Genealogical and personal memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey, Part 71

Author: Lee, Francis Bazley, 1869-1914
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 698

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(III) William Margerum, eldest child of Richard and Hannah ( White) Margerum, mar- ried Rebecca O. and died in 1810. He had the following children: I. Enos, of whom later. 2. Hester, born May 15, 1786. 3. Rachel, born November II, 1788, married An- tonio Martin, and died in 1833. 4. William, of whom later. 5. Rebecca, born August 25, 1793. 6. Hannah, born February 17, 1796, died in 1861. 7. George, born August, 1798. 8. Delilah, born May 9, 1800, was a cripple, and died September 24, 1840. 9. Jane, born February 7, 1803, was a mute. 10. Harvey, born April 1, 1805, married. 1832. - White.

(IV) Enos Margerum, eldest child of Wil- liam and Rebecca O. Margerum, was born June 3. 1772. and died October 9, 1830. He married Rachael Van Sant, 1772-1830.

Enos Margerum, son of Enos and Rachael (Van Sant) Margerum, married Mary Scalis.

(VI) Stephen Margerum, son of Enos and Mary ( Scalis) Margerum, was born April 20, 1822, and died July, 1901. He married Mary Webster. born May II, 1815, died February 15, 1896. and had children : Stephen. Alexander, Sarah and James C.

(VII) James C. Margerum, son of Stephen and Mary ( Webster) Margerum, was born in Princeton township. Mercer county, New Jer- sey. February 16, 1854. He was educated in the public schools of Princeton, New Jersey, and at the early age of seventeen commenced business

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for himself in the ice, stone and general contract- ing lines, which he has continued very success- fully up to the present time. He is energetic, progressive and enterprising, and is regarded as one of the astute business men of Princeton, where he has become widely and favorably known for his straightforward and honorable methods in all his business transactions. His political affiliations are with the Democratic party, and he has served as county committee- man for his party for the past fifteen years. In 1906 he was elected a member of the township committee on the Democratic ticket, the first one of his party chosen for that position in more than forty years. He is a member of Nassau Lodge, No. 106, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Trenton Lodge, No. 105, Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks. His family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married, September 4, 1878. Frances Anna, born August 14, 1857, daughter of William and Maria L. (Ker) Applegate, and granddaughter of Samuel and Mary ( Anderson) Applegate. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Margerum are: I. Mary M., born April 29, 1881, married William Dolton Pardoc, a son of Dr. Marcus Walker and Eliza- beth ( Blackwell) Pardoe, who now reside at Tusculum in Princeton township: Mr. and Mrs. Pardoe have one son, James Margerum Pardoe, born August 29, 1906. 2. Elizabeth C., born April 16, 1882, died December 16, 1884. (The above information with reference to the "Ker" family was supplied by Mrs. Frank Applegate, of Princeton, New Jersey. )

(1V) William Margerum, fourth child and second son of William and Rebecca Margerum, was born June 4, 1791, and died August 11, 1845. He married, October 14, 1814, Ruth Reed, and they had the following children: 1. Re- becca, born June 1. 1815, married John Sherred. 2. Franceney, born May 26, 1817, married David Schromp, and died at Mount Rose, New Jersey, December 27. 1866. 3. John, of whom later. 4. Charles, born April 10, 1821, died without issue at Trenton, New Jersey, October 13, 1896. 5. William Alexander, born July 26, 1827. 6. Wesley, born June 11, 1823, died October 20, 1828. 7. George Thomas, born September 8, 1825. died February 10, 1833, married second, Fannie Reed, December 5, 1830. 8. Mahlon Reed, born September 12, 1832, died March 16, 1890. 9. George, born July 5, 1835, killed at

the battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862; he was a member of an Illinois regiment.

(V) John Margerum, third child of William and Ruth (Reed) Margerum, was born March 7, 1819, in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, near the old ferry. He turned his attention to mill work and carpentry. He was a member of the board of aldermen of the city of Trenton from 1878 to 1883, and was then elected the city treasurer, which office he held until 1887. He was famil- iarly known in Trenton as the watch dog of the treasury, both during his term as alderman and city treasurer. He was a man greatly respected in the community and his opinion highly valued. He married. October 29, 1846, Almira H. Wool- ley, and they were the parents of children as fol- lows: 1. Samuel Woolley, of whom later. 2. Mahlon Reed, of whom a sketch follows.

(VI) Samuel Woolley Margerum, eldest child of John and Almira H. (Woolley) Mar- gerum, was born October 10, 1847, in Philadel- phia, Pennsylvania. When but a few years old he came to Trenton, New Jersey, and there at- tended school for a short time, earning enough by selling newspapers to keep himself properly supplied with shoes, during the hours not de- voted to school and study. When he had at- tained an age when he was admitted to a busi- ness position. he sought and obtained employ- ment in a grocery store. and retained this posi- tion for about fifteen years. He then entered into a partnership with his brother, in the pork packing business, and it was known as Marge- rum & Brother. Later the partnership was dis- solved and the business was carried on the same lines by The Margerum Provision Company, and it is now one of the leading houses in this branch of business in the entire state. Mr. Margerum is a man of great force of character, and is ener- getic and progressive in his ideas. He is a di- rector in the Mercer County Trust Company. In politics he is a Democrat. Samuel Woolley Mar- gerum married (first) Anna Henarie, and they had four children. Almira, Nellie. John Henarie and Herbert Pratt, three of whom died in child- hood. The surviving one, Herbert Pratt, see forward. Some time after the death of his first wife, Mr. Margerum married Luella J. Bagley, who was born in West Topsham, Vermont.

(VI) Mahlon Reed Margerum, second son and youngest child of John and Almira H. (Woolley) Margerum, was born October 28, 1856, in Trenton, New Jersey. He had the ad-

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vantage of an excellent education to fit him for the battle of life. He attended the public schools in Trenton, New Jersey, then for a time the normal school, and later the business college. He then entered the employ of Hiram Rice & Company, grocers, where he served his appren- ticeship to mercantile life. He was quick to grasp practical ideas, and soon saw the impor- tance of attending to even the minutest detail. At the age of twenty-one he started the pork packing business, which business he carried on for seven years, after which time his brother Samuel joined him in this enterprise. He then associated himself with several large corpora- tions with which he became prominently identi- fied. He is at the present time president of the People's Brewing Company of Trenton, New Jersey ; president of the Trenton House Hotel Company ; treasurer and general manager of the Windsor Hotel Company; treasurer of the Mer- cer Bottling Company ; a director in the Walter Automobile Company and is secretary of the In- ter-State Fair Association, which through his efforts has assumed such large proportions, and is second to none in this country. Mr. Mar- gerum is very fond of out-door sports, and he can be seen almost every day on horse back. He is affiliated with the Democratic party, and has for many years been a member of the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Margerum is a man of great energy and entertains liberal views on all mat- ters with which he is associated. He takes great interest, not only in the affairs of his native city, but in those of the country at large, and is al- ways ready to lend his assistance to any move- ment that tends to the public welfare. He is at the present time on the staff of the Second Bri- gade of the National Guard of New Jersey with a rank of captain, and was honored by Governor Stokes, the present governor, being appointed on his personal staff, where he is now serving.

Mr. Margerum married Joanna Redfern, and they are the parents of two children : John Frederic and Francis Gore Redfern. John Frederic is very active in the business world of Trenton. He is the owner of the largest restau- rant in the city, and is active in the business management of the Hotel Windsor and the Tren- ton House. His great hobby is horses, of which he is the owner of some of the best.

(VII) Herbert Pratt Margerum, only sur- viving child of Samuel Woolley and Anna ( He- narie) Margerum, was born in Trenton, Mer-

cer county, New Jersey, September 9, 1882. He was a regular attendant at the public schools of the city and the State Model School, from which he was graduated, and then completed his busi- ness education at the Stewart Business College. At this time he took up the study of dentistry, and for two years was under the preceptorship of Dr. W. H. H. Owens, but as the work did not appeal to his taste, he abandoned it and en- tered the employ of the John A. Roebling's Sons Company, with whom he remained in various capacities for a period of four years. For a time he was with the Trenton Rubber Company, and not finding this to his liking, he decided to en- gage in the undertaking business, and took a course at the Barnes College of Anatomy and Sanitary Science, being graduated from this in- stitution with honors. He formed a partnership in the undertaking and embalming business with ex-Sheriff Harvey A. Ashmore, doing business under the firm name of Ashmore & Margerum. Mr. Margerum is independent in his political views, and is a consistent member of the Meth- odist church. He is also connected with the fol- lowing organizations: Column Lodge, No. 120, Free and Accepted Masons; Three by Three Chapter ; Giebal Council, No. 3; Palestine Com- mandery, No. 4; Mercer Lodge; Trenton Rose Croix, No. 180; Mercer Council, fifteenth de- gree; Crescent Temple, Ancient Order of the Mystic Shrine; and Tall Cedars of Lebanon. He married November 28, 1906, Norma A. Hughes, only child of Ehmer I. and Loretta R. (Harris) Hughes.

JOHN DONALDSON MARGERUM, a prominent citizen of Trenton, New Jersey, en- gaged in the painting and decorating business, and in the wholesale trade in wall papers, a busi- ness which is constantly increasing, and is one of the largest in that section of New Jersey, is a member of a family which has been domiciled in the United States for many generations.

(I) Thomas Margerum, the grandfather of John Donaldson Margerum, was a shoemaker by trade, and followed his occupation in the dif- ferent counties in the vicinity of his home. In politics he was a Whig, and a member of the Society of Friends. He took no part in the po- litical struggles of his time, nor is there any rec- ord of his having been actively engaged in the war.

(II) William Margerum, son of Thomas

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Margerum, was born near Bristol, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He received his education in the public schools of his native place, and was then apprenticed to learn the trade of a dyer and cleaner. While in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, learning this trade, he married, and shortly after- ward removed to Davisville, Pennsylvania. Here he became the manager of a farm for General Davis, the father of General W. W. H. Davis, of Doylestown, Pennsylvania. He was manager for General Davis for many years, and then ac- cepted a position in the same capacity for a Mr. Morgan, of Philadelphia. This position he re- tained for a period of two years, resigning it to go to Smithfield and Oregon, Pennsylvania, for his brother-in-law Joseph Crosdale, who lived on the old Taylor farm. Here he remained for about two years and then removed with his fam- ily to Lambertville, New Jersey, and entered the employ of J. C. Weedon, the proprietor of a mill for the manufacture of copying paper. He re- tained this position for very many years. Al- though he never cared to hold public office, Mr. Margerum is a strong adherent of the Republi- can party. He is a member of the Baptist church.

Mr. Margerum married Barbara Denney, and they were the parents of nine children, named as follows: I. Rachel, married Jonathan White, and has three children. 2. William, married Phoebe Cornell, and has one child. 3. Susanna, married Levi Lukens, and has three children. 4. Joseph, married Mary Linton, and has one child. 5. Edwin Augustus, married Annie Ridge. and has three children. 6. Samuel W. (twin), married (first) Sadie Knowles ; married (second) Lida Barmis. 7. Mary Hannah Eliza- beth (twin), married John J. Green, and has two children. 8. John Donaldson, see forward. 9. George, married Emma

John Donaldson Margerum, eighth child and fifth son of William and Barbara (Denney) Mar- gerum, was born in Davisville, Pennsylvania, in 1851. He received his education in the public sehools, and was then sent to a flax mill in order to get a knowledge of the preparatory work for the manufacture of paper. He then accepted a position in the paper mill at Lambertville, in order to learn the manufacture of paper, under the supervision of his father. In 1866 he entered the business of Stamford Holden to learn the trade of paper hanging and painting ; here he re- mained for four years. He then accepted a posi- tion in New York City which he held for one

year, resigning it to go to Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania, remaining a year, and then returned to Lambertville. Here he bought out the busi- ness of his old employer, Stamford Holden, and conducted this business with success until 1886. He then removed to Trenton, New Jersey, and established himself in the painting and decorat- ing business in that city. Later he extended his business to include the sale of wall papers, and finally established a wholesale department in 1901, and now his annual sales of wall paper average more than one hundred thousand rolls per year, and his business is increasing rapidly in this direction. Mr. Margerum is a Republican in politics, and though he takes an active and in- telligent interest in the public affairs of his city and county, and keeps himself well informed on the state of the country at large, his business occupies his time too fully to permit him to hold public offiee. He is a man of great energy and decision, and he believes it better to attend to one thing thoroughly than to take a number in hand in a eareless fashion. It is this firm belief which has led to his business prosperity. Mr. Margerum is a member of the Baptist church, and also of the following named organizations : Mercer Chapter, No. 10, Royal Areh Masons ; Red Jacket Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men : Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Capitol City Royal Arcanum; National Union; and Heptasophs.

Mr. Margerum married, in Lambertville, New Jersey, Almena Miller, daughter of Henry and Catherine (Nalor) Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have had nine children, of whom the following named are now living: 1. Almena, married John Donaldson Margerum. 2. Jonathan, unmarried. 3. Charles, married. 4. Hervey, married. 5. Hattie, married. 6. Hugh, married. Mr. and Mrs. Margerum are the parents of two children, as follows : I. Catherine, married Professor John H. Long. 2. Adelia Skillman, married Frederick J. Rutter.

ALFRED B. BERRIEN, of Trenton, was born at Princeton, son of Scott Berrien, and grandson of Montgomery S. Berrien, who was born at Penns Neck, where he passed his life. He had two children: Freeman and Seott.

Scott Berrien, son of Montgomery S. Berrien, married Annie Skillman, and their children were: I. Lillie, wife of Elmer Lutz, five children, Lil- lian, Cecil, Harold, George and Marjorie. 2.

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Scott, married Mary Pierson, three children, Scott, George and Frank. 3. Alexander, mar- ried Maggie Runyan, three children, Ella, Edna and Alice. 4. Annie, wife of Walter Evart, two children, Lnella and William. 5. Alfred B., of whom later.

Alfred B. Berrien, son of Scott and Annie (Skillman) Berrien, during his boyhood and youthi worked on a farm, meanwhile attending the public schools. At the age of twenty he went to Buffalo, where he followed the black- smith's trade, remaining nine months. At the end of that time he returned to Princeton and there worked for a season in a flour mill, after which he moved to Burlington and engaged in the bottling business. Returning once more to Princeton, he gave his attention to the grocery business until removing to one of his father's farms in Lawrence township. The property con- sists of one hundred and seventeen acres in that township and the same number in Ewing township. He cultivates the land for purposes of general farming, stock-raising and dairy busi- ness. He is a Republican, and a member of the Protestant Episcopal church.

Mr. Berrien married Carrie M. Howell, and they are the parents of three children: Alfred B., Ellen M., and Montgomery Macpherson Ber- rien. Mrs. Berrien is the only child of James and Anna E. (Kane) Howell. The former was the son of James and Ida Howell, and the parents of the latter were Michael and Catharine (Fox) Kane.

ISAAC WEATHERBY was born March 27. 1837, near Salem, Salem county, New Jersey.

In the possession of Mr. Weatherby's family is a quaint and valuable volume, published in England and circulated by subscription only, called "The Universal British Traveller, Being calculated equally to please the Polite, entertain the Curious-instruct the Uninformed and direct the Traveller. Printed by J. Cook, No. 17 at Shakespeare head, Pater-noster Row." The town of Weatherby is described in the West Rid- ing of Yorkshire, England, as pleasantly situ- ated on the river Wharfe, over which is a hand- some stone bridge, and the river above forms a most beautiful cascade. Some of the buildings in "Weatherby" are very handsome, and the town being situated on the high road from London to Edinburgh, there are several good inns for the accommodation of travellers. In the neighbor-

hood of Weatherby is "Gawthorpe Hall," the fine seat of Edwin Lacelles, Esq. The church is a stately structure, and near by is a charity school, in which children of both sexes are clothed and educated. The town has a weekly market on Thursday, and is distant from London 191 miles.

It appears these beautiful environments did not hold spell-bound some bearing the name. For not- ably in Boston, Massachusetts, Weatherbees have been busy in the hives of industry and in the fields of art and learning. A few came to the province of New York, and one or two branches located in New Jersey.

Benjamin Weatherby, of Gloucester county, New Jersey, married Margaret is- sute, Benjamin and William Weatherby. His widow Margaret married John Paul, who owned a tract of land at Billingsport, on the river Dela- ware, and extending some distance along Mantua creek. John Paul died in 1771, leaving a will dated March 30, 1771, probated July 14, 1771, in which certain of his land was given to his wife Margaret during her widowhood, and then to her sons Benjamin and William Weatherby William Weatherby died leaving a daughter who died in infancy (see Woodbury, I of Deeds, pp. 36 and 45). On July 15, 1776, Margaret, of Green- wich township, Gloucester county, widow and re- lict of John Paul, and Benjamin Weatherby of the same place, son of said Margaret, grant and convey ninety-six acres at Billingsport to George Clymer and Michael Hillegas, treasurer of the 13 United Colonies of America appointed by the Honorable Continental Congress of the said Colo- nies. (Woodbury C of Deeds, p. 280). The rec- ord of deeds at Woodbury shows no Benjamin Weatherby other than he in Gloucester county prior to 1802. The name does not appear upon the records from 1776 to 1782, at which latter date he is still of Greenwich township. (See Woodbury I of Deeds, p. 45). In the interim, however, he at sometime moved to and lived on a farm in Upper Alloways, Creek township, Sal- em county, on the opposite of the creek from Quintons Bridge, now Quinton. The devisees of John Smith, in conveying this property in 1812, recite that part of it was conveyed to John S. Smith by Benjamin Weatherby, but do not give the date of the deed (Salem P of Deeds, p. 82). On March 18, 1778, Benjamin Weatherby was living on this farm at Quintons Bridge. (See Barber and Howes' "Historical Collections of New Jersey," p. 417). On October 1, 1789,

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Benjamin Weatherby, of Greenwich township, Gloucester county, and Edith, his wife, convey to Samuel Phillip Paul, one-third of Paul's Fish- ery on the river Delaware, below Mantua creek. (See Woodbury H of Deeds, p. 107). On June 3, 1790, Benjamin Weatherby, of Greenwich township, Gloucester county, and Edith, his wife, convey to Joseph Paul of the same place 141/2 acres on the river Delaware. reciting that Benja- min Weatherby got title thereto by the will of John Paul. (Woodbury I of Deeds, p. 151).

Benjamin Weatherby married, February 6, 1772, Edith Smith, daughter of James and his wife Rachel Quinton. James was the son of John, son of Daniel, born 10, 12 mo. 1660, son of John, born in the county of Norfolk, England, 20, 7 mo. 1623, and his wife, Martha Craffs, daughter of Christopher of Nottinghamshire, England, married 1658. John Smith and wife Martha came in the ship "Griffith" with Lord Fenwick to Salem, New Jersey, in 1695. His eldest son John accompanied him and bought one thousand acres in Alloways Creek township near what is called Quintons. Daniel Smith was col- lector of the county, appointed by the governor, and James filled many positions in the colony. Rachel Quinton, wife of James Smith, was the daughter of Edward Quinton and his wife Temp- erance Smith, daughter of Daniel. Edward Quin- ton died 1756, his wife Temperance, 1775, aged 75 years. Edward was the son of Tobias Quin- ton, who emigrated from England and purchased a large tract of land on Alloways Creek, where the village of Quinton now stands, memorable for a massacre of militia by the troops of Sir Will- iam Howe. Tobias died 1705.

Benjamin Weatherby and wife Edith Smith had children. Their son Benjamin married Sarah Richards, daughter of Samuel, whose ancestors were among the early Swedish emigrants. Beni- amin Weatherby, Sr., participated in the war of 1776; was called colonel by courtesy. He enter- tained the officers at his residence after the bat- tle of Red Bank. He then owned a large farm at Billingsport, improved with a good sized house constructed of bricks imported from Europe. It is certified in the office of the adjutant general that one Benjamin Weatherby was in commission as lieutenant in the Third Battalion, Gloucester county, New Jersey militia ; also served as lieu- tenant in Colonel Richard Somer's Battalion, New Jersey State Troops, in 1776, commissioned cap- tain of the 5th Company, Colonel Oliver Spen-

cer's regiment Continental army, February 23. 1777, served in the Indian campaign against the Six Nations in Western Pennsylvania from May to November, 1779, retired January 1, 1781, dur- ing the Revolutionary war.

Isaac, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Richards) Weatherby, born February 4, 1804, died Marel 13, 1846, married, 1832, Lydia Ann Wilson, born October 1, 1810, died August 1902, in her ninety- second year, retaining her faculties and appear- ance to an unusual degree for one so advanced in years; issue: Martha Kirkbride, Hannah A. and Isaac. Lydia Ann Wilson was the daugli- ter of Thomas, born 15, 2 mo., 1775, died July 11, 1830, and Mary Kirkbride, his wife, married 13, 9 mo., 1802, born 17, 11 mo., 1784. Issue, Joseph, Lydia A. Mary, Thomas, Sarah A., An, Hannah, John Price, Mahlon, and Samuel Kirkbride Wilson, (the late large manufacturer of woolen eloth and capitalist of Trenton). Ann (Wilson ) Robbins was the mother of the Hon. Samuel K. Robbins, the able speaker of the assem- bly, 1906, and present state senator of New Jer- sey.

Thomas Wilson was the son of Anthony and Ann Price, his wife, and was born 11, 8 mo., 1744, died 27, 10 mo., 1800. (See Mt. Holly Quaker records). He was engaged in the manu- facture of woolen cloth at Eayrestown, Burling- ton county, New Jersey.

Mary Kirkbride, wife of Thomas Wilson, was the daughter of Phineas, born 25, 2 mo., 1754, and his first wife Mary Rogers, born 15, 6 mo., 1760. Issue: William, born 12, 6 mo., 1779; Samuel ; Mary, born 17, 11 mo., 1784, the moth- er dying 25, II mo., 1784. Phineas Kirkbride married second Martha Rogers, sister of his first wife. Issue : Phineas ; John, Mahlon and Stacy, twins, Margery ; Joseph ; Jonathan ; Samuel ; Job; Martha. The deed for Phineas Kirkbride's prop- erty at Eayrestown, New Jersey, was drawn Sep- tember 27, 1780, from Hosea Eayre and Hannah, his wife. His son Mahlon occupied this property after the death of the father, whose will is dated 3, 6 mo., 1815, Northampton township. (See Liber B, Burlington Co. wills). The father of Phineas Kirkbride (1), died soon after his mar- riage to Margery Woolston, leaving the young widow and infant son Phineas in good circum- stances but she shortly married again.

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Genealogical and personal memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey, Part 71

Author: Lee, Francis Bazley, 1869-1914 Publication date: 1907 Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Company Number of Pages: 698

Author: Lee, Francis Bazley, 1869-1914
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 698