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(VI) William, fourth child and eldest son of John (4) and Ruth (Wilkinson) Edge, was born at East Caln, September 4, 1819; died in Downingtown, April 1, 1892; both he and his wife are buried in the Northwood cemetery. For several years he conducted a warehouse on the line of the Pennsylvania railroad at Downingtown. He was one of the most influ- ential citizens of that place for many years, and was well known as a man of financial strength and influence in Philadelphia, being for many years a member of the Philadelphia stock exchange and also president of the Na- tional Bank, of Downingtown, in which latter position he was succeeded by his cousin, Jacob Edge. September 3, 1844, William Edge mar- ried in Downingtown, Elizabeth, born Mont- gomery county, Pennsylvania, July 7, 1824,
died June 14, 1892, in Downingtown, daughter of Hiram and Elizabeth (Reed) McNeill, of Plymouth, Pennsylvania. Their children were: I. William, referred to below. 2. Mary Eliza- beth, born July 30, 1852; living unmarried in Downingtown. 3. Esther A., July 24, 1858; unmarried and living with her sister. 4. John Howard, December 19, 1861; living unmar- ried.
(VII) William (2), eldest child of William (I) and Elizabeth (McNeill) Edge, was born in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, September 8, 1845, and is now living in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He is retired. June 2, 1870, William Edge married (first) in Philadelphia, Mary Elizabeth, born Philadelphia, July 24, 1848, died there December 24, 1875, buried North- wood cemetery, Downingtown, daughter of Andrew Wills and Elizabeth ( Jeffries) Evans, of 1605 Franklin street, Philadelphia. Their children are : I. Howard H., born Tyrone, Pennsylvania, July 5, 1871; educated in the New Jersey public schools; superintendent of a large manufacturing establishment in Woon- socket, Rhode Island, and member of the Methodist Episcopal church; January 1, 1895, he married Lina Bell Hustlton, born Eastern Pennsylvania, January 28, 1876, daughter of Daniel L. and Rachael A. (Brokaw) Hustlton, of Brooklyn. 2. Walter Evans, referred to below. October 28, 1877, William Edge mar- ried (second) Wilhelmina Scull, of Pleasant- ville, New Jersey. The only child of this mar- riage is Alfred James, born January 10, 1885 ; died September 7, 1885.
(VIII) Walter Evans, second and youngest child of William (2) and Mary Elizabeth (Evans) Edge, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 20, 1873, and is now living in Atlantic City, New Jersey, of which place he is one of the most substantial and influential citizens. With his father he came to Pleasantville, New Jersey, in 1876, where he was brought up by his stepmother. After graduating from the public school of Pleasant- ville, he entered the employ of the Atlantic City Review, as one of their "printer's devils," in addition to which he aided in the distribu- tion of the newspaper. After some time in this capacity he found a position in connection with the New York Tribune, as one of its correspondents and advertising agents. Sev- eral years later and before he was twenty-one years of age he had made so good in these latter capacities, that he was sent to Florida and Cuba as one of the staff business repre- sentatives of that New York daily. This was
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before the Spanish-American war. In 1895 he became connected with the Atlantic City office of the Dorland Advertising Agency, now one of the largest corporations of its kind in this country. After the death of Mr. Dorland, the founder of the agency, Walter E. Edge purchased the business and good-will of the agency, extending its work to Europe, now conducting a prosperous branch at 3 Regent street, London, which represents the leading American newspapers in Europe. He for a short time published a distinctly hotel paper, which was known as the Atlantic City Daily Guest. This paper, from a financial stand- point, was one of the most successful publica- tions ever issued in Atlantic City, and to its success is due the stimulus which encouraged Mr. Edge to undertake the work of starting and keeping up an all the year daily newspaper in Atlantic City. Consequently, in 1895, he started the Atlantic City Daily Press, which from that day to this has occupied a position in the city most gratifying to the natural pride of both its publisher and its friends. It has at all times been a conservative newspaper, and perhaps more than anything else has advanced the interests of Atlantic City as a popular all the year resort. It is Republican in politics, but it is noteworthy that its policy, though never wavering or uncertain, has never given offence but always commanded the respect and often the admiration of its opponents. In 1905 Mr. Edge purchased the Atlantic City Daily Union, which is the only evening newspaper in the town. The first issue of this paper was printed September 3, 1888, and it has been con- tinuously issued ever since, although it was always in the front rank in advocating meas- ures for the best interests of the city, its influ- ence and worth have been immeasurably en- hanced since Mr. Edge took possession of it and edited it as the evening edition of the Daily Press.
In the last presidential election Mr. Edge was elected one of the presidential electors for New Jersey on the Republican ticket. He has always been active and influential in the affairs of his party, and has more than once done good service. From 1901 to 1904 inclusive he was the secretary of the New Jersey senate. He is a member of Belcher Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Atlantic City; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Improved Order of Red Men, Atlantic City Country Club, Repub- lican Club of Atlantic County, and the Atlantic City Yacht Club. He is interested in many financial and other corporations, of which he
is one of the most respected and influential members. Among these should be mentioned the Guarantee Trust Company, Sterling Realty Company, Eastern Fire Insurance Company, in all three of which he is a director. He is also a member of the Atlantic City Board of Trade and of the Business Men's League, of Atlantic City.
June 5, 1907, he married Lady Lee, daugh- ter of Samuel Philips, of Memphis, Tennessee, born October 1, 1885.
REEVES The name Reeves is of old Eng- lish or Saxon origin and be- longs to that group of words which has given us the surname, King, Earl, Squire, Chancellor, Mayor and Reeves. The last name was the old Saxon title for sheriff, and its original meaning was that of steward or governor. The family at present under consideration is the third of the names which have become identified with New Jersey his- tory, and so far as is ascertainable at the pres- ent day is distinct in its origin from the fami- lies which have played so prominent a part in Burlington and Salem counties. The pres- ent family, being stated by Mr. Francis B. Reeves, to have descended from the Long Island family of the name.
(I) Abraham Reeves, founder of the pres- ent branch of the family, came to this country, it is said, in the first quarter of the eighteenth century and settled on Long Island. They were Presbyterians, and to this day their de- scendants with not more than two known ex- ceptions have adhered to the religion of their fathers. Of these pioneer Reeves brothers little information has come down. We know, however, that Abraham Reeves was born in 1698, died May .21, 1761, and that his wife, Damaris, born 1699, died December 1, 1771, and that their children were: John, referred to below ; Abraham, Stephen, Lemuel, Thomas, Nancy, Abigail.
(II) John, son of Abraham and Damaris Reeves, was born January 30, 1726; died May 4, 1800. He married, September 12, 1750, Mable, daughter of Dr. James Johnson, born July 3, 1732, died October 23, 1813. Children : I. Johnson, referred to below. 2. Elijah, born March 14, 1753. 3. Lemuel, March 19, 1755; died November 2, 1777. 4. Joseph, June 25, 1757. 5. Mable Johnson, November 26, 1759; died August 30, 1814; married, July 30, 1783, Levi Leake. 6. Sarah, January 13, 1762. 7. Abraham, July 30, 1763; died November 2, 1822. 8. Eunice, March 6, 1767 ; died April
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25, 1825; married, May 31, 1785, Daniel Bishop. 9. Stephen, February II, 1769. 10. Nancy, November 6, 1771.
(III) Johnson, eldest child of John and Mable (Johnson) Reeves, was born August II, 1751 ; died April 2, 1810. He married Zerviah, born 1760, died 1800, daughter of John and Sarah (Bateman) Berreman. Children : I. John, referred to below. 2. Stephen, married Deborah Brown. 3. Lemuel, married (first) Sarah Sheppard, and (second) Ann Steward. 4. Sarah Berreman, married the Rev. Thomas D. Steward. 5. James Johnson, unmarried. 6. Lewis, married Hannah Miller. 7. Ann, married Samuel Ellwell. 8. Ephraim. 9.
Nancy.
(IV) John (2), son of Johnson and Zerviah (Berreman) Reeves, was born September 6, 1778; died December 9, 1815. He married, December 25, 1798, Martha, born June 8, 1779, died September 22, 1825, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Cook) Reeves. Her father, Sam- uel Reeves, died March 30, 1806. Her mother. Mary (Cook) Reeves, was the daughter of Eldad Cook and Deborah, daughter of Daniel and Mary ( Walling) Bowen. Daniel was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Wheaton) Bowen. Children of John and Martha ( Reeves) Reeves were: I. Johnson, referred to below. 2. Samuel, born July 7, 1801 ; died December 4, 1879. 3. Ephraim, August 13, 1803; died October 15, 1813. 4. Mary, September II, 1805; died September 13, 1807. 5. Joseph, October 1, 1807 ; died June 14, 1890. 6. Mar- tha, January 1, 1810; died November 24, 1832. 7. Joel Berreman, July 10, 1812; died Febru- ary 3, 1886. 8. Mary, August 13, 1814; died February 7, 1894.
(V) Johnson (2), eldest child of John (2) and Martha ( Reeves) Reeves, was born Octo- ber 16, 1799; died July 19, 1860. Married (first) March 7, 1822, Elizabeth Riley, and (second) October 24, 1854, Anna Mariah Foster. His first wife was the daughter of Mark and Abigail (Harris) Riley, and was born March 17, 1800, died June 21, 1845. Her father was the son of Mark and Prudence Riley. Her mother was the daughter of Na- thaniel and Abigail ( Paget) Harris, grand- daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Harris. Her grandmother, Abigail (Paget) Harris, was the daughter of Thomas and Dorothy (Sayre) Paget. Children of Johnson and Elizabeth ( Riley) Reeves were: I. Henry, re- ferred to below. 2. Harriet Newell, November 6, 1824; died December 19, 1897; married, March 25, 1846, Charles Seeley Fithian. 3.
Ruth Riley, December 20, 1826; deceased ; married, March 25, 1851, Robert Du Bois. 4. Martha, August 20, 1829; died April 27, 1833. 5. John, March 9, 1832; died December 19. 1895; married, March 27, 1856, Kate Mills Robison. 6. Martha Pierson, born May 25, 1834 ; deceased ; married (first) September 24. 1854, Alexander Lewden Robeson, and (sec- ond) January 10, 1884, George W. Bush. 7. Francis Brewster, October 10, 1836; married, April 26, 1860, Ellen Bernard Thompson. 8. James Johnson, September 9, 1839; deceased . married, 1865, Mary Caldwell Butler.
(VI) Henry, eldest child and son of John- son (2) and Elizabeth (Riley) Reeves, was born February 5, 1823; died March 13, 1901. He graduated from Princeton University, 1844. 'He then taught- in a private school at Pine Ridge, Mississippi, for two years. Re- turning to Princeton, 1846, he entered the Theological Seminary, graduating in 1849. In 1850 he was ordained to the ministry. From May to October, 1849, he preached at Lenox Chapel on the Hudson above New Hamburg. From November, 1849, to May, 1850, at Wap- pinger's Falls, New York. From July, 1850, to July, 1858, was pastor at Belvidere, New Jersey. From August, 1858, to July, 1864, was stated supply at Fayetteville, Pennsylvania. From May, 1869, to August, 1881, at Glou- cester City, New Jersey. From 1882 to 1885 at the Pearl Street Mission, at Bridgeton, New Jersey. From 1891 to 1901 at Gloucester City, New Jersey. Since 1884 he was stated clerk of the Presbytery of West Jersey until the time of his death. While serving at Fayette- ville he was principal of the Young Ladies Seminary, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. From 1864 to 1868 he was principal of Woodland Seminary, of West Philadelphia, and from 1881 to 1891 of Ivy Hall, Bridgeton, New Jersey. From 1869 to 1875 he was editor of Young Folk's Nows, and from 1871 to 1875 of Our Monthly. In 1886 he received the honorary degree of Ph. D. from Princeton, and 1897 that of D. D. from Hanover College, Indiana.
May 6, 1851, the Rev. Henry Reeves, D. D., married Sarah Jane, born December 17, 1827. daughter of Phineas B. and Priscilla (Carr) Kennedy, of Warren county, New Jersey. Their children are: I. Bessie, born February 12, 1852; married, June 29, 1887, Edward N. Fithian, of Bridgeton, New Jersey, and has two children. 2. Phineas Kennedy, March 16, 1854; married, January 13, 1880, Hannah P. Trenchard, and had four children. 3. Charles Fithian, April 13, 1856; married, December IO.
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1884, Clara Elizabeth Hoffman, and had three children. 4. William Henry Green, April 20, 1858; died September 7, 1859. 5. Harry, re- ferred to below. 6. Arthur Erwin, October 19, 1861; died April 8, 1868. 7. Anna Robeson, March 30, 1865.
(VII) Harry, fifth child and fourth son of the Rev. Henry and Sarah Jane (Kennedy ) Reeves, was born at Chambersburg, Pennsyl- vania, January 30, 1860, and is now living in Gloucester City, New Jersey. He received his early education in the public schools in Gloucester City, New Jersey, and at Professor Hasting's Academy in Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania, from which he went to the Chester Val- ley Academy in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. At the Centennial Exhibition in 1876 in Phila- delphia, Mr. Reeves was in charge of the sales department of the Ferracute Machine Com- pany. From then down to 1881 he was a sales- man in the wholesale grocery house of Reeves, Parvin & Company, of Philadelphia. After this he went into business for himself at Bridgeton, New Jersey, with his brother Charles Fithian Reeves, the firm name being C. F. & H. Reeves. They conducted a steanı engineering and plumbing business with a branch office at Philadelphia. This arrange- ment continued for three years and then Mr. Reeves bought out his brother's interest and took as his partner Charles F. West, the firm name being changed to Reeves & West, and their works being situated at Gloucester City, New Jersey. After fifteen years of successful operation, this firm was dissolved by Mr. Reeves disposing of his interest to his partner. This he did in order to accept a position as secretary and general manager of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Camden. In 1902 Mr. Reeves was nominated for the office of surrogate of Camden county, New Jersey, on the Republican ticket, and he was elected by a majority of 5,201 votes, this being a running of several hundred ahead of his ticket. In 1907, when his term expired, he was renominated for a second term, which would expire in 1912, and this time his majority was 7,332 votes, again running a long distance ahead of his ticket. Mr. Reeves has always been active and enthusiastic in his adherence to and his able work for the Republican party, to which he belongs, and for six years he has been the chairman of the Camden County Republican Committee. In religious belief he is a Presby- terian, and for twenty-three years he has been one of the trustees of the First Presbyterian Church, of Gloucester City, New Jersey. He
is a member of Cloud Lodge, No. 101, Free and Accepted Masons, of Gloucester City ; Ex- celsior Consistory, No. 15, of Camden. He has taken the thirty-second degree in the Scot- tish Rite Masonry and he is a past worshipful master of his Blue Lodge, and is also a mem- ber of Crescent Temple, of Trenton, New Jersey. of the Mystic Shrine. In the financial world Mr. Reeves ranks exceptionally high, and he is the vice-president of the New Jersey Trust Company, as well as a director in the Security Trust Company, of Camden, New Jersey.
January 6, 1886, Harry Reeves married Lizzie S., born June 1, 1860, daughter of Henry F. and Zeviah West; children : I. Sarah Walker, born March 21, 1887. 2. Bessie Fithian, May 10, 1888; died September 18, 1888. 3. Emily Janvier, June 15, 1889. 4. Chrissie West, November 26, 1890; died De- cember 6, 1891. 5. Henry F. West, January 5, 1892; died April 13, 1892. 6. Florence Kennedy, July 13, 1894; died January 8, 1895. 7. Frances Wallace, May 25, 1896.
While the family name Reeves REEVES has been known in this country since the early times of the col- ony, the immigrant ancestor of the particular family here treated appears to have first come to America with that distinguished commander, Marquis de Lafayette, who rendered such effi- cient service to the colonies in the struggle for national independence.
(I) Daniel Reeves, immigrant, was born about 1760 and was a young man of about twenty years when he came over, as tradition tells us, with Lafayette to take part with the united colonies in throwing off the oppressive yoke of the mother country. He afterward remained here and took up his place of abode in New Jersey, although information concern- ing him and his family life is quite meagre. The name of his wife was Jane Shemelia, and by her he had sons Richard, William H., Isaac and Levi, and daughters Elizabeth and Hope.
(II) William H., son of Daniel and Jane (Shemelia) Reeves, was born in Ocean county, New Jersey, in 1814; died at Brown's Mills, in that county, in 1890. His occupation was that of a charcoal burner, and he lived much of his life at Cedar Bridge, although his later years were spent at Brown's Mills. He mar- ried Matilda Ann Sprague, and by her had eight children: John, now living at Brook- ville; Israel, living at Barnegat; Joel S., of Brown's Mills ; William, now dead ; Theodore, living at Columbus; Rachel, married Isaac N.
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Couch, of Brookville; Martha, now dead ; and Hope Ann.
(III) Joel Sprague, son of William H. and Matilda Ann (Sprague) Reeves, was born at Mary Ann Forge, New Jersey, in 1840. Dur- ing the earlier years of his business life he was a ship carpenter by trade and later follow- ed general carpenter work and farming. Be- fore the civil war he worked as a ship carpen- ter at Barnegat, and in August, 1862, enlisted there for nine months as private in Company H, of the Twenty-ninth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. He went to the front with his regi- ment and took part in the battles of Fredericks- burg and Chancellorsville, and at the expira- tion of his term of enlistment returned home and resumed work at his trade. However, in 1865 he was drafted for further army service and was assigned to Company F, of the Thirty- third New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. His regiment went to Newburne, North Carolina, and later did guard and garrison duty in the defenses of Washington until the close of the war. He then returned north and again took up carpenter work, having lived for the last thirty years at Brown's Mills. Mr. Reeves is a member of the Order of United American' Mechanics. In politics he is a Republican, al- though not active in public affairs. He mar- ried (first) in 1866, Lucy Ann Cramer, of Cedar Bridge, Warrensville, Ocean county, New Jersey. She died in March, 1873, and he married (second) in 1879, Elizabeth Parker. He had six children, three by his first and three by his second wife: 1. Sarah Adelia, married Henry Nickson, a farmer, of New Lisbon, New Jersey, and has three children, Fenton, Carrie and Elizabeth. 2. Walter M. 3. Will- iam H., see forward. 4. Lucy, married George Taylor. 5. Matilda, married Harry Haines, a farmer, of New Lisbon. 6. Herbert.
(IV) William Henry, son of Joel Sprague and Lucy Ann (Cramer) Reeves, was born at Barnegat, Ocean county, New Jersey, March 31, 1870. At the age of nine years he went .with his parents to live at Brown's Mill, where he attended school and then for three years worked on a farm. In 1888 he came to New Lisbon, New Jersey, to learn railroading and telegraphy. He was clerk in a railroad office in Jamesburg, New Jersey, for one year, and in 1891 again returned to New Lisbon to take charge of the railroad office there, where he has continued in the capacity of station agent. In 1892 he received appointment as postmaster of the town and in the same year opened a store, which he manages in addition to his ii-15
other duties. Politically he is a Republican and has served as tax collector and treasurer of the town since 1888. Mr. Reeves also has large cranberry interests, owning a bog of about one hundred acres which he put under cultivation in 1900. He is a member of numer- ous fraternal orders, as follows: Central Lodge, No. 44, Free and Accepted Masons, of Vincentown ; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, No. 848, of Mt. Holly; Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Pemberton; Knights of Pythias, of Pemberton; Improved Order of Red Men, Pemberton ; Patriotic Order Sons of America, Pemberton; Order of Railway Telegraph Operators ; and of the Pennsylvania Railroad Relief Fund. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of New Lis- bon, and for a number of years was chairman of the board of stewards of the church.
Mr. Reeves married (first) in 1891, Kezzie Yeager, of Brown's Mills, New Jersey, and by whom he had three children, all born in New Lisbon: 1. Ethel, born 1892; lives at home. 2. Arthur, November 21, 1893; works with his father in the railroad and post offices. 3. Mil- ton Vorhees, February 2, 1895. His first wife died June 18, 1897, and he married (second ) September 15, 1906, Mary Reeves, daughter of Israel Reeves.
SPARKS Our present narrative concerns the family and descendants of one of three immigrant brothers -John, Robert and Jared Sparks-who were of Scotch ancestry but natives of the north of Ireland, where in earlier generations their an- cestors had found temporary refuge from the persecutions visited upon them because of their religious convictions, which were not in accord with the teaching of the dominant church. Rather than yield to the exactions of their persecutors many Scotch families fled from their native country to Ireland and lived there through several generations, and from this fact they came to be known as Scotch-Irish, but so only in name unless there were inter- marriages with Irish families ; and we have no evidence that any of the Sparks ancestors were allied with Irish families by ties of marriage. None of the three brothers is believed to have been married at the time of their immigration to America, for they all were young men of adventurous spirit starting out in a new coun- try to make each for himself his own way in life. They came over about 1735 or 1740. Our present narrative has to deal with John Sparks and his descendants.
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(I) John Sparks was born in the north of Ireland in 1717; died in 1802. He settled in New Jersey and owned and lived on the farm now owned by Clement Reeves, one mile from Woodbury Court House, toward the Delaware river. His farm comprised two hundred acres of land and was considered one of the best in Gloucester county. The baptismal name of his first wife was Annie, and the name of his second wife was Mary. By his first marriage he had sons Isaac, Randall and Joseph, all of whom were born on the homestead farm where their father settled. By wife, Mary, he had a son, John, and perhaps other children. John Sparks founded the Presbyterian burial ground at Woodbury and was buried there. John Sparks was an elder in the joint session of the churches of Woodbury and Timber Creek (now Blackwood). The date of his election and ordination are not known, but he sat as elder in the session of the synod in Philadel- phia in 1768, at the meetings of the Presby- tery of Philadelphia, November 3, 1773; Apri1 9, 1791 ; October 18, 1796; October 7, 1797, and October 20, 1801. He is said to have died February 18, 1802. He also was a member of the provincial congress of New Jersey at Tren- ton, in May, June and August, 1775, and at the meeting of the same body at Burlington in June, 1776, when the resolution was adopted "that the proclamation of William Franklin, late governor of New Jersey, appointed at a meeting of the general assembly, be not obeyed."
(II) Randall, second son of John and Annie Sparks, continued to live on the old farm for many years, and his children were born there. In 1815 he went to Woodbury and kept tavern there, at the place once called Rachor's, at Court House, but in 1817 he removed to the Buck Tavern, at The Buck (now Westville ). In 1819 he went to Philadelphia to secure em- ployment with his cousin, Thomas Sparks, shot. manufacturer, living in John street (now Car- penter ) next to Shot Tower. Failing to find work with his cousin, Mr. Sparks in the follow- ing year removed with his family to Camden to keep ferry for Joseph L. Turner, on the north side of Market street, and he remained there from 1820 to 1824. Here he became prosperous and acquired large tracts of land. He owned twelve thousand acres in one tract at the Dutch Mills, New Jersey, below Will- iamstown, which was heavily wooded and for which he paid twelve and one-half cents per acre. This he deeded to Samuel Downs and Benjamin Ward. He also owned eight hun-
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