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Selden Talcott Kinney was born in Middletown, New York, October I, 1883, and there attended private and public schools, reaching high school. After his parents located in Easton in 1900, he finished his preparatory study at Easton Academy. He then entered Hamilton College, at Clinton, New York, whence he was graduated A. B., 1906; A. M., 1909. He then began the study of medicine at the New York Homœopathic Medical College, receiving his degree M. D., class of 1911. He was interne at Flower and Metropolitan hospitals, New York, in 1911 and 1912, then was his father's medical assistant at Easton Sanitarium for one year. In 1913 he located in South Amboy, New Jersey, where he has spent seven successful years. He has had special training in the treatment of mental and nervous diseases, having taken courses in three hospitals, including the Middletown State Hospital and the Gowanda Hospital. He also studied under his father, a noted alienist, and has won an excellent reputation as a specialist in mental and nervous diseases. He is medical inspector for the public schools of South Amboy, member of the Board of Health for the past four years, member of the staff of South Amboy Hospital, and does the local medical examining for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
During the World War period, 1917-1918, Dr. Kinney was medical examiner of the Sayreville Draft Board until a severe illness incapaci- tated him. He is a member of the Middlesex County Medical Society, New Jersey State Medical Society, and Theta Delta Chi fraternity.
Dr. Kinney married, at Hoboken, New Jersey, April 4, 1914, Martha E. Frame, of Phillipsburg, New Jersey, who died March 31, 1919.
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CHARLES R. SMITH .- A resident of New Brunswick, New Jer- sey, all his life, Charles R. Smith is closely identified with many of the institutions in this city.
Born May 17, 1888, in New Brunswick, the boyhood days of Charles R. Smith were spent in the public schools here and Nelson's Business College. His business career began with C. H. Mallory & Company, where he remained for two years, then entering the employ of the Mutual Alliance Trust Company of New York, Mr. Smith continued with them for two years more. His next step forward was when he became con- nected with the Guarantee Trust Company of New York, where for ten years he was in business, receiving a thorough training in banking. He graduated from the American Institute of Banking in 1918. In the summer of 1919 he came to New Brunswick to take charge of the newly- created banking department of the Middlesex Title Guarantee and Trust Company as secretary and treasurer.
Mr. Smith is very active in Masonic affairs ; he is a member of Union Lodge, No. 19, Free and Accepted Masons; Scott Chapter, No. 4, Royal Arch Masons; Temple Commandery, No. 18, Knights Templar, all located in New Brunswick. In addition he is a member of Salaam Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Newark, New Jersey ; also the Tall Cedars of Lebanon; and is a trustee of the Board of Trade.
On July 15, 1912, Charles R. Smith was united in marriage with Anna P. Lang, and they have three children : Daniel L., Frances L., and Henry F. Mr. and Mrs. Smith attend the First Presbyterian Church of New Brunswick. The family home is at No. 395 Livingston avenue.
ISADORE SIEGEL, M. D .- Although but a few years have elapsed since his coming to Perth Amboy, the name of Dr. Isadore Siegel is already familiar and most favorably so to a majority of residents of the community. Dr. Siegel has during these few years thoroughly identified himself both as a physician and a citizen with the progressive element of the city.
Moses Siegel, father of Isadore Siegel, was born in Russia, and for a number of years carried on a successful grocery business there. In 1908 he retired from active business life and came with his wife and family to this country, settling in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Siegel are the parents of six children: Sophia, wife of H. Goldstein, of Perth Amboy; George, a constructing engineer in Russia; Harry, a dry goods merchant with a store at No. 444 Amboy avenue; Anna, wife of N. Galosoff, of Perth Amboy; Isadore, of further mention ; Constance, a resident of Newark, New Jersey.
Isadore Siegel, son of Moses and Rose Siegel, was born January 5, 1885, in Russia. After graduating from the Gymnasium in his native city, which is equivalent to the high school in this country, he matricu- lated in Berlin University, from which he was graduated in 1910 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He immediately came to this country and after serving his interneship of one year in the Lying-In Hospital in New
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York City, and passing his State Board examination, which latter he completed July 5, 1911, he decided to establish himself in the practice of his profession in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, where his parents had made their home since coming to this country. With an office at No. 121 Mar- ket street, Perth Amboy, he is acquiring a large and steadily growing clientele and carving out for himself a place in the front rank of the city's younger physicians. He is a member of the American Medical Associa- tion and the Middlesex Medical Society. Politically, Dr. Siegel is an In- dependent, voting for the candidate he believes best fitted for the office sought, regardless of party label. He is a member of the Hebrew Syna- gogue, and also affiliates with the Free and Accepted Masons.
Dr. Siegel married, July 28, 1913, Jeanette Kramer, a daughter of Abraham Kramer, a dry goods merchant at No. 313 State street, Perth Amboy. Dr. and Mrs. Siegel are the parents of a son, Ralph, born May 2, 1914, and a daughter, Shirley Eleanor, born April 2, 1920.
With a vigorous and luminous intellect, Dr. Siegel combines strength of character and a genial disposition. This union of traits explains in a large measure his success and gives promise of even more signal achieve- ments in the future. His hobby is music and he is particularly fond of the opera. He is a close student, keeping fully abreast of modern thought in all matters pertaining to his profession, and possesses the high esteem and explicit confidence of the medical fraternity and the general public.
LEO J. COAKLEY .- It is a somewhat unusual occurrence for four generations of one family to be living in the same city, yet such is the case with Leo J. Coakley, he and his little daughter constituting two generations, his mother and her father being the other two, all residing in South Amboy, New Jersey.
Born in that city, December 28, 1890, Leo J. Coakley is the son of John J. and Anna (Costello) Coakley. The former is in the grocery business, at No. 117 Broadway, South Amboy, and was at one time a member of the Board of Education of the city, also treasurer of the Star Building and Loan Association there. His wife, Anna (Costello) Coak- ley, is the daughter of Walter Costello, who came to the United States many years ago from Ireland and has lived in South Amboy for more than fifty years. He is now eighty-four years old (1921). The Coakley family also came from Ireland.
Attending St. Mary's Parochial School in South Amboy in his boy- hood, Leo J. Coakley acquired his education partly in that institution and later went to St. Peter's College at Jersey City, New Jersey. After gradu- ating from the latter, Mr. Coakley took up the study of law, becoming a student at the New York Law School. He was admitted to practice at the New Jersey State bar in February, 1914, and at once opened an office in his home town, at No. 118 North Broadway.
In the public affairs of the city Mr. Coakley has been particularly active, both in civic matters and in the field of politics, he being a mem- ber of the Democratic party. In 1916 Mr. Coakley was appointed secre-
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tary of the Board of Health of South Amboy, his term being one year. From 1917 to 1920 he was city solicitor of South Amboy.
During the World War Mr. Coakley enlisted in the army and was assigned for duty at the medical detachment headquarters, port of em- barkation, Newport News, Virginia, remaining there until discharged, in January, 1919. After the troops were disbanded and the American Legion was formed, Mr. Coakley became a member of it. He is now past vice-commander of the county association.
In addition to the American Legion, Mr. Coakley is a member of the Knights of Columbus, being a past grand knight of the order. He is also connected with the local lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is fond of outdoor sports, but his favorite pastime is to witness a good baseball game.
At South Amboy, June 5, 1918, Leo J. Coakley was married to Kath- ryn M. Lyons, a daughter of Thomas and Catherine Lyons. They have one child, Eileen Coakley, born December 18, 1919. Mr. and Mrs. Coak- ley are members of the Roman Catholic church.
AUGUST K. STAUDT .- Captains and leaders of industry in their respective lines almost invariably are self-made men. Their lives blend closely with romance, giving an inspiring example of just what energy, perseverance and ability can accomplish. Success becomes part of their everyday activities, and each year is like a stepping stone to still greater and more pronounced achievements.
August K. Staudt stands prominent among the leading citizens of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and a brief resumé of his life reflects well- earned rewards in his chosen field. Tireless energy and broad public- spirited benevolence have been the keynotes of his success, and his nota- ble progress in local circles indicates still more marked distinction in his activities in the time to come. His career is an inspiration.
Mr. Staudt was born in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, on December 6, 1869. He was the second child of Conrad and Rosa Staudt in a family of eight children, four boys and four girls. Receiving his education in Germany, and satisfactorily fulfilling his military duties in the Bavarian army, he left his native land, in 1891. The five years following were spent in England, America and France, and in this time Mr. Staudt per- fected his training as a correspondent in foreign languages.
Upon his return to Nuremberg in 1896, Mr. Staudt became connected with a large local industry, and a year later, in 1897, married Katherine P. Vorgang, of Brooklyn, New York, whom he had met on his visit to America, and who, in the year noted, was visiting relatives in Germany. Mr. Staudt was soon made superintendent of the Nuremberg factory, but relinquished this position in 1901 to take up a residence with Mrs. Staudt in America.
After occupying a number of important positions in banks and com- mercial houses, Mr. Staudt associated himself with the Perth Amboy Tile Works, and became a resident of this city. The plant at that time was practically unknown and quite insignificant, while the company, itself.
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had just been reorganized. It was not long before unexpected difficulties arose, and in order to safeguard the investment he had made, Mr. Staudt was compelled to assume the full management of the small tile factory. He was undismayed, however, despite the fact that his working knowl- edge of ceramics was quite meager, and with grim determination he re- solved to build up the establishment, if possible in any way, and make it one of the successful enterprises of the community. He took a hand in affairs immediately, donning his overalls and tackling any job that needed to be done. Nothing was too hard, for it was a case of neces- sity and resolve-the plant must flourish. Mr. Staudt established a defi- nite working policy for the organization. He rebuilt what remained of the little defunct plant on the solid foundation of honor and integrity in business-the best products at the right price, and the same treatment of every customer, whether large or small. These principles live with the business now, just as they did in the early days, and they are one of the secrets of the remarkable success which the industry has attained.
Step by step the business thrived, and then came into its own. The success has been spectacular, and due to the guiding hand and persever- ing energy of Mr. Staudt. The plant was developed and extended from year to year, and to-day occupies a position as one of the most modern and best equipped ceramic plants in the State of New Jersey. The floor space has grown from 6784 square feet to close to 42,000 square feet, more than six-fold; even now, the capacity is taxed to the utmost to furnish the demands of customers, and still more expansion will be neces- sary in the future. Mr. Staudt can well take pride in this achievement, for with the plant he has grown to enjoy an enviable position among the leading business men in the State. In his treatment of his employees, he has shown that he has at heart their utmost welfare and security ; he has assisted them to purchase homes for their families, arranging large yearly bonuses for faithfully performed duties. Moreover, he has taken out a large block of building and loan stock for operatives at the plant with- out their knowledge, and which, when due, will be given to deserving employees.
Mr. Staudt is a member of the American Ceramic Society, and past president of the New Jersey Clay Workers' Association and Eastern Sec- tion of the American Ceramic Society, and has long occupied a position on the board of directors of the latter organization. He is a thirty-third degree Mason, a member of the East Jersey Club, Raritan Yacht Club, Elks' Club and other well-known organizations. His name will also be found in the membership list of many worthy societies, giving them the benefit of his support and influence.
Mr. and Mrs. Staudt have one child, Augusta Johanna, who was born in Newark, New Jersey, August 16, 1906. The family are members of the Evangelical Lutheran church.
EDWARD ALOYSIOUS BRADY, proprietor and manager of the New Brunswick Coal, Ice and Lumber Company, which is located at No. 328 Commercial avenue, New Brunswick, New Jersey, holds a recog-
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nized place among the prominent business men of this community. Being a good citizen, as well as an able executant, Mr. Brady is. ever ready to cooperate in whatever pertains to the advancement of the public welfare.
Patrick Brady, father of Edward Aloysious, was born March 19, 1829, and died July 22, 1920, at Stapleton, Staten Island, where for many years he had been established in the coal and ice business, being one of the largest railroad contractors in this country. He married Annie M. Mc- Atamney, a native of Ireland, and now a resident of Stapleton. Mr. and Mrs. Brady were the parents of fourteen children, three of whom are still living: Edward Aloysious, of further mention; Genevieve, wife of Hugh E. Conness ; and Anna Rose, wife of Charles E. McAteer.
Edward Aloysious Brady, son of Patrick and Annie M. (McAtamney) Brady, was born March 12, 1877, at Newark, New Jersey. At the age of two years he moved with his parents to Bayonne, New Jersey, and there attended the public schools until he was seventeen years of age, when he terminated his schooling and began his business career. His first em- ployment was with the Consumers' Coal and Ice Company at Bayonne, where he remained for three years, resigning at the end of that time to visit the various coal sections throughout the country. On March 3, 1903, he came to New Brunswick and secured a position with the New Brunswick Ice Company. During the next four years he made himself familiar with it in every detail, and when four years later he bought the entire business, he was capable of taking it and managing it most effi- ciently, which is proven by the consistent growth of the enterprise. The name of the company is now the New Brunswick Coal, Ice and Lumber Company.
Mr. Brady has never held any public office, but has always been keenly interested in the welfare of the community, and active in securing the choice of the best men available for such posts. He affiliates with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Columbus, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Order of Eagles, Lion Club, and the Improved Order of Red Men. In his religious views he is a Roman Catholic, and attends the Sacred Heart Church of that denomination at New Brunswick.
On October 17, 1906, Edward Aloysious Brady was united in marriage with Mary A. R. Smith, of New Brunswick, daughter of the late Thomas and Mary (Lynch) Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Brady are the parents of two children : Vincent Patrick, born July 22, 1907; Edward, born June 29, 1918.
DR. B. W. HOAGLAND, of Woodbridge, was born in Danville, New Jersey, December 3, 1866, son of Nathan and Emily E. (Albertson) Hoagland, both Hoaglands and Albertsons being among the oldest New Jersey families. Nathan Hoagland was a farmer of Danville all his active life, and a man highly esteemed in his community. Dr. Hoagland attended the public schools of Philadelphia and in 1883 entered the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, whence he was
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graduated in the class of 1886. He began practice in Oxford, New Jer- sey, the year of his graduation, there continuing eleven years, until 1897, removing in the latter year to Woodbridge, New Jersey, where he has now been in practice for twenty-four years, 1897-1921.
During the war of 1917-18 he served in the Medical Corps of the United States army, from August 11, 1917, to December 10, 1918, with the rank of captain. After receiving honorable discharge, he returned to Woodbridge and resumed private practice.
Dr. Hoagland is a director of the First National Bank of Woodbridge, and of the Port Reading Building and Loan Association; a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Maccabees of the World; and the Royal Arcanum. In politics he is an Independent; his church mem- bership is with the Congregational church of Woodbridge.
Dr. Hoagland married, at Oxford, New Jersey, Alice E. Perry, daugh- ter of Oliver N. and Rebecca G. (Van Sickle) Perry, she a descendant of the Commodore Oliver H. Perry family, and of the ancient Van Sickle family, of Warren county, New Jersey. Dr. and Mrs. Hoagland are the parents of four children : Verna L., Edith E., Lewis P., and Alice R.
JAMES PARKER and his father, also James, two of New Jersey's eminent sons, were residents of Middlesex county. James Parker, Sr., was an active member of the Board of Proprietors of the colony of New Jersey, and a member of the Provincial Council prior to the Revolution. He was a man of large landed interests, and very influential.
The son, James Parker, born in Bethlehem, Hunterdon county, New Jersey, March 3, 1776, died in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, April I, 1868. He was a graduate of Columbia College, class of 1791, and later became a merchant of New York City. Upon the death of his father, James (2) Parker returned to Perth Amboy and there ever after resided. He was a member of the New Jersey Legislature, 1806-28; commissioner to fix the boundary line between New Jersey and New York in 1827-29; collector of the port of Amboy, 1829-30; elected to Congress as a Fed- eralist in 1832, served two terms, and was a delegate to the State Consti- tutional Convention of 1844.
Always active in public affairs, he was widely known and honored. For many years he was a vice-president of the New Jersey Historical Society, and from 1864 until his death was its president. He gave to Rutgers College the land on which its buildings stand, and was always a warm friend of the cause of education.
ABRAHAM S. KERR-The story of Abraham S. Kerr is a history of obstacles overcome and a definite end achieved, not only in an ordinary degree, but followed to a highly specialized point. As one of the most prominent pharmacists of New Brunswick, New Jersey, he now stands in the lead in a profession which demands of every man engaged in it the greatest skill and precision, as well as exhaustive technical knowledge.
Mr. Kerr was born in the State of Vitebsk, Russia, May 10, 1890. He attended the schools of that locality until he was fifteen years of age,
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when he came to America to join his parents, who had theretofore come to New York City to found a home for their family. In New York the boy went to work in a drug store, but not content with the subordinate position which he was able to fill in the beginning, set high his standard of achievement, and proceeded to reach it. He attended night school faithfully and punctually, and in 1911 passed his Regent's examination. In 1912, with what assistance his family was able to give him, together with his savings, the young man entered Fordham University and was graduated in Pharmacy in 1914. Following his graduation he took a special post-graduate course in Bacteriology covering the year 1915. This preparation placed Mr. Kerr in line for big work. He accepted a position in New York City, in Analytical Bacteriology, continuing along this line for one year. Next he became associated with the Liggett Company, as manager. His ambition, however, was to place himself at the head of an establishment of his own, and to that end he came to New Brunswick, June 23, 1917, and purchased his present store on the corner of Church and Neilson streets. He greatly enlarged the location, redecorating and improving the building, and making it up-to-date in every respect. Al- though beginning at so recent a date, comparatively, Mr. Kerr has placed himself in the front line in this business in New Brunswick, and com- mands a splendid trade. His future looks very bright, and with the foundations upon which he has built, success in large measure is only a matter of time. Personally, Mr. Kerr is a man of broad interests, keep- ing in touch with every phase of public activity and scientific develop- ment. He finds his relaxation in outdoor sports.
Mr. Kerr's people are all connected with the drug business in Greater New York. His father, Solomon Kerr, who was born in Russia, now lives retired in New York City, and was formerly a glass manufacturer. He married Hannah Lockshin, also born in Russia, and now a resident of New York City. Of their children, Abraham S. Kerr, of New Bruns- wick, is the second. The oldest, Luba, is now the wife of Saul Goldfarb, of Brooklyn, New York. Of the younger sons and daughters Julius re- sides in Brooklyn, and Sophie, Joseph and Bertha reside in New York City.
Mr. Kerr married, in New York City, June 4, 1917, Dorothy I. Weiner. who was born in Riga, Russia, and is the daughter of Jacob and Mary Weiner, now residents of Brooklyn, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Kerr have one daughter, Florence, born April 14, 1919.
CHAUNCEY CLARK BALDWIN, vice-president of the Standard Underground Cable Company of Perth Amboy, president of the East Jersey Club, and one of the most prominent citizens of Perth Amboy, where he enjoys a well-earned reputation for his intelligent and public- spirited participation in public affairs, is a native of Ohio, his birth hav- ing occurred in the town of Maumee, Lucas county, Ohio, June 26, 1866. He is a son of Perry C. and Jane (Starkweather) Baldwin, the former a Presbyterian minister in Northern Ohio for more than fifty years. The Rev. Mr. Baldwin was born in Ashville, North Carolina, and died in
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Toledo, Ohio, in 1893, at the age of seventy-seven years. His wife was a native of North Hampton, Ohio, and died in Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1889. They were the parents of five children, as follows: Charles R., deceased ; Julia N., who became the wife of John M. Nichols, of Water- bury, Connecticut; Sarah T., who became the wife of W. H. Dodge, of Jefferson, Ohio, and is now deceased; William H., of Delta, Ohio, now deceased ; and Chauncey Clark, with whom we are here concerned.
Chauncey Clark Baldwin passed the first part of his childhood in his native town of Maumee, Ohio, and there attended the local public schools, graduating from the high school after being prepared for a col- legiate course. He then entered the New Lyme Institute at New Lyme, Ashtabula county, Ohio, and was graduated with the class of 1885, taking the degree of B. S. Immediately after completing his studies at the lat- ter institution, he secured a position with the Waterbury Clock Company of Waterbury, Connecticut, but remained with that concern only one year. He left this position in order to accept a position as superintendent for the firm of Wallace & Sons, dealers in brass and copper at Ansonia, Connecticut, in which he continued for ten years. The next two years were spent by him as superintendent of the Hendricks Brothers Copper Mills at Soho, New Jersey, from which he resigned to become the general manager of the Waclark Wire Company of Elizabeth, New Jersey. After three years there he became general manager of the National Conduit and Cable Company of Hastings-on-Hudson, and two years later resigned to become connected with the Standard Underground Cable Company of Perth Amboy, an association that has con- tinued to the present time. His first position with the Standard Company was as manager of its wire mill, but in 1916 he was appointed vice-president of the concern and still holds that office. Be- sides his association with this company, Mr. Baldwin has taken an active interest in the development of the financial interests of Perth Amboy and is now a director of the First National Bank of the city. In politics he is a Republican, and although not a politician in any sense, has taken part in the conduct of public affairs and has held membership on the Water Board of the city for some years. He is a prominent figure in Masonic circles, having attained the thirty-second degree in Free Ma- sonry, and is a member of Lodge No. 61, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Royal Arch Masons; Royal and Select Masters; Knights Tem- plar ; Salaam Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine ; and Sovereign Princes of the Royal Secret. Besides these Masonic bodies he is affiliated with Lodge No. 784, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks ; the East Jersey Club, of which he is the president; and the Colo- nial Golf Club. He is a devotee of outdoor sports of all kinds and takes particular pleasure in golf and automobiling. A Presbyterian in religious belief, Mr. Baldwin attends the church of that denomination in Perth Amboy.
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