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in Saginaw, Michigan; Paul; Mary, wife of Jacob Bortsh, of Roseville; Johanna, wife of Mathias Mensminger, of Orange Valley; Regina, wife of Julius Boss, of Orange Valley; Josie, wife of Augustus Kunz, of Orange; and Louie, who resides at home.
Paul Koeck, on arriving at the proper age, entered the public schools of the fath- erland and mastered the common branches of learning. He entered upon his business career as an apprentice at the baker and confectioner's trade, and has since made it his life work. On the 22d of May, 1882, he severed the ties that bound him to his na- tive country and sailed for the New World, arriving in New York on the 9th of June. Taking up his residence in Orange, he fol- lowed the hatter's trade for nearly thirteen years in the employ of Berg Brothers and of Cummings, Matthews & Company, and with the capital he had acquired through his industry and careful management he embarked in business on his own account in 1895, purchasing his present property at No. 103 Valley street, Orange, where he opened a bakery and confectionery. From the beginning his patronage has constantly increased and he now has a large trade. He possesses good business ability, persever- ance and sound judgment, and his success is due to the possession and exercise of these qualities.
Mr. Koeck was married in Orange, Jan- uary 16, 1885, the lady of his choice being Miss Annie Pappre, a daughter of Carl and Josepha (Conrad) Pappre, born March 21, 1864. Six children honored their union, but Josie died at the age of one year. The surviving children are: George, born May 26, 1886; Emma, born November 6, 1887; Henry, born July 22, 1891; Annie, born
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November 2, 1893; and Elsie, born Oc- tober 28, 1895. Mr. and Mrs. Koeck are communicants of St. Tinantius church, Catholic, of Orange, and the former be- longs to the Independent Germania Schüt- zen Verein, of New Jersey. His hope of finding a pleasant home and securing a good living in America has been realized, and he is now in the possession of a com- petence which is the reward of his own labor.
MAHLON S. DRAKE,
a prominent wholesale and retail ice dealer of Newark and a representative citizen of his home town, where he has been engaged in his present occupation since 1873, was born on the family homestead in Irving- ton, New Jersey, on the 2d of July, 1855. His preliminary education was obtained in the public schools of that place, and was supplemented by a course of study in the Newark Academy, which he attended until arriving at the age of seventeen years, when he engaged in the feed business at Irving- ton, continuing in the same for the ensuing five years. His next venture was in the wholesale dealing in ice, his store houses being located at Irvington, and for the six years following he carried on a large busi- ness in that line of endeavor, gradually en- larging the same, until he saw an opportun- ity of adding to it the retail feature by mov- ing into the city of Newark and establish- ing a storehouse nearer to the marts of trade, which he eventually did, locating in Hayes street in 1884. He also has large storage houses at Goldsboro, Pennsylvania, with a capacity of seventy-five thousand one hundred tons. Such has been his native energy and applied industry that success
has crowned his efforts, and to-day he stands as one of the prosperous and pro- gressive citizens of Irvington.
Mr. Drake was reared in the faith of the Democratic party, but corruption in the management of affairs in his borough was instrumental in causing him to seek other political affiliations and to render all as- sistance in his power in exterminating the corruptionists, as he is one of the extensive tax-payers and consequently feels some concern when . extravagances and even peculation in the management of the public funds are being engaged in. He has served as clerk of Irvington, and is the present incumbent of the office of village trustee, this being the third time he has acted in that capacity. As a public official Mr. Drake is conscientious in the discharge of his duties, and his strict integrity of char- acter and high standard of principles have ever gained for him the entire confidence of his fellow citizens.
The marriage of Mr. Drake was solem- nized on the 24th of July, 1878, when he was united to Miss Jannett M. Wade, daughter of Isaac O. Wade, and Margaret P. (Craw- ford) Wade, the former of whom died in Irvington in 1896. Mr. and Mrs. Drake are the parents of four children, namely : Mahlon S., Jr., Raymond W., Margaret P., and Helen. Our subject and his family have a large circle of friends who hold them in the highest esteem.
BRADFORD W. GIVEANS, M. D.,
one of the rising and progressive represent- atives of the medical profession in East Orange, is a western man by birth, the place of his nativity being Allen's Grove, Wisconsin, his natal day, November 14,
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1868. His grandfather, William Giveans, was of Irish ancestry, and married Jane Ryerson. He made his home in Vernon, New Jersey, where he engaged in agricul- tural pursuits. His family numbered seven children, as follows: Sylvester, who wedded Mary Hunt; Samuel R .; Elizabeth, wife of James Drew, of New York city; Jane, wife of Job Woodruff, of New York; Abbie, wife of Charles Lane, of Morristown, New Jersey; Nicholas, who is married and re- sides in the Empire state; and John, who is married and resides in Middletown, New York.
Samuel R. Giveans, the Doctor's father, was born October 5, 1838, and spent the greater part of his youth in Vernon, New Jersey, where he attended the district schools, and also pursued his studies under the direction of Judge John G. Truesdell, of Newark. He was married at the age of twenty-nine, in February, 1868, to Har- riet Wilkins, who was born December 22, 1842, in Darien, Wisconsin, and was of Eng- lish and French ancestry. They continued their residence in Wisconsin for about two years, and then removed to Waterloo, Indi- ana, where he resided twelve years, after which he removed to Newburg, New York, where Mr. Giveans made his home until 1895, at which time he came to East Or- ange. He lost his wife the previous year, her death occurring December 15, 1894. They had four children : Bradford William, Ada May, Walter William and Hettie Belle.
Dr. Giveans spent his early childhood days in Indiana, and with his. parents re- moved to Newburg, New York, where he attended the Newburg Academy, being partially dependent upon his own efforts to meet the expenses of the academical course. Fully realizing the need of an ed-
ucation in the practical affairs of life, he dil- igently applied himself to his studies, and on attaining his majority entered the New York Homeopathic Medical College, in New York city, where he pursued his studies with zeal and energy for three years, and was then graduated among the five highest in the class.
The Doctor then, in the autumn of 1893, established an office and began practice in East Orange, where he has built up a good business. He is a member of the New Jer- sey Homeopathic Medical Society, and is visiting surgeon of the Homeopathic Dis- pensary at Orange. His deep interest in his chosen calling prompts him to keep abreast with all the theories and improve- ments in connection with the profession, and from the faithful performance of each day's duty he receives strength and inspira- tion for the duty of the next.
Dr. Giveans takes an active interest in various fraternal organizations and is a member in good standing of the Junior Or- der of American Mechanics, the Patriotic Order Sons of America, Daughters of Lib- erty, Knights of the Red Cross and the Le- gion of Honor, Politically, he affiliates with the Republican party. He has al- ready won distinction in his profession, and in social circles holds an enviable position among his many friends.
FREDERICK VALENTINE RULAND,
a member of the Newark board of aldermen from the Fourteenth ward, was born in the old Thirteenth ward of the city, Decem- ber 5, 1859, a son of Peter and Mary (Schlighter) Ruland. Both were natives of the fatherland and came to the United States during the early '40s. Their mar-
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riage was celebrated in Rondout, New York, soon after their arrival. Mr. Ruland engaged in the pork-packing business in New York city for a year or two, and then removed to Newark, where he and his wife continued to spend their remaining days. For thirty-five years the father was engaged in the provision business with Charles Joy and his son and successor, Edmund L. Joy, and was an industrious, enterprising man, widely and favorably known in this lo- cality. His death occurred in 1880. He was a member of St. Peter's Catholic church, and was an active member of the Democracy, but never an aspirant for office. He was frequently solicited to become a candidate for the position of alderman, but invariably declined all political honors. His widow is still living.
Frederick V. Ruland was reared in New- ark and educated in St. Peter's parochial school. At the age of thirteen he began learning the trade of cigar-making, and has since followed that pursuit, having mastered every detail of the business. Steadily he has worked his way upward, and for the past eight years has been in the employ of Harry Stone, a manufacturer of cigars at No. 18 Boudinot street, Newark, in whose estab- lishment he holds the important position of foreman. His thorough understanding of the business and his ability to control men make him especially capable in this posi- tion, wherein he merits the confidence of the company and the respect of all with whom he is associated.
For fifteen years Mr. Ruland has been a member of Union No. 138, and for six consecutive terms has served as president of that organization. Since attaining his ma- jority he has been a stalwart advocate of the Democracy, active in the work of the party
through all the campaigns. In the spring of 1897 he was elected to represent the fourteenth ward in the city council; the contest was very close, for the parties are very evenly divided in this ward, but Mr. Ruland won by a majority of twelve. A recount was then demanded, and the re- sult of a majority of thirteen votes was an- nounced. He is a member of the commit- tees on public buildings, poor and alms, and market, and is progressive and energetic in support of all measures which he believes calculated for the public good.
Mr. Ruland is a valued member of the Gottfried Krueger Association, of the Young German-American Benevolent As- sociation and of the Newark Young Maen- ner Benevolent Verein.
He was married in 1881, the lady of his choice being Miss Maggie Trautretter, of Newark, by whom he has three children : Mamie, Lena and Edward.
THOMAS H. KINGSLAND,
a son of Abel S. and Amanda (Van Winkle) Kingsland, was born on the 22d of March, 1860, in Franklin, Essex county, and ac- quired his educational discipline in the pub- lic schools of his native place, and also of Bloomfield, after which he engaged in the vocation of farming, and has continued to devote his energies to agricultural pur- suits.
In 1883 Mr. Kingsland was united in marriage to Miss Anna Elizabeth Frederick, a daughter of Henry and Leah (Spear) Frederick, and of this union seven children have been born, of whom six survive, as fol- lows : Grace, Ethel, Bessie, Mabel, Marjorie and Helen.
Mr. Kingsland contributes his support to
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the cause of Republicanism, being a firm advocate of all the principles and policies of that party, and his religious adherence is with the Dutch Reformed church. Social- ly he is a member of the United Friends.
FRANKLIN C. WOODRUFF, M. D.
Newark has quite a long list of able and talented physicians, and among these, holding a very desirable place, is the gen- tleman whose name heads this review. The causes which lead a man to choose a cer- tain calling as a life work are sometimes complex and not easy to determine, but environment and inherited tendencies fre- quently have much to do with the selec- tion of a vocation, and probably both of these entered into the decision of Dr. Woodruff when he determined to essay the healing art. He was born in Boonton, Morris county, New Jersey, on the 6th of September, 1865, and is a son of Christo- pher D. and Marietta H. (Crane) Wood- ruff. The father was born in Rahway, New Jersey, and is a son of Christopher D. Woodruff. The mother was born at Pine Brook, Morris county, and is a daughter of Benjamin Crane, who was one of the distin- guished judges on the New Jersey bench. Mrs. Woodruff was educated in the Tren- ton Normal School, and studied medicine in the New York Homeopathic College, of New York city, where she was graduated with the class of 1874. She then began the practice of medicine in Boonton, where she has since continued, meeting with most gratifying success. She has a very large business and is without a peer among the lady physicians of the county.
Franklin Crane Woodruff, of Newark, acquired his preliminary education in a pri-
vate school and at the age of thirteen years entered the Newark Academy, where he was graduated in 1883. Having long since become deeply interested in his mo- ther's work, he determined to follow the same profession, and on the completion of his academical course at once entered the Homeopathic College, of New York city, where he was graduated with the class of 1887. For a year he practiced in connec- tion with his mother in Boonton and then came to Newark, in March, 1888, opening an office at No. 563 Orange street. On the Ist of January, 1890, he removed to No. 464 Orange street, and on the Ist of May, 1895, he removed to No. I Roseville avenue, corner of Warren street.
Well versed in the science of medicine and attentive to the cases which come un- der his notice, Dr. Woodruff has been very successful in his practice. He is a man of broad mind and deep sympathy, and without these the best results in the prac- tice of medicine are never obtained. The Doctor has been connected with the East Orange Homeopathic Dispensary as at- tending physician for seven years, and was president of the medical staff of that insti- tution for two terms. He belongs to the New Jersey State Homeopathic Society and is connected with a number of benevo- lent and social organizations. He is a member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics and of East Orange Lodge, No. 144, K. P., also a member of Progress Encampment, No. 50, Knights of St. John and Malta, and of Roseville Council, No. 24, Daughters of Liberty, for all of which organizations he is the examining physi- cian.
On the 12th of June, 1890, the Doctor was united in marriage to Miss Carrie
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Douglas Grimes, a daughter of Dr. Mal- com Grimes, of Boonton, and they now have three sons: Walter Grimes, Lucius Franklin and Philip Denman. The Doc- tor and his wife are members of the Rose- ville Avenue Presbyterian church, and in social circles they hold an enviable position, to which their many excellent characteris- tics justly entitle them.
GEORGE W. DAVENPORT,
who is engaged in blacksmithing in Ver- ona, was born September 3, 1843, and is descended from good old Revolutionary stock. His grandfather, Elias Davenport, who was of Holland descent and a farmer by occupation, lived in Morris county, and died about 1852.
Archibald Davenport, the father of our subject, was born in Morris county, learned the blacksmith's trade in early life and for many years followed that pursuit in Cald- well. He was united in marriage to Miss Henrietta Wade, a native of the same coun- ty, and they became parents of the follow- ing children: Anna E .; Margaret, who became the wife of Horace Dean and the mother of two children, Charles and Ida; Mary C .; George, who died in infancy; George W., the immediate subject of this review and William W., who married Cath- erine Magher, their children being Chester and Etta. The father of this family died about 1881, and the mother, surviving him several years, passed away in February, 1894.
The early boyhood days of our subject were spent at his parental home, and in the public schools of Montclair he pursued his education. He learned the blacksmith's trade under the direction of his father, but
when the war came on he felt that he could not content himself with the labors of the smithy while his country's safety was im- periled, and offered his services to the gov- ernment. He proceeded to the front in the Seventh New Jersey Regiment, but his father followed him and brought him back, feeling that he was too young for army ser- vice. He then remained at home until June 27, 1863, when having attained his majority he again offered his services and became a member of the Twenty-sixth New Jersey Infantry. He was assigned to Com- pany D, under command of Captain Dob- bins and Major De Camp, of Roseland, and mustered in at Camp Frelinghuysen. The regiment was then ordered to Washington and assigned to the Army of the Potomac, which was commanded by General Burn- side, and later by General Hooker. Mr. Davenport then remained at the front until the close of the war, and participated in the battles of Chancellorsville and Fredericks- burg and in the "Mud March" under Burn- side; was mustered out just before the re- bellious south had been conquered, receiv- ing honorable discharge at Camp Freling- huysen.
Mr. Davenport then resumed work at his trade. He had established his present shop in Verona in 1860 and is now doing an ex- tensive business as a general jobber,-paint- ing, blacksmithing and wagon-making. His skill and excellent workmanship en- able him to command a large share of the public patronage. For sixteen years he also conducted another shop in Verona, both enterprises proving profitable. His hon- orable dealing, industry and perseverance have enabled him to acquire a handsome competence, and as his financial resources have increased he has made judicious in-
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vestments in real estate. He now owns twenty-one acres in the home place and has a commodious residence near his place of business.
In 1868 he was married, the lady of his choice being Miss Lorana F. Baldwin, a daughter of Marshal and Kate (Sipp) Bald- win, who were of Holland extraction. Five children were born to them: Norman, who married Anna Kettrer; Estella, wife of Will- iam Hawlett, and their children are Grace, Eva and George; Evert; Stanley, and Hazel. The family attend the Methodist Episcopal church, and Mr. Davenport was formerly a member of the Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows and is a comrade of Caldwell Post, G. A. R. His political sup- port is given the Republican party.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Stephen Grover Cleveland was born March 18, 1837, at Caldwell, near New- ark, New Jersey, and named after Rev. Stephen Grover, a former pastor of his church; but Grover never used his first name.
Among the earliest settlers of the lower Connecticut valley was Rev. Aaron Cleve- land, an Episcopal minister, who preached in East Haddam, Connecticut. His son, Aaron Cleveland (second), was born there, in 1744. The family moved to Philadel- phia, where the father died in 1757, at the house of Benjamin Franklin; but the son moved to Norwich, Connecticut, estab- lished a hat factory, held local and state offices and finally became a Congregational minister, dying in New Haven in 1815. His son, Charles, who became the noted Boston city missionary, was born in 1772 and died in 1872. His second son was William, a
silversmith in Norwich. William's second son, Richard Falley Cleveland, a Presby- terian minister, was the father of Grover. He married Anne Neale, daughter of a Bal- timore book publisher. He preached in Windham, Connecticut; Portsmouth, Vir- ginia; Caldwell, New Jersey; Fayetteville, New York; was agent of the Home Mis- sionary Society and lived in Clinton, New York. The family numbered nine chil- dren, and Grover, the fifth child, although nearly ready for college, worked in a store in Fayetteville for two years, then re- turned to study. Failing health influenced his father to remove to Holland Patent, near Utica, New York, where he soon died.
Now fifteen years old, Grover was a clerk for two years in the New York Insti- tution for the Blind, where his brother was an inspector. Determined to study law, he returned to his mother's home and soon started westward to enter a law office. Finding no place in Utica or Syracuse, he turned toward Cleveland, Ohio. Stopping in Buffalo to visit his aunt, her husband, Lewis F. Allen, persuaded him to remain to help him in compiling the American Herd Book, and at the end of six months placed him, at the age of eighteen years, in the law office of Rogers, Bowen & Rogers, where he was for four years a student and clerk, and four years more in charge of the office.
From 1863 to 1866 he was assistant and acting district attorney of Erie county. At different times he was a partner in leading law firms of Buffalo. In 1869 he was sher- iff of Erie county; in 1882 mayor of Buf- falo; in 1883 and. 1884 governor of New York; in 1885 to 1889 and 1893 to 1897 president of the United States.
June 2, 1886, Mr. Cleveland was mar-
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ried, in the White House, to Miss Frances Folsom, daughter of his former partner. This is the only instance of the marriage of a president of the United States while in office.
The leading characteristics of Mr. Cleve- land are patient persistence and the law- yer's habit of subjecting every question to the test of law.
JACOB HAUSSLING,
one of the well known and successful mer- chants of Newark, being a bottler of min- eral waters, was born in Essex county, New Jersey, on the 22d of February, 1855. He attended the public schools of this city, fin- ishing his education at the old Bryant & Stratton Business College, immediately after which he embarked in the business of which he is now sole proprietor, and has since devoted his entire time and atten- tion to that enterprise, meeting with the distinct success merited by industry, perse- verance and intrinsic worth.
In his political affiliations Mr. Häussling is a staunch adherent of the Democratic party, in which he has for many years been well known, his devotion to its interests and his loyalty to aspiring friends being the all- important factors in his success with the voters of Essex county. In 188- he was nominated for the office of registrar of deeds, and although the county had been Republican in former years by some three thousand and five hundred votes, he was defeated by only seventeen votes. In 1890 he received the nomination for sheriff and turned the normal Republican majority in- to a majority for himself of two thousand . and six hundred votes. He was unani- mously nominated by his party in 1896,
and, although he was defeated, he ran over seven thousand votes ahead of his ticket. It was while he was serving as sheriff of Es- sex county that the grand jury ordered and had removed from the center of the streets all the poles used by the trolly car lines.
The father of our subject, Henry Häus- sling, was born in Bavaria in 1828, and emi- grated to the United States in 1848. He was a blacksmith and locksmith, and fol- lowed those vocations until some twenty- eight years ago, when he engaged in the mineral-water bottling business, which is still continued by his son. His death oc- curred in 1892. He married Miss Jose- phine Freund, who departed this life in 1872.
Jacob Häussling, the immediate subject of this review, was united in marriage, in Newark, on the IIth of January, 1874, to Miss Ellen Elligott, a daughter of John and Ellen (Sheridan) Elligott, and the follow- ing children have been born to them: Henry J., Elizabeth, Jacob and Josephine.
AARON BURR.
There is no name in American church history more suggestive of all that is sweet and pure and holy in man than that of the elder Aaron Burr. It is not enough, though, to say that he was sweet in disposi- tion, pure in life and godly in his holy office. He was a really great man, as well as a real- ly good one. Mr. Burr was born at Fair- field, Connecticut, January 4. 1716. His ancestors might easily have been of a race intensely "puritan," and yet have been the descendants of a native of Germany. per- haps, but Holland more likely. Holland was not strong to Puritanism. Fourteen years before the landing on Plymouth Rock
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many of the precious freight of the May- flower sought and found refuge in Holland, whence came names that are historical in America, and which furnished New Jer- sey with the reverend founder of the Frel- inghuysen family.
Aaron Burr was the youngest of six sons, and early displayed aptness and incli- nation for study. He entered Yale Col- lege and graduated in 1735. In Septem- ber, 1736, he was licensed as a candidate for the ministry. His first sermon was preached at Greenfield, Massachusetts. Rev. Mr. Burr's first appearance in Newark was in November, 1736, and during his en- tire ministry in Newark, from 1736 to 1755, a period of nineteen years, his labors were attended with the most gratifying results to both pastor and people. Very early in the settlement of the province the need of more clergymen was felt. As years and population increased this need grew great- er. The germ of a college, named the Col- lege of New Jersey, was planted at Eliza- bethtown, under the care of Rev. Jona- than Dickinson, an eminent divine and scholar. For a number of years he had a· classical school for young men which he conducted in connection with his minis- terial duties. Measures had been taken to turn the school into a college where young men could be trained for the ministry, as well as other pursuits. On October 22, 1746, a charter was obtained from Govern- or John Hamilton, attested by the court seal of the province of New Jersey. Rev. Mr. Dickinson was appointed president, and in the latter part of May, 1747, the col- lege was opened at Elizabethtown. Scarce- ly had it started, however, when President Dickinson died. The students, eight in number, were removed to Newark and
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