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John W. Young, son of Daniel and Mary Ann (Wyre) Young, was born in Morris county, New Jersey, January 7, 1844, and for a number of years he was engaged in the milk business at Newark and Dover. He is now police judge and justice of the peace, at Dover. He married Mary Ellen Longcore, a native of Sussex county, New Jersey, daughter of Theo- dore Longcore, who spent most of his life as a farmer in Sussex county but who died at the home of his son-in-law, John W. Young, in Newark, New Jersey. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Young, namely : Theodore L., subject of this review; Fred R., who for the past twenty-one years has been auditor for the New Jersey Central Railroad, his home being at Philadelphia. The mother died June 12, 1912, at the age of sixty-three years and one month.
Theodore L. Young was born at Greenville, Warren county, New Jersey, December 8, 1879. After a thorough elementary education in the common schools of his native place he entered Coleman's Business College, at Newark, and there obtained a good commercial training, graduating in that institution in 1894. He then assisted his father in the milk business at Dover for a time and in 1900 went to New York City and attended the Massachusetts School of Embalming, conducted by Professor A. J. Dodge. Thereafter he worked as an undertaker in Elizabeth, Asbury Park and Bound Brook for a period of four years, at the end of which he came to Dover and began to work for John R. Dalrymple, a prominent undertaker here. He remained with Mr. Dalrymple until the latter's removal to Cali- 16
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fornia in August, 1907, since which time Mr. Young has been engaged in business for himself as funeral director at Dover. He has a splendidly equipped establishment, with every facility for thorough embalming. In connection with his work he is a member of the Tri-county Embalmers Association and of the New Jersey State Embalmers Association. In a fra- ternal way he is a valued member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, the Heptasophs, and the Royal Arcanum. Politically he is in- dependent, and in religious faith is a devout Methodist.
November 1I, 1909, Mr. Young married Christianna Williams, daugh- ter of Frank M. and Christianna Williams, of Wharton, New Jersey. Mrs. Young has four sisters: Pathania, Louise, Clara, and Ruberta. Mr. and Mrs. Young have one child, Jessie Ella. They have an attractive home in Dover and are highly esteemed by their fellow citizens as congenial and worthy neighbors. Mr. Young's place of business is located at No. 59 East Blackwell street.
HENRY G. IMWOLDE
Henry G. Imwolde, proprietor of one of the most extensive and success- ful establishments devoted to the sale of groceries and meats in Butler, with a fine location on Main street, is a striking example of the foreign-born citizen, who makes up so large a population of this country, and who up- holds so nobly the principles of this great Republic.
Henry Imwolde, father of Henry G. Imwolde, is a native of Germany, in which country he is residing at the present time, and his entire active career has been devoted to agricultural pursuits, in which he has been eminently successful. He married Mary Landwoehr, who is also living at the present time, and they were the parents of four children, two of whom left their native land for this country, namely: Henry G., and Herman F., who is a partner of Henry G., and resides in Suffern, New York.
Henry G. Imwolde was born in Germany, February 6, 1888. He re- ceived a thorough education in the schools adjacent to his home, and in 1903, at the age of fifteen years, emigrated to the United States, locating first in Suffern, Rockland county, New York, where he remained until October, 1909, when he removed to Butler, Morris county, New Jersey, and opened his present place of business, his store being modern and up-to-date in every respect, and he carries a large stock of the finest and best goods obtainable, therefore he enjoys a good trade and derives therefrom a com- fortable income. His business methods are above question, and his trust- worthiness has won him the confidence and respect of all with whom he has been brought in contact, whether in business or social life. His political support is given to the candidates of the Republican party, but he has never been an aspirant for public office, preferring to devote his entire time and energy to his business, which is steadily increasing, assuming large propor- tions. He belongs to the Masonic order, affiliating with Silentia Lodge, No. 168, of Butler.
FRANK BARNES
Frank Barnes is an honored citizen of Butler, Morris county, New Jersey, and few men occupy a higher place in the esteem of their townsmen. Business, society and politics, all have their proper share in the distribution of his energies. His father, William E. Barnes, was born in Orange county, New York, where he was for many years a hotel proprietor and a horse
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dealer, and where his death occurred at the age of eighty years. He mar- ried Mary E. Case, now also deceased, and had six children of whom four are now living.
Frank Barnes was born in Orange county, New York, in 1875, and was educated in the public schools of Warwick. After leaving school, he worked as the assistant of his father for eight years, then removed to Newton, Sus- sex county, New Jersey, where he conducted a hotel until February, 1913. At that time he purchased the Butler Hotel from Jesse Hendershot, in Butler, and has conducted this very successfully since that time. The service is excellent, the cuisine all that can be desired, and the manage- ment up-to-date and systematic. He enjoys a large share of patronage. In political matters he is an Independent voter, and has the courage of his convictions. His fraternal affiliation is with the Improved Order of Red men. Mr. Barnes married Maude K. Blanchard, of Newton, whose brother is the largest milk dealer in that town. They have no children. He has never sought to figure personally before the public, but his influence has been felt as a strong, steady force in the social, moral and industrial move- ments of the community, and he is an important factor in the life of Butler.
MARTIN COOK
Martin Cook, of Butler, Morris county, New Jersey, is well known in the State of New Jersey, being the oldest hotel keeper in his section of the State, and having a record for military service of which any man might well feel proud. His father was Henry M. Cook, born in the west ,and died in Morris county, where he had spent all the mature years of his life. He married Matilda Shulster, and they had ten children.
Martin Cook was born in West Milford, Passaic county, New Jersey, in 1844, and was there educated in the public schools. He learned all the details of farm work on his father's homestead, and was active there until he went to the war. Upon his return he engaged in the manufacture of paper, was thus occupied one and a half years, then went to Newark, New Jersey, and was engaged in the kindling wood business until 1873. He then went to Butler, New Jersey, where he assisted in building a paper mill, and worked in it for a period of seven years, and then established himself in the hotel business, with which he has since that time been successfully identified. He is the proprietor of the Riverside Hotel, which is one of the finest of its class in the State, and is conducted along the most up-to- date lines in every particular. Mr. Cook is a Republican, and served two years as a member of the township commission, before there was a borough, and seven years as a member of the board. He was elected three terms and appointed one year. He is one of the leading politicians of the sec- tion. He is an honored member of the John E. Beam Post, No. 92, G. A. R. Mr. Cook married Evelina Sanford, who died in 1895, leaving two children : Jennie, who lives with her father; and Harry, who manages the hotel for his father, and married Minnie Decker and has children: Martin Sanford and Harry Frederick.
The war record of Mr. Cook is as follows: Enlisted from West Mil- ford, Passaic county, New Jersey, April 1, 1862, at the age of eighteent years, and was mustered in as a private in Company E, Captain Alexander Holmes, Twenty-fifth Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, Colonel Andrew Derron commanding, for nine months' service. Left the State, October 10, 1862, for Washington, D. C., and was assigned to Brigadier Casey's Division, in defense of Washington. November 30 was ordered to the
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front ; attached to the One Hundred and Third Regiment, Third Division, Ninth Corps, Army of the Potomac, and fought at Fredericksburg, Vir- ginia, December 13, 1862. He was taken sick with the measles after this battle, sent to the General Hospital at Fort Wood, New York, and honor- ably discharged from there, on account of disability, March 18, 1863. He re-enlisted, September 1, 1863, as a veteran volunteer, and was assigned to Company D, Captain Conortez, Thirty-third Regiment, New Jersey Volun- teer Infantry, for three years' service, and during the remainder of the war served in the First Brigade, Second Division, Twentieth Corps, Army of the Cumberland, and was in the following engagements: Chattanooga, Tennessee, November 23-27, 1863; Missionary Ridge, November 25; Re- sacca, May 14-15, 1864; New Hope Church, May 25 to June 4; Pine Rush, June 14; Muddy Creek, June 18; Culps Farm, June 22; Kenesaw, June 9-30; Peach Tree Creek, July 20; Siege of Atlanta, July 21 to August 26; marched to the sea with Sherman, November 15 to December 10; Savannah, December 10-21; Averysboro, North Carolina, March 16, 1865; Benton- ville, March 19-20; was taken ill with typhoid fever at Stevenson, Alabama, and treated at Old Church Hospital No. 24, at Nashville, Tennessee; was honorably discharged at the close of the war.
JOHN J. WELCH
John J. Welch, the well known hotel proprietor of Pompton Plains, Morris county, New Jersey, is of the first generation of his branch of the Welch family in this country, but the family is an old one in Europe. Some of the Welches now living in America are of English origin, others are of Scotch-Irish descent. Scotch Protestants crossed the sea to the North of Ireland during the period of religious upheaval in Scotland, and transplanted the name to Irish soil, but the majority of those bearing the name of Welch have been devout Catholics. We find men bearing this name in the early colonial days of New England, and a John Welch was a resident of Boston, in 1682 and left descendants.
John J. Welch was born in England, and came to the United States about 1874. Before his arrival in this country he had already attained fame as a pugilist and general athlete in his native land, and he followed this profession for a number of years, with a remarkable degree of success. After abandoning this field of industry, he engaged in business as a hotel proprietor, and manager of theatrical ventures, in Newark, New Jersey, and at the time of his conduct of these, a quarter of a century ago, his was considered the handsomest place of amusement of its kind in the United States. In October, 1909, Mr. Welch removed to Pompton Plains, where he opened the hotel which he is conducting at the present time. This con- tains twelve sleeping apartments, dining room, parlors, a well equipped office, all furnished with good taste in a comfortable and modern style. The service leaves nothing to be desired, and the hotel enjoys a large patronage. Politically Mr. Welch is a Democrat, and was a member of all the Democratic clubs in Newark. The polls were located in his place of business for a period of twenty years. He is a member of the Catholic church and the Fraternal Order of Eagles.
Mr. Welch married Etta Ilsenbeck, who died in 1907, and left children. John J. Jr., and Catherine C. now (1914) a student at St. Vincent's Academy.
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WILLIAM GORDON
Although he has reached the grand old age of seventy-four years, Wil- liam Gordon still retains in much of their pristine vigor the splendid mental and physical qualities of his prime. His honorable career and exemplary life command to him the unalloyed confidence and esteem of his fellow men at Boonton, where he has lived in retirement during the past four years. His ancestry is of old New England stock, and one of his grandsires, David Gordon, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, having been a mem- ber of the Fifth Company of Foot Soldiery, First New Jersey Regiment, in which he served with the utmost valor from the 24th of July, 1777, to January, 1783. William Gordon is a son of John H. Gordon, who was en- gaged in the manufacturing of lime and stone quarry at Turkey mountain, this county, for a number of years. His first wife was Nancy Atno and this union was prolific of three children : Abram L., Ann, Joseph. For his second wife Mr. Gordon married Mary Ann Fichter and she bore him seven children, namely: David R., Mary Elizabeth, Martha, Nancy A., William, John Jacob, Charles Wesley.
William Gordon was born in Morris county, New Jersey, March 6, 1839, being the fifth in order of birth of the children born to John H. Gordon by his second wife. He attended the common schools of his native place until he reached the age of thirteen years and then assumed the active responsi- bilities of life by driving a team. Subsequently he accepted a position on the Morris canal, on which he was employed for the ensuing ten years. In 1868 he began to work for the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Rail- road Company and so satisfactory were his services that he continued in the employ of that corporation for the ensuing forty years, at the end of which time he was retired from further service with a pension. He was a me- chanic and his railroad work consisted in taking care of the water works located between Hoboken, New Jersey, and Easton, Pennsylvania, and its branches. In politics he owns a stalwart allegiance to the Republican party, and his fraternal connections are with the Free and Accepted Masons, at Boonton.
In 1860 Mr. Gordon married Susan A. Unangst, a native of Warren county, New Jersey, daughter of John and Mary Jane (Kinney) Unangst. The Unangst family consisted of the following children: Susan A., Martha C., Mary F., Charles E., Samantha S., John W., Christopher T., Elizabeth, Alex B., Hattie. Mrs. Gordon is now seventy years of age and like her husband is enjoying splendid health. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon have four children, concerning whom the following brief data are here inserted : I. Laura, born January 16, 1862; wife of C. Byron Dixon, engaged in the ice business. 2. Frederick, president of the Frederick Gordon Company, of Boonton, mentioned on other pages of this work. 3. Mary, born April 6, 1869; wife of Charles Kincaid. 4. Harry, born September 27, 1880; a civil engineer and now in the employ of the Delaware, Lackawanna & West- ern Railroad. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon are fervent members of the Metho- dist Episcopal church, to whose charitable work they are generous con- tributors. They are both kind-hearted and genial in disposition and their many good, neighborly acts have greatly endeared them to their fellow citizens.
ROBERT RICHARDS
Among the essentially representative citizens of the younger generation in Dover, Robert Richards is here given recognition as one whose life has
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been exemplary in all respects and whose business methods have ever been above board and on the level.
A native of Morris county, New Jersey, Robert Richards was born in the city of Dover, June 8, 1877, son of Robert and Mary J. (Wiggins) Richards, both of whom are now deceased. The father was born and reared in Pennsylvania and the mother was a native of Morris county, this State. He was a mining contractor and during his lifetime won considerable renown and success in that line of business in Morris county and other sec- tions of New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Richards had one son and two daugh- ters, namely: Robert, of this notice; Anna, married Frederick Mayberry, of Dover, New Jersey ; Jessie Elizabeth, wife of James Simpson Jr.
In his youth Robert Richards attended the Prospect Street Academy conducted by the late Mrs. Lucy Magie and the common schools of Dover and for several terms he was a student in the Nazareth Military College, at Nazareth, Pennsylvania. He also completed a commercial course in Cole- man's Business College, at Newark. He has been engaged in commercial enterprises during the entire period of his active career and for the past righteen years has been traveling salesman for Seeman Brothers, whole- sale grocers in New York City. He takes an active part in all civic affairs and at the present time, 1913, is a valued member of the board of aldermen of Dover. His political allegiance is given to the Republican party, and he is affiliated with the local lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
In 1897 Mr. Richards married Nellie Pierson, born at Parryville Penn- ylvania, daughter of John and Martha (Anthony) Pierson. Mrs. Richards has one brother, Harry, who is living retired at Dover, New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Richards are the parents of three children: Helen, Dorothy, Robert, all of whom are attending the Dover public schools. The Richards family are devout members of the Methodist Episcopal church, to whose good works they are liberal contributors of their time and means. The family home is a center of refinement and culture and is noted for its con- genial atmosphere and generous hospitality.
JOHN O'CONNELL
John O'Connell, who owns and conducts an up-to-date plumbing estab- lishment at No. 21 South Warren street, Dover, holds prestige as one of the enterprising business men of this section. He was born at Mine Hill, Morris county, New Jersey, in September, 1869, son of Bernard and Mary (Quinn) O'Connell. The father was born and reared in Ireland, whence he immigrated to America in the year 1865. During the last twenty-five or thirty years of his life he was engaged in business at Mine Hill as a tea merchant. He died in July, 1911, and he is buried in St. Mary's Cemetery at Dover. The mother was born in the State of Indiana and she survives her honored husband, her home being in Dover. The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Bernard O'Connell: John, Jennie, Mary, Margaret, Bernard, Robert. Of the above, Margaret is the wife of John Quinn, of Sacramento, California, and Robert is deceased.
To St. Mary's Parochial School at Dover, John O'Connell is indebted for his preliminary educational training. At the age of sixteen years he entered the office of Mahlon Pitney, in Dover, and under that gentleman's able preceptorship studied law for three years. In 1888 he entered upon an apprenticeship to learn the trade of plumber and during the past seven- teen years he has given his undivided attention to that line of business.
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Since 1897 he has owned a fine plumbing establishment at No. 21 South Warren street and in the same he employs a force of six men. He owns the property on which his business is located and also owns a beautiful residence at No. 402 West Blackwell street.
In January, 1900, Mr. O'Connell married Isabell Purcell, a native of Morris county, daughter of James and Mary (Degnan) Purcell, who were residents of the neighborhood of Succasunna, this county, for about fifty years. Mr. Purcell was noted in this section for his skill as a landscape gardener and to that line of work he devoted his entire active career. He died in 1901 and his cherished and devoted wife is still living. The Purcell family consisted of the following children: Mary, wife of John Smith; Susan, wife of Thomas Ryan ; James; William; Isabell, now Mrs. O'Con- nell, as already noted. Mr. and Mrs. O'Connell have three children : Robert, Marie, Edwin.
In politics Mr. O'Connell gives his unswerving support to the principles and policies for which the Democratic party stands sponsor and while he does not take an active part in municipal affairs he is greatly interested in all that affects the good of the general welfare. He and his family are zealous communicants of the Catholic church in their religious faith.
ROBERT F. JENKINS
Robert F. Jenkins is one of the hustling business men of Dover, where he conducts an up-to-date blacksmith and general repair shop. He has served the town of Dover as alderman and is now, 1913, one of the free- holders of Morris county. He is the owner of considerable valuable prop- erty in this section of the county and is here recognized as a citizen of sterling worth and integrity. He is a native of England, where his birth occurred March 10, 1870. His parents, Robert and Elizabeth (Cox) Jen- kins, were born, reared and married in Great Britain, whence they im- migrated to America in 1871. They located first on Long Island and later came to Dover. For many years the father followed the occupation of farming but prior to his demise he was ordained a minister in the Methodist Episcopal church. From youth up he was very zealous in the cause of religion and preached off and on from the time he was twenty-one years of age. He died in 1900, at the age of seventy-one years, and his remains are interred in the Mill Brook cemetery. His cherished and devoted wife sur- vives him and is still a resident of Dover, where she is deeply beloved by those who know her intimately. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins were the parents of the following children: Mary; Anna, wife of Monroe Smith, who is deceased ; Emma, widow of Frank R. Cooper ; Mr. Smith and Mr. Cooper both died on the same day; Louise, wife of Manning C. Casterline; Jane, wife of George Smith; Joseph: Edward; Robert F.
As an infant of one year Robert F. Jenkins was brought to America from England by his parents. After completing the prescribed course in the common schools of Dover, he pursued a commercial course in the Dover Business College. At the age of seventeen years he began to learn the trade of blacksmith and with that line of enterprise he has since been identified. He served a four years' apprenticeship under a blacksmith at Mount Free- dom and then went to Morristown, where he worked as a blacksmith for one year, at the expiration of which he went to Succasunna, there working for another year. In 1888 he accepted a position as a clerk in a grocery store at Mount Freedom, coming thence to Dover in 1890. For six months after his arrival in this city he was in the employ of a Mr. King and then
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he opened up a shop of his own on Clinton street, conducting the same in that locality for eight years, at the end of which time he removed his estab- lishment to No. 68 Blackwell street. For the ensuing seven years he rented the latter place and in 1907 he purchased the same. In addition to black- smithing he contracts for work as a wagonmaker, painter and automobile repairer. He controls a large patronage and his business is constantly in- creasing.
In politics Mr. Jenkins is aligned as a stalwart in the ranks of the Re- publican party. For five years he was a member of the city council of Dover, and he is now serving his first term as one of the freeholders of Morris county. In addition to his beautiful home and his place of business he is the owner of a great deal of finely improved real estate in this city. In the York Rite branch of the time-honored Masonic order he is affiliated with Acacia Lodge, No. 20, F. and A. M .; Royal Arch Masons; Ode de St. Amand Commandery, No. 12, K. T .; and Salaam Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He is likewise connected with the Royal Arcanum, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. For the past sixteen years Mr. Jenkins has been one of the fire wardens of Dover, and he and his family are zealous members of the Presbyterian church.
In September, 1898, Mr. Jenkins was united in marriage to Agnes Daniel, a native of Morris county, daughter of Edward Daniel. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins have three children, namely: Robert F. Jr., Edward, Curtis W., all of whom are at the parental home.
THOMAS H. SMITH
Fidelity and capability have been the prime factors in the career of Thomas H. Smith, who for the past sixteen years has been connected with the Ulster Iron Works at Dover, and for about ten years has held the im- portant position of superintendent of the plant. Mr. Smith has always been a hard worker, has accepted the opportunities to perform good service in behalf of his employers whenever presented, and stands as one of the highly respected citizens of Morris county. His residence is at 105 N. Sussex street in Dover, and he owns his attractive home.
Thomas H. Smith was born at Friedensville, Pennsylvania, October 2, 1876. His parents, Nathaniel and Celia Smith, both natives of England, were married there, and now have their home at Dover. The father spent all the years of his active career as a carpenter. In the family were the following children: William; Emma, wife of George Rogers; Thirza, wife of Frank Kinney; Anna, wife of Theodore Ford; James Edwin; Archie; Thomas H.
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