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Randall Marshall, the paternal grandfather of the Doctor, was born June 15, 1771, and died September 21, 1841. He built the Port Elizabeth Glass Works and later the glass works at Marshallville, New Jersey, for the manu- facture of window glass, being the pioneer in that line of business in southern New Jersey. He also operated saw and grist mills and owned large tracts of
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land. On the 30th of July, 1847, he sold the glass works and the sawmill at Marshallville to Thomas Van Gilder, for seven thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars. He also operated and owned a tannery at Port Elizabeth, New Jersey. At the last mentioned place, in August, 1793, he wedded Mary Reeves, a daughter of Henry and Hannah D. (Furnace) Reeves. Her father was born June 21, 1749, and died November 23, 1840, while her mother, who was born May 16, 1753, died November 17, 1824. They were married Feb- ruary 8, 1772, and Mrs. Reeves was a member of the old and distinguished Furnace family of Philadelphia. Henry Reeves was of English lineage. He bought large tracts of land near Port Elizabeth, and the place was named in honor of his wife. He gave to the church the site upon which the house of worship was erected, and was a very prominent citizen of the community. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Reeves were born the following children : William, born March 4, 1773; Benjamin F., born in August, 1774; Mary, born September 22, 1777, and died March 30, 1847; Elizabeth, born September 21, 1779; Henry, who was born January 26, 1782, and died November 5, 1813; Jane, born September 21, 1783: Hannah, born October 21, 1785; Abraham, born February 27, 1788: Dorothy, born May 23, 1790, and died April 17, 1837, and John, born February 27, 1794, and died October 22, 1805. Of this family, Mary, the third child, became the wife of Randall Marshall.
The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Marshall were as follows: Thomas Chew, the eldest, born October 3, 1793, was married May 18, 1818, to Ex- perience Steelman, who was born November 7, 1796. His death occurred May 6, 1868, and hers June 2, 1867. Their children were Charles; Henry, who married Olive Young; Mary, wife of William Gandy; Hannah, wife of John J. Corson; Lydia, wife of Robert Edmunds; Jane; Ann; Randall, who married Susan Corson; Thomas; Frederick; Ann, wife of Rufus Budd; Eliza Jane, wife of Samuel Steelman; Charles; and Emma, wife of Lewis S. Williams. Mary, the second child of Randall Marshall, was born September 27, 1804, and died February 24, 1876. On the 22d of July, 1823, she became the wife of Ebenezer Seely, and their children were Jane, wife of Elijah Ire- land; Ephraim, who married Nancy Nordyke; Randolph; Ebenezer M. ; Charles; Mary, wife of Charles Baird; Henrietta, wife of William Burnett ; Thomas, who married Lydia Godfrey. Ann, the third child of Randall Mar- shall, was born June 20, 1795, was married July 22, 1812, to Frederick Stanger, and died February 15, 1815. Henry, the fourth child, born March 11, 1800, died April 15, 1808. Hannah R. was born July 25, 1802.
Randolph Marshall, the second son of Randall Marshall, and the father of Dr. Marshall, was born at Port Elizabeth, New Jersey, January 9, 1811, was educated in the public schools, and afterward spent four years in Miller's drug
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store, on Fourth and Walnut streets, Philadelphia. He then entered the med- ical department of the University of Pennsylvania, from which he was grad- uated in 1834. For forty-five years he practiced medicine in Cape May county, having a very liberal patronage, which extended over a radius of twenty miles. During this time he made his home in Marshallville. His laxity in imposing and collecting fees and his generosity to the general public alone prevented his accumulation of great wealth. He held membership in the Cape May County Medical Society, was a charter member of Star Lodge, No. 65, F. & A. M .. and also of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Tuckahoe. and had a birth- right membership in the Society of Friends. His death occurred in Marshall- ville, February 19, 1879. On the 21st of May, 1835, he married Sarah Hughes, who was born January 7, 1816, a daughter of Ellis and Sarah ( Higgins) Hughes. Her father was born in 1793, and was a son of the celebrated Thomas Hughes, the only Congressman ever elected from Cape May county. The mother of Mrs. Marshall was born in 1796, and died October 15, 1821. Dr. and Mrs. Randolph Marshall were people of the highest respectability and had many friends in the community in which they resided. The Doctor's father was a man of many sterling qualities, of marked individuality and strong intel- lectuality. In his family he maintained strict discipline, yet was a man of great kindliness of heart and nobility of character. In business affairs he was very exact and methodical. He kept a memorandum of facts pertaining to his family history, which has served as the basis of this record.
He had five children : Ellen, born April 6, 1836, was married February II, 1862, to Belford Smith, a sea captain, residing in Marshallville; Sarah, born September 7, 1838, was married December 21, 1862, to Henry S. Steel- man, and they had three children; Ella, who was born November 27, 1864, and is the wife of Dr. Diverty; Daniel, who was born October 30, 1866, and married Miss May Wheaton, and Jennie, who was born December 14, 1869, and is the wife of Dr. Sharpe. Benjamin H., born September 25, 1840, was married to Eliza Ogden, July 4, 1861. Their children are Hattie, born April 30, 1867, married R. Fendall Smith; and Sallie, born August 10, 1871, and married Everton Corson. James L., born January 20, 1844, was mar- ried May 28, 1873, to Emma Smith, and their children are: Burroughs, who is employed in a bank at Ocean City, and Emma. Ellis H., born September 18, 1845, married Hattie Shoemaker, who died January 30, 1874, leaving a daughter, Sallie, who married William G. Abbott, a druggist. By his sec- ond wife, who bore the maiden name of Lydia Gandy, he had one child, Thomas. He is a well-known and leading merchant of Seaville, Cape May county, and has twice represented his district in the state legisature. Jo- seph C. is the sixth of the family. Mary, who was born December 17, 1850,
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died August 25, 1868, at the age of eighteen years. Randolph married Rae Steelman, and is a practicing physician at Tuckahoe. He is associated with our subject in the ownership of a drug store and in the practice of medicine. Anna, born April 4, 1858, married Captain Maurice Godfrey, and is now living at Marshallville.
Dr. Joseph Marshall, after receiving a public school education, entered Pennington Seminary, where he took a finished classical, preparatory college course, and began the study of his chosen profession with his father at Tuck- ahoe, in 1867. He entered the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1868, an office student of the late Prof. Lenox Hodge, and graduated in the class of 1870. Whilst at the college he enjoyed, as the stu- dent of Prof. Hodge, especial privileges at the Will's Eye Hospital and in the study of obstetrics, receiving at graduation certificates to that effect. The following summer he opened an office in Fairton, New Jersey, where he re- mained for ten years, after which he came to Tuckahoe and formed a part- nership with his brother, Randolph, a connection that has since been main- tained. He enjoys an extensive patronage, and in handling many difficult cases has demonstrated his superior skill and ability. He is a member of the Cape May County Medical Society and has served as its president. In 1870 he and his brother established their drug store, and in that undertaking met with success, having built up a large trade. He is also extensively en- gaged in cranberry culture. The marshes have a capacity of ten thousand bushels, giving employment to many laborers and returning a liberal reve- nue.
In his political views the Doctor is a Republican and keeps well informed on the issues of the day, but has never sought office, preferring to devote his energies to the demands of his professional duties. He has gained marked prestige in the medical fraternity and is a man of strong intellect and marked individuality, whose pleasant and genial manner makes him popular with all.
CHRISTIAN WOLFERTH.
Christian Wolferth, a farmer and commission merchant doing business at Wolferth station, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, March 29, 1834. and is a son of John Wolferth, who was a farmer by occupation and died in 1850. The son spent the days of his boyhood and youth in the land of his nativity, and when twenty years of age, hoping to better his financial con-
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dition, he crossed the Atlantic to the United States. He came to this country alone and without capital, and whatever success he has achieved is due entirely to his own efforts. He worked in Philadelphia through the first summer and in the fall came to Gloucester county, where he was employed as a farm hand for ten years. On the expiration of that period he purchased land and began farming on his own account. He is now the owner of three hundred acres of land in three farms, which is under a high state of cultiva- tion and yields an excellent return for the care and labor bestowed upon it. The places are well improved with good buildings and their neat and thrifty appearance well indicates the careful supervision of the owner. In addition to the operation of this land, he does a large commission business in vege- tables, his sales being extensive and bringing to him a good profit. Wolferth station is on his farm, and more business is done at this point than at any station on the road except Swedesboro.
Mr. Wolferth was married in January, 1865, Miss Caroline Grau becom- ing his wife. She, too, is a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, and by her marriage she has become the mother of two children,-John and Charles. The sons are both with their father. The elder married Mary Rode, a daughter of John Rode, and they have a son, named Charles Wolferth. John Wolferth is engaged in farming on one of his father's farms, while the younger son, Charles, is assisting his father in the commission business. In 1900 our subject and his wife and their only grandson made an extended visit to Europe, spending several months abroad. They visited the Paris exposition and the old home of his boyhood days, Mr. Wolferth seeing that place for the first time in forty-six years. They also visited the king and queen of Wurtemberg, were shown all over the palace and sat in the chair which was used by Napoleon I, and so arranged that when he sat down it began to play music. Mr. and Mrs. Wolferth had a very pleasant trip, and when they returned, almost the entire community and relatives gathered to welcome them at the old homestead at Wolferth station, about two hundred guests being there entertained. Mrs. Wolferth has been indeed a helpmeet to her husband and is a most estimable lady. In politics he is a Democrat and has held a number of local offices, but his time has been given more largely to his business affairs. He was formerly a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and for a number of years served as a class-leader. He now belongs to the German Evangelical church, is one of its trustees and has been the superintendent of the Sunday-school. He takes an active interest in church work. Mr. Wolferth is truly a self-made man, for, starting out in life empty-handed, he has overcome many difficulties and obstacles and has steadily worked his way upward to a position of affluence.
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JOHN J. HITCHNER.
John J. Hitchner represents a class of our rising. generation who are rapidly forging their way to the front in the business world, both in com- mercial and agricultural circles. He is possessed of sturdy, industrious habits and a character which is above reproach, while the manner in which he conducts his farm and the condition in which he keeps it shows that he is possessed of no mean business ability.
He is a son of Charles and Elizabeth (Timberman) Hitchner, and was born March 10, 1875, in Alloway, Salem county, New Jersey. Charles Hitchner was a son of Johnson Hitchner and both were natives of Friesburg, although of German descent. Charles was reared to the occupation of farm- ing and continued that industry all his life, for eight years conducting the cultivation of his father's land and in 1875 buying the place now occupied by our subject. He was public-spirited and prominent in local affairs, a member of the church and the incumbent of a number of town offices, among them that of freeholder, collector, member of the school board, etc. He was a trustee in the Presbyterian church, a director in the City National Bank of Salem and was a very successful man in his business. He owned some two hundred and fifty acres of land at his death, besides other property. He had erected a canning factory at Daretown which furnished a good market for the product of the surrounding farmers and was a source of income to its owner as well.
His marriage to Elizabeth Timberman was honored in the birth of Mar- garet, Alberta (Mrs. Benjamin Mickle), John J. and Geneva. His death occurred in Alloway, Salem county, April 30, 1896, and was the occasion of heartfelt grief among a wide circle of friends.
LEWIS M. MYERS.
Lewis M. Myers is a member of the firm of J. & L. Myers, merchants of Repaupo, and is the trustworthy postmaster of that place. He was born in the town which is still his home February 19, 1859, and is the son of George B. and Mariah (Parker) Myers. His mother died in 1868, and his father, surviving her many years, passed away November 25, 1890, at the age of sixty-two years. His grandfather was George Myers, a son of George Myers, Sr., who came from Germany to the New World and located in Gloucester county, New Jersey, where his descendants have since followed agricultural pursuits. L. M. Myers was an only son and had but one sister, Lizzie P.,
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who is now the wife of Milton H. Myers, a carriage-builder of Swedesboro, New Jersey.
The subject of this review acquired his education in the public schools of Repaupo, and assisted his father in the work of the home farm until 1879, when, in company with his uncle, Joseph Myershe engaged in merchandising, which he has since followed with signal success. They have a well-stocked store supplied with everything demanded by a general trade, and a liberal patronage is accorded them, by reason of their honorable dealing and reliable business methods.
On the 20th of June, 1885, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Myers and Miss Alice E. Uron, a daughter of Leonard S. Uron, of Repaupo, and to them has been born one son, Giles. In his social relations Mr. Myers is connected with Delaware Tribe, No. 44, I. O. R. M. He is a stanch Demo- crat and was appointed postmaster of Repaupo on the Ist of October, 1890. He has discharged his duty with such marked ability and fidelity that he has since been continued in the office. His fellow townsmen know him as an enterprising business man, a public-spirited citizen and a gentleman of sterling worth.
EDWARD F. EVANS.
Edward F. Evans, a well known farmer of Williamstown, was born in Washington township, Gloucester county, New Jersey, August 24, 1859. His grandfather, Edward Evans, was a native of Wales and emigrated to this country in 1827. He was prospered in business and became a large land-holder. His son John was the father of the subject of this sketch. He was first married to Harriet, a daughter of Sampson Pearson, of Green Tree. Four children were born of this union, of whom two are living: Harry, a resident of Camden, New Jersey, and Edward F. The mother died May 31, 1898.
The subject of this sketch attended the country schools of his native place, securing a good common-school education, and then turned his at- tention to farming. In 1883 he bought the farm on which he now resides and which he had previously rented. It comprises two hundred and eighty- eight acres of excellent land and shows good management in its cultivation. In connection with general farming Mr. Evans is engaged in the buying and selling of horses and also deals in farm implements and machinery. He has generally been successful in his business operations and is now in the enjoyment of a handsome income. Mr. Evans is a member of the Masonic order, affiliated with Williamstown Lodge, No. 166, has been a school
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trustee for many years and is liberal in his support of the church and philan- thropic institutions.
The marriage of E. F. Evans to Tamzon N. a daughter of George Hurff, took place November 15, 1896, and three children-Clifford F., Helen L., and Alice F .- have been born to them.
LEWIS S. CARLL.
Lewis S. Carll, who was for many years the leading business man of Hancock's Bridge, where he now resides in retirement, was born in the town of Lower Alloway Creek, October 20, 1833, and is a son of Ephraim and Mary A. (Smith) Carll. His father also was a native of Salem county, followed farming all his life, was a member of the New Jersey legislature in 1845 and the judge of Salem county from 1848 to 1868, and died at the age of eighty years, his wife dying at the age of seventy-five years.
Lewis S. Carll followed farming till about thirty years old and then en- gaged in general merchandising at Hancock's Bridge, carrying on a very extensive business for twenty-five years. He operated largely in seeds and grain, owning an elevator with a capacity of twenty thousand bushels. He was the postmaster from 1861 to 1893, a position held by his son, Harry C. M. Carll, since 1897.
Mr. Carll was married in June, 1865, to Miss Athalinda Baker. They have four children,-Luke F., Lucius H., Harry C. M. and Miss Lucy S. Mr. Carll and family are members of the Society of Friends.
LOUIS N. SHREVE.
Louis N. Shreve, whose business is that of undertaker at Glassboro, New Jersey, is a native of Barnsboro, Gloucester county, New Jersey. He was born July 27, 1861. His parents were Mahlon and Harriet (Chew) Shreve. Our subject's father was born near Bordentown, New Jersey, and his father was of an old family of that section. Mahlon was a blacksmith and followed that trade nearly all of his life; he is now seventy-one years of age. His wife, who was of an old and very prominent family, died in 1896. Of their eight children the following six are living: William, now of Clayton; Na- thaniel, of Clayton; Nelson, of Berlin, Camden county; Amos, of Clayton; Louis N .; and Lida, the wife of Walter Staulcup, of Clayton.
Our subject received a good education by attending the local schools
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and select schools. He followed farm life for a number of years and when he was seventeen years of age went to Clarksboro to learn the undertaker's trade, together with the art of embalming. He served there for seven years, and in 1888 began business at Glassboro on his own account. Just prior to engaging in business he attended the United States School of Embalming at New York. He received a diploma, which shows that he is an expert in this line. For three years he was the coroner of this county.
Being a firm believer in the brotherhood of man, he is identified with the orders of Masons, Knights of Pythias, Junior and Senior and Indepen- dent orders of Mechanics and is the high priest in the Knights of the Golden Eagle. In his church connection he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal. church. June 3, 1882, he was married to Rennie, a daughter of Richard Skinner. Two children bless this union,-Bland and Bessie.
It almost goes without saying that our subject is a busy man of affairs, yet he finds time to attend to the duties which he owes to his family and the various civic societies to which he belongs.
ALEXANDER R. LUDLAM.
Captain A. R. Ludlam is now living a retired life near Dennis, where he owns a comfortable and attractive residence situated on a tract of eleven acres of land. For many years he sailed the seas and for some time was the owner of a vessel used in securing pine and other lumber in the south, but now has put aside all business cares and is spending the evening of his days in the quiet enjoyment of a well earned rest.
The Captain was born in Goshen, Cape May county, on the 8th of May, 1827, his parents being James and Jane (Ritchie) Ludlam. Among his an- cestors the first of whom we have any extended record is Joseph Ludlam, who was a son of Anthony Ludlam, and who married and reared a family of three children. Jeremiah, the eldest, died childless. Joseph, who fol- lowed farming at North Dennis, had three children: Phoebe; Abigail, who married Seth Hand; and Thomas, whose children were Mrs. John Evans; and Thomas, who had four children,-Smith, Sarah, Thomas and Jacob. Henry, the youngest child of Joseph Ludlam, was the grandfather of our subject. He served his country in the war of 1812, and after the cessation of hostilities was justice of the peace. He died at the ripe old age of eighty years. His children were Abigail, Daniel, Henry, Joseph, Sarah Lewis, James and Smith.
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James Ludlam, the father of our subject, was born in Dennisville, Cape May county, in 1784, and died in 1867. By occupation he was a farmer, but in early life followed the sea. His political support was given the Whig party, and during the war of 1812 he did patrol duty on shore. He married Jane Ritchie, and they became the parents of the following children: James, Alexander, Mary, Ann, Jane and Eliza. The father died in March, 1851, at the age of sixty-seven years; and the mother died about 1870, in the eighty- seventh year of her age.
Captain Ludlam attended school in Goshen and when sixteen years of age shipped before the mast. His fidelity won him promotion to the rank of mate, and for a quarter of a century he was the captain of a vessel. He was shipwrecked in a storm at Cape Charles on Washington's birthday, 1863, at which time he was in command of a vessel loaded with two hundred and sixty tons of coal, bound for Fortress Monroe, but all was lost. He traded with Fort Royal and Fortress Monroe and brought the first pine from Savannah to Philadelphia after the blockade was declared,-a very hazardous under- taking. His voyage was from Galveston, Texas, to Philadelphia, in 1867. It required forty days for him to make the trip and he then resolved that he would never go to sea again,-a resolution to which he has strictly adhered. He owned a half interest in a vessel and was engaged in the pine and lumber trade until 1885, in which year he retired to private life. He also owns a farm at Goshen, New Jersey, together with other valuable prop- erty.
On the 14th of December, 1851, Mr. Ludlam was united in marriage to Mary, a daughter of Edward Price, and they now have four children. Jane is the wife of Oscar A. Fow, who is engaged in the wholesale and retail meat business in Philadelphia, and they have three children: Elva A., who mar- ried Robert L. Saunders, of Philadelphia, and has one child, Minerva H .; Clarence B., who married Linda Fairchild and has a daughter, Lillie May; and Lilly. Edward died in childhood. Henry, a graduate of the high school at Hackettstown and Shoemaker's School of Oratory, married Alice Pyle, a daughter of General Pyle, and they have a daughter, Helen. Alexander, who was lost at sea, had married a Miss Foster and had one child, Ethel.
In his political views the Captain is a Republican. His life has been one of usefulness and honor. He has been true to his duty to his family, to his neighbor and to his country, and now in his declining years he merits and receives the veneration and respect which should ever be accorded old age. He has passed the seventieth milestone on life's journey, yet seems much younger and still takes a keen interest in affairs of local and national im- portance.
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THOMAS COLE ALLEN.
There is but one chief ruler of a nation, be he king, emperor or president. But comparatively few can gain the highest position in military circles or along artistic lines; but the field of business affords unlimited opportunities, and therein a man may gain a leading position in his special line and win success by his own unaided efforts. This T. C. Allen has done, and to-day he is engaged in the wholesale poultry-shipping business, making his head- quarters at Glassboro.
He was born in Hurffville, Gloucester county, on the 19th of September, 1848, and is of English lineage, his grandfather, Samuel Allen, having come from the "merrie isle" to the New World. His son, Isaac T. Allen, the father of our subject, was born in Woodstown, New Jersey, and was a car- penter and millwright by trade, following those occupations throughout his business career. He resided for many years in Hurffville, and died on the 12th of August, 1897. He was long a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church and took an active part in its work, serving as steward and trustee. He married Miss Mary Bilks, a daughter of Joseph Bilks, also a resident of Hurffville, and her death occurred in 1864. By the marriage of this worthy couple six children were born, of whom three are still living: Thomas Cole Allen, of this review; Frank, who is living on the old home- stead in Hurffville; and Abbie, the wife of E. T. Leap, who is living in Glass- boro township.
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