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of the week at noon in the state of New Jersey. President Cleveland, in 1888, appointed Mr. Seymour as one of the United States commissioners to Spain, and Governor Abbett selected him for the post of state supervisor of prisons in 1891. Two years later he was nominated by the Democratic party to represent it as alderman from the Eighth ward. This ward was strongly Republican, yet so great was the popularity of Mr. Seymour among all classes that he came within thirty-six votes of election. In 1894 Mr. Seymour was appointed a member of the State Board of Education by Governor Werts. In the same year he was nominated for the office of mayor, but was defeated, although he led his ticket by almost one thousand votes. In 1895 he carried the city for the assembly, but was defeated in the result of the vote in the entire county. He was again nominated for the office of mayor in the spring of 1897, and received a plurality of three thousand three hundred and sixty-three votes over the candidate who had been his opponent at the previous election. Mr. Seymour married Anna J. Crowell, and his death occurred April 1, 1905.
David C. Seymour was born in Newark, New Jersey, December 8, 1868. The public schools of his native city furnished his elementary education. Endowed with those qualities of courage, intellect and general aptitude which have made him successful in his profession, he entered upon his further studies with an intense devotion and with a diligence born of the fascination of the subject. He attended the Newark Academy, and on leav- ing he at once became associated with his father, with whom he remained until 1894. In that year he organized his present business, as contracting engineer, making a specialty of the construction and installation of power plants and heating plants. He has executed many of the most important commissions in this field in the city of Newark, among them being the power plant for the Morton Street School, which is the largest in the state of New Jersey. Another is the power plant for the Overbrook Asylum for the Insane. The firm does a large export business with the West Indies and Mexico, and Mr. Seymour has large holdings in the latter country. He is a member of Kane Lodge No. 55, Free and Accepted Masons; North End Club, Joel Parker Association and the Smith Gun Club.
Mr. Seymour married June 4, 1904, Lillian, daughter of Charles J. Morris, of St. Louis, Missouri. The entire career of Mr. Seymour has been marked by uprightness and sincerity of purpose. Devotion to duty and zeal in the public interest have signalized every step. He has done much in the development and substantial progress of Newark, and his social standing, like his professional repute, is of the highest.
JOHN H. YOCUM
John H. Yocum, the well-known authority on the manufacture and tanning of leather goods, was born in 1870, at Ashland, Pennsylvania, the son of Seth H. and Lucinda (Horton) Yocum. The first ten years of his life was spent at Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, but in 1880 his family removed to Johnson City, Tennessee, and it was there that he received his early education and later began his business career under his father, who was a member of Horton, Yocum & Company.
From the outset the scientific side of the business interested the young man, and after a few years spent in his father's firm, he decided to ontor the Pennsylvania State College with a view to studying chemistry and chemical processes in relation to the preparation and tanning of leather
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goods. He was graduated in 1891, and immediately re-entered Horton, Yocum & Company as chemist. He remained with his father's firm until 1893, when a fine offer by the United Leather Company called him to New York as chief chemist for that concern. For six years he remained in this position to the entire satisfaction of his employers, but in the summer of 1899, having received the appointment of superintendent of the works of T. P. Howell & Company, tanners and manufacturers of patent leathers, of Newark, New Jersey, he decided to leave New York and accept that position. Being by this time master of both the commercial and scientific require- ments of the tanning business, he determined to establish a plant of his own, and in 1900 the Yocum Manufacturing Company and laboratory were started. Becoming more and more interested in the scientific side of the leather business, Mr. Yocum finally decided to relinquish the active control of his company and sold out his holdings to J. H. Ladew & Company in 1904, remaining with them, however, in the capacity of general manager and chemist. In 1906 he was made vice-president and general manager of the Harvey Company, a position which he filled until January, 1912, when he retired permanently from both the Harvey and the Ladew firm to devote himself entirely to practice as a chemical engineer and laboratory expert. He is now at the head of a commercial tanning laboratory, one of the largest in the East. In spite of the many professional and business demands upon his time and interest, Mr. Yocum finds leisure to belong to several fraternal and social societies. He is a Knight Templar, and a noble of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and is also a member of the Essex County Country Club, the North End Club and the Union Chemist Club of New York City.
In October, 1900, Mr. Yocum married Florence Knapp and they have one daughter, Margaret, who attends the public school of East Orange.
GEORGE OTTO SCHEERER
George Otto Scheerer, a real estate man of prominence in Newark, was born March 22, 1859, in New York. He came, when still a young boy, to Newark, and his education was gained in the public schools of that city. After which he immediately went to work, entering the confectionery business. Here for two years he worked and received his first training in the principles of business. In 1879 he went to New York, where he engaged in the same line, having secured a position with E. Greenfield, Son & Com- pany, wholesale dealers in confectionery, and with them he continued till 1898, showing during that time such marked ability that he filled some of the most important positions in the management of the business. For ten years he was the store manager, and for three years he traveled, going as their representative to every large city in the United States, and also to England, Ireland, Scotland, and even as far as Germany. In 1898 he removed to Newark and engaged in the furniture business, continuing in this for eleven years.
In 1904 Mr. Scheerer became interested in real estate, and was one of the organizers of the Weequahic Park Land & Improvement Company, and since 1909 he has devoted his entire time to this line of activity, having served the Weequahic Land & Improvement Company as its president from the time of its organization. One of their operations was the purchase of 250 acres of land and the cutting it up into 3,500 building lots. Since 1907 they have built over 500 houses, all of it being high-class restricted
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property. Mr. Scheerer is a very busy man, devoting a large part of his time to the Weequahic Park property, and also to his real estate holdings in East Orange. He is president of the Newark Milk & Cream Company, having served in that capacity since 1897. He is a member of the Union Club, of Newark. In his politics Mr. Scheerer is a Republican.
SAMUEL WHITE BELDON
Samuel White Beldon, a leading man of affairs in Newark, New Jersey, whose public spirit as a citizen, and broad-minded policies as an official have been to the general good of the community as well as to that of the corpora- tion with which he has been connected for a number of years, is descended from a southern family. His parents, however, Joseph and Jane Amanda (Kester) Beldon, were born in Woodbury and Bordentown, New Jersey, respectively. The former was an eminent divine of the Baptist denomina- tion until ill health compelled him to resign his pastorate.
Mr. Beldon was born in Bordentown, April 4, 1861, and received his early education under the able preceptorship of his talented and gifted father. After thorough preparation he entered the New Jersey Collegiate Institute, where he prepared himself for the vocation of a teacher, and followed this profession for a period of four years. Knotty problems had always possessed a peculiar and irresistible fascination for the young man, and it was probably this attribute that decided him to adopt the profession of law for his life work. He accordingly, while still engaged in teaching, commenced reading law in the office of Judge James Buchanan, of Trenton, who later became a member of the United States Congress. After due preparation, Mr. Beldon was admitted as an attorney to the bar of New Jersey in June, 1882, and established himself in practice in Bordentown. In less than one year he formed a business partnership with his former preceptor, Judge Buchanan, which was in force for one year under the firm name of Buchanan & Beldon. For a variety of reasons Mr. Beldon decided to remove his practice to Camden, New Jersey, where he opened an office in January, 1884, and remained in practice there until 1903. Versed in the science of law and civil government, and possessed of no mean powers as an orator, Mr. Beldon became a prominent and leading member of the legal fraternity. He was in requisition before courts and juries of the various counties of southern Jersey, meeting as antagonists some of the strongest counsel of the state, and his practice became lucrative and enviable. April 6, 1895, Judge Charles G. Garrison appointed him one of two commissioners to investigate the municipal affairs of the county and city of Camden, his conduct of this investigation redounding greatly to his credit. He became associated in business with Hon. E. B. Leaming, in 1903, the firm name being Beldon & Leaming, but a short time later this connection was dis- solved when Mr. Beldon became the general counsel of the Fidelity Trust Company of Newark, an office he is filling with great efficiency at the present time.
The principles of the Republican party have always had a strong advocate in Mr. Beldon, and he has been an active worker in the interests of that political body. His efforts were very effective when he held the office of chairman of the executive committee of the Republican county com- mittee of Burlington county for several years, and when, in 1900, he was a delegate to the National Convention at Philadelphia which nominated Mckinley and Roosevelt, for president and vice-president respectively. He
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was never desirous of holding public office, but considered it his duty as a true patriot to do his utmost to uphold purity in political affairs.
Mr. Beldon is a man of fine presence, due in a great measure to his love of athletics and all forms of outdoor sports. He is a member of the Forest Hill and the Baltusrol Golf clubs. Earnest and active in his religious affiliations, he is a member of the First Baptist Church in East Orange, a member of the official board and also of the board of managers of the New Jersey Baptist State Convention, and a member of the advisory board of the Baptist Home for the Aged in Newark. Numerous other organizations are honored by having him as a member, among them being: The Union Club of Newark, the County and State Lawyers' clubs, and Hope Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. He married, June 29, 1892, at Bordentown, Sarah, daughter of Mahlon Frank and Sarah (Hubbell) Shreve, of Borden- town. They have one child, Joseph Willard, born July 9, 1893.
Mr. Beldon is a citizen of whom the community may well feel proud. He is cultured to an exceptional degree, and possessed of a wide general knowledge. He is a keen student of character, and being a man of force and insight into human nature, his opinions are models in their way. The position he is now filling so efficiently is admirably adapted to his tastes and qualifications.
PETER ULRICH
The German people are noted for their intense patriotism, and, while they never lose their love for their mother country, they are ever among the first to offer life and fortune in defense of the rights of their adopted country. A notable example of this is to be found in the person of Mr. Peter Ulrich, who has proved his devotion to the interests of the United States in every direction.
Mr. Ulrich was born in the Rheinpfalz, Germany, in 1844, a son of Ludwig and Magdalena Ulrich. The father was a stone cutter by occupa- tion, and, deciding that America offered better opportunities for advance- ment than Germany, he came to this country with his family in 1847, mak- ing his home in Newark, and engaging in the stone cutting business. The voyage to this country was a long and tedious one on a sailing vessel, and ninety-three days were consumed in it. The vessel was stranded on Fire Island, where it was firmly lodged for three days before the passengers were finally taken off in safety. With the exception of the three first years of his life and the years spent in active service during the Civil War, Mr. Ulrich has passed all of his life in the city of Newark. He was educated there in the public schools, but was obliged to leave them at an early age to contribute to the support of the household. He was learning the stone cutting business under the able supervision of his father when the Civil War broke out, and he was among the first to tender his services, being at the time seventeen years of age.
Enlisting as a member of Company K, Sixty-eighth New York Volun- teers, he was actively engaged in the following named important battles, and was also in a number of skirmishes: Cross Keys, second battle of Bull Run, Battle of Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Cedar Mountain, Battle of the Wilder- ness. Having received an honorable discharge, he returned to Newark, where he learned the carpentering trade, which he followed for a period of ten years. He abandoned this in favor of the coal business, with which he has been closely identified since that time. Ilis business methods have
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always been those of a just and honest man, and he has achieved a very satisfactory amount of success.
He is of a genial and open-hearted nature, and popular in social and business circles. He holds membership in the following organizations: Schiller Lodge, No. 66, Free and Accepted Masons; Salaam Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S .; and to the Scottish Rite bodies; Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Wein, Obst and Gartenbau Verein; National Turn Verein; Schwaebischer Saenger Bund, and a number of other German societies, in all of which he is a welcome visitor.
Mr. Ulrich married in Newark, 1867, Katherine, daughter of John and Katherine Heinrich, all also natives of the Rheinpfalz. This union has been blessed with children as follows: John, who is in business with his father, married Barbara Litzenberger; Mary, married Edward W. Sayre, secretary of the Metropolitan Railway System of New York; Peter Jr., a sergeant of police, married Florence Schuster; Minna, married (first) Wil- liam Amberg, (second) C. B. Oschwald; Henry Ludwig, a physician, married Mabel Synnes; Charles F., who is a druggist, married Marie Voget, a niece of the former principal of the old Tenth Street Public School. In public matters Mr. Ulrich has also shown his ability and his sound common sense. He served in the office of alderman for about four and a half years, and as a member of the Board of Street and Water Commissioners for three years. In both capacities he has shown his excellent judgment and his ability to cope with knotty problems, and bring order out of chaos.
DR. ANGELO R. BIANCHI
The medical profession is one which requires so high a degree of mental ability in one particular direction, that it is of very infrequent occurrence to discover a man who is equally gifted in business as in pro- fessional ways. Yet this is the case in a marked degree with Dr. Angelo R. Bianchi, of Newark, New Jersey, who is a physician, druggist and all-around good business man. He is a son of John and Mary (D'Anna) Bianchi, whose other children are: Joseph, Generuous, Felix, Giovita, Esther, Salvatore and Violet.
Dr. Angelo R. Bianchi was born in Saviano, province of Caserta, Italy, March 27, 1873. His education was commenced in his native town under the preceptorship of able instructors, and he then became a pupil in the Seminary of Nola, which is recognized as one of the best and the oldest institutions of learning in Italy. He was graduated from this with honor, then matriculated at the College of Alessandro Manzoni, from which he was also graduated, and the degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred upon him. At the age of eighteen years he came to the United States, and, after spending two months in seeing something of the new world into which he had come, he enrolled as a student in the medical department of the University of New York. Owing to ill health he was obliged to abandon his studies for a time and return to his native land to recuperate. As soon as his health was regained, Dr. Bianchi returned to the United States and resumed his studies with the result that he was graduated with the class of 1898, and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He opened offices for the practice of his profession in Newark, New Jersey, which city has been his home since that time. The many-sided activity of Dr. Bianchi is to be seen in the success which has attended his business ventures. He is the owner of a number of drug stores in the city of Newark, Kingsland and Passaic, .New
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Jersey, one of them, the Seventh Avenue Drug Store, having had a diploma of honor awarded it at the Milan Exposition. Among his other business enterprises is the Webster Building and Loan Association, of which he is the president. He is visiting physician at the Babies' Hospital of Newark. For a period of eight years he has been connected with the City Market branch of the Newark City Hospital, and he is the physician for fifteen lodges.
Dr. Bianchi is a member of a large number of organizations of varied character, some among them being: The American Medical Association; the New Jersey Medical Society; the Society for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of Medical Men of New Jersey; the Academy of Medicine of Northern New Jersey; Giuseppe Verdi Court, Foresters of America; Italo- Americano Society; Guards of Columbus; Saint Antonio; Loggia Felice Buvallotti, Societa Cavour; Societa Garibaldina; Societa Panettieri; Societa Subalpina; and he is a life member of the Dante Alighieri Society, which has its headquarters in the city of Rome, Italy, and is one of the foremost literary and learned institutions of that country. Since his arrival in this country Dr. Bianchi has always been most deeply interested in matters connected with the public welfare in every direction, and has done all in his power to improve existing conditions. In 1911 he was elected alderman of the Fifteenth ward and in 1913 elected alderman of the First ward. He is chairman of the Board of Public Health, and a member of the fol- lowing committees: Municipal Lighting, Band Concerts, Advertisements, Morris Canal Abandonment, Poor and Alms, and he is a trustee of the Newark City Home. When he was elected to office he received a plurality of one hundred and seventy-four votes.
Dr. Bianchi married Annie Casale, in 1898, born in Boston, Massachu- setts, March 21, 1875, daughter of Vincent and Carmela (Puglia) Casale, and they have children: John Bianchi, born January 9, 1899; Tony, May 9, 1901; Mary, March, 1903; Carmela, December 15, 1911. Dr. Bianchi is regarded as an authority by his countrymen in Newark, not alone because of his brilliant intellect, but also because of his readiness to assist the poor and distressed and suffering. As a physician he has effected some remark- able cures, and he has a large class of poor patients whom he treats without accepting a fee of any kind.
EDWARD E. RHODES
Edward E. Rhodes, vice-president and mathematician of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of Newark, is a native of the city with which his business career has been identified, having been born in Newark, February 21, 1868, son of Wesley and Frances H. (Brodhead) Rhodes.
He entered the mathematical department of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company in 1886, and after a few years he became assistant mathematician, this appointment dating from 1902, which was followed in 1905 by that of mathematician to succeed Bloomfield J. Miller. In January, 1908, he was elected vice-president. He is also a director in the company and in the National State Bank of Newark. He is a Fellow of the Actuarial Society of America, and a member of the American Statistical Association.
Hle married, in 1896, Clara S. Littell, a daughter of John S. Littell, of Newark. Their three children are: Marion L., IIelen B. and Robert D.
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ALBERT J. HARDING
Albert J. Harding, president of a number of corporations in the city of Newark, and an active factor in the organization of the Broad and Market National Bank of Newark, one of the important banking institutions of that city, is recognized as a far-seeing, progressive man of affairs, and his counsel is sought by others engaged in important enterprises. His advance- ment in business life has been rapid, and through his own exertions he has earned a high place in the business circles of his city and state.
Albert J. Harding is the son of Frederick and Esther (Mathews) Harding, both of whom had emigrated to this country in the sixties and made their home in Newark, New Jersey. Frederick Harding was a well-known manufacturer of paper boxes in Paterson, New Jersey.
Albert J. Harding was born in Newark, New Jersey, February 7, 1870. Ile attended public and private schools in Paterson, and at a suitable age he entered the business of his father and was employed there until he had attained the age of twenty-one years. He then went to Connecticut, where he resumed his studies for a time, subsequently taking up educational work. He was at the head of the Connecticut Business College for a period of six years, and later, from 1897 to 1900, engaged as an expert accountant. His next venture was in the buying and selling of investments and securities, an enterprise with which he was identified until 1904, at which time he organized the Merchants' and Bankers' School, of which he has been presi- dent from the beginning. In many of its methods this school is unique and a pioneer. The student receives a thorough practical education, entering as an apprentice, and advances from rank to rank as proficiency warrants. A number of other business enterprises have the benefit of the services of Mr. Harding. He is president of the Merchants' and Bankers' Association, the Merchants' and Bankers' Building and Loan Association, the Harding Adver- tising Service, the Merchants' and Bankers' Business School, and secretary of the Newark Advertising Men's Club. He is a member of the Newark Board of Trade, also the Newark Association of Credit Men. The Broad and Market National Bank passed from an organization board to a national bank in the office of Mr. Harding, but the pressure of other matters forced him to withdraw from the management of that institution shortly after- ward.
The Newark Advertising Men's Club, of which Mr. Harding is secretary, has been doing meritorious work, although only organized a few months ago. At the convention held in Baltimore, Maryland, Mr. Harding was appointed chairman of the club organization and development committee of the East- ern Division of the Associated Advertising Men's Clubs of America. Mr. Harding was one of the speakers at the second monthly dinner of the New- ark Club held at the Washington. He was also the speaker at the second regular meeting of the Advertising Men's Club of Elizabeth, New Jersey, held in the Board of Trade rooms. He spoke on the value of advertising clubs to the newspapers, to the advertisers and to the community-at-large. He also spoke on the trend toward a higher standard of advertising, claim- ing that advertising clubs should take a leading part in furthering any movement for advertising the municipalties in which they work. That they should assist civic organizations, and in every way advance the interests for which they stand.
Mr. Ilarding's fraternal affiliations are also numerous, among them being: St. John's Lodge No. 2, Free and Accepted Masons of Connecticut;
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