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Mr. Shepherd married Jane Fell, born on an adjoining farm, February 12, 1809, died July 10, 1889, who was a daughter of Eli and Rachel (Bradshaw) Fell; granddaughter of Seneca and Grace (Holt) Fell; great-granddaughter of John and Elizabeth (Hartley) Fell; and great-great- granddaughter of Joseph and Bridget (Wilson) Fell, who emigrated from Longlands, Cumber- land, England, in 1705, and settled in Bucking- ham in 1707. Judge D. Newlin Fell, of the Pennsylvania supreme court, was a member of this family, as well as many others who distin- guished themselves in various walks of life. The maternal ancestors of Mrs. Cornelius Shepherd, the Bradshaws, cmigrated from Oxton, Derby- shire, England, prior to 1700, and located near Derby, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, remov- ing to Buckingham in the third generation. The Hartleys originally settled in New Jersey, but migrated to Bucks county about the beginning of the eighteenth century. They attained promi- nence and influence in Solebury and Bucking- ham, and their descendants are now widely scat- tered. The Scarboroughs were also among the leading families of Bucks county. John Scar- borough, grandfather of Hannah Fell, came to Bucks county from the parish of St. Sepulchre, London, England, in 1682, with an only son, John, then a young lad. John, Sr., returned to England, and his son, who became one of the foremost men of his time, was the ancestor of a numerous family, many of whom achieved dis- tinction in various directions. One branch of the family removed to Virginia. Cornelius and Jane (Fell) Shepherd were the parents of eleven children, of whom the following named seven ar- rived at maturity : 1. Joseph, born July 6, 1828, died recently in Philadelphia, where he had re-
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sided for many years. 2. Elizabeth, born Septem- ber 25, 1829, married Robert Long, deceased, and resides with her son, Warren S., at Doylestown. Warren S. is a member of the Bucks county bar. 3. Martha Ann, born February 8, 1833, married Robert Armstrong, deceased, and resides in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. 4. Carlile, born October 19, 1834, is a farmer in Buckingham, and has represented his county in the state legis- lature. 5. Cornelius, see forward. 6. Sarah Jane, born August 9, 1840, unmarried, resides with her brother Carlile. 7. Watson F., born December 28, 1843, is a member of the Schuyl- kill County bar, and is in practice in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.
(IV) Cornelius Shepherd, M. D., third son and fifth child of Cornelius and Jane ( Fell) Shep- herd, was born in Buckingham township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, January 20, 1837, and died October 7, 1903. His boyhood days were spent on the home farm, and he received his prepara- tory education in the public schools of that sec- tion, the Doylestown Academy, and at a private school in New Britain township. For a period of two years he taught school and then com- menced the study of medicine in Doylestown, un- der the preceptorship of Dr. Gilbert R. McCoy. Subsequently he entered the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in the class of 1861. He established himself in the practice of his chosen profession at Trenton, New Jersey, July 22, 1861, and con- tinued in it very successfully until his death. From July 24, 1894, until his death he was a member of the state board of health, and for sev- eral years was president of the staff of surgeons of St. Francis Hospital, and also physician at the New Jersey State Prison. For fourteen years he was actively connected with the public schools of Trenton, serving for three years as school trustee, and later as president of the board of trustees. Subsequently he was appointed su- perintendent of schools, and was for eight years a member of the New Jersey board of education. He served for one year as president of the board of trade, and was a member of the State Char- ities Aid Society, and of the New Jersey His- torical Society. During the first term of Presi- dent Cleveland he was a member of the pension examining board. He was nominated by his party for the office of state senator from Mercer county, but owing to his extensive medical prac-
tice was obliged to decline the honor. His death was deeply and sincerely deplored and the fol- lowing resolutions were adopted in memory of him :
RESOLUTIONS IN MEMORY OF DR. CORNELIUS SHEPHERD, By the Physicians of Mercer Hospital.
WHEREAS, By the death of Dr. Cornelius Shep- herd the Mercer Hospital has lost an honored and beloved member of its staff, the medical profession a prominent and influential brother, the city a useful and incorruptible citizen and a faithful and efficient physician, always working for the alleviation of suffering, and the intel- lectual, social and religious welfare of his fellow- men, and
WHEREAS, Our departed brother honored daily life by his manly, Christian character, his ami -. able disposition, his refined, gentle, religious na- ture, that made him a moral force in the com- munity, always upholding the good, the just, the true, and condemning all forms of meanness, falsehood and immorality, and
WHEREAS, He was a sincere and honest man who revered his God, honored his religion, re- spected his fellowmen, and lived a pure, upright, noble life, faithful to every trust, honorable in all his dealings, always true to duty, and always sympathetic and kind to the sick, suffering and the needy, therefore,
Resolved, That we, the physicians of Mercer Hospital, who feel his death as a personal be- reavement, who revere and honor his memory, desire to express our sentiments of sorrow and tender our tribute of respect to so noble and pure a man.
Resolved, That we extend to his family our most profound and tender sympathy, and hope that their grief will be tempered by the assur- ance that he was guided in all his acts by the oracle of God, the still small voice; that he had the courage that is born of character and of faith that the good he did still lives; that he fought a good fight and was "sustained and soothed by an unfaltering trust," and could "ap- proach his grave like one who wraps the drapery of his couch around him and lies down to pleas- ant dreams." May this affliction prove to be God's messenger from above, and may it bring an abiding hope and peace for "that man lives twice that lives the first life well." The evening
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star of life is transformed into the morning star of hope and fruition ; the beloved husband, father, citizen and friend has fallen asleep, the sleep that is the golden chain that links life with eternity, the mortal life with the immortal. "There is no death, what seems so is transition." DR. WILLIAM A. CLARK. DR. T. H. MAKENZIE, Chairman. DR. JOHN BRUYERE.
Committee.
Dr. Shepherd married, May 15, 1862, Jennie Long, of Warren county, New Jersey, born No- vember 22, 1841, at Hughesville, New Jersey, died February 5, 1904. They had children : Eu- gene James, born September 18, 1864, died April 20, 1866; Irenaeus Mayberry, see forward ; Flor- ence Salome, born October 19, 1868, married Samuel Craig Cowart; and Genevieve Cornelia, born September 26, 1872, married Rev. William Cory Meeker.
(V) Irenaeus Mayberry Shepherd, M. D., one of the most strenuous workers in the medical field in Trenton, New Jersey, was born at No. 188 South Broad street, Trenton, New Jersey, May 8, 1867, and has resided in this locality all his life. His early education was acquired in the public schools; was graduated from the high school in 1885, having been awarded the honor of the Latin salutatory address. He matricu- lated at Princeton University in the same year, and was graduated from that institution in 1889, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He at once entered the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated, receiving the degree of Doctor of Medicine, May 6, 1892. In June, 1892, Prince- ton University conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts. He was appointed medical inspector on the Trenton board of health, in May, 1893, and in August of the same year was appointed a member of the pension examining board, which office he held until 1900. In April, 1894, he contributed an article on "Alcoholic Paralysis with Fatal Hæmatemesis," which was published in the University Medical Magazine. He was appointed visiting physician to Mercer Hospital in October, 1894, and two years later received the appointment of examiner for the New York Life and other insurance companies. In February, 1899, he was appointed visiting physician to St. Francis Hospital, being actively engaged in the duties of said position until 1907, when he was appointed a member of the advisory
staff, serving for a number of years as its secre- tary. He has for many years made a study of mycology, and is conceded to be an authority on that subject, having discovered several new spe- cies. He is connected in various ways with the following organizations: Become a member of the Mercer County Component Medical Society, October II, 1892, and has been its treasurer for a number of years; member of the American Medical Association ; was a member of the Tren- ton Natural History Society, and the Trenton Pathological Society; a member of the National Geographic Society; member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and is past ex- alted ruler of the Trenton Lodge. He is a man of great versatility, a voluminous reader, a close student of nature, and invariably makes a success of any undertaking in which he engages.
CHARLES HUNT CARSON, a farmer and road overseer of public roads in Lawrence town- ship, New Jersey, was born at Quakerbridge, Hamilton township, Mercer county, New Jersey, December 24, 1852 He is a son of Isaac Hutch- inson and Lydia Ann (Oakersen) Carson. The grandfather on the paternal side. Harley Carson, was an early settler of Mercer county. He mar- ried Rebecca Everingham, and among his chil- dren was Isaac Hutchinson Carson, who married Lydia Ann Oakerson, and they were the parents of eight children : I. Mary, unmarried. 2. Louisa, married Gideon Updike, by whom she had three children: Wilbur and two deceased. 3. Charles Hunt, see forward. 4 and 5. Will- iam H. and John Wesley (twins), both deceased. 6. Sarah Elizabeth, deceased. 7. Theodore, deceased. 8. Isaac, married Elizabeth Whittle, and they had these children : Hannah, Verona and Jack Whittle. Isaac Hutchinson Carson, the father, cut large tracts of timber, at an early day in Mercer county. and made thousands of rails with which he built inany miles of farm fences, most of which still stand.
Charles H. Carson, of this notice, received his education in the public schools and then assisted his father in cutting timber and making rails. His mother died when he was but twelve years of age, after which he had to assist in taking care of the family until 1878, when he married and went to Penns Neck, where he leased a farm of sixty-five acres which he worked on shares for six years, when he moved to the old Jessie Atch- ley farm, which he purchased. This comprised
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seventy-five acres, which he has successfully op- erated for twenty-one years. This farm is de- voted to the production of corn and grain. He also conducts a smail dairy.
Politically Mr. Carson is a Republican. He has served as township overseer of roads for a long term of years. In his churchi connection he is a Presbyterian, and one of the trustees of the Lawrenceville Presbyterian church.
Mr. Carson married (first) Eliza H. Dye, November 20, 1878, who bore him four children : Lydia Ann, born February 13, 1880, married William I. Leigh, one child, Frances Eliza. 2. Walter, born October 15, 1882. 3. Charles Hunt, Jr., born November 6, 1884. 4. Louis, born October 15, 1890. Eliza H. (Dye) Hunt died February 6, 1902. Mr. Carson married (second), April 19, 1905, Julia Hartwick Counet, widow of J. B. Counet, and daughter of Ben- jamin and Jane (Garretson) (Cortelyou) Hart- wick, of Somerset county, New Jersey. Mrs. Carson was born March 11, 1849.
MRS. ELIZABETH VICTORIA HAY MANSELL, superintendent of the state home for girls, at Trenton, New Jersey, before her marriage was Miss Elizabeth Victoria Hay. She was born November 17, 1851, in New Jersey.
On Mrs. Mansell's maternal side, David Thompson was her grandfather. He was of Scotch-Irish blood. He came to New York City in 1851, and had been connected with military affairs in his native country as far back as 1812. He received a good education under private tu- torship, and was a member of the Protestant Episcopal church. He married Sarah Moore, and among the children born to them was Mar- garet, who first married James Hay in Scotland. He died in 1851, and was the father of the sub- ject. For her second husband, she married George Nichols, who died in 1854.
Elizabeth Victoria Hay, only child of James and Margaret (Thompson) Hay, attended the public schools of New York, and became a teacher in the public school, but subsequently taught a private school. For twenty-one years she was with the New York Charity Organization So- ciety. Since April 5, 1904, has been superin- tendent of the New Jersey State Home for Girls, which responsible position she ably fills at the present time. She is a member of Trinity Prot- estant Episcopal Church of Trenton, New Jersey.
August 14, 1872, at the Church of Nativity
(Protestant Episcopal) of New York City, she was united in marriage to Robert Mansell, whose family were English, but originally from Wales. Sir Robert Mansell was knighted for services in connection with the art of glass-making. To Mr. and Mrs. Mansell were born the following chil- dren: I. Marguerite Thompson, born February 18, 1874, died February 26, 1878. 2. Edward Marsh, born November 29, 1877, an electrical draughtsman. 3. Henry Miller, born Septem- ber 13, 1881, now with the United States Trust, 45 Wall street, New York. 4. Robert Stowell, born January 4, 1885, in business at Rutland, Vermont. The sons just named were all well educated in private schools of New York City, and are today filling places of honor and respon- sibility.
DAVID ADAMS HUDNUT, one of the most prominent and well-known of the older residents of Princeton, Mercer county, New Jersey, who has held a number of offices of public trust and responsibility, is a descendant of an old family of New Jersey, which has been frequently and efficiently represented in political and professional circles of the state.
Judge Alexander M. Hudnut, father of David Adams Hudnut, was closely identified with the political history of Princeton, New Jersey, was a magistrate in that town for the long period of twenty-two years, and was mayor of the city of Princeton for two terms, during which time he made many innovations and improvements in the city government. He married Sarah Davis, of Princeton, and among their children was a son, David Adams, of whom later.
David Adams Hudnut, son of Judge Alex- ander M. and Sarah (Davis) Hudnut, was born in Princeton, New Jersey, January 25, 1838. His education was acquired in the schools of his native city, and upon attaining a suitable age he engaged in the mercantile business, which he followed for a number of years. Subsequently he became interested in real estate dealings, and devoted his time and attention to that line of business exclusively, and to politics, until he retired from all active business dealings about fifteen years ago. He was one of the leading citizens of Princeton, remarkable for his busi- ness acumen, and for the keen interest he took in all measures in which the public welfare was con- cerned. He was an active worker in the ranks of the Democratic party, and an important factor
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in the councils of that party. Was appointed postmaster of Princeton by President Cleveland, churing the first term of the latter, and was treas- irer of the borough of Princeton for some years. He is highly esteemed for the capable, upright and efficient manner in which he discharged all the duties connected with the public positions he has filled, and his retirement from public life was sincerely regretted.
Mr. Hudnut married Francenia B. Wright, daughter of Thomas Wright, a farmer, and they have children: Alexander M., a broker in the city of New York, and Isabel.
WILLIAM THOMPSON, a prosperous and esteemed farmer and dairyman of Hopewell township, Mercer county, New Jersey, is an ex- cellent example of what determination, thrift and energy are able to accomplish, although many obstacles may have to be overcome.
Joseph Thompson, father of William Thomp- son, was a native of England. He married Han- nah Buckley, by whom he had children : I. William, see forward. 2. John, married (first) Isabella Applegate, had one child, who died in infancy. Married (second) Lillie Brown, had two children : Lillian, married William Ander- son ; Mary H.
William Thompson, eldest child of Joseph and Hannah (Buckley) Thompson, was born in Dud- ley, England, February 12, 1854. He came to this country at the age of seven years, and went to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to reside with an aunt. He remained there but a short time, and was then bound out to John Ford, of Hamilton township, father of W. E. Ford, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. He re- mained with Mr. Ford until he had attained his majority. He was obliged to work for his board, clothing and schooling from an early age, and had but few opportunities of gaining an educa- tion, but he made the most of these few. With true English determination and tenacity of pur- pose he rarely failed in accomplishing whatever he undertook, and his success of the present time is owing solely to his own efforts. After he had served his time he hired with Horace R. Ford, the son of John Ford, for two years. His next venture was to take the Samuel Nicholson farm for three years, and then the John Avres farm for one vear. He then rented the old Ben- jamin Rogers farm, and cultivated this for a short time, and then farmed it on shares for
general market and dairy products. He pur- chased his present home in Hopewell township in 1886. This consists of one hundred and eleven acres, devoted to the cultivation of grass and grain, and in addition there is a dairy product of about one hundred and twenty-five quarts per day. This is produced by selected stock and is sold in wholesale and retail quantities. Mr. Thompson is considered one of the best judges of stock in the township. His political support is given to the Republican party, and he is an attendant at the Friends' Meeting. His wife is a member of the Methodist church.
Mr. Thompson married, April 2, 1876, Eliza- beth A. Reed, daughter of Daniel C. and Eme- line (Van Brunt) Reed, and granddaughter of Eden and Ann ( Carson) Reed, Daniel C. Reed was one of the early farmers along the Jersey coast. He married Emeline Van Brunt, daugh- ter of Henry and Ann (Emmons) Van Brunt, and they had children: I. Elizabeth A., men- tioned previously. 2. Charles Henry, married Annie Robbins, had one child: Mary, who mar- ried Edward Hellings. 3. Eden Reed, married Elizabeth Lavton, had children : Mount, mar- ried Stella Horner, had two children: Sher- mant and Eden; Annie, married Jediah White, had three children : Charles, died in infancy ; Edna and Clara ; Ella, married Frank Magor, had two children, both of whom died in infancy ; and Elmer. 4. William L., married Laura Hen- drickson, had two children: William and Annie Laurie. 5. Joseph A., married Emma Wilkin- son, had four children: Albert. Bella, William and Mary. 6. Thomas, married Emma Moon, has one child: Daniel. 7. Edward, married Nellie Gascoyne, has three children: Helen E., Ethel E., Lillian M. 8. Samuel, married Mary Lathamgath, has one child: Clifford. 9. Jane, married Benjamin Pharo, has three children : George, Willard and Franklin. 10. Margaret, married Henry Burchall. William and Eliza- beth A. (Reed) Thompson had four children : I. Died in infancy. 2. William R., married Mary Ella Van Horn, has three children: Irving R., Harry I. and Joseph H. 3. Joseph, married Edith M. Bainbridge. 4. John H., unmarried.
WILLIAM PHELPS KENT, an enterprising and energetic business man of Mercer county, New Jersey, manager and director of the North American Life Insurance Company, Newark,
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New Jersey, is a representative of one of the oldest families.
Elisha Kent, the American ancestor of the fam- ily, was one of three brothers who came to America from England in the sixteenth century. He settled in Connecticut and was there engaged in farming. He had received a good education in England, and became a man of influence in the community. His religious affiliations were with the Presbyterian church.
Moss Kent, great-grandson of Elisha Kent, was an active participant in the war of the Rev- olution. Among his children were James, Chan- cellor and Elisha.
Elisha Kent, son of Moss Kent, had a son James.
James Kent, son of Elisha Kent, had a son George Wellington.
George Wellington Kent, son of James Kent, was born in Milford, Pennsylvania, 1832, and died in 1904. He was engaged in business as a merchant, and fought bravely as a soldier dur- ing the Civil war. He was a stanch supporter of the Republican party, and a member of the Presbyterian church. He married, 1857, Cor- nelia Bates Welsh, born in 1839, daughter of William Welsh, of Ohio, and granddaughter of Barnaby Bates, who was at one time collector of the port of Bristol, and afterward a minister of the Baptist denomination. He was the starter of the "Christian Enquirer," and it is greatly due to his efforts that postal rates were lessened. His death occurred in 1825. Her maternal great- great-grandmother was a sister of the wife of a nephew of General Green, who was killed at Bunker Hill.
William Phelps Kent, son of George Welling- ton and Cornelia Bates (Welsh) Kent, was born in Marysville, Ohio, November 21, 1865. His education was one of average excellence for the time, and at a suitable age he entered upon his business career. He engaged in the insurance business, and making a success of this line of en- terprise, has been practically identified with it all his life. He has held the responsible position of manager and director in the North American Life Insurance Company, Newark, New Jersey, for a number of years with the most beneficial results to the company. He has traveled ex- tensively from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean, visiting almost every city of importance in the United States. His political affiliations are with the Republican party, and he is an honorary
member of the Connecticut Foot Guards. His religious connections are with the Episcopal church. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, a Knight Templar and a Shriner.
Mr. Kent married, October 11, 1888, Nettie Osborn, a graduate of Vassar College, and they have had children: Harry Osborn, born in Quincy, Illinois, July 17, 1889. Richard Phelps, born in the same town, November 2, 1892. The former is a student at the Lehigh University, pursuing a course in chemical engineering. Mrs. Nettie (Osborn) Kent, who was born in Quincy, Illinois, March 9, 1867, is the daughter of Will- iam and Catherine ( Moyer) Osborn. The former was born in Lincolnshire, England, 1838, came to America in 1850 and settled in Quincy, Illinois, where he married, in 1864, Catherine Moyer, born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in 1838. She is descended from the Moyer family, whose earlier members came to this country from Switzerland in the seventeenth century and set- tled in Pennsylvania. They were all prominent in the Mennonite faith. They intermarried with the Fox and Overholt families.
WILLIAM VAN DYKE SCUDDER, late of Princeton, Mercer county, New Jersey, was a man of more than ordinary intelligence, and for many years a leading member of the bus- iness community of the city, until increasing years compelled him to abandon active business pursuits. He had the respect and credit of the entire business world, and his word was con- sidered his bond. He fought bravely during the Civil war, and was a descendant of one of the earliest English settlers, many of whose de- scendants made notable records in defending the country of their adoption.
(I) Thomas Scudder, the direct ancestor of William Van Dyke Scudder, was a descendant of William Scooder, of Darenthe, Kent, Eng- land, whose will was dated July 27, 1607, and probated November 4 of that year. Thomas Scudder sailed from London to America in 1635. He settled in Salem, Massachusetts, where he resided until his death in 1658. He was famil- iarly known as "Old Goodman Scudder." In his will, dated 1657, he names his wife Elizabeth, his sons, Jolin, Thomas and Henry, his daughter, Elizabeth, and his grandson, Thomas a son of his son William. His wife died in 1666. His daughter, Elizabeth, married Henry Bartholo- mew, a man of distinction in Massachusetts, and
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