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EUGENE J. BECK
The men of deeds are the men who excite the admiration of the world, and when a man rises to a position of prominence, whether it be in the business world or in private life, he merits and receives the esteem and respect of all by reason of the sterling qualities he must undoubtedly possess. It is of such a man that this review treats, in the person of Eugene J. Beck, of Newark, New Jersey.
His father, Joseph B. Beck, who was of French descent, was in active military service during the troubles in France, and from that country went to Switzerland. He emigrated to America in 1851, making the voyage on a sailing vessel, and from New York City found his way to New Jersey, where he settled in Hudson City. He had learned the art of baking in his native country, and established himself in that line of business after his settlement in Hudson City. He was successfully identified with his own establishment until 1881, when he retired from active participation in business affairs, leaving the conduct of the business he had organized to his sons. He married Elizabeth Hoffmann, and had children: Eugene J., whose name heads this sketch; Emil C., Otto O., Hugo, Lillie and Robert R.
Eugene J. Beck was born in Hudson City, Jersey City Heights, New Jersey, March 15, 1857, and his elementary education was acquired in Public School No. 1, of his native town. This was supplemented by instruc- tion in German and French at a private school. At a suitable age he entered the business established by his father, and made himself acquainted with . every detail, however trivial, so that he would be enabled to manage it intelligently, when the time arrived when this management would depend upon himself. In 1881 the father retired into private life, and the conduct of affairs was left to Mr. Beck and his brother Emil. They removed to the corner of Green and Broad streets, Newark, New Jersey, and were asso- ciated until 1883, and at the end of a further year Mr. Beck purchased the interest of the business which was in his brother's hands, and from that time has remained the sole proprietor. He is a man of great energy and force of character, and his other business enterprises are many. Among the other plans of work with which Mr. Beck is associated are some con- nected with the development and enlargement of the city of Newark. He is a member of the Court House Building and Loan Association, and he is the oldest director of the Hearthstone Building and Loan Association. He is a member of the Second Reformed Church, of Hudson City.
Mr. Beck married in Hudson City in 1883, Allie, daughter of Joseph and Rose ( Essner) Myer, and they have had children: Lillie, who married Mr. Schwicker; Essner and Ruth. Mr. Beck is a man of genial and sym- pathetic nature, and his home is a very hospitable one.
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JAMES CERVONE
The city of Newark, New Jersey, has always been exceptionally careful in the care of its poor and distressed, and very particular care has been exercised in the appointment of only men of the highest character in every respect to take part in the administration of this department. Among those so employed who have distinguished themselves by the accuracy and executive ability with which they discharge the important duties entrusted to them is James Cervone, visitor for the Poor and Alms Department of Newark. He is descended from a family well known in the business and civic affairs of Italy.
Anthony Cervone, his father, was a native of Italy and came to the United States in 1870. In his own country he had been engaged for many years in extensive contracting works. He here became associated with Shanley's Company, with which he remained as supervisor of excavations for a period of twenty-five years. His death occurred March 11, 1895. Ile married Rose Iliana, and they had children: Lena; Mary, married Modris; James, whose name heads this sketch; Joseph, deceased; Anthony, a collector for the Prudential Insurance Company; Daniel, chauffeur and mechanic.
James Cervone was born in Newark, New Jersey, December 28, 1882. Having completed that portion of his education which was to be acquired in the public schools of his native city, he became a student at St. Philip's High School, from which he was graduated.
Having served his apprenticeship as a stonecutter, he was employed in this capacity by Dury & Davidson for four years, and then decided to establish himself in business independently. He was the owner of large quarries at Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut, and commenced to operate these, but disposed of them after a time in order to devote his time and attention to the interests of Samson & Company, of Morristown, New Jersey, with whom he had become associated as a foreman. While holding this position he superintended the erection of Rockefeller Hall and several others of the Cornell University group. Later as foreman of the John McDowell Com- pany he superintended the building of the Church of St. George, on Long Island. In 1907 Mr. Cervone decided to make Newark his future home, and after he had taken up his residence there he was appointed visitor for the Poor and Alms Department, in which capacity he has rendered a more than usual amount of efficient service. He does not perform his work in a perfunctory manner, but gives each case careful thought and has the warm- est sympathy for those he has in charge. He is connected with a number of organizations, among those in which he holds membership being: Civil Service Association of New Jersey, Guard of Columbus, Sons of Italy, First Ward Democratic Club, Italian Citizens' Club, and is president of the James A. Poe Democratic Club.
Mr. Cervone married, in December, 1902, Jennie, daughter of Anthony D'Auria, and niece of Salvatore D'Auria, the well-known Italian banker on Seaside street, Newark. They have children: Anthony, born in 1903, and Rosie, born in 1904. Mr. Cervone is genial and courteous on all occasions, and has acquired many faithful friends, not alone in the social circles with which he mingles, but in that class of unfortunates with whom he is brought into daily contact. He is a man of serious aims and broad views, and is always willing to listen to and pay the necessary respect to the opinions of others.
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ANTONIO S. ESPOSITO
Antonio S. Esposito, of the city of Newark, New Jersey, is a pioneer in this section among the Italian population, being the only Italian manu- facturer of gloves in the city. He is thus enabled to give employment to a number of his countrymen, and he is ever ready to help them to overcome the difficulties he was obliged to contend with when he first took up his residence here.
Giovanni Esposito, his father, was born in Naples, Italy, in 1846, and is now living there in retirement. He was a contractor and builder on an extensive scale in that city during the active years of his life, and was a veteran of the Italian army. He fought under the illustrious General Gari- baldi, and during one of the numerous engagements in which he was an active participant, he was severely wounded, but luckily entirely recovered. He married Annunziata, daughter of Antonio Galiero, and his children, all of whom are living in this country, are: Giuseppe, who is a mason; Antonio, the subject of this sketch; and Gennaro, a barber at Cliffside, New Jersey.
Antonio S. Esposito was born in Naples, Italy, December 12, 1879. His elementary education was acquired in the public schools of his native city, and this was supplemented by a nine years' course of training in the Catholic parochial schools of the city. He was then apprenticed to learn the manufacturing of gloves, and, after four years spent in this occupation, entered the Italian army and three years were passed in military service. Portugal was the next scene of his activities, where he was engaged in the manufacture of gloves for the period of one year, after which he returned to Italy, following the same occupation there for two years. He then returned to Portugal, where he was again engaged in glove manufacture for one year, and upon its conclusion spent five months in Italy. For some time he had entertained the idea of coming to the United States, and he now carried this project into execution and embarked on the French liner, "Massalia," which landed him at New York after a passage of eighteen days. For one year he was in the employ of Mr. Capatelli, a manufacturer of gloves, and for another year with Mr. Oliver, on West Broadway, New York City. At the end of this time he became associated in a partnership with Cassano, Calabressa, Ferraro & Albino, and he acted in the capacity of cashier for this company, One year later he sold his interest in this concern, and in 1909 established himself in business in Newark. He com- meneed the manufacture of gloves in the fine building he had secured at No. 28 State street, and has been very successful in this enterprise up'to the present time. He not alone manufactures stock of the highest quality, but he has gained the esteem of the business world by his honest and honorable methods of doing business, and by the kindly manner in which he looks out for the welfare of those in his employ. 'In political matters Mr. Esposito is a staunch Republican, and his religious affiliations are with the Catholic church.
DR. ERNEST COURSEN STANABACK
The value of systematized and concentrated effort has been ,amply exemplified in the career of the well-known Dr. Ernest Coursen Stanaback, a surgeon-chiropodist, of the city of Newark, New Jersey. It is owing to his individual exertions that many greatly needed steps have been taken to advance this particular branch, and to give it the rank to which it is justly entitled.
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Born in the town of Sparta, New Jersey, April 12, 1882, Dr. Stanaback is the son of Samuel Stanaback, who is a decorator and painter. Ile was educated in the public schools of his native town, then obtained a position in the drug store of Dr. T. H. Andrus, and remained there for a period of six years. He went to Newark in 1898, and obtained a place in the drug store of Drs. Turbell and McMurray, where his faithful services were appre- ciated until 1907, when he resigned in order to engage in the study of his present profession. He became a special student at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City, under Professor Gal- laudet, and a diploma for his work in anatomy was conferred upon him in 1908. Upon his return to Newark upon the completion of his studies, he conducted special clinics under Dr. Joseph Freesmith, at the Home for the Aged, and is now (1913) adjunct member of the staff of St. Michael's Hospital. During the past four years Dr. Stanaback has devoted himself to the practice of surgical chiropody and has his private offices in Masonic Hall. These are equipped with the most modern appliances and scientific apparatus for this branch of the medical profession, and innumerable cases of suffering have been alleviated there. In 1908 Dr. Stanaback was responsible for the agitation in New Jersey which resulted in the legislative act bringing the practice of chiropody under the supervision of the State Board of Medical Examiners, this being the first legislation of the kind in the United States. In July, 1912, Dr. Stanaback was elected vice-president of the National Association of Chiropodists, which convened in Chicago, and in 1913 he was elected president.
The fraternal affiliations of Dr. Stanaback are as a member of Newark Lodge, No. 7, Free and Accepted Masons; Junior Order of American Mechanics. He is a director in the Fraternal Building and Loan Association. In church and charitable work Dr. Stanaback has earned great commenda- tion. He has been active in the interests of the Park Presbyterian Church, of which he is a member. He has also devoted a considerable portion of his time to active service in the Young Men's Christian Association, and as physician to the Boy Scouts.
Dr. Stanaback married Bessie, a daughter of John M. Reuch, at one time the editorial associate of William Cullen Bryant, and throughout his life an editor and writer. Mrs. Stanaback is not alone a woman of unusual amiability and sweetness of character, but intellectual, energetic and saga- cious. As a member of the Park Presbyterian Church and of the Newark branch of the Young Woman's Christian Association, she has labored strenu- ously in behalf of those less fortunately situated, and her efforts have been attended with the success they so richly deserved. In all matters of this kind Dr. Stanaback and his wife are in hearty accord, and their home is frequently the scene of social gatherings, where may be seen the most prominent residents of the city. The sound judgment as well as the pro- fessional knowledge of the doctor have raised him high in the esteem of his colleagues, and his patients have the greatest confidence in his pro- fessional skill.
ANDREW BECKER
The city of Newark is justly celebrated as a manufacturing center and the business of manufacturing jewelry is connected with one of its most important industries. Prominently identified with this particular branch of manufacture is Andrew Becker, senior member of the firm of Charles A.
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Becker & Company, gold chain manufacturers, at No. 445 South Tenth street.
He was born in Baden, Germany, in 1857, and is the son of Jacob and Augusta Becker, his father having been a farmer. Mr. Becker received his school education in institutions of learning in his native city, and upon its completion he was sent to the city of Pforzheim, where he learned the trade of jewel setting. Having mastered this thoroughly, he came to America at the age of twenty-two years, and at once located in Newark, which he has made his home since that time. He found employment at his trade with the firm of Krementz & Company, with whom he remained for a period of ten years. Thrifty and industrious by nature and by training, at the expira- tion of this time he had amassed sufficient capital to enable him to start in business for himself, which he accordingly proceeded to do. He established himself as a manufacturing jeweler at No. 158 Oliver street, subsequently engaging in his present business with his son, Charles A. They take rank among the largest gold chain manufacturers in the country, employing upwards of one hundred men, and their output is in demand in all parts of the United States. They sell chains to the manufacturers only. These chains, of which they manufacture all styles and qualities, are sold in a rough and unfinished state, the finishing touches being put on them by the buyers.
Mr. Becker was married in Newark, in 1880, to Julia, daughter of Philip and Sophie Schweitzer, both of German birth. They have been blessed with one son, Charles A., mentioned above. The fraternal associations of Mr. Becker are with Schiller Lodge, No. 66, Free and Accepted Masons; the Harmony Singing Society, and the Jewelers' Alliance. He is regarded as one of the conservative business men of the city, yet is progressive and modern in all that he undertakes. The social and political affairs of the city are given their fair share of his attention, and he is an unostentatious yet generous patron of any plan that is afoot to better the cause of humanity.
JEROME TAYLOR CONGLETON
Jerome Taylor Congleton, a prominent and able lawyer of Essex County, has also won distinction as a local leader in political circles, wielding as he does an important influence through his wise and progressive counsels. He comes from families of old and honored lineage on both his father's and his mother's side. He was born in 1876, in Newark, New Jersey, and with that town his whole life has been identified.
His early education was acquired in the public schools of the place, attending first the Roseville Avenue and latterly the Eighth Street School, winning in both an enviable reputation for strength of character, energy and mental gifts of great promise. His later life has fulfilled the indications of his boyhood, and has been a steady progress upward and forward. In 1890 he left school and entered the service of the firm of Edward A. & William T. Day, prominent lawyers, of Newark, showing there such undoubted qualifications for a legal career that he was induced to take up the study of the law. He put himself therefore under the tutelage of his former employers, and also undertook the course at the New York Law School. The expectations of his friends were verified and he was admitted to the practice of law at the New Jersey bar at the June term of the Supreme Court in Trenton in 1899. After a short novitiate with the gentlemen through whom he had entered upon the study of law, he was, on January 1, 1901,
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admitted to a partnership with them. His later work has fully justified the confidence shown in his abilities and his character, and he has won a position both with the legal fraternity and with the general public, which may be looked upon with just pride.
He has always taken a keen interest in public affairs, and has acquired a reputation in the Eleventh Ward as one of its most useful and influential citizens. He is a Republican, and has made himself a name and a place in the councils of his party. He served as a member of the Newark Common Council, creating general satisfaction by his record as a faithful and efficient public servant. He has been shown the appreciation in which he is held by being placed upon the more important committees of the council, and has shown by statesmanlike grasp of affairs that he was the man for the place. He is a member of the Lawyers' Club of Essex County, of the Roseville Athletic Association, and of the Lincoln Club of Roseville.
DAVID KING
David King, vice-president of the Broad and Market National Bank of Newark, and one of the prominent figures in the financial circles of the town, is of Scotch ancestry, a fact never forgotten by any member of that indomitable race.
He was born in. Glasgow, Scotland, April 13, 1873, and is the son of John and Annie (White) King of that city. The early education of young David King was that afforded by the schools of his native town. He was still a school boy when the move was made to this country, and his studies were continued in the public schools of New York. Subsequently he returned to Scotland and took a course at Glasgow University. The inclination of his tastes pointing towards exactness and system, he followed this by a course at the New York Law School, specializing along the line of com- mercial law. He then took up banking, and entered the employ of the Fourth National Bank of New York City, beginning at the lowest rung of the ladder in his intention to know the business from the bottom up. In the service of this institution he continued for twenty years, during which period he held positions from messenger boy to chief clerk. He held, when his connection with the bank was severed January, 1911, the position of paying teller. About this time a movement was on foot for the formation of the Broad and Market National Bank, and Mr. King with his wide and profound knowledge of the theory and practice of banking was one of its chief and most active organizers. Upon its establishment he became the first vice- president, the position which he at present holds. The institution is one of the most substantial in Newark, having a capital of $200,000 and a paid-in surplus of $100,000. An almost unexampled growth has marked its exist- ence of barely two years, a fact acknowledged by all, who are in a position to judge, to be in a large measure due to the administrative ability and long and thorough financial experience of its vice-president, Mr. King.
An authority upon the questions of the banking business, Mr. King has occasionally done some writing on the subject. He is the author of essays: "Banking, Practical and Theoretical," "Banking from the Business Man's Standpoint," and "Branch Banking," for the last mentioned of which he was awarded the first prize in a competition instituted in 1903 by the American Banker's Magazine. He is a member of the American Institute of Banking, and holds the title of royal treasurer in the Order of Scottish Clans for the United States and Canada. Ile is also a member of the Order
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of Free and Accepted Masons. In political views he holds with the principles of Republicanism.
Mr. King married, in 1895, Barbara Reid, daughter of Peter Pentland, of Jersey City, and they have one son, John McLeod.
THOMAS J. LEE, JR.
Thomas J. Lee, Jr., an enterprising business man of the city of Newark, New Jersey, who has been at the head of a number of business undertakings, and whose most recent organization, the Orange Supply Company, which supplies plumbers' materials of every description, is in a most flourishing condition, has also made his mark in the political arena of the municipality. His father, Thomas J. Lee, was born in Montreal, Canada, being the son of Thomas Lee, an Irishman. Early in life he removed to New Jersey, where he engaged in the business of training race horses, and is still living in Secaucus, New Jersey. He married Ellen, daughter of Patrick and Ellen Pillen, of Ireland. Their children are: Thomas J., the subject of this sketch, and William, who married Lizzie Wernsing, of Homestead, New Jersey.
Thomas J. Lee, Jr., was born in the State of New Jersey, was educated in the Public schools, and was graduated with honor from the Hoboken High School. Upon the completion of his school education he engaged in business with his father in the training of race horses, but soon abandoned this in favor of a position in a plumbing supply house in New York City. At the age of twenty years he went to Newark, recognizing the excellent business possibilities afforded by that city, and some years later entered the employ of Roe & Conover. Subsequently he organized the Newark Supply Company, dealers in plumbers' supplies, on Mechanic street, Newark, and after an able management of this business for a period of five years sold out his interests to his partners in the concern. He organized the Orange Supply Company, January 1, 1909, and is actively engaged in the manage- ment of this important enterprise at the present time, the place of business being 593 Main street, East Orange. They deal in all kinds of plumbers' supplies, steam fittings and general hardware, and the reputation for relia- bility acquired by this firm ensures them a widespread patronage. The annual amount of business done at the present time (1913) is $250,000. In the political affairs of the community Mr. Lee is rapidly becoming an important factor. In 1911 he was elected alderman to represent the Demo- cratic party of the Sixth Ward, upon which occasion he received a plurality of two hundred and sixty-one votes. He has been appointed a member of the following named committees: Police, public markets, public schools, printing and stationery, and band concerts. The fraternal, social and political affiliations of Mr. Lee are with the Sixth Ward Democratic Club, John J. Gaynor Association, John J. Nate Association, William Bley Association, Knights of Columbus, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and a number of others.
From the commencement of his business career, Mr. Lee has displayed an exceptional amount of business acumen and practical foresight, and tho same qualities have been greatly in evidence in his conduct of the public affairs entrusted to his management.
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LOUIS LIPPMAN
Louis Lippman, general agent for Essex and Union counties of the Fidelity Deposit Company of Maryland, General Accident and Assurance Company of Perth, Hartford Steamboiler and Inspection Company of Hart- ford, New York Plate Glass Insurance Company, Citizens' Fire Insurance Company of Baltimore, and Minnesota Underwriters of St. Paul, is a native of Newark, New Jersey, born October 30, 1863, son of Leopold and Elizabeth Lippman.
He attended the public and high schools of Newark, completing his studies in 1879. He at once entered the employ of Heilner & Straus, with whom he remained for three years, and then accepted a position as salesman with L. Lang & Company, engaged in the tailor trimmings business, with whom he remained for three years, and then engaged in the same line of trade on his own account until 1890. He engaged in his present line of business under the firm name of Eggers & Lippman in 1898 and continued as such until 1905, when Mr. Marks was admitted to partnership, and in 1911 Mr. Lippman purchased the interests of his partners and has since continued alone.
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