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Christian R. Wolters, Jr., is a native of Newark, born December 29, 1867. He was reared to habits of industry and perseverance, yet was afforded liberal educational facilities. After attending St. John's School and St. Mary's School, he entered St. Benedict's College, from which he was gradu- ated in the class of 1882, at the unusually early age of fifteen years. Not- withstanding his youth, his father immediately committed him to the interest and responsibilities of a partner in his commission business. The young man from the outset demonstrated his adaptability and general worthiness, and discharged every duty with punctilious fidelity and wise judgment beyond his years. In 1896, even before he attained the age of thirty, the father devolved upon him the entire charge of the business, now grown to large and constantly increasing proportions, nor was the trust misplaced, for the young man bore all his responsibilities unaided, but with entire success. The present flourishing condition of the house bespeaks its wise conduct under its present executive, and its reputation in the business world is of the highest. The business is conducted along progressive lines, yet with a judgment tempered with a judicious conservatism, and giving promise of many years of future prosperity.
Mr. Wolters is highly regarded in business circles. He is a valued member of the Newark Board of Trade, and president of the Fruit and Produce Trade Association of Newark.
THEODORE W. CORWIN, M. D.
Theodore W. Corwin, M. D., one of the prominent physicians of Newark, was born in the city in which he resides, June 1, 1857, and is the son of Joseph A. and Emma Whybrew ( Baldwin) Corwin. His father, Joseph A. Corwin, was a distinguished man in the medical profession, having been a graduate of the Yale Medical School of the year 1835. He established himself in Belleville, Essex County, New Jersey, and in 1849 removed to Newark which he made the center of a large and important practice. He was a member of the Essex District Medical Society, and its vice-president, and was also a member of the Newark Board of Education. Distinguished as one of the most useful citizens of the city of his adoption, Dr. Corwin came of a family of an extremely ancient and honorable ancestry. The name Corwin has its traditional origin in that famous old Roman champion, Marcus Valerius, surnamed Corvus from the circumstance of his having been aided by a crow, Latin corvus, in his fight with a gigantic Gaul. From this time on through later Roman history the Corvini were represented by many celebrated men. Later, in more modern times, Johannes Hunyadi Corvinus, who was descended from the Roman house of that name, had a noted career as a soldier in Hungary, and his son, Matthias Corvinus, was crowned King Matthias I. by the grateful Hungarians, in recognition of his father's services. Of this family came a number of preachers, reformers and authors, the
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American progenitor being Matthias Corvin or Corwin, who was born about 1590 and came to America, settling at Ipswich, Massachusetts. From Ipswich he went to Long Island, and thence his descendants spread to New Jersey and other States.
The early education of Dr. Theodore W. Corwin was acquired at the Shears Preparatory School. He had made the choice of medicine as a pro- fession early in life, and entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, graduating from this institution in 1879 with honors, having obtained the third prize for general proficiency. He followed up his the- oretical work in the medical school by the first hand study of disease in a hospital, and obtained the position of interne at the Charity Hospital on Blackwell's Island, New York. Here he remained for eighteen months and gained much valuable experience. For a time after this he was super- intendent in St. Barnabas' Hospital, later becoming an externe on the house staff until 1887, when he was appointed visiting physician, and in this capacity acted for twenty years. In 1907 he was appointed laryngologist. He is also connected with St. Michael's Hospital, where, in 1890, he organized · an out-of-doors dispensary service for the poor who were afflicted with diseases of the nose and throat. This department continues to do a large and important service.
An enthusiast in all that pertains to the treatment of disease, the list of his affiliations with the societies and associations interested in the subject is one of some length. He is a member of the Essex Medical Union, the Essex County Medical Society, the New Jersey Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the Newark Medical and Surgical Society, the Practi- tioners' Club, the New Jersey Academy of Medicine, now known as the Academy of Newark; of the New York Academy of Medicine, the American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society. He was appointed for 1911 and 1912 the eastern vice-president of the latter society. He is also connected with the Charity Hospital Alumni Association. He is one of that number of physicians who give generously of their time in the war against tuberculosis, and has served on the Committee of Public Health for the Prevention and Cure of Tuberculosis, and was also a member of the New Jersey Board for the Relief of Tuberculosis. In this same work he served . as supervisor at the Day Camps for a number of years. Ile was also appointed by Governor Wilson commissioner of the New Jersey Sanitarium, and was also appointed in 1911 upon the consulting staff of the Isolation Hospital of Essex County. He also serves as consulting physician at the Essex County Hospital for the Insane. Very deeply interested in the growth and prosperity of his native city Dr. Corwin regards it as part of his duty as a good citizen to be a member of the Newark Board of Trade. In his religious affiliations he is a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. For a number of years he attended Christ Church, Newark, later going to St. Stephen's Church, but has now for several years been connected with St. James' Church, and is one of the wardens of the parish. He is a member of the Wednesday Literary Club, and of the Forest Hill Literary Association. Dr. Corwin married Lillian E. Whiting, of Rochester, New York, and they have two children : Eugenia E. and Ruth B.
LEO N. LISSNER
The younger generation of progressive and enterprising business men of the city of Newark, New Jersey, is ably represented by Leo N. Lissner,
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president of the millinery corporation known as J. Lissner & Sons. This is one of the largest concerns of its kind in the city and is conducted on the most modern lines of business enterprise.
Leo N. Lissner was born in Newark in 1880, son of the late Jacob and Caroline Lissner, well known in the social circles of Newark. Mr. Lissner was a pupil at the public schools of the city, and, while he acquired a good, practical education, could never, by any stretch of the imagination, have been called a bookworm. On the contrary, from his earliest years he dis- played an earnest desire to enter active business life, and this desire was accomplished immediately after his graduation from the grammar school. He entered the business of his father, which the latter had established thirty years ago, and has been identified with that concern uninterruptedly since the time of his first association with it. When the business was established it was located at No. 155 Market street, where it remained for a period of nineteen years. It was then removed to No. 693 Broad street, its present location, having by far outgrown the accommodations of its earlier home. It had been nineteen years at the Market street location, and nine months after it was established in Broad street Mr. Jacob Lissner died, and Leo N. Lissner became the head of this important enterprise. His brother, Benja- min P., is vice-president and treasurer, and his brother, Arthur, is secretary. The building in which they are now located is the property of the firm, and they no longer deal exclusively in millinery and millinery supplies, but have added to their stock a full and carefully selected stock of ladies' outer gar- ments. Their buyers are instructed to purchase all the latest novelties, and they have one of the finest stocks in the city in their line of business. The business standing of Mr. Lissner may be gauged by the fact that he is a member of the Newark Board of Trade. He is also a member of the Progress Club; Columbian Lodge, No. 196, Free and Accepted Masons; Greater New- ark Committee; Tall Cedars of Lebanon, and Mount Ridge County Club. Mr. Lissner is unmarried.
JOHN HERBERT BALLANTINE
John Herbert Ballantine, president and treasurer of the Neptune Meter Company, of Newark, New Jersey, is the present representative of the Ballan- tine family, which has had a firm footing in this country since the early part of the nineteenth century.
Peter Ballantine, the emigrant and founder of the family of his name in Essex County, New Jersey, was born in Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland, November 16, 1791, and died in Newark, New Jersey, January 23, 1883. The place of his birth has been made famous by Robert Burns, who, during fourteen years of the latter part of his life, lived with his brother, Gilbert, on a small farm at Mossgiel, about one and a half miles to the north of Mauchline, where were written some of the poet's finest poems, including "The Jolly Beggars," "The Cotter's Saturday Night" and "Lines to a Mouse," and in the neighborhood of which place the scenes of some of his most admired lyrics were laid, such as the cottage of "Poosie Nancy," and Mauchline Kirk, the scene of the "Holy Fair," being in the town itself. For the first twenty-nine years of his life Peter Ballantine lived amid the scenes depicted so well by Burns, and then the pressure of poverty and the call to great achievement sent him forth to seek his fortune in the new world.
In 1820 he came to America, and soon after landing found himself in Albany, where he obtained work in an ale brewery. Thrifty and canny, like
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all his fellow-countrymen, he soon began to save his pennies, and after a while found himself with sufficient capital to start his own brewing plant and to settle down with his bride in a home of his own. This occurred about 1830, and for the next ten years he prospered. His excellent product brought him an ever-increasing custom and a constantly enlarging income and credit. In 1840 he removed with his family to Newark, New Jersey, where he commenced to lay the permanent foundation of the enormous business ever since associated with his name, by taking a partner, and under the firm name of Patterson & Ballantine brewing ale in the old Morton plant in High street, near Orange. Here also success attended his efforts, and in a little while he found himself enabled to enlarge his plant and to become the sole owner and manager of the business. This was about 1850, in which year he bought the property on the Passaic River and Front street, where he erected his new ale brewery with all the modern appliances of those days. In this brewery the family took great pride; it became a family affair, rapidly assumed large proportions, and in accordance with the then almost universal idea of living almost within one's shop, the home- stead of the Ballantine family was here on Front street, near the Center street bridge. This quaint old homestead is still standing, and is one of the landmarks of that section of the city. Peter Ballantine took up his residence in this dwelling when he began brewing ale in his new plant, and remained there until his death, by which time the huge factory buildings had begun to close in on the little house and to spread over the grassy lawns about it. Then, for many years more, it was occupied by the superintendent of the plant, it being necessary to have a watchful eye and ready counsel always close at hand. At present the picturesque old cottage is untenanted and deserted except for the companionship of the malthouses and brewery buildings, and eventually it will probably give way before the encroachments of business, for the ground upon which it stands is far more valuable to-day than it was in 1846. As Peter Ballantine's three sons grew up they took their places in their father's business, and, in 1857, when the youngest had reached his majority, the father organized the firm of P. Ballantine & Sons, maltsters and brewers of ales, and when he acquired the old Schalk lager beer brewery in Freeman street, he formed the new company of Ballantine & Company, for the purpose of making beer. As time went on, Peter Ballan- tine came to be recognized as the wealthiest man in Newark, the valuation of his personal property alone being estimated at $5,000,000, and this was real and tangible fortune, not the paper fortunes of the present day. For a long time he was prominent in many enterprises in Newark, but owing to advancing years he retired from these some years prior to his death. He never retired from the business he had founded, however, and in his will directed that his executors were to continue his interest and represent him until ten years after his decease, unless his three sons were unanimously of the opinion that it would be better for the interests of all concerned that this interest should cease. He died at his own home, after an illness of about two weeks, brought on by a cold caught at Christmas time, 1882. For many years he had been a member of the First Dutch Reformed Church of Newark, and shortly before his death he had affiliated with the North Reformed Church. His will, dated October 24, 1874, contained six codicils of various dates, was proved in the prerogative court of New Jersey at Trenton, February 17, 1883, and January 24, 1906, when his son's son-in-law, George Griswold Frelinghuysen, was appointed a new trustee under the terms of one of the trusts in the will, a certified copy was filod with the Essex County
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Surrogate. He left large legacies to the American Bible Society; the Foreign and Home Missions of the Dutch Reformed Church; the Newark Orphan Asylum; American Sunday School Union; the trustees of Rutgers College, New Brunswick, "for the support and education of indigent young men for the ministry in connection with the Reformed Church in America"; Society for the Relief of Respectable Aged Women; Society of the Home of the Friendless. Besides a couple of annuities and several legacies to faithful servants, he left to his granddaughter, Julia E., daughter of his youngest son, Robert F., "her grandmother's watch and chain, her bureau, her silver spoons marked 'J. W.', and her brown satin dress she wore at the wedding of the said Robert F. Ballantine."
Peter Ballantine married, about 1830, Julia, born May 19, 1797, died June 7, 1868, a sister of Alexander Wilson. Children: Peter Hood, mar- ried Isabella Linen, of England; John Holme, see forward; Robert F., mar- ried Annie Elizabeth Brown, of Charleston, South Carolina.
John Holme, son of Peter and Julia (Wilson) Ballantine, was born in Albany, February 28, 1834, and died at his home, No. 43 Washington street, Newark, April 27, 1895. He became one of the partners in the firm which had been founded by his father, became president of the company when the firm was incorporated, and held this office until his death. He purchased much real estate in Newark and around Bernardsville, Somerset County, and was identified with many of the large financial institutions of the city of Newark. He was a director in the American Insurance Com- pany, the Essex County National Bank, and the Newark Electric Light and Power Company; was interested in the management of the Celluloid Com- pany, and was a member of the Essex Club. His death was caused by cancer of the throat. His will, dated April 15, 1887, named as executors his wife, his brother, Robert F., and his two sons, John Herbert and Robert Dickson. He left large legacies to the societies which his father had endowed in a similar manner, and to a number of additional ones. He married Jean- nette Boyd, of Baltimore, Maryland, and had children: Margaret, Peter Wilson and Jeannette Wilson, died young; John Herbert, see forward; Alice Isabel, married Henry Young; Robert Dickson, died at the age of thirty-five years; Edith, died in infancy; Percy, married Elizabeth Parke.
John Herbert, son of John Holme and Jeannette (Boyd) Ballantine, was born in Newark, February 16, 1867, and now resides at No. 18 Wash- ington place, Newark. For his early education he attended the Newark Academy, then the private school of Dr. Pingry at Elizabeth, New Jersey. completing his preparatory education at St. John's Military Academy, Ossining, New York, and at the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken. He then matriculated at Cornell University, from which he was graduated at the expiration of two years in the class of 1889. He became a member of the firm of P. Ballantine & Sons, but severed this connection in 1902, when he became the vice-president and treasurer of the Neptune Meter Company, of which he has since become president and treasurer. He is also president of the American Pastry and Manufacturing Company, of New York. In political matters he is Republican, and has all his life been a member of the North Reformed Church. He is also a member of the Chi Phi fraternity, Essex Club, Essex County Country Club, Union League Club, New York Yacht Club, Lawyers' Club, Cornell University Club, and the Robins Island Club.
Mr. Ballantine married, September 24, 1890, Lois Naomi, daughter of John and Margaret (Standart) Wilgus. of Ithaca, New York. Children :
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John Holme, born August 27, 1892; Herbert Wilgus, December 5, 1893; Jeannette Boyd, August, 1897, died April 25, 1899. While Mr. Ballantine takes an active interest in all matters which concern the public welfare he has never cared to hold public office, confining his efforts to advancing the general prosperity of the community by giving his attention to enterprises which must of necessity bring benefits in their train. He is of a genial and hospitable nature, and his home is ever open to his numerous friends.
P. BALLANTINE AND SONS
The three rings are known the world over as the trade mark of P. Ballantine and Sons, brewers and maltsters, Newark, New Jersey, U. S. A. This trade mark was adopted in 1879, and was suggested by the chief char- acteristics of the product of their breweries-purity, strength, flavor.
The nucleus of the great business of the Ballantine breweries was formed in Albany, New York, in 1833, by the late Peter Ballantine. The establishment in Newark was originally conducted in an old stone building located on the west side of High street, just south of Orange street. The building was originally erected by General Cumming in 1805 and conducted as a brewery until 1831, when Thomas Morton operated the plant. From 1840 to 1850, the firm of Patterson and Ballantine carried on the brewing business there, Peter Ballantine buying out his partner during the interim, and in the latter year removing his ale brewing business to the west bank of the Passaic River at Front street. The lager beer brewery was started in 1879. To meet the needs of the rapidly growing business the corporation of P. Ballantine and Sons, embracing the ale, lager beer, and malting busi- ness, was formed in 1883. Since then the annual output has increased steadily until it now amounts to over half a million barrels yearly.
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The ale brewery, malt houses and elevator of the Ballantine plant are situated on Front, Fulton and Rector streets, and the Passaic River; the lager beer brewery and bottlery are located on Freeman, Christie, Oxford, East Ferry and Bowery streets, Newark. All these buildings cover twelve acres of ground, are equipped with the most modern and model machinery, and contain great storage capacity necessary for the enormous output and insuring the thorough ripening of the Ballantine products.
JOHN C. EISELE
For more than a quarter of a century, Mr. Eisele, senior member of the firm of Eisele & King, has been prominently and actively identified with the insurance and banking business, as well as interested in other enterprises, in all of which he has been eminently successful. He is a man of broad and varied experience, definite principles and the highest integrity, and has a wide circle of friends in the State, all of whom esteem him highly for his sterling traits of character.
Mr. Eisele was born August 1, 1860. He obtained a practical education in the public schools of Newark, and after a clerkship in a mercantile establishment, he turned his attention to the business of life insurance, engaging as a solicitor for the Equitable Life Assurance Society. His untir- ing energy, steady application and progress in this field soon won for him the responsible position of manager for the Equitable in New Jersey. In 1894 he formed a partnership with Mr. Nathaniel King, who had been associated with him in the affairs of the Equitable, and this connection is
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maintained at the present time. Both partners being men of action, capable and efficient in their line of work, the success of the new firm was assured from the beginning. Under their able leadership, and through their indi- vidual efforts as personal writers, the New Jersey Agency advanced to the foremost ranks of the Equitable.
The firm continued in the life insurance business for a period of ten years, relinquishing the active management later to enter the banking and brokerage business, in which they are at present engaged, although not exclusively, for, while life insurance was their specialty, they were far- seeing and shrewd in their calculations and identified themselves with extensive undertakings of a financial and corporate character in New Jersey. In many of these they were chosen as officers, directors or advisers, as they are at present (1913) in some of the larger financial and commercial institutions of Newark and throughout the State of New Jersey, namely: The Fidelity Trust Company, Manufacturers' National Bank, West Side Trust Company, Security Savings Bank, all of Newark; also the New Bruns- wick Trust Company, the New Brunswick Light, Heat & Power Company; the Gas & Electric Company of Bergen County, the Public Bank of New · York City, First National Bank of Belleville, and many others. It was chiefly through the efforts of Mr. Eisele that the latest Newark banking institution-the Washington Trust Company-was founded, at the organiza- tion of which he was elected president. The firm are members of the New York and Philadelphia Stock Exchanges, and have well-equipped and modern offices in the Mutual Benefit Life Building. They make a specialty of handling the Public Service Corporation securities and the local bank stocks, and are regarded as reliable authority in the investment field generally.
In the world of industry, as well as in financial centers, their influence and judgment have been recognized. They are interested in several indus- trial enterprises in Newark, having within recent years effected the reorgan- ization and capitalization of the I. Lewis Cigar Manufacturing Company, whose employees now number about twelve hundred; Mr. Eisele is vice- president of the concern. Another thriving manufacturing plant organized and owned by them is the American Metal Bed Company, employing upwards of one hundred workers. Mr. Eisele is also vice-president of the Frank F. Smith Metal Window Hardware Company.
In October, 1911, Mr. Eisele formed the partnership of Henry W. Maull & Company to take over the management of the Equitable Life Assurance Society in New Jersey, thus entering actively into the life insurance field once more. Mr. Maull was formerly the agency cashier, and has a thorough understanding of the work. They are now doing a successful business, ranking as one of the leading agencies.
Mr. Eisele is also an active factor in the real estate development of Newark, in which he takes a special interest. His operations in this line have been extensive, and his judgment on real estate values is conceded as authoritative. Under his supervision and management a number of realty companies have recently been formed and incorporated, among them the North Ward Realty & Investment Company, of which he is president; the Lincoln Realty & Investment Company, and the American Realty & Invest- ment Company, all Newark concerns. From the very beginning of his career he has taken a vital interest in building and loan association work, and for twenty-six years has devoted a great deal of time and attention to the growth
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