History of Hunterdon and Somerset counties, New Jersey : with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 134

Author: Snell, James P; Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1170

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He remained twelve years, and in May, 1864, was succeeded by Rev. I. A. Blauvelt, during whose term of four years the church building was reconstructed at a cost of $6800. In 1868 a parsonage was built. In October, 1869, the present pastor, Rev. John Ewing, was installed. From the beginning to the present, 540 persons have been received into mem- bership, and of these 200 remain (November, 1880).

Mention having been made that a Sunday-school was organized near Clinton (or Hunt's Mills) in 1825, it remains to be said that the same school is known as the Presbyterian Sunday-school. Mr. Henry Miller was the moving spirit in its organization, and in suc- cession to the present as superintendents may be named David Miller, Adam Stiger, A. W. Dunham, Morris S. Stiger, Eli Bosenbury, Peter Van Pelt, Rev. John Ewing, N. D. Stiger, and William H. Baker.

PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

A Protestant Episcopal Church was established in Clinton in 1837, and in 1838 a house of worship was built. The first rector was Rev. William C. Crane ; the second, Rev. James Adams. With the close of the latter's labors, about 1846, the organization ceased. The church building was afterwards used for private school purposes, and is still known as the " Acad- emy."

CLINTON METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

Just when Methodist meetings were first held in Clinton village cannot be positively stated, although it may be estimated that the first class was formed at that point about 1830. Certain it is that there was a Methodist Episcopal Church at Allertown before there was one at Clinton (or Hunt's Mills), for in 1822, when the first Methodist Episcopal church edifice was built at Allertown, John Green, the Hunt's Mills blacksmith, was a leading member of the organization, and the inference is fair that he went down there to church because there was none at his home. Probably about 1830, Methodist meetings were held in the stone school-house, and in 1839 a building was put up, at which time a Rev. Mr. Wig- gins was the preacher in charge, and Nehemiah Clin- tan leader of the Clinton class. In 1842, Nathaniel Megronnigall was the class-leader at Clinton, Walter Burrows presiding elder, George Banghart preacher in charge, and Richard Van Horn junior preacher. In 1844 the Clinton charge included Clinton, Aller- town, Cokesburg, Lebanon, Lebanonville, Mount Lebanon, Clarksville, Bethlehem, and Mountainville. In that year the preachers in charge were Revs. Ed- ward Page and Samuel E. Post; from 1845 to 1855, Revs. Manning Force, John Fort, George Banghart, E. II. Stokes, J. P. McCormick, Rodney Winans, and J. N. Crane. In 1863 the house of worship now in use was erected.

November, 1880, Annandale and Clinton were in the charge and included 162 members. The class- leaders were George Fleming, Jacob D. Fritts, and

James Astle. The trustees were C. B. Melick, Ed- mund Melick, Theodore Melick, Isaiah Fritts, N. S. Wyckoff, B. C. Smith, and Christopher Starner. The Sunday-school, at Clinton, in charge of J. H. Low and eighteen teachers, had an average attendance of of 110.

BAPTIST CHURCH OF CLINTON.

Until May, 1870, the Baptists residing at Clinton worshiped at the Bethlehem Baptist church, but on May 22d of that year six persons, led by Rev. Henry Westcott, formed a branch church at Clinton.

It was resolved straightway to build a church, and, J. T. Leigh, J. D. Cregar, and Elisha Wene being chosen a building committee, ground was broken in the summer of 1871; October 25th the corner-stone was laid, Revs. E. A. Woods, of Flemington, Andrew Armstrong, of Easton, and Henry Westcott officiating. In February, 1872, the Bethlehem Church resolved that the church at Clinton should be an independent organization, and accordingly, March 2, 1872, letters were granted to 25 persons, who, with 12 others, united in forming the Clinton Church. The names of the 37 constituent members were Rev. Henry Westcott, Mary M. Westcott, Hattie E. Westcott, J. F. Westcott, John T. Leigh, Mary Leigh, Emily Leigh, Samuel and Mary Leigh, J. D. Cregar, Mary E. Cregar, Elizabeth Cregar, A. C. Cregar, Zilpah Cregar, Henry and Ann Rocka- fellow, William and Mary E. Chamberlain, Mary K. Chamberlain, Edward and Mary Ann Barrass, Sarah G. Barrass, Elisha and Mary A. Wene, Sarah Ann Yauger, Mary C. Wagner, Hettie Bodine, David Brown, John Hulsizer, Rachel Prall, Mrs. Wm. Briggs, Ellen Volk, Ann E. Case, Julia Stewart, Mrs. Dilts, W. D. L. Robbins, Amelia M. Robbins.

The church was recognized March 20, 1872, and the edifice dedicated Aug. 1, 1872. The deacons first chosen were Edward Barrass, John T. Leigh, J. D. Cregar, and W. D. L. Robbins, who was appointed clerk, and J. T. Leigh treasurer. Rev. Henry West- cott, who was engaged as the first pastor, served to Feb. 2, 1873. Rev. W. H. Shermer succeeded him April 13, 1873, resigned Feb. 11, 1877, and in March of the latter year was followed by Rev. G. B. Young. Mr. Young retired in June, 1879, and then came Rev. H. D. Doolittle, who served until his death, June 23, 1880.

The church is now in a flourishing condition, with an active membership of 66. The pulpit is temporarily supplied at present.

CHURCHI OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (ROMAN CATHOLIC).

Religious services were held by Catholic priests in Clinton village as early as 1840, perhaps before. The priests came from Easton and preached in houses of professors of the faith, although the preaching was not very frequent,-not oftener than once in two months or maybe less. In 1850, Father Rearidon, of Easton (still a priest there), visited Clinton once

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in six weeks or two months, and held services in the residence of Francis Mulligan. At the commence- ment of his labors his congregation included some- thing like eighteen families, for whom he preached several years. About 1860, Francis Mulligan's barn was fitted up as a church, and meetings were held in that until the completion of the present house of worship, in 1879. The successive pastors after Father Rearidon were Revs. Jago, Rolland, Leonard O'Neil, and Brady, the priest now in charge. November, 1880, the congregation represented forty families, the trustees then being James Mulligan and Barney Carr.

PHYSICIANS.

The first physician resident in what is now the village of Clinton was doubtless Benjamin Van Cleve Hunt, brother to Ralph Hunt, proprietor of Hunt's Mills. Dr. Hunt made his home at Hunt's Mills before 1810, in the house now occupied by James R. Kline. In 1818, Dr. Hunt removed to Ohio.

In the same year William P. Clarke occupied the field at Hunt's Mills, and remained until 1825. John Manners located in 1818, and practiced until his death, in 1853. Drs. C. Crawford, Henry Field, and Moore were village doetors from 1829 to 1850, and in 1851 came Sylvester Van Syckel, yet in practice. In 1866, Joseph B. Bird beeame a partner with Dr. Van Syckel, and remained until 1873. Dr. James, who came in 1877, remained but a short time. Wm. Knight and J. M. Frace came in 1878, and, with Dr. Van Syckel, comprised the list in November, 1880.

BANKING. CLINTON NATIONAL BANK.

This, the oldest banking institution in Clinton, was founded in 1856, under the general banking law, as the Clinton Bank, with a capital of $100,000, of which $80,000 was paid in. There were thirteen directors,- Robert Foster, James P. Huffman, J. T. Leigh, J. A. Young, Wm. Egbert, E. A. Rockhill, J. H. Huffman, Jos. Boss, Peter Melick, Peter Sigler, N. S. Cramer, Bennet Van Syckel, and Whitfiehl Dunham,-of whom Robert Foster was chosen president and N. W. Voorhees cashier. Business was commenced in a building standing just west of the post-office, but about 1860 the present banking-house was occupied. In July, 1865, the institution was reorganized as "The Clinton National Bank," with a capital of $100,000.

In 1874, Mr. Voorhees was succeeded as cashier by B. V. Leigh, and in January, 1875, Mr. Foster re- tired from the presidency, when Joseph Van Syckel was chosen to succeed him. Messrs. Van Syckel and Leigh are still respectively president and cashier, and John T. Leigh vice-president. The directors for 1880 were J. H. Rockafellow, J. N. Ramsey, N. Boyd, T. E. Hunt, Edward Humphrey, Wm. Egbert, Elijah Stout, S. Van Syckel, J. Van Syckel, John T. Leigh, A. J. Reeves, Fisher Pidcock, and Sydney Yard.

FIRST NATIONAL DANK.

The First National Bank of Clinton was incorpo- rated Jan. 29, 1875, with a capital of $100,000. The subscribers to the stock at the first meeting, held in Weller's Hotel, numbered twenty-five, of whom Rob- ert Foster, John A. Young, Samuel Parry, James R. Kline, Whitfield Dunham, F. A. Potts, John F. Gran- din, Wm. Johnson, Benjamin E. Young, Jacob R. Fisher, Peter A. Beavers, Peter Cramer, and Martin Wyckoff were chosen directors. Robert Foster was elected president and N. W. Voorhees cashier.

Under authorization, the bank commenced business April 8, 1875. From the published report dated Oct. 1, 1880, it appears that at that time the loans and dis- counts aggregated $158,780; that there were due from approved reserve agents $55,410, and from other na- tional banks $4363 ; value of real estate held by the bank, $2300; outstanding currency, $90,000; undi- vided profits, §5304.60; deposits, $145,870; due other national banks, $6055.76. Robert Foster has been the president and N. W. Voorhees the cashier since 1875. The directors for 1880 were Robert Foster, Peter A. Beavers, Peter Cramer, Whitfield Dunham, J. R. Fisher, J. F. Grandin, Wm. Johnson, J. R. Kline, F. A. Potts, Samuel Parry, Martin Wyckoff, B. E. Young, J. A. Young.

LIME-BURNING.

There were lime-burners in and near the present village perhaps before the Revolution, and likely enough among the first of them were the Hunts. Peter Young, father of John A., of Clinton, burned lime in 1816 upon a field within the present borough, where the same had been done long before. Gen. Hope was a lime-burner, and, indeed, so were many of the early comers. The lime-eliffs rising abruptly upon the west bank of the river within the village limits, and extending about two miles up Spruce Run, were not much quarried before 1840, but since then have been steadily worked. In the borough limits the limestone hills are estimated to cover about 640 acres. Although now the amount burned annually aggregates 60,000 bushels, there is less done than there was a few years ago.

VILLAGE GRAVEYARDS.

There was no village cemetery in Clinton until 1830, when the burial-ground at the Presbyterian church was laid out. The oldest grave there is said to be that of Midshipman Robert Taylor, who died in the naval service of the United States at Port Rogers in the West Indies, Sept. 14, 1823, and in 1830 was brought to Clinton and laid to rest in the new ceme- tery. In that burial-place the striking architectural features are two handsome granite shafts. One com- memorates the death of Brig .- Gen. Geo. W. Taylor, wounded at the battle of Manassas, Ang. 27, 1862, and died at Alexandria, Sept. 1, 1862. The second records the death of Capt. Archibald Taylor, of the

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Third Regiment New Jersey Infantry, who fell at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863, aged twenty.

Just north of the village there is a tastefully laid out cemetery belonging to the Methodist Episcopal church, and a third burial-ground at the Catholic church.

SOCIETIES.

"Stewart Lodge, No. 34, F. and A. M.," named in honor of E. Stewart, then M. W. G. M., was organ- ized Dec. 1, 1854, at White House, in Readington township. Present at the first meeting were J. C. Rafferty, W. M .; E. R. Hall, S. W .; G. T. Blake, J. W .; J. A. Apgar, Treas .; M. D. Trefren, Sec .; J. R. Kline, S. D .; S. Clark, J. D .; P. Cook, Tiler. Jan. 10, 1855, a charter was issued to the lodge. In 1865 its quarters were removed to Annandale (then called Clinton Station), and in 1873 a second removal was made, to Clinton. The Masters of the lodge since 1854 have been J. C. Rafferty, M. D. Trefren, A. E. Sanderson, Joel Bryant, J. R. Ewing, R. H. Gano, W. E. Hoffman, H. Altemus, W. D. L. Robbins, and W. H. Baker. The membership, November, 1880, was 90, when the officers were William H. Baker, W. M .; James R. Kline, S. W .; John Lunger, J. W .; J. B. Weller, Treas .; R. Laquay, Sec .; Herman Alte- mus, S. D .; Watson Corson, J. D .; H. Crampton, Tiler.

" Clinton Lodge, United American Mechanics," was organized July 8, 1869, with the following as members : John Bosenbury, Samuel W. Smith, John Manning, Daniel Stires, Whitfield Sweazey, Emanuel Manning, J. E. Van Syckel, Robert S. Rodenbongh, J. H. Lowe, T. T. Bosenbury, Frederick Lunger, A. G. Manning, J. R. Allen, H. Altemus, Samuel Man- ning, Jesse Teats, Theodore Madison, R. P. Holeman, William C. Reeves, Alfred Fritts. The first coun- cilor was J. H. Lowe. After him the councilors to 1880 have been T. T. Bosenbury, J. R. Allen, J. Bo- senbury, R. H. Rodenbongh, William L. Rodenbongh, William H. Waldron, A. D. Manning, Samuel Man- ning, Charles H. Matthews, R. H. Rodenbough. Al- though the lodge has had as many as 111 members at

one time, the number has now fallen to 38. The offi- cers in November, 1880, were R. H. Rodenbough, C .; John Bosenbury, V. C .; A. M. Trimmer, Sec .; T. T. Bosenbury, A. Sec .; W. H. Waldron, F. Sec .; B. C. Smith, Treas. ; O. Urich, Inductor; James Altemus, Ex .; Jacob Eike, J. P .; A. D. Manning, O. P.

"Capoolong Lodge, No. 185, I. O. O. F.," was or- ganized June 29, 1875, with the following members : William Knight, N. G .; Daniel Cowel, V. G .; A. V. Lunger, R. S .; J. J. Aller, P. S .; E. R. Hartpence, Treas. The membership is now 45. The officers are E. V. Blne, N. G .; A. Bunn, V. G .; William Hum- mer, R. Sec .; P. Wagner, P. Sec. ; J. H. Lowe, Treas. The Noble Grands of the lodge since 1875 have been William Knight, L. B. Baker, A. V. Lunger, E. R. Hartpence, G. W. Gebhardt, M. F. Proof, William Lunger, R. Laquay, and E. V. Blue.

"Independent Gospel Temperance Union" was or- ganized June 21, 1878, in Dr. Everett's office. Gospel temperance meetings are held monthly in the Clinton churches and in the Stone church at Bethlehem. The officers are Rev. J. R. Ewing, President; Rev. J. H. Ruth, I. G. Williamson, and J. T. Leigh, Vice- Presidents; George Fleming, Recording Secretary ; G. W. Everett, Corresponding Secretary ; Peter Case, Treasurer.

SUNDAY-SCHOOL INSTITUTE.

At a county Sunday-school convention held in Bloomsbury, Oct. 15, 1873, the county was divided into three Sunday-school districts, of which No. 1 was to be the townships of Bethlehem, Lebanon, High Bridge, Tewksbury, Clinton, and Union, and the borough of Clinton. The first president of No. 1 was B. E. Young, and the first secretary Rev. T. D. Frazee, chosen at the first meeting of the institute, May 26, 1874. The officers in November, 1880, were Rev. S. W. Roe, D.D., of Lebanon, President; Wil- liam S. Wyckoff, of Clinton, Vice-President ; William H. Baker, of Clinton borough, Secretary and Treas- urer. The present representation in the institute in- cludes forty-four Sunday-schools.

HISTORY OF SOMERSET COUNTY.

CHAPTER I.

THE PHYSICAL FEATURES OF SOMERSET COUNTY .*

Location-Extent-Boundaries-Physical Features-Geological Forma- tions-Tho Rod Sandstone, Red Shale, Limestone, Trap, and other Rocks-Miaerals and Mines, etc.

EXTENT AND BOUNDARIES.

SOMERSET COUNTY is situated very nearly in the geographieal centre of the State, lying between 40° 22' and 40° 45' north latitude, and extending from 74° 27' westward to 74º 47' west of Greenwich. Its central latitude is 40° 34'. Its climate is mild and healthful. It contains nearly one hundred and ninety- six thousand acres, or three hundred and six square miles, of surface. It is bounded on the north by Morris and Union Counties, on the cast by Union and Middlesex, on the south by Middlesex and Mercer, and on the west by Mercer and Hunterdon Counties.

TOPOGRAPHY, ETC.

The predominant aspect of the surface is that of a soft and gentle pastoral landscape, except in its northern part, where its hills, in graceful outlines, harmoniously blend with the woodlands, meadows, and fields of its central and southern portions. No towering mountains or steep acclivities are here to be found; yet from many an eminenee views are obtained as fine and as wide-spreading as ean be had in some localities only from mountain-tops.

The surface in the larger part of the county is roll- ing or undulating,-neither flat nor hilly, but so com- posed of hill and dale as to insure proper drainage, and yet present no obstacle to agriculture and tillage. Its mountains, so called, rise to an altitude of from only one hundred and fifty to three hundred feet. They are of the trap formation, but it nowhere as- sumes the columnar form.

The South Branch of the Raritan, rising in Brook- lyn Pond, in Morris County, a few miles north of Drakesville, courses along the western base of Fox Hill, receives the waters of Budd's Lake, and drains the German Valley; it then passes west of Round Mountain and enters upon the red-shale district, flow- ing to the northward of Flemington, thence nearly eastward to Neshanic, where it changes its course, its direction being nearly northeasterly to the point where it joins the North Branch in forming the Raritan

River, through which its waters are discharged into the bay at Amboy.

The North Branch has its head wear Calais, in Morris County, not far from the source of the South Branch; but this stream is not diverted by the range of Fox Hill, and therefore naturally finds a channel more directly towards the red-shale district, and, flow- ing nearly southerly, meets the South Branch and sends its waters oceanward by the same channel. It has a larger branch, and a longer, called, first, Black River, then the Lamington, which first receives the waters of the North and South Rockaway. These principal streams discharge almost all the waters of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties. They all flow through broad valleys, whose rich alluvial soils afford a sure reward to the husbandman's labor. The South Branch is the westernmost stream in New Jersey which finds its way to the Atlantic.

The valley of the Raritan forms a prominent fea- ture in the topography of Somerset County. The river of that name has only one principal branch, coming into it from the south, the Millstone with its several atlluents. When the first settlers came to the vicinity of Somerville, its broad alluvial lands were found without trees, with extensive meadows rich in pasture and ready for the hand of the agri- culturist. The Indians had used them long before as corn-lands. It is this brond valley, with its contiguous table-lands, which gives to Somerset the title of "the garden of the State."

The hills in the north part of the county can hardly be called mountains, yet they give variety to the scenery. In the trap range north of Somerville is a romantie gorge which has become quite celebrated as a resort for pleasure-parties. It forms the passage through which Middle Brook (called by the Indians "Raweighweros") finds its way to the Raritan. En- tering the gorge from the south, a narrow dell is seen, on the west side of which the Round Top rises nearly three hundred feet ; on the east the wall of trap is nearly perpendicular, and upon it rests a rock about twelve feet in height and five or six square, resem- bling an okl broken stone chimney. This is the famed "Chimney Rock." A short distance beyond is a precipice nearly as high as that upon the east side. Here the two branches of the little stream unite. Just above, upon the right-hand branch, is a beautiful cascade, known as " Buttermilk Falls." The left-hand stream winds around the precipice and leads

* By Hov. Abram Mezler, D.D.

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the romantic visitor into Washington Valley, around which cluster memories of the Revolution. This gorge was protected by cannon, and formed the avenue of communication from the north to the south side of the mountain during that exciting period.

The woodland in the north part of the county is yet abundant and increasing; it consists principally of the oak in all its varieties, ash, maple, elm, hickory, and chestnut. In the red-shale district of the county especially the foliage has a vivid brightness-due, perhaps, to the peculiar soil-which has caused it to be designated "the greenest place" in New Jersey. Whatever the cause, this brightness and freshness of foliage is often remarked. It is a natural beauty for which Somerset is distinguished.

GEOLOGICAL.

Geologically considered, the area of Somerset County is made up almost entirely of five distinct formations. The first and the largest is the argillaceous sandstone, or red shale, one of the most extensive of the Triassic formations. The second is the variegated conglomer- ate, upon which the red shale rests along its northwest line in an unconformable manner. The third em- braces the trap ranges protruded from it; and fourth the older gneiss rocks, upon which the conglomerate rests. This, as a formation of the Azoic Age, occu- pies a position next to the primitive granite. Asso- ciated with this rock is, fifth, the blue limestone, which crops out in a few places only within the boundaries of the county, but which is of great economic value when it is used in architecture and in agriculture. These several formations will be treated in the order indicated above.

THE RED SANDSTONE AND RED SHALE.

This formation presents to view commonly a dull- red, highly-argillaccous sandstone, in which, when the proportion of the clay is in excess, the rock as- sumes a slaty texture and fracture ; in other instances the sandy particles are more predominant, though very fine, and then it assumes a massive form. Then, again, it appears in a condition in which it has em- bodied a small quantity of mica, which modifies its form, and it can be broken up in masses for building purposes or split into flagstones. Several beds of the series, especially low down in the mass of the strata, resemble somewhat a coarse conglomerate, showing that they have been formed from the rocks of an older class and assuming a yellowish hue. Ranges of this form of the rock are seen almost everywhere in Somerset County, and when denuded or exposed near the surface are employed extensively in agriculture and masonry.

The prevailing red hue of the strata is obviously due to the fact that they contain a portion of the red oxide of iron. Some of the beds of the shale and fine-grained sandstone, from local causes, have a

bluish-green hue, while other large tracts have a dull- brown color, the effect of the heat of the adjacent trap rocks, and in some localities they have been so baked that they have a ringing sound when struck like clink-stone. We give an analysis of the red shale in the vicinity of New Brunswick, which will show all the materials of which it is composed. In 100 parts, 73 are silicic acid and quartz ; peroxide of iron, 10; alumina, 3.20; lime, 4.93; magnesia, 0.98 ; potash, 0.73 ; soda, 0.97, with a trace of sulphuric and car- bonic acid and water. The soil of a large part of Somerset County is made up of this compound mass, and its value is sufficiently evident from these com- ponent parts. The lime, iron, potash, soda, and mag- nesia are specially noticeable as valuable ingredients.

In the vicinity of New Brunswick, from thence northwest to Bound Brook, and perhaps even as far as the vicinity of New Germantown, the red sand- stone and shale are of a soft and argillaceous char- acter, decomposing rapidly when exposed to the action of the atmosphere. There are only a few layers scattered through it which furnish a stone that is of any value. The soil resting on the top of it always presents a tinge of color which has been de- rived from its decomposition. In many places it comes up so near the surface that the growth of trees is rendered difficult and uncertain, and the vegetation produced on it is peculiarly liable to injury from drought; yet in a good season it yields the farmer a profitable remuneration for his labor, and when it has been treated with lime, which absorbs and preserves, in time of drought, the moisture of the atmosphere, it claims to be called fertile land. There are only two portions of the State of New Jersey which are more desirable as agricultural lands,-the valleys of the Musconetcong and Paulinskill, in Sussex and Warren Counties, and the marl district in Monmouth.

The rocks of the red sandstone and shale are all regularly stratified and have a uniform dip to the northwest, except when they have been subjected to some disturbance from the upheavel or protrusion of other formations. This dip varies from five to twenty degrees.

The thickness of the red sandstone and shale for- mation of this vicinity, according to Prof. Cook, is twenty-seven thousand feet, or more than five miles.

" If the mode of computation is right, the result must be accepted. Those who think the strata were once horizontal, and were thrown into their present inclined position at some later period, adopt this conclusion. Others, who think the struta were deposited on a slope, as we now find them, do not consider the above as being the true thickness. They suppose that the strata on the southeast horder were first deposited on this north- west slope, and then that the upper edges were worn off and the material carried farther northwest, to be again deposited and form new strata upon the lower parts of those already deposited. Without any addition of material there would then be, in this way, a multiplication of strata all having the same dip; and such a process could go on until the forma- tion had widened out to its present extent. Such a mode of formation would not require that the whole series of strata should be more than a few hundred-or possibly a thousand-feet in thickness."#

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History of Hunterdon and Somerset counties, New Jersey : with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 134

Author: Snell, James P; Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885 Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck Number of Pages: 1170

Author: Snell, James P; Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1170