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C. Gravath, of New Egypt. New Jersey, who survives him. In addition to the above it should be added that in all the relations of life Dr. North was a strong man of great individuality and power who, while in the sick room or at the operating table, was silent, self-restrained and cool, yet in the same circle or in the circle of intimate friends was light, cheery and gay. In the atmosphere of home he found his highest enjoyment. His memory is cherished as a leading medical man, a citizen of wise judgment, official honor and rectitude, and a man of the highest elements of character.
GEORGE W. DORRELL.
George W. Dorrell, a merchant and butcher of Alloway, Salem county, is a son of Daniel P. and Rebecca Mary (McIlvain) Dorrell, and was born in this township December 31, 1858. He traces his genealogy back through several generations to one William Dorrell, whose residence was the brick house now owned by Jacob House. He was a farmer, as was his son, John, and his grandson, Annas, all of whom were among the most highly respected and enterprising residents of this county. Annas Dorrell was the grand- father of our subject and was a man of brain, who had made the most of his advantages, cultivating his mind, which was devoid of all schooling, until he was known as one of the most intelligent men of his day. He resided at Harmony and for a short time was in the butcher business, and took an active part in politics, being a strong Republican. He was twice married, his first wife being Sarah Penn, by whom he had four children, namely: Sarah, deceased; Daniel P., the father of our subject; Hannah, the wife of 'Squire B. M. Ferguson, retired; Mary (Mrs. Jacob Danley), of Bryn Mawr, Penn- sylvania; and two children, twins, that died in infancy. His second wife was Rebecca Perry, and the children born to them were Rhoda, Rebecca, Susan, Joseph, Sallie, and an infant, all of whom are now dead but Joseph and Daniel. Annas Dorrell died in his forty-seventh year, and his wife in her thirty-third.
Daniel P. Dorrell was born in Lower Alloway Creek township January I, 1826, and grew up on his father's farm, early learning habits of industry and thrift that have laid the foundation for his future success. His education consisted of about two years' attendance at the district school and this was supplemented by a course of reading and close observation, which has proved of much value to him. After his father died he took the management of the farm and carried it on in a highly successful manner, laying up a competence that will bring comfort and ease to his old age. He owns three farms, two in
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Upper Alloway of one hundred and fifteen and another of ninety acres, and one in Quinton of one hundred and fifty-four acres. He also owned a saw- mill and was interested in ship-building. He was formerly a Republican, representing Salem county in the legislature two terms, from 1872 to 1874. He has been a justice of the peace nineteen years and has made a very efficient official, never having a case appealed to a higher court. He belongs to several fraternal organizations and takes a leading part in their meetings. He was married November 23, 1848, to Mary Rebecca McIlvain, who bore him eight children, namely: Abbie Keziah, the wife of Clinton Cheesman, who died from the effects of a wound received in the civil war, leaving two children,-Clarence and Harold; Daniel P., a veterinarian and proprietor of an exchange stable in Alloway and a trustee of the county almshouse; he married Mary E. Patterson and has two children,-Bertie and Maud; John is a farmer and married Amanda Wentzel, by whom he has three children,- Bertha, Stella and Elvina; George W., our subject; Charles married Mamie Trickett, daughter of the Rev. James Trickett, a Baptist clergyman of this place; Winifred, who married Raymond Batton, the postmaster of Alloway; Mary, and Robert, a clerk.
George W. Dorrell was educated in the public schools of Alloway and then embarked in the butcher and ice business and opened a market, in which he was very successful. In 1887 he opened a general store, which he has since conducted with profit to himself and satisfaction to his patrons, building up a large trade and carrying it on in a manner best calculated to insure its success. He has also done a little in the line of agriculture, and is a man of energy and enterprise. He is a Republican and was a freeholder for Upper Alloway township, giving valuable aid to the party. He is a mem- ber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Masons, Ridgely Protective Association and the State Mutual Building and Loan Association and of the Republican organization of this village. He was married in 1883, to Miss Sallie C. Fox, a daughter of George W. Fox, a farmer of Alloway township. They have one child, named Rebecca K.
WILLIAM M. JOSLIN.
William Murphy Joslin, the popular and accommodating liveryman of Salem, is a son of Jedediah and Mary (May) Joslin and was born near Elmer, this state, May 14, 1842. Jedediah Joslin was a son of William Joslin, who traced his ancestors back to English soil. He was born in Cumberland county, New Jersey, in 1808, and followed farming near Elmer, Salem
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county, for the greater part of his life. He was a Democrat and during the war was engaged in Philadelphia in supplying substitute soldiers for those who desired them. He married Mary May and reared a family of seven children,-four sons and three daughters: Deborah, married Orvil Schuyler, a railway conductor who resides at Philadelphia, and their children are Minnie, Mary, Charles and Bert. Uriah B., who was a farmer and entered the Twelfth New Jersey regiment, Company H, in the civil war, and was struck in the shoulder by a musket ball during the battle of the Wilderness, from the effects of which he died three years later. He married Kate Thompson, by whom he had three children; William Murphy is the next of the family; Enoch is unmarried; Elizabeth married Andrew Gifford and afterward wedded Aaron Cade; Hannah married John Hanckerson, a milk dealer, and they have one child, Lilly; Charles G., the youngest, married Miss Maggie Mortimer and has six children. He is proprietor of a large country store at Prospect Plains, this state. Jedediah Joslin departed this life December 13, 1870, at the age of sixty-two years. His wife died in her eighty-first year, on December 23, 1897.
William M. Joslin began the duties of life at an early age, being only ten years old when he began work on a farm. He continued at this employ- ment for five years and then secured a situation in a mill, where he remained until he moved to Philadelphia. Here he engaged in the milk business and worked up a large route, running three wagons to supply his patrons and continuing for eighteen years. He then opened a flour and feed store in the same city, which he managed seven years, until 1888, when he came to Salem and went into the livery business, where he is still to be found. He keeps a livery of twelve horses at his old stand near the county jail, and his barn is a favorite place for farmers who desire to rest their teams in a com- fortable place.
On the 26th of February, 1868, was solemnized the nuptials of Mr. Joslin and Miss Amanda M., daughter of William and Catharine Seebeth. Three children have blessed their union: Mary May, a bookkeeper; Katie Seebeth, the wife of Frank R. Green, a grocer of Philadelphia, by whom she has one child, Frank Russell; and Edna B., a teacher in the public schools of York- town. The father of Mrs. Joslin was a baker in Philadelphia. He acted as a nurse in the Christian Hospital of Philadelphia during the civil war and brought comfort and cheer to many a dying bed. He is a member of Fidelity Lodge, No. 38, I. O. O. F., in Philadelphia, the Brotherhood of Union at Salem, United Order of American Mechanics, and was a member of the Red Men of America for more than twenty years.
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WILLIAM M. COLSON.
A worthy representative of agricultural interests, throughout his busi- ness career Mr. Colson has successfully carried on farming and is to-day the owner of one of the valuable country homes, his farm comprising two hundred and fifty acres of rich and highly cultivated land. It is located near Mullica Hill, and in that place he was born July 18, 1841. His father, Jonathan Colson, was born in Harrisonville, New Jersey, July 25, 1811, and died February 6, 1900. He was a son of Jonathan Colson, Sr., whose father, George Colson, was also a native of Gloucester county. The family is of Welsh origin and was founded in America about the year 1700 by emigrants who settled in his neighborhood. They were a Quaker family, people of sterling worth who manifested marked loyalty to all the duties of public and private life. Jonathan Colson, the grandfather, engaged in farm- ing in Gloucester county until 1820, when he abandoned agricultural pursuits and turned his attention to merchandising in Philadelphia. A few years later, however, he returned to New Jersey and conducted a store in Mullica Hill. His son Jonathan became his successor and carried on merchandising there until 1845, when he purchased the farm upon which our subject now resides. Enterprise and diligence have been the salient points in his career. He started out in life empty-handed and steadily worked his way upward, acquiring a handsome competence. He died in 1900, at the age of eighty- eight years,-a venerable gentleman, whose life is crowned with the respect which should ever be accorded to old age. He made his home with his son William. He married Hannah Lippincott, a daughter of James Lippincott, of Camden county, and she also is living, having attained the age of eighty- two years. They have two children,-William and Mary, the latter the wife of C. B. Coles, who is extensively engaged in the lumber business in South Camden.
William M. Colson acquired his education in the common schools and in the Poughkeepsie Commercial College and in other boarding schools. He early became familiar with the labors and duties that fall to the agriculturist, assisting his father in the development of the home farm from his boy- hood. He has always carried on agricultural pursuits and in addition to the homestead he is today the owner of considerable land elsewhere which yields to him an excellent income. He follows most progressive methods in the operation of his land and the well tilled fields yield to him a golden tribute. He is also financially interested in the First National Bank, of Woodbury and since 1888 has served as a member of its directorate.
On the 4th of April, 1867, Mr. Colson was united in marriage to Miss
William MColson
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Margaret Hazelton, a daughter of William Hazelton, of this locality. Unto them were born five children, of whom three are living,-William, Charles and Lillie. In his political views Mr. Colson is a Republican. In 1885 he was elected a freeholder for a three years term, he has also been township committeeman and is deeply interested in any movement that tends to pro- mote the growth and insure the success of his party. He is an intelligent gentleman of pleasant manners and courteous deportment, an enterprising and successful farmer and a public-spirited citizen who well deserves repre- sentation in this volume.
HARRY H. RICE.
This gentleman is a well-known contractor and builder at Ocean City, and the evidences of his handiwork are found in many of the most attractive and substantial structures of this and other sections of Cape May county. He was born in this county, at Townsend Inlet, now known as Clermont, June 22, 1865, his parents being William and Theodosia (Sutton) Rice. The fam- ily has long been connected with this locality. The paternal great-grand- father, Arthur Rice, resided at Goshen and was a cooper by trade, following that pursuit throughout his active business career. His death occurred in the vicinity of Goshen. William Rice, the paternal grandfather of our sub- ject, was born at that place, and for many years resided at Cedar Grove, near Seaville, in Dennis township. He was a ship carpenter and followed that trade through his entire life. He also engaged in oyster-planting to some extent, and was a man of great energy and perseverance. His political support was given the Democracy, and he was an enthusiastic admirer of its principles and purposes. He was twice married, and his death occurred at the age of seventy-four years. The children of his first union were as fol- lows: Charles, who was a sea captain and lived at Townsend Inlet, married Hanna Jane Brower, and their children were Livingstone, Anna, Charles, Aaron, Hattie and others who died in infancy. Ann Eliza married William Tice, a sea captain, of Dennisville. Later she moved to Bristol, Pennsyl- vania, and their children are Harriet, Sallie, William, George, David, Anna and Mary. Edward, a sea captain, married Hester Teal, by whom he had six children, Mary, Hester, Edward, Louisa, Frank and William. The child- ren of the second marriage are William, the fourth of the family and the father of our subject; Sarah, now deceased, who married Alexander Sutton. a sailor and farmer at Clermont, New Jersey, and their children were George and Mary; Amelia, who became the wife of Enoch Young, and after his death in 1864, married James O'Donnell, a track foreman in the employ of
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the New Jersey Railroad Company, by whom she had a daughter, Ella; Mary became the wife of David Dooling, a glass-worker residing in Clayton, New Jersey, and their children are Stacy, Eugene and John.
William Rice, the father of our subject, was born in Clermont, New Jersey, April 24, 1831, and attended a private school near Ocean View. In early manhood he began oyster-planting, and has always done a very exten- sive business in that line, employing twenty to thirty men a large part of the time and shipping the product of his oyster beds from Seaville. His relia- bility and enterprise have made him very successful and he now controls a large trade. His home is in Cedar Grove. He gives his political support to the Democracy, and religiously is connected with the Asbury Methodist Episcopal church. He married Miss Theodosia Sutton, who was born May I. 1834, and they are both still living, at the ages of sixty-eight and sixty-five years respectively. They have seven children, three of whom are now dead. Virginia became the wife of James P. Way, a son of Dr. P. M. Way, of Ocean View. They had three children,-Maud, Ethel and Edna; but the second daughter is now deceased; and the parents also have passed away. Joseph Lybrand, who is a surfman at Townsend Inlet life-saving station, married Mary Emma Sheppard, and has one son, George. Howard, who is connected with the life-saving service and stationed at present at Corson's Inlet, married Maggie Sutton, and their children are,-Ralph, Melvin, Ariel. Howard, Leslie and Vera, the last two now deceased. Dessa died at the age of three years. Harry Hand is the fifth of the family. Walter married Ger- trude Buck, and has two children. Clarence died at the age of one year.
Harry Hand Rice obtained his education in the public schools of Cedar Grove, but through experience, observation and extensive reading has added greatly to his knowledge. For a time he successfully engaged in teaching, having charge of the Union public schools at West Creek, Cumberland county, for two years. Subsequently he learned the carpenter's trade, at Sea Isle City. For five years he worked as a journeyman, and then began contracting, becoming a master builder and conducting business at Sea Isle City and vicinity. In 1894 he took up the study of architecture, and has since followed that profession, in connection with contracting and building. He makes a specialty of seashore cottage designing and building. Remov- ing to Ocean City in 1896 he has since done a prosperous business. He has been the architect and builder of many large hotels and cottages. Having acquired a large patronage, he now furnishes employment to a number of men, and in business circles he sustains an enviable reputation, for he faith- fully performs his part of his contracts and under his supervision excellent work is done. He has made judicious investments in real estate and now
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owns considerable property at Ocean City and a residence at South Sea- ville. He is a member and director of the South Seaville Building & Loan Association of the latter place.
On the 15th of October, 1883, Mr. Rice was united in marriage with Lydia B. Sheppard, a daughter of William Sheppard, a millwright and wheel- wright living at South Seaville. They now have two interesting children,- Virginia and Paul. Mr. Rice is a member of Dennisville Lodge, K. of P. He was a member of the Senior Order of the United American Mechanics, but that lodge surrendered its charter a short time ago. He exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Democratic party, but has never sought public office, preferring to devote his energies to his business interests, in which he has gained creditable success.
WILLIAM HEWITT HANNOLD.
The Hannold family is one of the oldest and best known in the state of New Jersey. Isaac Hannold, born in Germany, August 28, 1755, died in Paulsboro, New Jersey, April 6, 1825. He had ten thousand dollars in gold and during the revolutionary war lost about half of it. His wife, Elizabeth, who is said to have been a half-breed American Indian, born January 8, 1756, died in December, 1836. Their children were: Frederick, born December 27, 1777, died in Paulsboro, New Jersey, April 2, 1834; Isaac, born March 29, 1780, died in Mantua, New Jersey, January 15, 1824; John, born August 31, 1782, died in Illinois, February 22, 1848; Joseph, born June 26, 1785, died in Crosswicks, New Jersey, May 16, 1865; Simeon, born October 13, 1787, died in Philadelphia in 1863; Samuel, born February 3, 1792, died in Glou- cester, New Jersey, in October, 1865; Isaiah, born June 28, 1795, died in Ohio in the latter part of the '6os; Amos, born April 29, 1799, died in Pennsylvania sometime after 1860; and Eli, born December 21, 1801, died in Ohio sometime in the '30s. Of these, Frederick and his wife Keziah had, among other children: George, who was born in 1797, and died April 25, 1895, and who married Ann Holmes, who was born November 1, 1799, and died January 1, 1857. They were married October 24, 1822, and had seven children: Elizabeth, born February 10, 1824, is the widow of Samuel Huff, of Paulsboro, New Jersey; William Hewitt, born May 17, 1826, is the sec- ond of the family; Keziah, deceased, was born October 13, 1828, and married Joseph L. Huff, a brother of Samuel Huff, of Paulsboro, New Jersey; Maria, born September 26, 1830, married John S. Nolen for her first husband and Samuel Sailsbery for her second, and is a resident of Paulsboro, New Jerey;
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Charles Holmes, born January 17, 1833, is a wheelwright, and married Amanda Huff, a niece of Samuel and J. L. Huff; George Washington, born June 28, 1835, served an apprenticeship with his brother, William, enlisted in the Twenty-fourth regiment of New Jersey Volunteers, was wounded at Fredericksburg. December 13, 1862, had an arm amputated and died in the field hospital, December 25, 1862; and Miss Mary Hannold, born May 30, 1838, died April 3, 1881.
William Hewitt Hannold was born in a one-story log house about two miles from Paulsboro, New Jersey, in Greenwich township, Gloucester county, New Jersey. When a young boy he became apprenticed to John Davidson, of Clarksboro, to learn the cabinet-making and undertaking busi- ness, and soon after reaching his majority he engaged in business for himself in Paulsboro, where he built a large house and factory and did an extensive business in furniture making and repairing and in undertaking. In 1867 he removed to Swedesboro and purchased his present place of business, on which he has since erected new and substantial buildings, and built in 1890 a large double residence, which he and his son occupy. His sons, George W. and William H., Jr., are now interested with their father in the business, under the firm name of W. H. Hannold & Sons. They do a general house- furnishing business and are equipped to give the very best undertaking serv- ice in every particular, their trade extending throughout Gloucester and Salem counties. Also they are engaged in a marble and granite business, their works having been established-in 1877.
Mr. Hannold was married April 12, 1853, to Miss Rebecca S. Egee, a daughter of Jonathan and Emily (Shaw) Egee, of Clarksboro, and they have had six children, namely: Isaac Newton, the head clerk and cashier of Houghton & Company, oil dealers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; he married Miss Agnes Hall; Mary E., who died at the age fourteen years; Susanna B. is the wife of Dr. J. P. Cheesman, of Elmer, New Jersey, and they have two children,-William Hannold and Clementine Frances; George W., who is a member of the F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., A. O. U. W. and Jr. O. U. A. M., of Swedesboro, married Miss Irene Stratton, daughter of Isaac Stratton, of Swedesboro, and has one child, Leland Stratton; Annie Holmes is the wife of J. Howard Kirkbride, of Camden, New Jersey; and William Hewitt. Jr., who is a member of the Jr. O. U. A. M. and Red Men of Swedesboro, married Miss Mary Justice of Bridgeport, New Jersey, and has three child- ren,-Agnes Hall, Frances Justice and William Hewitt, third. All of Mr. Hannold's children have had good educational advantages and are fitted to occupy, as they do, useful and honorable positions in society.
The Hannold family belong to the Methodist Episcopal church of Swedes-
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boro, of which Mr. Hannold was formerly a trustee. He is now a director of the Lake Park Cemetery Company. He became a member of the I. O. O. F. in Clarksboro the week he was twenty-one years old, afterward moved his membership to Paulsboro and then to Swedesboro. He is a Republican in politics, and was for three years a coroner in Paulsboro.
BENJAMIN E. HARRIS.
Benjamin E. Harris, a merchant at Canton, Lower Alloway's Creek township, Salem county, was born in that township, June 5, 1856, and is a son of Peter and Mary (Carll) Harris, both natives of the township. His mother still lives there, at the age of seventy-three years. His father died there, May 16, 1896, at the age of seventy-four years. He is a grandson of Benjamin and Martha (English) Harris, the former of whom was born in Upper Alloway's Creek township, but removed to Lower Alloway's Creek township, when three years old.
He is a great-grandson of John Harris, who was a soldier in the Revolu- tionary war and the youngest of six children of the Harris pioneer, whose first name is not recorded. In his father's family there are four children: Lydia, now Mrs. James Butcher, of Salem; Hannah A., now Mrs. Winfield Patrick, of Hancock's Bridge; Anna E., now Mrs. W. Carll, of Harmers- ville; and Benjamin E.
Mr. Harris was educated in the public schools of his native town, four years in the public schools of Salem and one year in the South Jersey Institute in Bridgeton. He then joined his father on the farm, where the family had lived since 1847 and which is now owned and occupied by the son-in-law, James W. Carll. During the year 1881 Mr. Harris was employed in the post-office in Cape May city. The next year, his father retiring from the farm and removing to Hancock's Bridge, he succeeded his father on the farm. In 1891, in company with Winfield S. Carll, he purchased the mer- chandising and canning business of John P. Sheppard, of Canton, where they have since done a thriving business, under the firm name of Carll & Harris.
Mr. Harris was married February 9, 1882, to Rosanna, a daughter of Jesse P. Carll, of Harmersville. They have three children,-Louisa C .. J. Carll and Christine Nilsson.
Mr. Harris is a trustee of the Canton Baptist church, of which he was formerly a deacon, and has been the chorister for the past twenty years.
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He is a Republican in politics, and has served his town as the township clerk, president of the board of education, commissioner of deeds and has been the postmaster of Canton since April, 1892.
HENRY KEITH BUGBEE.
It has assuredly been not uninteresting to observe in the series of bio- graphical sketches appearing in this volume the varying nationality, origin and early environment of men who have made their way to positions of prominence and success. In no better way can we gain a conception of the diverse elements which have entered into our social, professional and com- mercial life, and which will impart to the future American type, features which cannot be conjectured at the present time. We have had an American type in the past; we shall have a distinctly national character in the future; but for the present amalgamation of the various elements is proceeding and the final result is yet remote.
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