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He is a member of the Independent Order of Foresters, the American Mechanics and the Florence Foundry Aid Society, all of Florence, New Jersey. He married, in 1859, Eliza H. Groff, born in 1844, daughter of Joseph and Louise Groff, of Haddonfield, New Jersey. Children : I. Albertus, born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, now a pattern maker of Savan- nah, Georgia. 2. Sarah Louisa, born in Flor- ence, New Jersey, died in childhood. 3. Charles E., born at Florence, New Jersey, where he is engaged in mercantile business; he married Hannah Ivins, of Camden, New Jersey ; chil- dren : Claude H. and Marion M. Bisbing. 4. William Herman, mentioned below.
(IV) William Herman, third son and young- est child of William and Eliza H. (Groff) Bis- bing, was born in Florence, New Jersey, No- vember 23, 1879. He was educated in the public and parish schools of his native town. He learned the trade of machinist and worked at that business for seven years in Florence. He then entered the employ of the Camden and Trenton Street Railway Company and re- mained with them six years as machinist and dispatcher, having headquarters at Riverside, New Jersey. For two years he was with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, running be- tween Camden and Jersey City. On August 29, 1908, Mr. Bisbing having settled on a mer- cantile life, opened a store in Riverside for the sale of gentlemen's furnishing goods, and to that business and to his official duties as coroner of Burlington county, New Jersey, he devotes his entire time. He is a Republican and was elected coroner in November, 1908, for the term of three years. Mr. Bisbing has a partner, Mark Freeman, the firm name being Bisbing & Freeman. In December, 1908, the Riverside Business Men's Association was formed with Mr. Bisbing as one of the directors. He is fond of out-door sports and is treasurer of the Riverside Athletic Associa- tion. He is a member of Riverside Lodge, No. 128, Free and Accepted Masons; Dakota Tribe, No. III, Improved Order of Red Men of Camden; Court Delaware, No. 592, Independent Order of Foresters, of Florence ; Burlington Lodge, No. 996, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of Burlington.
The Stecher family of River-
STECHER side, New Jersey, are of Ger- man origin, and belong to the incomers of the middle of the nineteenth cen- tury.
(1) Rudolph Stecher, the founder of the
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family, was born in Baden Baden, Germany, about 1825, and came over to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1847. He died in Riverside, New Jersey, in 1888. He was a cabinet maker by trade, and served his apprenticeship before he emigrated. After coming to America he followed the same line of work, and, engaging in the lumber business in Philadelphia, came to Riverside for his permanent home in 1854. For a number of years he was a contractor and builder, and he also engaged in the canning business, building the first canning factory and the first glass works in the town. In 1860 he went into the hotel business in Riverside, open- ing the Riverside Hotel, now conducted by his son Rudolph, and continued it until the time of his death. He was a Republican, and . a member of the school board. He was also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Bridgeborough. He was a com- municant of the Roman Catholic church. In 1847 he married Paulina Raupe, at Baden Baden. She is now living at the Riverside Hotel. Their children were: I. Hannah, mar- ried Charles Sack, of Riverside. 2. Child, died young. 3. Rudolph F., proprietor of River- side Hotel, Riverside. 4. Mary, married Henry Frick, a farmer. 5. Louise, married George Whitney, a mail agent, of Cape May. 6. Au- gust C., who is referred to below. 7. Frank, a painter, of Riverside. 8. Henry, deceased. 9. Frederick, deceased. 10. William, who con- ducts a cigar store at Riverside.
(II) August C., son of Rudolph and Paul- ina (Raupe) Stecher, was born at Riverside, New Jersey, September 16, 1860, and died there June 29, 1908. He was educated in the common schools, and engaged in the shoe busi- ness, in the real estate and insurance business, and in the pension business. He served as postmaster under President Harrison and again under President Mckinley, 1896, and filled that position up to the time of his death. He was a prominent Republican and active in the affairs of his party. In 1894 he was a member of the assembly, and also served on town and state committees. He was a member of Lodge No. 996, B. P. O. E., of Burlington, and a founder of the Eureka society. He was a communicant of the Roman Catholic church. In 1884 Mr. Stecher married Matilda Liusner, born May 13, 1861, daughter of August and Annie Lius- ner, of Westfield, New Jersey. She is now living at Riverside. Their children are: I. Arthur Franklin, referred to below. 2. Sophia, died aged eighteen years. 3. Bertha. 4. Charles, died aged fifteen years. 5. Mary. 6. Henry.
7. August, Jr. 8. Naomi. 9. George. The last five are all at school, in 1909.
(III) Arthur Franklin, eldest child of Au- gust C. and Matilda (Liusner) Stecher, was born at Riverside, New Jersey, June 27, 1885, and is now living in Riverside. He was edu- cated in the public schools, in the parochial school of St. Peter's, and at a business college. and has been engaged in the newspaper busi- ness for most of his life, having been con- nected with the Burlington Enterprise, the Philadelphia North American, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Public Ledger, the Trenton Times, and Publicity Press, and still corresponds for most of them. He has been identified with the Trenton Times for eleven years. When his father died he was appointed acting postmaster, and in August, 1908, he received his permanent appointment to that position to succeed his father, for four years beginning December 16, 1908, under President Roosevelt. He is the youngest second class postmaster in the state. He is a Republican, a member of the Lodge, No. 996, B. P. O. E., of Burlington; of the Knights of Columbus, of Riverside ; of St. Peter's Benevolent Society, of Riverside, and an honorary member of the Firemen's Association, of Riverside, and the Musical and Literary Society. He is a com- municant of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church.
Wolfret Gerretse, the common MARTER ancestor of the Van Couwer- hovens, with his wife Neiltje. immigrated with his family from the province of Utrecht in the Netherlands, was employed first as early as 1630 as superintendent of farms by the Patroon of Rensselaerswick. afterwards cultivated a farm on Manhattan Island, purchased land in June, 1637, from the Indians in Flatbush and Flatlands, Long Island, which were patented to him by Director Van Twiller, June 16, 1637. He made his mark to documents. Children: Gerret Wol- fertse, 1610; Jacob Wolfertse, and Peter Wol- fertse. Jacob, the eldest son of Wolfret, came with his father to New Amsterdam, in 1630, was with him in Rensselaerwick, 1641, mar- ried Hester Jansen, and (second) September 26, 1655, Magdaleentje Jacobuse Bysen. Was a brewer in New Amsterdam, on Pearl street, traded in a sloop to Albany ; was one of the nine men representing the New Netherlands, 1647-49-50 ; member of Dutch church of New York, 1666. Peter and Hester Jansen Van Couwerhoven had children : 1. Neeltje, bap-
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tized September 25, 1639, married, January 6, 1662, Cornelius Pluvier. 2. John or Johannes, of New York, baptized March 29, 1641 ; mar- ried, April 1I, 1664, Saartje Frans, of Haer- lem. 3. Lysbeth, 1643. 4. Aeltje, 1645. 5. Petronelletje, 1648. John, born May 29, 1641, was a member of General Llisler's council in 1684, and also of the court of the exchequer. He had Jacob, 1664; Francis, 1666; Hester, 1669; Lysbeth, 1671; Jacomytje, 1673 ; Johan- nes, 1677 ; Maria, 1679; Catelyntje, 1682, and Peter, 1683. Of these children, Hester, bap- tized in the Reformed Dutch church in New York, married, in February, 1688, Johannes Martier, of New York, and their descendants are said to have resided in Gloucester county, New Jersey. Bergen, in his "Genealogies of Long Island" says that the Couwerhovens, after the conquest of New York, went some to the Raritan valley, some to Monmouth county, in the neighborhood of Middletown and Freehold, some in Burlington county, and some to Gloucester county. This would lead us to place Hester and her husband, Johannes Martier, with these migrants, as his name does not appear in the New York records beyond this mention. In the list of Jerseymen in the revolutionary war we find Andrew Mart from Gloucester county, as a private in the state troops; and James Martero in the Second Regiment, Continental Troops, Jersey Line, but as the name is so like Masters when writ- ten, the Clement, John and Stephen in the Jersey line may one or more be misspelled. We find the first of the name of whom we are certain in Thomas Marter (q. v.).
(I) Thomas Marter was an early citizen of Willingborough township, where he was a large landholder. He was born probably about 1740, and his name appears on the records of the building of the Coopertown Meeting House about 1800, as a subscriber of $25.00 toward meeting the expenses of the building, he being among the largest subscribers. He was one of the six trustees to whom the deed for the meeting house ground was given in trust Au- gust, 1802. He died a few years after this deed was given. He had sons : Michael, Abra- ham, Thomas, Richard, whose names appear on the subscription list for smaller sums. Michael, $10; Thomas, $5 ; Richard and Abra- ham, $5; and the three an additional $1.50 each, when the sum raised appeared to be inadequate. In 1806 the meeting house was completed.
(II) Abraham, apparently the second son of Thomas Marter, was born in Willingborough
township, Burlington county, New Jersey, about 1770. He was a trustee, committee- man and treasurer of the Coopertown Meet- ing when the meeting house was enlarged, used exclusively by the Friends, and the burden of the repairs borne entirely by that society. The building had heretofore been used by all denominations caring to use it. In the subscription list of 1836 he heads the list with $10, his son Charles with $10, and the names of Thomas (2), Richard, Hannah, Will- iam and Lewis. We have not determined the date of the death of Abraham Marter.
(III) Charles, probably eldest son of Abra- ham Marter, was born in Burlington township, Burlington county, New Jersey, about 1800. He was a large landholder, and he lived on what is now known as Wood Lane, a road leading from Edgewater Park to the Camden and Burlington road. His estate included over seven hundred acres of land, and besides farm- ing he was an extensive fruit grower, and his apples and peaches were well known in the markets. His interest in the Coopertown Meet- ing is shown by his subscription to the enlarg- ing of the Coopertown Meeting House in 1836, when he and his brother Abraham each sub- scribed $10.00. He married Hannah Steven- son, and they had nine children as follows: I. Thomas A. 2. Charles. 3. John W. 4. Edwin K., lives at Edgewater Park, New Jersey. 5. Macajah S., lives at Beverly. 6. Ezra B. (q. v.). 7. Hope, married John H. Adams, of Beverly. 8. Hannah. 9. Eliza, married Abram Perkins, and became the mother of the Rev. C. M. Perkins, rector of Trinity Church, of Vineland, New Jersey.
(IV) Ezra Budd, sixth son of Charles and Hannah (Stevenson) Marter, was born in Burlington township, Burlington county, New Jersey, 1829, died there January 27, 1902. He was brought up on his father's farm, attended the district school, and became a skillful and prosperous farmer. During the civil war he dealt extensively in pork packing, and he pur- chased large quantities of hogs, either on the hoof or dressed, and found ready market for both salt pork and 'salted and dried bacon, shoulders and hams, for the use of the army in the field. He built a fine residence which became the home of his son Ezra Budd (2). He was an active member of the Republican party, and was a representative from Beverly township in the state legislature for two terms, and a chosen freeholder for many terms. His fraternal affiliation was with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows through the Beverly
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Lodge. Ezra Budd married Sarah Ellen, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Rodman) Shedaker, and they had five children born in Burlington, New Jersey, as follows : I. Emma, died in infancy. 2. John, died in early child- hood. 3. Hannah, married Ellis W. Scott, of Burlington; he is a farmer. 4. Ezra Budd (q. v.). 5. Walter S., now secretary and treas- urer of the Wilmington Steamboat Company, and a resident of Burlington, New Jersey.
(V) Ezra Budd (2), second son and fourth child of Ezra Budd (I) and Sarah Ellen (Shedaker) Marter, was born in Burlington, New Jersey, January 31, 1860. He was brought up on his father's farm, and was a pupil in the Shedaker school in Burlington township and in the public high school in Burlington, and continued to aid his father in carrying on his large farming interests until he had reached his majority, when he took the homestead farm under his own control and continued the methods and improvements introduced by his father, notably the raising of large quantities of fruit, making this a specialty. He was a member of the township committee for five years previous to the separation of the city and township governments. His fraternal affiliations included membership in the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, through Bur- lington Lodge, No. 22; and membership in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks through sub-lodge, No. 996, of Burlington, New Jersey.
He married, March, 1888, Anne, daughter of Edward and Frances ( Ellis) Horner, of Camden, and their five children were born in Burlington, New Jersey, as follows: . I. John Deacon, December 25, 1888, and a main de- pendence of his father on the farm. 2. Fannie H., May 19, 1890. 3. Sarah E., December II, 1891. 4. Caleb Ridgeway, April 24, 1893. 5. Agnes Beideman, June 14, 1900. In 1909 these children were all members of the homestead household, where they were born.
PINE Warren Carleton Pine, pharmacist of Riverside, New Jersey, descends from an old Gloucester county, New Jersey, family. His great-grandfather, Daniel Pine, was born in that county, mar- ried, and reared a family there. The family have always been members of the Hicksite Society of Friends.
(II) Joshua, son of Daniel Pine, was born in Gloucester county, New Jersey, where he grew up and followed the occupation of a farmer. Later in life he removed to Mary-
land, where he died. He married Mary and had issue : Allen, Elizabeth, Samuel, Clay- ton, Benjamin, Elwood (see forward). Eliza- beth married Charles Roberts, of Philadelphia, who is now deceased.
(III) Elwood, son of Joshua and Mary Pine, was born in Repaupo, Gloucester county, New Jersey, during the year 1839, and died in Maryland, in 1893. He removed to Mary- land with his father and family, and always lived there until his death. He was possessed of a good education and held various township offices. He was a Republican and a member of the Society of Friends. Elwood Pine mar- ried, in 1858, Hannah Allen, born in 1840, daughter of Richard and Ann Allen, of Mullica Hill, Gloucester county, New Jersey. The two children of Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Pine are : I. Mary Ann, married Lewis M. Shuck, a merchant of Swedesboro, New Jersey, and has Walter and Howard Shuck. 2. Warren Carleton.
(IV) Warren Carleton, only son of Elwood and Hannah ( Allen) Pine, was born in Mickle- ton, Gloucester county, New Jersey, February I, 1866. He was educated in the public schools and at the Friends' Academy in Mickle- ton. His early life was spent on the farm and in a newspaper office in Woodbury, where he worked for three years. Having decided to become a pharmacist, he entered the drug store of D. Farley in Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania, where he remained five years. Going before the Pennsylvania state board of exam- iners he passed a successful examination as he did later before the New Jersey board. He is a registered pharmacist in both states. In 1894 he located in Riverside, Burlington county, New Jersey, and established a drug store. Mr. Pine has been very successful in his business and has been compelled to make changes to larger quarters until now he has a lucrative business located in perhaps as handsome a store as can be found in any town of the state. Mr. Pine, while devoted to his business, takes an active interest in the public affairs of his own town, particularly in educational matters. He is a member of the Riverside board of education and on the executive committee of the Burlington county board of education. He was one of the incorporators and is a director of the Riverside National Bank. He is a mem- ber of both the New Jersey and American Pharmaceutical associations and the National Association of Retail Druggists. Mr. Pine is fraternally connected with the leading orders of his town. He is a Master Mason of River-
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side Lodge, a Royal Arch Mason of Boudinot Chapter, Burlington, a Knight Templar of Helena Commandery, a Shriner of Lulu Tem- ple, Philadelphia, and a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason of the New Jersey Con- sistory. He further affiliates with the Elks Lodge of Burlington, the Odd Fellows of Bridgeboro, and the Patriotic Order Sons of America, Delanco. He is also a life member of the Riverside Turngemeinde and Maen- nerchor societies. He is a member of the Society of Friends.
Warren C. Pine married, September 2, 1893, Ida Birch, daughter of George W. and Cath- erine Birch, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They have a son, Lynnwood Carleton Pine, born June 19, 1895.
TORREY The name of Torrie or Torrey has been associated with the history of the inhabitants of New England from early times. There have been noted educators and other professional men in this family, as well as persons in other occupations. Many of the name took part in the revolutionary war, several of them being officers.
(I) Jesse Torrey, born in Pittsfield, Massa- chusetts, is mentioned in revolutionary records as "belonging to Captain Amos Turner's Com- pany, in the Regiment of Foot, commanded by Brigadier General John Thomas, belonging to the Army of the United Colonies." By his first wife he had three children, as follows : Royal ; Dr. Jesse, a noted Abolitionist, and Anna, who became Mrs. Chapman. He married ( second) Azubah West, by whom he had two sons, Hiram Dwight and John.
(II) Hiram Dwight, son of Jesse and Azubah (West) Torrey, was born June 24, 1820, at New Lebanon, New York, and died in 1901. He received a good education, being a graduate of Williams College, and his natural ability and desire was along the lines of poetry and painting. At the age of twenty-five Mr. Tor- rey left home and spent some time on the staff of a prominent newspaper published at Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and later took up the study of engineering and architecture. He had a natural talent for the making of portraits, and some of his early efforts received such favorable comment that he was fortunate enough to become a pupil of a famous portrait painter, and there learned so much, both of technique and the language of his art, that he became a lecturer on the subject ; while delivering a lec- ture on art in a church, he was heard by a
member of the faculty of the female seminary at Washington, Pennsylvania, and as a result thereof finally became professor of painting and drawing at the institution, which position he held ten years. He then spent a short time at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after which he re- moved to Reading, Pennsylvania, where he met with great success in his chosen field of art, making and selling portraits, as well as a number of landscapes. While in that city he became leader in a musical society, which de- veloped into the Ringold Band. In 1867 Mr. . Torrey went to Europe, and there spent thir- teen years in study and work ; he spent some time in Scotland, and while there painted portraits of many famous men, among them professors in universities, doctors of divinity, men in public office, literary men and several private citizens of wealth. He also painted many fine landscapes, both for Scotch and American patrons. He visited many famous collections of pictures, and was entertained by several noblemen as honored guest in their castles. Upon his return he took up his resi- dence in Delanco, New Jersey, where he de- voted the remainder of his life to painting. Mr. Torrey took great interest in political matters, was a Republican, and in national campaigns made speeches in all parts of New Jersey ; at one time he held a debate with Henry George, the advocate of single tax. He was an Episcopalian in religious views, and be- longed to the Knights of Malta, also to the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Potts- ville, Pennsylvania. He married (first) Mary Woodward, cousin of Chief Justice George Woodward, of Pennsylvania, and their chil- dren were: 1. Mary Woodward, married Will- iam K. Moore, deceased, of Delanco, New York, and they had a son, William K., de- ceased. 2. William, a gold miner, lived in New Zealand. Mr Torrey married (second) in 1862, Clara V. Moore, of Philadelphia, born in 1834, daughter of James Bullers and Mary Clifford (Knowles) Moore, and they had two children : 1. Hiram Dwight. 2. James Moore, born in 1871, in Glasgow, Scotland, is a printer, and resides at Delanco, New Jersey, with his brother ; he married Sarah Hillney, and has one son Jame's and one daughter Madelaine.
(III) Hiram Dwight (2), son of Hiram Dwight (1) and Clara V. (Moore) Torrey, was born in 1866, at Pottsville, Pennsylvania. When one year old he was taken by his par- ents to Scotland, and received his early educa- tion in Glasgow, which he supplemented on his return to America. after thirteen years, by
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attending the schools at Delanco, New Jersey. He learned the trade of printer in the office of the Enterprise, of Burlington, New Jersey, later becoming foreman of the press room, and he worked on the first daily issue of the paper, in 1884. Mr. Torrey is now editor and pro- prietor of the Burlington County Press, pub- lished weekly, at Riverside, New Jersey, having brought out the first issue March 3, 1887 ; from the first issue, of four pages, edited and print- ed in a single room, by the unaided efforts of its enterprising proprietor, under the name of The New Jersey Sand Burr, the paper has become enlarged to an eight-page publication, occupying a modern building, and each issue the product of a plant boasting up-to-date machinery in the way of presses, folding ma- chines, etc. At first Mr. Torrey was in part- nership with John H. Weidmann, who financed the undertaking, though he did none of the actual work of issuing the paper, and after his death in 1890, Mr. Torrey purchased his inter- est, being now sole owner. Though a Republi- can in his political views, Mr. Torrey makes the paper independent in politics, and through its sheets is able to espouse the cause of every movement on foot for the general good of the communtiy. He is a member of the Fire Company of Riverside, of the State Firemen's Association, of which he was for three years vice-president, and a trustee of the Firemen's Home, at Boontown, New Jersey. He also belongs to the Grand Fraternity, to the Benev- olent and Protective Order of Elks, No. 996, of Burlington, and is a member of the Pen and Pencil Club, of Philadelphia.
Mr. Torrey married, in 1888, Julia Walton Wells, daughter of Isaiah and Elmira (King) Wells, of Bridgeboro, New Jersey, and they have no children.
HOLT This name, in the various forms of Holt, Hoult, Holte, and many others, has been for centuries com- mon in England, where it has boasted many distinguished members. Sir John Holt was at one time chief justice of England. In our own country there have also been men of this name who have taken an honorable part in the building up of its resources, and some of the name have taken part in every war since the earliest settlement.
(I) James Holt was born in Lancashire, England, and died in 1862, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In his native country he re- ceived his education and learned the trade of silk making, which he followed until the time
of his emigration to America, in 1842. His wife and children followed three years later. His residence was Philadelphia, and for many years he was employed as traveling salesman, in the line of perfumery and notions. Mr. Holt married Hannah Priestly, of England, and their children were: Mary, Sarah, John, James, Samuel, who is proprietor of a store near Davenport, Iowa ; William, Betty.
(II) William, fourth son of James and Hananh ( Priestly) Holt, was born July 26, 1836, in Lancashire, England, and in 1845 was brought by his mother to Philadelphia, receiv- ing his education in the public schools of Dela- ware county, Pennsylvania. When a young man he worked two years in a woolen mill at Derby Creek, Pennsylvania, and then removed to Philadelphia, where he worked in a paper box factory. In company with his father and brother Samuel, he engaged in the manufacture of paper boxes, under the firm name of James Holt & Sons, which firm did business until the death of James Holt in 1862, when the business was carried on by the sons. At the outbreak of the civil war, Mr. Holt enlisted in Com- pany D, Twenty-third Pennsylvania Regiment, and served seventeen months. Having been wounded at the battle of Fair Oaks, he spent seven months in the hospitals at Washington and Philadelphia ; he was mustered out Janu- ary 3, 1863. At this time he resumed the manufacture of paper boxes, in Philadelphia, and two years later removed to Bristol, Penn- sylvania, spending two years there in the em- ploy of John Bardley. In 1867 he removed to Mt. Holly, New Jersey, and entered the em- ploy of Semple & Sons, manufacturers of thread and made paper boxes for this firm over seventeen years. Mr. Holt established a factory for himself, at Mt. Holly, in the same line of business, in 1884, and continued same until 1899, when it was combined with the business he and his son William H. had estab- lished in 1897 at Riverside, New Jersey, under the name of William Holt & Son; in 1899 Mr. Holt retired from active business, and the plant has since been carried on by the son. He is a Republican, and a member of the Baptist church. He married (first) in 1857 Sarah Noble, by whom he had no children. He married (second) in 1864, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Atlantic Middleton, who be- came the mother of his five children, and he married (third) Ruth Ann Major, of Mt. Holly. His children were: I. Harry, de- ceased. 2. Samuel M., a printer, resides in Washington, District of Columbia. 3. Atty
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