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4. Various articles in Rural New Yorker, Syracuse Journal, and local papers.
FRELINGHUYSEN, GEN. FREDERICK .- Born April 13, 1753, at Raritan (Somerville.)} Publications :
1. " Oration on the Death of the Father of his Country," New Bruns- wick, 1800.
2. Lettere in " Revolutionary Correspondence" (posthumous).
FRELINGHUYSEN, FREDERICK .- Born at Mill- stone, Nov. 8, 1788 .¿ Publications :
1. Address on Independence Day before Washington Benevolent Ae- sociation, New Brunswick, 1812.
2. " Addrosa before the Somersot County Bible Society," New Brune- wick, pp. 26, Aug. 21, 1820; republished in " Our Home," 1873.
FRELINGHUYSEN, FREDERICK THEODORE, LL.D. -Born Aug. 4, 1817, at Millstone, Somerset Co.|| Publications :
1. Address before the Societies of Rutgers.
2. Address before Societies of Coll. of N. J.
3. " Explanations and Instructions" on the tax laws of N. J., as attor- uey-general, 1863.
4. "On the Death of Abraham Lincoln," address, Newark, pp. 13, April 9, 1865.
* Somo authorities place his birth near Bound Brook in 1703, which may hs correct.
+ Wife of preceding.
# See chapter on " Bench and Bar of Somerset County," preceding.
¿ Seo blographical sketch on pages 585, 586.
I See personal sketch on pages 587, 588.
5. "On the Death of William Wright," speech in U. S. Senate, 1866.
6. "On the Impeachment of the President," specoh in eame, 1868.
7. Address at Fortieth Anniversary of North Ref. Dutch Church, Newark, pp. 6, 1867.
8. Address at Third Nat. S. S. Conv., Newark, 1869.
9. "On the Peace Congress," speech in Congress in reply to Senators Schurz and Sumner, defending the President.
10. Argument in the People of New York vs. the C. R. R. of N. J., before Court of Appeals of N. Y., pp. 37, 1870.
11. Argument in Schenck vs. Vail, N. J. Court of Errors, pp. 18, 1873.
12. "On the Senator from Louisiana" (Pinchheck), speech in U. S. Senate, pp. 8, Feb. 2, 1874.
13. "Specie Payments," speech in same, Jan. 13, 1874.
14. " On the State of Louisiana," speech in same, April 14, 1874.
15. " On Self-government in Louisiana," speech in same, 1875.
16. Nine addresses in U. S. Senate, pp. 39, 1876.
17. "Ou Counting the Electoral Vote," speech in U. S. Senate, pp. 14, Jan, 22, 1877.
18. "Remarks and Opinions before the Electoral Commission," 1877.
19. Scores of speechea in Congressional Globe, legal briefs, and a few newspaper articles.
FRELINGHUYSEN, THEODORE, LL.D .- Born in Franklin township, Somerset Co., March 28, 1787.T His "diction in oral and written productions was terse, chaste, and perspicnous."-Chambers. Publi- cations (imperfect list) :
1. Address heføre Newark Bihle Society, pp. 12, 1818.
2. Address before Female Anx. Bib. Soc., Newark, 1823.
3. Address before N. J. Colonization Soc., 1824.
4. " On Removal of Iudians," speech in U. S. Senate, April, 1830.
5. " On Removal of Deposits of the U. S. Banks," same, 1830. 6. "On Sunday Mails," same, May, 1830.
7. "On a Day of Fasting," same, 1832.
8. Other speeches in Congress, in the Globe.
9, Address before Lit. Soc. of Rutgers, pp. 24, 1831.
10. " Address in Capitol in Favor of Temperance," 1831.
11. "Colonization," art. in Lit. and Theol. Rev., Jan., 1834.
12. Various annual addresses as Pres. Am. Bib. Soc., iu Comm. Adv. 1846-62.
13. Inaugural Address as Pres. of Rutgers, July, 1850.
14. " Uses and Benefits of Historical Societies," in Proceedings N. J. Hist. Soc., vol. vi. 18.
15. Various introductions to volumes (names unknown).
16. Arguments as counsel in N. J. Law Reports, notably Waddel vs. Martio.
17. Many current letters to the press, and some (posthumous) in Cham- bers' " Memoir," 1863.
18. Biog. Sketchee of James Richards 'and Samuel Whelpley in "Sprague's Annals."
FRELINGHUYSEN, REV. THEODORUS JACOBUS .- Born 1691, in West Friesland, Holland; preacher in Embden, Holland, 1717-19 ; pastor of Raritan (Som- erville), Six-Mile Run, Three-Mile Run, North Branch, and New Brunswick Reformed Churches, 1720-47; also of Sourland Church, 1729-47; died 1747. " He was unquestionably a ripe scholar in bothı the Latin and Greek languages. I am disposed to rank him among the eminent men of his age."-Mess- ler. Publications :
1. Three sermons (iu Dutch), New York, 1721.
2. Pamphlet (lost, including title? See Messler's Notes, p. 180), July, 1723.
3. " An Answer to the Klagte," or complaint against him, 1727-28. (No copy known to be in existence.)
4. Two sermons (in Dutch), 1729, (All five Dutch sermons were trans- lated by Hendrick Fisher and published, 1730.)
5. Ten ditto, 1733; edition in Holland, 1736.
" In the chapter devoted to the Bench and Bar of thie county will be found a sketch of his life.
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6. Two ditto, relating to earthquake felt in New Jersey, North Branch, Dec. 7, 1737; Utrecht, 1738.
7. Four ditto, Phila., 1745. (All 21 sermons translated by Rev. W'm. Demarest and published, 1856; sve under his name, ante.)
GALPIN, REV. HORACE .- Born 1790; principal of Young Ladies' School, Poughkeepsie, N. Y .; grad. Coll. of N. J., 1810; pastor of Pres. Church, Lam- ington, Somerset Co., 1814-25; died July 19, 1876, in New York City. Publications :
" Sermon before Somerset County Bible Society on Acts xvi. 9, Ang. 19, 1823," pp. 20, New Brunswick.
GARRETSON, REV. GARRET J .- Born near Somer- ville, July 31, 1807 ; grad. Rutgers, 1829; New Bruns- wiek Seminary, 1832. Pastorates in Reformed Dutch Church : Stuyvesant, 1832-34; Newtown and Jamaica, 1835-49; Lodi, 1849-52; died Aug. 14, 1854, Publi- cations :
1. Aihiress before Societies of Rutgers, 1839.
2. A Discourse at Jamaica, L. I., fortieth anniversary of Rev. Jacob Schoonmaker, pp. 29, Feb. 15, 1842.
3. "The Christian Citizen," 1842.
4. Sormon on death of A. S. Rlapalje, 1847.
GATZMER, WILLIAM HENRY .- Born July 7, 1807, near Somerville; res. Somerset until 1829; gen. agt. United Companies of N. J., 1840-67 ; pres. Camden and Amboy R. R., 1867-72; consulting manager Le- high Valley R. R., 1872-80; res. in Philadelphia, 1836 to present. More of a worker than a writer. Publications :
1. " Views upon the Proposition to Lease the Publio Works of New Jersey to the Panna. R. R. Co.," pp. 26, April, 1871.
2. Spooch at testimonial to Asn Packer, Nov. 23, 1865, in " Records of Testimonials."*
GREEN, ASHBEL .- Born Nov. 17, 1825, in Prince- ton, Somerset Co. ; grad. Coll. of N. J., 1846 ; licensed attorney, 1849; res. Tenafly, Bergen Co., 1863 to present ; judge Com. Pleas of Bergen, 1867. " A man of fine literary culture and taste," and with a high reputation in the specialty of corporation law. Pub- lications :
I. American Notes to Brice's " Treatise on the Doctrine of Ultra Vires," Baker, Voorhis & Co., N. Y., 1876; new ed., 1880,
2. Argument before thu Electoral Commission at Washington, 1876.
GREEN, JAMES SPROAT .- Born July 22, 1792, in Philadelphia.t A man of " industry, accuracy, and precision,"-Com. Stockton. Publications (imperfect list) :
I. Vols. I., 1l., and ill., Green's Law Reporte, boing decisions In N. J. Sup. Court, 1831-36.
2. "On Constitution of Kansas," speoch in Congress, 1857.
GREEN, JAMES SPROAT, M.D .- Born July 22, 1829, at Princeton, Somerset Co. ; grad. Coll. of N. J., 1848; Med. Univ. of Pa., 1851; res. Philadelphia, 1848-53; Elizabeth from November, 1853. Publications :
1. "Double Hernia on Samo Side Successfully Cured," N. Y. Med.Jour .. July, 1875.
2. " Intestinal Obstruction, etc., calling for Operation of Laparotomy," ibid., 1875.
* Sco chapter on " Prominent Mon of Somerset," In this volume.
+ A persound sketch is given in the Bench und Bar chaptur.
3. " Extra-U'terine Pregnancy," Am. Journ. Obs., April, 1876.
4. " Rtesection of the Tibia to relleve Angular Deformity," N. Y. Med. Journ., Juno, 1876.
6. "Ictorus Gravidarum," Am. Journ. Obs., Nov. 1876.
6. " Strangulation of Intestine," ibid., Jan. 1877.
7. " L'torine Sarcoma," ilid., 1877.
8. Two articles in Virginia Med. Monthly, 1877.
9. Two articles in Trans. Am. Med. Amsoc., 1880.
GRIFFITHS, WILLIAM .- Born 1766, at Bound Brook.} " A learned compiler." Publications :
1. "Treutise on Jurisdiction and Proceedings of Justices of Peace," Burlington, 1797 ; several editions.
2. Fifty-three Essays, signature " Eumenes," oxposing defects in New Jersey constitution, 1799.
3. "Annual Law Register of the United States," four vols., 1820-24.
4. Historical address at Trenton, 1804.
6. " Historical Notes of the American Colonies and Revolutions, from
1751 to 1775" (unfinished; printed postbninons), 8vo, Burlington, 1843.
HAGEMAN, ANDREW .- Born June 27, 1824, in Bridgewater tp., Somerset Co .¿ A constant contribu- tor to the press for twenty years past. Publications :
1. Letters from West, in Christian Intelligencer, 1857-58.
2. Reports of Raritau Bible Society, 1857-58.
3. " Raritan" and " Prairieside," music, iu The Tabernacle, Boston, 1862. 4. Editor Bushnell Record, 1868-71.
5. " Reports concerning Fruit end Horticulture for McDonongh County," in Trans. Ill. Hort. Soc., 1872-73.
6. Poem, " Mysteries of Drunkonness," and "Temperance Reform," paper, in uno tract, Monmouth, JH., 1878.
7. " Lights and Shadows of Prairie Life," Bushnell, 1879.
8. Numerous poenis, odes, and acrostics.
9. Hundreds of articles in Christian Intelligencer, Phrenological Journal, Somerset Whig and I'nionist, Prairie Farmer, Bushnell Record, Bushnell Gleaner, Henderson County Journal, Raritan Bulletin, Briggsrille Clipper, Roserille Gazette, Bound Brook Chronicle, etc.
HAGEMAN, REV. CHARLESSTEADMAN, D.D .- Born about 1818, near Harlingen, Somerset Co .; grad, Rut- gers, 1837; Princeton Seminary, 1842. Pastorates in Ref. Church, Nyack, N. Y., 1842-53; Poughkeepsie, Second, 1853-70; Freehold, 1870-78; now withont charge, at Nyack, N. Y. Degree by Rutgers, 1862. l'ublieations :
1. Address on the Death of Miss E. II. McLellen, Poughkeepsie, 1856.
2. " God the Nation's Safety," Cheistian Intelligencer, Oct. 15, 1862.
3. Address at the Funeral of Mru. Sarah E. McEckron, Poughkeep- sie, Is6-1.
4. "Ministerial Support," Christina Intelligencer, 1865.
5. "The Support of the Ministry a Divine Institution," Christian Intel- ligencer, 1866.
6. Address at the One Hundred end Fiftieth Anniversary of First Ro- formed Church, New Brunswick, 1867.
7. Address at Funeral of Hon. l'eter Vredenburgh, associate justice of Supreme Court of New Jersey, in " Memoir," 1873.
8. " Address at Funeral of Francis Van Vranken Holmes," in " Mo- moir," 1865.
9. Articles on " Divorce of our College nad Seminary ;" " Ordination of Elders ;" " Facts worth Noting and Querles worth Considering," in C'hrist. Intelligencer.
10. " Lecture on Wendell Phillipe," in Daily Press, Poughkeepsie.
11. "Tax on Incomes," New York Tintes.
HAGEMAN, JOHN FRELINGHUYSEN .- Born Feb. 4, 1816, in Harlingen, Somerset Co. ; res, in Prince- ton, 1839 to present.[ Style mellifluous, like his speech, but also solid and perspicuous. A clear logi- cal reasoner. Publications :
: See Idography in the Somerset Connty Bench and lar chapter.
& See Biography In Chapter XI.
I Sketch in chapter on Beach and Bar of Somerset County.
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1. Articles while editor of Princeton Standard, 1859-67.
2. " Prisons and Reformatories," " Princeton Review," 1868.
3. " Memoir of Dr. A. P. Hageman," 1872.
4. " Penal and Reformatory Institutions of New Jersey," read before National Prison Reform Congress, Baltimore, 1872, published in "Pro- ceedings."
5. " History of Princeton and its Institutions," 2 vols., 8vo, pp. 359, 449. Phila., J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1879.
HARDENBERG, REV. CHARLES .- Born about 1780, at Rosendale, N. J .; not a graduate. Pastorates in Ref. Dutch Church : Warwick, 1804-08 ; Bedminster, Somerset Co., 1808-20; Greenwich, N. Y. City, 1820 -21; died 1821. Publications :
1. Sermon at Bedminster from Ps. cxxii. 8, 9, pp. 32, April 12, 1818.
2. Two sermons of 1812 and 1815 in Banner of Truth (posthumous).
HOAGLAND, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, M.D .- Born May 17, 1810, at Griggstown, Somerset Co .; grad. Rutgers, 1827, and Yale Med. Coll .; removed November, 1855, to Henry, Ill. ; died April 11, 1869. Publications :
1. "Gleanings for the Church of Harlingen," pp. 15, Somerville, 1847.
2. Various educational essays and newspaper articles.
HONEYMAN, ABRAHAM VAN DOREN .- Born Nov. 12, 1849, in Hunterdon County ; licensed attorney, Easton, Pa., November, 1870; in New Jersey, June, 1871; counselor, February, 1875; res. Somerville, 1870 to present; editor The Somerset Gazette, 1876 to present. Publications :
1. " Our Home," a local magazine (in monthly parte), 8vo, pp. 576, 1873.
2. " In Memoriam," biographical sketch of Dr. Jno. Honeyman, 12mo, pp. 70, 1874.
3. Series of European letters in Somerset Unionist, 1874.
4. Editoriale in Christian Standard, 1876.
5. " A New Treatise on the Small-Cause Court in New Jersey," 8vo, sheep, Honeyman & Rowe, pp. 550, 1877.
6. " An Abridgment of Revised Statutes of New Jersey," 16mo, Hon- eyman & Rowe, pp. 378, 1878.
7. " The Danites," selections from Joaquin Miller, 12mo, pp. 164, American Newe Co., 1878.
8. Editorials in The New Jersey Law Journal, 1878.
9. Biog. Sketch of Rev. Wm. Cornell, D.D., in Biog. Encyclo. of N. J., 1878.
10. " Directory of Lawyers and Justices in N. J.," 1878 ; new edition, 16mo, pp. 42, 1880.
11. Editoriale and lettere in Somerset Unionist, 1871-75.
12. " The Home of Shakespeare," " Flowers' Fum. Mag.," Mny, 1878.
13. " Three Threade of Gold : a Tale of Venice," serinl in The Somerset Gazette, 1879.
14. Series of about 25 arte, on " Somerset County Fraude and Extrava- gances," in Somerset Gazette ; reprinted in " Extra No. 2," pp. 80, 1879.
15. About 1500 editorial articles and letters in The Somerset Gazette from 1876-80.
16. Contributions to London Times, N. 1. Independent, Christian at Work, Philadelphia Press, Easton Free Press and Express, Jersey City Journal, etc. (About 50.)
17. About 20 poeme in newspapers and magazines.
18. Contributions to this volume, including "Somerset County Books and Authors," "The Van Doren Family," " The Nevius Family," " John Honeyman," "The l'ress of the Past" (Somerset County), and several brief biographical eketchcs.
JACKSON, REV. GEORGE THOMPSON .- Born June 22, 1820, at Holbeck, Yorkshire, Eng. ; eame to America, June 3, 1853 ; member N. J. Conference, M. E. Church, 1854-59; Newark Conference, 1867 to present ; pastor at Sergeantsville, Hunterdon Co.,
1872-74; Mount Horeb, Somerset Co., 1874-77; at present pastor at Port Oram, Morris Co. A nearly constant writer for the press during the past sixteen years. Publications :
1. "The Christian's Duty to the Temperance Cause," sermon in Na- tional Preacher, May, 1866.
2. Arts. in Christ. Advocate, 1862-74.
3. Arts. in The Methodist, 1874-78.
4. Arts. in Somerset Unionist, 1874-77.
5. Arts. in Somerset Gazette, 1875-80.
6. Arts. (15) in The Companion and American Odd-Fellow, 1872-78, on " Degrees of Odd-Fellowship," etc.
7. "God has Dealt Wisely," sermon in Somerset Gazette, Aug. 12, 1876. 8. Other arts. in Orange County Press, Iron Era, Dover Index, New Jersey Temperance Advocate, etc.
9. Memoirs of deceased men of note in the Christian, Protestant, Free, and Albright Methodist Churches, in supplemental volume to McClin- tock and Strong'e Cyclopædia (unpublished).
JAMISON, REV. ELEANDER STILES .- Born Oct. 16, 1846, in Troy, N. Y .; grad. Jonesville Classical In- stitute (N. Y.), 1867 ; pastor M. E. Church, Somer- ville, 1875-76 ; now at Milford, Pa. Publications :
1. "Our Liberties and their Dangers," centennial sermon, Somerset Gazette, Aug. 5, 1876.
2. " Life's Eventide," 1876.
3. " Uses of the Beautiful," 1876.
4. " The Reign of the Rum Fiend," 1877.
5. Poems,-viz., "The Drunkard'e Wife," 1877; " A Changed Life," 1878 : " Thanksgiving Day," 1879.
6. " Soldier's Life in Savage Lands," serial in "Flowers' Fam. Mag.," 1880.
7. Contributions in Somerset Guzette and Unionist, 1875-78.
KIRKPATRICK, ANDREW .- Born Feb. 17, 1756, near Basking Ridge; died Jan. 7, 1831 .* " He spoke and wrote correct and idiomatic English. His opin- ions ... exhibit a fullness and accuracy of knowl- edge, a clearness of comprehension, and a justness of reasoning which entitle him to rank among the most eminent of American jurists."-Elmer. Publications:
Opinions in the Law Reports of New Jersey,-viz., Pennington, 1 and 2 Southard, 1, 2, 3, and 4 Halstead. Most noteworthy, perhaps, are Johnson vs. Morris, 2 Hnl. 6 ; Arnold vs. Mundy, 1 Hal. 1.
KNOX, JAMES SUYDAM, M.D .- Born July 26, 1840; grad. Coll. of N. J., 1860 ; of Phys. and Surg., N. Y., 1866, and City Hosp., Brooklyn, 1868; res, Somerville, 1866-73; Chicago, Ill., 1873 to present ; lecturer and clinical professor in Rush Medical College, Chicago. Publications :
1. Various reports of cases in " Trane. N. J. State Med. Soc.," 1871-72. 2. " The Mission of the Mosquito," " Our Home," 1873.
3. Various medical essays since 1875.
LE FEVRE, REV. JAMES .- Born at New Paltz, N. Y., Jan. 19, 1828; grad. Rutgers, 1854; New Brunswick Seminary, 1857. Pastorates in Ref. Dutch Church : Raritan, 1857-74; Middlebush, 1875 to present. Pub- lications :
1. Sketch of Rov. Dr. B. R. Hall, in Christ. Intelligencer, 1863, and in Corwin's Manual.
2. Thanksgiving sormon, in Somerset Unionist, 1863.
3. Discourse on Death of Rov. Dr. Wm. Cornell, in The Somerset Ga- zette, Oct. 22, 1876.
4. " The Kingdom of God," art. in " Flowers' Fam. Mag.," 1878.
* Sketch in Bench and Bar chapter, preceding.
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5. Sixteen Annual Reporte, 1864-80, as Corr. Sec. of Somerset Co. S. S. Assn., to Stato Assn.
6. Frequent contributions to the locol press.
LEYDT, REV. JOHANNES .- Born in Holland, 1718; pastor Ref. Duteh Church, Six-Mile Run, Somerset Co .; New Brunswick, 1748-83; died 1783. His eon- troversial publications " evince a thorough knowledge of the points in controversy, and show him to have been a man of broad and Christian views." Publi- eations :
1. " Ware Vryheyt tot Vrede," or " True Liberty the Way to Peace," etc. (Dutch), Phila., 1760.
2. " A Defeuso" of tho same volume (Dutch), Phila., 1762. Both trans- lated by Rov. M. G. Ilauson, of Coxsackio, but not yot published in English.
LUDLOW, REV. GABRIEL, D.D. - Born at Aquackanonek, N. J., April 23, 1797; grad. Union, 1817; New Brunswick Seminary, 1820, Pastorates in Ref. Dutch Church : Albany, 1820-21 (six months) ; Neshanic, Somerset Co., 1821-78; died Feb. 19, 1878. Degree by Rutgers, 1850. "A sound scholar, not speculative, but aequisitive of facts and principles, using sound, plain words."-Corwin. Publications :
1. "Sermon at Funeral of Rov. Dr. Labagh," Oct. 27, 1858, in Todd's " Memoir," 1860.
2. " Fifty Yours of Hiblo Work," discourso nt Bible Society Semi-Con- tenary, 1867.
3. " Fifty Years of Pastoral Work," sormon at Fiftieth Anniversary of hls ordination, 1871.
4. Prayer nt Dodication of Readington Rof. Church, 1865.
MCCONAUGHEY, MRS. JULIA E .- Born Jan. 1, 183-4, in Twinsburg, O. ; res. Ohio, Iowa, New York; South- ern New Jersey, 1854-72; Somerville, 1872 to present .. One of the largest contributors to current religious literature-as to number of articles, all being brief- in the world. Mostly addressed to children and youth, none of her books have been other than pure and wholesome, and the same may be said of every news- paper article. Publications :
1. "The Widow's Sowing-Machine," Moth. Board Pub., N. Y., 12mo, 1862.
2. "One Hundred Gold Dollars," Garrigues Bros., Philn., 12me, 1866,
3. "The Hard Master," Nnt. Temp. Soc., N. Y., 18mo, 1867; 21 ed., 1873.
4. " Hannah's Lesson," same pub., pp. 150, 1871.
5. " Claronco," Perkinpine & Iliggins, Phila., 18mo, pp. 150, 1860; 2d od., 1868.
6. " The Fire-Fighters," anmo pub., 12mo, 1872; 2dl ed., 1875.
7. " Archie at the Seaside," pp. 102, 1866.
8. " llonrs with my Picture-Book," pp. 100, 1866.
0. " Minnie'e Thinking-Cnp," nhout 60 pp., 1960.
10. " How to be Beautiful," about 50 pp., 1866.
11. " Tho Little Book and Its Travels, " about 00 pp., 1866.
12. " Respect the Burden," nbont 50 pp., 1866.
13. " The Prize Bible nul other Stories," pp. 125, 1866.
14. Many thousands of articles for Ladies' Repository, Peterson's Mag., Arthur's Mag., Schoolday V'intor, Little Corporal, Golden Hours, Il'ide Awake, and Harper's Young People; also N. 1. Fcangelist, Presbyterian. S. S. Times, Lutherun Observer, Am. Messenger, Country Gentleman, Nero England Farmer, American Grocer, Working Former, nul other Sunday- school, religious, and temperance nowspapers, " Within eighteen years," says this author, " I have the titlea down of wvor 5500 articles published."
MCCONAUGHY, REV. NATHANIEL .*- Born Oct. 11, 1825, in Westmoreland Co., Pa .; grad. Western Re-
* Husband of procoding.
serve Coll., Ohio, 1852; Union Theol. Sem. and Princeton Theol. Sem., 1858. Pastorates in Pres. Church : Millville, N. J., 1858-66 ; Swedesboro', 1866- 68; Elwood, 1868-72. Res. Somerville, 1872 to pres- ent, without charge; also civil engineer. Publica- tions :
1. " The National Railway," " Beecher's Mag.," 1873.
2. " The Observance of the Sabbath, " " Flowora' Fum. Jag.," May, 1878.
3. Varfone contributions to the local nul religious press.
4. Miscellaneous arts. on International Lessons in S. S. Times, Third Quarter, 1880.
5. " How to Rise ; or, The Secret of a Successful Life," unpublished.
6. Skotch of the National Railway in this volume.
7. Tewksbury Township History in this volume.
MCDOWELL, MRS. ANNA M.+-Born July 4, 1821, at Bloomfield, Essex Co., N. J. ; res, near Pluekamin, Somerset Co., 1854 to present. Publications :
Many articles on "Woman's Work," " Children's Work," etc., In Somerset Whig, Unionist, Gazette, Bloomfield Record, Life and Light, Sower, and " Flowers' Fam. Mag."
MCDOWELL, AUGUSTUS WILLIAM, M.D .- Born Dec. 11, 1820, at Morristown, N. J. ; res. near Plucka- min, 1833 to death, March 6, 1878.1 An extensive writer in his later years, frequently on medical, but chiefly on reminiscenal, topies and local historical matter; style nervous and sententious, but matter always interesting. Publications :
1. Many medical articles in American Practitioner, Lexington, Ky.
2. " Fourth-of-July Oration nt Pluckamin," 1851, published in "Our Home," 1873.
3. "Somo Sketches of the McDowell Family," in same.
4. "Our Old Physicians,-Van Derveor und Suydam," in samo.
5. " Pluckamin 100 Years Ago," three papers in samo.
6. " Dr. Henry Van Derveer and Sister," in samo.
7. "Old Lamington Church and its Pastors," Somerset Whig.
8. " Army Recollections" und letters from the South, in Unionist, 1876.
9. "Caricatures and Original Characters,"" Flowors' Fam. Mag.," 1878. 10. "Sonthorn Incidents," In same.
11. " The True History of Jane McCrea," in same.
12. " Our Brains," In same (posthumous).
13. Hundreds of articles in New York Observer, Evangelist, Princeton Review, Somerset Whig, U'nionist, Guzette, etc.
MCDOWELL, REV. BENJAMIN, D.D .- Born about 1750, in Bedminster tp., Somerset Co .; grad. Univ. of Glasgow, Scotland; Pres, pastor at Linavady, Ire- land, and at Dublin ; died about 1830. "The Prot- estant St. Patrick of Ireland, he exercised a wide and important influence." ( Unable to procure pub- lientions up to present writing.)
MCDOWELL, FREDERICK HENRY, M.E .- Born March 9, 1851, near Pluckamin, Somerset Co .; res. in county, 1851-66 ; present res., N. Y. City ; occupa- tion, mining engineer. Publications :
1. Five articles in Apploton's " Encyclo, of Mochnaics,"-vin., " Mining Hydraulic," " Mills" (sllvor nul gold), " Mine Appliances," " Hoisting Machinery," " l'umping Machinery."
2. " Incidents of Travel by I.and and Son," and " '49 and '79" (sketches among the mines), in Thoughts and Erenis, twenty-one articles, 1880.
3. Many contributions to N. 1'. Tribune, Graphic, Newark Advertiser, Som- eraet Gazette (from Sandwich Islands), Somerset I'nioniat.
4. " lines and Jlining" (nearly ready for press).
+ Wile of lato Dr. A. W. AleDowell.
: Sco sketch in the chapter on the Medical Profession of Somerset County.
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MCDOWELL, REV. JOHN, D.D .- Born Sept. 10, 1780, in Bedminster tp., Somerset Co .* One of the most laborious of men, not brilliant, but solid and eminently successful. Publications (imperfect list) :
1. " Experimental Religion," sermon in N. J. Preacher, 1813.
2. "Resignation," sermon in same, 1813.
3. System of Bible Questions, 1818.
4. "Church Mannal," Elizabethtown, pp. 46, 1824.
5. Annual Sermon before American Board of Foreign Missions, New- ark, 1837.
6. " Bible-class Manunl," 2 vole., 12mo, 1839.
7. " A System of Theology," 2 vols., 8vo, 1825.
8. "The Good Man," sermon in Living Pulpit, 1856.
9. Letter about " Kirwin," in " Life of Murray," 1862.
10. Volume of Sermons.
11. Biog. Sketch of Uzal Ogden in "Sprague's Annals."
12. Sermon on completing fifty years in the ministry, Dec. 31, 1854.
McDOWELL, REV. WILLIAM ANDERSON, D.D .- Born May 15, 1789, in Bedminster tp., Somerset Co .;* "If his talents were not distinguished for brilliancy, they were for solidity."-Sprague's Annals. Publica- tions (imperfect list) :
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