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STRONG The present members of this family trace their descent from several of the earliest settlers of the American colonies. Among the direct ancestors are: John Eliot, the "Apostle to the Indians ;" Governors Dudley, of Massachusetts ; Leete, of Connecticut ; and Brenton, of Rhode Island. Elder John Strong, the first of the name of Strong, came from England in 1630, and settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts. From him the descent is as follows :
(I) Thomas Strong married Rachel Holton (second wife).
(II) Justice Joseph Strong married Sarah Allen.
(III) Captain Joseph Strong married Eliza- beth Strong.
(IV) Rev. Joseph Strong married Jane Gelston.
(V) Rev. Joseph Strong married Sophia Woodbridge.
(VI) Professor Theodore, son of Rev. Joseph and Sophia ( Woodbridge) Strong, was born in South Hadley, Massachusetts, July 26, 1790. He was graduated from Yale Col- lege in 1812 with the first prize in mathe- matics. He was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Hamilton College from 1816 until 1827, and at Rutgers College from 1827 until 1863, and was one of the most distinguished mathematicians in the country. He died at New Brunswick, New Jersey, February 1, 1869. He married, Sep- tember 23, 1818, Lucy, who died November, 1875, daughter of Rev. John Dix, of Littleton, Massachusetts.
(VII) Woodbridge, son of Professor Theo- dore and Lucy (Dix) Strong, was born in Clinton, Oneida county, New York, February 21, 1827. He came to New Brunswick with his parents, and has resided there since that time. He was christened Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge Strong, but dropped the first two names. He entered Rutgers College in 1847, then commenced the study of law with his brother-in-law, Hon. John Van Dyke, of New Brunswick, afterward a justice of the supreme court. During the gold fever of 1849 he went to California and was one of the first to dis- cover the gold in Oregon. Returning to New Jersey in 1851 he resumed his studies and was admitted to the bar in 1852. He was admitted as counselor in November, 1872, and was judge of Middlesex county court of common pleas from 1874 to 1879, and again from 1896 to 1906. He married Harriet A., daughter of Hon. Jonathan Hartwell, of Littleton, Massachusetts, and a direct descendant of William Hartwell, who settled in Concord, Massachusetts, in 1636, and of Anthony Dix, who came to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1623. Another of her ances- . tors was John Hartwell, who served as a minute- man and was a private in the company of Cap- tain Brooks, in a Massachusetts regiment. An- other ancestor was Seth Walker, who served with distinction during the Revolutionary war as a captain of marines, and afterward rose to the rank of colonel in the militia. Children of Woodbridge and Harriet A. (Hartwell) Strong: Alan H., see forward ; Theodore, see forward; Edward W., of Cincinnati, Ohio, formerly counsel for the Baltimore & Ohio and
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other railroads ; Elizabeth B., unmarried. Judge Strong died at New Brunswick, New Jersey, August 23, 1907; his wife died February 9, 1909.
Alan H., son of Hon. Woodbridge and Har- riet A. (Hartwell) Strong, was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, March 5, 1856. He graduated from Rutgers College in 1874; was president of State Bar Association ; appointed in 1895 solicitor of Pennsylvania Railroad Company, sixty-third and sixty-fourth dis- tricts ; member state commission for revision of laws, etc., etc. He married, in Grace Church, New York, April 17, 1893, Susan de Lancey Cullen Van Rensselaer (see Van Rensselaer). Daughter by adoption, Sylvia de Lancey Van Rensselaer Strong, born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, October II, 1904.
Theodore Strong, son of Hon. Woodbridge and Harriet Anna Strong, was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, January 15, 1863. He graduated from Rutgers College in June, 1883. He read law with Woodbridge Strong and Sons and was admitted as attorney in June, 1886, and as counselor in June, 1889. He served as solicitor for Middlesex county. He was a member of the Republican state com- mittee, and of its executive committee, and was state senator from Middlesex county, 1900-1902. He has served as president of the state board of assessors. He married, March 21, 1900, at Rensselaer, New York, Cornelia Livingston Van Rensselaer, daughter of Vischer and Augusta (Miller) Van Rensse- laer. They have five children: Theodore, born January 3, 1901; Cornelia Livingston Van Rensselaer, born November 16, 1902; Katharine Van Rensselaer, born November IO, 1904; Stephen Van Rensselaer, born Novem- ber 30, 1906; a son, born May 17, 1910. (See Van Rensselaer ).
(The Van Rensselaer Line).
(I) Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, first Patroon, born in Holland, 1595, died in Amsterdam, Holland, 1646. He married (first) Elizabeth Van Bylaer; one son. He married (second) Anna Van Wely, by whom nine children.
(II) Jeremias, second son of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, was born in Holland in 1632, and died at Rensselaerswyck, now Albany, New York, October 12, 1674. He was third Patroon of Rensselaerswyck. He married, July 12, 1662, Maria Van Cortlandt, daughter of Oloff Stevenson Van Cortlandt and Annetje (Loockermans) Van Cortlandt.
(III) Hendrick, second son of Jeremias
Van Rensselaer, was born at Watervliet, Albany county, New York, October 23, 1667. He was proprietor of the lower or eastern Manor of Claverack, Columbia county, New York, and Greenbush Manor, opposite Albany, in all about 78,000 acres. He died at Fort Crailo, Greenbush, July 4, 1740. He married, March 19, 1689, Catharina Van Burgh, daughter of Johannes Van Burgh and Cath- arina (Roeloffe) Van Burgh, who was a daughter of Anneke Jans.
(IV) Colonel Johannes, eldest son of Hen- drick Van Rensselaer, was born February II, 1708. He resided at Fort Crailo; he was a member of the provincial assembly, and 'colonel of a British regiment of foot. He sided with the Continentals, but was too old to serve in the revolutionary army, to which he gave his three sons-Robert, Henry and James. He married, January. 3, 1738, Angelica, daughter of Robert Livingston, mayor of Albany, and Margaret Schuyler.
(V) General Robert, third child and second son of Colonel Johannes Van Rensselaer, was born in Fort Crailo, Greenbush, (now Rens- selaer, New York), December 16, 1740. He resided at Claverack Manor House, Columbia county, New York. He was colonel of the Eighth Regiment Albany County Militia, commissioned October 20, 1775; brigadier- general, Second Brigade, Albany County Militia, commissioned June 16, 1780. He fought at Ticonderoga, and successfully repulsed Sir James Johnston's raid in the Mohawk Valley. He was a member of the provincial congress. He died September II, 1802, at Claverack, near Hudson, New York. He married, April 23, 1765, Cornelia, daughter of Colonel Jacob and Alida (Livingston) Rut- sen, daughter of Gilbert Livingston, son of Robert Livingston, the proprietor.
(VI) James, fifth son of General Robert and Cornelia (Rutsen) Van Rensselaer, was born at Claverack Manor, December 1, 1793. He lived at Utica, New York, where he was a merchant. He removed to Jasper county, Indiana, and founded the town of Rensselaer, and died there March 12, 1847. He married, May II, 18II, Susan de Lancey Cullen, daugh- ter of Charles and Lucy (Kent) Cullen, (daughter of Rev. Elisha Kent of Carmel, Putnam county, New York).
(VII) John Cullen eldest child of James and Susan de Lancey (Cullen ) Van Rensselaer, was born in Utica, New York, February 16, 1812. He was a lawyer. He went with his father to Indiana. and returned after his mar-
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riage to New York. He died at Ortley Beach, Ocean county, New Jersey, July 4, 1889. He married, in Ascension Church, New York City, May 17, 1838, Cornelia Josepha, daughter of George and Mary (Byvanck) Codwise.
(VIII) Susan de Lancey Cullen Van Rens- selaer, sixth child of John Cullen and Cor- nelia Josepha (Codwise) Van Rensselaer, was born in Jamaica, Long Island, June 24, 1851. She married, in Grace Church, New York, April 17, 1893, Alan Hartwell Strong, of New Brunswick, New Jersey.
(Van Rensselaer descent of Mrs. Theodore Strong).
(V) Jeremias, eldest son of Colonel Johan- nes (q. v.) and Angelica (Livingston) Van Rensselaer, was born in 1738, and died in Charleston, South Carolina, about 1769. He married Judith Bayard.
(VI) John Jeremias, son of Jeremias and Judith ( Bayard) Van Rensselaer, was born about 1769, in Greenbush, New York. He in- herited the Fort Crailo estate 1783 from his grandfather Johannes. He was colonel of Albany militia after the revolution, in which war he was too young to serve. Married Cath- erine Glen. He died September 22, 1828.
(VII) Cornelius Glen, son of Colonel John Jeremias and Catherine (Glen) Van Rensse- laer, was born at Fort Crailo in 1801, and died in June, 1871, at Greenbush Manor. He mar- ried Catharine, daughter of John Bleecker and Elizabeth Van Rensselaer Schuyler, widow of John Bradstreet Schuyler, and daughter of the Patroon Stephen Van Rensselaer and Cath- arine Livingston, daughter of Philip Livings- ton, signers of the Declaration of Indepen- dence.
(VIII) Vischer, son of Cornelius Glen Van Rensselaer, was born in Fort Crailo, Green- bush, now Rensselaer, New York. He is a civil engineer. He married Augusta Miller, of Schoharie county. Both are living and re- side at Rensselaer, New York.
(IX) Cornelia Livingston Van Rensselaer, born June 5, 1879; married March 21, 1900, Theodore Strong, of New Brunswick, New Jersey.
The name of Perry is an old one PERRY in the United States, and is said in some places to be of Welch origin. Most of the emigrants in this country came from England, and the name is generally regarded as English. Among the very early ones was Anthony Perry, of Rehoboth, Massa- chusetts, who died there in March, 1683. He
settled there before 1660. There have been others in this country; among them was a family early located in Bloomfield, New Jer- sey. Arthur Perry, born 1716, resided with his wife Jane in Orange, New Jersey, and died there in 1777. He was father of Deacon John Perry of Orange, who died October 1, 1821.
(I) William Perry, probably a son of James and Hannah Perry, was born February 15, 1829, in Little York, New Jersey, and died September 30, 1866, in Washington, New Jer- sey. He was reared in his native town, where he learned the trade of millwright, and was occupied for some years with his trade. Later in life he built a gristmill at Brass Castle, near Washington, which he operated until his death. He married Mary Creveling, born January 8, 1828, in Bethlehem, New Jersey, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Sherman) Creveling, and died November 28, 1908, at the home of her son in Bound Brook. They were the par- ents of three children-Charles Howard, Laura and Martha, the last named died in infancy. The surviving daughter now resides with her son, Dr. Harry H. Pettit at Ridgewood, New Jersey.
(II) Charles Howard, only son of William and Mary (Creveling) Perry, was born April I, 1851, at Easton, Pennsylvania, and was reared at Brass Castle, where he attended the public schools. When a young man he went to New York City and obtained employment in a dry-goods store kept by H. B. Clapp. Later he was employed by B. Altman & Company, dry-goods dealers, Sixth avenue, and was sub- sequently with Le Boutelier Brothers of the same city. For some time he was employed as manager of a store kept by Heath & Drake, in Newark, New Jersey. After this firm closed out its business Mr. Perry returned to B. Alt- man & Company, of New York, with whom he is now employed in the credit department. For the last twenty-five years he has resided in Bound Brook, New Jersey, where he has built several houses. He is a member of the . Methodist Episcopal church, in which he has served on the official board ; he is a Republican in politics, and has served three terms as mayor of Bound Brook. He married, January 31, 1872, Sarah McCloughan, born December 6, 1852, in Hamden, Hunterdon county, New Jersey, daughter of David and Mary (Frittz) McCloughan, of Scotch and Dutch descent. She died December 5, 1908.
(III) David McCloughan, only child of Charles H. and Sarah (McCloughan) Perry, was born July 26, 1875, in Hamden, and was
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reared in Bound Brook, where he attended the public schools. He was subsequently a stu- dent of the Plainfield high school and of Bord- entown Military Academy, where he studied with the view of entering West Point. When seventeen years of age he went to New York City and was employed as office boy in the store of which he is now one of the proprietors, located at 3 Maiden Lane. This was a jewelry establishment kept by Oliver M. Farrand, and young Perry remained in his employ for a period of twelve years. At the end of this time, in company with William Robert Phelps and Harold Stimson, he established a jewelry business which was conducted under the name of W. R. Phelps & Company. At the end of one year Mr. Stimson withdrew, and since 1906 the business has been conducted by Phelps & Perry. Like many of its neighbors, it deals in precious stones, watches, and general stock of jewelry. Only high class goods are handled, the stock including no silverware and nothing in gold under fourteen karat fine. Mr. Perry's home is in Bound Brook, where he is a vestry- man of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church, and a past master of Eastern Star Lodge, No. 105, A. F. and A. M. In political principle he is a steadfast Republican, but has given no time to activity in political affairs. He mar- ried, October 21, 1896, Sara Mae Dunning, born in Paterson, New Jersey, daughter of John Egan and Sarah (Spanton) Dunning. Children: Warren Dunning, Robert Kenneth, David Livingston and Ruth.
ADAMS Edwin Galloway Adams, Esq., of Newark, is the son of Kelsey M. and Ella M. (Lewis) Adams, and was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, March 30, 1873. Their children were Lewis, Edwin Galloway and Arlie; the latter died at the age of four years.
For his early education, Edwin Galloway Adams attended the public schools, after which he prepared for college in Philips Exeter Acad- emy, New Hampshire. He then entered the law school of Columbia University, New York City, graduating therefrom in 1894, after which he read law with Hon. John Franklin Fort, some time governor of New Jersey, and was admitted to the bar as attorney in November, 1894, and as councillor in February, 1898. Since that time he has been engaged in the general practice of his profession. In politics Mr. Adams is a Republican, and has for a long while been active and influential in his party. .For several years he was a member of the
town council of Montclair, and also recorder for the same town. In March, 1905, he was appointed a referee in bankruptcy for Essex county. He is a great lover of books, and had quite a reputation as a bibliophile, and is one of the prominent members of the Carteret Book Club. His other clubs are the Lawyers' Clubs of Newark, the Essex County Club, and the Drug and Chemical Club of New York. In religious convictions Mr. Adams is a Con- gregationalist. June 30, 1903, he married, in Grafton, Wisconsin, Mildred S., daughter of Clarence H. and Annie G. (Dwyer) Elliot. Her brothers and sisters are Helen J., Philip B. and Gordon Elliot. Children of Edwin Galloway and Mildred S. (Elliot) Adams : Gordon Elliot, born August 1, 1904; Edwin Galloway Jr., February 19, 1906; Ruth, No- vember 5, 1907.
The Leeds family of New Jersey LEEDS is not only one of the oldest of the old Quaker colonial families, but it is also one of the most prominent, and it has numbered among its representatives some of the greatest and most patriotic men and women in the history of the founding of the American nation. The family is English, and its surname is derived from the native place of the ancestors of the founder of the Amer- ican branch.
(I) Thomas Leeds, founder of the New Jersey family of the name, came from Leeds, England, to Shrewsbury, Monmouth county, New Jersey, in 1676, where he and his wife obtained warrants for two hundred and forty acres of land from the lords proprietors of East Jersey. Shortly after his arrival his wife died, leaving him three sons. According to one account he married a second time but from what appears to be the most trustworthy ac- count, the person who has been assigned as his second wife was in reality the wife of his eldest son and name-sake. This woman was Marg- aret Collyer, of "Marcus Hook upon ye river Delaware." The marriage took place at the Burlington monthly meeting, 8 mo. 6, 1678, and was the first marriage recorded in the books of that monthly meeting. Thomas Leeds Sr. died in 1687, and was buried beside the mother of his children, in the yard adjoining the old shingle sided meeting at Shrewsbury. His three sons were: 1. Thomas Jr., prob- ably husband of Margret Collyer, of whom little is known except the fact that his widow died in Philadelphia, leaving a will recorded there and dated 9 mo. 18, 1703. 2. William,
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of Middletown, Monmouth county, New Jer- sey, and Absecon Creek, married Dorothea 3. Daniel, referred to below.
(II) Daniel, son of Thomas Leeds, was born in Leeds, England, and followed his father to America in 1678, coming in the ship "Shield," which landed at Burlington in De- cember, and was the first vessel to ascend the Delaware to that point. At first Daniel Leeds settled about one-half mile west of the pres- ent village of Jackson, in Springfield township, Burlington county, his house being on the north side of the turnpike leading to Burling- ton. In 1682 he was a member of the assem- bly; 7 mo. 9, 1703, Lord Cornbury, in his letters to the Lords of Trade, speaks of him as a member of his council. July, 1704, he was appointed one of the councilors of New Jer- sey, and September 7, 1706, was reappointed to the same position. He was one of the first and most prominent of the deputy surveyors gen- eral of West New Jersey, and was the second surveyor general, succeeding Thomas Revel. As early as 1694 he located land in Great Egg Harbor, and in 1698 made the following sur- veys, which he had confirmed by grants from the Proprietery Council of West Jersey, name- ly : "All the land from James B. Smith's place near Smithville, running north to Holly Swamp Creek, along this creek to Wigwam Creek, to Mott's Creek, along Mott Creek to Duck Creek and thence to Lower Island." This island is sometimes spoken of as Further Island. Dan- iel sold to his son Felix, July 20, 1707, and Felix, in turn, November 3, 1710, conveyed to his brother Japheth, who is referred to below. Daniel Leeds settled on this land and called it Leeds Point. It is noteworthy as being the highest point of land on the coast between the Highlands and the Capes of Virginia. In addition to his multitudinous duties as assem- blyman, councilor and surveyor general, Dan- iel Leeds began in 1687 the compilation of the first Almanacs in this country, which he con- tinued until 1716, when he was succeeded by his sons Felix and Titan. The Almanacs were printed by William Bradford, and are thus spoken of in Watson's "Annals of Philadel- phia :" . "The first work printed by William Bradford which has reached us with a date is an Almanac for the year of the Christian ac- count 1687, particularly respecting the meridian and latitude of Burlington, but may indifferent- ly serve all places adjacent. By Daniel Leeds, student of Agriculture, Printed and sold by William Bradford, near Philadelphia, In Penn- sylvania, pro anno 1687." Copies of these
Almanacs are in the possession of the His- torical Society of Pennsylvania and New York, the latter society having at one time paid $500 for a single copy of one edition. In his "Poor Richard's Almanac" for 1735, Benjamin Frank- lin calls Daniel Leeds an astrologer, and Alli- bone speaks of him "as the first author south of New York, he being the author of the 'Book of Wisdom,' only one copy of which is known to exist."
Daniel Leeds married (first) 2 mo. 21, 1681, Ann, daughter of Robert Stacy, a tanner of Burlington, and a niece of Mahlon Stacy, who settled the Falls of Delaware, where Trenton now stands. She died soon after giving birth to a daughter Ann, born 12 mo. 3, 1681. In January, 1683, Daniel Leeds married Dorothy, daughter of Robert Young, of Burlington. Children: I. Japheth, referred to below. 2. Mary, born April 19, 1685; married as first wife, John, son of Richard and Abigail Stock- ton, the emigrant. 3. Felix, born July 27, 1687, died 1744; married Hannah Hewlings. 4. Philo, married Abigail, daughter of Samuel and Increase (Lippincott) Dennis. 5. Beth- onah, born March 24, 1692; married (first) Mary - ; (second) Sarah Mathais. 6. Ann, born February 17, 1694, buried July 4, 1769; married Revell, son of Anthony and Elizabeth Elton. 7. Daniel Jr., born June 5, 1697; married Mary, daughter of Joshua and Hannah Newbold. 8. Titan, born August 25, 1699; sheriff of Burlington county, 1725-30.
(III) Japheth, son of Daniel and Dorothy (Young) Leeds, was born in Springfield town- ship, Burlington county, New Jersey, October 24, 1682, and is supposed to have located near Leeds Point before 1710. His house stood well out on the point, and is now known as the site of the Townsend house. It was one of the three places of meeting for the Haddon- field quarterly meeting, the other two being Peter White's, at Absecon, and John Scull's, at Summers Point. Japheth Leed's will was dated February 5, 1736, and proved December 15, 1748. He married Deborah, supposed to be daughter of Daniel Smith, of Burlington. Children: 1. Mary, born 1704; married Sam- uel Somers. 2. Robert, born 1706; married Abigail Higbee. 3. John, born 1708; married (first) Rebecca Cordery; (second) Sarah (Mathais) Coate. 4. Japheth, referred to below. 5. Nehemiah, born 1712; married Eliz- abeth Woodward. 6. James, born 1714. 7. Daniel, 1716; in 1757 surveyor general of New Jersey; married (first) Susannah Steelman ; (second) Rebecca Steelman ; his children were :
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Susanna, married James Scull (q. v.) ; Dorcas, and Rachael. 8. Sarah, born 1718; probably married Thomas Wilson. 9. Deborah, born 1720; married Hugh Neale. 10. Dorothy, born 1722; married Jonathan Husted. II. Ann, born 1724; married Nathaniel Thomas. 12. Hannah, born February 18, 1726, died Novem- ber 24, 1762; married Peter Steelman.
(IV) Japheth Jr., fourth child and third son of Japheth and Deborah (Smith) Leeds, was born at Leed's Point, Gloucester (now Atlantic) county, New Jersey, March 18, 1710, and died there April 12, 1781, his will being dated the same day. By his wife Rebecca, daughter of Henry Woodward, born January 16, 1722, died May 28, 1760, he had children : I. Japheth, born May 12, 1739, died April 13, 1805 ; unmarried ; lame, and an elder in Leed's Point Mission. 2. Henry, born June 2, 1741, died June 4, 1760; unmarried. 3. Anne, born January 30, 1743; married Nathan Dunn. 4. Hannah, born November 3, 1746; married Benjamin Sykes. 5. Josiah, born November II, 1749, died March 29, 1797 ; unmarried. 6. Rebecca, born May 18, 1752, died January 8, 1825 ; unmarried. 7. Samuel, referred to below. 8. Daniel, born May 28, 1757, died October 18, 1829; married Margery, daughter of Gideon and Judith Scull.
(V) Samuel, son of Japheth and Rebecca (Woodward) Leeds, was born August 31, 1754, and died April 17, 1817. He was a farmer, and prominent in the Society of Friends, among whom he was for many years a minister. He married Lovica Barber. Chil- dren : Samuel, born March 4, 1783; Japheth, January 18, 1785; Barzillai, February 25, 1786; Rebecca, born May 16, 1788; Ann, May 31, 1790; Hannah, June 18, 1794.
(VI) Henry, son of one of the three sons of Samuel and Lovica (Barber) Leeds (but of which one in the absence of records, it is at present uncertain), married, in 1833, Hannah Pharo.
(VII) Samuel Pharo, son of Henry and Hannah (Pharo) Leeds, was born at Barne- gat, New Jersey, in 1835, and died January 20, 1909. He married Sarah West Clement, daughter of Joseph Clement, of Gloucester county, born 1839, and a descendant of Ben- jamin West. Children: I. Clement Pharo, died in infancy. 2. Henry West, referred to below. 3. Edward Clement, born 1870; mar- ried Laura, daughter of John W. Moore, of Clayton, New Jersey ; children : John Moore Leeds, died May 20, 1909, and Thomas C. 4. Samuel Pharo Jr., born 1872; married Clara
Mulford, of Bridgeton, New Jersey ; one child, Sarah West Leeds.
(VIII) Henry West, second child (eldest who reached maturity) of Samuel Pharo and Sarah (West Clement) Leeds, was born at Cinna- minson, Burlington county, New Jersey, Octo- ber 28, 1868, and is now living at Atlantic City, New Jersey. For his early education he at- tended the public schools of Burlington coun- ty, and afterwards the Friends' Boarding School at Westtown. In 1890 he came to At- lantic City and opened Haddon Hall, in part- nership with J. Haines Lippincott. Subse- quently his mother sold out her interests in the Tremont House and joined with her son in operating Haddon Hall, and winning for it its wide and popular reputation as a homelike hotel. The hotel will accommodate four hun- dred and fifty guests, and is one of the most central and convenient of the hotels in Atlantic City. Being at the ocean end of North Caro- lina avenue, it commands an unobstructed view of the ocean and the boardwalk, and dur- ing the twenty years that Mr. Leeds has been connected with the house, he has established a most enviable reputation among people of culture and refinement. The house is beauti- fully furnished and decorated, and on its walls can be seen the best collection of water colors of any seaside resort hotel in the country. The hotel is open all the year. Mr. Leeds is a member of the Society of Friends. In politics he is an ardent and enthusiastic Republican, and has held many positions both elective and appointive. For six years prior to 1894 he was a member of the city council of Atlantic City, in 1905 was elected alderman, and for three years was president of the city council, one of the most prominent positions among the city officials, as in the absence of the mayor the president of the city council takes his place. His work has been so well appreciated that he was appointed by Governor Stokes one of the commissioners from New Jersey to the Jamestown Exposition. In the busi- ness world Mr. Leeds is no less prominent and respected. Among the interests to which he belongs and with which he is identi- fied should be mentioned the Leeds Company, incorporated, of which he is president, and which conducts the splendid Chalfonte Hotel. He is a member of the Board of Trade of At- lantic City, the Hotelmen's Association, and the Guarantee Trust Company of Atlantic City, of which he is vice-president. Among the numerous clubs and associations to which he belongs are the Atlantic County Country
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