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John M. Van Cleve, 1852-56, 1862.
William II. Cooley, 1877. 1879-82.
William M. Lanning, 1878.
COLLECTORS.
James B. Green, 1834-37.
! Absalom Moore, 1855-56.
Cornelius F. Moore, 1838-39.
Lewis B. Coleman, 1857-58.
Daniel L. Cornell, 1840-41, 1847, 1863-66.
William R. Mellvaine, 1859-60.
William C. Tindall, 1861, 1867-71.
Elias Hart, 1842-46, 1848-51.
. John R Hendrickson, 1862.
Julins Johnston, 1852.
William II. Cox, 1872-78.
Thomas F. Howell, 1853-34.
Isaac Cadwalader, 1879-82.
JUSTICES OF TIIE PEACE.
James E. Payran, 1845.
Jolin Van Cleve, 1845.
Amos Slack, 1847.
Jasper S. Scudder, 1875.
Elijah L. 1leudrickson, 1847, 1861, 1865, 1870, 1875. Edward S. Mellvain. 1880.
William R. Mellvaine, 1855, 1800. James M. Force, 1882.
TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE.
Aaron Moore, 1534-38, 1840. Israel Fish, 1834.
Jolin Howell, 1834-36, 1838.
Daniel Ilart. 1834-38. Obediah Ilowell, 1834-37. Edward Ilepburn, 1835-38. Jasper S. Ilill, 1837-38. Nathaniel S. Furman, 1839-41.
Jolin Hendrickson, 1839. Julins Johnston, 1839-44.
Euoch G. Welling, 1839-43. Abner Sendder, 1839-41. Isaac Baker, 1840. Willian Scudder, 1841-13.
John 31. Van Cleve, 1842-44, 1846. Elijah L. Ilendrickson, 1842-45. Elias S. IInnt, 1844-47.
Williamu R. Mellvain, 1844-48, 1867.
John Mellvaine, 1845.
Theodore W. Ilid, 1845-47, 1855, 1850.
Janies E. Payran, 1846. James B. Green, Jr., 1847-51. Charles II. Waters, 1:47-51. Absalom Moore, 1848-52. John Jones, 1848-52.
. Elijah W. Lanning, 1849-53. Thomas F. How .11, 1852-56, 1858- 62.
Amos Slack, 1852-54. Archibald Green, 1853-54. Abram Skirn, 1853-54.
Benjamin F. Hendrickson, 1854- 50,1870-74, 1877.
John R. Hewhichson, 1855-36, 1861-65, 1867-09, 1:50.
William II. Cox, 1855-57, 1864-08, 1880.
' Jolin M. Van Cleve, 1857-61. Charles H. Waters, 1837.
William A. Hongh, 1857-61.
Elias Hart, 1858-61.
William A. Green, 1859-62. Cornelius V. Moore, 1862. William C. Tindall, 1862-66. Josephi B. Anderson, 1862-63. Abner Sendder, 1863-65. David F. Howell, 1863-64. Elijah L. Hendrickson, 1863. Abner Scudder, 1864. llenry P. Green, 1865-70. Jasper S. Scudder, 1866-G8, 1878. Daniel L Cornell, 1:68-73. Spafford W. Bergen, 1868-69, 1882. John Painter, 1809. George Painter, 18,0-71. George Savage, 1870-72. Charles D. Stoneker, 1871-73. Edward M. Burroughs, 1872-75. William C. Tindad1, 1873-76. William C. 1vins, 1874.
Charles II. Walker, 1874, 1881. Thomas B. De Con, 1875-76, 1879. EJward S. MeIlvaine, 1875. Peter Clark, 1875. E. Webster Lanning, 1876. Scudder II. Phillips, 1876-77. William M. Lanning, 1876-77. Harrison Thompson, 1877-78. Benjamin F. Hendrickson, 1878. James B. Green, 1878.
Alexander B. Green, 1879. T. A. Howell, 1:80. Uriel T. Scudder, 1881-82. William G. Hendrickson, 1881.
Villages and Hamlets .- EWINGVILLE is located in the northeast part of the township, at the eross- ing of the Hopewell and Ewing turnpike and the highway which erosses the township in an east and west course, about midway between the centre and the northern boundary, and contains a hotel, a school- house, a blacksmith-shop, and seven . dwellings. Near here is the Ewingville Driving Park.
The Park House was built many years ago, and was formerly called the "Cross-Keys Tavern." In 1851 it was purchased by Lott Howell, who kept it until 1860, when he was succeeded by the present proprietor, William H. Howell, who remodeled and improved it in 1877.
The post-office was established in 1857, with Lott Howell as postmaster. In 1860, William H. Howell, the present postmaster, succceded to the office.
J. S. Phillips built a shoe-shop in 1847, and still occupies it. Nathaniel Coleman has been a shoe- maker in the place many years.
The first blacksmith was Joseph Tindall, who be- gan working at his trade here about 1801. His shop has had several sueecssive owners since he ceased business. It has been occupied by Edward Maguire during the past ten years.
Runyan's wheelwright-shop was established about twelve years ago by the present proprietor, who was the first of his trade in the village.
The Ewingville Driving Park Association was in- corporated in 1875, and embraces in its membership Thomas F. Howell, Israel Hendrickson, Edward Maguire, S. H. Phillips, and William Howell. This corporation has a good half-mile traek, and has done much towards the improvement of the blood of horses in the vicinity, affording opportunities for training not previously accessible to the farmers and horse- owners of the township. 1
EWING .- This is a small village on the road from Ewingville and Birmingham at its intersection with the Scotch road.
Ewing was formerly known as Carleton, and from about 1832 to 1838 was the seat of a female seminary which was under the management of Mrs. Emoline Kemper, and was supported by the neighborhood.
The wheelwright-shop here was ereeted by Edward S. McIlvaine, and has been occupied successively by Johnson Dill, James, Perrine, George Stockton, An- drew MI. Watson, and Auguste Montroy, the present wheelwright.
William Matthews built and occupied a blacksmith- shop in 1868, and has since been the local represen- tative of his craft.
The name Ewing is often applied to the neighbor- hood of the cross-roads village mentioned, and in this sense embraces the locality of the Ewing Presbyte- rian Church, which is south of the village proper. Besides this ancient house of worship, Ewing contains a blacksmith-shop, a wheelwright-shop, and nine dwellings.
T. Alonzo Howell, 1876, 1878. George L. Ilowell, 1877, 1879-82.
Jasper S. Scudder, 1863, 1864. William R. Mellvaine, 1868-70. Thomas F. Ilowell, 1871-75.
Elijah L. Hendrickson, 1857-61, IS65-07.
Benjamin Van Cleve, 1860-62.
James B. Green, 1855, 1860-61, 1865, 1870.
William M. Lanuing, 1876.
EWING TOWNSHIP.
GREENSBURG, -- This village is located in the west part of the township, south of the eentre. on the canal feeder, and on the line of the Belvidere Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which traverses Ewing.
The tavern known as the Bridge Hotel is a stone building which is more than a hundred years old. It had many occupants until about ten years ago, when it was purchased by Charles Holt, the present pro- prietor.
A post-office was established here many years ago. The present postmaster is Frederick Goodnow.
Stores have from time to time been opened, which were none of them long kept, the proximity of Tren- ton operating against the success of local trade. The present merehant, John W. McCalvin, began business in 1878, and has been more liberally patrouized than many of his predecessors.
The village contains thirty dwellings, a store, a hotel, a post-office, and a railway station, and is said to have received its name in honor of a former resi- dent.
BIRMINGHAM is situated at the erossing of the old river turnpike and the road which traverses the township east and west, north of the centre, and eon- tains a blacksmith-shop, a shoe-shop, and several dwellings.
A publie-house was kept here in 1800, and eonsid- erably later by John Reeder. It was afterwards kept by Peter Jaques, and later by William Howell, until purchased by John W. Seudder, and couverted into a dwelling.
In connection with the old inn, a blacksmith-shop was established by the early tavern-keeper, John Reeder. It changed hands times innumerable until 1877, when it came into possession of James Deane, blacksmith and wheelwright, who is the present owner and occupant.
The shoe-shop of John Mershon was opened fifteen or twenty years ago.
John Guild plied the silversmith's trade at Birm- ingham as early as 1800, and many years ago made two silver eups out of fifty silver dollars, which since that time have formed a portion of the communion- set in use in the Ewing Presbyterian Church.
BROOKVILLE .- This is the name applied to a vil- lage located on the eanal-feeder, near Asylum Sta- tion, in the southwestern part of the township. It contains twelve dwellings, and a woolen-mill and two grist-mills.
Industrial Pursuits .- THE BROOKVILLE MILLS. -The fi. st manufacturing establishment on the site of these mills was a plaster-mill erected by John Titus in the latter part of the last century. In 1832 this was converted into a county woolen-mill, and as such was operated by George W. Vandergrift from 1833 to 1848, when James Brook purchased and oper- ated it till 1853, when it was torn down and replaced by the present mill, which has since been continu- ously owned by Mr. Brook. Only woolen yarn is i
manufactured, of which the mill is capable of turn- ing out three thousand pounds per week.
GRIST-MILLS .- The grist-mill in connection with the above-mentioned establishment was constructed in 1879, and has sinee been operated by Frank V. Furman. Stephen Moore built a grist-mill on the bank of Jacobs Creek about 1832, and ran it until his death a few years later, when it was abandoned. Near the Brookville mills a grist-mill was built in 1874, principally to make flour for use in the State Lunatie Asylum, but custom-work has also been done. The following statement shows the extent of its opera- tions from Nov. 1, 1880, to Oct. 31, 1881, inclusive: Ground for the use of the institution,-159,400 pounds of flour, 75,836 pounds eorn-meal, 36,273 pounds bran : grist work for customers,-926 bushels of wheat, 127 bushels of rye, 790 bushels of eorn, 381 bushels of eorn and oats.
A TANNERY .- CLOTHS .- John Howell had a tan- nery near Birmingham previous to 1800, which went to ruin sixty years ago. The first piece of fancy eassi- mere manufactured in New Jersey was made in 1842 by James Brook, proprietor of the Brookville mills, at the factory in Hamilton where Whitehead Brothers' rubber factory now is.
BRICK MANUFACTURE .- Peter Green began the manufacture of brick on the Wilson farm in 1835, and continued ten years. On a portion of the same farm James Taylor established a brick-yard in 1844. In 1847 he removed to the lot on the turnpike now oc- eupied by William Fell, and was soon succeeded by Frederick Shaw, and he, about two years later, by Simon Kahnweiler, who eeased operations after about three years.
In 1845, George Kulp began brick-making on the Plumley farm, and in 1846 was succeeded by Philip C. and Joseph Kulp, who continued the business only two or three years. William Britton engaged in the manufacture of brick by machinery on the Quick farm, on the old Scoteh road, in 1845, but soon discon- tinued business. Thomas Howell also began that year, but was no more suceessful.
A man named Holbrook began brick-making in Ewing in 1844, and in 1848 was succeeded by Rastnine Laufaucherie, who continued the business until 1852.
Fell & Foreman established the brick-yard on Prineeton Avenue now owned by Frank G. Cook, in 1874, and sold it to Cook in 1878. This establish- ment embraces nine sheds and three kilns, and is superintended by Philip C. Kulp. Fifty hands are employed, the capacity of the works being one mil- lion five hundred thousand common, and oue million pressed briek annually.
Fell & Heil began operations in 1856. They use steam-power, have eight sheds and four kilns, eu- ploy seventy-five men, and are able to manufacture two million two hundred and fifty thousand common ; and two million pressed brick per year.
George Fell made brick on the yard now of Frank
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G. Cook from 1862 to 1869, when he established his present yard, which, furnished with eight sheds and three kilns, and employing forty-six hands and ten horses, has an annual manufacturing capacity of one million five hundred thousand common and one mil- lion pressed brick.
The brick-manufactory of William W. Fell is lo- eated on the Hopewell and Ewing turnpike, and was established in 1880. It has nine sheds and two kilns, and affords employment to fifty men. The yard covers an area of fifteen acres, and is superintended by Isaae Blew.
STONE QUARRIES .- Walter & Scott's freestone and granite quarry is located at Greensburg, conveniently near the railway. Stone from this quarry is shipped to Philadelphia, Camden, and Trenton, and is much used in building.
The quarry of Lawrence Clark, from which the same varieties of stone are excavated and shipped to the same points, is situated about half a mile above Greensburg, near the railroad.
The Old Episcopal Church .- "The earliest sign of preparation for a church in Hopewell is found in two deeds of April 20, 1703. In the first of these Jolin Hutchinson conveyed to Andrew Heath, Richard Eayre, Abial Davis, and Zebulon Heston, a lot of two aeres, in trust. The second and concurrent deed de- clares the purpose of the trust. It is addressed ' To all Christian people to whom these presents shall come,' and sets forth that the trust is for the inhabitants of the said township of Hopewell and their successors inhabiting and dwelling within the said township forever, for the publie and common use and benefit of the whole township, for the erection and building of a publie meeting-house thereon, and also for a place of burial and for no other uses, intents, or purposes whatsoever.' The ground thus conveyed is within three miles of Trenton. . . . a short distance beyond the State Lunatic Asylum. A church was erected on this site which seems to have become the exclusive property of Episcopalians, as that denomination occu- pied it until St. Michael's Church was built in the town [Trenton ], and the congregation sold the ground in 1838, the house having long before disappeared."1
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The Ewing Presbyterian Church .?- " In less than six years from Hutchinson's deed to Heath and others, the Ilopewell Presbyterians took measures for the erection of a church for themselves within three miles of the one just described. This was the begin- ning of the congregation which, after the foundation of the township of Trenton (1719-20), was called the ' Trenton First Church,' but which now takes the name of the new township of Ewing. The original deed was dated March 9, 1709, and conveyed two acres of land from. Alexander Lockhart, a Scotchman, to Rich-
ard Scudder, John Burroughs, Jacob Reeder, Corne- lius Anderson, Ebenezer Prout, Daniel Howell, John Deane, John Davis, Jonathan Davis, Enoch Ander- son, William Osborne, John Silerons, Simon Locket, George Farley, Caleb Farley, William Reed, and Joseph Sacket.
"In the following minute of the Presbytery of Philadelphia, May 11, 1709, Hopewell may refer to this people, perhaps, in connection with those of what is now Pennington :
"Ordered, that Mr. [Joseph] Smith go to the people of Maidenhead and Hopewell, and confer with then on such matters as shall be pro- pounded to him by them, concerning his being called to be their min- ister ; and that Mr. Smith preach to the people aforesaid on his way to New England or return from it, or both: and that this be intimated to Mr. Smith, and the people be writ to by Mr. Andrews.'
" The first ehureh on this ground was built of logs (1712). This made room, about 1726, for a frame building, which was used until 1795, when one of brick was ereeted. In 1839 the church was remod- eled." 3
So intimately connected were the new churches of Ewing, Trenton, Maidenhead, and Pennington in their early history that much of interest with refer- ence to this church must necessarily be found in the histories of the three others on other pages.
It was not until about 1788 that the Ewing Church was separated from the Trenton Church, which up to that time since the erection of the first house of wor- ship in Trenton, about 1726, had been composed of two congregations known as the " town" church and the "country" church.
The history of the separation is thus given by Rev. Dr. Jolın Hall :
"In August, 1786, a subscription of €100 was di- rected to be undertaken for the repairing of the par- sonage for the new pastor [ Rev. James Armstrong]. Two-thirds of the sum was assessed on the town church, and the other third on the country church, and in this proportion the two divisions of the eon- gregation were to receive the Sabbath services of their minister. The salary was £200, payable in the same ratio. In April, 1787, 'the old house congregation' informed the board of trustees that they could not raise their third of the salary for only a third of the pastor's time; whereupon the town congregation of- fered to pay $150 salary and have the exclusive ser- vices of the minister. In the following October a motion was made in the board,
"'By Mr. William Burroughs, Mr. John Howell, and Mr. Ebenezer Rose for a separation, and that we join with the country part to give up the present charter and divide the property belonging to the present congregation, which was postponed for fur- tlrer consideration.'
" When the board met, March 12, 1788,
"' The gentlemen of the country part of the con-
1 History of the Presbyterian Church in Trenton, N. J., by John Hall, D.D, 1859.
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3 John HI .. H, D.D., 1859.
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gregation agree to give their answer on Wednesday next, the nineteenth instant, what they ean and will do with the town part.'
"On that day, it being reported to the board that ' £50 cannot be raised in the country part of the con- gregation belonging to the old house,' a new modifi- cation was suggested, namely, that ' the congregation of Trenton' should pay the pastor $100 yearly for one-half of his time, and consent that he may dis- pose of the other half between Maidenhead and the old house, as he and they may agree."
Under an act of the Legislature of March 16, 1786, ! tion of welcoming as associates Mr. and Mrs. Cros- changing the laws of corporations, the town part of the church obtained a charter for a distinct organiza- tion, under the title of "The Trustees of the Presby- terian Church of Trenton."
" In September, 1788, ' the board of trustees from the country' met with the town board for the purpose of an equitable division of the bonds and other securi- ties of the old corporation, and in April, 1790, the town church bought the third of the parsonage of their late copartners for £100."
The successive pastors of the Ewing Church have been as follows :
Rev. Joseph Rue, 1789-1821 ; Rev. Eli F. Cooley, 1823-57; Rev. A. Prentiss De Venne, 1858-64; Rev. David J. Atwater, 1864-71; Rev. George L. Smith, 1871 to Jan. 5, 1879, and the present pastor, Rev. Samuel Lowrie, D.D., installed in April, 1879.
The officers of this church in 1882 were as follows : Trustees, John H. Scudder, Edward S. Mellvaine, William Hughes, William H. Cox, Elijah Hendrick- son, . Benjamin F. Hendrickson, and William H. Cooley ; elders, Randolph S. Hunt, Alexander B. Green, E. Webster Lanning, William H. Cox, and Edward S. McIlvaine; deacons, Ebenezer R. Hen- drickson, Jacob Maple, and John H. Scudder.
brethren, as such an undertaking was far less feasible then than now. After many months of labor and great discouragement, and in the enjoyment of few comforts, his health began to fail at the same time that excessive study and low diet and the depressing influence of social isolation threatened his physical health and future usefulness.
After some months spent at home he regained his wonted vigor and tone of body and mind, and re- turned to his field of labor with increased resolutions, enthusiasm, and consecration, and had the satisfac- sette, and of seeing the mission at Tsi-Nan-Fou thoroughly established. During the distresses of the terrible famine in 1878-79 he took his full share in the risks and hardships of personal distribution in the scenes of suffering, discase, and death, his own life being preserved, although some who engaged in the same service fell victims to the famine-engendered plague. At the time of his death he had succeeded in obtaining the permanent residence of two ordained missionaries and their wives, one of them being a physician. He had also witnessed not only the suc- cess of his own mission and others of which he laid the foundation, but that of others of various denom- inations in the central portions of Shantung prov- ince, in all of which he saw a full vindication of the wisdom and foresight which had led him at an early day to make it the special object of his labors and prayers. As a crowning work, during the year 1880, having plead with the Board for a permanent chapel for a long time, in which to preach the gospel in Tsi- Nan-Fou, he purchased with his own funds a prop- erty costing five thousand dollars, which proved to be eminently adapted to the purpose.
He laid the plans for the work, but his work was done. He had seen the foundation of the little church established, with a membership of his own spiritual children, and had furnished it with a sanctuary. He had been permitted to realize his long-cherished hopes that medical work should add its influence to the mission ; had seen great changes in the improved attitude of the people towards the mission, and had exchanged his early discouragements for an unusual hopefulness and expectation of blessed results. In one view he appeared just ready for his great harvest of souls, but in another view he was already a rounded and completed work, having a readiness which few enjoy for the welcome plaudit, "Well done, good and faithful servant."
REV. JASPER SCUDDER MCILVAINE was born at Ewing, Mercer Co., N. J., May 21, 1844, and died at Tsi-Nan-Fou, China, Feb. 2, 1881, and thus fell at his post one of the most apostolic missionaries of his generation. He was a son of Judge William R. McIlvaine and Christiana Scudder, a sketch of whom appears in this volume. His scholarly tendencies were developed at an early age, and in 1863 he was graduated at Princeton College with first honors. He entered upon a course of study for the ministry, and was graduated fromn Princeton Theological Seminary in 1868. After being ordained by the Presbytery of New Brunswick as an evangelist, he devoted his life to the foreign missionary work in China, and was Rev. Jasper S. MeIlvaine won a place among the first scholars in China, and ehallenged the respect of all intelligent men, foreigners and native, in China by his scholarship and contributions to the literature of missions. The language of the Chinese was well extensive Biblical researches, with translations and explanations in English, among which was an essay on Mohammedanism, pronounced by competent critics stationed at Peking in August of the same year. Early in his course he developed something like Paul's unwillingness to build upon other men's foundations, and longed to proclaim the gospel in the . "regions beyond." In 1871, with a single native at- understood by him, and he wrote and had published tendant, he struck into the interior and began work at Tsi-Nan-Fou, the capital of the Shatnung province. His venture was not without the warnings of his
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able and valuable. A thorough classical scholar, he unremittingly prosecuted his studies in order to be better prepared for the great work before him, and had mastered the great obstacles of that peculiar foreign language long before his death. The mission established by him is one of the most promising in Northern China, and situated in the centre and cap- ital of perhaps the most important part of the em- pire in an intellectual and moral point of view. Dr. ; S. A. Hunter, of Tsi-Nan-Fou, China, says of Rev. Jasper S. Mellvaine, "He has had no equal in North China, in many respects, since the days of William Burns." Rev. John Murray, of Tsi-Nan-Fou, China, says, " You will never know, in this life at least, the immense power that Rev. Jasper S. McIlvaine wielded in China. His personal influence is still felt and acknowledged. His standard was high, and the mere mention of it stirs one's inner self, and leads to nobler thoughts and actions. He is missed very much. His place is vacant and cannot be filled."
Burial-Places .- THE OLD EPISCOPAL CHURCH- YARD .- "When St. Michael's Church [of Trenton] made the conveyance of 1838, by which the old [Episcopal] church-plat [about three miles from Trenton, beyond the State Lunatic Asylum] was added to a surrounding farm, reservation was made of an inelosure measuring thirty-two feet by twenty- seven, occupied by graves. The inclosure is made by a stone wall, now falling into ruins, and has the appearance of having been designed for a family cemetery. The only grave-stones remaining are those of Samuel Tucker, 1789, and Mrs. Tucker, 1787, . one ' in memory of John, son of William and Eliza- beth Cleayton, who died November 6, 1757 (possibly 1737), aged 19 years ;' another of 'Ma -- (probably Margaret), the wife of John Dagworthy, Esq., who died May 16, 1729, aged 37 years ;' and a few,more which cannot be deciphered beyond ' Grace Da -- ,' or 'Hend-,' etc. It is said the widow of William Trent, whose name was given to the town [Tren- ton], was buried here, but there is no trace of the grave."1
The inscriptions on the two large, flat stones cover- ing the graves of Mr. and Mrs. Tucker are as follows :
" Underneath this stone lies the remains of SAMUEL TUCKER EsQ., who departed this life the 14th day of January, 1789, aged 67 years, 3 months, and 19 days.
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