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honest, industrious and frugal, and was held in high esteem by his townsmen. He was somewhat retired in manner, fond of his dog and gun, which was a part of his pleasure in life. He loved his home and fireside, and had a deep regard for the Holy Scripture, being a great reader of the Bible. During the last eight years of his life he was in impaired health, which greatly incapacitated him for the carry- ing on of his farm. He attended the Verona Methodist Church. In politics he was the true type of the Jacksonian Democrat, and served on the Verona town committee. He was a mem- ber of the early military company at Newark.
He married Sally Maria, born September 2, 1798, died May 28, 1853, daughter of Enos and Jane (Wright) Baldwin. Children: I. Jo- seph Whitfield, born January 20, 1823, died August 7, 1861 ; married ( first) May 20, 1846, Martha Munn ; child, Martha Emily, born No- vember 29, 1848, married, September 25, 1879, William Condit; married (second) Emeline Ward; child, Harriet Emeline, born Novem- ber 2, 1857, married, September 1, 1882, Thomas Gore; children: Edith Hedden, born July 15, 1883, married, November 9, 1905, Frank H. Bulkley, child, Lucille; Cuthbert, born November 9, 1886; Emily Lucille, born May 5, 1887 ; Chauncey, October 10, 1896. 2. John Sayre, born March 20, 1825, died Decem- ber 17, 1904; married (first) Harriet Munn; children : i. Ann, died aged four years; ii. Clarence Edward, born November 8, 1856, married (first) December 28, 1881, Matilda Hayes; child, Clarence Earle, born January 21, 1883; married (second) August II, 1887, Julia Ann Condit ; child, Norma, born Novem- ber 9, 1895, died October 12, 1896; John Sayre married (second) September 23, 1865, Mrs. Sarah (Jacobus) Prior ; children : iii. Edward, born July 10, 1868, married, October 6, 1891, Georgie Lane ; child, Dorothy Inez, born Feb- ruary, 1895; iv. Harry, born March 10, 1871, died June 10, 1899; married, January 5, 1893, Anna Myrtle ; children: Harold, born Decem- ber II, 1893 ; Russell, born June, 1895; Edgar, born February, 1897; v. Eleanor Maria, born June 14, 1873, married, October, 1897, James Demarest ; child, John Hueson, born June 6, 1903 ; vi. Leon, born August 28, 1883, married, April 6, 1909, Grace Chinn. 3. Betsey Joanna, born September 1, 1827. 4. Caroline, born April 18, 1830, died November 24, 1856; mar- ried the Rev. James H. Parks; child, Louise. 5. Catherine Ann, born February 27, 1833; married, February 14, 1855, Isaac Newton Dobbins ; children : i. Justus S., born Septem-
ber 10, 1856, died February 5, 1857 ; ii. Odessa Maria, born July 9, 1858, died January 20, 1861 ; iii. William H., born December 2, 1860, died January 14, 1865; iv. Justus W., born March 23, 1863; married (first) October 8, 1880, Emma C. Dickerson ; children : Margaret E., born October 18, 1881; Ethel, born July 24, 1883 ; Helen, born April 20, 1885; married (second) August 12, 1903, Caroline Bowen ; children: Robert Newton, born October 18, 1904; Meriam B., born November 10, 1909; v. Tillie Louisa, born December 5, 1865, died July 23, 1868; vi. Bertha Kate, born January 8, 1869 ; married, October 12, 1896, Anson Day ; vii. Mary, born July 30, 1872; married, April 12, 1899, Randolph C. Luttgens; children : Margaret Louise, born August 1, 1903; Cath- erine Runyon, born May 13, 1906. 6. Sarah Matilda, born March 3, 1836, died February 14, 1866. 7. William Alfred, born December 18, 1839, died March 1, 1896; married Eliza- beth Thornton; children: i. Anieta, married Abel Pierson; children : Edward and Elsie ; ii. William; iii. Charles. 8. Austin Elijah, men- tioned below.
(VII) Austin Elijah, son of Elijah Hedden, was born at East Orange, New Jersey, Janu- ary 27, 1843, on the homestead of his father near the present Hedden place. His element- ary educational training began at East Orange in the nearby public school, and about the age of eight years he removed with his parents to Vernon, now Verona, where he attended the district school, assisting in the duties of the farm. He continued with his father to culti- vate the farm, and on the death of the senior Hedden, 1872, received thirty-three acres of the homestead property, and after his marriage in 1875 settled in a new residence erected on his property. He has devoted the major por- tion of his life to agricultural pursuits. Like his father he has followed the improved ideas of agriculture, and has developed and improved his lands. He has recently disposed of about three-quarters of his "Brookside" farm for developing and building purposes, and the sec- tion is destined to become one of the fine resi- dential sections of Verona, embracing Cumber- land and Derwent avenues. Aside from his farm duties, Mr. Hedden has engaged in local road contracting, having constructed a portion of Fairview avenue as well as all of Grosch avenue. During his active engagements Mr. Hedden has found time to faithfully serve his township in various important offices. Being a staunch Democrat in his political principles, he has upheld the institution with a firm and
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honest purpose. He has served on the Demo- cratic county committee and for twelve years on the election boards. He stands for principle in all matters pertaining to the welfare of his town and community and firmly believes in the old adage "Be sure you are right and then go ahead," and is always to be found on the side of right even should it effect his own party principles. He opposed the bounding of his township for the construction of hard roads during the period of financial depression and the bill was lost, which as it afterwards proved was a financial rescue for the town. Mr. Hedden was an active member of the com- mittee appointed to devise ways and means and to make recommendations as to the best course to pursue in the matter, as he has in all municipal affairs of his township for many years. The town of Verona has honored Mr. Hedden by electing him to the office of as- sessor in 1901 and again in 1907, serving at the present time. Mr. Hedden is a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Caldwell, and is also a trustee of the Verona Presbyterian Church. During the existence of the Verona Club Mr. Hedden was one of its leading mem- bers, having donated the land on which the club house stands. When the Caldwell Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, No. 107, was organized, Mr. Hedden was one of the charter members and was later elected as grange master ; he has served as master of Central District Pomona Grange, and is a member of the executive committee of the New Jersey State Grange. He has received the highest honors that can be conferred on one in the order by having the highest degree of husbandry conferred on him at the assemblage of the National Grange at Rochester, New York, in 1902. He takes great pride in his love of the order, which is a fav- orite topic with his brother grangers. He was one of the organizers of the Caldwell Brass Band and one of its leading musicians for twenty years.
Mr. Hedden married (first) February 10, 1875, Jennie Cox Lindsley, died January 16, 1896, daughter of John Philip and Catherine ( Mandeville ) Lindsley. Married (second) August 12, 1904, Mrs. Emma ( Willett ) Linds- ley, born March 12, 1864, daughter of Sea- brook and Mary Frances (Gray) Willett.
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(VI) Caleb Hedden, son of Abial Hedden (q. v.) was born on the old Hedden home-
stead in East Orange, New Jersey, near the present Burnet street, December 5, 1794, and
died at Newark, New Jersey, March 26, 1852. Like his brothers and sisters, he attended the nearby district school and was reared on his father's farm. He early learned the trade of shoemaker, which he followed more or less throughout his active career. He and his three brothers Samuel, Elijah and Uzal pur- chased a tract of land of about twenty acres near the present Hedden place, extending to Grove street. They divided this according to the amounts each invested, and Caleb had some four acres whereon he built his home- stead on what was then Drift road. For several years he operated a clay pit and hop- per and disposed of his product to nearby pot- teries. This he followed until the death of his wife, when he took up farming and shoemak- ing with his son, James S. Hedden. Caleb Hedden was an enthusiastic sportsman, and was a very peculiar character. After his death his homestead was destroyed by fire. This was rebuilt by his son Edwin, at whose house his father died. This homestead was in later years sold to John Boylan, whose heirs in turn sold it to others, and the house was moved to Fifteenth street, where it now stands. He married Matilda Baldwin, born November 30, 1801, died November 26, 1847. Children : I. Samuel S., born March 9, 1821, died Janu- ary 4, 1847; married Margaret McKirgan; child, Samuel Wallace, born January 7, 1847, died March 13, 1847. 2. Jane E., born Decem- ber II, 1822, died July 11, 1850; married Enos B. James. 3. Enos Baldwin, born January IO, 1825, died August 24, 1846, unmarried. 4. Mary Ann, born May 5, 1829, died May 31, 1849; married Abraham Morningstern. 5. Edwin, born 1826, died December 9, 1887. 6. James Smith, born March 28, 1836, men- tioned below. 7. Sarah Maria, born March, 1839, died October 6, 1883; married Musson Pier. 8. Martha Jennette, born November 2, 1842 ; married, March 31, 1869, Ira F. Weaver, born July 1, 1837, son of Henry and Catherine (Jennings) Weaver; children: i. Lora Belle, born November 7, 1870 ; married, May 9, 1894, Clyde C. Kelly; child, Cecil Raymond, born May 10, 1895; ii. Walter Hedden, born Feb- ruary 20, 1874, died July 9, 1874; iii. Maggie Hedden, born December 27, 1875; married, August 8, 1896, Ivy D. Tarpley ; child, Lucile, born September 9, 1906; iv. Cora Phillips, born September 27, 1880, died February 22, 1882; v. Bertha Adelle, born December 3, 1883, married, November 21, 1900, John Borgeson ; children: Nettie Blanche, born November 8, 1901, and Ralph Weaver, born April 4, 1904.
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(VII) Edwin Hedden, third son of Caleb Hedden (q. v.), was born at East Orange, New Jersey, 1826, died of paralysis at his home in Newark, New Jersey, December 9, 1887. He was reared on his father's home- stead, attending the nearby district school, and during his minority learned the trade of mason from his brother Samuel, who was a prom- inent contractor at that time. On the death of Samuel, Edwin took the business and set- tled his estate and carried on the business suc- cessfully up to 1869. Much of his work was in and around Newark. His office was in the Smith building, and he resided for nearly forty years at No. 213 Walnut street, which he built and where he died. He erected many houses in Newark for investment, and was one of the representative business men of Newark. He retired from contracting in 1869. and the following year was elected president of the New Jersey Plate Glass Insurance Com- pany at Newark, being associated with Mr. Hager in founding the company, and remained at its head until his death. He was a stirring and energetic business man, of sound judgment and integrity. He was a staunch Democrat of the Jacksonian type, and represented his dis- trict in the New Jersey legislature during the years 1867-68 with satisfaction to his constit- uents. He was for some years a member of the Newark board of education and served on important committees, and was an alderman from his ward. From its earliest history he was an active member of the Fifth Baptist Church, where he and his wife were members in full communion. He contributed liberally to the support of the church, as well as to other worthy charitable objects, and until his death was a member of the board of trustees and treasurer of the church. He was a mem- ber of Pythegoras Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. In public business and private life, Edwin Hedden was a model of the upright man, and in his church, which was his supreme delight, he was a pillar. The broader fields of his activity did not preclude his interest in the social world and his friends were many and lasting. In personal respects he was the type of the highest American citizenship, a man of the purest integrity and loftiest ideals, devoted to the obligations of family and friendly attachment, most valuable and attrac- tive in his private character. Among his Masonic friends he was known as a square stone in the temple of Masonry. Mr. Hedden married (first) Miss Hayden, who died in early womanhood. He married (second)
Mary Frances Stackhouse, died January I, 1905, daughter of Abner and Mary (Munroe) Stackhouse, the former of whom was a silver plater by trade. Child: Julia Baldwin, born March 24, 1855; married, October II, 1876, Samuel Collyer Hoagland, born September 8, 1849, son of William and Matilda (Collyer) Hoagland. Children: i. Victor Edwin Hed- den, born August 23, 1877; ii. Irving Pier, born December 26, 1879; married, March 6, 1907, Caroline Eldert Lemington, born Octo- ber 28, 1880, daughter of Nicholas Wyckoff and Frankie Elizabeth (Hoagland) Leming- ton ; child: Samuel Collyer, born March 5, 1908; iii. Chester Frank, born November 5. 1881 ; married, October 12, 1905, Nellie May Stanley, born February 6, 1883, daughter of Ethelbert A. and . Elizabeth (DeLaud) Stan- ley ; children : Grace Hedden, born October 4, 1906; Julia DeLaud, born March 27, 1909.
(VII) James Smith, son of Caleb Hedden, was born in East Orange, New Jersey, March 28, 1836, in the locality then known as Drift road. He died at Newark, 100 Pacific street, February 16, 1902. His educational training was gained in the district school, then situated on the present Main street, between Munn avenue and South Maple street, until he was almost fourteen years of age. He assisted his father on the homestead place, and at an early age went to Newark and served his time at the trade of mason with his brother, Edwin Hed- den. In 1859, at the age of twenty-three years, he entered the business as a mason con- tractor, and was first associated with James Reed under the firm name of Hedden & Reed. About 1872 the firm was dissolved, Mr. Hed- den continuing the business up to 1895. Dur- ing his career as a contractor he took many notable contracts, and was among the leading contractors of his day. He built the Passaic Mordant Works at Belleville and the Belleville Wire Cloth Works, also the Strauss Tannery and Ballard Foundry. His last notable con- tract was the mason work and capping of the towers and bridges for the Pennsylvania rail- road signal system. He was also associated with his son, Harry C. Hedden, in the whole- sale grocery business from 1887 to 1889. In 1894 he became associated with the New Jer- sey Plate Glass Insurance Company, and was elected secretary and treasurer, holding that office until his death. Much of the growth and success of this company was due to Mr. Hedden's recognized ability, sound judgment and untiring efforts. Mr. Hedden was a self- made man, and what he gained in life he
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created. In 1860 he built his home on Pacific street. He possessed a kind, genial nature and a jovial disposition, and these gained for him many true and lasting friends. He was a member of the Union Street Methodist Church, and served that body as president of the board of trustees for over twenty years and treasurer for many years. He became identified with the affairs of Newark. He was a Republican in principle, and served one year as a member of the Newark board of educa- tion and in other responsible positions. He was a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; he was first made a member in Protection Lodge, No. 28, later was a member of Apollo Lodge, No. 135, and subsequently a charter member of Newark Lodge, No. 8, serving this body as noble grand and also treasurer. He was also a member of Washington Encampment, No. 13, same order. He married, at Newark, New Jersey, May 14, 1857, Elma Ryerson, born December 20, 1836, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Car- cuff) Camp. Daniel Camp was a shoemaker. Children: I. Harry Camp, born April 18, 1860, mentioned below. 2. William Edwin, born August 19, 1862, mentioned below. 3. Marvin Evi, born November 8, 1868, died August 23, 1869. 4. Jesse Lyman, born March 18, 1872; married Ida M. Romer; children : James Lewis, Dorothy Romer, Donald, Paul Van Tassel.
(VIII) Harry Camp, son of James Smith Hedden, was born at Newark, New Jersey, April 18, 1860. He attended the public schools, graduating from the Newark high school in 1876, subsequently taking a two years course in the Wyoming Seminary at Kingston, Penn- sylvania, supplemented by a three years course in the Syracuse (New York) University. From 1882 to 1889 he taught school at Liv- ingston and Madison, New Jersey. For two years subsequent to 1889 he was associated with his father, James S. Hedden, in the wholesale grocery business, under the firm name of Hedden & Company, at Newark. In 1891 he became associated with the New Jer- sey Plate Glass Insurance Company, and was their special agent for five years, and subse- quently appointed superintendent of agencies, which position he held five years. In 1902 he was elected to his present responsible position of trust secretary of the company. Mr. Hed- den resides in the West Orange Valley, on Mt. Pleasant avenue. He is an attendant of St. Cloud Presbyterian Church, and his family also worship there. Mrs. Hedden was admitted
a member of the North Orange Baptist Church in 1882, and joined the St. Cloud Society in 1900 by letter. Mr. Hedden is a staunch Re- publican in politics, and has served his party as delegate to its various conventions, and has served the town of West Orange as a member of the school board. He is a member of Union Lodge, No. 11, Free and Accepted Masons, and the New Jersey Automobile Club. He married, at West Orange, New Jersey, Decem- ber 23, 1885, Lillian Electa, born August 10, 1865, daughter of William Nathan and Phebe Ann (Underhill) Williams. William N. Wil- liams was a prominent West Orange official. Children : I. Elma Williams, born April 12, 1887. 2. Lilliam Electa, May 27, 1889, died April 4, 1892. 3. Phebe Ethel, born October 22, 1893. 4. Julia Bertha, October 20, 1894.
(VIII) William Edwin Hedden, son of James Smith Hedden (q. v), was born at the homestead of his father, 100 Pacific street, Newark, New Jersey, August 19, 1862. He attended the Oliver street public school until fourteen years of age, when he gave up school for the purpose of learning the trade of mason with his father, serving at this during his minority. He then worked as journeyman for his father up to 1890, when his father admitted him to partnership under the firm name of James S. Hedden & Son, in July, 1890. The first contract the new firm filled was the Sixth Presbyterian Church, Union and Lafayette streets, Newark, and the follow- ing year they erected the New York Avenue Reformed Church, where later the Rev. John S. Allen was pastor. The Hedden Company did extensive mason work for machinery and boiler setting, also other foundation work. The stone foundations for the signal system of the Pennsylvania railroad from Meadow Shop to Scott avenue, Rahway, were put up by them. When the senior Hedden retired from the firm in 1894 the son continued the business, admitting Thomas G. Mercer to part- nership, under the firm name of Hedden & Mercer. At the expiration of a year the firm was dissolved and Mr. Hedden continued under his own name up to 1903, when he was engaged as journeyman mason. He subse- quently was appointed instructor of mason work at the New Jersey Reformatory at Rah- way, where he had many boys under his care and instruction. He was a member of the Master Masons' Association of Newark, and was formerly a member of the Builders' and Traders' Exchange. In religion he was formerly a member, trustee of the Union
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Street Methodist Church and was dismissed to the New York Avenue Reformed Church, where Mrs. Hedden is also a member and has charge of the primary department of the Sunday school and prominent in all the work of the various societies. She was formerly soprano of the Sixth Presbyterian Church and Union Street Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics Mr. Hedden is a Republican.
He married, at Newark, New Jersey, May 26, 1886, Lydia M., born at Easton, Penn- sylvania, May 25, 1865, daughter of Emil and Dorothea (Schwartz) Robst. The ceremony was performed by Rev. G. H. Winans. Emil Robst was a professor of music; a civil war veteran of Company G, 153d New York Vol- unteer Militia ; he saw service at Chancellors- ville and Gettysburg, where he was injured at second day's battle, and Appomattox Court House. Professor Emil Robst was a son of Herbert and (Enders) Robst; the Enders family were a prominent and influ- ential family of the Province of Saxony, Ger- many, where the family belonged to the nobil- ity. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Hedden : I. Blanche Ruth, both February 12, 1888. 2. Mabel Robst, January II, 1891. 3. William Percy, July 12, 1894. 4. Mirriam Gertrude, October 14, 1896. 5. Grace Ethel, July II, 1898. 6. Matilda Baldwin, November 25, 1900. 7. Hermine Emily, September 22, 1903.
John Agar, the first of the line
AGAR here under consideration, was a farmer of Carlow county, Ireland. He married and reared a large family of whom John was his eldest son.
(II) John (2), son of John (1) Agar, was born and reared in Carlow county, Ireland. He followed farming during his life, and became a man of considerable means. His farm, situ- ated on the side of the mountain, was produc- tive of large quantities of grain, which was its principal crop, and he raised large numbers of sheep and cattle. He was a devout church- man, a member of the Episcopal church, with his wife. He was a man of set principles and could not be moved from his opinion. He was of large physique, honest to a fault, and was respected in his community. He married (first) Mary, daughter of John Bailey, a Meth- odist divine; (second) Nancy Chil- dren, by first wife: James (mentioned below) and John. Children by second wife: Thomas, Henry, Annie, Margaret, William.
(III) James, son of John (2) Agar and Mary Bailey, his wife, was born in Carlow
county, Ireland, in the town of Knockullard, July 17, 1815, died at St. Barnabas Hospital, Newark, New Jersey, November 15, 1881. Born of sturdy parents, he was reared on the farm of his father, and accordingly was strong and healthy. His mother died when he was six years of age. He attended the nearby parish school, and when fourteen years of age was bound out to the trade of nail maker until he became of age. In his long term of apprentice- ship he became an expert in the art of nail making, a purely hand process. At the end of his apprenticeship a near relative, Henry Bur- gess, seeing the ambition of the young man and his knowledge of the trade, offered him a space in his blacksmith shop. Here in one-half of the shop he set up his forge and anvil, and for two years conducted a prosperous business and became a trusted associate of his cousin in many ways. Shortly after his marriage, in 1837, he removed his shop to quarters of his own in the neighborhood of his home. He became very prosperous at his trade, employ- ing apprentices and journeymen in the manu- facture of nails for Henry and Watson New- ton, prominent contractors of the town, shoe- makers, and other trades requiring his product. He took contracts for many thousand nails at a time, supplying the general trade. He became involved financially through misplaced confidence, having gone security on several notes. Being a man of honor, he met these adversities with fortitude, but they greatly reduced his finances. This led him to turn to new fields of labor, and about the year 1850 he emigrated to America, settling first in Newark, New Jersey, where he remained a short time, subsequently removing to North- field, where he engaged as a farmer. After two years of saving he sent for his family, who embarked from Liverpool in 1852. While on the trip his wife and son James were stricken with ship fever, died in a few days and were buried at sea. On the arrival of the vessel in New York, learning of his loss, his grief was unbounded, but with a father's love for his motherless children he strove to make the best of things, working for and providing suitable schooling for his children. In about three years he had saved sufficient to purchase a three acre farm of Nelson Sharp, and in time bought several acres of George Mulford, of Springfield, having in all about twenty acres of good farming land in Northfield. The 29
latter property has since been sold to the 2H Orange Water Corporation. He became pros- perous as a farmer, and after a few years
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exchanged his property for some at Newark, where he resided between Prince and Grove streets until his death. Mr. Agar was progres- sive in his ideas, and believed in improved methods of agriculture, and was industrious and frugal. He was known for his strict hon- esty and religious principles, and while retiring in disposition possessed many friends of a true worth. He possessed a deep retentive memory and had a keen power of calculating, especially in figures, and was always correct. He was reared in the Episcopal faith, but became a communicant of the Orange Valley Congrega- tional Church, and reared his family under christian influence. He was a Democrat in politics.
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