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The marriage of Mr. Le Boeuf was cele- brated in New York city on the 4th of May, 1879, when he was united to Miss Rosalie Perillard, who was born in Neuf- chatel, Switzerland, on the 5th of March, 1855, a daughter of Fritz and Marie (Hertzig) Perillard. This union has been blessed with the following children: Al- fred, born June 18, 1880, and died June 28, 1880; Alice, June 20, 1883; Lucie, June 14, 1885; Louise, June 8, 1887; Amelie, October 24, 1889; Gustave, June 23, 1891, and died December 2, 1891; and Mathilde, May 26, 1893.
In his political views Mr. Le Boeuf is in- dependent, and in its religious faith the family attends the Trinity Congregational church of East Orange.
JOSEPH H. ROBINSON.
Among the well known and successful business men of East Orange who are well worthy of mention in this work is the gen- tleman whose name initiates this para- graph, and who occupies a foremost rank among the merchant tailors of his home city. A son of John and Sarah A. (Hat- tersley) Robinson, he was born in Newark, New Jersey, on the 13th of January, 1863, his ancestors on both sides of the family being of English origin, and his father is supposedly the first of the Robinsons to locate in America. The latter was born in England in August, 1827, and early in life he emigrated to the United States and settled in Newark, where for some thirty
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years he engaged in the merchant-tailoring business, and after moving to East Orange he continued in that line of enterprise for fifteen years. He was twice married, his first union resulting in three children : Annie, who resides in her native land; Margaret, the widow of the late Richard Connery, of Newark, New Jersey; and Charlotte, the wife of E. I. Condit, residing in East Orange. After the death of his wife Mr. Robinson consummated a mar- riage with Miss Sarah A. Hattersley, and two sons were born to them: John R., now residing in Orange, and the subject of this sketch. John Robinson died in East Orange on the 17th of February, 1894; his wife having preceded him to her eternal rest in December, 1883.
The youth of Joseph H. Robinson was passed in Newark and East Orange. He attained his literary education in the public schools of the latter place, and after com- pleting his studies there he inaugurated his business career in the tailor shop of his father, where he acquired the art of cutting and fitting, besides which he spent seven years in the employ of the Edison Elec- trical Company. Upon the death of his father he assumed entire control of the present business, which has been most suc- cessfully conducted by him since that date, the honorable reputation of the father be- ing fully sustained by the son.
Mr. Robinson was united in marriage at Weavertown, New York, on the 17th of October, 1888, to Miss Catherine M. Mc- Carthy, a daughter of Dennis and Mary McCarthy, and the following children have blessed this union: Nellie M., born Octo- ber 2, 1889; Mary G., October 17, 1891; Henry W., October 4, 1893; and Irene E., May 20, 1897.
Socially, Mr. Robinson is a member of East Orange Conclave, No. 274, Inde- pendent Order of Heptasophs, and in his political views he is affiliated with the Re- publican party. His family attend the Roman Catholic church, although the Robinsons have always been adherents of the Episcopalian church.
JOHN ALBERT McGOWN,
one of the prominent attorneys of Newark, is a native of Scotland, his birth having oc- curred in Glasgow, on the 23d of January, 1865. After taking a preparatory course of studies he entered Paisley Academy, at which he was graduated with high honors in 1879, and subsequently entered Glasgow University for a five-years course, includ- ing the law course necessary for his admis- sion to the bar. He completed his studies there in 1886, being one of the honor men in the class of conveyancing, and receiving the fifth prize in a two-days competitive examination conducted by the Procura- tors' Society of Glasgow. At the same time Mr. McGown attended a prominent law office in Glasgow, receiving his prac- tical education there.
Deciding to choose a wider field for his endeavors, Mr. McGown came to America in October, 1886, and located in Newark, where he entered the law office of Edward M. Colie in March, 1887, continuing his studies until June, 1891, when he was ad- mitted to the bar and entered upon active practice in March of the following year, since which time he has met with flatter- ing success, his undoubted abilities and ac- quired knowledge gaining for him success and prosperity, the logical results of well applied efforts.
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Mr. McGown is a son of Thomas and Hannah (Alexander) McGown, both of whom reside in Scotland. The father is an expert accountant, and the mother is a direct descendant of Sir Thomas Alexan- der, who was referred to by Sir Walter Scott in his Waverly novels.
The marriage of our subject was cele- brated in 1891, when he was united to Miss Martha Gallagher, a daughter of James and Charlotte (Bolton) Gallagher, both natives of bonnie Scotland who came to America over thirty years ago.
WILLIAM HENRY WARREN, M. D.,
a physician and druggist of Forest Hill, Newark, was born on the 14th of Novem- ber, 1867, in Newark, and is a son of Adam Warren, who was born in the neighbor- hood of Pompton Plains, New Jersey. The grandfather, John Warren, was a na- tive of this state, born in 1807. In 1860 Adam Warren removed to Newark, where he has since made his home, following the vocation of silver-plating, chiefly in con- nection with saddlery and harness-making equipments. He was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Martin, a native of New York city. Her parents, both natives of Germany, are now deceased. Her father was a cabinet-maker and had a place of business on Brown street, when that now populous district was but sparsely settled.
Dr. Warren was reared in Newark and acquired his literary education here, at- tending the Walnut street school, the Oli- ver street school and later the high school. He entered upon his business career as an apprentice in a drug store and was licensed to engage in that business by the New Jersey state board of pharmacy in 1886.
The following year he began reading medi- cine and entered the University of the City of New York, where he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1894. He then embarked in practice at No. 181 Verona avenue, Forest Hill, and has enjoyed a large and lucrative patronage. He estab- lished a drug store in June, 1890, and on the 18th of February, 1894, it was entirely destroyed by fire; but fifty-four hours after- ward he was again in business in temporary quarters, removing to his present hand- some and finely equipped store on the 18th of June, 1894.
On the 4th of June, 1890, the Doctor was joined in wedlock to Miss Cora B. Soden, of Newark, a daughter of George W. and Elizabeth Soden. They have one child, a daughter named Norma Chipman.
Dr. and Mrs. Warren are members of the Forest Hill Presbyterian church and have an ever broadening circle of friends in this locality. The Doctor belongs to the Essex County Medical Society and the Esculapian Society, and holds a member- ship with several fraternal and benevolent. organizations, including the Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges, the Junior Order of American Mechanics, the United American Mechanics and the Royal Arcanum.
JAMES K. LEMOND.
Scotland has contributed to this country its share of enterprising, wide-awake busi- ness men, men who have come to the front in the various lines of occupation they have chosen, and among this class of Scotch- Americans is found James K. Lemond, of Newark, New Jersey, with whose name we are pleased to introduce this sketch.
Mr. Lemond was born in Kircudbright-
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shire, Scotland, November 17, 1862, and is a son of James and Ann (Kennedy) Le- mond, the former purely Scotch as far back as the history of the family can be traced; the latter descended from ancestors who were residents of the north of Ireland. Little, however, is known of the ancestry on either side.
James Lemond, the father of James K., was born in Kirkcowan, Kircudbrightshire, Scotland, and resided in his native land until 1896, when he crossed the Atlantic and took up his abode in Suffern, New York. His occupation has been that of granite quarryman. He and his wife are the parents of ten children, viz .: Susan, wife of Berkett Brown, Burnley, Lan- cashire, England; James K., the subject of this review; Arthur, who died in 1892, at the age of twenty-seven years; Margaret, wife of Frank Buens, Bridge O'Dee, Scot- land; John, a resident of Suffern, New York; Robert, also of Suffern; Catherine, a resident of London, England; William, Newark, New Jersey; and Alfred and Birkett, both of Suffern and residing with their parents.
James K. Lemond passed his boyhood days in his native land, receiving his educa- tion in the public schools, and in early life learning the trade of granite-monument maker. He served a six-years apprentice- ship to this trade in the establishment of D. D. Fenning & Company, of Shap, West- moreland county, England, and after the expiration of that term worked for the firm about one year. In 1880 he came to Amer- ica. He traveled throughout the New England states, working at his trade, and finally came to Newark, New Jersey, where he has since resided. Here, December I, 1895, he purchased his present business
from George A. Williams, who had con- ducted the same from 1870.
Mr. Lemond was married in Newark, April 26, 1887, to Miss Jennie Kirk, daughter of George and Mary (Marshall) Kirk, natives of Scotland. Mrs. Lemond was born in Greenock, Scotland, June 27, 1864, and their union has been blessed in the birth of five children, namely: Mary T., born February 6, 1888; James and William C. (twins), January 30, 1891, the latter dying in infancy; Arthur, May 24, 1894; and Jennie, July 14, 1895.
Mr. Lemond is a member of La Mancha Lodge, No. 24, K. of P., of Newark, and the Newark Caledonian Club. He affili- ates, politically, with the Democratic party. Both he and his wife attend the Presbyterian church.
HENRY POWLES
is the vice-president of the Merchants' In- surance Company, of Newark, and one of the honored citizens of Essex county. To him is due that tribute of respect and admi- ration which is always given-and justly so-to those men who have worked their way upward to positions of prominence through their own efforts, who have accu- mulated means through their own labors, and by their honorable, straightforward dealing commanded the esteem and confi- dence of those with whom they have been thrown in contact. Of genuine worth, yet modest and unassuming in demeanor, he well deserves the respect and admiration so freely accorded him.
Mr. Powles is a representative of one of the old families of Essex county and was born in Orange in 1827. His father, Mar- tin P. Powles, was born in Bergen county, New Jersey, and was a contractor and
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builder, erecting many of the residences in Orange and other sections of Essex county. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Jemima Harrison, was born in this county, belonging to one of its old and honored families.
Henry Powles spent his boyhood days in the city of Newark and attended a pri- vate school taught by Nathan Hedges. Later he was a student in a private school in Newark, where his literary training was completed. On laying aside his text- books he secured a position in the office of the Newark Daily Advertiser and for sev- eral years was connected with that journal. Later he secured a position as bookkeeper in the office of a firm of coal dealers, where he continued up to the time of the gold ex- citement in California. In 1849 he joined the argonauts en route for that Eldorado, and by the way of the Isthmus of Panama made the journey to the Pacific slope, where he was engaged in mining and mer- chandizing for two years.
On the expiration of that period Mr. Powles returned to Newark, and soon afterward formed a partnership with E. A. Smith under the firm name of Powles & Smith, dealers in general merchandise, which connection was continued until 1861. They enjoyed a good business, and their enterprise brought to them excellent financial returns. It was in this way that Mr. Powles got his real start in life. On his retirement from the store he joined the Merchants' Insurance Company, which had been organized in 1858, and has since been connected therewith. He was elected to the position of secretary, in which capacity he served until the death of Silas Merchant, who was the incorporator of the company, when Mr. Powles succeeded him in the
presidency. Thus at the head of the com- pany he successfully managed its affairs until 1894, when, wishing to retire from the active control, he accepted the position of vice-president, while G. Lee Stout became president. In his present position the company yet has the benefit of his wise counsel and advice, and at the same time he is relieved of the more arduous duties of the enterprise. He has certainly been one of the most important factors in insur- ing the success of the concern, his ripe judgment, keen discrimination and splen- did executive ability enabling him to place the business on a very paying basis, mak- ing it of advantage to the stockholders and the policy-holders as well.
Mr. Powles is also connected with other important industries of Essex county which have promoted the commercial activity and advanced the general prosperity, and is now a director in the Newark Gas Com- pany, a position which he has held from the incorporation. He carries to success- ful completion whatever he undertakes, and his connection with any enterprise insures its profitable management.
In 1852 Mr. Powles was united in mar- riage to Miss Matilda Harrison, a daughter of Aaron B. Harrison. They have six chil- dren living; seven were born to them. Henry, the third in order of birth, died at the age of four years; Harriet, wife of C. F. Lontrel, of South Orange; Ella, wife of Charles Earl, of New York city; Edward C., now president of the Castle Silk Ribbon Company, of Avondale, New Jersey; Ma- tilda, wife of L. F. Castle, a merchant of Chicago, Illinois; Lena, wife of H. G. Chur, who is engaged in the manufacture of Castle silk ribbon, at Avondale, New Jer- sey; and Edith, at home.
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In his political affiliations Mr. Powles was originally an old-line Whig of the Henry Clay type, and on the organization of the Republican party he joined its ranks, since which time he has been one of its active advocates. He served for several years as committeeman of Orange town- ship, but has never been an aspirant for office, preferring to give his time and at- tention to his business interests, in which he has met with signal success.
EDWIN M. WARD, M. D.,
is a representative of one of the old families of New Jersey, whose connection with the events which form the history of the state covers a period of much more than a cen- tury. The family is of English origin, and at an early period in the development of New England was founded in America, by his great-great-grandfather, Bethuel Ward. The great-grandfather, Bethuel Ward, Sr., was born in New Jersey, and the grand- father, Bethuel Ward, Jr., was also born in Essex county, New Jersey. He was the father of Eleazar D. Ward (father of our subject) and for many years was a promi- nent physician and surgeon of Bloomfield, practicing there successfully for more than half a century. He married Urania Wheeler, a native of Connecticut and a daughter of Gideon Wheeler, who was born in the Nutmeg state and was a de- scendant of the Revolutionary stock. Our subject's father died in 1868 and his mother in 1876. Both were devout members of the Presbyterian church and were peo- ple of prominence and influence whose circle of friends in this community was very extensive.
Dr. Ward, whose name begins this re-
view, was born in Bloomfield, in the house in which he is now living, February 1, 1840, and spent his boyhood days at his parental home. His early educational training was acquired in private schools, where he pre- pared for college. He then matriculated in the literary department of Princeton College and was graduated at that institu- tion in the class of 1859. With a broad general knowledge to fit him for rapid ad- vancement in special educational work, he took up the study of medicine under the direction of his father and later pursued a course of lectures in the College of Physi- cians and Surgeons of New York city, where he was graduated in the class of 1862. The Doctor began practice in the town of his nativity and continued in Bloomfield until 1864, when he was ap- pointed acting assistant surgeon in the United States Army, in the department of the Gulf. He served in the hospital until near the close of the war, and when peace was restored he returned to the north to resume his interrupted duties as one of Bloomfield's successful medical practition- ers. He devotes his entire time and atten- tion to his practice. He is a member of the Essex County Medical Society, the Orange Mountain Medical Society and is attend- ing physician to the Mountain Side Hos- pital.
WILLIAM W. COLLYER,
senior member of the firm of Collyer & Coddington, contractors and builders, East Orange, New Jersey, was born in the city of Newark, this state, July 10, 1855, and is a son of the late Oscar F. Collyer and Catherine (Conklin) Collyer.
The Collyers have been residents of Es-
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sex county, New Jersey, for several genera- tions. Samuel C. Collyer, the grandfather of William W., was born in Essex county and was for many years one of the well known citizens of Newark. He served as tax collector of that city for years. Oscar F. Collyer was born in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, and in early life located in Newark, where he spent the rest of his life; he was a carpenter and builder. For a number of years he worked at this trade with his father, Samuel C. Collyer, and subsequently he and his brother John pur- chased their father's interest, the business for some time thereafter being conducted under the firm name of S. C. Collyer's Sons. Oscar F. Collyer wedded Catherine Conklin, who was of Holland extraction, and to them were given eight children, namely: Helen K., wife of Stephen A. Hedden, has one child living, Edna, and two deceased; William, W., whose name in- itiates this review; Laura I., deceased; Mary A., wife of Philip Sommers, has four children,-Lilie, William W., Flora and Natalie; Christiana R., a resident of Bloom- field, New Jersey, who married Wright C. Davis, and has three children,-Irene, Ruth and Clarence; and Samuel C., Oscar F. and Catherine, deceased.
William W. Collyer spent his boyhood days and received his education in Newark. After leaving school he became an appren- tice to the carpenter's trade, working un- der his father's instructions, as his father had under his father, and has continued to work at this trade. After his father's death he entered the employ of his uncle, with whom he remained until 1889, when he began business for himself. In 1891 a stock company was formed by Mr. Coll- yer, which was styled the W. W. Collyer
Company (limited), the executive officers being E. W. Coddington, chairman; R. L. Hopkins, secretary; and W. W. Collyer, treasurer. This company existed until 1894, and since September of that year the business has been conducted solely by W. W. Collyer and E. W. Coddington.
October 31, 1896, Mr. Collyer was mar- ried in Newark to Miss Ada L. Griesemer, daughter of John Griesemer and a native of Berks county, Pennsylvania. They have one child, Frank Kinsey Collyer. Mr. Collyer is a Republican.
JOB BROWN TILLOU.
The unostentatious routine of private life, although of vast importance to the wel- fare of the community, has not figured to any great extent in history. But the names of men who have distinguished themselves by the possession of those qualities of char- acter which mainly contribute to the suc- cess of private life and to the public stabil- ity, and who have enjoyed the respect and confidence of those around them should not be permitted to perish. Their example is more valuable to the majority of readers than that of heroes, statesmen and writers, as they furnish means of subsistence for the multitude whom they in their useful careers have employed.
Such are the thoughts that involuntarily come to our minds when we consider the life of him whose name initiates this re- view. He is a representative of one of the old families of the county whose history links the formative period with the latter- day progress and development. He is still living on a part of the old Tillou home- stead, where his birth occurred March 3, 1815, and his entire life has been passed in
JOB B. TILLOU
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South Orange. His father was Joseph B. Tillou, a prominent citizen of the commu- nity, and with him our subject resided until the father's death. He then came into possession of the old homestead, purchas- ing the interest of the other heirs and car- ried on farming for many years in a quiet way, neatness and thrift characterizing his work, which was prosecuted with diligence and brought to him a fair return for his labor. The old homestead, however, is· now largely covered with beautiful resi- dences. New York people becoming aware of the beautiful building sites contained in South Orange, the property along Ridge- wood road was taken up for residence pur- poses and thus the Tillou farm was divided into town lots and is now dotted with lovely homes. This made the property very valuable and Mr. Tillou sold to a good advantage, realizing a handsome compe- tence therefrom. His own home is situ- ated on the slope of the Orange mountains, overlooking the beautiful Rahway valley, and is one of the most desirable sites in the locality.
On the 17th of September, 1862, Mr. Til- lou was united in marriage to Miss Hester Mandeville, a daughter of Henry Mande- ville, a native of Beavertown and a repre- sentative of an old New Jersey family. Mr. and Mrs. Tillou are members of the Pres- byterian church and in this locality, where their entire lives have been passed, they have a very large circle of friends whose regard is given them in recognition of their many excellencies of character. In his po- litical views, in early life, Mr. Tillou was formerly an old-line Whig, and upon the organization of the Republican party he joined its ranks and has since been one of its earnest advocates. He has held the
office of village trustee and overseer of roads, and has ever given his support to all measures calculated for the public good. A public-spirited and progressive citizen, a man whose devotion to all the duties of life has been most marked, he is one of the hon- ored and valued residents of South Orange.
THE CROWELL FAMILY.
The genealogical record of this family in America establishes a direct lineage from the beginning of the eighteenth century, and although the progenitors were origi- nally English, many of the members later became prominently identified with affairs of paramount importance in this country, while others gallantly participated in the Revolutionary war. Samuel Crowell, founder of the family in America, married a Miss Ward, sister of Abel and Elihu Ward, and his four sons and two grandsons were loyal soldiers in the Revolution. His children were Joseph, Daniel, Samuel and Aaron. Colonel R. C. Crowell, of Kansas City, Missouri, has a rare old Bible once owned by Joseph, who, in 1777, at the age of seventeen, was living upon his farm in Middlesex county, New Jersey, and fled from a Tory invasion, seeking refuge from the British on Staten Island. Upon the title-page of the Bible is printed, in heavy old English type, the following: "London. Printed by Mark Baskett, printer to ye King's Most Excellent Majesty by ye As- signs of Robert Baskett. mdcclvii." The corners of the book are faded and time- worn, the corners of the paper are dog- eared and the pages are yellow with age. Its history in America is connected with a romantic love affair, an account of which is handed down in the family with strict detail.
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Aaron Crowell was born in 1750, and as a member of the Second Regiment, which was raised in Essex county, New Jersey, he took an active part in the Revo- lution. He married Miss Abigail Brown, who was born on the 8th of April, 1750, and they reared the following children: James, born April, 1777, married Miss Sarah Bruen, died March 29, 1854, and was buried in South Orange cemetery; Job, June 19, 1779, married Miss Caro- line Beach, and died May 20, 1859; Huldah, December 18, 1781, married Da- vid J. Beach, March 29, 1854; Esther, March 5, 1784, died January 15, 1862, buried in South Orange; Hannah, Septem- ber 16, 1786, died May 17, 1858, buried in South Orange; Phebe, October, 1788, mar- ried Abraham Harrison on June 9, 1827, died January 28, 1874.
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