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(VIII) Joseph Albert, eighth child and sixth son of Charles Peter and Phebe C.
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(Munn) Sandford, was born in Montclair, New Jersey, August 4, 1867, and is now living at 42 Park avenue, East Orange. For his early education he was sent to the public and high schools of the town of his birth. In 1886 he became a clerk in the employ of the Prudential Life Insurance Company. Here he advanced from step to step until in 1902 he was appoint- ed division manager, which position he now holds. Mr. Sandford is a Republican, but he has held no office. He is an elder in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church.
October 5, 1899, Joseph Albert Sandford married, in Nutley, New Jersey, Lulu, one of the nine children of Henry and Jane L. ( Vree- land) Evers, by whom he has had one child, Jean Carolyn Sandford, born September 13, 1905.
(VI) William M., third child and second son of Michael and Gitty (Cadmus) Sandford, was born in Belleville, New Jersey, April 3, 1798, and died in the same place, in 1888. He was engaged in the carriage manufacturing business and at one time represented Belle- ville in the legislature. By his marriage with Mary Spear Dow he had five children : I. Theodore, referred to below. 2. Anna D. Sand- ford, now lives in Belleville, and survived her father. 3. Charles Sandford, lived in Pater- son, New Jersey; married Elizabeth Taylor; children: Charles Henry, married Frances Bat, and had three children: Edward, Char- lotte and Frank; and George, married Effie Snyder. 4. Edmond J. Sandford, lived in Belleville; married Mary Jane Gourley; two children : Theodore, married Mary Soule, and had two children: Elsie and Edmund Theo- dore; and Sarah Gertrude, married Stuart Austin, and had one child, Warren. 5. Cath- alina Dow, died January 16, 1878, aged forty- four years.
(VII) Theodore, eldest child of William Michael and Mary Spear (Dow) Sandford, was born in Belleville, New Jersey, August 26, 1819, and died February 26, 1910, aged ninety years and six months. For his early education he attended the only school in the town at that time, a two-story stone building standing on the street just in front of the pres- ent lecture room of the Dutch Reformed Church, in the lower part of which a school was kept by I. I. Brower, the parents paying a certain amount per quarter for the tuition of their children. When this and the two private schools kept by Mrs. Leslie and Miss Wallace in their own homes, were superseded by the present free school system, September
4, 1852, Theodore Sandford became one of the first of the school trustees. After leaving Mr. Brower's school, Theodore Sandford learned the trade of wheelwright, at the same time reading law, finally giving up the former trade for the prosecution of the latter profes- sion, in which for more than fifty years, as a country 'squire and justice of the peace, he has served in all probability longer than any other man in New Jersey. As a public-spirited citi- zen he has been thoroughly and actively identi- fied with the development of Belleville, where he has spent all of his life, respected and hon- ored by all who know him. He is a Repub- lican, and is a member of the Masonic frater- nity, and of the Dutch Reformed Church. He is the author of the very ably written chapter upon the history of Belleville township in Shaw's "History of Essex and Hudson Coun- ties," published in 1884.
Theodore Sandford married, November 16, 1842, Margaret Leah, youngest child of Abram and Maria (Spear) Van Riper. Children: I. Helen A., married William Jenkins (now de- ceased), of Newark; children: i. Frederic C., married Florence T. Walsh, and has Florence W., Arthur S. and Ruth; ii. Helen S., married Thomas M. Watson, of Newark, New Jersey ; iii. Margaret V. R., married Pierre M. Looker, of Newark, and has Maxwell Sandford Looker and Norman Looker. 2. Arthur Ellison, re- ferred to below. 3-4. Sarah A. and Eliza Mary, both unmarried.
(VIII) Arthur Ellison, second child and only living son of Theodore and Margaret Leah (Van Riper) Sandford, was born in Belleville, New Jersey, December 5, 1846. His early education was received in the Belleville public school. At the age of seventeen he went to Chicago and there became a clerk in a commission house. Later, on account of his acquaintance with the bankers of Chicago (having handled a large bank account for the house he was with the previous year), he was offered a position in the First National Bank of Chicago, at its establishment, and which he declined. At the age of nineteen he returned to Belleville, New Jersey, and upon attaining his majority engaged in the general contract- ing business, and later under the name of Sand ford & Stillman Company, incorporated, which was later changed to Sandford & Harris Company, and subsequently to A. E. Sandford Company. Being gifted with a natural me- chanical mind, inherited probably from his an- cestors, many of whom were mechanics, early in life he began the development of his ability,
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accepting contracts of all kinds, and engaging in the timber and saw mill business, securing timber for piles from the woods and finally equipping himself with machinery for driving them. Thus he became practically familiar with all the details of the business. The following will give an adequate idea of the work in which Mr. Sandford has been en- gaged in connection with the companies afore- mentioned, and which stand as testimonials to his skill and ability: The Pennsylvania freight bridge over the Hackensack river; the county bridge over the Hackensack river on the New- ark plank road; Clay street bridge; Jackson street bridge ; the foundation for the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western bridge over the Pas- saic river at Newark; piers in the Central rail- road bridge in Newark bay for the Sherzer lift draws; the life elevator at Weehawken ; four tracked the Erie road from Ramsey to Suffern on the main line; double tracked the Greenwood Lake branch from Newark to Great Notch; and depressed the tracks of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad from High street, Newark, to East Orange. In addition to his extensive business interests, Mr. Sandford is serving in the capacity of di- rector of the Second National Bank of Hobo- ken, and for five years was one of the free- holders of Essex county, being appointed on the finance and other important committees. He is a Democrat, and a member of the North End Club.
Mr. Sandford married, October 19, 1875, in what is now known as North Arlington, New Jersey, Cornelia M., daughter of Cor- nelius and Sarah (Browe) Walsh, of Newark, New Jersey.
VOORHEES (VIII). Peter Voorhees, son of Martinus (q. v.) and Elise (Van Dyck) Voor- hees, was born May 17, 1787, and died July 4, 1853. He lived on the farm he inherited from his father and which formerly was owned by his grandfather, Peter Van Voorhees. He was a man of much influence and strong char- acter. He was a member of the New Jersey house of assembly, 1843-45, and judge of the court of common pleas of Somerset county, from 1833 to 1845. He married, March 2, 1809, Jane Schenck, born December 28, 1787, died July 22, 1843, daughter of Captain John Schenck. Children: I. Alice, born February II, 1810, died August 18, 1878; married, Jan- uary 12, 1848, Dr. J. V. D. Joline, of Camden. 2. John Schenck, born March 18, 1812 (see
post). 3. Charity, born September 22, 1814; married, November 25, 1835, Samuel Disbrow Bergen, born August 25, 1809. 4. Mary, born February 2, 1818, died December 17, 1867; married, December 6, 1843, Reuben Armitage Drake (see Drake). 5. Ada H., born April 14, 1820, died May 9, 1883. 6. Jane, born March 1, 1823, died June 16, 1873 ; married, September II, 1849, Rev. J. B. Davis. 7. Peter L., born July 12, 1825 ; married, October 16, 1855, Anna F. Dayton, died February 19, 1880. 8. Frederick, born April 9, 1832; mar- ried, February 14, 1883, Lizzie M. Barrett.
(IX) John Schenck Voorhees, son of Peter and Jane (Schenck) Voorhees, was born March 18, 1812, died June 19, 1877. He lived at Elm Ridge, North Brunswick, Middlesex county. He married, December 16, 1846, Sarah Ann Van Doren. Children: I. Abra- ham De Hart, born March 23, 1848. 2. Peter V., born June 18, 1852 (see post). 3. John Schenck, born November 30, 1855; lawyer of New Brunswick. 4. Anna Margaret, born April 19, 1860.
(X) Peter Van Voorhees, second son of John Schenck and Sarah A. (Van Doren) Voorhees, was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, June 15, 1852. He spent his boyhood on the home farm and began his education in the neighborhood schools, then entered Rut- gers College, from which he graduated in 1873, the year in which he attained his majority. He read law under the excellent office tutor- ship of his uncle, Peter L. Voorhees (one of the most eminent lawyers who ever practiced in New Jersey), and was admitted to the bar as an attorney-at-law in June, 1875, and as a counsellor in June, 1879, and was associated in practice with his preceptor until the death of the latter in 1895. The bond of esteem existing between the two was particularly strong. On the death of his uncle, Peter Van Voorhees received by gift from him his library, the most extensive private collection in the state, and also succeeded to the entire business of the firm, which became too extensive for one person to conduct, and he formed a part- nership with George Reynolds. Throughout his legal career Mr. Voorhees occupied a posi- tion of prominence and successfully conducted many important litigations. In 1900 he was nominated by Governor Voorhees as a judge of the court of errors and appeals for a six year term, and was unanimously confirmed by the senate.
Judge Voorhees was active in community affairs, and at the time of his death was a di-
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rector of the First National Bank of Camden, the Camden Safe Deposit and Trust Company, and the West Jersey Title and Guarantee Company. He was also a manager of Cooper Hospital, and a trustee of the immense Cooper estate. He was a vestryman of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church. In politics he was a staunch Republican, and exerted a broad and salutary influence in political affairs. In his profession he was an able advocate and safe counsellor. His mind was judicial in its character and trend. By nature and disposi- tion he was equipped for the bench, and there found his rightful place, where, with a mind well poised, he calmly viewed both sides of the question at issue, and accurately separated the true from the false. In his personal attributes he was a most lovable character. To the young and inexperienced he was a genial friend and kind helper. The total of his character was unfailing hope and unstinted goodness.
Judge Voorhees died February 25, 1906. He had experienced a heart ailment about two years before, but death was mainly due to liver complaint. In the summer of 1905, on account of illness, he had felt obliged to resign his position on the bench. His resignation was for some time held in abeyance, by Governor Stokes, who finally appointed James B. Dill as his successor. At the death of Judge Voor- hees the Camden County Bar Association met and paid fervent tribute to his memory in resolutions of respect, and appropriate ad -- dresses by Judge Garrison, and Messrs. Her- bert A. Drake, William C. French, John L. Semple, E. A. Armstrong and Howard M. Cooper. Like action was also taken by various other bodies with which the lamented deceased had been associated.
Judge Voorhees married, April 20, 1881, Louise Clarke, daughter of James B. Dayton. Children : J. Dayton Voorhees, and one who died in infancy.
(XI) J. Dayton Voorhees, son of Peter V. and Louisa Clarke (Dayton) Voorhees, was born in Camden, New Jersey, April 23, 1882, and received his earlier literary education in private schools, the Friends' School in Cam- den, the Penn Charter School in Philadelphia, and afterward for two years continued his preparatory studies under a private tutor. His higher education was acquired at Princeton College, where he entered in 1901 and gradu- ated Litt B. in 1905. He then took up the study of law and for two years was a student in the law department of the University of Pennsylvania. In 1908 he was admitted to the
Camden bar, and since that time has engaged in general practice in that city. Mr. Voorhees is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, the Union League Club, of Phil- adelphia, the Racquet and Princeton Clubs of Philadelphia, and Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. He is a Republican in politics, and an Epis- copalian in religious preference.
SUTPHEN
(V) Daniel, the third child and son of John (q. v.) and Lydia (Baker) Sutphen, was
born in 1818. By his wife Eliza Woodruff he had two children Carlyle Edgar, referred to below, and Gertrude.
(VI) Carlyle Edgar, only son of Daniel and Eliza (Woodruff) Sutphen, was born in Irvington, New Jersey, in 1837, and is now living in Newark. For his early education he attended private schools in Newark and Orange. He then learned the jewelry trade, which he followed for some time, then entered the employ of the shirt manufacturing firm of Robert Johnston & Company, the senior part- ner being his father-in-law. Finally he suc- ceeded to the business. Mr. Sutphen is a Republican, and has been a member of the board of education and of the board of health in Newark, and also a member of the common council. He is a member of St. John's Lodge, F. and A. M., of Union Chapter, R. A. M., and of the New Jersey Historical Society, and the Holland Society of New York. In religion he is a Baptist. Carlyle Edgar Sutphen married Jeannette, daughter of Robert Johnston; chil- dren: Leila, died at the age of twenty-two; Anne; Robert, married Rose Morgan, who after his death became the wife of Frederick Meeker; and Carlyle Edgar Jr., referred to below.
(VII) Carlyle Edgar Jr., youngest child of Carlyle Edgar and Jeannette (Johnston) Sut- phen, was born in Newark, New Jersey, May 28, 1871, and is now living and practicing medicine there, at 181 Roseville avenue. For his early education he attended the public schools of Newark, and graduated from Yale University in 1893. He then entered the Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, and graduated from that institution in 1896, the same year in which his sister, Anne Janet Sutphen, received her B. A. degree from Bar- nard College. Dr. Sutphen now took a two years course as one of the internes at the Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, and then came to his present address in Newark, where he has been engaged in general practice
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ever since. He is one of the visiting surgeons of the City Hospital of Newark, and a member of several medical and other societies, among them the American Medical Association, the Medical Society of the State of New Jersey, the Essex County Medical Society, and the Practitioners' Club. He is a Republican, and a member of St. John's Lodge, F. and A. M. He attends the Clinton Avenue Baptist Church in Newark.
September 21, 1897, he married Edna, daugh- ter of Leon F. Blanchard, in North Conway, New Hampshire, and they have one child, Kenneth Carlyle, born June 12, 1900.
TERHUNE (VI) Garrit, fourth son of Richard Nicholas (q. v.) and Hannah ( Van Voorhees ) Ter- hune, was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, October 9, 1801 ; died in Passaic, New Jersey, July 8, 1885. He attended the district school and was prepared for college at the Classical School of Dr. Sythoff. He matriculated at the College of New Jersey, Princeton, with the class of 1823, and was graduated A. B. with that class. His old preceptor, Dr. Sythoff, had watched his course through college, and as he inclined to the profession of medicine he en- couraged his ambition. On graduating he in- structed him in order that he might enter Rut- gers Medical College, then located in Jersey City, and he was graduated under the tuition of Professor John W. Francis, M. D., 1827. He practiced medicine in Hackensack for a time and then located in Passaic, where he followed his profession with marked success the remainder of his life. He affiliated with the medical associations of the state and was the first president of the Passaic County Med- ical Society, of which he was one of the found- ers. He was also prominently identified with the New Jersey State Medical Society.
He married, in 1828, Elizabeth A., daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth (Anderson) Za- briskie, of Johnsville, New York. She was born July 25, 1805, died in Passaic, New Jer- sey, December 16, 1883. Children, born in Bergen City, New Jersey: 1. Richard A., Jan- uary 9, 1829 ; died February 5, 1906, in Passaic, New Jersey. 2. Andrew Zabriskie, October 29, 1831 ; married, June 25, 1862, Christina, daughter of Ganesvoort and Jane (Van Riper) Ryerson, of Paterson, New Jersey. She was born November 7, 1837, died November 7, 1905. They had three children, born in Passaic. New Jersey, as follows: Frank C., November II, 1864; Howard, October 5, 1867, married
Delaphine Romaine, September 12, 1893, and have children : Florence, 1894, and Evelyn, 1896; Cornelius A., July 21, 1876. 3. Jane Ann, November 12, 1833; died unmarried. 4. Nicholas Paul, see sketch. 5. John Zabriskie, March 19, 1837 ; died young. 6. Ann Elizabeth, December 14, 1839; married Robert B. Smith, September 25, 1862, and they had two children, Annie and Bennie, born in 1868 and 1870, re- spectively. 7. Christianna, February 1, 1845; married James B. Randall, June 1, 1865. He was born January 9, 1836, died December 23, 1903. The six children of this marriage were : Frederick, February 17, 1866; Garritt T., No- vember 26, 1867; William M., August 11, 1869 ; Elizabeth, November 23, 1872; Mary C., Sep- tember 13, 1874; Samuel F., November 24, 1878, died April 28, 1887.
(VII) Richard A., eldest child of Dr. Gar- rit and Elizabeth Anderson (Zabriskie) Ter- hune, was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, January 9, 1829, died in Passaic, New Jersey, February 5, 1906. He received his primary and secondary school training in the public primary and grammar schools of Passaic, and at his father's home he received instruction in Latin and Greek. He displayed an early de- sire to take up the study of medicine and sur- gery and, as his father was not averse to en- couraging this inclination, he directed his studies to that end. After mastering the classics he took up the regular course in medicine, anatomy and surgery under his father's su- perior direction, and completed his course at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City before it became the medical department of Columbia University, where he was graduated M. D. in 1850. He began practice in Passaic in association with his father, and the father and son practiced to- gether for eleven years. In 1861 he opened an office and began an independent practice, which grew rapidly, and he won the confidence of the community and secured a large and lucrative patronage. He took an active inter- est in the affairs of the city of Passaic and was a valued counsellor in civic affairs, as well as an efficient official in offices of trust. The board of trade of the city elected him a mem- ber and he served as president of the board for several years. He took active measures in procuring a charter for the city and was hon- ored by being made the first mayor of Passaic upon its incorporation as a city in 1873. He also served on the water board as a member and as president of the board. His political views found favor in the Republican party
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and his public offices came to him through its unanimous voice. Dr. Terhune married, June 18, 1861, Emily Louise, daughter of Alanson and Mary ( Butterworth) Randal, and widow of Richard Morrell, of Hempstead, Long Island. She was born August 1I, 1830, in Newburg, New York, died April 19, 1903, in Passaic, New Jersey. Their children were born in Passaic as follows: I. Child, 1863, died in infancy unnamed. 2. Bessie, June 23, 1864; unmarried. 3. Percy Hamilton, see forward.
(III) Percy Hamilton, only son and third child of Dr. Richard A. and Emily Louise (Randal) (Morrell) Terhune, was born in Passaic, New Jersey, February 26, 1867. He received his school training in the public and private schools of Passaic and in Packard's Business College in New York City. He began the study of medicine at home and continued it at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, the medical department of Columbia Univer- sity in New York City, and was graduated after a full four years' course, June 13, 1889, with the degree of M. D. He then took a post graduate course in clinical work, operative- surgery, etc., in the New York Polyclinic and Hospital; the Vanderbilt Clinic and North- western Dispensary. He began the private practice of medicine and surgery in Passaic, New Jersey, January 1, 1890, occupying the unique position of the third generation of phy- sicians and surgeons in a continuous practice in the same city. At the same time his father was in active practice and his paternal grand- father, Dr. Garrit Terhune, had practiced in Passaic and vicinity up to the time of his death, July 2, 1885. Dr. Percy H. Terhune spent the winter of 1897-98 in Europe, devoting him- self to clinical work in the hospitals of Vienna and Berlin and in operative-surgery and gyne- cology in various cities in Great Britain and the continent of Europe. His medical skill and modern methods of practice commended him at once to the small class of expert practi- tioners, not wedded to the treatment of a spe- cial disease, and he has constant calls as a con- sulting physician and surgeon in undefined or unusual cases not coming into the catagory of diseases suggesting in their nature the services of a specialist. His learning gave him place in all the medical societies of his city, county and state, and he was elected to membership in the Alumni Association of Columbia. He is a member of the American Electro Thera- peutic Association, New Jersey State Medical Society, Passaic County Medical Society, Pas-
saic City Medical Society, and of the Holland Society by right of descent, and the Yountakal Club of Passaic. His professional services to the public included the presidency of the board of health of Passaic, 1891-97; city physician during the same period, and visiting physician to St. Mary's Hospital. He was largely instru- mental in founding the Passaic Hospital Asso- ciation, and has continued an active worker in the same; he is one of the visiting physi- cians of Passaic Hospital and is also the radio- grapher for the same institution.
Dr. Terhune married, July 10, 1894, Alice Ethelyn Tucker, of Monson, Massachusetts ; they had two children who died of scarlet fever in 1898; Mrs. Terhune died June 20, 1896. December 10, 1903, Dr. Terhune mar- ried (second) Bessie Gibson, daughter of John H. and Mary (Meriwether ) Bartlett ; children, born in Passaic, New Jersey : Robert D., born December 15, 1904; Richard A., Febru- ary 5, 1908. They are in the ninth generation from Albert Albertsen, immigrant ancestor of the Terhunes of Bergen county, New Jersey.
(VII) Nicholas Paul Terhune, TERHUNE third son and fourth child of Dr. Garrit (q. v.) and Eliza- beth Anderson (Zabriskie) Terhune, was born in Passaic, New Jersey, November 24, 1835. He received his classical education in the schools of his native city and his medical training under the instruction of his father for a time, but taking a dislike to the profession he abandoned his plans and became a clerk in a hardware store, where he soon acquired a thorough knowledge of the business. In 1858, when twenty-three years of age, he formed a partnership with his brother, Andrew Zabriskie Terhune, four years his senior, in the hardware business, the firm being Terhune Brothers and their place of business, Jersey City, New Jersey. They did a general hardware and kitchen furnishing business and were very successful. They re- tired from business in 1870 and Nicholas Paul went to North Carolina, where he purchased a plantation, which he conducted for seven years. In 1878 he returned to Passaic and soon after engaged in the real estate business, which in 1909 he was still carrying on with excellent results.
He married, June 15, 1859, Mary Jane, born in New York City, 1837, daughter of Richard E. and Bertha (Crane) Arthur ; children: I. Albert, born in Passaic, New Jersey ; married Catherine Meade, of Passaic, and their chil- dren were: Mary, Alice, Ida McK., John and
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Richard. 2. Minnie, born in Passaic ; died aged about three years. 3. Edward Arthur, born in Jersey City ; married Ethel Lyon, of Green- wich, Connecticut. 4. George Arthur, born in Jersey City; married Catherine Conklin, and their children are: George Arthur Jr. and Edith Louise. 5. Kate Crane, born in Passaic, New Jersey. 6. Harry Arthur, born in North Carolina ; died aged about two years. 7. Rich- ard Anderson, born in North Carolina; mar- ried Edith Gresenbacher ; child, Elsie Appeline. 8. Charlotte May, born in North Carolina ; married David A. Cutler ; child, David A. Cutler Jr. 9. Emilie Louise, born in North Carolina. IO. Clarence E., born in Passaic, New Jersey. II. Elizabeth Anderson, born in Passaic, New Jersey.
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