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In June, 1912, Mr. Glueckfield married Helen Anna, daughter of Sigmun and Kate (Kallman) Einhorn, also of Newark, and to them was born on May 20, 1913, a son, Leonard Alva.
PATRICK RIELLY
The judgment of the world is quickly passed upon a man who by any chance rises above the common level, whether that judgment be commenda- tory or the reverse. That a life has been successful from a pecuniary point of view does not satisfy the public view, but it is demanded that a man to win public regard must not only be successful in his own line, but he must win
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the respect of his fellows through an honorable, upright life. Considered then from these angles, Patrick Rielly, founder and late head of P. Rielly & Son, was a successful man, as he held the respect of his fellowmen and left behind him the record of a well spent life, one worthy of emulation.
Patrick Rielly was born in County Cavan, Ireland, February 4, 1834, died at his home in Newark, New Jersey, at the age of seventy-eight years. He was educated in the schools of his native parish, and possessing a bright, observant mind, kept careful watch of events as they transpired, particularly noting the news that came from those among his own townspeople who had sought homes in the United States. Weighing carefully the situation, he decided that for a young man of energy, ambition and industry this coun- try offered opportunities denied him in his native land. Having resolved to emigrate, he came over in early manhood and with the same careful investigation sought a favorable location. He decided that Newark and the leather business offered the greatest inducements, a decision that he never regretted. He obtained a position with one of the leather manufac- turers of the city and in five years had so closely applied himself to the mastery of every detail of leather manufacturing that his services were in demand. He left his first employer at the end of five years to become superin- tendent for William Dunn, one of Newark's prosperous leather manufacturers. He continued with William Dunn as superintendent for six years, then feeling that the time had arrived to use his knowledge and experience more for his own profit, proposed to Mr. Dunn that he be allowed an interest in the business. This did not meet with his employer's views, and Mr. Rielly promptly tendered his resignation. Having perfect confidence in his own ability to conduct a successful business, he interested others, organized a company, and for six years operated successfully a plant in association with Messrs. McClatchey and Smith, under the firm name of McClatchey, Rielly & Smith. In 1876 the firm dissolved, Mr. Rielly establishing an independent plant, devoting it to the manufacture of patent leather. He became one of . the foremost makers of that class of leather, and developed an extensive trade extending to all parts of the country. He exhibited his specialties in patent and enameled leather at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, and in competition with the world carried off every first honor in the various classes in which he competed. Later he admitted his son, James E. Rielly, to a partnership, the firm name becoming P. Rielly & Son, manufac- turers of patent and enameled leather. And on April 14, 1894, the business was incorporated with Patrick Rielly president, continuing until his death in 1912, when he was succeeded by his son, James E. Rielly, the present capable executive. The business has grown to large proportions, the factories covering the three blocks at Mott, Lexington and Providence streets and Passaic avenue, with main offices at Mott street and Passaic avenue. Branches are maintained at Boston, Philadelphia, Rochester, Cincinnati, Chicago, and London, England.
Patrick Rielly's energies were not confined to his leather business, but he was intimately connected with other Newark enterprises, and was a director of the Enterprise Building and Loan Association, a member of the Patent and Enamel Leather Manufacturers' Association. At his death, a committee from that association was appointed to prepare resolutions of sorrow and respect. In political faith he was a Democrat, and in religion a devout member of the congregation of Saint Patrick's Cathedral.
Mr. Rielly married, September 29, 1854, Margaret; daughter of Michael Tormey. She died May 15, 1911, leaving three children, seven having died
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in childhood. The living are: James E. Rielly, president of P. Rielly & Son; Mary T., married George Enger, of South Orange, New Jersey, and Margaret A., all present at their father's bedside when his final hour came.
There were other admirable qualities possessed by Mr. Rielly besides his extraordinary business ability, notably his public spirit, his interest in all that tended to advance the public good, and his love of justice. He studied the welfare of his many employees, and in equipping his plant installed every appliance possible that would lighten their labor or promote their comfort and health. He had many warm friends, and not a few of these were found among his own employees. He was a warm admirer of his adopted country, and while he never lost his love for the "Old Sod," always rejoiced that his steps in youthful manhood were turned toward the land that so richly rewarded his confidence and gave him the opportunity his youth, vigor and talent demanded.
WILLIAM HALL BARNET
William Hall Barnet, who for many years was identified with the financial and business world of Newark, and not less closely with its religious and charitable interests, came to that city when but a year old, from which time until his death he made his home there. Growing up with it at the time of its largest development, he formed for himself a prominent place in its active life, and left behind him the name, not only of a practical, successful man, but also a philanthropist whose interest lay ever in the betterment of his city, and the assistance of the more unfortunate among its inhabitants.
Mr. Barnet was a native of South Carolina, having been born on the twenty-seventh day of April, 1847, in the city of Columbia, in that State, the second of the three sons of James G. and Mary ( Hendrickson) Barnet. His brothers were David H. Barnet, of Columbia, South Carolina, and James G. Barnett, Jr., who was born in Newark after the family had come to that place, and still resides there. In 1848 Mr. Barnet, Sr., removed with his family from their Southern home and settled in the New Jersey city, where he opened a clothing store and conducted it successfully for many years. It was here that William Hall Barnet received his education, first at Dr. Pingrey's school, later at the school of Mr. Grant, and finally at the Newark Academy, from which he graduated in 1864. In that year Mr. Barnet, being then seventeen years of age, he joined with his father in the latter's flourishing trunk business, and he remained ten years, or until 1874, when he formed a most successful partnership with Henry Elcox for the manufacture and sale of jewelry. But Mr. Barnet had not yet found his permanent berth in the mercantile world, and at length, with T. J. Preston as partner, took up the linseed oil business, in which he was highly successful. In 1906, at the age of fifty-nine, he retired entirely from active participation in business life, and devoted himself to those charitable and religious interests which so claimed his attention. The Home for the Friendless was for a long time a matter of special solicitude to him, and he served it in the capacity of trustee and upon its building committee. He was a devoted member of the Central Methodist Episcopal Church, and one of its trustees, as well as a trustee of the St. John's Colored Church. Besides all these activities, Mr. Barnet found time to engage in social and club life, and a number of organizations, secret and otherwise, named him among their members. He belonged to Kane Lodge, No. 55; Damascus Commandery, Knights Templar; The Scottish Rite bodies; Salaam Temple, Mystic Shrine, and was also a member of the Essex Club.
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Mr. Barnet was married to Miss Mary Wildin, a daughter of Captain Wildin, of Newark. She died in 1883, leaving him childless. Mr. Barnet's death occurred January 16, 1913, and he left a considerable fortune, consist- ing of real estate and a considerable quantity of stock in the Murphy Varnish Company. To the Central Methodist Church he made a $4,000 cash bequest. The life of William Hall Barnet exemplifies in many ways the idea of good citizenship, in that it displayed an active interest in so many and diverse affairs of the community of which he was a member. Private and public matters were alike deemed neither too insignificant nor too remote for the bestowal of his personal care and attention, and in both alike he gave to all that he undertook the best that was in him.
FREDERICK REIMOLD LEHLBACH
Since 1849 the name Lehlbach has been one known in Newark in connection with the professions, divinity, pharmacy and law, each genera- tion contributing an honored name. The founder of the family was the Rev. Frederick Augustus Lehlbach, grandfather of Frederick Reimold Lehl- bach, now senior member of the law firm, Lehlbach & Van Duyne.
The Rev. Frederick A. Lehlbach was born in the Duchy of Baden, Germany, and was educated at Heidelberg and Halle. He imbibed the teachings of the leaders of advanced political thought of that period and, becoming involved in the revolution of 1848-49, was tried and sentenced to a long term in solitary confinement. Aided by friends on the outside he effected his escape, and finally reached the United States in 1849, settling in Newark, New Jersey. He became pastor of the Mulberry Street German Evangelical Church and for twenty-five years filled that pulpit, his pastorate only terminating with his death. He was a man of Godly life and an eloquent pulpit orator, advanced in thought and a fearless and zealous advo- cate of civil and religious liberty. He was beloved by his people and took a prominent part in all that affected their welfare, his influence being especially exerted in all educational and progressive measures.
Paul Frederick Lehlbach, son of the Rev. Frederick A. Lehlbach, was born in Baden, Germany, and came when a boy of nine years with his father to Newark. He received a good education, became a pharmacist, and later became associated with the New York College of Pharmacy as secretary, in which capacity he served for a number of years. He married Anne Marie Jungmann.
Frederick Reimold Lehlbach, eldest son of Paul Frederick and Anne Marie (Jungmann) Lehlbach, was born in New York City, January 31, 1876, the first of his direct line of American birth. He attended private schools in New York until 1884, then entered the public school in Newark, passing through all grades and graduating from the high school in 1893. He con- tinued his studies at Yale University, whence he was graduated with the class of 1897. He decided upon the profession of law, and began study under the direction of Riker & Riker, of Newark, and attended lectures at the New York Law School. In 1899 he was admitted to the New Jersey bar as an attorney, during the February term, and at the June term, 1902, was commissioned a counsellor. He at once began practice in Newark after his admission and has fairly won an established position and so continues, ranking among the leaders of the Essex County bar. In April, 1908, he was appointed Second Assistant Prosecutor of the Pleas, holding that posi-
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tion until January 1, 1910, when he was advanced to First Assistant, filling that position most efficiently until April, 1913, when he tendered his resigna- tion, and returned to private practice as senior partner of the law firm, Lehlbach & Van Duyne.
Mr. Lehlbach has also attained prominence in political life. He ardently embraced the principles of the Republican party and on attaining his majority at once became an active worker. His value was quickly recognized and an appointment to membership on the Essex County Republican Committee soon followed. In 1900-03 he was a member of the Newark Board of Education, elected from the Third Ward by a majority of 121, although the ward returned a Democratic majority for mayor and alderman. In 1903 he was the successful candidate of his party for the State Assembly, was re-elected in 1904 and again in 1905, receiving 24,221 votes more than his nearest Democratic opponent. He was chairman of the committees on militia and passed bills in 1904, and a member of the committees on munici- pal corporations, State hospitals and Home for Feeble-Minded Boys and Girls. In 1905 he was clerk of the State Board of Equalization of Taxes, and from April, 1908, until his resignation in 1913, connected with the office of Prosecutor of Pleas, as stated. He is a member of the Essex County Bar Association, and a Master Mason of St. John's Lodge, No. 1, Free and Accepted Masons. Popular in private life and held in highest esteem pro- fessionally, the future holds for Mr. Lehlbach a bright promise.
Mr. Lehlbach married, June 10, 1908, Frances Estelle Martin, daughter of William Martin, of Newark, New Jersey.
MILTON ELVIN BLANCHARD
In 1847, Noah Farwell Blanchard, a leather worker, first settled in Newark, and from that date until his death was an important figure in the business life of his adopted city; and so long as the great buildings of the Prudential shall stand, so long shall the name of Blanchard be remembered in connection with that important institution of which he was one of the founders, and the first president-The Prudential Life Insurance Company of America.
The Blanchards descend from Squire Blanchard, a farmer, of Nashua, New Hampshire, a soldier of the war of 1812, and a man of high standing in his community. He married Rachel Searles of English ancestry, the mother of his nine children. Noah Farwell Blanchard, the oldest son, was born at Nashua, New Hampshire, January 27, 1822; died at Newark, New Jersey, May 11, 1881. Until his fifteenth year he attended the public school and was his father's assistant in the higher forms of farm labor. In 1837 he began an apprenticeship at the leather manufacturing business, continuing until master of the art of tanning skins of all kinds and pro- ducing leather suitable for all purposes. Later he established in business in Wilmington, Massachusetts, but did not succeed as he hoped, but his courage never faltered, and in 1847 he came to Newark with as brave a heart as ever. He was in the employ of the leather manufacturing firm of T. P. Howell & Company but a short time when his superior knowledge of the business was so strongly in evidence that he was appointed general superintendent, that promotion being later followed by his admission to the firm. He thus continued until 1860, when the firm dissolved, Mr. Blanchard then establishing in business alone as a manufacturer of leather. Two years
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later he admitted his brother, David O. Blanchard, the firm trading as N. F. Blanchard & Brother. During the early period of the Civil War he obtained a large government contract for knapsacks, haversacks and other leather goods needed by the soldiers, which so taxed his manufacturing facilities that for a long time a force of four hundred hands was employed day and night, that prompt deliveries might be made. The brothers grew in importance in the leather trade, and in 1869 P. Van Zant Lane was admitted a partner, the firm becoming Blanchard Brothers & Lane. Noah F. Blanchard, the senior partner and active head, became one of the really great men of the leather manufacturing world and one of the best known makers of patent and enamel leather, branches of the business he had so greatly aided to develop. He was not only a great manufacturer but a wise executive man- ager and able business man, recognized as such outside as well as inside his own particular craft. He was a member of the Board of Trade, vice- president and director of the Merchants' Insurance Company, and from 1879 until his death president of the Prudential Insurance Company, of which he was one of the foremost organizers. This latter company was one very near his heart. He believed in the principles on which it was organized, and that the plan furnished a needed and valuable means of protection for families of small means. He was a large stockholder and was very strong In his confidence in the ability of John F. Dryden, the secretary, to safely guide the company as president when Mr. Blanchard should be compelled to lay down his authority. To that end he directed in his will that his holdings of Prudential stock should not be sold for seven years, save by an order of the court. This keeping the Blanchard stock out of the hands of possible opponents of Mr. Dryden insured his succeeding to the presidency when that office became vacant through Mr. Blanchard's death.
In religious, public and fraternal affairs Mr. Blanchard bore an active part. He was a member and for twenty-five years president of the board of trustees of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, and president of the Law and Order Association in 1879, when that body made its famous campaign against Sabbath desecration. He was importuned to accept the nomination of Mayor at this time, but would not accept. He was a Master Mason of Newark Lodge, No. 7, F. and A. M .; a companion of Union Chapter, No. 7, Royal Arch Masons, and a sir knight of Damascus Commandery, No. 5, Knights Templar. In 1873 he was largely instrumental in organizing the Newark Industrial Institute that, through a series of exhibitions of Newark's varied manu- factures, did effective work in promoting the welfare of these industries and benefiting the city at large. Strong as was his title to "Self-Made," "Efficient" and "Public-spirited," it was in his personal traits that he was best remembered. He was genial and approachable at all times, a true friend, trustful and trusted, inspiring confidence and in all things a man. His career illustrates again the power of application, industry, integrity and sobriety when joined with a righteous ambition.
Mr. Blanchard married Emeline Cordelia, daughter of Jesse Powers, but known as Emeline C. Wood, taking the name of her stepfather, Moses Wood, her own father dying when she was an infant. Children: Emma Catherine, deceased; Theodore Charles Edwin, Leon Noah Farwell, Fred- erick Clinton, William Washington, Lillie Letitia, Milton Elvin (of further mention ), Aflie May.
Tracing through the maternal ancestry of Milton Elvin Blanchard, a Revolutionary progenitor is found in Horace Shepard. His mother, Susanna Chamberlin, born September 9, 1740, in Oxford, New Hampshire, married
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Shepard, and died on October 4, 1840, aged one hundred years, twenty-five days, and is buried in Lincoln graveyard, Greensboro, Vermont. Horace Shepard, born in 1766, fought in the closing years of the Revolution, and in March, 1790, settled in Greensboro, Vermont, where he died March 2, 1829. His wife, Marita, born in 1768, died January 17, 1830. Both are buried in Centre graveyard, Hardwick, Vermont, leaving eight children.
Permelia Ladd Shepard the second daughter of Horace Shepard, born October 22, 1794, was a cousin of Colonel Ethan Allen and of Daniel Web- ster. In 1824 she married Jesse Powers, who died in 1832, at Woodbury, Vermont. She married (second) in 1836, Moses Wood, a soldier of the war of 1812. They lived in Nashua, New Hampshire, but she died in Newark, New Jersey, in August, 1881. By first husband she had one daughter, Emeline Cordelia, married Noah Farwell Blanchard, and one son, Edwin J. Powers. By second marriage, a son, Charles Wood.
Milton Elvin Blanchard, seventh child of Noah and Emeline Cordelia (Powers) Blanchard, was born in Newark, October 13, 1862. His early and preparatory education was obtained in the public schools, he being a graduate of the high school class of 1882. He then entered Williams Col- lege, whence he was graduated A. B., class of 1886. His college fraternity was Chi Psi. After leaving college he entered the employ of the agency department of the Prudential Life Insurance Company, first as agent in Philadelphia, advancing to special assistant superintendent at Coatesville, Pennsylvania; then to assistant superintendent at Baltimore, Maryland; then superintendent at Allegheny, Pennsylvania, (Pittsburg, North Side). He then resigned his position and in association with his brothers, Leon F. and William W., organized the industrial insurance department of the Life Insurance Company of Virginia, Milton Elvin Blanchard becoming super- intendent of the Norfolk office. Later he was interested in the organization of the U. S. Life Insurance Company, becoming superintendent of the Newark, New Jersey, office. During these years Mr. Blanchard had con- tinued the study of law, attending Columbia Law School at different times, and later, through his friendship for Professor Chase, attended the New York Law School, whence he was graduated LL. B., class of 1897. He subsequently took a post-graduate course in law, receiving in 1899 the degree of LL. M. In 1899 he was admitted to the Essex, New Jersey, bar, and was appointed master in chancery and notary public. He began practice in Newark, where he has a well established practice in all State and Federal courts of the district. He is a lawyer of high standing and conducts a successful business. He received the degree of A. M. from Williams Col- lege, and after a three years' course in philosophy under the direction of the faculty of Taylor University (Indiana), and the submission of a thesis on sociology, was awarded the degree of Ph. D.
After the death of his father, Mr. Blanchard succeeded him as director of the Merchants' Fire Insurance Company of Newark, and continued a member of the board until the dissolution of the company. He is a member of the Board of Trade, and sits on the legal advisory; is a charter and life member of the Newark Nurseries' Association, and a member of the execu- tive board; member of the New Jersey Historical Society, the Lawyers' Club of Essex County, Williams College Alumni Association of New York, the New York Law School Association, Newark High School Alumni Association, and an ex-president, trustee and treasurer of the Sonn Memorial Fund, raised in honor of Professor George C. Sonn, of the Barringer High School, the income of which is to aid young men through college.
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In church work Mr. Blanchard has been useful, active and prominent. For many years a member of Central Methodist Episcopal Church, he has been closely identified with the interests as trustee and counsel, while in the special work of the church at large he has borne a conspicuous part. He was the choice of the Newark Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church for trustee of Syracuse University, and is now serving his second term of five years. He is also serving a second term of twelve years as trustee of Drew Theological Seminary, having been elected to this position by the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is also serving as counsel for the board of trustees. He served for five years on the board of trustees of Centenary Collegiate Institute, Hackettstown, New Jersey, and was vice- president of the board and chairman of the building committee during the erection of the new school buildings. When the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church determined upon the three years' campaign to secure $20,000,000 and two million new members as a "Twentieth Century Thank Offering," Mr. Blanchard was chosen president of the Newark Con- ference Commission. So well was the commission organized and so well executed was its campaign, that the quota allotted to the Conference was completed ere the three years expired. In 1898 he was elected trustee of the Centenary Fund and Preachers' Aid Society of the Newark Conference. The society organized to raise a fund of $100,000, the income of which was to go toward the support of the superannuated ministers of the Conference, their widows and orphans. Upon the death of William H. Murphy, Mr. Blanchard was chosen to succeed him as treasurer of the society, and during his tenure of office had the pleasure of seeing the fund pass the desired mark. In 1903 he was a trustee of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, and is one of the active members of the executive committee. For many years he has been a trustee of the association to provide and maintain a Home for the Friendless of Newark, and is the present treasurer and counsel. He is treasurer of the Essex County Bible Society Auxiliary of the American Bible Society. He was associated with the late Bishop Henry Spellmeyer in super- vising a canvass of the homes of Essex County, with the object of placing a Bible in every home in the county. Thus, in every department of life which he has entered, Mr. Blanchard has worthily borne his part and rendered im- portant public service. His aims are high and in all things he is the resource- ful publie-spirited Christian gentleman.
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