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Champlain, New York, where he was also interested in the manufacture of paper. From 1870 until 1875 he remained in the Empire state and then returned to New- ark, where he has since remained, having a very pleasant and commodious home at No. 436 High street. He is a member of the Essex County Medical Society and enjoys a large patronage. On the 27th of June, 1872, the Doctor was united in marriage to Miss Amy Johnson Hall, a daughter of Andrew Austin Hall, deceased, who for many years was an extensive importer of cloths in New York city. By this union have been born three children: Peter Sharpe, who was born in Champlain, Clin- ton county, New York, April 10, 1873, and who died at the age of one year; John Law- rence, who was born in Champlain, Novem- ber 19, 1874, was for eight years a student in the Newark Academy, graduating with the second honors of his class, after which he entered Rutgers College, in 1892, and was graduated in 1896 with the third hon- ors in a class of sixty : he is now in the gen- eral traffic office of the Delaware, Lacka- wanna & Western Railroad in New York city; and Bertha Hall, who was born in Newark, was educated in what is now called the Norwood School, Newark, New Jersey. The family is one of prominence in the city, holding an enviable position in social circles and enjoying the hospitality of the best homes in Newark.
Charlotte Duryee, the next member of the family of Peter S. Duryee, is the wife of the Rev. John Frederick Butterworth, who at the time of their marriage was the rector of Calvary church, at Summit, Union county, New Jersey, and is now rector of Grace Protestant Episcopal church, in San- dusky, Ohio.
George Sharpe Duryee, who died in Oc- tober, 1896, was graduated in Rutgers Col- lege in 1872, was admitted to the bar of Es- sex county in 1878 and was elected to the state legislature for two terms, 1878 and 1879, being the Democratic candidate for speaker of the house during his second term. In 1881 he was appointed by Gov- ernor Ludlow to the position of clerk in chancery, an office he held for five years. He was elected a member of the board of aldermen of Newark from the fourth ward and during his membership in that body was chairman of the finance committee. He was appointed, by President Cleveland, United States district attorney for three years; was appointed state commissioner of insurance and banking of New Jersey by Governor Abbett, and reappointed by Gov- ernor Werts. In July, 1896, he journeyed to Carlsbad, Germany, in the hope of bene- fiting his failing health. In the following October he made the return trip, but died within forty-eight hours after leaving the ship at New York. In 1878 he married Vir- ginia Beasley, a daughter of Rev. Dr. Fred- erick Beasley, of Torresdale, near Philadel- phia, and a niece of Chief Justice Beasley. One year after their marriage Mrs. Duryee died very suddenly, leaving an infant daughter who survived only a few months. Mr. Duryee was also a director in the New- ark State Bank.
Joseph Rankin Duryee was educated in Lawrenceville Academy, near Princeton, New Jersey, and was graduated at Rutgers College with the class of 1874, following which he was engaged in teaching in the Lawrenceville Academy for three years. He then entered the Theological Seminary in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he was graduated in 1877 and then became pastor
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of Grace Reformed church at the corner of Seventh avenue and Fifty-fourth street, New York city. He married Margaret E. Sloan, daughter of President Sloan of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Rail- road, of New York city.
Edward Henry Duryee pursued a course of study in Lawrenceville Academy and was graduated in Rutgers College in 1876. He then took up the study of law, was gradu- ated in the Columbia Law School in 1880, and is now practicing in Newark, New Jer- sey, and is treasurer of the Free Library board. Amy Duryee is unmarried.
George V. W. Duryee, who is numbered among the graduates of Rutgers College of 1889, entered the banking house of Brown Brothers, of New York, on the completion of his collegiate course, and subsequently was connected with the banking firm of Mabon & Kingsley, Wall street, New York. He married a daughter of Dr. Ed. D. G. Smith, of Newark, and is now living re- tired at Saranac Lake, New York.
EDWARD B. CRANE,
whose well spent life justly entitles him to the rest from active business cares which he is now enjoying, is a representative of one of the old families of New Jersey. He was born in Cranetown, Essex county, on the 9th of September, 1833, and is the eldest son of Matthias Crane, whose birth oc- curred on the old homestead on what is now Glenridge avenue, in May, 1802. The grandfather, Israel Crane, was born in Cranetown, in Bloomfield township, and died in March, 1858, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. The Crane family origin- ated in England, and in 1637 the first American ancestors of the name crossed the
Atlantic, emigrating from London to the New World.
The duties and pleasures of farm life early became familiar to Edward B. Crane, who was reared in the usual manner of farm lads of that period. He began his education in a subscription school and later attended a boarding school. Subsequent- ly he was a student in the Bloomfield Acad- emy and in the Warren Holt school on top of the mountain, and spent a short time also in a private school of Orange, taught by Albert Pierson, a noted teacher of his day, who was a brother of Dr. William Pierson and a son of Dr. Isaac Pierson. On put- ting aside his text-books to enter upon the practical duties of business life, Mr. Crane secured a clerkship in the store of his uncle, James Crane, of Bloomfield, with whom he remained for three years, but the confinement told upon his health and he returned to the farm. Soon afterward he began contracting and building and erected many of the dwellings in Montclair and vicinity, continuing that business with ex- cellent success until 1872. In that year he was employed by the Essex county public road board as superintendent of the public roads, and acceptably filled that office until 1888, when he resigned that position and retired to private life, burdened by no busi- ness cares save the superintendence of his property interests. As his financial re- sources had increased through all the years of his active career, he had made judicious investments in real estate, and is now the owner of considerable improved and unim- proved realty in Montclair, the income from which enables him to live retired.
On the 16th of June, 1858, Mr. Crane was united in marriage to Miss Ellen Bald- win, a daughter of Samuel S. and Anna
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Baldwin, of Bloomfield, in which place Mrs. Crane was born and reared. By her mar- riage she became the mother of four chil- dren : Frank W., a civil engineer in Mont- clair; Samuel B., manager for Wiss Bros. in New York city; Nellie, wife of O. Soper, a successful and prominent physician and surgeon of Upper Montclair; and Edna G., at home.
In his political views Mr. Crane was a Whig until the organization of the Repub- lican party, when he joined its ranks and · has since been one of its stalwart advocates, although public office has had no attraction for him. His well spent life commends him to the confidence and regard of all and his friends in the locality are many.
JOSEPH S. AYERS, M. D.
Prominent in the medical profession of Newark, New Jersey, is found the gentle- man whose history we are pleased at this point to present to the readers of this work. Dr. Joseph S. Ayers was born at Fort Rockaway, Long Island, November 10, 1860, and is descended from one of the old- est families in this country,-the lineage can be traced back to the days of William the Conqueror. The first of the Ayers family to come to America was John Avers, who crossed the Atlantic as early as 1636 and settled in Massachusetts. The Doctor's great-grandfather was Ellis Ayers, a Revo- lutionary soldier, who served with Wash- ington at Monmouth and Princeton. Oba- diah Ayers was the first representative of this family to take up his abode in New Jer- sey, he having come hither from Newbury- port, Massachusetts, about the year 1670. He was the son of John Ayers. The grand- father of Dr. Ayers was Samuel; the father,
Ezra. Ezra Ayers was born in Union coun- ty, New Jersey, where he remained until 1865, when he located in Newark and en- gaged in the grocery business. He is still carrying on this business. The Doctor's mother was before her marriage Miss Mary Ann Jones. She was born in Somerset- shire, England, and in 1830 accompanied her parents to America, their location be- ing in New York, where her father was en- gaged in business for some time. Later they removed to Westfield, New Jersey.
Dr. Joseph S. Ayers, the immediate sub- ject of this review, received his early educa- tion in the common schools and the New- ark Academy, and when sixteen years of age commenced the study of medicine under the instructions of Dr. Andrews, of Newark. In 1883 he graduated at the New York Homœopathic Medical College. As the result of a competitive examination, held in the spring of that same year, he re- ceived an appointment on the medical staff of the Homoeopathic Hospital at Ward's Island, where he spent one year, when he resigned to take the position of ambulance surgeon at the Cumberland Street Hospi- tal, Brooklyn. This latter position he re- signed in 1885 in order to enter upon a pri- vate practice at Madison, New Jersey. In 1887 he located in Newark, where he prac- ticed for three years, after that going west and locating in the state of Washington, where he practiced the next three years. Returning east, he again settled in Newark and here he has since conducted a success- ful practice, his office and residence being located at No. 21 Avon avenue.
Dr. Ayers was married in 1885 to Miss Mary Corcoran, of New York city, whose untimely death occurred in 1891. To them was given one child, Florence.
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The Doctor is a public-spirited man, in- terested in the welfare of his city, and has been honored with official position of local importance. In 1894 he was elected a member of the board of aldermen, to repre- sent the ninth ward, and served two years, the first year being a member of the poor and alms and the health committees; the second year serving on the public build- ings and election committees.
Socially, he is identified with a number of organizations. Besides belonging to the State Medical Society, he is a Master Mason and an Odd Fellow, and has a mem- bership in a popular bicycle club.
GEORGE H. BROWN,
who is now living a retired life in South Orange, is a native of New York city. His father, David Brown, was a native of Essex county and belonged to one of the prom- inent families of Newark. His brother, Obediah Bruen Brown, was a prominent and wealthy citizen of Washington, D. C., and is said to have entertained all the presi- dents of his time in his own home. He was chief of the postoffice department, held other government offices and was a recog- nized leader in affairs of state. The pater- nal grandfather of our subject, Eleazer Brown, was a man of more than ordinary ability, and the records show that he was the owner of property at the corner of Kin- ney and Broad streets, Newark. His wife bore the maiden name of Mary Bruen, and by their marriage were born the following named: Hannah, who married Israel Ball; Experience, wife of William Tillou; Mary B., wife of John Gardner; Phœbe B., wife of Nehemiah Ward; David B. and Daniel. The Brown family has furnished many dis- tinguished representatives to the profes-
sions especially to the law and to the min- istry.
David Brown, father of our subject, mar- ried Rachel Mandeville, daughter of Gillis Mandeville .. The family is of French origin, but from their native land emigrated to Holland and thence to America. The founder of the family in America was one Gillis Mandeville, who located in New York city and married Elsie Hendricks. The voyage across the Atlantic was made in the ship Governor Stuyvesant, in 1647. Their son Hendricks, born in that year, was married July 18, 1680, to a daughter of A. P. School, and their son David, born in 1681, was married July 19, 1700, to Maria Van Hoeson, by whom he had a son, Gillis Mandeville, who was born in 1702 and married Rachel Hopper in 1721. Their son Gillis married Tonaka Waldron, a great-granddaughter of Resolve Wal- dron, baron, who came from Holland to this country in 16-, being a member of the staff of Governor Petrus Stuyvesant. The next in the line of direct descent was also named Gillis, and on the 10th of Sep- tember, 1750, he married Elizabeth Hut- ton. It was their daughter, Rachel Mande- ville, who, in 1806, became the wife of David Brown.
The father of our subject was for many years engaged in the merchant-tailoring business in Greenwich street, New York, and had a fair trade, which yielded to him a good income. He died in 1850, and his wife, surviving him a number of years, passed away in 1862. Their children were William Mandeville; Eleazer Bruen, who is married and has two living children, Frank B. and Ella B .; Mary Elizabeth, who is liv- ing in Harlem, New York; and George Hutton.
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In the city of his birth Mr. Brown, of this review, was reared and educated, and turning his attention to bookkeeping, be- came an expert in that line. For several years he was thus engaged and then in a similar way in Newark. In 1859 he took up his residence in South Orange, and in 1862 located in his present home, where he has resided continuously since. With the rapid growth of the city of New York he sold his property to good advantage and thereby acquired a handsome capital, which now enables him to lay aside all the cares of business life.
In 1849 Mr. Brown was united in mar- riage to Amanda Tillou, a native of Con- necticut and a daughter of John Tillou, who was born in New York city. Her father was an expert machinist and was engaged in the manufacture of carding machines, which business he continued until the latter part of his life, when he sold out and lived retired. His wife was Minerva Mor- gan, a native of Connecticut and a daugh- ter of a well-to-do farmer. He served in the war of 1812 and was given a bounty of one hundred and sixty acres of land in the west. His father, Peter Tillou, was one of the heroes of the Revolution, and his fa- ther, who also bore the Christian name of Peter, was a son of the Peter Tillou who founded the family in America, fleeing from his native France during one of the revo- lutions in that country and taking up his residence in New York city. General Alexander Macomb, the maternal uncle of John Tillou, rendered distinguished service in the war of 1812, and in May, 1828, he succeeded General Brown as major-general in command of the army. He was the author of a treatise on martial law and was a man of eminence and marked ability. He
died in Washington, D. C., June 25, 1841.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown have one of the pleasant homes of South Orange, in which are several pieces of furniture that have been handed down from generation to gen- eration, including a table which was made in her great-grandfather's cabinet shop in Broad street, New York. Their home is the abode of hospitality and its doors are ever open for the reception of their many friends.
FREDERICK CARLE,
a farmer and stock-raiser of Livingston township, is a native of Wurtemberg, Ger- many, born March 4. 1831. His parents, Frederick C. and Catherine C. (De Ruppee) Carle, were also natives of the same place. The grandfather was Conrad Christopher Carle, a son of Constantine De Carlee, a na- tive of France. The grandfather dropped the prefix to the name and since then it has been written in the more English form. He was a soldier for nine years under Bona- parte and lived to an advanced age. The father, Frederick C. Carle, died in the prime of life, in Germany, after which the mother came to America and married D. Pouzert.
In the land of his birth the subject of this review spent the days of his boyhood and youth and about the time he attained his majority sailed for the New World, tak- ing passage on a vessel which sailed from the coast of France. They had been out only a short time when a severe storm arose, the masts were swept away and the vessel drifted into the English channel. At length they made an English port and re- paired the vessel, afterward resuming tlie voyage. One hundred and five days after the embarkation tlie vessel dropped anchor
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in the harbor of New York, April 7, 1852. Mr. Carle first located in the eastern me- tropolis, but soon afterward removed to Newark, where he was engaged in garden- ing for some time. Later he resided in Morris county for about three years, and in 1862 settled upon his present farm in Liv- ingston township, now comprising about forty-five acres. At that time it was cov- ered with timber and stones, but by inde- fatigable labor he has brought it under a high state of cultivation, has erected there- on substantial buildings and has planted a good orchard and set out much small fruit. The place is neat and thrifty in appearance, its carefully improved condition makes it very productive, and in this section of the county it is regarded as one of the best improved farms.
On the 6th of April, 1860, Mr. Carle was united in marriage to Miss Hannah Lott, a native of Liverpool, England, born April I, 1841, a daughter of William and Catherine (Jenkins) Lott. Her father died in Eng- land, after which her mother came to Amer- ica and spent her last days in New Orleans, where her death occurred from yellow fever. To Mr. and Mrs. Carle have been born the following children: Lizzie, wife of August Schluter, of New York; Phoebe, who died at the age of five years; Charles, who died at the age of three years; Eddie T .; William; Frances, who is living in Montclair; Lottie C., wife of Daniel Daly, of Caldwell, New Jersey; Ida, deceased; and Amelia, at home.
Mr. Carle is a public-spirited man, whose interest in the welfare of the community is indicated by the support and advocacy of all measures for the general good. He votes with the Republican party, and in 1879 was elected to fill the office of assessor. He has
also served as township committeeman and commissioner of appeals, and in every po- sition to which he is called discharges his duty with marked promptness and ability. He and his wife are devoted members of the Presbyterian church of Caldwell.
JOSEPH EVANS,
justice of the peace, West Orange, New Jersey, is of Scottish birth and descent and counts among his ancestors men who oc- cupied many places of prominence and trust in the old country.
He was born in 1831, son of Robert and Helen (Lady Anderson) Evans. Robert Ev- ans, son of Sir Hugh Evans, was born and reared in Edinburg, and in his native city learned the business of civil engineering. Years ago he came to America and spent much time in California. While in the far west he made the first map of Washoe ter- ritory. He frequently visited London, Eng- land, during his stay in America, and is now located in that city. His wife died on Staten Island, New York, in 1889. Of her family, who were prominent people in Eng- land, we record that her brother, Charles Anderson, was made K. C. B. of England, and a relative, Joseph J. Anderson, was a colonel in the British army, having received his commission from King George. The children of Robert and Helen Evans are as follows: John; Robert; Charles, of New York city; Helen, of Brooklyn; Frances, of Staten Island; and Joseph.
Joseph Evans was reared to manhood in New York city and completed his educa- tion with a course at Columbia College. On reaching his majority he engaged in the real-estate business, which he conducted for some time in New York city. In 1879
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he came to West Orange township, Essex county, New Jersey, and at St. Cloud estab- lished himself in the hotel business. For ten years he conducted a hotel at that place. In 1890 he was made a justice of the peace, which office he holds at the present time, and for two years from 1896 he was also a police justice. In addition to filling the office of justice of the peace, he conducts a restaurant and confectionery store and does a prosperous business.
Politically, Mr. Evans is a Democrat, ac- tive and influential in local affairs. A man of wide information, broad and liberal views, genial and generous nature, he is as popular as he is well known.
Mrs. Evans was formerly Miss Elizabeth Price. She is a daughter of Matthew and Nancy (Pettegrew) Price, natives of Somer- set county, New Jersey, and representatives of old established families of this state.
JOHN S. CARLSON.
The brief but all-embracing term, "a self- made man," forms a summary of the career of this gentleman. That term not only in- dicates industrious effort, perseverance and the utilization of opportunities, but also suggests the accomplishment of purpose. These elements are conspicuous in the life of Mr. Carlson, who is a leading representa- tive of the industrial interests of Montclair. He is now extensively engaged in contract- ing and building and in the manufacture of sash, doors and blinds, owning a com- pletely equipped planing mill in that city.
Born on a farm in Sweden, in 1859, he spent his boyhood days in his native coun- try and obtained a good common-school education. On leaving school he served an apprenticeship at the carpenter's and builder's trade and mastered the busi-
ness in all its departments, becom- ing a proficient workman. . 1878 he came to the United States, landing at New York city, whence he went to the western part of the state of New York, where he worked for one year in the lumber business. From there he removed to Penn- sylvania, where for two years he was em- ployed in railroad construction. In 1881 he came to Montclair, New Jersey, where, as a carpenter, he went to work for E. F. Dodd, with whom he was thus associated for a period of four years. In 1885 Mr. Carlson identified himself with the firm of Peterson & Ditting, whereupon the firm title of Carlson, Peterson & Company was adopted. For four years the firm conduct- ed a successful business as contractors and builders, and at the expiration of this time there was a dissolution of the partnership, in 1889, Mr. Carlson buying the interests of his two associates and assuming the en- tire control and management of the enter- prise. In May, 1896, he purchased the planing mill of C. W. English and he has since operated the same in connection with his other lines of enterprise. He has all the latest and best improved machinery and gives employment to a force of from thirty to forty men,-a fact which to a degree in- dicates the volume of liis business. He has erected more than two hundred buildings in Montclair, including residences, churches, schoolhouses, the Children's Home and the Montclair Military Acad- emy. He is prompt in execution, faitliful to the terms of a contract, thoroughly relia- ble in all his dealings and has the unquali- fied confidence of the public. He is a di- rector in the Building & Loan Association of Montclair, and is one of the managers of the Montclair Savings Bank.
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In 1883 Mr. Carlson was united in mar- riage to Miss Mathilda Ericson, who, like himself, was born in Sweden. Their mar- ried life was of short duration, as Mrs. Carl- son died one year after her marriage, leav- ing one child, who still survives. In 1887 Mr. Carlson consummated a second mar- riage, being then united to Miss Annette Benson, a native of Sweden, and they are the parents of two sons and one daughter. Their pleasant and commodious home is lo- cated on Fullerton avenue, one of the finest residence streets in the city.
Mr. Carlson has not only been promi- nently connected with the upbuilding of Montclair, but has also been the architect of his own fortunes, and has builded wisely and well, rearing upon the substantial foun- dation of industry, energy and straightfor- ward dealing the superstructure of success.
PAUL KOECK,
one of the self-made men of Orange, was born in the town of Zenting, county Grafe- nau, Bavaria, Germany, August 7, 1862, and is the son of Paul and Mary (Lepple) Koeck. The family name was originally spelled Köck. The father of our subject, having fitted himself for life's duties by a practical education obtained in the common schools, learned the trade of brewer, which he followed in the land of his birth until 1887, when he came to America, accom- panied by his wife and two children, Josie and Louie. The vessel in which they sailed dropped anchor in the harbor of New York and they made their way to Orange Valley, where they now reside. Both parents are members of the Catholic church. They have seven children, as follows: George, who married Maggie Kessinger and resides
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