 1697, and the Frota him contains the names of John, Jacob, Henry and Jacob, whose an Throlote, the father of Robert D. Mead.
. ... Lito Mead married Johanna Mary Dodd, and their son, Robert i+ 11 Mrad was born In Newark May 19, 1851. After a thorough academic education In the public schools of Newark he entered business, working in a large dry goods commission house, and continuing in this line for a number of years. In 1876 he took advantage of an opening in the Howard Savings Institution and has been connected with that bank ever since. In the years in which he has been there Mr. Mead has seen some remarkable changes in Newark, and especially has had a chance to watch the devel- opment and growing importance of the financial institution in the conduct of modern business. In a generation there has been more growth in the com- plexity of business methods than there was in many generations of our fathers' time. In political views Mr. Mead is an Independent. He is a member of the Roseville Athletic Association, and of the Roseville Presby- terian Church.
Mr. Mead married, December 26, 1877, Anna Dow, daughter of Robert J. and Anna D. (Joralemon) Baldwin. They have one son, Edgar B. Mead, who married Adeline, daughter of Henry P. and Gertrude Mabille.
HERMAN C. H. HEROLD, M. D.
Prominent among the members of his profession in Newark is Herman C. H. Herold, M. D., who was born in New York City March 4, 1854. Coming of an old and honored ancestry, he was thus well equipped in that respect to succeed in any profession he might choose, and his choice was medicine.
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Among all the vocations that contribute to the welfare and happiness of mankind, none stands in closer relationship than the medical profession, for to be of any great use to himself or the world at large it is quite necessary that a man should possess a "sound mind in a sound body." While there have been instances of genius making itself known, and even accon- plishing what seemed to be its complete mission, under adverse physical conditions, still the question is always open as to the amount of good which might have been achieved without the handicap of weakness. Therefore, the man who chooses as his life work the task of promoting the physical well being of his fellow men performs a mission the result of which is too far-reaching to be estimated by the suffering relieved.
Dr. Herold received a thorough course of instruction in the public schools of Newark, New Jersey, in which city he grew to manhood, graduated from the high school, and then became a student at the Bellevue Hospital Med- ical College in New York City, from which institution he received his degree of doctor of medicine in 1878. He commenced the practice of his profession in Newark, and this city has always remained the scene of his labors, a fact of which it has reason to be proud, as Dr. Herold's skill and ability have been manifest from the beginning of his career. With the medical, above all other professions, there is no stationary point. To the true phy- sician the words advancement and improvement have more than a mercenary definition; they mean better knowledge with which to combat disease and save life, and Dr. Herold is one who is in full realization of this important fact. He attained recognition both as a surgeon and medical practitioner not only in his home city, but throughout Essex County.
Dr. Herold has, while conducting his extensive private practice, been called to and filled most capably several public positions. He was made visiting surgeon of St. Michael's Hospital, Newark, and in this position, as in all others he has held, he may be said to have not merely occupied, but filled the position by a faithful performance of his duty, much to the benefit of the institution. He has also served as surgeon of the Fifth Regiment, National Guard State of New Jersey, and here again he gave ample proof of the perfect fitness of his calling. He became a member of the Board of Health in 1883, and has continued uninterruptedly up to the present time, a period of thirty years, and since 1895 he has held the honored position of president of that organization. In 1899 he received his appointment of collector of internal revenues for the Fifth District of New Jersey, which office he has continued to fill to the present time. Dr. Herold has not ignored his duty as a citizen in his devotion to his profession, and may be called an exceedingly public-spirited man, whom a number of organizations are proud to include in their membership. Dr. Herold's long years of close application began to tell upon his health, and in May, 1912, he practically retired from the practice of his profession, at which time his son, Dr. Herman C. H. Herold, Jr., succeeded him, and who is now ably conducting the prac- tice established by his father.
Dr. Herold, Jr., was born in Newark, New Jersey, January 26, 1886. He obtained his education in Princeton University, and later pursued his medical course at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, from which he was graduated in July, 1911.
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WILLIAM RIPLEY COBB
One of the younger men of the New Jersey bar that have made a name for themselves, William Ripley Cobb, was born in Newark, New Jersey, No- vember 1, 1879. He is the son of John A. and Mary C. ( Ripley) Cobb. His father, John A. Cobb, was a well-known and able lawyer of Newark, and came of the distinguished Cobb family of New Jersey. His grandfather on the maternal side was the late William A. Ripley, a prominent and successful merchant and banker of Newark.
An interesting portion of early colonial history on the side of the industrial development of the country is associated with the name of Cobb. The circulating medium of the first few decades of New England history consisted in wampum and measures of Indian corn, but the necessity for iron to be made into plows and hoes soon called for the establishment of blomaries where pig iron was produced. The earliest mines were those at Two Mile River, near Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1653. The products of these blomaries and forges was transported to neighboring cities, and this trade, because of the circumstances of the times, was that one of paramount importance to the infant colony. Among the names of those colonists who organized the industry at its inception was that of John Cobb, and later a Thomas Cobb married the daughter of James Leonard, who had become the head of a very prosperous company at Taunton. The Cobbs became in this way more closely allied with the iron industry, and when later new mines were worked and forges set up in Morris County, New Jersey, they established themselves at Rockaway and became identified with that line of metallurgy.
Of this family comes young William Ripley Cobb, of Newark. His first schools were those of his native town, preparing there for Princeton College. After choosing the law as a life work he matriculated as a student of the New York Law School, reading law at the same time in the office of John Franklin Fort, later to become Supreme Court Justice and still later the Governor of the State of New Jersey. He was admitted to the bar as attorney In 1901, and since that time he has practiced in Newark, gaining from the first both reputation and success. He has shown such ability and broad and comprehensive knowledge that he has been intrusted with some very important litigation, in which he has acquitted himself with distinction. Well-read in many lines outside of his professional work, Mr. Cobb is the possessor of a fine library and is a man of scholarly tastes. Intensely public spirited, the affairs of the municipality are of deep and personal concern with him. He is a Republican in his political convictions, and he has taken an active share in the work of the party. He is an Episcopalian in his religious beliefs and a leading member of Grace Church, Newark, identifying himself actively in all church work and other movements of that nature.
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