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Mr. Carney was united in marriage July 12, 1866, to Miss Henrietta Bar-
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nart, by whom he has eight children, viz .: Isaac, editor of the Spring City Sun, of Spring City, Pennsylvania, married Miss Maggie, daughter of Rev. George Neal, a clergyman in the Methodist Episcopal denomination; Eliza- beth married Warren Keen, a farmer and carpenter; William T. is at home; Edward is a glass-blower and married Mary J. Kirk; Richard also is a glass- blower; and Elsie, Charles C. and Alva B. are at home.
JOSEPH H. BOONE.
Joseph H. Boone, a leading mason of Salem, Salem county, New Jersey, was born July 7, 1863, in Lower Alloway Creek township, as was his father, Joseph E. Boone. The grandfather, Joseph A. Boone, was a shoemaker by trade and resided in Canton at the time of his death. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, one of whose ministers spoke the words that made Ann Hahn his wife. She lived to a good old age, dying in 1898, in her eighty-fifth year. Their children were Joseph, John, Sarah and Eliza- beth.
Joseph E. Boone was for many years a farmer in his native township, later followed the same vocation in Penn's Neck and Mannington townships and then moved to Penn's Grove and engaged in the creamery business. He was a Democrat and an earnest and enthusiastic advocate of the prin- ciples of that party, but was never an aspirant for office. He chose as the partner to share the vicissitudes of life with him Miss Sallie S. Wood, who bore him four children: Harriet, who died at the age of seven years; Sheppard L .; Joseph H., our subject, and Nettie S., who is the wife of Charles Summerill.
Joseph H. Boone was educated in the district schools of his native dis- trict and Penn's Neck township, and then returned to his father and assisted him in the farm duties. As he did not care to make the vocation of farming his life work he was apprenticed for six years to learn the trade of a brick mason, and at the expiration of that time did journey work for a year. A partnership was then formed with Robert A. Brandiff in 1893, and the firm of Brandiff & Boone soon had all the work they could do. He was ap- pointed under the civil-service law as a master mason to work for the govern- ment and for three years was engaged in building fortifications at Fort Mott, Fort Delaware and Delaware city, putting in the fine masonry at these points. He also did an extensive work for private individuals, much of the masonry, tiling, cementing, etc., being the work of his hand and a credit to his skill.
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On March 24, 1889, he was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Miss Harriet S. Cogill, daughter of John H. Cogill, a carriage-builder and upholsterer of Salem. He was a prominent citizen during his life-time and was elected to many offices on the Democratic ticket, representing the state in the legislature for two or three terms. He was born in Long Island, New York, and came to Salem in early manhood, where he met and married Miss Charlotte J. Morrison. They had four children: Anna L., who died young; Harriett, the wife of our subject; D. Stratton; and Mamie N. Mr. Cogill died January 25, 1895, at the age of seventy-seven years. His wife died in January of the same year, reaching the age of sixty-seven. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Boone has been blessed by one child, a bright. handsome little girl, Edna N., who is the light of their home. Mr. Boone is a Democrat, but takes little part in political measures. He was formerly a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and has con- tributed his full share to the growth and prosperity of Salem.
LOUIS M. JOHNSON.
Louis M. Johnson, mechant and postmaster at Daretown, Salem county. has made a wide acquaintance through this part of the state and built up a business which places him among the permanently established men of the city, and Daretown is especially fortunate in having among her citizens this gentleman, whose enterprise not only assures his own success but in so doing makes friends for the village as well. He was born within a short distance of this locality, on April 4, 1850, and is a son of Harrison and Emily (Rich- mond) Johnson. His ancestors came to this country with Sir John Fenwick, when he settled in Salem county.
Harrison Johnson was a son of Isaac Johnson, a native of old Pittsgrove town and the sheriff of the county. He was the last man to use the whip in the discharge of the duties of office, and the cat-'o-nine-tails with which he impressed the dignity of the law upon his unwilling guests still adorns the walls of the old jail. Harrison was born in old Pittsgrove town and moved to this township about 1842, where he died, in February, 1898. He married Miss Emily Richmond, by whom he had four children, all of whom are living, namely: Albert R., of Woodstown; Louis M., our subject; Harry W., of Elmer; and Lizzie, Mrs. John Schade, of Pittsgrove. She was a daughter of Moses Richmond, of Whig Lane, who was a prominent Demo- crat of this county and at one time a member of the legislature; and she was
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a cousin of W. A. Wood, also of Whig Lane, who is represented elsewhere in this biography. She died in 1885.
L. M. Johnson attended the common schools in his boyhood and at an early age began teaching in this township, at Shirley and Pole Tavern. After two years spent in this employment he came to Daretown and with William Richman, Jr., opened the store now conducted by him. After a partnership lasting two years, Mr. Richman retired from the firm, in 1887, and Mr. Johnson conducted it alone and has been prosperous. He was appointed postmaster of the village and served throughout the Harrison administration, and he again received the appointment in April, 1899. He makes himself a popular man for the place by being courteous and obliging in his treatment of the patrons.
He married Miss Mary Yapp, of Berlin, Camden county, New Jersey, on October 12, 1888, and has one child, Lewis N. She is a member of and an indefatigable worker in the Presbyterian church, of which Mr. Johnson is a trustee. Their home is one of the pleasant spots in Daretown and contains some rare relics in the shape of the ancient furniture belonging to Mr. John- son's ancestors and an old fowling piece formerly used by them. Mr. John- son is a prominent Republican of the county and is an upright, honorable gentleman whose straightforward dealings have made him universally re- spected.
T. W. STANGER.
T. W. Stanger, deceased, is well remembered as one of the prominent citizens of Williamstown, Gloucester county, New Jersey, who was ever ready to give substantial aid to any worthy cause or assist in any enterprise that promised to benefit the community. He was born December 10, 181I, in the village of Glassboro, and was a son of Daniel Stanger. He learned the business of glass-making and while yet quite young went to Brooklyn and took charge of the glass factory owned by John Marshall, meeting with a merited success in its management for a long term of years. About the year 1848 he built a factory of his own at New Brooklyn and operated this in connection with the Marshall factory until the latter was burned. It was a portion of Mrs. Stanger's inheritance from her father's estate. He con- tinued manufacturing at New Brooklyn until 1875, when he retired from the business. He was engaged in farming and owned four hundred acres of land.
Mr. Stanger was united in marriage July 16, 1835, to Mrs. Elizabeth (Marshall) Stanger, widow of Frederick Stanger and daughter of John Mar-
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shall, before mentioned. Mrs. Stanger was a woman of pure Christian character and lofty ideals, who found her chief pleasure in ministering to her family and to those who were in need of friendly assistance. They were prominent workers in the Methodist Protestant church, of which Mr. Stanger was one of the founders in Glassboro and held various offices, as steward, trustee, etc. He was many times selected as a delegate to the con- ference and was a most exemplary man. He was very temperate in his habits, never indulged in tobacco or liquor, and was of a genial, kindly nature that made him universally beloved. Three children were born to them, Frances A., Mrs. I. Johnson .Newkirk, now of Daretown; Isabella J. and Elizabeth C., deceased. The daughters are well known in this and Salem counties. Mrs. Stanger died in January, 1877, and Mr. Stanger on February 23, 1892. It would be difficult to find a couple who had so won the affec- tions of the general public and whose death was the cause of such genuine and widespread sorrow, and it will be many years that loving lips will speak their eulogy.
HENRY BENNETT.
Henry Bennett was born in Cape May city, April 8, 1860, and is a son of Henry and Emma (Bennett) Bennett. His maternal grandfather. William Bennett, was also a native of Cape May city and throughout his life was a pilot on the Delaware river, as was his father, Aaron Bennett. For sixty years his grandfather was engaged in taking vessels up and down the river. every shoal and turn of which he knew perfectly. In his political affiliations he was a stalwart Democrat, unswerving in his allegiance to the principles of his party. He belonged to the Baptist church, in which he held office. and his life was a busy, useful and honorable one. He married Phoebe Schillinger and they became the parents of the following children: William J., who married Henrietta Hand and was also a pilot on the river; Albert. who engaged in the painting business in Cape May and was twice married. for his first wife choosing Martha Kauns and for his second Lizzie Small- good; John, who married Allie Lennan and was a pilot, residing at Cape May; George, who married Sallie Richardson, and followed the painter's trade; James P., also a painter at Cape May, who married Emma Richard- son for his first wife and after her death wedded Clara Ludlam; and Polly, the wife of H. Moore, a painter at Cape May. The father of these children died at the advanced age of eighty-four years. Our subject's parents resided in Cape May, but his father died when he, the son, was only a year old; and his mother passed away a few years later, at the age of thirty-six.
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Thus left an orphan, Henry Bennett made his home with his grandfather and pursued his studies in the common schools until sixteen years of age, when he entered upon his life work as a pilot on the Delaware. He served an apprenticeship of six years, until the river became to him as the country lane to the father's son who each morning and evening drives his cows through the well known highway until every object along the way is per- fectly familiar to him. Thus with the river, its winding course became a familiar path to him, and hundreds are the mighty vessels which he has safely guided through its waters, as they have borne their valuable cargoes to the sea or brought them to the city market.
All through these years Mr. Bennett has resided in Cape May and has been prominently connected with many of its public interests. In politics he is a Democrat and socially he is a representative of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Heptasophs, the Red Men and the Petit organiza- tion. He was actively associated with the military interests of the state through his membership in Company H, Sixth Regiment of the New Jersey National Guard, in which he served for five years. He is also a member of the Cape May volunteer fire department, and is a consistent and faithful member of the Baptist church, in which he takes an active part. He is the president of the Boys' Brigade of Cape May, which is composed of sixty-six boys, from the various churches. This was organized in 1896 for the pur- pose of interesting the boys in church work with the ultimate object of inducing them to become members of the church.
The home relations of Mr. Bennett are very pleasant. He was married September 5, 1882, to Miss Hannah Lee, a daughter of Thomas Lee, who was a butcher of Cape May county, and their union has been blessed with two children,-John and Ada. Mr. Bennett is greatly devoted to the in- terests of his family and regards no personal sacrifice too great that will enhance the welfare or promote the happiness of his wife and children. He is an honorable upright man, faithful to every duty of public and private life and true to every trust reposed in him.
WILLIAM OUGH.
William Ough was born in Cornwall, England, July 13, 1821, and is a son of Samuel and Anna (Hambly) Ough. His great-grandfather, George Ough, was a resident of that country and was a stone-mason by trade. Three sons comprised this family,-Richard, John and William. Richard Ough, the grandfather of our subject, was born in the parish of St. Cleer,
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Cornwall, England, where he learned the trade of mason and was a con- tractor and builder of good repute, and was a zealous member of the Episcopal church. He married Elizabeth Williams, by whom he had six children, namely: Joan, Richard, Samuel, Betsey, Jennie and John. His death, which occurred in 1803, was the result of an accident. He was thrown from a colt which he was riding and ruptured a blood vessel, from the effects of which he died. His wife lived until she attained her eighty-fifth or eighty- sixth year, in 1830.
Samuel Ough, the father, was born at Cornwall, England, in 1784, and followed in the footsteps of his fathers by becoming a mason of ability and skill. He was an earnest Christian, a member of the Episcopal church of St. Cleer parish, and for fifty years, up to the age of seventy-six, was clerk of the parish, keeping all the church records. He was united in wedlock with Miss Anna Hambly, and their children are now widely scattered over the earth. Mary was born in 1812; Ann was born in 1814; Richard, in 1816; Elizabeth, in 1818; William, in 1821; Jane, in 1823, and died in 1856, in New Castle, Pennsylvania; Maria in 1824 and married a Mr. Rundell, of Colchester, Illinois; and Samuel, in 1828, and died near Spokane, Washing- ton. The father of these children had reached the advanced age of eighty-six years when he passed through the valley of the shadow of death, in 1869. His wife entered the dreamless sleep in her sixty-seventh year, in 1853.
William Ough attended the private schools of his native parish in Corn- wall, England, until he attained his eleventh year, when he learned the mason's trade of his father, continuing to work with him until twenty-seven years of age when, in 1848, he came to America with his sisters and brothers. Locating in Salem, New Jersey, he continued to work at his trade for a short time and then engaged in operating a steam engine, which position he followed for eleven years. At the expiration of that time he opened a grocery and has been in that business ever since. He has built up a good class of trade and endeavors to please his patrons by selling them just the article they want, gaining a reputation for courtesy and affability that adds much to his popularity.
Mr. Ough was married May 18, 1851, to Miss Mary Hambler, a daughter of John Hambler of England. Their children were John and Elizabeth, twins, who died in infancy, as did Mary, who was born March 12, 1856; Anna was born August 27, 1857, and married Wilber Hutchinson, of Wilmington, Delaware, a molder, on June 25, 1899; Samuel, born February 5, 1859, was married November 25, 1886, to Lilly Pierpont, by whom he has two chil- dren,-William and Edwin. Mr. Ough is a prominent member and vestry- man of the Episcopal church, and in politics is not attached to any party,
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using his intelligent convictions in deciding which candidate is best suited to fill the requirements of office. He is a stockholder in the New Jersey Building & Loan Association and is a prominent Odd Fellow, being a member of Washington Lodge, No. 21, I. O. O. F., and also of the Encamp- ment. He has been the honored treasurer of the lodge for more than twenty years, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of every one who knows him.
THOMAS STANGER.
No resident of Temperanceville did more for the upbuilding of the town than Thomas Stanger, and at his death the community mourned the loss of its most valued citizen. He was born at Marshallville, New Jersey, February 16, 1821, and died July 23, 1883. His grandfather, Philip Stanger, was one of the founders of the Episcopal church in Glassboro, and lies buried in the churchyard. He and his six brothers, in fact, created the town. He established the glass factory at Quinton's Bridge, and was actively inter- ested in both the business and general affairs of his community. Frederick Stanger, the father of Thomas Stanger, was born in Glassboro and in early life learned the business which occupied his father's attention. He after- ward established a glass factory at New Brooklyn, but died before it was fairly in operation.
Thomas Stanger spent his early days in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and there learned the glass-makers' trade, to which he devoted his energies throughout his business career. He took up his abode in Temperanceville, and, with Eben Whitney, purchased the glass factory which had been estab- lished by Lewis and Jacob Stanger at that place. Subsequently he was associated in business with Woodward Warrick and conducted enterprises which contributed largely to the upbuilding and prosperity of the town. He was a progressive and wide-awake business man, and his labors brought him a comfortable competence. He was indeed a leading spirit in Temperance- ville, and after his death the town ceased to enjoy the prosperity which it had previously known.
Mr. Stanger was united in marriage to Hannah H. Harding, a daughter of Hon. Benjamin Harding, who was long the county judge and a leading and influential citizen of Clayton. To Mr. and Mrs. Stanger were born four children, of whom three are living: Mary, Anna and Eleanor, the last named being the wife of Oliver Townsend, of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The mother of these children died in March, 1890. In his political views Mr. Stanger was a Republican, and while in Pittsburg served as a member of II-I
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the city council. Socially he was connected with the Odd Fellows' society, but his interest centered in his home, and, outside of business hours, he found his greatest pleasure in the midst of his family. He was a man of unques- tioned integrity and worth, and his business career gained for him not only prosperity but the high regard of all with whom he was associated.
SAMUEL P. FOSTER.
Samuel P. Foster, editor of the Elmer Times, Elmer, Salem county, New Jersey, was born November 13, 1859, near Newport, Cumberland county, New Jersey, son of Charles C. and grandson of Isaac P. Foster, both natives of Cumberland county, this state, and the latter born at Millville, that county.
The Fosters are of English origin. Four brothers of that name came from England to this country in colonial days and soon after their arrival here scattered, one settling in New England, one on Long Island, one in East Jersey, and one-Samuel-at Cape May. The subject of this sketch comes from that branch of the family of which Samuel was the progenitor. The date of Samuel Foster's birth is not known, but the records show that his grandson, Ezekiel Foster, was born September 20, 1729.
Isaac P. Foster, grandfather of our subject, was a soldier in the war of 1812. He went to Cape May to aid in the defense of the shore from the British. He had a brother who was a prominent politician and who was for several terms a member of the New Jersey council before the adoption of the present constitution. Charles C. Foster, the father of Samuel P., was a farmer and oysterman in Cumberland county. While not a public man, he took an interest in local affairs and for three terms served as assessor of his township. He was a strong temperance advocate and a man of deep piety, for twenty-five years identified with the Sons of Temperance and for many years a member of the Presbyterian church. Such was his every-day life that it harmonized with the religion which he professed. He died October 8, 1898, at the age of sixty-five years. His wife, who before her marriage was Miss Eunice Socwell, was a native of the same county in which he was born, and was a daughter of Sherred Socwell. a prominent and highly re- spected citizen of Cumberland county. She died in 1862. The children of this worthy couple were five in number, as follows: Samuel P .; Benjamin, of New York city; Mrs. Mary Henderson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Miss Theodosia, of Elmer, New Jersey; and Mrs. Josephine Boon, also of Elmer.
Samuel P. Foster
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When Samuel P. was a boy of thirteen his father's home was broken up, and, young as he was, he started out in life to hustle for himself. For a time he worked in a country store for his board and clothes, and later on a farm, for the same wages, on an oyster boat as a cook, and on a freighting vessel as a deck hand. At the age of twenty we find him occupying a position as a salesman for C. O. Newcomb, proprietor of a flouring mill at Cedarville, New Jersey, with whom he remained seven years. This position he left to accept one on the Temperance Gazette, of Camden, New Jersey, and in May, 1887, he became identified with the paper of which he is now editor and proprietor. In this connection a brief history of the press of Elmer is not amiss.
The first issue of the Elmer Gazette was published August 8, 1885, by Edwin Facey, although there had been an attempt to start a paper here some time previous to that, if we mistake not, by Mr. Maynard, who after- ward published the Glassboro Enterprise. Mr. Facey continued the Gazette until January 23, 1886. The following July, John L. Davis, of Philadelphia, invested several hundred dollars in the paper, changing it to the Elmer Times. By September of the same year Mr. Davis had lost part of his money and all of his confidence in his ability to make a success of the Elmer Times and he was glad to find a firm willing to take it off his hands and agree to pay a small rental for the type and machinery. Mr. Reeve and Rev. S. H. Hann took the plant from Mr. Davis and injected new life in it at once. In May, 1887, it seemed to be almost at a standstill and there were rumors that it might be moved to another place when the present editor cast his lot with it, with little to help the enterprise along except his good will, push and natural ability. He was in partnership with the Reeve Brothers until October 27, 1889, at which date the Times had made a place and a name for itself. The whole plant, which had doubled several times in value by increased business and the addition of machinery, was purchased by the present pub- lisher, who paid for the two-thirds held by his partners one thousand seven hundred and thirty-three dollars cash and assumed all the debts, which were considerable. A silent partner was then admitted and the paper published by the Elmer Times Company for three or four years. when it was again purchased entire by the present publisher. The success Mr. Foster has achieved in bringing his paper to the front is ample evidence of the all- around qualifications he possesses as an editor. Especially in the line of advertisement writing has he gained notoriety, having several times been the recipient of cash prizes in competitive contests. In 1897 he won one of the Printers' Ink prizes of two hundred dollars cash offered by George P. Rowell & Company, of New York.
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Fraternally, Mr. Foster is identified with Elmer Lodge, No. 161, F. & A. M., and is a charter member of the local lodge of Jr. O. U. A. M., and is also a member of the K. of P., Sons of Temperance and Heptasophs. Religiously he is a Presbyterian, and since he was twenty-eight years old he has been an elder in the church.
He was married December 16, 1884, to Miss Fanny Bateman, a member of one of the old families of Cedarville, Cumberland county. They have four children,-Hurbert, Mulford, Rosenna and Preston.
In October, 1899, the veteran ex-editor, J. H. C. Appelgate, paid the following voluntary tribute in print to the Elmer Times and its editor:
"Neither the place, the chance, nor the backing had so much to do in making the Elmer Times (the largest-circulated weekly in this part of the country) as the especial fitness for the work and drive of its present pro- prietor. It has been demonstrated that fully one-half of all the American newspapers print and circulate far less than seven hundred copies each issue and that a list of more than ten thousand newspapers can be made up among which no single one prints regularly so many as a thousand copies, and yet the Times in a little borough of about eleven hundred population issues weekly not less perhaps than two thousand two hundred and fifty paid sub- scriptions, or an average of two copies to every man, woman and child in the place. To keep up that rate of newspaper circulation here in Bridgeton would require an issue of thirty thousand copies, allowing our population to be fourteen thousand, as now claimed. Such a feat in journalism I believe nowhere equaled in the United States outside of Elmer,-not so far at least as I am apprised. Twenty years ago Bridgeton, with a population of nearly ten thousand, had not a single newspaper subscription to equal that of the Elmer Times of to-day, which has been in existence but about thirteen years.
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