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Mr. Peterson was united in marriage, July 21, 1904, in Perth Amboy,
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with Marie Magreta Therkelson, a daughter of Yen Peter and Marie Therkelson. Two children have been born to them, as follows: Carl Frederick and Elva Marie, born, respectively, July 15, 1907, and August 20, 1918.
HORACE E. BARWIS comes from an old English family who settled in Trenton, New Jersey, and vicinity before the Revolutionary War. He was born in Trenton, New Jersey, April 30, 1887, the son of Alfred C. and Susan R. (Hoagland) Barwis. Alfred C. Barwis was born in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, in 1848, and is now residing in Trenton, retired. For many years he was collector of the port of Bur- lington. Susan R. (Hoagland) Barwis was born in New Brunswick, July 13. 1858, and died September 6, 1920, the daughter of Tunis V. D. Hoagland, who was keeper of the New Jersey State Prison in 1862, and who served as mayor of New Brunswick at one time. To Mr. and Mrs. Barwis were born four children: Mary, wife of William Davison, of Taylorsville, Pennsylvania; Dorothy, wife of George A. Pitman, of Trenton, New Jersey ; Robert Elmer, stenographer for the Pennsylvania railroad : Horace E., of further mention.
The elementary portion of the education of Horace E. Barwis was obtained in the public schools of New Brunswick. After graduating from the local high school, in 1905, he entered Rutgers College, where he remained for two years, and then worked for the Home Rubber Company at Trenton for three years. He had in the meantime deter- mined to adopt the law as his profession, and, accordingly, studied in the law office of George L. Burton, passing his bar examinations and establishing himself in his chosen profession in 1915. He opened an office in the National Bank building in New Brunswick, and this has remained his headquarters ever since. He is building up an excellent practice and already has handled many important cases, proving himself to be a most capable and conscientious attorney. In politics he is a Republican, and was appointed in December, 1920, borough attorney of Highland Park.
On October 9. 1918, Mr. Barwis was united in marriage with Ada I. Rolfe, a native of New Brunswick, and the daughter of Joseph G. and Mary Rolfe, deceased. There is no issue.
ROBERT SEGRAVE is a son of John Segrave, a sailor, and his wife, Margaret (Austin) Segrave, who were born in Ireland, there passed their lives, and both died there. They had four children, two of whom are yet living: Patrick, of Brooklyn, New York: and Robert, of whom further.
Robert Segrave, born in Ireland, in 1854, came to the United States in 1881, having previously been a sailor, shipping first at the age of fifteen years. Upon landing in New York City he decided to go directly to South Amboy, where he is yet (1921) living, at the age of sixty-six, coming here a young man of twenty-seven. After coming to South Amboy, he operated a coal barge for several years, then for eighteen
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years was engaged in the liquor business on Stevens avenue, and is now interested in the operation of a line of freight boats. He is a director of the South Amboy Trust Company ; was for two years chief of the South Amboy Fire Department and still a member; for thirty years has been a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians; and is a com- municant of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church. He is also a member of the South Amboy Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Segrave married, in Ireland (returning from the United States for his bride), Mary Grimley, born in Ireland, died in South Amboy, in 1917. They were the parents of the following children : Margaret M., married P. Joseph McGowan, of South Amboy ; Christopher, of Green- ville, captain of a tug boat ; Catherine T., who resides with her father at South Amboy ; John, cashier of the Perth Amboy freight station of the Central Railroad of New Jersey ; Mary C., also at home with her father ; Francis, a student at Holy Cross College ; and two children who died in infancy.
THOMAS H. HAGERTY, an able, successful lawyer, known and honored throughout the county, and especially in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he has been practicing since 1900, has since his commence- ment of law practice been continually in the public eye, and has won leadership in business and public life. He is a self-made man in the best sense of the word, a man of will and determination who knows not the meaning of the word failure.
Thomas H. Hagerty was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, January 13, 1874, the son of Patrick and Mary A. (Hughes) Hagerty, the former a native of Ireland and now living in New Brunswick, retired, at the age of ninety, and the latter a native of New York City. Thomas H. Hagerty obtained his elementary education in the parochial and public schools of his native city. After attending local high school, he became a clerk in a grocery store, where he remained for two years, and then, having decided upon the profession of law for his life work, he entered the law school of the New York University, from which he was graduated in 1899, and admitted to the New Jersey bar the following year. He studied law with Hon. Peter F. Daily, now (1921), judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He then went to Perth Amboy, where he practiced his profession for two years, at the end of which time he removed to New Brunswick, where he has continued active ever since.
In politics Mr. Hagerty is a Democrat, and is chairman of the Middlesex County and Democratic executive committees. He was county collector from 1910 to 1915, and from May, 1915, up to the present time (1920), he has been city attorney. He also holds the office of attorney for the borough of Sayreville, New Jersey. He is a member of the County and State bar associations. Mr. Hagerty fraternizes with the Knights of Columbus, and is a member of the Union Club of New Brunswick. In religion he is a Roman Catholic, a member of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church.
Thomas H. Hagerty was united in marriage, November 15, 1911, with Rose N. Langan, a native of Perth Amboy, New Jersey. They have no children.
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ELIAS STRATTON MASON .- John Mason, grandfather of Elias S. Mason, of South Amboy, New Jersey, was born on the ocean, his parents having left their native England for the United States. John Mason grew to manhood, married and settled in Cranbury township, Middlesex county, New Jersey, where his son, Robert P. Mason, was born, January 6, 1841. Robert P. Mason was a veteran of the Civil War, serving in the Twenty-second Regiment, New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. He was a ship carpenter by trade, and also for forty-five years, served as a justice of the peace in Cranbury township and South Amboy. Twenty-five years prior to his death, which occurred June 4, 1917, he moved to South Amboy, and there passed away. He married Mary Stratton, born in Pemberton, New Jersey, April 11, 1842, died February 18, 1921, at South Amboy, in her seventy-ninth year. The six children of Robert P. and Mary (Stratton) Mason, all living, are as follows: I. Rev. John R., a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, now sta- tioned in Moorestown, New Jersey. 2. Addison H., also a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, stationed at Hamburg, New York. 3. Elias Stratton, of further mention. 4. Anna K., married John Perkins, of South Amboy. 5. Eleanor S., of South Amboy. 6. Charles T., a Pennsylvania railroad employee.
Elias Stratton Mason, third son of Robert P. and Mary (Stratton) Mason, was born in the village of Cranbury, Middlesex county, New Jersey, April 11, 1871. He attended the public schools until sixteen years of age, then became a clerk in a grocery store at Kingston, New Jersey. He then began firing on a Pennsylvania railroad locomotive and for over ten years remained a fireman. He then retired from the road, settled in South Amboy, and with a partner established in the under- taking business under the firm name, Stillwell & Mason. That firm continued in business until 1917, when it was succeeded by E. S. Mason & Son, who conduct in addition to their undertaking business a complete furniture and house-furnishing store at No. 212 North Broadway, South Amboy. Mr. Mason has just completed one of the most costly business blocks to be found anywhere outside the large cities, the building 55×125 feet, with two stores and basement. Mr. Mason resides in a handsome house at No. 249 Second street, South Amboy.
Mr. Mason retains his membership in the Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Firemen and Engineers, and is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, and the Order of United American Mechanics. He is an official member of the Methodist Episcopal church and active in church work.
Mr. Mason married (first) at Kingston, New Jersey, October 18, 1889, Mary F. Johnson, who died June 6, 1891, leaving a son, Robert Perrine, of whom further. He married (second) December 12, 1894, in South Amboy, Mattie Adelina Stillwell, and they are the parents of a daughter, Hazel Adelina, who married, October 25, 1920, Harold Francis Stephenson.
Robert Perrine Mason, only child of Elias Stratton Mason and his first wife, Mary F. (Johnson) Mason, was born in Cranbury, New
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Jersey, May 23, 1891, and is a graduate of the grammar and high schools of South Amboy, finishing high school with the class of 1909. He at once began a business association with his father, becoming a master of that business, and in 1916 was admitted a partner of the firm of E. S. Mason & Son, furniture dealers and undertakers, a very successful firm. Robert P. Mason married, June 25, 1913, Nellie Lambertson, born in South Amboy, New Jersey.
GEORGE SYLVESTER MCLAUGHLIN .- Having had an unusual amount of experience as an assistant in the offices of other dentists, George Sylvester Mclaughlin, D. D. S., was well fitted to attain the success which has attended him since he opened his own office at No. 137 Albany street, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
The Mclaughlin family originated in Ireland, but the great-grand- father of Dr. McLaughlin came to this country many years ago, settling in New Brunswick, where he now lies buried in one of the cemeteries. One of his grandsons, Charles A. McLaughlin, was at one time in the meat market business in New Brunswick, later giving it up to become free to attend to large real estate speculations in which he was interested. He was born and brought up in the city, and there married Fllen McElroy ; he died in New Brunswick, in March, 1909, at the age of seventy-one years. He and his wife, Ellen, were the parents of seven children : 1. Agnes, wife of George Cathers. 2. Frank A. 3. Charles A., Jr., now deceased. 4. George Sylvester, of whom further. 5. Eu- gene. 6. Jennie, who married Harvey H. Moynihan. 7. Clarence A. All but one are living at the present time in New Brunswick.
The fourth child of this family, George Sylvester Mclaughlin, was born in New Brunswick, July 21, 1880, residing there ever since. He was educated in the public schools, and immediately after graduating, entered the Philadelphia Dental College, from which he was graduated in 1901. His first step was to become an assistant in the office of the famous dentist, Dr. C. W. F. Holbrook, of Newark, New Jersey, later practicing with Dr. R. M. Sanger, of East Orange, New Jersey. After a time spent in this office, Dr. Mclaughlin went to Freehold to join with Dr. W. E. Truax, president of the State Board of Dental Examiners. All of these different engagements gave the young dentist great oppor- tunities to advance in a practical way in his profession. Wishing to perfect himself in certain branches, Dr. McLaughlin took a post-gradu- ate course at Columbia University in advanced surgical work and X-ray examinations. During the World War, Dr. Mclaughlin served as the dental examiner for Middlesex county, on the Medical Advisory Board, his appointment coming from the governor of the State. Dr. McLaughlin's office is located at No. 137 Albany street.
Though a very busy man and with but few leisure hours in which to enjoy the diversion of a club, Dr. McLaughlin is frequently seen at the meetings of the Knights of Columbus, which body he has served as treasurer, and at the Union Club, of which he is one of the board of governors. He is also a member of the National and State Dental societies, and former secretary and later president of the Middle-
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sex County Dental Society. He and his family attend St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church of New Brunswick.
In Jersey City, New Jersey, on February 25, 1911, George Sylvester McLaughlin was married to Margaret C. Carroll, a native of Keyport, New Jersey, where she was born, October 13, 1885. She is the daughter of Martin J. Carroll, now deceased, and his wife, Catherine C. (Dono- van) Carroll, who is still living, her home being in Jersey City. Dr. and Mrs. McLaughlin have two children, both living: Grace, born July 29, 1912 ; Margaret Carroll, born May 4, 1914. Their home is at No. 225 Hale street, New Brunswick.
EARL LAKE, a prominent figure in business life in Perth Amboy, president and manager of the Lake Coal Company, Incorporated, from the time of his coming to this community in 1911, has always had the welfare and advancement of Perth Amboy uppermost in his mind, and has given his earnest support to all movements calculated to advance business development.
Earl Lake was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, June 4, 1876, the son of David Crawford and Georgiana (Fitze) Lake. David C. Lake was president of the First National Bank at Osage City, Kansas. The edu- cation of Earl Lake was obtained in the public schools of his native place, and after graduating from the local high school in 1894, he entered the Eastman's National Business College, completing the business and shorthand course in one year. In 1895 he secured a position as book- keeper for the Searls Manufacturing Company, at Newark, New Jersey, subsequently becoming bookkeeper for the Elizabeth Hardware Com- pany at Elizabeth, New Jersey, and later being promoted to office man- ager, where he remained until 1911, when he was appointed manager of the Perth Amboy branch of the business, which position he held until August 1. 1917. He then purchased the coal and wood business of Henry W. Kinsey, and subsequently became president and manager of the company. which is now incorporated under the name of the Lake Coal Company, and located at No. 367 New Brunswick avenue. The enterprise has rapidly and consistently grown, due to Mr. Lake's bound- less energy.
Mr. Lake is a director of the People's Building and Loan Association, and secretary and treasurer of the City Realty and Investment Com- pany, both of Perth Amboy. In politics he is a Republican, but is in no sense of the word a politician, having avoided rather than sought public office. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Perth Amboy. and president of its board of trustees. He also holds member- ship in the Raritan Yacht Club.
On March 16, 1904, Mr. Lake was united in marriage with Jessie Hanslip, daughter of Edward R. and Jennie Hanslip, natives of Osage City, Kansas, who died October 22, 1918. Mr. and Mrs. Lake were the parents of four children: Edward Earl, born March 13. 1905: Jessie Kathryn, born January 17, 1908; Frederick David, born May 28, 1913; Anna Mae, born January 8, 1917. The family reside at No. 98 High street, Perth Amboy.
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EDMUND ANTHONY HAYES .- New Brunswick's lawyers of the early twentieth century constitute an element in her citizenship impor- tant both from a professional and a civic standpoint, and one of the most representative of these members of her bar is the man whose name stands at the head of this article. Mr. Hayes takes a loyal interest in everything relating to the welfare and prosperity of his native city, and can always be relied upon to do all in his power to further these ends.
Edward R. Hayes, father of Edmund Anthony Hayes, was born in Philadelphia, where his grandfather, Patrick Hayes, had settled on coming from Ireland. Edward R. Hayes was in business in Middlesex county, New Jersey. He married Mary MacLaren, who was a native of New Brunswick, and of the eight children born to them the following are now living : Edmund Anthony, mentioned below; the Rev. John A .; Molita Barry, R. Francis, and Kenneth. At the age of fifty years, Mrs. Hayes passed away at Highland Park, New Jersey, and her husband is still living at the same place.
Edmund Anthony Hayes, son of Edward R. and Mary (MacLaren) Hayes, was born May 9, 1889, in New Brunswick. He graduated in June, 1905, from St. Peter's High School. In June, 1912, he received his degree from the New Jersey Law School. Having served a clerkship in the office of Irving Hoagland he was admitted, in 1912, at the Novem- ber term of the Supreme Court, to the New Jersey bar. In 1915, at the November term, he was admitted as a counsellor. Ever since his admis- sion to the bar, Mr. Hayes has been continuously engaged in the active practice of his profession, having his office in the First National Bank building. The professional position which he has carved out for him- self proves him possessed of the essential qualities of a successful lawyer, and holds out a bright prospect for the future. Devoted as he is to his profession, Mr. Hayes is never neglectful of the duties of citizenship nor does he ignore the requirements of social intercourse. His favorite recreations are fishing, gunning and boating, and he affiliates with the Knights of Columbus, the Royal Arcanum, and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. His only club is the Catholic, of New Brunswick. He is a member of St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church, Highland Park, New Jersey.
Mr. Hayes married, April 23, 1916, at W odbridge, New Jersey, Jane L. Dunigan, a native of that place, daughter of Thomas F. and Jane (Finn) Dunigan, the former a contractor of Woodbridge. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes are the parents of one child, Edmund Anthony, Jr., born March 30, 1917.
A man of keen perception, sound judgment and c'arity of vision, and withal, sagacious, fair-minded and forceful, Mr. Hayes is the type of man needed to insure the future of the New Jersey bar.
JOHN SUTLIFF .- The days when New Jersey was called the State of Camden and Amboy, on account of the supposed domination of the Camden & Amboy Railroad in State affairs, are recalled by a reference to the fact that John Sutliff, when a boy of five years, was brought by his parents to South Amboy, at one time the eastern terminus of the
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road, and that at an early age he was employed on the freight docks, communication with New York being by steamboat. All this of course antedated the coming of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which acquired the Camden & Amboy.
John (2) Sutliff was born in Hightstown, New Jersey, October 19, 1858, son of John (1) and Mary Sutliff, his father born in Ireland. John (1) Sutliff came to the United States when a young man and located in Trenton, New Jersey, where he married. Later he resided in Hightstown, but in 1863 moved to South Amboy, New Jersey. John and Mary Sutliff were the parents of nine children, six of whom are living: Mrs. Anna F. Outten, of Brooklyn, New York; Mrs. Elizabeth Morris, of Perth Amboy, New Jersey; John (2), of further mention ; Jacob, of New York City ; Joseph, of Jersey City; Mrs. Mary E. Houli- han, of New York City.
When John (2) Sutliff was five years of age, his parents moved to South Amboy and there he attended public schools until twelve years of age. He then did a boy's work at the pottery nearby, and two years later entered the employ of the Camden & Amboy Railroad at their freight docks. In 1874 he was sent out with the construction train in charge of the water supply, this being followed by another period of employment in the brick yards at South Amboy. Later he was con- nected with the New York & Long Branch Railroad, then was again employed on the coal docks, finally, on April 1, 1888, opening a grocery store at No. 104 North Pine avenue. Thirty-two years have since elapsed and he is still in business and at the same location. His life has been one of activity, and he has richly earned the success which he has attained.
A Democrat in politics, Mr. Sutliff has served his city three terms of three years each as a member of the school board, and a portion of that period as president of the board. He was city collector three years, 19II-1914, and for thirteen years was treasurer of the Star Building and Loan Association. He is now a director of the same association, and serves the First National Bank of South Amboy in similar capacity. He is a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the Knights of Colum- bus, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and his religious connection is with St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church.
Mr. Sutliff married, at Jamesburg, New Jersey, March 2, 1881, Mary A. Callahan, born there February 22, 1858, daughter of John and Cather- ine (Mullane) Callahan. Mr. and Mrs. Sutliff are the parents of eight children: 1. Mary T., married Thomas P. Farrell. 2. Anna A., mar- ried James J. Dwyer. 3. John F., now his father's store assistant. 4. Edward A., now of Cleveland, Ohio, with the National Biscuit Company ; he is a veteran of the World War, served in France with the 77th Divi- sion of the American Expeditionary Forces. 5. Catherine S., married Romera R. Everett, and resides in South Amboy. 6. Joseph M., a priest of the Roman Catholic church, now serving the church at Gloucester City, New Jersey. 7. Charles J., now his father's store assistant ; he was in training at Camp Green, North Carolina, during the war period, but was not sent overseas. 8. Elizabeth B., residing at home. There are seven grandsons and one granddaughter in the family.
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CHARLES VAN LIEW BOOREAM .- The Booraem, Booream, Boerum, and Van Boerum families all spring from William Jacobse, who came from the village of Boerum in Friesland, Holland, to New Amster- dam, in 1657, and settled in Flatbush, Long Island. To the Dutch Van (meaning from) the name of the village was added and the surname became Van Boerum, (William Jacobse from Boerum). The founder, William Jacobse, married Gertje Hendrickse, and two of their sons, Hendrick and Jacob, came to New Amsterdam with their parents.
The Middlesex county family descends through the eldest son, Hen- drick Willemse Van Boerum, a landowner of Flatbush, and his wife, Maria (Ariaens) Van Boerum; their son, Hendrick Van Boerum, who moved to Bound Brook, New Jersey, changed his name to Booraem ; his son, Nicholas Booraem, born near Bound Brook, New Jersey, in 1714, settled near New Brunswick, Middlesex county, New Jersey, and is the founder of that branch of the family. His son, Nicholas (2) Booraem, was a soldier of the Revolution ; and his grandson, Nicholas (3) Booraem, was a colonel in the War of 1812, a member of the New Jersey Legisla- ture, associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and for forty-two years treasurer of Middlesex county. Charles Van Liew Booream is a son of John Van Liew and Caroline (Vincent) Booream, his father born in Milltown, Middlesex county, New Jersey, his mother in New York State. John Van Liew Booream was for many years manager of a lumber company in Milltown, after which he became postmaster of the village, an office which he was later compelled to resign on account of ill health. He is now living in Milltown, retired.
Charles Van Liew Booream was born in Milltown, New Jersey, June 12, 1891, and there was educated in the public schools. He began business life as an employee of the Michelin Tire Company, where he remained about two years, then joined the Milltown Coal and Lumber Company, of which his father was manager, and when he later resigned to accept the postmastership he was succeeded as manager by his capable son. Mr. Van Liew Booream is a Democrat in politics, a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, the Improved Order of Red Men, United Order of American Mechanics (both Junior and Senior) and of the Michelin Club of Milltown. He is one of Milltown's popular young business men, and is deeply interested in all that concerns the welfare of the village in which his life has been spent.
Mr. Booream married, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, November 22, 1916, Barbara Lins, born there, December 29, 1892, daughter of Adam Philip and Catherine (Steinmacher ) Lins, both born in Germany, her father coming to the United States at the age of twelve years, her mother at the age of sixteen. Mr. and Mrs. Booream are the parents of a son, Charles Van Liew Booream, Jr.
DR. LOUIS P. KARSHMER, one of the many young progressive dentists of New Brunswick whose patrons in that city are numerous, especially among the younger set of the Hebrew population, is a native of Russia.
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Dr. Karshmer's father, Morris Karshmer, is a retired merchant, living in New Brunswick. He was born in Russia, but came to this country many years ago, locating for some time in New York City, but later, moving to New Brunswick, he opened a general merchandise store on French street, remaining there for six years. His wife, Mindel Rubenstein, also was a native of Russia. They had seven children: I. Harry, now a grocer in New Brunswick. 2. A child who died in infancy. 3. Sarah, who died at the age of nineteen. 4. Benjamin, a manufacturer living in New York City. 5. Louis P., of further mention. 6. Fannie, unmarried, a school teacher, living at home. 7. Nathan, living at home and now a student in the medical department of George Washington University ; he also is a graduate of the high school.
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