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start in life. He was never idle, turned readily from one thing to another whenever opportunity offered for him to better his condition, and from a poor boy working at $5.00 per month he has pushed his way up to a position of independence. From 1888 for a period of three years he was employed as fireman on a railroad engine. Previous to this, March 25, 1885, he purchased the farm on which he has since lived, and on which he has built a comfortable residence, replacing the small house on it at the time of pur- chase. In connection with his farming operations he runs a thresher and sawmill and sells charcoal and cord wood, dealing extensively in the latter. His sales to the Baldwin Locomotive Works amount to $200 per month. He ships to various points, including Philadelphia, and his total sales aver- age no less than $10,000 per year.
Mr. Tice was married April 25, 1885, to Miss Elmira Lollo, a native of Williamstown, and a daughter of Henry Lollo. They have two children, John D. and Hazel V.
WILLIAM H. MCCULLOUGH.
As a leading citizen and prominent member of numerous fraternal orders of Swedesboro, as well as for his record as a brave soldier in the civil war. this gentleman deserves a place in this historical work. His native city is Philadelphia, where he was born December 5, 1845, and is the only child of Hugh and Eliza (Rainey) Mccullough. The father was born in Scotland. whence he went to Ireland, and there married. He came to the United States in 1838, settling first in Philadelphia and afterward removing to Swedesboro, where he followed agricultural pursuits the remainder of his life. He died in 1881, at the age of sixty-seven years. His wife died in 1871.
William H. pursued his studies in the public schools of Philadelphia and Swedesboro until sixteen years of age, when, although a mere boy in years. his patriotism was aroused by the call to arms, and September 2, 1861, he enlisted, in Brooklyn, as a private in Company D, Forty-eighth New York Volunteers. He served throughout the war, re-enlisting at Hilton Head, South Carolina, December 21, 1863, and being discharged by reason of wounds received in action May 12, 1865, while in the general army hospital on David's Island, where he had been sent on account of said wound received at the battle of Strawberry Plains, August 16, 1864. After returning home, Mr. Mccullough engaged in farming, which he followed until 1883, and at that time, as a result of the wounds received while in the army, his health became impaired, and he was obliged to find some less laborious employ- ment. Since then he has been a dealer in all kinds of building material, such
NA. M.Cullough
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as lumber, brick, stone, cement, lime and hardware, and has made it finan- cially successful.
On December 16, 1869, Mr. Mccullough was married to Miss Mary McDowell, a daughter of David McDowell, of Woolwich township, Glou- cester county. They have had six children, as follows: Hope, who became the wife of William Black, of Swedesboro, now deceased; Eliza, who mar- ried William C. Richardson, a farmer of New Bridge, this county; Thomas, a fireman on the West Jersey & Seashore Railroad; Hugh, employed in his father's store; William H., a fireman on the West Jersey. & Seashore Rail- road; David M., attending school; and Richard, who died when one year old.
As a man of good judgment and executive ability Mr. Mccullough is held in high esteem by his townsmen. He is a director of the Lake Park Cemetery Company, a stockholder in the Swedesboro National Bank, of Swedesboro, also in the Swedesboro Heat, Light & Power Company, and for sixteen years has been a member and director of the local Building & Loan Association. He was also one of the original stockholders of the Swedesboro Glass Works, and also a member of the board of managers. At the reorganization of the company he was one of the four who bought out the others, becoming its business manager, and he served in the latter capac- ity for two years, until it became firmly established, when he sold his share to the other three partners, thus securing to the town this industry that has been so valuable to it.
For thirty-three years he has been an elder in the Presbyterian church, and has been the superintendent of the Sunday-school for nearly the same length of time. He is perhaps the best known man in the county in the fraternal organizations, in all of which he has been an active worker, and has filled important offices. He was made a Mason in 1884, in the Woodstown Lodge, No. 138, F. & A. M., and in 1886 was the chief organizer and the first worshipful master of Swedesboro Lodge, No. 157. He is a past grand of Osceola Lodge, No. 75, I. O. O. F., of Swedesboro, and for sixteen con- secutive years its secretary, and a member of the board of managers of the Odd Fellows Home at Trenton, New Jersey.
From the "Knights' Jewel" we quote the following:
"We present to our readers this month a fac-simile reproduction of the features of one of the supreme representatives of the "Mosquito" state. Brother Mccullough has always been an earnest and indefatigable worker in the Pythian cause. He was initiated in Viola Lodge, No. 40, on January 23, 1872. In 1873 he was elected master at arms of the lodge and then suc- cessively to the stations of prelate, vice-chancellor and chancellor com- mander. At the convention of the grand lodge held in 1876 he received the
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grand lodge rank and has not missed a convention of that body since. In 1878 he represented his lodge in grand lodge, and in 1879 was appointed deputy grand chancellor and reappointed in 1880, during both years con- tinuing to represent his subordinate lodge in the conventions of the grand lodge. In 1881 he was elected grand master at arms and passed regularly to the stations of grand prelate, grand vice chancellor and grand chancellor, receiving the supreme lodge rank at Washington in 1894. In the grand lodge of New Jersey he has also held leading positions on important com- mittees and his services were rewarded in 1889 by being elected supreme representative, in which office he is now serving."
Mr. Mccullough is also a past master workman of Swedesboro Lodge. No. 28, A. O. U. W., and is now the grand master workman of the state of New Jersey. He was the first commander of John A. Dix Post, No. 19, G. A. R., and has held that position for the past five years. He is also a member of the Fifty-eighth Regiment, New York State Volunteer Veter- ans' Association, and past chief of Coeur de Leon Castle, K. of G., No. 36, of Swedesboro. He belongs to the volunteer fire department, and is serving his second year as its chief.
In politics Mr. Mccullough is a Republican, and served as clerk of his township from 1881 to 1891. He was a trustee of the Madison district school until his removal to Swedesboro, since which time he has been a trustee of the latter district. He also served five years as district clerk and is at pres- ent the president of the board of trustees of the State Industrial School for Girls at Trenton. In all these positions of honor and trust Mr. McCul- lough has faithfully performed his duties and earned the respect and esteem of his associates.
ANDREW J. TOMLIN.
In all life's relations,-in business, as a member of the navy and in politi- cal offices,-Andrew Jackson Tomlin has so ably and faithfully discharged his duties that he has ever won high commendation. Success has attended his industrial efforts and he has won honor in military and political life, yet above all he has gained that good name which is rather to be chosen than great riches, and Cape May county numbers him among her valued and representative citizens. He is now living in Goshen, where he is ex- tensively engaged in farming, owning and operating four hundred acres of rich land.
Mr. Tomlin was born in the town which is now his home, March 15. 1845, and is a son of John and Judith (Cresse) Tomlin. His grandfather, John Tomlin, was an agriculturist, and at the time of his death resided upon
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what is known as the Tomlin farm on Maurice river. His political sup- port was given the Whig party. He died at the age of forty-nine years, and his wife, Mrs. Judith Tomlin, passed away at the ripe old age of three- score years and ten. They were the parents of seventeen children, of whom five died in early life, the others being John, Matthew, Elizabeth, Hannah, David, Mary, Catherine, Aaron, Thompson, Job, Isaiah and Ann.
John Tomlin, the father of our subject, was born at Swedesboro, New Jersey, February 8, 1798, and in the common schools acquired his educa- tion. After entering upon his business career he devoted his energies to farming and stock-raising. He owned a farm upon which the city of Vine- land has since been built and made a specialty of raising cattle, having as many as two hundred head. He continued in the latter enterprise until 1864, and throughout his life he followed farming, being the owner of an extensive tract of land of seven hundred and twenty-five acres near Goshen. His political support was given the Democracy and several times he served as the coroner. He was twice married, his first union being with Judith Cresse. Their children were as follows: William, who engaged in farm- ing in Cumberland county up to the time of his death, and at one time served as a freeholder, married Phoebe Steelman, and their children were Hannah, Jonas, Sidney, Edward, Emma, Lizzie and Linda. Eliza, the second of the family, died in infancy. Elizabeth became the wife of Charles Eldredge, who was a carpenter of Cold Spring and afterward engaged in farming at Shiloh, New Jersey. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Eldredge were Harry, Linda, Charles, Jennie, Judith, Hattie, Abbie and Paul. Mar- garet was twice married. She first became the wife of John T. Allen, and their daughter, Kate, died in infancy. Her second husband was James Newcomb, by whom she had two children,-Emma and Frank,-the former the wife of Jesse McHenry, assistant superintendent of the glass factory in Millville and a member of the board of education. Martha, the fifth child, became the wife of Thomas T. Wales. Sarah is the widow of Lott Corn- wall, who was a farmer of Goshen, and afterward engaged in merchandising at Bridgeton, New Jersey. He died leaving a son, John T., who now owns and operates a gristmill in Fairton, New Jersey. Judith died at the age of seventeen years. Albert, a practicing physician of Bridge- ton, married Lamson Most and had one child. John Franklin married Louisa Morrell, a daughter of Rev. John Morrell. During the civil war he became the captain of Company I, Twenty-fifth New Jersey Infantry, and participated in the battle of Fredericksburg and in a number of other engagements. On the expiration of his nine-months' term of en- listment he returned home and engaged in teaching school, but later he
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resigned his position as teacher and once more entered his country's ser- vice, becoming the captain of Company M, Third New Jersey Cavalry, in which he served until the close of the war. He subsequently removed to Missouri, where he engaged in farming and cattle-raising. He now re- sides in Green Ridge, Pettis county, that state. His children are: Edward; Emma; Morrell, who was a captain in the Second Missouri Regiment in the Spanish-American war; Francis; and Harold, who is serving with the United States volunteers in the Philippines, a member of the Thirty-second Missouri Regiment. Mary, the next member of the family of John and Judith Tomlin, was born in 1843 and married Richard H. Townsend, a sol- dier in Company B, Tenth New Jersey Infantry. He afterward became a member of the Twelfth Regiment and was shot through the heart at the battle of Gettysburg while leading an assault on a barn. He was then serving as first lieutenant. His children are Edwin, who was born in 1862; and Mary, wife of Benjamin F. Springer, by whom she has four children,- Frank, May, Clara and Morris. Andrew J. is the next of the family. Ju- lietta, the youngest, died in 1854, at the age of seventeen years. John Tomlin, the father of these children, died June 1, 1878, at the age of eighty years, and his wife passed away in 1852, at the age of forty-two years.
Andrew J. Tomlin of this review acquired a good practical English education in the public schools of Goshen, where he pursued his studies until seventeen years of age, when he ran away in order to enlist in his country's service. Prompted by a spirit of patriotism which he could not quell he entered the United States marine corps at Philadelphia, and for a time served as sergeant of marines on the United States steamship, R. R. Cuyler, in blockading the harbor of Wilmington, North Carolina. He was afterward on the Wabash in the capture of Fort Fisher, and for valorous conduct in that engagement received a medal of honor, consisting of a bronze star, suspended from a bronze anchor, upon the reverse side of which appears the following inscription: "Personal Valor. Andrew J. Tomlin, Corporal of Marines, U. S. S. Wabash, Fort Fisher, January 15, 1865." Accompanying the medal was the following letter:
Washington, D. C., July 25, 1866.
Sir: I have the pleasure of transmitting herewith the medal of honor awarded to you by the secretary of the navy, in general order No. 59 (dated June 22, 1865), for gallant and meritorious conduct whilst serving on board the U. S. S. Wabash in the attack on Fort Fisher.
Very respectfully, etc., GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy.
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After the engagement at Fort Fisher the Wabash went out of commis- sion and Mr. Tomlin was transferred to the Mohongo and sent to the Pa- cific coast, where he spent sixteen months. In 1866 he returned home, but again enlisted and was sent to the Mediterranean on the United States sloop of war, Plymouth, on which he spent three years. That vessel acted as escort to the Monarch, on which was brought home the remains of George Peabody, the great philanthropist. Mr. Tomlin was in European waters at the time of the Franco-Prussian war, and while thus engaged visited all the various places of interest along the Mediterranean. There were eleven vessels in the fleet sent to that sea to protect American interests there. Among other places which he visited were Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Bethany, and he now possesses a certification of visitation to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in Jerusalem, having spent five days in that city.
On his retirement from the navy, where he made a most creditable and honorable record, Mr. Tomlin returned to Goshen, Cape May county, where he has since engaged in farming four hundred acres of rich land, all of which is under a high state of cultivation and yields to the owner excel- lent returns for the care and labor he bestows upon it. While his life has been a busy one, owing to the extent of his agricultural operations, he has yet found time to aid in the public service and has filled a number of of- fices. He is a stanch Republican in politics, has been jury commissioner for one year, and was the sheriff of Cape May county for three years, from 1895 to 1898. For seventeen years he has served on the township com- mittee and has been its chairman for fourteen years. For a similar period he was a school director, and by his faithfulness in all these offices he has promoted the welfare of the community with which he is connected.
On the 19th of March, 1873, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Tomlin and Miss Sallie C. Sullivan, a daughter of Job Sullivan. To them has been born a daughter, Judith, who is at home. The household is noted for its hospitality and Mr. and Mrs. Tomlin and their daughter have many warm friends in this community. Our subject is connected with various benevo- lent and fraternal organizations, belonging to Arbutus Lodge, No. 70, A. F. & A. M .; to Hereford Lodge, No. 108, I. O. O. F., and to the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, being connected with Goshen Lodge, No. 91. He also maintains pleasant relations with his old army comrades who "wore the blue" in the civil war through his membership in John Mecray Post, No. 40, G. A. R. Patriotism has ever characterized his relation to his country, and his service in the navy was no more faithful and loyal than was his performance of the duties of civil office. He is now devoting his
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energies to his farm, and is accounted one of the most successful agricul- turists and substantial citizens of the community.
ALFRED COOPER.
Alfred Cooper, of Cape May Court House, is a son of George B. and Annie Elizabeth (Henderson) Cooper, and was born in Kinderhook, Col- umbia county, New York, September 6, 1859. On the paternal side he is a representative of an old American-Quaker family, while on the maternal side he is of English lineage. At a very early day the Coopers resided in Burlington county, New Jersey. The grandfather, Joseph Cooper, became a dry goods merchant of Philadelphia, carrying on business on Market street. He made his home in that city till his death, but conducted business enterprises elsewhere, and was the owner of very extensive landed interests in this state. He often exchanged goods for land, and through his well directed efforts and enterprise became a wealthy man. His political support was given to the Whig party, and in religious belief he was an Episcopalian, belonging to Christ church, in which he held a number of official positions. He married Ann Veree, and they became the parents of eight children: Wil- liam, Joseph, deceased, Mary, Colin Campbell, George B., Alfred, Thomas Franklin and Joseph, the second of the name.
James Henderson, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was born in 1800, in Warwick, England. His father was a British officer in the English navy. James Henderson came to the United States, with his wife and two children, Francis and Sarah, in 1822 and located in Cohoes, New York. Subsequently he removed to Valatie, New York, but spent his last days in Millville, New Jersey. He was the superintendent of the Valatie Mills and subsequently operated a woolen mill in Valatie, with his son Francis, but his last days were spent in retirement from labor. He married a Miss Johnston and they had a son, Francis, who married Christina Schemerhorn, and after her death wedded Mary Prussian. He was a woolen manufacturer and con- ducted an extensive business. Sarah Henderson, the second child, became the wife of Dr. Preston Van Vleck, of Columbia county, New York, who served as a surgeon in the civil war and died at Fortress Monroe. Margaret is also deceased. Ann Elizabeth became the mother of our subject. Thalia has also passed away. Mary is the deceased wife of John Hoffman, a manu- facturer of Poughkeepsie, New York; and Delia is deceased. The father of these children died in 1888, and the mother's death occurred in 1860, when she had reached the age of sixty years.
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Alfred Cooper
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George B. Cooper acquired his education in the Friends' schools of Philadelphia and put aside his text-books in order to enter his father's store, where he was employed as a clerk until 1850, when his health failed him and he went to Port Elizabeth, New Jersey. There, in connection with Charles Townsend, he purchased the Getinger Glass Works, which they operated for several years under the firm name of Cooper & Townsend. Subsequently Mr. Cooper engaged in dealing in lumber and builders' mater- ials, at Millville, handling Jersey timber. That proved a profitable industry and he conducted it until his death. His political support was first given to the Whig party and afterward to the Republican party. He was a warm admirer of Henry Clay and was a leading factor in the political circles of his state. After a hotly contested election he was chosen clerk of the New Jersey Assembly, serving in the years 1864-5. By appointment of Judge John T. Nixon he held the office of United States commissioner for several years. Of Christ Episcopal church he was a faithful and valued member, was active in building the church in Millville and served as a mem- ber of its vestry. He died in 1873 and in his death the community lost one of its most prominent, esteemed and valued citizens. His widow, who was born January 9, 1837, died January 19, 1900.
Alfred Cooper attended the public schools in his early youth, later was a student in a private school at Valatie, New York, and in Pierce's Business College. He entered upon his business career in a printing-office in Mill- ville, and when he had thoroughly mastered the trade in all its departments he opened a job printing-office on his own account in the same city. In 1879 he established the Cape May County Gazette, at Cape May Court House, the first issue of the paper making its appearance on the 6th of March, 1880. It is a weekly journal published each Friday, a four-page, eight-column sheet, twenty-six by forty inches. It is Republican in its political proclivi- ties and is devoted to the advancement of the party and the progress and up- building of the county. It is an excellent advertising medium, receives liberal patronage in that line and has a circulation of one thousand two hun- dred and twenty. Mr. Cooper has built a job printing-office in this place and has also erected a comfortable residence. He has made extensive invest- ments in real estate, his landed possessions aggregating several thousand acres in Cumberland, Cape May and Atlantic counties, New Jersey, and in the Catskill mountains of New York.
On the 15th of September, 1891, Mr. Cooper was united in marriage to Fabelle, a daughter of Charles P. Smith, and they have one child, Annie Elizabeth. Mr. Cooper is connected with a number of civic societies, hold- ing membership in Arbutus Lodge, No. 170, F. & A. M., of which he has
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served as master; Richmond Chapter, No. 22, R. A. M .; Olivet Commandery, No. 10, Knights Templar; in Friendship Lodge, No. 45, Ancient Order of United Workmen; and in Hereford Lodge, No. 108, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was instrumental in organizing the last named and is one of its leading members. He is also vice-president of the Mechanics and Laborers' Building & Loan Association. He is taking an active interest in local political affairs, but has never been an office-seeker, although for sev- eral years he served as a member of the county board of elections and formu- lated the list of questions for the examination of candidates for the board. He is distinctively American in thought and feeling and his efforts in behalf of the public interests of his county have been practical and followed by very desirable results. In his business interests he has earned for himself an enviable reputation and is known for his prompt and honorable methods of dealing which have gained him the deserved confidence of his fellow men. He is pleasant and agreeable in manner, affable with those whom he meets and has the happy faculty of inspiring strong friendships.
HARRY LAMBERT.
For more than a quarter of a century this resident of Salem has been one of the most popular and substantial citizens. He is a son of John and Rachel (Tyler) Lambert, and was born June 30, 1857, on a farm two and a half miles distant from his present residence, in what is now known as Quinton township. His great-grandfather, Benjamin Lambert, left Eng- land with a party of friends, among whom were Oakfords, Coopers and Charles, early in the eighteenth century, and settled in Salem county, which has since been the home of the Lambert family. He married a Miss Holmes, of Greenwich, and located in Quinton township, where he reared four sons,-Isaac, William, Joseph and John H. The latter was born in 1799, and was the only son by a second marriage, and a half brother to Isaac and Joseph.
Reaching young manhood he engaged in teaching school for a few terms, and after his marriage to Miss Elizabeth Butcher, and aunt of Senator James Butcher, of Salem, he removed to the village of Alloway, where he built a commodious residence in 1836. This building was thought to be a home of splendor for those days and continued to be the largest but two in the village for more than thirteen years. In 1849 he moved to Quinton township, where he owned a farm, now in the possession of the widow of his grandson, Mrs. John Lambert. At his death he owned two farms
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there, one of one hundred acres and one of seventy aeres. These farms consisted of good land and were kept in the most perfect state of cultiva- tion. When he took up his residence in Alloway, he entered the store of Isaac Reed as a clerk and soon worked his way up to the position of junior partner of the firm. This was during the most prosperous days of the village, and the general country store kept by Reed & Lambert did a flour- ishing business until he disposed of his interests to a Mr. Stretch.
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