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a popular teacher in the public schools of Dover, as is also Mary L .; Thomas K., the immediate subject of this review ; Harry W., in the employ of the Richardson-Boynton Company at Dover.
Thomas K. Edwards passed his boyhood and youth in Dover and he was graduated in the local high school as a member of the class of 1901. On leaving school he began to work for Kilgore & White, druggists at Dover, and he continued in their employ for the ensuing seven years, dur- ing which time he pursued a course in pharmacy in the New Jersey College of Pharmacy, at Newark. He worked and attended lectures at the same time and in 1907 was graduated in the above institution with the degree of Bachelor of Pharmacy. In September, 1911, he opened a drug store at No. 1712 West Blackwell street, Dover, and here he is now doing a fine busi- ness. He is progressive and energetic and up-to-date in all his methods. In politics he maintains an independent attitude and his religious faith is in harmony with the tenets of the Catholic church. His fraternal connec- tions are with the B. P. O. E. the K. of C. and the R. A., all of Dover.
Mr. Edwards married, July 25, 1911, Stella E. Allen, a native of Net- cong, Morris county, New Jersey, daughter of Hugh and Stella (Brennan) Allen, the former of whom was for many years a prominent contractor and builder in this county: Mr. and Mrs. Allen were the parents of four children, namely: Stella E., wife of Mr. Edwards; Mary; Alice, wife of Jeremiah P. Meade; James, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards have no children. They take an active part in the social affairs of Dover and are good entertainers in their own home.
LEWIS DANIEL CARY
Lewis Daniel Cary, a prominent resident of Roxbury township, Morris county, New Jersey, is a member of an extremely old family, both in its American and English associations. In its first appearance in the old records the name is spelled Kari, either the original or derivative of Castle Kari, Somersetshire, England, the abode of Adam de Kari in the latter part of the twelfth century. For some five generations thereafter the family remained resident in this Castle Kari or Kary, after which it removed to Devonshire and there made its home for upwards of a century and a half, and then returned to Somersetshire until the emigration in 1634. The line from the earliest records traced is as follows: (I) Adam de Kari, Castle Kari, Somersetshire, England, 1170. (II) John de Kary, Castle Kary, 1200. (III) William de Kary, Castle Kary, 1230. (IV) John de Kary, Castle Kary, 1270. (V) William Kary, Castle Kary, 1300. (VI) John Cary, St. Giles-in-the-Heath, Devon, England, 1325. (VII) John Cary, Holway, Devon, England, 1350. (VIII) Robert Cary, Holway, 1375. (IX) Philip Cary, Holway, 1400. (X) William Cary, Cocking- ton, Devon, England, 1430. (XI) Robert Cary, Clovely, Devon, Eng- land, 1460. (XII) William Cary, Bristol, Somersetshire, England, 1500. (XIII) Robert Cary, Bristol, Somersetshire, England, 1525. (XIV) Wil- liam Cary, Bristol, 1560. (XV) John Cary, Bristol, 1610, he came to America in 1634. (XVI) Jonathan Cary, Duxbury, Massachusetts, 1656. (XVII) John Cary, Duxbury, 1690. (XVIII) John Cary, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 1719.
John Cary (XV) of Bristol, England, was the first of the name to come to America. He settled in Duxbury, Massachusetts, and the Cary family of Roxbury township, Morris county, New Jersey, are descended from him through Francis (XVI), 1647; Ephraim (XVII), 1679; Daniel
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(XVIII), 1716. Daniel Cary came to Morris county about the year 1746, and settled on the old Cary farm or estate, which is still the home of the family. His maternal ancestry in America dates from the landing of Joseph Northrup in Boston, July 26, 1637, three years after John Cary landed, and Mr. Cary is of the eighth generation in America in each line of his ancestry. The Cary estate is situated at what is now known as Cary Station in Roxbury township, and originally had nothing in the way of buildings upon it but a log house; later the old stone structure was built which is still standing and which has been the scene of the births in the family for several generations.
The paternal grandfather of Lewis Daniel Cary was Daniel Cary, son of Lewis, son of Daniel (XVIII) who was born in the old mansion, May 29, 1791, died January 19, 1864. He was a prominent man in the com- munity in his day, and active in the organization of the congregation and in building the old Presbyterian church of Succasunna, New Jersey. He married Eliza Wills, a native of Morris county, February 25, 1821. His son, William S. Cary, was also born on the estate, March 28, 1822, died June 28, 1902. He was a surveyor and assisted in running the original rail- road lines from Dover to Hackettstown, New Jersey, on the extension from Morristown to Hackettstown. He married (first) Phoebe Northrup, April 17, 1852, daughter of James and Mary (Vaughn) Northrup, natives of Sussex county, New Jersey, where they lived and died, a short distance northeast of the town of Newton, where their daughter was born February 12, 1827. To William S. and Phoebe (Northrup) Cary there were born three children as follows: I. Ann Eliza, born February 4, 1853, at what is now Cary Station; married, October 25, 1883, Nicholas W. Hoffman, a dealer in farm machinery and agricultural supplies, of Lebanon, New Jersey ; they are the parents of one son, Albert Cary Hoffman. 2. Lyman Northrup, born May 5, 1856; married, December 12, 1894, Annie Alison Clark ; he is now a well to do real estate man of Mandan, North Dakota; they have four children : Ethelind, a student in the Washington Seminary, at Washington, Pennsylvania; William Sayre, James Alison and Colin. 3. Lewis Daniel, mentioned below.
Lewis Daniel Cary, third child of William S. and Phoebe (Northrup) Cary, was born November 30, 1858, on the old Cary estate. He obtained his education at the local school in Flanders, Morris county, and later at Stouten- burg's School on Schooleys Mountain and the Chester Institute. After completing his studies at these institutions, he took up his father's pro- fession of surveyor, and worked with the latter until 1879, when he went west. He first located in North Dakota, but did not remain there long, and in a few months left for Montana and settled in Jefferson City in that State. Here he remained three years, but after the expiration of this period, returned to the east and to his old home, where he engaged in his pro- fession of surveyor and in managing his father's sand pit. Mr. Cary later devoted himself to the surveying and construction of roads and served for a time as assistant to the county engineer. During his work in this capacity he was in charge of the construction of fifty miles of macadam road in Morris county. Mr. Cary and his brother, Lyman N. Cary, are the sole owners of the Cary estate besides a great deal of other property. The farm upon which Mr. Cary himself lives has installed upon it the largest irrigation system in the State of New Jersey, and has been used for grow- ing hay for more than a century. Mr. Cary is affiliated with the fraternal circles of his district and is a member of Musconetcong Lodge, F. and A. M., at Stanhope; Baldwin Chapter, No. 17, R. A. M., and Ode de St. Amand
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Commandery, of Morristown, New Jersey. He is a Democrat in politics, but an independent voter; an attendant of the Presbyterian church, as were his father and grandfather before him. He has served as trustee of the Succasunna Presbyterian Church, which his ancestors were instrumental in founding.
Mr. Cary married, June 18, 1896, Carrie H. Salmon, daughter of George L. and Caroline (Bartley) Salmon, of Mount Olive township, Morris county, New Jersey. Mr. Salmon was a prosperous farmer of that dis- trict and was born there August 1, 1828, died September 3, 1907. To Mr. and Mrs. Cary have been born two children, the first died in infancy, the second, Phoebe Dorothy Cary, born April 10, 1909, died August 15, 1909.
FREDERICK HALSEY BEACH
Frederick H. Beach, attorney-at-law, of Morristown, was born at Beach Glen, Morris county, New Jersey, July 25, 1849, son of Columbus Beach, M. D., and his wife, Susan E. (Halsey) Beach. His father was president and a director of the National Union Bank, Dover, New Jersey, assembly- man from Morris county in 1869-70, and State senator in 1871.
He attended Blair Academy, Blairstown, New Jersey, and later Willis- ton Seminary, East Hampton, Massachusetts. He was admitted as an at- torney at the November term, 1880, and since 1896 has been actively en- gaged in the practice of his profession in Morristown. He is vice-president and a director of the National Union Bank, Dover, and a member of the board of managers of the Morris County Savings Bank, Morristown. He is a Republican in politics, and was elected on that ticket mayor of Dover, and also served as recorder and member of common council of Dover. He is a Presbyterian in religious belief. He is a member of Acacia Lodge, No. 20, F. and A. M., Dover; Madison Chapter, No. 27, R. A. M., Morris- town; Ode de St. Amand Commandery, No. 12, K. T., Morristown; Mecca Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., New York City. Of the above named societies he is past master of the lodge, past commander of the commandery, and past district deputy grand master of the Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of New Jersey. He is also a member of the Washington Association of New Jersey, New Jersey Historical Society, New Jersey Society Sons of the American Revolution, and New Jersey Society Founders and Patriots of America. He is a member of the Presbyterian church of Rockaway, New Jersey.
FRANK EVERETT PORTER
Frank Everett Porter, a prominent citizen and former editor of the Iron Era of Dover, Morris county, New Jersey, is a member of a family long resident of that State, and was born October 20, 1874, in Newark, New Jersey. He is a son of James W. and Jennie (Tompkins) Porter, natives of Sussex and Morris counties respectively. His mother dying when he was but seven months old, he lived on a farm with an aunt, Mrs. Abram Courder, of Pine Brook, Morris county. He obtained his education at the local public school, but ended his studies when thirteen years of age at which time he found employment on a farm, where he remained until 1892. He then removed to Dover and secured a position with the Index, where he learned the newspaper business. He remained four years with the Index, growing more proficient and experienced in his chosen line of work, and then became editor of the Warren Tidings of Washington, New Jersey.
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But Mr. Porter did not confine his activities to his business. Public affairs attracted his attention from the first. He is a Republican in politics and in 1909 was chosen town clerk of Dover, serving in this capacity until 1912, when he resigned to accept the editorship of the Iron Era. At the time of the recent upheaval in politics, in 1912, Mr. Porter was selected by the new Progressive party to become the candidate on their ticket for the office of city recorder. In the election which followed, Mr. Porter had the distinc- tion of being the only man on the ticket to be elected, a distinction which seems to have surprised him more than any one else. The whole occurrence illustrates at once Mr. Porter's independence of mind and his popularity with his fellow townsmen. Mr. Porter is a member of Acacia Lodge, F. and A. M., of the I. O. O. F., and the I. O. R. M. He is also a member of the Sons of Veterans, his father having been a veteran of the Civil War.
Mr. Porter was married in 1895 to Emma Van Wert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Van Wert, of Pine Brook, New Jersey. To them have been born two daughters: Hazel F. and Adna M., who are at present stu- dents in the public schools of Dover. Mr. Porter is a popular man 11 Dover and indeed throughout Morris county, where he has spent practically all his life, and, indeed, the major portion of it in Dover. He is a practical newspaper man and the Iron Era is an effective sheet under his manage- ment.
JAMES T. LOWE
Since 1906 James T. Lowe has been proprietor of a stationery store at Dover, where he is likewise filling the position of tax collector in 1913. He is a native son of Morris county, having been born at Mount Arlington, New Jersey, November 8, 1873. He is a son of John H. and Elizabeth (Dunne) Lowe, the former of whom died February 12, 1897, and the latter of whom maintains her home in Dover. The father was born in New Jersey and as a boy learned the art of telegraphy. He was station agent at Mount Arlington for the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company for many years prior to his demise. He and his wife were the parents of seven children, whose names are here entered in respective order of birth: Elizabeth M. and Anna J. (twins), James T., Mary C., George A., Francis C., John H. All of the above children are living.
The third in order of birth in a family of seven children, James T. Lowe was reared to maturity at Mount Arlington, where he attended the common schools. At the age of seventeen years he began to learn telegraphy under the tutelage of his father and at the time of the latter's death was installed as station agent in his place. He held that position for a period of two years and in 1900 established his home in Dover. For one year after his arrival in this city he was connected with the Pequest Furnace and then became timekeeper for the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company. Subsequently he was installed as chief clerk in the Dover shops of the above railroad and he served as such until 1906, when he purchased the stationery business of C. H. Bennett, who is now post- master of Dover. In addition to all kinds of stationery he also handles sporting goods, cigars and tobacco and he controls a large and lucrative trade. Mr. Lowe is a Republican in politics and he takes an active part in civic affairs. Since 1910 he has been incumbent of the office of tax collector of Dover and he also filled other positions of important trust and responsibility. He is a member of the Protection Hook & Ladder Company No. I, of Dover, and his fraternal connections are with the K. of C., the B. P. O. E.
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and the R. A. In religious matters he and his family are devout communi- cants of the Catholic church, to whose good works they are liberal con- tributors of their time and means.
In 1905 Mr. Lowe was married to Mary C. McKenna, who has spent practically her entire life in Morris county, daughter of John and Sarah (Bartz) McKenna. Mr. McKenna is engaged in business as a contractor and coal dealer at Wharton. He and his wife had four children: Dolores, wife of James L. Nerney ; William, deceased; George, resident of Wharton ; Mary C., wife of Mr. Lowe, as already noted. To Mr. and Mrs. Lowe have been born two children, Dorothy and James T. Jr. The Lowe family reside in an attractive residence in Dover and the same is the scene of many interesting social gatherings.
ALBERT E. ALLGRUNN
The sturdy little kingdom of Denmark has contributed many substantial citizens to the United States, one of them being Albert E. Allgrunn, who has been a resident of Dover, Morris county, New Jersey, since 1882. Here he is proprietor of a harness factory and trunk store and is now serving his home city in the capacity of alderman. He is strictly reliable in all his business dealings and in his citizenship is an earnest supporter of all matters projected for progress and improvement.
Albert E. Allgrunn was born in Denmark in the year 1875. His parents, Christopher and Anna (Schou) Allgrunn, immigrated to America in 1882 and immediately located at Dover, where the father worked at his trade, that of carpenter, until his demise, May 21, 1912. The mother died Jan- uary 8, 1910, and she and her husband were the parents of eight children : Christina, Carl, Albert E., Mary, Frederick, Ella, Axel, all living in 1913; one daughter, Anna, being deceased. Ella is the wife of Frank Davenport, a resident of Dover.
Being seven years of age at the time of his parents' arrival in Dover, Albert E. Allgrunn immediately began to attend the public schools here. He was a bright boy and ere long had begun to master the English language. He completed his educational discipline with a commercial course in the Dover Business College, and his first work was in the furniture store of W. S. Collard, in whose employ he remained for the ensuing eight years, at the expiration of which time Mr. Allgrunn engaged in the furniture and upholstering business which he followed for three years when he disposed of same. In 1902 he engaged in his present line of business succeeding John Lawrence in the harness business. He has a splendidly equipped harness shop, in which harnesses of all description are manufactured, and carries a full line of trunks, bags, etc. Mr. Allgrunn controls an enter- prising and ever increasing business, his patronage representing some of the best trade in Dover and the surrounding country. In politics Mr. Allgrunn is an unswerving Republican and he takes an active part in public affairs. Since January 1, 1913, he has been a member of the city council. Fraternally, he is affiliated with Acacia Lodge, No. 20, F. and A. M .; the B. P. O. E., and with the R. A. He owns a beautiful home at No. 52 Beach street.
JOHN JOSEPH TODD
John Joseph Todd, at present, 1913, mayor of Morristown, was born in Brooklyn, New York, April 16, 1874, and is the son of William Rogers
John J. Today.
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Todd, the president of the Quincy Mining Company of New York, which owns and operates extensive copper mines in Michigan.
William R. Todd was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 16, 1837, and married, October 2, 1865, in Brooklyn, New York, Margaret L. Owens, a native of New York. They have had four children, but one, Mary Ellen, died in early childhood. The three still living are: John Joseph, witn whom this biography is concerned ; William Parsons, of Morristown; James Madison, of Cleveland, Ohio. The famous Dolly Payne, or Dolly Madison, who was such a toast in the early days of the republic, married (first) John Todd, of Philadelphia, a great-great-uncle of John Joseph Todd. Her son, Payne Todd, danced at a ball in St. Petersburg with the daughter of the Czar, and forthwith became a distinguished figure in the higher circles of European society. Dolly Todd married (second) President James Madi- son, thus becoming Dolly Madison, the name under which she is a historic character.
When John Joseph Todd was eight years old his parents came to Mor- ristown, and became residents of the city. Here the boy was put to school in the Morris Academy, where he was prepared for Columbia College. He attended this institution for one year in 1893. He early evinced a great interest in political questions, his political convictions supporting the tenets of the Democratic party. In November, 1912, he was elected mayor of the town on the Democratic ticket. In his religious beliefs Mr. Todd is a member of the Roman Catholic Church. He is unmarried.
ABRAHAM L. SHOEMAKER
Abraham L. Shoemaker, contractor and builder at Dover, has been one of the prosperous residents of this city for the past twenty-four years. He was born in Warren county, New Jersey, August 13, 1861, son of Abraham V. and Margaret (DePew) Shoemaker, both of whom were liv- ing in 1913, the former being eighty-six years of age and the latter eighty- five. The parents were born in New Jersey and the father was engaged in diversified agriculture and stock raising in Warren county during his entire active career. He is now living in retirement at Delaware Station, New Jersey. In politics he is aligned as an unswerving Republican, and in religious matters is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, as is also his wife. To them were born the following children: Charles and John, deceased ; Henry ; Abraham L .; Ulysses G .; Edwin Stanton; Sally, de- ceased ; Elizabeth, married J. W. Slackbower and is now deceased; Ida, wife of Everett Poyer.
On the old homestead farm in Warren county Abraham L. Shoemaker was reared to maturity. He attended the local schools until he had reached his fourteenth year and for the ensuing ten years was engaged with his father in working the home farm. For three or four years thereafter he was employed as a teamster and at the age of twenty-nine years he began to learn the trade of carpenter. He has been interested in building and contracting work during the past twenty-five years and now controls an extensive and lucrative business as a contractor at Dover, where he located in 1890. He has erected a number of fine buildings in this section of Morris county and employs a force of ten men all the year round. In his political convictions he is a stalwart Republican but does not always adhere strictly to party principles, voting for the man rather than for the organiza- tion. In a fraternal way he is affiliated with the I. O. O. F., the S. of B., the G. F., the Masterbuilders Association, the Master Carpenters Associa-
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tion, and J. O. A. M., and with his wife is a member of the D. of R. and the D. of L. He is connected with the Dover board of fire wardens and is a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he is a trustee.
In the year 1881, Mr. Shoemaker married Margaret Broad, a native of New Jersey, daughter of Martin and Elizabeth (Bird) Broad. In early life Martin Broad was a salesman by occupation but subsequently he became a stave sawyer. He and his wife were the parents of six children, namely : Margaret, Martin Jr., George, Frederick, Oliver, Edith, died in childhood. Mr. and Mrs. Shoemaker have two children : Oliver, married Irene Benson, is now a resident of Dover; Ethel, remains at the parental home.
ALBERT RICHARDS
Albert Richards, who is now living virtually retired at Dover, New Jersey, was for eighteen years a prominent mining contractor at Herdtown, New Jersey, and for twelve years proprietor and manager of the Mansion House at Dover. He is a citizen whose devotion to duty and manifest interest in all matters of civic import have won him a high place among the substantial and representative business men of Morris county.
At Easton, Pennsylvania, August II, 1855, occurred the birth of Albert Richards, a son of Henry and Jane (Price) Richards, the former of whom was born in England and the latter in Morris county, New Jersey. The father immigrated to America in young manhood and his business was that of mining contractor. He and his wife are both deceased; they had six children, namely : William, Henry, Albert, Mary, Iverness, Emily.
Albert Richards supplemented his primary educational discipline with a course of study in the Easton High school, in which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1874. He then came to Dover and here began to study law under the able preceptorship of William T. Leport. He only spent one year in legal preparation, however, and in 1876 opened offices as a mining contractor at Herdtown, New Jersey. For eighteen years he fol- lowed that particular line of enterprise and gained a competency therein. In 1894 he located at Dover and succeeded Isaac B. Jolly in the conduct of the Mansion House, which gained a name, under his management, as one of the fine, modern hostelries of Morris county. He followed the hotel business for twelve years and in 1906 retired permanently from the cares of active business life. He is now enjoying to the full the toll collected from former years of earnest toil and endeavor. He is one of the heavy stockholders in the George Richards Company and has money invested in other local enterprises. As a Republican he is a valued member of the board of managers of the State Hospital at Morris Plains, and for two years he served on the city council at Dover. He is affiliated with Acacia Lodge, F. and A. M .; Baldwin Chapter, R. A. M .; Ode de St. Amand Commandery, Morristown, New Jersey ; Mecca Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and with the Dover branch of the B. P. O. E. The family attends the Presbyterian church.
In the year 1898 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Richards to Blanche Lantz, a native of Sparta, New Jersey, daughter of Robert and Catherine Lantz, whose two children were Robert Jr. and Blanche. Mrs. Richards is a woman of most attractive personality and she is known as one of the delightful entertainers of Dover. Mr. and Mrs. Richards have one son, Jack, who is at the parental home and who is a student in high school.
Mr. Richards is a man of fine mentality and broad human sympathy. He
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thoroughly enjoys home life and takes great pleasure in the society of his family and friends. He is always courteous, kindly and affable, and those who know him personally accord him the highest esteem.
EUSTICE F. RUDINE
The Rudine family of Dover, New Jersey, is of Swedish origin, the first member of the family to come to America having been John A. Rudine, who was born in Sweden, November 2, 1845. With his wife and children he came over from Tidaholm, Sweden, and arrived at Port Oram in Morris county, New Jersey, November 15, 1880. He remained there for threc years, removing in 1883 to Dover with his little family, where they con- tinued to reside and where the children grew to maturity. Mr. Rudine obtained employment as a miner, and in this capacity worked at Orchard Mine for a number of years. His wife, who accompanied her husband and children to New Jersey, was Charlotte Thune prior to her marriage; there were nine children born to the pair as follows: Emily, Charles, Eric, Eustice F., of further mention, Mary, Nels, Edward, Helen, Ebba.
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