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LINDSLEY, James Hervey,
Accomplished Architect.
By the death of James Hervey Lindsley, late of East Orange, New Jersey, that town sustained an irreparable loss and was de- prived of the presence of one whom it had come to look upon as a guardian, benefactor and friend. He had fostered many benev- olent and charitable enterprises, was prom- inently connected with many affairs which pertained to the public welfare, was the pro- moter of business interests of farreaching effect in the commercial and financial activ- ity of the town, and especially in his chosen profession, architecture, had rendered no- table service.
The Lindsley family is a very ancient one, and the name is variously spelled Linle, Linley, Linsley and Lindsley. It was origi- nally Linesley, and there is a town of that name in County Lancaster, England, where this family had their seat. The coat of arms is as follows: Sable, a lion rampant between eight crosses pattée fitcheé argent. Crest : An arm in armour, embowed, hold- ing in the glove a sabre, all proper.
The first record of the family in this country concerns John and Francis Linley, from whom all the Americans of this name are descended. These two bearers of the name emigrated from a place not far to the southwest of London, England, and settled
in the New Haven Colony about 1640. John Linley took the oath of fidelity to the New Haven Colony, July 1, 1644, and his name and that of Francis Linley appear on the New Haven records of the following year in a suit for "damadges" as follows : "Stephen Medcalfe complayned that he was going into the house of John Linley, Fran- cis Linley, his brother, being in the house, told him he would sell him a gunne, the said Stephen asked him if it were a good one, he answered yea, as any was in the towne." The "gunne" proved defective as was shown by the result and the finding of the court. "The court considering the prem- ises, the great damadge Stephen Medcalfe had susteyned in the losse of his eye, wth the losse of his time and the great chardge of the cure, Mr. Pell affirming it was worth 101, ordered Francis Linley to pay to Stephen Medcalfe 201, damadges." Bran- ford, formerly Totoket, was established as a plantation in 1644 and the names of John and Francis Linley appear on the records in 1646. They were probably among the first planters. John remained at Branford, where he died, his children having settled "ancient Woodbury." Francis came with the first settlers to Newark, and his name appears among the forty additional settlers who signed the "Fundamental Agreement," June 24, 1667.
James Hervey Lindsley, son of Peter Lindsley, a well-known builder of Newark, New Jersey, was born in Newark, October 26, 1835, and died August 19, 1899, at Mendham, New Jersey, where he was spending the summer. He was the recipi- ent of an excellent education acquired in the private school conducted by Rev. Hunt, and at other private institutions of learning, one of these being at Succasunna. From his early years he displayed an unusual amount of interest in and talent for the profession of architecture, and his ideas were both original and practical, as well as artistic. He studied this profession with the well known Mr. Hatfield, of New York, remaining the
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associate of this gentleman for a number of years, then located in Newark, New Jersey, with which city his business interests were identified until his death, with the exception of three years, during which he lived in Denver, Colorado. For many years he was the consulting architect of the old Board of Education of the city of Newark, and dur- ing the four years prior to his death held a similar position with the East Orange Board of Education, where his services were ap- preciated to the fullest extent, and under his able supervision the Eastern and Frank- lin schools were enlarged and reconstructed and thus changed into model school build- ings. The Dodd Street public school in East Orange is acknowledged to be one of the finest in the entire country. In political matters Mr. Lindsley was a stanch Republi- can, but was never desirous of holding pub- lic office, holding the opinion that he was best serving the interests of the community by concentrating his energies in the proper conduct of his professional work, and thus improving the city in this direction. He never, however, neglected to cast his vote in the interests of the Republican party, his first vote being given for General Fremont. He was very young when he joined the First Baptist Church, now Peddie Memor- ial, of Newark, and for a half a century he was an active and devoted worker in its in- terests. He was a member of the Newark Board of Trade; a life member of the New Jersey Historical Society; a counsellor of the Founders and Patriots of America, being a charter member of the New York Society; and a member of the Republican Club of East Orange. At the time of his death he was in office as vice-president of the New Jersey Society of Architects, and many of the finest residences, churches and schools of Newark and its vicinity were erected or remodeled by him. His own res- idence was at No. 440 William street, where his funeral services were held.
Mr. Lindsley married (first) Eliza Agens Bruen, who died in 1881, a descendant of
Obadiah Bruen, one of the old settlers of Newark. There were two sons born of this union: Frederick Bruen, a resident of California, and James Mortimer, a resident of St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Lindsley mar- ried (second) Adele Halsted Dodd, a daughter of Stephen Horton and Letitia (Halsted) Dodd; granddaughter of Sam- uel Tyler Dodd; and whose line goes through Zebina, David, John, Daniel and Daniel. She was born on the original Dodd tract in East Orange, which consisted of more than five hundred acres of land, and on which six generations of the family had been born ; the present Dodd street of East Orange runs through this tract. The Hal- sted family is an old one of Long Island. Letitia (Halsted) Dodd, mother of Mrs. Lindsley, was a daughter of Abram Colyer and Mary A. (Wilson) Halsted; a great- grandmother of Mrs. Lindsley, Elizabeth Colyer, born June 10, 1771, at Jamaica, Long Island, married Philip Halsted. By this second marriage of Mr. Lindsley there was a daughter : Marion Halsted Lindsley, and he was survived by all of his children.
Numerous were the resolutions adopted was a daughter, Marion Halsted Lindsley, the letters of condolence received by the bereaved family, and the public expres- sions of regret which appeared in the press. The limits of this article will not permit of their reproduction, but the following ex- tract from the "Peddie Memorial Church Journal" must be accorded a place :
"Reference should be made to the loss sus- tained by this Church in the death of our Brother Mr. James H. Lindsley in August last. Mr. Lindsley has been a member of the Music Com- mittee for a number of years, and was specially faithful in his attention to the duties in which he always took a keen and intelligent interest. It is not known by your Committee at what age our Brother departed this life, but in an obituary notice published at the time it was stated that 'he joined the First Baptist Church, now Peddie Memorial, at Newark, at a very early age and for fifty years was active and influential in all good and charitable work.' With the ex- ception of a short period following the change
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of his residence to Orange, New Jersey, all those years were passed in the fellowship of this Church, for which he had a deep and abiding affection. He was proud of its history, of its influence and of its membership; and loved to speak of them all at the times when others who felt less intensely in these matters would have had nothing to say of Church life or of religious experiences. He was a gentle and humble Chris- tian man, of refined and artistic instincts, of a sweet and lovable disposition. To those whose privilege it was to know him intimately he was most winsome, and his friendship a precious treasure. Your Committee gratefully submits this tribute to the worth and service of our Brother in the hope that same may be made a part of the records of the Church."
GOODBODY, Robert, Financier, Model Citizen.
Robert Goodbody, a well known finan- cier of New York and New Jersey, was a man who lived up to the standard of char- acter set by a line of distinguished ances- tors, in the energy and probity of his con- duct in the management of the many im- portant interests entrusted to his care. His grandfather, James Perry, was a leading spirit in the construction of the first rail- road between Kingston and Dublin. The careers of such men as Mr. Goodbody show the possibilities open to those who possess good business abilities, and the high integrity common alike to the good citizen and the good business man. His whole life was devoted to the highest and best, and all his endeavors were for the furtherance of those noble ideals he made the rule of his daily life. A nature of sing- ular sweetness, openness and sincerity, he probably never had an enemy. But any estimate of his character would be unjust that did not point to the natural ability and keen mental gifts which he improved by daily and hourly use. He succeeded better than the average business man be- cause he had a wider intellectual equip- ment than the ordinary business man. He had a profound knowledge of human na- ture, and his judgment was sound.
Robert Goodbody was born in Clara, Kings county, Ireland, July 25, 1850, and died April 13, 19II. The schools in his native town furnished his earlier educa- tion, and he then became a student at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, from which he was graduated in the class of 1871 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Later the degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon him. He was graduated with honors, and a gold medal for excel- lence in mathematics was awarded him. After leaving college he took up the study of law, and passed the necessary examina- tion required to become a solicitor, but never engaged in legal practice. He or- ganized the firm of Goodbody & Webb, stock brokers of Dublin, and became a member of the Dublin Stock Exchange. This firm, of which he was senior partner, was successfully engaged in business for a number of years.
In 1885 Mr. Goodbody came to America, and organized the firm of Goodbody, Glyn & Dow, in New York City, where they were brokers and general dealers in all kinds of securities and investments. They were members of the Stock Exchange, and Mr. Goodbody himself became a member of the Stock Exchange after he had become naturalized. In 1891 he was the founder of the firm of Goodbody & Company, which is still in existence at No. 80 Broadway, New York City. So deliberate, well-con- sidered and accurate were his methods of doing business, that he was successful in all his undertakings. In 1899, in associa- tion with several others, he purchased "The Paterson Guardian," and published this for some time.
During the first few years of his stay in this country, Mr. Goodbody lived in Orange, New Jersey, but in 1889 he removed to his country seat on the outskirts of Haledon, New Jersey, where he was the owner of many fine acres of park land, covered with beautiful native trees. He was very fond of travel, made annual trips abroad, and as
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he was a fine speaker, and possessed of rare descriptive power, his conversation on his travels was listened to with pleasure by all who were privileged to hear him. He was active in the political affairs of Passaic county, a Cleveland Democrat, and wielded a wide influence in Paterson and Haledon. While in England he was a Whig of the Calden type. His favorite form of recrea- tion was found in out-door sports, but social amusements also had an attraction for him. He was a member of the Hamilton Club, of Paterson; the New York Whist Club; the University Club of Dublin; the Reform Club of London; the New York Chamber of Commerce; the North Jersey Country Club, in which he was a member of the Board of Governors, and was at one time its president ; and he helped to organize the Arcola Country Club. His advice in public affairs was held in high esteem in Haledon, and he served at one time as a member of the school board. He was a fine historical scholar, probably the finest in the county, and a profound student of economics. His death, which was deeply and sincerely re- gretted, cast a gloom over the entire com- munity, and affected many circles in New York City, as well as in England and Ire- land, where he was well known and greatly beloved. The illness which was the cause of his death covered a period of two years, and was of a nervous character, probably brought on by his incessant mental activity. His religious affiliations were with the So- city of Friends.
Mr. Goodbody married (first) in 1872, Isabelle Dora Pim, who died in 1878. He married (second) in 1883, Amy Urwick. He married (third) in 1885, Margaret Jane Pim, who survives him, and is living at the country place at Haledon. His children, who all survive him, are: Isabella S., Han- nah F., Marcus, Thomas P., William U., John L., Dora, Maurice F. T., Agnes E. and Robert.
DANIELS, Thomas,
Founder of an Important Business.
In Burlington, New Jersey, one of the tangible works of the life of Thomas Dan- iels is a firmly founded and prosperous mercantile business, ownership of which made him at the time of his death one of the oldest merchants of this old New Jer- sey city. For forty years Mr. Daniels took part in the business life of his adopted city, and now, when death has made vacant the place he so long occupied, nothing but pleasure accompanies his memory, and those things which are spoken of him by his former associates are such as bring pride and joy to those who loved him and in return held his deepest affection. Known to all of Burlington's residents as the suc- cessful merchant, his connections with other phases of the city's life were no less strong, and he combined the qualities of the man of business, the churchman, the fraternity brother, and the upright citizen in a personality and character at once pleasing and strong.
Descendant of English forbears and a native of England, Thomas Daniels came to the United States as a lad of six years, although he was a man of forty years of age when he took up his residence and founded his business in Burlington, a busi- ness which, after forty years under the management of its founder, is now contin- ued as the property of his son and daugh- ter, Thomas E. and Charlotte A. Daniels. The years of his mature life prior to his coming to Burlington were passed in Brooklyn, New York, New Brunswick and Newark, New Jersey, and Poughkeepsie, New York, and during this time he learned and followed the jeweler's art. But it was the four decades that he passed in Burl- ington that brought out the best of his abilities and talents in business, in church, and in service for others ; and it is in mem-
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ory of a life that stood beyond the reproach of any, that typified high-minded citizen- ship, that was endowed with the virtues of true manhood, that this memoir is written.
Son of Thomas and Charlotte (Heath) Daniels, Thomas Daniels was born in War- rington, England, February 28, 1835, and in 184I accompanied his parents in their immigration to the United States. Thomas Daniels, senior, made New Brunswick, New Jersey, the family home, and there he en- gaged in milling, subsequently moving to Brooklyn, New York. Thomas, the son, first attended public school in New Bruns- wick, continuing his studies in the institu- tions of Brooklyn after the family resi- dence was changed to that place. His first employment was in a grocery store, and as a young man he learned the jeweler's call- ing, engaging in this line in Newark, New Jersey, and Poughkeepsie, New York.
Coming to Burlington, New Jersey, about 1869, Mr. Daniels ventured into a line with which he was unfamiliar, but in which he saw greater possibilities and opportunities than in the business that had formerly been his field of effort, opening a general mer- cantile establishment. This he developed along safe business lines, at the same time benefitting from his progressive tendencies, and for forty years occupied honorable po- sition as a leading merchant of the city, holding position at the head of a business based on principles of fairest dealing long held in the public confidence. The business that he founded is now continued by his son and daughter, Thomas E. and Charlotte A. Daniels, and under their management the establishment on High street is held strictly to the worthy standard set up by the elder Daniels.
Mr. Daniels made his personal business his chief interest in material matters, al- though for twenty-three years he was su- perintendent of the Light and Power Com- pany, relinquishing this office when the plant and business of the local company was consolidated with the Public Service Cor-
poration. His political activity was con- fined to the intelligent and conscientious casting of his ballot for men and measures championing the right, and his principal public service was as a member of the drain- age commission, his several terms of mem- bership thereon totalling eighteen years. With St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church he was closely and actively affili- ated, and of this parish he was a devoted vestryman, giving abundantly of all that was his to its needs. He was also a member of St. Mary's Brotherhood, and long be- longed to the Knights of Pythias. To none of the citizens of Burlington would this brief record of the life of Thomas Daniels seem complete if mention were omitted of one of the chief pleasures of his active years, ice-boating. Before the physical handicaps of old age made such recreation impossible, each winter found him on the broad surface of the Delaware with one of his several swift yachts, often built by him- self, and in the manipulation of his speedy craft he was most adept.
Thomas Daniels died in Burlington, March 4, 1915. The infirmities that came with his eighty years of age caused his re- tirement three years prior to his death, but he had remained in touch with the activ- ities of his city until his final summons came. His wide sympathy with his fellows, his readiness to overlook shortcomings and to extol virtues, and the straightfor- ward manhood of his own life were the at- tributes that won him the love, admiration, and respect of his fellows, and it is as the man who quietly and without pretension performed the duties that came to him that he lives in the hearts of his former friends and associates.
Mr. Daniels married (first) Ellen Collins, who became the mother of his children, Thomas E. and Charlotte A .; (second) Lottie Chambers; (third) Eleanor Van Vleet, who bore him Emily W., who mar- ried Joseph R. Budd; Ada, and Grosve- nor W.
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BUDD, Eckard P.,
Lawyer, Public Official.
Belonging to Mount Holly, New Jersey, by right of residence, Eckard P. Budd was the possession of his party, his profession, and his State, by virtue of long, varied and valuable service to all, service discontinued only with the passing of life. It was both pleasure and privilege to know him well, and it is the same privilege, with the sol- emn touch lent by the keen sense of loss. in his death, to retell the story of his life. Some there are who knew him as a con- stant and loving friend, others as a devoted and able public servant. Some met him in the associations of lodge and society, oth- ers in the work of party and politics, some labored with him in the cares of business, others stood by him as he fought and won the legal battles that made him foremost in his profession, all appreciated that in association with him they knew a man who recognized the highest things in life, made them his aim, and who, in a life that could have held no more of useful effort, ever stood in relations of kindliness and helpfulness to his fellow men. In the lit- tle over a quarter of a century of his legal career he rose to respected heights in his profession, the instruments of his rapid ad- vance a clear and firmly founded knowl- edge of the principles and precedents of jurisprudence, industry that never flagged, intellect of high order, and unusual foren- sic gifts. These were the qualities that placed him in the front rank of New Jer- sey's criminal lawyers. When the Demo- cratic party called him to responsible place in party councils, he enthusiastically took up his work, and in county and State la- bored diligently in its interests. He was preferred for important political place by public servants representative of both of the great parties, and gave of the best of his time and brain to Burlington county and New Jersey. In affairs purely of a local nature he occupied conspicuous po-
sition, and Mount Holly knew and loved him with the affection a community be- stows only upon him who has been tried by every test, who has stood all trial, who has proved himself worthy of all honor.
Andrews Eckard Budd, M. D., father of Eckard P. Budd, was born in Woodbury, New Jersey, July 18, 1816, of Prussian parentage, his parents coming from their native land when young and settling in New Jersey. Andrews E. Budd was edu- cated in the public schools, Woodbury high school, and under the tutorship of Rever- end Blythe, pastor of the Presbyterian church, who taught him Latin. At the age of eighteen years he began teaching in Woodbury, and at the same time con- tinued his studies in higher English, math- ematics, and Latin. At the age of twenty- one years he began the study of medicine under Dr. Egbert, of Manayunk, Penn- sylvania, and later entered the Medical Department of the University of Pennsyl- vania, whence he was graduated M. D., class of 1842. He located in Vincentown, New Jersey, beginning practice on April 23, 1842. About January 1, 1845, he moved to Medford, in the same county (Burling- ton) and there continued in successful prac- tice for eighteen years. In 1863 he moved- to Mount Holly, the county seat of Burl- ington, and there practiced until his death. He was well known and popular, ranking among the most able and successful practi- tioners of the county. He was a member of the District Medical Society of Burl- ington and of other leading medical socie- ties. He married, December 22, 1858, Har- riet Louisa, daughter of Asa Payson, of Woodstock, Connecticut. Died August
14, 1882.
Eckard P. Budd was born in Medford, Burlington county, New Jersey, November 3, 1861, died in Mount Holly, New Jersey, June 1, 1912. In 1863 his parents moved from Medford to Mount Holly, and there his entire subsequent life was passed. He prepared in the public schools, then entered
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Princeton University, and after there com- pleting a classical course began the study of law in the office of that eminent jurist, Charles E. Hendrickson, of Mount Holly. He was admitted to the bar as an attorney in February, 1886, and at once began prac- tice in Mount Holly. In February, 1890, he was admitted a counsellor, and November 29, 1898, to the Supreme Court of the United States, and to practice in all State and Federal courts of the district. He grew rapidly in public favor, and on April 7, 1890, was appointed by Governor Abbett as Prosecutor of the Pleas for Burlington. This office he held for ten years, having been reappointed by Governor Werts on April 4, 1895. His two terms as prosecu- tor were marked by brilliant and conscien- tious work on behalf of the State, and added greatly to his standing as a criminal lawyer. Had he elected a political career instead of a professional one, he would have gone far, but while deeply interested in local and State affairs, he had no personal public ambitions and never accepted elective office save as a member of the Mount Holly Board of Education, and that but for one term. He continued in the prosecutor's of- fice until the State changed its political com- plexion, and then retired to a private prac- tice that grew in volume with each succeed- ing year. He loved his profession, was learned in its many and intricate windings, was skilful in their application to the cause in contention, but was straightforward in his methods, relying upon the strength of his presentation of his case and not upon chicanery or sharp legal practice for vic- tory. He was a valuable public official and a strong advocate for the cause he repre- sented as counsel.
While not a public official save profes- sionally, Mr. Budd was one of the well known, strong men of the Democratic party in New Jersey, and one whose talents were freely drawn upon by the leaders. For many years he represented Burlington county on the Democratic State Commit- tee, and as a campaign speaker during gu-
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