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Mr. Stevens is independent in his political views; is a member of LaFayette Lodge,
No. 12, I. O. O. F., of Orange, and attends the Hillside Presbyterian church. Those who know him esteem him highly for the possession of many admirable qualities, and he is a popular citizen and reliable business man.
AUGUST GOERTZ.
One of the distinct branches of the manu- facturing industry of Newark is that de- voted to the production of satchel frames, purse and pocketbook frames and fancy metal goods. It is important because of the employment it furnishes to an army of working people and because of the prestige its large volume of business gives to the city as a manufacturing center. Such enter- prises are the result of many years of growth, having, in their incipiency, been scarcely more than mere workshops oper- ated by venturesome though skilled mechanics with little capital but their labor.
Such, in a measure, is the history of the important bag and satchel frame factory of August Goertz & Company, on Morris ave- nue. The head of this firm was, thirty years ago, a young mechanic just from his native Germany, in the employ of Wichel- haus & Roth, manufacturers of saddlery hardware. He remained with that firm three years, going thence to R. Neumann & Company, manufacturers of bag and satchel frames. Here he became a trusted employe and continued for a period of twelve years, during which time he had ac- quired experience and means sufficient to justify him in arranging a partnership and engaging in business for himself. His part- ners were Edward Wester and Edward Knecht, the latter being now deceased, and the firm name adopted was the one now so
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well known and popular, August Goertz & Company. Their first factory was located at No. 37 Railroad avenue, but the growth of their business forced them to seek more commodious quarters, and in 1884 their present plant was occupied, the output of which is, so far as its own interests are con- cerned, for domestic consumption. It is the leading firm in the line of its product in the city, made and maintained so by the admir- able tact and inventive turn of its worthy head, Mr. Goertz himself, who holds patents covering numerous inventions and im- provements, the product of his own brain, that enable him to enter into competition with other firms with great success.
August Goertz was born in Solingen, Rhine Province, on the 23d of September, 1846, and is the son of Frederick and Fred- erica (Storsberg) Goertz, the former of whom was a cutlery manufacturer, and it was from him that our subject learned his trade. The mother died in 1848, and the father here in Newark in 1891. Mr. Goertz is the only surviving member of the family. He arrived in New York from Germany on on the 22d of May, 1867, having been in- duced to come to this country by some friends of his father, and he had no difficulty in finding employment upon his arrival. He had the advantage of some of his coun- trymen in that he was their superior in in- telligence and was able to speak the Eng- lish language from the start. His frugality was exceeded only by his industry, and out of his wages came the nucleus of the com- petency he now possesses.
The first marriage of Mr. Goertz was in 1873, when he was united to Miss Catharine Larouette, a young lady of French parent- age, and she died on the 30th of April, 1890, leaving three children-Freda, Paula and
Freddie. His second marrige was solem- nized on the 2d of June, 1891. His wife, for- merly Mrs. Minnie Noll, was a daughter of Mr. Dietz, of Newark, and two children have resulted from this union-Walter and Herbert.
Although Mr. Goertz does not neglect his business, he devotes some time and at- tention to the many German societies of which he is a member, and is a liberal pa- tron to their benefits and enjoys their confi- dence and esteem to a high degree. He is treasurer of the Improved Building and Loan Association, and is a director in the Phoenix Building and Loan Association.
HARRY E. MATTHEWS, M. D.,
a wide-awake, enterprising young physi- cian, who has already won distinction in his profession, and before whom there undoubt- edly lies a successful future, was born in Orange, on the 18th of July, 1866, and is a son of John H. and Louisa C. (Smith) Matthews. His education was acquired in the public schools of his native town, and in 1885 he entered the medical department of Columbia College, where he was grad- uated with the class of 1888. His course
was thorough and comprehensive, and thus well equipped for his chosen calling, he at once began the practice of his chosen pro- fession in Orange, where he has built up a large and rapidly increasing business. He rapidly won his way to public favor as he gave evidence of the possession of superior ability in his line, and he now maintains a place among the leading practitioners of his native city.
His time and attention are almost ex- clusively given to his profession, of which he is a close and earnest student, doing all
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in his power to perfect himself in his chosen work. He is a member of the Orange Moun- tain Medical Society, the Essex County Medical Society and is a fellow of the New York Medical Academy of Medicine. He is assistant pathologist of Orange Memorial Hospital and also assistant pathologist of the Orange board of health, and for two years served as health officer of Orange. His political support is given the men and measures of the Republican party.
The Doctor was married in Bermuda, West Indies, on the 30th of November, 1890, the lady of his choice being Miss Katie S. Peniston, who was born in Ber- muda, of the West Indies, and is a daugh- ter of William S. and Elizabeth (Outer- bridge) Peniston, of the same place. The Doctor and his wife attend All Saints' church, Protestant Episcopal, of Orange, and in social circles they are highly esteemed.
AMOS W. HARRISON
was born in Roseland, Essex county, New Jersey, April 2, 1846, and is a son of Judge Rufus F. Harrison. He was born and brought up on his father's farm, and at the age of twenty years began his business life as a clerk in the village store in Roseland, his father's brother being the proprietor. Seven years later he commenced business in his own name, at Livingston, building up a large and successful trade in groceries, hard- ware, fertilizers and agricultural imple- ments and machinery, besides conducting a large business in real estate, insurance and auctioneering.
Mr. Harrison has always been prominent in the public life of his section. In 1875 he succeeded the late ex-Sheriff Andrew Teed
as postmaster, a position which he has ever since held, during a period of twenty-three years. From 1869 to 1876 he served as col- lector of taxes in his township. Always a stanch Republican, Mr. Harrison has worked earnestly for the advancement of his party. In 1894 he was elected a member of the assembly of the New Jersey state leg- islature, wherein he served upon the com- mittee on agriculture. Coming from a rural section of Essex county, he was able to se- cure the passage of bills beneficial to the farmers. He believes in stone roads, and succeeded in getting the first stone road built in northern New Jersey, under the state-road act of 1891, by the provisions of which the state pays one-third of the cost. He was re-elected to the same office in 1895, and was made chairman of the committee on towns and townships, and also served on other important committees.
Mr. Harrison was married in 1879 to Miss Sara C., daughter of Ira H. Condit, of Rose- land. Rufus Freeman, now aged eleven years, is their only child.
PATRICK J. McGUINNESS,
a member of the board of education and a veterinary surgeon of Newark, was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on the Ist of Janu- ary, 1872, and is a son of Michael M. Mc- Guinness, a native of Ireland, who for forty years has been a citizen of the United States. He was for some years a resident of Elizabeth and in 1870 removed to New- ark, where he is engaged in horse-shoeing, his shop being located at No. 81 River street ..
Dr. McGuinness was educated in the parochial school of Newark, where he con- tinued his studies until 1885. He then took
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a course in the Newark Business College, where he was graduated in 1887. Three years later he entered the American Veter- inary College, of New York city, and was graduated in that institution with the class of 1894, after which he embarked in the practice of his profession in Newark. He has met with gratifying success, receiving a good share of the public patronage, for which his accurate and broad knowledge of the profession well fits him. He is very capable and his work has been attended with good results.
The Doctor was elected a member of the board of education of Newark, from the fourth ward, in April, 1897, and is now serving on the normal-training, high-school and sanitary committees. He is a progres- sive, wide-awake business man, a valuable citizen and a gentleman possessing many excellencies of character. Widely known, he has a large circle of friends, among whom he is very popular.
HERMAN A. GLATZMAYER,
one of the members of the medical profes- sion in Newark, was born in Brooklyn, New York, on the 4th of October, 1862, and is a son of Francis Joseph and Regina (Field- haus) Glatzmayer, both of whom were na- tives of Germany. He was reared in the city of his nativity, and acquired his pri- mary education at St. Boniface Academy, Brooklyn, where he was graduated. He afterward pursued a business course in Brown's Commercial College, and also studied Latin and other higher branches under the direction of private tutors.
When seventeen years of age Dr. Glatz- mayer was apprenticed to the drug busi- ness, thus spending about four years, after
which he matriculated in the New York College of Pharmacy in 1879. He passed the junior examination, but had to give up his studies on account of his health. He afterward spent several years in mercantile pursuits and then returned to the retail drug trade, being licensed to practice in that line, February 28, 1888, by the New York state board of pharmacy. He is also registered in different counties of that state. In Sep- tember, 1892, he matriculated in the Long Island College Hospital, taking the pre- scribed three-years course and passing all examinations within that time. He was graduated March 27, 1895, and entered into practice as an assistant to his brother, Dr. William G. Glatzmayer, of Newark. On the Ist of October, 1895, he opened his present office at the corner of Court and West streets, where he has since practiced alone, meeting with great success.
The Doctor is a member of the Essex County Medical Society and of the Alumni Association of the Long Island College Hospital. He also belongs to the Gottfried Krueger Association and Schiller Camp, No. 71, C. B. L. He has a practice which many an older practitioner might well envy, and in social circles is quite popular.
ABRAM P. CARTER,
whose business and private career well en- title him to representation among Newark's best citizens, was born in Springfield, New Jersey, on the 29th of November, 1845, and is a son of the late John Carter, a lifelong resident of that locality, and a prominent and influential citizen. He was born in 1802, and was a morocco-dresser by trade, but in late life he turned his attention to farming. When the Republican party was formed he
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early espoused its principles and served in different public offices in his township, discharging his duties with a prompt- ness and fidelity that won for him a high commendation. His death oc- curred in 1885. His wife, who had borne the maiden name of Sarah Pierson, was a daughter of Abram Pierson, a de- scendant of one of the first families of New Jersey. Her death occurred in 1878. By her marriage she became the mother of six children, of whom our subject was the fifth in order of birth. The other surviving members of the family are: Helen, wife of George French, of Union county; John, Abram P. and Fannie.
Abram Pierson Carter, named for his ma- ternal grandfather, was reared on the fam- ily homestead and early assisted in the cul- tivation of the fields, but, desiring to devote his life to another calling, when twenty years of age began learning the carpenter's trade, under the direction of his brother, and has followed that pursuit continuously ever since. About 1884 his brother ad- mitted him to a partnership in the business, and upon his brother's death, in 1888, he succeeded to the business and now ranks among the most prominent contractors in the city. His work is of the finest character and greatest durability, characterized by a thoroughness which commends it to those who desire the best labor. He has been connected with the building of many of the finest structures in the city, having taken the contracts for the Second Presbyterian church, the Grove Street church in East Orange, the addition to the High Street church in Newark, the Fewsmith Memorial church and the addition to the Baptist church in Bloomfield. He has also erected the National Bank building in East Orange
and the residences of Dr. Osmus, J. A. Minott, E. C. Moore, E. E. Bruen and Dr. Ludlow, all of which stand as monuments to his skill and enterprise. Mr. Carter is a member of the Builders' Association, and is identified with the Eighth Ward and How- ard Building & Loan Associations.
In 1885 was celebrated the marriage which united the destinies of Mr. Carter and Miss Elizabeth Muir, a daughter of John Muir, a native of New York and of Scotch descent. They now have a daugh- ter named Jennie. In social circles they hold an enviable position and have the warm regard of a host of friends.
GEORGE DORER,
of East Orange, is the possessor of a hand- some property which now enables him to spend his years in the pleasurable enjoy- ment of his accumulations. The record of his life previous to 1896 is that of an active, enterprising, methodical and sagacious business man, who bent his energies to the honorable acquirement of a comfortable competence for himself and family. As a young man of nineteen years he came to America, and without capital, started out in the strange land to overcome the difficul- ties and obstacles in the path to prosperity. His youthful dreams have been realized and in their happy fulfillment he sees the fitting reward of his earnest toil.
Mr. Dorer was born in the province of Alsace, then belonging to France, but now included in German territory, December 4, 1836, and spent his boyhood and youth in farm work and in acquiring the fundamental principles of an education. His parents were George and Magdalena (Deutsch) Dorer, country people, with few acquire-
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ments and small means. They were the parents of eight children, four of whom crossed the water to the United States. The subject of this review bade adieu to his na- tive land in January, 1855, and sailed from Havre, France, to the New World. After a voyage of twenty-two days, he landed at New York, his capital exhausted, his des- tination uncertain. He felt that he must watch eagerly for opportunities of ad- vancement, and in the meantime must take whatever work offered that would yield him an honest living. Going to South Orange, he secured employment of a dairyman, but for his services received only his board. After three months his condition was some- what improved by going to Newark and en- tering the employ of Jacob Smith, a coal dealer, with whom he remained for six months, working for six dollars per month. About this time he made the acquaintance of M. M. Dodd, of East Orange, and en- tered his service as a dairyman, his compen- sation being eight dollars per month. For twelve years he continued in the employ of Mr. Dodd, and their relations then became even closer by the formation of a partner- ·ship, which continued for a quarter of a cen- tury, being terminated in 1893. They owned and conducted a very extensive dairy farm, the products of which found a ready sale on the market and made the investment a very profitable one.
As the years passed the financial re- sources of Mr. Dorer were thus constantly . increased, and he invested the accumula- tions of his labor and economy in real- estate holdings in Orange. The advance in property there, as it became a popular residence district for people of means, large- ly increased the value of his land, of which he disposed at a handsome profit and thus
realized enough off the investment to ena- ble him to lay aside the more arduous cares of active business life, and to surround him- self with the comforts and conveniences which serve to make easier the hard places in earth's pilgrimage. He now has a very pleasant home, which is shared by her who has been to him a faithful companion and helpmeet on life's journey-his wife. Mrs. Dorer bore the maiden name of Louisa Younger, and by her marriage she became the mother of five children: Matthias D., George A., Frank F., Charles and Julia.
The Republican party receives the un- wavering allegiance of Mr. Dorer, who heartily endorses its principles. He has shown himself to be a useful citizen in the public service, has been a member of the town committee for some five years, and is chairman of the committee on roads and streets.
JAMES T. BENNETTO,
whose identification with the building in- terests of Newark embraces the most im- portant epoch in its upbuilding, and whose work is seen in some of the finest structures of the city, was born in Devon, England. on the 29th of August, 1848. When four- teen years of age he bade adieu to home and native land, and with a company of young people came to the United States, where he spent his early years with friends and relatives. To provide for his mainte- nance he learned the mason's trade of the well known firm of Baker & Coddington. contractors and builders, of Orange, and after working for others for some time he embarked in business on his own account in 1871. He has since followed that indus- try, and his skill in the builders' art insures
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him a liberal patronage. His first work was done in the vicinity of Orange, and gave such satisfaction that he soon secured other contracts and won an enviable reputation, which brought him a liberal patronage in Newark and elsewhere.
In 1872 Mr. Bennetto was married in Newark, the lady of his choice being Miss Louisa D. Douglass, daughter of A. D. Douglass, and the ceremony was performed on the 23d of October. Their children are Grace and Lizzie, the former having mar- ried a Mr. Hutchings in June, 1897.
In 1876 Mr. Bennetto took his family to England to visit his old home, intending to remain only a few months, but while there he was induced to resume his chosen vocation and did much important work for the Great Western Railway Company, erecting a large number of depots and other necessary buildings for the road. He con- verted the castle of Carclew, at St. Ives, into a hotel, and erected many buildings in Plymouth. He also went to Belgium and studied the methods of contractors there, securing a fund of valuable information in connection with the manufacture of brick, the building of scaffolding and general con- struction. He was absent in England and on the continent for more than four years, but returned still better equipped for the prosecution of his business interests here, and with an increased capital, for his stay abroad was a profitable one.
Fifteen years ago Mr. Bennetto estab- lished his residence in Roseville, and his business interests have since been largely in Newark. He is rated as one of the leading contractors and builders of that city, and his efficiency in his chosen calling has won him a liberal patronage. He is a member of the Master Builders' Association, and is a
man of sterling worth, who has won success in business and high regard in private life.
CHARLES L. SHIPMAN,
a plumber and gas and steam fitter, of Orange, whose well directed business inter- ests have gained for him a distinction in in- dustrial circles, was born in Newark, on the Ist of June, 1853, and is a son of Josiah C. and Mary P. (Early) Shipman. His great- grandfather was a native of Springfield, Es- sex county, as was the grandfather, Joseph Shipman. Both spent their entire lives there and they were the original owners of Millburn, New Jersey. The former fur- nished cattle for the American army during the war of the Revolution. The latter be- came the father of seven children, four of whom are living: John, William M., Maria and Josiah C. The last named was born in Springfield, New Jersey, and spent his early life in his native town. During the civil war he responded to his country's call for troops and served with distinction for three years in the Thirteenth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. He wedded Mary P. Early, and they became the parents of eight children: Agnes A., wife of Calvin Whitehead; Dell- ephine, wife of John A. Reeves; Charles L .; Mary J .; John C .; Alice F., wife of William Barradale; Aaron E., and one now deceased.
Charles L. Shipman, of this review, re- sided in Newark with his parents until twelve years. of age, and acquired his edu- cation in the public schools of that city. When a youth of fourteen he was appren- ticed to learn the tinsmith and plumber's trades in Millburn, New Jersey, and has fol- lowed that pursuit in all of its improved branches throughout the Union. In 1880 he was a resident of Denver, Colorado, and
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the following year removed to Trinidad, Colorado, where he remained until 1883, when he returned to New Jersey and lo- cated in Orange, where he has since en- gaged in business, meeting with excellent success in his undertakings.
Mr. Shipman was married in Dubuque, Iowa, November 29, 1879, to Anna Welsh, a daughter of John and Ellen Welsh. In his political views he is a stalwart Repub- lican and has been a delegate to the conven- tions called for the purpose of nominating a candidate for governor. In public and private life he is faithful to the duties de- volving upon him, meeting fully every obli- gation. His business success has come to him as the reward of his own labors, and the regard in which he is held is tendered him in recognition of his sterling worth as a man and citizen.
AARON H. WOODWARD.
Early in the colonial epoch of our coun- try's history the Woodward family was founded on New England soil. The grand- father, Elisha Woodward, was a Connecti- cut farmer and was a student in Yale Col- lege one hundred and fifty years ago. He married Lydia Young and had two chil- dren, one of whom was Horatio N. Wood- ward, the father of our subject. He was born in Connecticut in 1798, and when a young man removed to the Empire state, where he engaged in merchandizing throughout his remaining days. He died in Ulster county, New York, in 1862. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Ann Lumereux, was a descendant from Hugue- not ancestry. Her death occurred in 1877. The children of this family were as follows: Martha, deceased wife of Henry W. Graves,
and the mother of Mrs. Fred Chamberlain, of Summit, New Jersey, Mrs. Ada Sands, of Brooklyn, and Charles Graves; Horatio, de- ceased; and Van Rensselaer, of Brooklyn, who is married and has four children.
The representative of the family in whom our readers are most interested is Aaron H. Woodward, a prominent business man of Newark, ranking among her progressive, enterprising and public-spirited citizens. He was born in Fort Montgomery, New York, on the 21st of July, 1835, and was educated in the district and select schools. He en- gaged in the bluestone business before he was twenty years of age, following that en- terprise in Ulster county, New York, and in 1862 he supplied the marble for the building of Tammany Hall, the Brooklyn court- house and a number of other fine buildings. He handled marble in Dutchess county, New York, for ten years, and spent a year in the Adirondack mountains, developing a marble quarry there. In 1871 he removed to Jersey City, where he carried on business as a wholesale dealer in stone as the repre- sentative of the Bigelow Bluestone Com- pany, of New York. He embarked in the bluestone business on his own account in Newark, in 1878, and has secured a large and constantly increasing trade, the enter- prise proving a profitable one. He has supplied the stone used in the construction of the Balentine buildings, Judge Krueger's residence, the Wilkinson & Gaddis build- ing, the Essex county penitentiary, the Technical School, the cold-storage build- ing owned by W. V. Snyder, the United States Electric Lighting Company's build- ing, the county jail, and the factories of the Milan Thread Works, the Singer Manufac- turing Company, in Elizabeth, and the Marshall Thread Works. He is a system-
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atic, methodical, enterprising, progressive and thoroughly reliable business man, who by the exercise of great industry and sound judgment has built up an excellent trade and as a natural sequence has derived there- from a desirable income.
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