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He was indentified with the military organization of his town, having enlisted as a private of Company A. of the Second Battalion in December 1877. his father Emanuel G. Gismond being first lieutenant of that Company. In 1887 he was made sergeant; second lieutenant Janu- ary 9, 1892; and first lieutenant April 12, 1892. in which capacity he was mustered in the United States service at Sea Girt, May 2. 1898 and mustered out November 17, 1898, at Paterson, N. J .*
After the death of Mr. Gismond's parents, the jewelry business was inaugurated in a small way in New York. In time a partnership had been formed with Mr. George Tarrant, who is a practical jeweler, and #See History of Company E. Second Regiment N. G., N. J.
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Stephen H. V. Moore.
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under the able management of these two experienced men, the business soon demanded larger quarters causing the removal of offices to the present commodious rooms on Maiden Lane. As Manufacturing Jewelers and Importers of Diamonds the firm of Tarrant & Gismond is well known to business houses throughout the United States.
JULIUS HERBERT CLARK.
Julius Herbert Clark, of Leonia, a well known educator in the state of New Jersey, is a son of Harman and Sarah J (Clausen) Clark, and was born at Beemerville, Sussex county, N. J., December 22, 1852. His paternal grandfather was Isaiah, son of James Clark, and his maternal grandfather was Elias Clausen. His elementary education was received in the public schools of his native town, supplemented by an advanced course in the Connecticut Literary Institute, at Suffield, Connecticut. Upon the completion of his course in the Institute he began teaching in the public schools of New Jersey, spending his first year in Sussex county. Following this he taught seven years in Warren county, and from there was called to Stroudsburg, Pa., where he spent two years as instructor in the Collegiate Institute. Returning to New Jersey he taught in the schools of Leonia, Bergen county, for a period of fourteen years, after which he was one year in New York city and one in Ridge- field, N. J. Mr. Clark holds life certificates, obtained upon examination in the states of New York and New Jersey.
He served on the Board of Examiners for teachers' certificates in Bergen county, for a term of three years, having been appointed by superintendent John Terhune, and also served four years as assessor of borough of Leonia. In 1888 he was appointed by Collector Magone to a position in the Auditor's Department of the Custom House in New York, but resigned after a few months to resume school work in Leonia, at an increased salary. Mr. Clark's military record began with his enlistment in Company A, Second Battalion, N. G. N. J., December 30, 1884. He was made corporal June 17, 1889; sergeant December 3, following ; first sergeant February 24, 1892, and was discharged at the expiration of his term of service, October 9, 1893.
At present he is a member of the Overpeck Boat Club, of the Schoolmasters' Club of New York city, and is Past Regent of Royal Arcanum, Leonia Council No. 956.
Mr. Clark married Miss Louise B. Phillips, December 28, 1875, and has three children, Charles H., Fred H., and Mabel Louise.
HENRY G PARKER.
Henry G., the only surviving child of Benjamin and Martina ( Bartholf ) Parker, was born in New York city, July 17, 1841, receiving his education in his native place. His father was a tinsmith and suc- cessful in business, but failing health compelled him to retire to his little farm of thirty-five acres, to which he added, by subsequent purchases enough to increase his land to sixty acres. Henry G., and
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his brother John B., carried on the farm. John married Anna Brinker- hoff. and of this marriage, their two children John R., and Jennie A., are both married. John B. died July 14. 1893, at the age of fifty-five years. Henry G. married Mary A. Slocum, April 24, 1861, and by this marriage have Benjamin F., Margaret C. deceased, Julia M. and H. Dewitt who is in the Hackensack Bank. His second marriage was to Eva McDaniel. April 27, 1886, and by this marriage is one child, Marie E .. who was born March 12, 1887.
In politics Mr. Parker is a Republican as was his father. He is a public-spirited man taking an active interest in all that tends to the welfare of this locality, and is especially interested in educational mat- ters, having acted as school trustee for many years. Mr. Parker is a successful man in the best sense of the term. His military career began by his enlistment in Company I. 22d Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers. under Colonel A. G. Demarest, and in the same company with Judge Van Valen, serving nine months in the Army of the Potomac. His father's first investment was on Teaneck Ridge, where the mother died September 27, 1893, aged seventy-nine years, and the father November 16, 1895 at the age of eighty-two.
THE MABIE FAMILY.
The Mabie family of Bergen county are descendants of French Huguenots. who. during the latter part of the seventeenth century. left their native country and found a home first in Holland, and subsequently in Long Island.
John Mabie, one of the founders of the gold pen and pencil case house of Ronch & Co .; subsequently Mabie, Todd & Bard of New York, settled at Fairview in 1857, where he built a substantial brown- stone mansion.
James Mabie, another descendant of this Huguenot family, came to Leonia from New Bridge, probably forty years ago. He was a carpenter by trade and superintended the erection of many of the first houses in Leonia and vicinity. He died July 29, 1893, seventy-five years of age. His widow is still living. There were seven children born of this union, five sons and two daughters. All the sons mastered the trade of carpenter. but none of them pursued that avocation except John J., the eldest. who is now foreman of the Erie Railroad car shops. Jersey City. The other children are Anna, now Mrs. John Day; Henry. an undertaker: Sarah. Mrs. Stephen Annett; Samuel, formerly one of the foremen for Abboot's Piano Manifactory, now proprietor of a beer bottling establishment, Englewood; Walter, now of Jersey City. and George W. Mabie, the youngest of the family, who was born in Leonia thirty-six years ago and who has been running a butcher's store in the village since 1888. He is Chief of the Fire Department.
HENRY W. MABIE.
Henry W. Mabie, undertaker, has carried on a successful business in his line for over fifteen years in Fort Lee and in New York. His New
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York repositories are at 1993 Lexington Avenue. He was Justice of the Peace from 1889 to 1894; Police Justice for about five years; Coroner of the district for five years, and for a period of nearly thirty years was connected with the New York State militia, enlisting on the 31st of August, 1861, and retiring with the commission of first lieutenant.
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UNDERCLIFF.
The borough of Undercliff is one of the richest municipalities of its kind in Bergen county. It has a population of about 1500, has two churches, and a number of very important manufacturing establish- ments among them being the large chemical works of Goetchius & Morgan; the oil works of John Ellis & Co .; the moulding works of Hinners & Son, also the tar works, color works, and iron foundery. These various establishments give to hundreds of people of this locality employment the year through. The territory of this borough extends from the village of Shady Side to Fort Lee, taking in a portion of the latter village and including Shady Side, Edge Water, and Pleasant Valley.
The borough was formed in March 1895, Eido H. Hinners being its first Mayor. He was succeeded by Jeremiah Casey the present Mayor. George H. Nash was the first Clerk, and E. M. Speer is the present Clerk.
A Catholic Church under the pastorate of Father Purcell, gives a place for worship in one of the most picturesque spots on the Palisades, although the congregation is not a large one. The Episcopal Church is the other society.
The village of Coytesville was founded by Joseph Coyte who bought a large tract of woodland soon after the war of the Rebellion and laid it out in lots.
CHURCH OF THE MEDIATOR.
Episcopal services were first held in "Church of the Mediator" in 1862. This edifice was erected in 1859, and used as a union church until 1862, when it was purchased by the Episcopal congregation and consecrated by Bishop Odenheimer August 7, 1864. Eugene A. Hoffman, Dean of the Theological Seminary, New York, became the first rector, but was in charge only a short time. The first wardens were D. T. Baldwin and Lucas S. Comstock. The first vestrymen were John Mc- Michael, Frederick Ogden, C. C. Rockwell, John Winterburn and Frank Van Woert.
The Rev. James A. Cameron was here for twenty-one years, and during his stay the rectory was built, at a cost of $4000. He was in- stalled May, 1866.
The Rev. J. A. McCleary, the present rector, took charge of the flock May, 1894. The officers of the church at the present time are as follows: John Winterburn, Sr., F. W. Winterburn. Jr., Wardens; John Ackerman, Clerk; Colonel George Laird, Major S. Wood McCave, R. H.
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Mitt, Edward Fischer, J. Procter, George H. Neild, George A. Carlton, Walter Ellis, Vestrymen.
The parish has organized missions in Ridgefield, Leonia, Cliff Side and Palisade Park. At present it is also carrying on work at Fort Lee.
BOGOTA.
This borough is on the Hackensack between that river and Queen Anne's road, and has a voting population of about eighty. It was organized into a separate municipality in 1893, Frederick W. Cane having been its Mayor till the present time. The village is beautifully located but its close proximity to Hackensack of necessity makes it one of residences alone. There are no churches in the place. The Bogota Paper Company, founded by Rogers & Co., about five years ago and now owned by the company who came into possession of the mill two years ago, manufacture about three tons of card board paper daily, and give employment constantly to twenty hands more or less. The Riverside Planing Mill, operated by Horton & Clayton, successors to Negus & Clayton, is the only other manufacturing enterprise in the borough, it also being of recent origin.
The borough of Bogota is named in honor of the Bogart family, who first occupied these lands. The ancestors of this family came to America from Holland locating first some time prior to 1661 in Long Island, but subsequently removing to Bergen county, where Peter Bon- gart bought the farm still ovmed by his decendants. Ruloff Bongart. son of Peter and grandfather of Judge Peter Bongart, was the last to spell the name as written above.
FREDERICK W. CANE.
Hon. Frederick W. Cane, Mayor of the borough of Bogota and a member of the firm of William H. & F. W. Cane, contractors and build- ers, of Jersey City, is well known in business circles throughout the country in general. As a contractor he comes of a long line of ancestors whose operations have been on an extensive scale, his father and grand- father in particular, having been connected with large undertakings in different cities throughout the country. William H., the father of the subject of this sketch, now in his seventy-ninth year, is still in business, having the energy and capability of men but half his age. His wife. Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth (Rennie) Cane, lies in a vault in a Jersey City cemetery. Mr. Frederick W. Cane was born in Montreal in 1844, and in 1848 the father moved to Brooklyn, N. Y., and soon afterwards to Jersey City, in which latter place offices were opened at 240-242 Twelfth Street, and also in the Second National Bank Building, both of which places still remain the headquarters of the company. Mr. Cane was fitted for the arduous duties of his important business career in the pub- lic schools of Jersey City, subsequently graduating from Nugent's Com- mercial College, corner of Montague and Court Streets, Brooklyn, taking his diploma from that institution in 1864. He then become identified
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with the above named firm, since which time the company of W. H. & F. W. Cane have undertaken many mammoth enterprises, carrying them through to successful completion. They plan for work only on a large scale, and build warehouses, docks, hotels, railroads and electric light plants, carrying on business in various sections of the country at one and the same time. Being a practical builder, and having knowledge of archi- tectural structure, Mr. Cane's services as an adjustor of fire losses have been eagerly sought by the assured. In this capacity he has adjusted some of the largest losses known to the insurance companies in the city of New York. Although owning numerous houses in Hoboken and Jer- sey City, Mr. Cane, lured by the pleasures and privileges incident to country life, sought a home in the village of Bogota. In 1893, from the time of his coming here, he has been an active participant in all move- ments looking to the public welfare, and to promote healthy and invig- orating exercises for the young men of Bogota, Mr. Cane built a boat house and formed a boating association as a means to that end, giving to them both pleasure and profit. He was quick to see the advantages of borough government, and through his efforts, principally, that organ- ization was effected in 1894, when he was elected the first mayor, con- tinuing in office until the present time. It is due to the people of Bogota to say, also, that its government is one of the most economical and one of the best of its kind in the county.
Mr. Cane has been identified with different companies as director, vice president and president, is a member of high degree in the Masonic order, and belongs to various other organizations .. Mr. Cane was mar- ried to Miss Kate A. Edwards of Brooklyn in 1867, the daughter of Captain Edward Edwards of that city, and three children were born to this union, two daughters, Caroline Augusta married and living in Boston, and Gertrude Louise also married, and living in Jersey City. and one son William H., Jr., who is with his father at Bogota and is about to become a member of the firm.
MAX R. BRINKMAN, D. D. S.
Max R. Brinkman, D. D. S., an accomplished dentist of Hacken- sack, was born in Hartford, Conn., in 1860. Educated in the public schools of New Haven, Conn., and was graduated from its High School in 1877. He supplemented this by a course in mechanics, and after- wards served full time in learning the trade in cutlery and surgical instrument making.
He then took up the study of dentistry in 1882, under the instruc- tion of a preceptor. Dr. G. H. Smith of Holyoke, Mass., with whom he remained one year, immediately thereafter entering the New York Col- lege of Dentistry, from which institution he was graduated March 9. 1885, with the degree of D. D. S.
Dr. Brinkman then began the practice of his profession in the city of New Haven, Conn., making a speciality of crowning and bridging. He continued here until 1890, when he came to New York and became a
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member of the firm of F. A. Ringler Co., manufacturers of Printing Plates, remaining with them until January, 1899, at which date he opened an office for the practice of dentistry in Hackensack.
Dr. Brinkman was married in 1889 to Miss Anselma Stolz, of New York city, and resides at Bogota, where he erected a beautiful residence in 1896.
CHAPTER XXIX. THE TOWNSHIP OF ENGLEWOOD.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION-CIVIL LIST-CITY OF ENGLEWOOD-THE NEW VIL- LAGE AND ITS PROMOTERS-HOTELS-NEWSPAPERS-CHURCHES-
SCHOOLS-ORGANIZATIONS-BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
The township of Englewood was set off from the old township of Hackensack by an Act of the Legislature passed in 1871. By virtue of this act the boundaries of the territory are described as follows: " Be- ginning at the Hackensack River, where the road leading from New Bridge to Schraalenburgh intersects it, and running thence easterly along the middle of said road to the Schraalenburgh road ; thence southerly along the middle of the Schraalenburgh road to the inter- section thereof with the middle of Liberty road; and thence southerly along the middle of Liberty road to the intersection thereof with the middle of the road leading to Cornelius Brinkerhoff's house ; thence along the middle of the same to the Tenafly road ; thence northerly along the middle of the Tenafly road to the south line of lands formerly of Jacob I. Demott; and thence southeasterly along the same to the east line of the township of Hackensack."
The first census after the organization of the township in 1875, showed a population of 3932. It has since become so densely inhabited that a village-like appearance is given to every part of it. In some respects portions of it might be called one long continued hamlet, especi- ally is this true of the picturesque Phelps villa, and other residences on the Teaneck road which form almost one continuous village for miles.
The township is amply provided with railroads and trolley lines for the accommodation of travel. The New Jersey Nothern and West Shore railroads run parallel through the township, about one mile apart, affording rapid and frequent connection with New York. The Bergen County Traction Company has a trolley line of cars running to Englewood city, which is well patronized, and a branch of this road runs to Hackensack connecting with the main line at Leonia.
The village of Highwood is an extension of the northern part of Englewood, and occupies high level ground. It contains a railroad station, a church, a store, and many beautiful residences. The streets are well graded and the grounds artistically laid out. Teaneck Ridge named from Teaneck road, now Teaneck township, was set off from Englewood in 1895. Englewood Cliffs Borough was also taken from Englewood township.
The act of the Legislature for the erection of the township of Englewood provided that the first meeting for the election of township officers should be held at Stagg's Hall. The first chosen freeholder of the township was Joseph W. Stagg, who held office for the years 1871-73.
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and was succeeded by James Vanderbeck for 1874-76, who was followed by William Bennett for 1877-79; Henry West, 1880-82; Silas Wright. 1883; George R. Dutton, 1884-89; W. W. Green, 1890-94; A. D. Bogert. 1895-96.
The justices of peace have been Ira W. Hover, 1871-73; Hardy M. Banks, 1871-73; Joseph B. Miller, 1872-74, 1877-79 ; Philip P. Class, 1876 ; George R. Dutton, 1878-80; Joseph B. Miller, William Ellison, 1882; William Ellison, 1883; Gilbert W. Chamberlain, 1884; Alexander Cass, Peter Van Wagoner, 1885; Alexander Cass, 1886-90; John H. Ackerman, David C. Van Horn, 1891; Henry J. DeMott, Patrick H. Morris, Charles R. Bailey, David C. Van Horn, 1892; Joseph W. Stagg, Cornelius Sweeney, 1893; Fred L. Voorhees, Samuel M. Riker, William C. Davis, 1894; Alexander Cass, Donald Mackay, David C. Van Horn, 1895; David Ireland, John L. Hendricks, 1896.
The assessors: Daniel G. Bogert, 1871-76; Alexander Cass, 1877 ; John D. Cole, 1878-80; Daniel G. Bogert, 1883-85; John Henry Acker- inan, 1886-87 : Gilbert W. Chamberlain, 1888-91; Moses E. Springer, 1892-94 ; Hezikiah Birtwhistle. 1895-96.
The collectors: Cornelius A. Herring, 1871-73; Charles Barr, Jr., 1874-76; Adriance Van Brunt, 1877; Jacob A. Bogert, 1878-79; Thomas Russell, 1880-82-84; George Davis, 1885-86; Henry Cooper, 1887; Thomas Russell, 1888; Henry Cooper, 1889-93; James H.Coe, 1894-96.
Town clerks: Francis W. Van Brunt, 1871-73; Albert A. Coyte, 1874-76; Richard Demarest, 1877; Robert Wagner, 1878-79; Gilbert W. Chamberlain, 1880-82; Charles F. Valentine, 1883-84; Frank F. Dema- rest, 1885; Albert A. Coyte, 1886-87; Edward J. Sheridan, 1888; Thomas O'Brien, 1889-92; Robert Jamieson, 1893-95; Fred G. Coyte, 1896.
Township committee: 1882, Cornelius Lydecker, Henry R. Bailey, Mr. - Terry; 1883, Henry R. Bailey, Patrick H. Morris, W. C. Davis; 1884, Henry R. Bailey, Patrick H. Morris, Isaac J. Zabriskie; 1885, James Harris, Henry R. Bailey, Patrick H. Morris; 1886, James Harris, Henry R. Bailey, Patrick H. Morris; 1887, Jacob S. Wetmore, James Harris, Henry R. Bailey; 1888, Henry R. Bailey, James Harris, Jacob S. Wetmore, Henry J. Brinckerhoff. (To fill out an unexpired term.) 1889, James Harris, Abram Tallman, Jacob S. Wetmore. (To fill out an unexpired term. ) 1890-91, James Harris, Abram Tallman, Henry J. Brinckerhoff; 1892, James R. Harris, Henry J. Brinckerhoff, Abram Tallman; 1893, Oliver Drake Smith, Henry Drake Smith, James R. Harris; 1894, Joseph Thompson, James Harris, Oliver Drake Smith; 1895, Joseph Thompson, Oliver Drake Smith, James Harris; 1896, James Harris, Daniel A. Currie, Joseph Thompson.
CITY OF ENGLEWOOD.
Until the spring of 1859 Englewood was part of the old English Neighborhood and was known as Liberty Pole. Prior to that date this part of the old township bore its share in the war of the Revolution after which for eighty years it was the residence only of a few thrifty
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families. In 1858 it was but a mere succession of long narrow farms reaching from the valley back into the forest and up the Palisades to the Hudson River. The lands comprising the present site of the city, were secured by J. Wyman Jones, Esq., and under his management months were spent by Hopkins and his assistants in surveying, laying out streets and lots, mapping the surveys of the old town lines, deter- mining exact center lines and the corners of different plots in detail, for the new village. This work was begun in the autumn of 1858, con- tinued through the winter and spring following, the map being filed in the clerk's office of the county of Bergen, August 15, 1859. The con- tract for much of this property was drawn September 24, 1858. The map of the property covered six farms, and a lot on the Palisades then belonging to John Van Neste of the city of New York, the whole con- taining altogether six hundred and twenty-five acres of land. Two of these farms were on the south of Palisade Avenue, and the other four on the north of that road.
The honor of being the founder of Englewood belongs to Mr. Jones more than to any other man.
The selection of a name for the place excited some considerable interest and not a little discussion. The meeting was at Van Brunt & Waters' Carpenter shop, which was situated on the cross-roads running between Van Brunts and J. B. Millers. It was presided over by the late Rev. James H. Dwight who afterwards took a deep interest in the wel- fare and development of the town. The name first proposed was "Pali- scena," then "Brayton," and finally Englewood, suggested by Mr. Jones, was adopted.
At that time Liberty Pole tavern was the most important building in the place. It stood in the center of Palisade Avenue where it is inter- sected by the Tenafly road.
The first house erected in Englewood was built by J. W. Deuel on the property of J. H. Lyell, Esq., for the purpose of a residence as well as a school. Within its walls many of the young men of the town, now in active pursuits and professions began their preparation for col- lege. It was in the school-room of this building that the Rev. James H. Dwight began to preach to a small congregation, which was the nucleus of the Presbyterian church afterward organized, and of which full mention will be made hereafter. The house built by Robert Pratt was erected about this time on the corner of Engle street and Demarest Avenue opposite the Episcopal Church.
The railroad was completed in October 1859, and among the beauti- ful towns to which it gave communication with New York, none proved more inviting or grew so rapidly as Englewood. The present beautiful station house was opened to the public in 1898. The road did not pay expenses for sometime, and run out one train a day when first opened. Thomas W. Demarest was its president and John Van Brunt, treasurer and director.
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After the erection of the first houses, and of the schoolhouse, then followed the neat stone chapel which was completed in 1860. Two years later the Methodists erected a church, and the Catholics built in 1862, the Episcopalians followed in 1865 and the Christian Reformed in 1875. The rapid succession of church building indicates the growth of the place. In 1869 a Protection Society was formed, for the better defense of the people, which soon made itself a terror to evil doers. Armed with police authority by the state, sustained by private subscrip- tion of citizens and fortified by the services of an experienced officer from the New York police, the organization gave the town such a name among criminals of every grade, that for years it was singularly exempt from predatory intruders.
Among the first persons who were attracted from the city to this place, after the same was laid out were Isaac Smith Homans, Editor and proprietor of the Bankers' Magazine and his two sons, Sheppard. and I. Smith, Jr., with their three families. Mr. Homans and his sons bore a large share of the burden and responsibility of the various im- provements which marked the several steps of progress, and each built for himself a large handsome stonehouse for a family dwelling.
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