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STEWART M. RARICK
Stewart M. Rarick, a prominent citizen of Flanders, Morris county, New Jersey, and a justice of the peace there, is a member of a family which for four generations has lived in this country and always maintained a position of honorable prominence in the locality of their present home. The first of the name to live in America were three brothers, who came from Ger- many in pre-Revolutionary times and took part in that historic struggle. Conrad Rarick, or Roerich, as it was spelled in the original tongue, and his two brothers, settled in the picturesque German Valley in northern New Jersey, where they became the ancestors of the family. The particular branch of the family of which Stewart M. Rarick is a member is descended from Conrad Roerich, of whom he is the great-grandson.
William Rarick, son of Conrad Roerich, was born on the Rarick estate on the property known as the "High House" and here also his son, William Snook Rarick, who derived his middle name from his mother, Elizabeth (Snook) Rarick, a member of the Snook family of Sussex county, New Jersey. William Snook Rarick married Susan Milligan, of Hunterdon county, New Jersey. To them were born four children as follows: Wil- liam R., died in 1875, aged twenty-eight years; Mary, now Mrs. Holloway Thomas, residing near Bartley, New Jersey ; Emma M., now Mrs. Thomas J. Waterfield, residing near Johnsonburg, Warren county, New Jersey ; Stewart M., of whom further. Mr. and Mrs. Rarick Sr. are both dead, his death occurring in May, 1892, in his seventy-fifth year and that of his wife in September, 1896, at the same age.
Stewart M. Rarick was born May 4, 1848, about one mile west of Bart- ley, Morris county, New Jersey, at the old Rarick homestead in Mount Olive township. He obtained his education in the vicinity and attended for two years the Stoutenburg Seminary. After completing his studies he taught for two years in a school at Drakestown, New Jersey, and later engaged in the general mercantile business at Bartley for five years. For three years after this period he worked on his father's farm, which he super- intended, and then moved to a farm near Flanders, which he worked for twenty years. At the present time he is engaged in the real estate and fire insurance business. Mr. Rarick has always been active in public affairs and especially in the matter of education, having served on the school board for twenty-five years in all, nine years under the old system and over fifteen in
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the new nine member board. He was clerk of the board for a long period and served as its president for two years. He took great interest in the Bartley and the Drakestown and Waterloo schools in Mount Olive township. From March, 1902, to July, 1910, he was district clerk of the township school. Besides his connection with the educational interests of the com- munity, Mr. Rarick has served as collector for the township of Mount Olive for the three years from 1894 to 1897. In the year 1904 he was also elected to the office of justice of the peace, which up to the present he has held for two terms of five years and has been re-elected for a third term to begin in May, 1914. He has been a notary public from 1907 and a commissioner of deeds from 1909. Mr. Rarick is a member of the Democratic party and has been in the past very active in local politics. He is a member of the Methodist church. Mr. Rarick is still in possession of an old parchment deed bearing the date of 1767 from John Boynton to Conrad Roerich in Mount Olive township.
Mr. Rarick married, in 1877, Annie D. Stephens, daughter of Amos Grandon and Louise (Search) Stephens, of Mount Olive township. Mr .. Stephens and his brother served in the Civil War and were drowned in the Cumberland river disaster. Mrs. Rarick's grandfather, William Stephens, was a very prominent figure in the Morris county region in his day. He was . at the head of the old iron forges at Mount Olive which at one time formed so important a factor in the industry of northern New Jersey. His wife was Hannah (Grandon) Stephens, a member of a family which was pioneer in that part of Morris county now known as Mount Olive in the time of her grandmother, another Hannah Grandon. Mrs. Rarick is one of the two daughters born to her parents, the other, Ida, being Mrs. Elias R. Bell, of Hackettstown, New Jersey. Mrs. Rarick's ancestors on the Stephens side of the house were of English origin, and came to this country in pre-Revolu- tionary times.
Mr. Rarick is a man of good education and pleasant address, well known and popular throughout Morris county. He has filled many public offices over a long stretch of years and always discharged his duties intelligently and faithfully and to the popular satisfaction. His standing with the people of Mount Olive township is attested by the many times they have reposed confidence by thus electing and re-electing him to offices of trust.
WILLIAM H. BEAM
Prominent among the representative citizens of Pompton Plains, noted for their energy, enterprise and progressiveness, all of which traits have been active factors in their successful careers, is William H. Beam, a native of Passaic county, New Jersey, born December 22, 1840.
Conrad Beam, father of William H. Beam, was also a native of Passaic county, New Jersey, where he was reared and educated, and where he followed farming as a means of livelihood. Later in life he removed to Morris county, locating in the vicinity of Pompton Plains, and there also engaged in agricultural pursuits, remaining there until his death which occurred in his seventy-eighth year. He married Ann Ryerson, a native of Passaic county, New Jersey, and they were the parents of six children, William H. being the only one living at the present time ( 1914).
William H. Beam attended the common schools in the vicinity of his home in Passaic county, thus obtaining a practical education which qualified him for an active career. He assisted his father in the management of the home farm, becoming familiar with every detail of the work, and later be-
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came the owner of a farm consisting of thirty and a half acres, which he cultivated to a high state of perfection, raising thereon a general line of produce, and which he sold in the early part of 1913 to Mr. Doremus, who now resides thereon. Since that time Mr. Beam has led a retired life, enjoy- ing a well-earned rest, having accumulated sufficient capital to allow him to do so, this being the proper reward for years of industry and perseverance. Since attaining his majority he has given his political allegiance to the Re- publican party, the principles of which he believes best for the government of the people, and he has been called upon to serve as collector and assessor of the township, also as a member of the school board, his services proving satisfactory to all concerned.
Mr. Beam married (first) April 30, 1870, Margaret Bogart, born Octo- ber 21, 1843, died February 8, 1897. He married (second) Elizabeth Myers, born December 15, 1872, died December 18, 1909. His first wife bore him two children, Charles and Samuel, both deceased. His second wife bore him two children, Charlotte and Ella, both of whom reside at home. The family are held in high respect in the town, in the welfare of which they take a deep interest.
THOMAS J. ALLEN
The prosperity of a country is dependent in the largest measure upon the condition of its roads of all kinds, and its transportation facilities, and the men who are engaged in the construction of these roads are the men to whom the country is most indebted. Among those who have rendered dis- tinguished service in this direction is Thomas J. Allen, of Netcong, Morris county, New Jersey, whose well planned and constructed roads are to be met with in many sections. He is of Irish descent and has inherited in full measure those traits of the Irish nation which have made them such desirable citizens. His grandparents, Thomas and Margaret Allen, came to this country rather late in life, and the latter died at Washington, New Jersey, at the advanced age of ninety-two years.
James Allen, son of Thomas and Margaret Allen, was born at Mullen Gar, Westmeath county, Ireland, 1810, died in Washington, New Jersey, 1880. He was a civil engineer and contractor and was largely occupied in the west. In 1860 he removed to Washington, Warren county, New Jersey. He was one of the constructors of the old Lackawanna Railroad, later the Morris & Essex Division. A large part of his work consisted in the con- struction of bridges. He was married at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, on Barclay street, New York, to Mary Flood, born at Red Hill, county Cavan, Ireland, 1819, died in Washington, New Jersey, 1891, daughter of Hugh and Mary Flood, who came from Ireland and made their home in New York. Mr. and Mrs. Allen had children: I. Eliza, now deceased ; married Henry Hagan. 2. Mary, deceased; was the wife of Charles Mc- Laughlin. 3. Richard, died young. 4. Joseph, died young. 5. Thomas J., of whom further. 6. Hugh, died in 1890; was in business with his brother, Thomas J. ; he married Stella Brennen, now living in Netcong, New Jersey ; of their six children three are deceased, the others being: A daughter, who has not married ; Estella, married Thomas Edwards, a druggist, of Dover, New Jersey ; Alice, married Jerry Mead, agent for the Lackawanna Rail- road at Netcong and Stanhope. 7. Rose, resides with her brother in Netcong.
Thomas J. Allen, son of James and Mary (Flood) Allen, was born at Mount Vernon, Westchester county, New York, November 1. 1852. He obtained his preparatory education in the public schools of Washington,
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New Jersey, and then matriculated at Seton Hall College, in South Orange, New Jersey. Immediately after completing his studies he entered the con- tracting business which had been established by his father, the name of the firm becoming James Allen & Sons, and this was later changed, after the death of the elder Mr. Allen, to read Allen Brothers. For some time after his marriage Mr. Allen lived in Morristown, New Jersey, then spent some years in the city of New York, where he was engaged in important work, and removed to Netcong, New Jersey, in 1890, at which time he had a beautiful residence erected there. This is attractively and artistically fur- nished, and overlooks Lake Musconetcong. Mr. Allen has been active in the public affairs of Morris county for many years, and has given his political support to the Democratic party. Since his residence in Morris county he has served as president of the borough council of Netcong with the exception of the years he resided in New York. He is a communicant of St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church of Netcong, and is a member of the K. C. and of the B. P. O. E. For many years he and his brother handled all the coal used by the Lackawanna Railroad at their depository at Port Morris. He was associated with his father in the building of the coal deposi- tory for the Lackawanna Railroad; spent three years in the west, construct- ing an irrigation system in the Grand Valley of Colorado, this being com- pleted in 1910; built the railroad from Norwich, Connecticut, to Westerly, Rhode Island, and the one from Westerly to Ashaway, Rhode Island ; built a railway from Dolgeville to Salisbury, New York, in the Adirondacks, for the New York Central Railroad ; the eastern branch of the Delaware & Eastern Railroad ; the Laurel line through Pittston, Pennsylvania, a distance of five miles; the Fort Washington Ridge road, New York City; Kings- bridge road, New York City, now St. Nicholas avenue, New York City ; West End avenue, from Seventy-second street to One Hundred and Eighth street, New York City ; put in the entire sewerage system of Newton, New Jersey, eighteen miles all told. For some time also, he was engaged in con- tract work in South America, and in New Mexico constructed the railroad which leads to the copper mines. During the past three years he has been in the employ of the State in the construction of roads and railroads in Delaware and Maryland. He has executed a number of contracts of equal importance to those mentioned above, but a complete list would be too ex- tensive to be given in a work of this character.
Mr. Allen married, in 1878, Ellen J., born in Philadelphia, daughter of Michael and Ellen Foley, of Dover, New Jersey, where he was a contractor and constructed several mining roads. All of his daughters were graduates of St. Elizabeth's College. Of the six sons and four daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Allen, the following named are now living: I. James J., unmarried ; engaged in city work in Baltimore, Maryland. 2. John, a graduate of Van Rennsselaer Institute, of Troy, New York ; lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where he is in charge of the construction of a line of railroad for the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, married Maud, daughter of John O. Bissell, of Stanhope, New Jersey. 3. Thomas J. Jr., at present engaged in State road work at Elkton, Maryland. 4. Hugh A., a student in St. John's College, Fordham, New York City, engaged in legal studies. 5. Mary, living at home; a graduate of St. Elizabeth's Convent, at Convent, Morris county, New Jersey. 6 and 7. James and Thomas, students at Stevens Institute, Hoboken, New Jersey, from which James graduated. Mr. Allen is a man of practical ideas, and these have been utilized to the best advantage in the numerous contracts he has so successfully executed. His plans are well considered and generally fully decided to the smallest detail before the work
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is commenced, and this enables him to proceed with unusual expedition in whatever he undertakes.
TICHENOR-FAIRCHILD
The Tichenor family of Newark, New Jersey, are descendants of Martin Tichenor, or Tichenell, whom tradition says came from France. He took the oath of allegiance to the New Haven Colony in August, 1644, and came to Newark, New Jersey, with the second colony, in 1677, that settled there. He married Mary Charles, in 1651, and had children, namely : John, born in 1653; Abigail, born in 1655; Daniel, born in 1656; Hannah, born in 1659; and Samuel, born in 1660, in the New Haven Colony. His will, dated in 1681, named children : John, Daniel, Samuel, Jonathan (a minor), and Abigail; also a son-in-law, Ensign John Treat, at Newark. Numerous de- scendants in Essex and other counties of New Jersey trace their origin to these first settlers of Newark; and James H. Tichenor, of Newark, New Jersey, was a lineal descendant of the above mentioned Martin Tichenor. His father, James Tichenor, married Abigail Huntington Hedden, and had issue among others, a son, whose record follows.
James Hedden Tichenor, third son of James and Abigail (Hedden) Tichenor, was born March 23, 1809, at Newark, New Jersey. He was edu- cated in the local schools of his native city and at the Newark Academy. After leaving school he engaged in the retail shoe business with his father, in Newark ; in time he became the junior partner of the business, and retired from active commercial pursuits with a competence, at about fifty years of age. He was an enterprising, public-spirited citizen who was interested in the commercial welfare of Newark, and did whatever possible to secure civic improvement of his native city. He was a member of the board of estimate, New Jersey proprietors, and was president of that board for several years. His first vote was cast for John Quincy Adams for Presi- dent of the United States ; but in later alignment of the old Whig and Demo- cratic parties, he espoused the latter party and remained a staunch Demo- crat until his death. He was baptized in the First Presbyterian Church of Newark, during infancy ; his father was one of the deacons of that church, but during his latter years he affiliated with the Episcopal church, and died in that faith. He was noted for his strict personal integrity of character, and his word was held as sacred as his bond. He died June 18, 1883, in Newark, New Jersey.
He married Lydia Tuttle Nuttman, youngest daughter of Isaac and Ruth Nuttman, May 30, 1830, at Newark, New Jersey. She was the mother of several children, of whom particular mention is made of the following only :
Ruth Elizabeth Tichenor, their cidest daughter, was the granddaughter of James Tichenor and Abigail Huntington Hedden in the paternal line; and of Isaac Nuttman and Ruth Cooley on the maternal side. Her educa- tion was a matter of much personal solicitude by her parents. She was placed in the best select schools in Newark and later in New York, and graduated from the latter June 13, 1866. Afterward she married Dr. Richard Van Wyck Fairchild, a practicing physician of Parsippany, Mor- ris county, New Jersey, and resided there subsequently. He was a de- scendant of a colonial family of the name who settled at Morristown before the Revolution. She has devoted much of her life to charities, and is con- nected with various local and State social organizations. She is a life mem- ber of the D. A. R., and regent of the Parsippany Chapter ; also a life mem-
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ber of the Woman's Branch of the New Jersey Historical Society, at New- ark, New Jersey.
Francis Marion Tichenor, son of James Hedden and Lydia Tuttle (Nutt- man) Tichenor, was born December 20, 1840, at Newark, New Jersey. He was educated in the public schools of Newark, and graduated from the Newark High School about 1858; he then attended a boarding school at Hudson, New York, where he remained for about two years and in 1862 began the study of law in the law office of John Q. Hayes, of Newark, New Jersey. In 1866 he was admitted to the Newark bar as an attorney-at-law, and in 1869 as counsellor. He practiced law in the local and State courts of New Jersey, but his business was largely in the Chancery, Probate and Orphans' Courts of Essex county. He was president of the Board of Proprietors of East New Jersey, and held many positions of trust in the city of Newark. He was a member of the New Jersey Historical Society at Newark from 1869 until his death; a trustee of the Washington Associa- tion of Morristown, New Jersey ; and a life member of the Memorial Society at Somerville, New Jersey.
He married Elizabeth T. Cornell, daughter of Dr. John Frelinghuysen and Elizabeth ( Hall) Cornell, October 8, 1879, at Somerville, New Jersey. She died July 3, 1901, at Newark, New Jersey, and her remains were in- terred in Greenwood Cemetery, New Jersey. No issue.
Francis Marion Tichenor died October 22, 1906, at Newark, and his remains were laid beside those of his wife in the family burial plot, Green- wood Cemetery, near Newark, New Jersey. Thus passed the lives of hus- band and wife-the former, a kind friend, trusted adviser, and respected citizen, among his fellow countrymen.
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Since 1735 the name Fairchild has been well known in Morris county. Thomas Fairchild, a native of England, crossed the Atlantic to the colony of Connecticut in 1639. Caleb Fairchild, the direct ancestor of the branch of the Fairchild family living in Morris county, located in Whippany, New Jersey, in 1735, and died in May, 1777, aged eighty-four years. His wife and he were members of the First Presbyterian Church as early as 1742. Mathew, the eldest son, born in 1720, died June 5, 1790, aged sixty-nine years. His ten children were all baptized in the First Presbyterian Church in Morristown. The seventh son, Jonathan Fairchild, was born November 3, 1751, baptized December 10, 1752. On September 8, 1783, he married Sarah Howell. He died August 5, 1813, aged sixty-three years.
Dr. Stephen Fairchild, their youngest son, was born in Littleton, Morris county, October 28, 1792. He was a man of strong mentality, possessing a very studious nature. After acquiring a common school education he pre- pared himself for the practice of medicine. He pursued his studies under the direction of Dr. Ebenezer and Charles E. Pierson, of Morristown, New Jersey ; attended medical lectures in Philadelphia for a year, and engaged in practice in New York. Upon the urgent solicitation of many friends he removed to Parsippany, New Jersey, as the successor of Dr. Hartwell, who had recently died. For thirty-six years he was successfully engaged in the practice of his chosen calling, and his pronounced skill and ability made him the leader of his profession. He was among the first to adopt Homeo- pathy, and became a firm believer in that practice. He was not only an eminent physician, but was an earnest and devout Christian. Few physicians have ever been more loved or honored than Dr. Stephen Fairchild. Death came to him after a long illness, marked by the greatest suffering. He
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bore it with Christian fortitude; his faith never faltered. He died July 13, 1872, and was laid to rest in the cemetery of Parsippany.
Dr. Stephen Fairchild enjoyed an ideal home life. He was married, May 18, 1818, to Miss Euphemia M. Brinkerhoff, born in Mount Hope, New Jersey, September, 1796, daughter of George D. Brinkerhoff and Euphemia Ashfield. Mr. Brinkerhoff retired from business, purchased a home in Par- sippany, and removed his family in 1797. The residence had been a noted tavern in Revolutionary times. It became the birthplace of the children of Dr. Stephen and Euphemia Fairchild. It was destroyed by fire in Novem- ber, 1874, but was rebuilt on the old site and continued to be the home of Mrs. Euphemia Fairchild through her last years. She died June 20, 1882. She was a lady of the old school-amiable, educated, refined, and a sincere Christian.
The children of Dr. Stephen Fairchild and wife were: Richard Van Wyck, born February 22, 1819, and Eliza S., born October 19, 1820, but died in infancy. The only son followed in his father's footsteps, and the two were associated in business for a number of years, a most ideal relation existing between them. The son was prepared for college in the classical school conducted by Ezra Fairchild, in Mendham, New Jersey. In 1837 he entered the junior class at Princeton College, where he was graduated in 1839. He studied medicine under the professional guidance of his father, and subsequently under Dr. McClennan, of Philadelphia, and Dr. Mott, of New York. He entered upon practice with his father in 1843, and attained eminence in professional circles, for his knowledge was com- prehensive and accurate, possessing exceptional skill in the diagnosis of cases and the administration of proper remedies.
Dr. Richard Van Wyck Fairchild was twice married. In November, 1852, Elizabeth Kirkpatrick became his wife, but she died January 16, 1862. On June 13, 1866, Dr. Richard Fairchild married (second) Ruth E. Tich- enor, daughter of James H. Tichenor and Lydia T. Nuttman Tichenor, of Newark, New Jersey. Dr. Richard Van Wyck Fairchild died very suddenly, February 24, 1874, and was laid to rest in the family plot in the burial ground at Parsippany. He survived his father hardly two years, and thus they who were united in such ties of love and interested in life were not long separated in death. Many admirable qualities endeared Dr. Fair- child to those who came in contact with him. As a friend he was kind and generous. At Princeton he was the college wit, and this strong vein of humor, combined with his power of imitation and representation, together with his wide and varied information, made him a most agreeable companion and entertaining gentleman. He was an able writer. His nature was not without the poetic side, nor did he lack in musical culture; he was fond of all the arts and interests that elevate humanity and his memory is revered throughout Morris county, New Jersey.
HENRY GRIMES
At no time or place do we find a large enterprise, carefully managed, running smoothly year after year, furnishing employment to numbers of men and proving a benefit alike to employer and employee, without finding behind it a man of great executive ability. Such a one is the subject of this sketch, Henry Grimes, of Boonton, Morris county, New Jersey.
His great-grandfather, Jonathan Casper Grimes, was born in Halsey- town, Morris county, New Jersey, 1773, died 1845, having spent his entire life near Parsippany, where he was a farmer and blacksmith. He married
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Hulda Leonard, of Pine Brook, and had children: John, who became a physician ; Jerusha, married Samuel Marshall: Henry; James B .; Mary A., married Frederick Stone; Stephen.
Henry Grimes, grandfather of the Henry Grimes of this review, was born in Hanover township, Morris county, New Jersey, March 4, 1807, died 1884. He was a farmer and undertaker, served his township as a justice of the peace, and was a strong Republican. He married Anna E., daughter of Michael Righter, and had children: Eliza A., married S. H. Mackey, of New York City; Josiah Q., died while in active service during the Civil War ; Jonathan C., died in 1892; William H., of further mention ; Jesse, died in childhood.
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