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Mr. Lee married, December 8, 1897, in East Windsor township, Lamattie A. Updike, and they are the parents of the following children: Levi U., born January 17, 1899; Helen K., born Janu- ary 22, 1906.
Clement Updike, grandfather of Mrs. Charles S. Lee, was born in Dutch Neck, Mercer county, New Jersey, January 5, 1817, died July 14, 1897. He married, February 3. 1836, Annie Taylor, born at Hamilton Square, January 1, 1819, died October 6, 1886. They were the parents of eight children, as follows: Saxon; Susan, sec- ond wife of David Allen; Mary, deceased, who was the first wife of David Allen; Levi C., of whom later; Joanna, wife of Mount Rogers, of Hamilton Square: Sarah Jane, wife of Mount Hulick, of East Windsor township; George L. B., residing in East Windsor township; Annie E., wife of Samuel Mount, of East Windsor township.
Levi C. Updike, father of Mrs. Charles S. Lee, was born in East Windsor township, Mercer county, New Jersey, December 18, 1844, on the farm of his parents. All his life up to 1903 was spent on a farm, and in that year he removed to Hightstown, where he is now leading a re- tired life. He is a member and elder of the Presbyterian church, and was selected by Mon- mouth Presbytery to represent them in general assembly at Omaha, Nebraska, in 1887, and again at Winona Park, Indiana, in 1897. He is a Re-
publican in politics, and served as township com- mitteeman for twenty years. He married, Janu- ary 15, 1868, Abbie S. Appelget, who bore him one child, Lamattie A., born January 14, 1874, wife of Charles S. Lee.
Anthony Appelget, grandfather of Mrs. Charles S. Lee, was born 1804, in Monroe town- ship, Middlesex county, on the same farm on which he continued to live until his death, which occurred 1890. He married Helen Riggs, who bore him two children: Thomas, who was a judge in Nebraska, and Helen, wife of Elijah Brown, Cranbury, New Jersey. After her death he married Edna Perrine, in 1837, who bore him eight children, as follows: Mary A., Adeline, Harriet C., Abbie S., D. Baird, Disbrow, J. Per- rine and Gertrude.
HEADLY BENJAMIN HARPER, a retired farmer and respected citizen of Ewing township, Mercer county, New Jersey, has been a resi- dent of this county for a period of five years.
Jesse K. Harper, father of Headly Benjamin Harper, was born February 15, 1815, died April 7, 1898. He was a farmer in Fallsington, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He married, March 5, 1840, Sarah K. Headly, born September 17, 1816, died April 21, 1893, daughter of Benja- min and Rachel Headly, and had children: I. Elizabeth Q., born February 10, 1841, died March 23, 1903; she married William Johnson, and had children: Albert H., born December 18, 1868, and Rachel, born November 9, 1877. 2. George White, born September 25, 1842. died August 26, 1897 ; he married Ruth Cooper, and had one child, Jesse Elwood, born Decem- ber 14, 1870. 3. Phebe Anna, born December 17, 1845, married, September 21, 1871, Edward Delany, and had children : Charles Sumner, born July 29, 1872; Sarah Elizabeth, born July 31, 1874: Lu Anna, born January 17, 1876; Jes- sie Elmira, born September 15, 1877; Nettie B., born February 9, 1880, died July 6, 1880 ; Roscoe Conkling, born April 22, 1881; William J. P., born September 12, 1883; George H. Thomas, born November 20, 1885; and Florence Eyre. born May 29, 1890. 4. Mary Martha, born March 8, 1850; she married, November 27, 1872, Edward H. Croasdale, and had children : Thomas Henry L., born September 15, 1878, died July 17, 1887: Reba Anna, born February 24, 1883, died April 27, 1883; Ethel A., born April 25, 1887. 5. Rachel H., born November 11, 1851,
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married, January 12, 1876, Franklin B. Croas- dale, had children : William J., born May 24, 1877, died January 13, 1881 ; Amy C., born Oc- tober 21, 1879; Wilmer E., born December 4, 1881, died August 26, 1883; Robert Milton, born July 20, 1883; Wilfred H., born December 3. 1890; and Anna Belle, born October 16, 1892. 6. Elmira H., born October 11, 1854, married, November 20, 1879, William H. Atkinson, and had children : Eva W., born December 10, 1881, and Joseph H., born October 1, 1884. 7. Head- ly Benjamin, see forward.
Headly Benjamin Harper was born in Fall- sington, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, March 5, 1859. He enjoyed the advantages of a good education, first in the public schools of his native township, and later in a business college in Tren- ton, New Jersey. Upon the completion of his education he commenced to assist his father in the cultivation of the home farm, which consisted of one hundred and thirty-four acres, and was cultivated for general farm products and for dairy business. Mr. Harper learned the trade of carpenter, but not finding it as profitable as he had been led to expect, he returned to the homestead farm and cultivated the same for six vears. He then purchased some property at Mor- risville, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, where he lived in retirement for some cleven years, at the end of which time he sold this land on very advantageous terms to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and he removed to Ewing township, Mercer county. New Jersey, 1902, where he pur- chased the James Hulton place of ten acres. He made many improvements on this property, one of the first being the removal of the old dwelling and the erection of a modern brick house, equipped with every up-to-date convenience. It is now a beautiful residence, located about one- quarter mile from the city line of Trenton, and on the line. of the Pennington trolley. Mr Harper is a Quaker by birth. He is a supporter of the Republican party, although he has never taken an active part in public matters.
Mr. Harper married, October 30, 1884, Ida Williamson, born May 24, 1858, daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth (Albertson) Williamson, who were the parents of children: Edward C., married (first) Annie Parsons, and (second) Corille Davis; Harry S., married Clara Brown, has children : Lillian and Sue; Franklin, unmar- ried ; Ida, mentioned above; and Ella, married James D. Tantum, M. D., has one child, Mar-
garet W. Mr. and Mrs. Harper have had chil- dren : Elmira E., born March 21, 1886; Frank WV., born May 1, 1888; Mabel E., born October 15, 1890 ; and Edith R., born January 21, 1892.
WOOLSEY FAMILY. Charles M. Woolsey, who since the death of his father is the owner of one of the largest single farms in the township of Hopewell, Mercer county, New Jersey, is a representative of the eighth generation of his family.
The Woolsey homestead, located on the north side of the road leading from Hart's Corner to the former Bear Tavern, has been occupied by the Woolsey family for upward of two hundred years, having in every generation descended from father to son. The dwelling house was built by Jeremiah Woolsey in 1765, and, while there are older houses in the township, there is probably not one in an equally good state of preserva- tion, considering the length of time it has been standing.
(1) George Woolsey, the progenitor of the Woolsey family in this country, settled on Man- hattan Island in 1635, and lived among the Dutch. He removed to Jamaica, Long Island, 1665, married, and had sons: Captain George, see forward; Thomas and John.
(II) Captain George Woolsey, son of George Woolsey (I), probably passed all his life in Jamaica, Long Island. He married and had children, among them a son George.
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(III) George Woolsey, son of Captain George Woolsey (2), migrated to Hopewell township, Mercer county, New Jersey. His will was proved March II, 1762. He married and had children : Daniel, who had a son Benjamin, who lived in Trenton, New Jersey, and had children : Henry and Nancy. 2. Henry, lived in Penning- ton, south of the churchyard, married Martha Titus, daughter of Ephraim Titus, and grand- daughter of Enoch Armitage, and they had one child: Martha, who married Philip Vancleve, of Lawrence. 3. Joseph, married
Montgomery, and removed to Maryland. 4. Jere- miah, see forward. 5. Jemima, married Ralph Hart, and was the mother of Dr. Noah, Jerusha, Hannah and Elizabeth Hart.
(IV) Jeremialı Woolsey, son of George Woolsey (3), died April 14, 1801, and his will was proved May 2, of the same year. He mar- ried, December 15, 1753, Mary Hart, daughter of Joseph Hart, and had children, all of whom
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were baptized in infancy: Hannah, born April 27, 1755. Ephraim, see forward. Mary, born July 27, 1759, married Louis Perrine, of Free- hold, New Jersey. Jemima, born August 28, 1761. Susannah, born December 4, 1763. Jere- miah, see forward.
(V) Ephraim Woolsey, second child and eld- est son of Jeremiah (4) and Mary (Hart) Wool- sey, was born March 6, 1757, and succeeded his father in the ownership of the homestead. He married Anne Johnson, of Bucks county, Penn- sylvania, and had children: George, see for- ward. Ephraim, father of Captain Henry Har- rison Woolsey, concerning whom see forward. Hannah, married Deacon Andrew Titus, becanie the mother of ruling elder William J. Titus. Mary, married Philemon Blackwell. Eliza.
(V) Dr. Jeremiah Woolsey, second son and sixth and youngest child of Jeremiah (4) and Mary (Hart) Woolsey, was born June 16, 1769. He was graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1787, and practiced medicine for a time at Allentown, New Jersey. He removed to Cin- cinnati, 1821, and died February 10, 1834. He married Montgomery, and had chil- dren : Catherine ; Williamn and Daniel, who are druggists in Evansville, Indiana.
(VI) Deacon George Woolsey, eldest child of Ephraim (5) and Anne (Johnson) Woolsey, served three years as a member of the legis- lative council of New Jersey. He is a cousin, three times removed, of President Theodore D. Woolsey, of Yale College, they both being de- scended from Captain George Woolsey. He mar- ried and had a son, Theodore F.
(VII) Theodore F. Woolsey, son of Deacon George Woolsey (6), followed the occupation of farming. cultivating a farm of one hundred and seventy-five acres. He was prominent in the religious and civic affairs of the community, was a stanch supporter of the Republican party, and a consistent member of the Methodist church. He married Sarah Hunt, born 1831, daughter of John Smith and Elizabeth A. (Primmer) Hunt, the former an elder of the Presbyterian church of Pennington, New Jersey, and grand- daughter of Theophilus and Elizabeth (Smith) Hunt, and of John and Mary (Roberts) Prim- mer. John Smith and Elizabeth A. (Primmer) Hunt had children: I. Sarah, mentioned above. 2. John, married Sarah Smith, has children: Mary Etta, who married Stevens Titus and has one child: Ella, who married Frederick Mas-
sey and has one child. Edward, married Hattie Slocum. Marvin, married, and has one child : Hunt. 3. Jane, married Josiah Dye, has chil- dren : Mary, married Addison Van Dorn, has children : Oliver, married ; Alva and Albert, and Jennie May. Sarah Jane, married Henry Hunt, has children : Marvin, married; Clifford and Harry. John S., married Olive, has children : Myrtle and Leroy. Lucy, married George Wil- son, has children: Ada and Levi. Eva, married George Snyder, has one child: Thelma. Ray- mond, married Georgiana Reed, has one child : Lamont. 4. Hannah, married E. Vincent Dye, has children : Laura, married Roloff Perrine, has one child: Ada, who married Henry Dey. Smith V., married Annie Rogers, has children : V. Ely, Elizabeth and Mary. Alice, married (first) George Cubberly, has one child: Edgar ; married (second) Windom Smallbones. 5. Lu- cinda, married William Fleming, had one child : Bessie, died at the age of twenty-four years. 6. Elizabeth, married Horatio Nelson Stilwell Hart, has one child: Mary Elizabeth, who mar- ried Augustin Blackmell, and has had: Helen, Horace and Harriet. Theodore F. and Sarah (Hunt) Woolsey had seven children, among whom were: 1. Elizabeth, deceased, who mar- ried Garrett Schanck, has no children. 2. George S., married Josephine Phillips, and has one child : Elizabeth, who married Morris Hunt, and has children : Klyda and Alice. 3. Charles M., see forward. 4. H. H., married Georgiana Van Horn, has one child: May W. 5. John Edgar, married (first) Lillie Blackmell, has one child : Grace ; married (second) Lizzie Atchley.
(VIII) Charles M. Woolsey, son of Theo- dore F. (7) and Sarah (Hunt) Woolsey, was born on the family homestead, where his entire life has been spent with the exception of twelve years. Upon the death of his father in 1900 he bought out the interests in this property of the other heirs, and has since cultivated it for general market purposes and as a dairy farm. He gives his political support to the Republican party, and is a member of the Presbyterian church. The only fraternal organization with which he is associated is the order Patrons of Husbandry. He married Hannah Post, daugh- ter of Israel and Elizabeth (Dye) Post, the for- mer a son of William Post, the latter the daugh- ter of Randall and Hannah (Bergen) Dye. Is- rael Post was the owner of a general farm of one hundred and seventy-five acres at Dutch
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Neck, New Jersey, a Republican in his political affiliations, and a member of the Presbyterian church. He had children: Mary Ann, died at the age of two years; Sarah C., unmarried; Mary, unmarried; David C., married Mary Sims Bergen, has one child: Russell Bergen; Hannah B., mentioned above; and Enoch Rue, a farmer at Dutch Neck. Charles M. and Hannah ( Post) Woolsey have had children : George F., who married Sarah H. Shreve; William P. and Charles R.
(VII) Captain Henry Harrison Woolsey, son of Ephraim Woolsey of the sixth generation, and Eleanor (Vancleve) Woolsey, was born about one mile west of Pennington, New Jersey, 1836. He was graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1856, and was engaged in the practice of law for one year when the first call for men came at the outbreak of the Civil war. He im- mediately responded to this call and earned dis- tinction in several battles, notably in that of Get- tysburg, where he had command of his regiment, and was mortally wounded in a skirmish before Petersburg, Virginia, June 18, 1864. His last words were: "I die in a glorious cause and feel that I have not lived in vain for this world or the world to come." He was buried at Pen- nington. June 24, in the same grave as his wife, who had died just before the tidings of his death were received.
The greater number of the facts in the earlier part of this sketch have been taken from "A His- tory of the Old Presbyterian People of Maiden- head and Hopewell, New Jersey," by the Rev. George Hale, D. D.
J. GEORGE KLEINKAUF, who has for many years held the responsible position of chief engineer of the state asylum at Trenton, Mercer county, New Jersey, is a representative of the second generation of the Kleinkauf family in this country, his ancestors having emigrated to this country from Germany.
George J. Kleinkauf, father of J. George Klein- kauf, was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, and came to this country in 1848. For a time he was employed in the rolling mill of Cooper & Hewitt, and in 1850 received an appointment as assistant engincer in the state asylum. Soon after his appointment the chief engineer retired, and Mr. Kleinkauf was appointed to succeed him, a position he held very efficiently until his death in 1894, making a period of forty-four years of
continuous service, a record not often to be met with. During the Civil war he was drafted, but was excused from service by reason of holding a position in a state institution. He was a stanch Republican, and a member of the school board. In religious faith he was a Lutheran. Also a member of Mercer Lodge, No. 50, Free and Accepted Masons; also of Schiller Lodge, No. 80, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married Helena Küchler, and they had children: I. J. George, see forward. 2. Anna Mary, born January 15, 1856. 3. Frank F., born Au- gust 5, 1860.
J. George Kleinkauf, eldest child of George J. and Helena (Küchler) Kleinkauf, was born in the grounds of the state asylum, Trenton, New Jersey, July 11, 1854. His education was ac- quired in the private school of Dr. Roswell How- ell, and this was supplemented by a course in Bryant & Stratton's Business College. Upon its completion he went to Trenton, New Jersey, in order to learn the plumber's trade, but this not proving to his liking, he returned to his home, where he was appointed assistant to his father and continued in that office until the death of the atter, when he was appointed to succeed him, an office lie has filled with capability and execu- tive ability since that time. He has sixteen men in his department, and has three plants. This is made necessary by the extent of the grounds-two hundred and ten acres-and as a large quantity of steam is required, and some of the pipes are of enormous length, the greatest care and accurate supervision are required to prevent waste. Like his father, Mr. Kleinkauf has always been a Republican, and was a mem- ber of the school board until the school was an- nexed to the city. He is also a member of the Lutheran church. He is a member of Mercer Lodge, No. 50. Free and Accepted Masons, also a Knight Templar (Palestine Commandery, No. 4).
Mr. Kleinkauf married, April 28, 1880, Mar- garetta P. Stewart, and they have had children : I. Frank S., born May 5, 1881, is unmarried, and is a member of Mercer Lodge, No. 50, Free and Accepted Masons, also of Palestine Com- mandery. No. 4. 2. William P., born January 18, 1884, is a member of the Patriotic Sons of America. He married Florence B. Laumaster, only child of Winfield Scott and Mildred (Salt) Laumaster, of Atlantic City, New Jersey. 3. Helena, born May 22, 1887. Mrs. Kleinkauf is
CORNELIUS SHEPHERD
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a daughter of Lewis P. and Mary C. (Page) Stewart, and granddaughter of William and Re- becca (Coates) Page, the former born in 1801. Lewis P. Stewart was born in Delaware, and later removed to Tuckerton, New Jersey, where he became a farmer and hotel owner. One of his hotels was located at the beach and the other in the town, and they were both conducted in a manner which made them famed far and near. Mr. Stewart was still a young man when he died. William Page was a storekeeper in the town and connected with the railway mail service. He was in comfortable circumstances, and took charge of the family of his deceased son-in-law. Will- iam Page was Quaker in faith, being a descend- ant of one of the old English Quaker families of West Jersey, who early settled in Burlington county. He had charge of a recruiting station at the time of the Civil war, but was excused from active service as he had passed the age limit. Mr. Stewart was a member of the Epis- copal church, and a stanch supporter of the Re- publican party. He was a member of the Ma- sonic fraternity at Tuckerton, New Jersey, and of the Knights of Pythias in Philadelphia. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart were: Will- iam H., married Bertha - , has one child ; Clyde Lewis; Margaretta P., mentioned above ; Eva Eliza ; and Mary R., unmarried.
WILLIAM ROBERTS, deceased, was a mem- ber of the firm of Fell & Roberts, who were among the leading brick manufacturers of Tren- ton, Mercer county, New Jersey.
Isaac Roberts, father of William Roberts, was born in 1774. He married Lavinia Totten, of Staten Island, born in 1805, and had children : I. Edwin, married Rachel and had children : Lavinia and Melvina. 2. Charles,
died unmarried. 3. Elizabeth, married John Kulp, had children: Mary, Philip and Margaret. 1. Joseph T., married Mary Slack, had chil- dren : Elizabeth, Charles and Mary. 5. Mary, married Robert Montgomery, had children: Ed- ward. Robert, Elizabeth, Louise, Harry, Ada and Frank. 6. William, see forward.
William Roberts, fourth son and sixth and youngest child of Isaac and Lavinia (Totten) Roberts, was born in Bordentown, New Jersey, May 14, 1840, and died in Trenton, April 18, 1903. He was but three years of age when his parents removed to Trenton, New Jersey, and he was educated in the George Miller School. Upon
the completion of his education he was sent to the brick yard of john Kulp and there employed in general work, and thus became familiar with the manufacture of bricks from the first step in the process up to the completed product. At first his main work lay in the mixing department, from which he was gradually advanced to the firing department. He was thus employed until he had attained the age of twenty years, when he went to Philadelphia, where he was employed for two years, and then returned to Trenton. He entered the employ of Peter Fell and Samuel T. Forman, manufacturers of bricks, and when Mr. Forman retired from the firm, Mr. Roberts in association with John B. Fell formed a part- nership under the firm name of Fell & Roberts, and the bricks manufactured by this firm were of such excellent quality that at the time of the death of Mr. Roberts, the annual output was about six millions. The business is still carried on under the same firm name, Mr. Franklin M. Seeds looking after the interests of the widow and children of Mr. Roberts. Mr. Roberts was a leading spirit in the councils of the Republican party, and was a member of the city council in 1874-76-85. He was a member of the assembly in 1879, being elected by a large Republican majority. He was elected park commissioner in 1898 to succeed the late George B. Cunningham, finished the unexpired term in 1900, and was elected to succeed himself for a term of five years. He was president of the board of park commissioners in 1899. He affiliated with the following fraternal organizations: Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Free and Accepted Ma- sons and Luhti Temple, of Philadelphia.
Mr. Roberts married (first) Elizabeth B. How- ell, daughter of William A. and Sarah A. (Car- men) Howell, granddaughter of Thomas Car- men, and sister of Oliver, who married Sally M. Lloyd, and had one child : William Oliver How- ell. William and Elizabeth B. (Howell) Rob- erts had children : Laura Emma and Florence Margaret. Mr. Roberts married (second) Vir- ginia F. Howell, a sister of his first wife. They had no children.
CORNELIUS SHEPHERD, M. D., for many years one of the prominent physicians and sur- geons of Trenton, New Jersey, and for almost a quarter of a century closely identified with the interests of the public schools of the city, county and state, as well as with other local institutions
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of the city, is descended from the early Quaker settlers of Bucks county, Pennsylvania.
(I) Cornelius Shepherd, the great-grand- father of Dr. Cornelius Shepherd, is said to have come to America as a Redemptioner, some of his descendants say from Germany, but the name suggests English origin. He located in Baltimore county, Maryland, where he and his family were members of the Society of Friends. He pro- duced at Buckingham, Bucks county, Pennsyl- vania, June 5, 1775. a certificate from Gunpowder Monthly Meeting, Maryland, for himself, wife, and children-Rachel, Joseph, Margaret, Jona- than and Mary. He purchased a farm of about one hundred and ten acres in Buckingham, about two miles east of Doylestown, the county seat, and spent the remainder of his days there en- gaged in the occupation of farming. Although a member of the Society of Friends, his patriot- ism led him to take part in the organization of the militia for the defense of the rights of his country, and for this breach of their discipline he was disowned by the Society. His death occurred in 1819. He married (first ) Catherine
who died about the close of the century, and he married (second), April 23, 1801, Phoebe Scott, who survived him, dying in Buckingham, April 18, 1832, in the ninety-fifth year of her age. His children were as follows: I. Rachel, as shown by the records of the Buckingham Meeting, born July 3. 1762, married Joseph Burgess. 2. Jo- seph, see forward. 3. Margaret, born October 4, 1766, married Isaiah Michener. 4. Jonathan, born June 8, 1771, inherited an equal share of the homestead with his brother Joseph. 5. Mary, born June 9, 1774, married Meshach Michener.
(II) Joseph Shepherd, second child and eld- est son of Cornelius and Catherine Shepherd, was born May 31, 1764. He was engaged in farm- ing throughout his life, in Buckingham, and was a regular attendant at Buckingham Meeting. He married, in 1788, Sarah Carlisle, a descendant of an old Quaker family of Plumstead, Bucks coun- ty, Pennsylvania, whose ancestors emigrated from near Carlisle, Cumberland, England, about 1697. Joseph died in 1821, his wife surviving him .. Their children were: Elizabeth, who married William Carmen ; Rachel, married William Jones ; Rebecca ; Cornelius, see forward; John; Benja- min : and Joseph.
(III) Cornelius Shepherd, fourth child and eldest son of Joseph and Saralı (Carlisle) Shep- herd, was born December 5, 1797, on the Buck-
ingham homestead, and died there November II, 1882, having spent all of his long life on the home farm with the exception of a few years just prior to the death of his grandfather, when his parents resided in New Britain. In politics he was a Democrat, and during the active years of his life took a leading part in the public affairs of the community. He served a term of three years as director of the poor of the county. His religious affiliations were with the Society of Friends, and he attended their meetings regularly and reared his children in that faith. He was a member of Doylestown Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and was an active and influential member of that order.
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