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William Smith Schenck married. December 30. 1885. Elizabeth Warne Phillips, daughter of John Feaster and Hannah ( Warne ) Phillips. They have the following children: Sarah John- son, born August 21, 1887. Alexander Tilton. born July 21. 1889. Warne Phillips, horn No- vember 5. 1891. Elizabeth Phillips, born August 15. 1894. Wilhelmina Smith, born September 17, 1898.
Eliza Tilton Schenck, daughter of John Gar- ret and Mary ( Smith) Schenck, and aunt of William Smith Schenck, was born at the Penn's Neck homestead. September 23. 1805. died July 30. 1895, aged almost ninety years. She united with the First Presbyterian Church at an early age, and daily grew in grace and patience. Her nature was charitable, forgiving and gentle; she had an uncommon degree of common sense, and in the management of her affairs was clear- headed. independent and businesslike. At the time of the remodeling of the First Church she contributed one thousand dollars, and she al- ways kept up her contributions to missions and the other departments of church work. In her will she bequeathed to the Board of Home Mis- sions of the Presbyterian church in the United States five hundred dollars, and to the board of the general erection fund of the general assembly of the Presbyterian church of the United States, five hundred dollars. Her funeral services were conducted at her late residence by her pastor,
Rev. H. G. Hinsdale, assisted by the Rev. H. R. Schenck, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and were in every way befitting the occasion. The interment took place in the old Schenck cemetery at Penn's Neck, which Miss Schenck had some years ago improved and protected with a hand- some stone wall, and endowed under the manage- ment of a corporation formed under the name of the Penn's Neck Cemetery Association.
THOMAS WILLIAM LA VAKE, a prom- inent and influential citizen of Princeton, Mercer county, New Jersey, founder of the La Vake Jewelry Shop on Nassau street, is a descendant of an old Huguenot family which fled from France to this country prior to the war of the revolution to escape religious persecution. They were among the pioneer settlers of the town of Northampton, Massachusetts, where a number of successive generations of the family resided.
(1) Thomas La Vake, the first of the family of whom we have an individual record, and who was the great-grandfather of Thomas William La Vake, was a soldier in the Continental army during the war of the revolution. He also fought under Arnold at the time the latter was in com- mand at Quebec.
(II) William La Vake, son of Thomas La Wake, was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, May 22. 1792. He was a shoemaker by trade, and married Lucinda Tower, daughter of Isaac Tower. of the same town.
(III) Charles William La Vake, son of Will- iam and Lucinda (Tower) La Vake, was born in Northampton. Massachusetts. April 9. 1817, and died in the same town, September 18. 1897. He followed the occupation of farming, and was a volunteer of the Mexican war. serving with the rank of sergeant in Company C, Twelfth Regiment. Massachusetts State Militia ; the reg- iment did not. however, enter into active service. He married Marietta Brook Perkins, born in Northampton, Massachusetts, 1819. daughter of Silas Perkins, who was born in the same town in 1700. and was a miller by occupation.
(IV) Thomas William La Vake, only son and eldest child of Charles William and Marietta Brook (Perkins) La Vake, was born in North- ampton, Massachusetts, December 2, 1839. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. and upon attaining a suitable age was ap- prenticed to learn the trade of watchmaking with General Benjamin E. Cook, of the same town,
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whose son Frank was a schoolmate of young La Vake. Frank Cook now (1907) holds the rank of admiral in the United States navy, and was commander of the flagship "Brooklyn" during the Spanish-American war. Upon leaving North- ampton Mr. La Vake went to Ware, Massachu- setts, where he resided for some time. He then enlisted in Company G, Twenty-seventh Massa- chusetts Volunteers, as a private, was promoted in succession to the rank of sergeant and orderly- sergeant, and served for full three years during the progress of the Civil war. He returned to Northampton, remained there during 1864-65, removed to Amherst, Massachusetts, then back to Northampton, and in November, 1876, came to Princeton, Mercer county, New Jersey, where he has since resided. He established the La Vake Jewelry Shop on Nassau street, which is now under the management of his son, Myron, he hav- ing assumed charge in 1896. Mr. La Vake has been an enterprising and energetic man of bus- iness, and has interested himself in a number of directions. He is the general agent of a fire and life insurance company ; is notary public ; commis- sioners of deeds, and is now justice of the peace. He is a member of Princeton Lodge, No. 30, Free and Accepted Masons.
Mr. La Vake married, December 22, 1864, Ju- liette Stratton, born in Northfield, Massachu- setts, daughter of Horatio and Electa (Field) Stratton, the former a native and farmer of Northfield, the latter a daughter of Solomon and Prudence (Gould) Field, granddaughter of Charles and Mary ( Merryman) Stratton, great- granddaughter of Hezekiah Stratton, great-great- granddaughter of Hezekiah Stratton, who came from England and settled in Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. La Vake have children : I. Edith M., married Wilie Rouse, a reporter ; died October 12, 1897, leaving one child, Marie Juliette. 2. Myron H., mentioned previously ; he married Martha Bergen and has one child, Helen B.
HENRY B. BAYLES, one of Princeton's leading business men, was born August 22, 1847, at Monmouth Junction ( formerly Long Bridge), Middlesex county, son of John Bayles, grand- son of William Bayles and great-grandson of John Bayles, who was born in England and came to the American colonies early in the eighteenth century. He settled in Middlesex county, and in 1753 married Susan Burtis.
William Bayles, son of John and Susan (Bur-
tis) Bayles, was born September 13, 1774, in Middlesex county. He married Abigail Maple, born April II, 1785, and eight children were born to them: Benjamin, John, of whom later ; James, Stephen, Sarah, Hariette, Margaret and William. William Bayles, the father, died Aug- ust 29, 1853, and the mother passed away June 18, 1874, at the advanced age of eighty-nine years.
John Bayles, son of William and Abigail ( Ma- ple) Bayles, was born March 6, 1816, in Middle- sex county. He was by occupation a farmer. He was a member of the Presbyterian church. His wife was Mary Ann Blackwell, born May 3, 1821, and was one of four children, the others being Augustus, Henry and Caroline. Mr. and Mrs. Bayles were the parents of one child, Henry B., of whom later. Alr. Bayles died February 28, 1848, having not yet completed his thirty- second year, and his widow also passed away in comparatively early life, her death occurring March 9, 1858.
Henry B. Bayles, son of John and Mary Ann (Blackwell) Bayles, received his preparatory ed- ucation in the public schools of his native town- ship, afterward attending the Edgehill Military School and completing his studies by taking a course at the People's Business College, Read- ing, Pennsylvania. In 1866 he took a position in Kingston with Charles B. Moore, with whom he remained one year, at the end of that time going to reside with his grandparents on the homestead. After two years of farm life he opened a general store at Aqueduct Mill, and aft- er conducting it one year disposed of the busi- ness, and for another year taught the Plainsboro (New Jersey) school. After spending a year in farming he accepted a position with the Fish & Green Lumber Company, of Trenton, which position he retained for one year, and in 1872 entered the service of his uncle, who was en- gaged in the grocery business in Princeton. He remained with this uncle until April, 1880, since which time he has been engaged in the grocery business for himself. During the lapse of more than a quarter of a century he has steadily strengthened and enlarged the ranks of his con- nections and the scope of his transactions. He belongs to Princeton Lodge, No. 38, Free and Accepted Masons, Chapter 3x3, No. 5, and Pal- estine Commandery, No. 4, of Trenton, in all of which organizations he is a member in good and regular standing.
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Mr. Bayles married, January 20, 1869, Mar- garet Applegate, born December 24, 1845, and they have been the parents of the following chil- dren : Elizabeth W., born April 29, 1870, at Plainsboro, New Jersey, wife of the Rev. Edwin Bronson ; two children : Henry and Helen. Car- oline B., born October 4, 1872, in Trenton, died July 26, 1875. Charles H., horn September 5, 1878, in Princeton, resides at home. Walter E., born July 23, 1884, deceased. Mrs. Bayles is a daughter of John Applegate, born September 20, 1809; married Rebecca Davidson, born Septem- ber 14, 1813. Their children were: Sarah El- len, William, Margaret, wife of Henry B. Bayles. Mrs. Applegate died May 2, 1850. John Apple- gate married a second wife and of this marriage had born to him two children, George and Mel- vina Applegate. The death of Mr. Applegate occurred April 27, 1887.
EMORY WAUGH CARPENTER, a well known citizen of Princeton, Mercer county, New Jersey, who has for many years successfully con- ducted a hardware and general house furnishing store at No. 39 Nassau street in that borough, is a representative in the present generation of one of the oldest families in the state of New York, the earliest members of the family having come from England.
(I) William Carpenter, the direct ancestor of Emory Waugh Carpenter, and the first of whom we find any record, was born in England in 1520 and died about 1550.
(II) William Carpenter, son of William Car- penter (1), was born in England in 1576, and was the first of the family to emigrate to Amer- ica, having embarked in the ship "Bevis." He settled in Connecticut about the year 1638.
(III) William Carpenter, son of William Car- penter (2), was born in England in 1628, and came to this country with his father and settled in Connecticut. He married Hannah Hope.
(IV) John Carpenter, son of Wiliam (3) and Hannah ( Hope) Carpenter, was born in England.
(V) Samuel Carpenter, born about 1666, at Jamaica, Long Island.
(VI) Samuel Carpenter, son of Samuel Car- penter (5), was born in 1695, and married Pa- tience
(VII) Samuel Carpenter, son of Samuel (6) and Patience Carpenter, was born in 1734. He resided in Goshen, New York, and volunteered for service in the army just before the battle of
Minisink. He received the appointment of cap- tain and his duty was to guard the women and children at Goshen Court House.
(VIII) Benjamin Carpenter, son of Samuel Carpenter (7), was born in Goshen, New York, May 20, 1767. He married, March 13, 1797, Catherine Solomon.
(IX) Samuel Carpenter, son of Benjamin (8) and Catherine (Solomon) Carpenter, was born in Afton, New York. He was occupied as a teacher for a great many years, but at the time of his death was engaged in the cultivation of a farm which he owned on the Susquehanna riv- er. He married Nancy Gardner, who was a cousin, and among their children was Emory Waugh.
(X) Emory Waugh Carpenter, son of Sam- nel (9) and Nancy (Gardner) Carpenter, was born in Afton, New York, November 3, 1834. He acquired his educational training in the Meth- odist Episcopal Seminary in Kingston, Pennsyl- vania, and supplemented this hy home study. After a time he established himself in the hard- ware and general house furnishing business, with which he was closely identified for many years.
Mr. Carpenter married, March 15, 1859, Mar- garet Grav, born April 5. 1839, daughter of Alex- ander and Jane (Russell) Gray, the latter borit in Huntley, Scotland. Alexander Gray, of Ab- erdeenshire, Scotland, was born in 1805, and for a number of years was a coal merchant. Sub- sequently he was engaged in the banking bus- iness in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania : was exten- sively engaged in mining and shipping coal, and was considered an authority in financial circles. He took an active interest in religious matters and was elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the Second Pres- byterian Church of Princeton, New Jersey, and of the Kingston Presbyterian Church in Middle- sex county, New Jersey. He died at Aqueduct Mills, near Princeton. New Jersey, April 6, 1873. and his widow died September 6, 1886. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter have had children : I. Alexan- der Grav, died April 24, 1902. 2. Jane R. 3. Mabel C., married William E. Hinkson, and they have one child, Harold Melville Hinkson.
JAMES ALEXANDER WARREN, one of the leading business men of Princeton, Mercer county, New Jersey, represents a family which has been identified with the business interests of the county for several generations. He is the
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son of Richard and Alletta (Hall) Warren, the latter a daughter of Verome Hall, a farmer of Clover Hill, New Jersey, and was born in Princeton, Mercer county, New Jersey, Febru- ary 22, 1852.
His education was acquired in the public schools of his native town, and he was still very young when he commenced to assist his father in the butcher business of the latter, and thus obtained a thorough and practical working knowledge of this line of business. Later he engaged in it for himself, and now (1907) has a very fine store at No. 217 Nassau street, and is recognized as one of the substantial business men of the town. His reputation for reliability and systematic management is excelled by none in the county, and he has many friends in the business as well as the social world. He mar- ried, April 17, 1880, Sarah E. Collins, of Prince- ton, daughter of Abraham and Martha E. (Em- mons) Collins, of Franklin Park, New Jersey, and they have one child, James Alexander, Jr., now attending Horton's Business College, in Trenton.
JOSEPH PRIEST, one of the oldest drug- gists in the state of New Jersey, whose place of business is located at the corner of Nassau and Mercer streets, Princeton, Mercer county, New Jersey, is a descendant of a very ancient English family.
Degory Priest, the . first of this family of whom we have any record, was born in London, England, in 1579, and at the time of the religous persecution in that country he fled to Holland with his wife and two children. From thence he sailed in the "Mayflower" for America, his name being recorded on the log of that vessel, but he died on shipboard in Plymouth harbor. His wife, previous to her marriage with him, was a Mrs. Vincent, a sister of Isaac Allenton. From this ancestor all bearing the name of Priest in America are descended.
Robert Priest, a descendant in a direct line of Degory Priest, and the grandfather of Joseph Priest, followed the occupation of a hatter in Princeton, New Jersey. Among his children was James.
James Priest, son of Robert Priest, was a farmer in Princeton township, and married Han- nah Quackenbosh, daughter of Joseph and Cath- crine Quackenbosh, the former having been in
active service during the war of 1812. Among their children was a son, Joseph, see forward.
Joseph Priest, son of James and Hannah (Quackenbosh) Priest, was born in Princeton, Mercer county, New Jersey, November 2, 1838. His education, which was a good one for those days, was acquired in the schools of his native city, and he was then apprenticed to Dr. E. C. Baker, a prominent druggist of the town. By diligence and faithful attention to the details of his business, he was gradually advanced until, in 1863, he became the head of the concern, which henceforth conducted its business under the name it bears at the present time (1906)- J. Priest, Druggist. Mr. Priest has always been thorough, enterprising and progressive in his business methods, and has thus constantly in- creased his custom, until now he is the owner of one of the finest stores of its kind in the county, as well as being the oldest established in Prince- ton. He has amassed a comfortable competence. He is a member and vestryman of the Episcopal church of Princeton, and his political affiliations are with the Republican party.
Mr. Priest married November 27, 1862, Wil- mina Stockton Perrine, daughter of General John and Sarah (Sunderland) Perrine, of Cran- bury, New Jersey, and they have children: I. Carlton Rogers, born September 14, 1863, was graduated from the State Pharmaceutical Asso- ciation of New Jersey, in 1893, and is now asso- ciated with his father in business in Princeton. He married Anna Lawshe, of Trenton, New Jer- sev. 2. Sarah P., born June 5. 1867. 3. Dan- iel Scotten, born August 20, 1876, also a grad- uate of the State Pharmaceutical Association, and is engaged in the drug business in East Orange, New Jersey. He married Nellie Wes- sels, and they have one child, Natalie Dillard Priest, born August 25, 1906.
NEHEMIAH DEY GROVER, residing in Witherspoon street, Princeton, Mercer county, New Jersey, is one of the successful farmers of the county, and his place is considered a model of neatness and cultivation among farms of its size. The Grover family has been resident in Mercer county for a number of generations.
Joseph Grover, grandfather of Nehemiah Dey Grover, was a fariner, born in Monmouth coun- ty, New Jersey. He married Ruth Conover, and had a son, Mahlon.
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Mahlon Grover, son of Joseph and Ruth (Conover) Grover, was born in Middlesex coun- ty, New Jersey, and also followed the occupa- tion of farming. He was active in religious work and was an important member of the Bap- tist church. He married Katherine Dey, daugh- ter of Nehemiah and Mary (Conover) Dey, and among their children was Nehemiah Dey Grover, see forward.
Nehemiah Dey Grover, son of Mahlon and Katherine (Dey) Grover, was born in Middle- sex county, New Jersey, March 4, 1843. He enjoyed the advantages of a good education in the Mapleton school, and at a suitable age turned his attention to farming, having gained much practical knowledge from the assistance he had rendered his father. His first field of activ- ity was in Middlesex cour v, and later he re- moved to Mercer county. New Jersey. He has been farming what is known as the Murphy farm for the past fifteen years, a place consist- ing of one hundred and eighteen acres, and his thorough work and practical methods have made this a very successful undertaking. His crops are among the largest per acre of any in the county, and this may be ascribed to his own in- defatigable efforts. He keeps well abreast of the times, and is always ready to give any invention or improvement a fair and impartial trial, and if he finds it practical and either time, money or labor saving, he is the first to adopt the contriv- ance. He is a member of the Penn's Neck Bap- tist Church.
Mr. Grover married January 20, 1869, Sarah Elizabeth Taylor, born in Monmouth county, New Jersey, March 17, 1842, daughter of Jolin I. and Eleanor S. (Conover) Taylor, and they have six children : 1. William J., born April 26, 1870, married Gertrude Allman ; they have one child, Sarah Elizabeth Grover. 2. Eleanor S., born December 14, 1871, married Frank Stakes. and they have two children : Eleanor and Amanda Stakes. 3. Lizzie J., born December 4, 1873. 4. Bessie W .. born December 17, 1876. 5. George T., born November 10, 1878, married Mamie Applegate, and have two children : Helen and Francis Grover. 6. Catharine D., born October 12, 1880, married Frank Clark.
GEORGE WASHINGTON SPRACKLEN, residing at No. 345 Hamilton avenue, Trenton, New Jersey, has for many years been prominent- ly identified with the financial, commercial, man-
ufacturing and political interests of the city in which he lives. He is a descendant of an old English family on his father's side, and is of Welsh extraction through his maternal ancestry.
Peter Spracklen, father of George Washington Spracklen, was born at Walen, Somersetshire, England, in 1808, emigrated to the United States in his early youth, and settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There he learned the trade of baking. also engaged in the blacksmith and ma- chine business and migrated to Trenton, New Jersey, in 1851. He established a bakery in that city which he carried on for a time, but tiring of this line of business, he learned the trade of boilermaking and shortly afterward entered the employ of Van Cleif, McKane & Company, loco- motive and boiler contractors. Here his ability and enterprise soon enabled him to rise to the position of superintendent of the plant, and he remained with them until 1862. At that time he established himself in the grocery business at the corner of Bridge and Warren streets, at the same time conducting a general store at No. 620 Warren street. He was active in his support of the Republican party, and was treasurer of the old Front Street Methodist Episcopal Church. There is still a letter extant from President Lin- coln. thanking Mr. Spracklen, as secretary of the church, for their good wishes and prayers during his administration. This letter is now in the possession of his son. George Washing- ton Spracklen. Mr. Spracklen died in 1888 and is buried in Riverview cemetery. He married Adeline James, born at Iron Hill, New Britton township. Pennsylvania, in 1811, daughter of Mason and Saralı E. (Thomas) James. Mason James was a mason by occupation and helped to build the old Delaware bridge at Trenton: for some years prior to his death he was the cus- todian of the old State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The children of Peter and Ade- line (James) Spracklen were: George Wash- ington, of whom see forward. Mason J., asso- ciated with the Spracklen Machine & Boiler Company, married Jennie Smith, of Terre Haute, Indiana. John F. and Peter A., engaged in the coal business in Trenton. married Mary E. Shin- gerland.
George Washington Spracklen, son of Peter and Adeline (James) Spracklen, was born in Trenton, New Jersey, January, 1852. He was educated in the public schools of Trenton and in
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the Trenton Academy. His first step in business life was the establishment of a grocery store at the corner of Bridge and Ferry streets, and this he conducted in a very successful manner. Later he organized the Spracklen Boiler and Machine Shop, in Third street below Landing, and is now (1906) secretary and treasurer of that company. He is also a partner in the Spracklen Coal Com- pany at No. 358 South Broad street. He is of a very determined character, energetic and pro- gressive, is quick to see an opportunity and take advantage of it, and possessed of great foresight. This, united with his executive ability, makes him an ideal business man.
He is a stanch upholder of Republican prin- ciples, and was controller of the city of Trenton from 1898 until 1904. He was a member of the county committee from 1884 to 1888, and a re- presentative of the fourth ward of the city in the city committee twenty years. He is also associated with the following organizations : Charter member of the Republican Club; charter member of the Fellowcraft Club, from which he has resigned ; past master of Column Lodge, No. 120, Free and Accepted Masons ; Three in Three Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Palestine Com- mandery, No. 4, Knights Templars; charter member of Crescent Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; Spartacus Lodge, No. 10, Knights of Pythias; Eyrie No. 100, Fraternal Order of Eagles ; and was a member of Company A, old Seventh Regiment, for several years. Mr. Spracklen is unmarried.
JAMES WOOD, for many years an honored resident of Trenton, Mercer county, New Jer- sey, and who has held a position in the clerical department of the Insulated Wire Rolling Mill for a period of twenty-one years, is descended from a family of early settlers of the state, who have always borne their full share of the trials and responsibilities of citizenship in this country.
John B. Wood, one of the early settlers of the state of New Jersey, located near Hamilton Square, Mercer county, married, and raised a family of twelve children among whom was a son Edwin.
Edwin Wood, son of John B. Wood, was born in Hamilton Square, and spent his entire life in that place. He was a blacksmith and engineer by trade, and was highly respected in the com- munity. He was three times married, his first wife being Mary Loveless, of Trenton, New
Jersey, by whom he had two children: One died in childhood and the other was James.
James Wood, only surviving child of Edwin and Mary (Loveless) Wood, was born in Hamil- ton Square, Mercer county, New Jersey. His education was obtained in the public schools of his native town. At the first call of his country for troops at the time of the Civil war, young James placed his life and services at the disposal of his country and enlisted in Company F, Ninth New Jersey Infantry, Captain William B. Curtis Pennington commanding, September, 1861. His conduct throughout the entire war was one of bravery and self sacrifice. His company was at- tached to the Army of the South and was actively engaged in the battles of Roanoke Island, New- bern, Fort Macon, three times at Southwest Creek, Kingston, Whitehall, and Goldboro Bridge. They were then made a part of the Army of the Potomac and were in the engagement at Cold Harbor, and for three months at the siege of Petersburg. His company was then re-transferred to the Army of the South and was engaged in the pursuit of General Joe Johnston at Goldsboro, at the time of the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. Mr. Wood was wounded by a musket ball at Cold Harbor, but after spending a short time at the hospital resumed his active duties with his com- pany, and served until the close of the war. His company was then returned to Trenton, where it was mustered out in July, 1865. He then at- tended school and at the same time devoted some time to learning the trade of locksmithing, at which he became an expert and in which he was engaged until 1885. At this time he ac- cepted a position in the clerical department of the Insulated Wire Mill, a position which he is holding to the satisfaction of the company at the present time ( 1906). He takes an active and intelligent part in the political situation of his country, affiliating with the Republican party in national politics, and with the Independents in his town and state. He and his entire family are consistent members of the Methodist church. He is also connected with the following fraternal organizations: Past grand of Fred D. Stuart Lodge, No. 154, Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows; Wilkes Post, No. 23, Grand Army of the Republic: George Washington Council, No. 1, Order of United American Mechanics; Alpha Lodge, No. I, Shepherds of Bethlehem. He married Amanda Smith (see sketch of Charles
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