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In the financial affairs of his community, Mr. Harvey takes a leading part as president and dir- ector of the First National Bank of Sea Bright. In the sphere of politics, he adheres to the Demo- cratic party. For several years he represented the township of Shrewsbury on the County Executive Committee. He belongs to the Royal Arcanum Club of Red Bank, and is a member of the Presby- terian church of Rumson, New Jersey, serving as elder and also holding the office of clerk of session. He is also a member of the Order of United Am- erican Mechanics.
Mr. Harvey married, September 7, 1888, Lucy Wyckoff, born at Rumson, one of the four children of John and Mary Wyckoff. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey are the parents of two children: Adelaide, who died in infancy; and James Elwood, Jr., born October 22, 1903. To his own unaided efforts Mr. Harvey owes his position as one of the leading citizens of Sea Bright. He is a fine type of the self-made man.
RAYMOND WOLCOTT FARY - The First National Bank of Sea Bright, New Jersey, numbers on its force the well-known citizen whose name heads this brief outline of his career. Mr. Fary, who now holds the responsible position of cashier, takes an active part in community affairs, and has been summoned by his friends and neighbors to serve them in more than one local office of trust.
Esick Wolcott Fary, father of Raymond Wolcott Fary, was born at Wayside, New Jersey, and as a young man came to Sea Bright, where he is now the owner of a machine shop. He married Ida Johnson, a native of Cedar Creek, New Jersey, and they are the parents of a son and daughter: Ray- mond Wolcott, mentioned below; and Ella, wife of Cyril Smack and mother of three children: Doris, Naoma and Gusine.
Raymond Wolcott Fary, son of Esick Wolcott and Ida (Johnson) Fary, was born February 24, 1887, at Sea Bright, New Jersey, and attended the schools of his native town, afterward completing his edu- cation at the Chattell High School, Long Branch, New Jersey. In 1911 Mr. Fary entered the First National Bank of Sea Bright and has risen step by step to the position of cashier, the fact of his advancement bearing witness to his ability and also to his fidelity in the discharge of his duties.
As a faithful Democrat, Mr. Fary has been ac- tive in behalf of the principals of his party and is now serving as a member of the Election Board. He also holds the office of clerk to the Board of Education. The position which Mr. Fary now holds, both as a banker and a citizen, is entirely of
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his own making, and everything indicates that still further advancement awaits him in the future.
Mr. Fary married, April 29, 1917, in New York City, Nettie Barrowman, born December 19, 1896, in Newark, New Jersey, daughter of June and Anna Barrowman. Mr. and Mrs. Fary are the parents of one child, Raymond, born at Sea Bright, April 14, 1918.
GEORGE W. SEWING-A skilled workman, his own architect and a builder of residences, George W. Sewing continues the career which be- gan two decades ago and is one of the best known and highly rated contractors of Red Bank. He is & son of William and Etta (Burdge) Sewing, his father a veteran of the Civil War, and a veteran contractor and builder, being yet a resident of Red Bank, his mother deceased.
George W. Sewing was born in Keyport, New Jersey, July 25, 1880. He was educated in the pub- lic schools, finishing with graduation from Red Bank High School, class of 1897. The next four years were spent in learning the carpenter trade under his capable father, and in mastering the details of the business he proposed to follow-the contracting of buildings. This preparation embraced a study of architecture, and in 1901, when the young man assumed the responsibilities of legal age, he also began business as a contractor and builder. He rapidly came into favor as a builder of residences and during his first ten years in business, 1901 to 1911, built one hundred and fifty residences, nearly all of these from his own designs. He has confined his operations to Red Bank and vicinity, and keeps a large force of men constantly employed, seventy- two names having been entered on his payroll at one time. His name is a guarantee of quality and integrity, his twenty years of dealing with the pub- lic having thoroughly established his ability and re- liability. In political sentiment, Mr. Sewing is a Republican, and in his religious connection a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Monmouth Boat Club.
Mr. Sewing married, in Red Bank, December 21, 1900, Mary E. Price, who died February 4, 1921, aged forty-five years, daughter of Thomas H. and Eleanor (Borden) Price. Two sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. Sewing: Almand and Alton. The fam- ily home is at No. 15 Harding road.
DAVID VANDERVEER PERRINE - A bio- grapher of David V. Perrine, writing in 1901, de- scribed him as a successful merchant, a man of "writing energy, quick of perception, fertile in re- source, strong in execution, and an excellent man- ager, and of honorable upright life." Two decades have since elapsed and the description is still faith- ful, his success however as a merchant of Free- hold, being even more pronounced, and his char- acteristics strengthened by the years.
Mr. Perrine traces descent from Daniel Perrine, the companion of Philip Carteret who came into New York harbor on the ship "Philip," July 29, 1665. Daniel Perrine married Maria Thorel, a fel- low passenger, theirs the first marriage celebrated in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Descent from this pioneer couple is through their great-grandson, John Perrine, and his wife, Mary Rue; their third son, John (2) Perrine, a Revolutionary soldier, and his wife, Ann Stout; their son David Perrine, and his wife, Phoebe Baird, daughter of a Revolution- ary captain; their son, David Clark Perrine, and his wife, Hannah Matilda Vanderveer; their son David Vanderveer Perrine, of Freehold, New Jersey, to whom this review is inscribed.
David Clark Perrine was born in the village of Clarksburg, Millstone township, Monmouth county, New Jersey, October 20, 1816. At the age of thir- teen he became a clerk in the store of Lippincott Davis & Company, of Freehold, and continued a clerk for eighteen years. He was admitted in 1846, and later, after a short partnership, Cowart & Per- rine, embarked in 1852 in an independent mercantile enterprise, which he successfully conducted until his death, July 6, 1888. He was a mill owner and merchant; president of the Freehold Gas Company, and treasurer of the Freehold and Englishtown Turnpike Company.
He married in February, 1851, Hannah Matilda Vanderveer, born near Freehold, June 4, 1829, daughter of David I. and Mary (Conover) Vander- veer. Mrs. Perrine died in Freehold, March 15, 1900, the mother of four sons and a daughter: David V. of further mention; William Conover, died May 6, 1856; John Rhea, died March 23, 1861; Mary Conover, died February 5, 1873; and Arthur D., died August 13, 1869.
David Vanderveer Perrine, the only child of his parents to reach mature years, was born in Free- hold, New Jersey, May 25, 1853, and there yet re- sides after a lapse of sixty-eight years. He pre- pared at Freehold Institute; entered the Sophomore class at Princeton University in 1873, and was graduated, A. B., class of 1876. Later Princeton conferred upon her son an honorary A. M. After college he entered his father's business as office manager, and was in full charge of that department of a great business, until the death of his honored father in 1888. He then became manager of the entire business, which later came under his sole ownership. The business, handsomely housed on Main and South streets, Freehold, is a modern de- partment store, and in appointment and volume of business transacted, a credit to any city. Mr. Per- rine in 1896 erected an office building adjoining his store building. He formerly operated a farm and flouring mill; has large interests in Freehold cor- porations, and is one of the solid substantial men of old Monmouth and worthy of the honored name he bears. Mr. Perrine is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution; Holland Society, of New York; American Civics. He is an elder of the Pres- byterian church, since December, 1899, a Democrat
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in politics, and a man genuinely liked and thor- oughly respected by all who know him, either in & social or business way.
On November 29, 1900, Mr. Perrine married Eliz- abeth Wyckoff Conover, born in Marlboro township, Monmouth county, New Jersey, August 27, 1857, daughter of Elias and Mary Ann (Wyckoff) Con- over. The family home is in Freehold, and there a gracious hospitality is dispensed by Mr. and Mrs. Perrine to their many friends and acquaintances.
PERCY J. MALSBURY-A graduate of Rider Moore's Business College, and trained in business methods by a capable father, Percy J. Malsbury is one of the young business men of Imlaystown, New Jersey, who have won an honorable place in the business life of that town, and if the past can forecast the future his career of honorable success has but begun. He is a son of Barclay and Mary A. (Fagans) Malsbury, his father a merchant of Imlaystown and since 1890 postmaster of the town.
Percy J. Malsbury was born in Imlaystown, Mon- mouth county, New Jersey, January 20, 1891. After attendance at the public schools he entered Rider Moore's Business College at Trenton, New Jersey, and there continued until graduation with the class of 1911. He then became associated with his hon- ored father and since 1913 has been his partner in the general mercantile business which he established in Imlaystown in 1890. The store of Malsbury & Son is also the post office, Mr. Malsbury, Sr., hav- ing received his first appointment as postmaster during President Cleveland's administration, re- maining in office to date. Both father and son are Democrats, active and interested in all that con- cerns the public good. Mr. Malsbury, Jr., is a member of the town volunteer fire department, the Knights of Pythias, and the Baptist church.
Percy J. Malsbury married, in New Sharon, New Jersey, January 25, 1912, Hannah Stackhouse, born January 18, 1891, in that town, daughter of Henry L. and Mary (Hutchinson) Stackhouse, her father a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Malsbury are the parents of three children: Alberta, born January 3, 1913; Barclay, born June 17 ,1919; and Gordon H., born December 30, 1920. The family home is in Imlays- town, New Jersey, the Malsbury's having long been residents of the county.
EDGAR O. MURPHY-A plumber, and a native son of New Egypt, Ocean county, New Jersey, was John Murphy who married Rachel Oakerson, and they were the parents of three children: two daugh- ters, Margaret and Maude; and an only son, Edgar O., the principal character of this review.
Edgar O. Murphy was born at New Egypt, in Ocean county, New Jersey, twenty miles northeast of Mount Holly, September 16, 1878, and was there educated in the public schools. After leaving school he entered the employ of George Lower, a mer- chant of New Egypt, and for eleven years con- tinued with Mr. Lower as a clerk in the latter's general store. With eleven years' mercantile .:: peri-
ence as a retailer, he approached the wholesale grocery house of Merschert & Reeves, of Trenton, New Jersey, and succeeded in securing a position with that house as traveling salesman, where he re- mained for twelve years, resigning his position in 1919, having been elected president of the First National Bank of Farmingdale, New Jersey, an institution he had been instrumental in organizing in 1916.
Mr. Murphy has proved a capable financier and bank executive, the First National Bank having prospered under his guidance. He is also mayor of Farmingdale, and a man of public spirit, deeply in- terested in community affairs. He is a Republican in politics; is a member of the Masonic order, affiliating with Pyramid Lodge, No. 92, Free and Accepted Masons of New Egypt; the chapter, Royal Arch Masons of Manasquan, New Jersey; Corson Commandery, Knights Templar of Asbury Park, New Jersey; Salaam Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Newark, New Jersey; past chief of Farmingdale Lodge, Knights of the Golden Eagle; the Junior Order of United American Mechanics; and is a trustee of the Farm- ingdale Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Murphy is also president of the Board of Education, presi- dent of the Library Association, and secretary of the Fire Company.
Mr. Murphy married, in Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania, April 22, 1903, Victoria L. Brown, daughter of George Washington and Sarah E. (Chaffee) Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy are the parents of four children: Edgar Lower, Arthur Leigh, George Brown, and Leila Maude.
CHARLES EDWARD FARRY-First as a buil- der and later as a farmer, Mr. Farry has been an influential factor in the development of the leading interests of the communities of which he has at different times been a resident, his present home being at Farmingdale, New Jersey. He has re- cently relinquished the greater portion of his ac- tivities, but is closely identified with the fraternal affairs and social life of his home neighborhood.
Sylvester Farry, great-grandfather of Charles Ed- ward Farry, was a native of Ireland, and emigrated to the United States, settling in Monmouth county, New Jersey, where his descendants have since re- mained, doing their part in the successive genera- tions as upright and useful citizens.
Sylvester (2) Farry, son of Sylvester (1) Farry, was born in Monmouth county, New Jersey, and became a farmer in the vicinity of Poplar, now known as Wayside, in Shrewsbury township. He married Lydia Hurley, of Monmouth county, and their children were: Michael; William, mentioned below; Sylvester, Peter, Henry, Phoebe, and one whose name has not come down to us.
William Farry, son of Sylvester (2) and Lydia (Hurley) Farry, was the owner of a farm situated near Wayside, but always followed the carpenter's trade. He was a Democrat in politics, and in re- ligion a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
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He married Rebecca Hall, daughter of John and Lydia Hall. John Hall was born in 1800, and died in 1870. Mr. Farry died in 1910, at the age of eighty-four, and Mrs. Farry passed away in 1912, when she was seventy-eight years old.
Charles Edward Farry, son of William and Re- becca (Hall) Farry, was born February 21, 1848, Dear Wayside, and educated in the schools of New Bedford, whither his parents moved while he was still a young child. Until 1880 he followed the car- panter's trade, helping to build some of the first structures in Asbury Park, where he had lived since 1870. In 1873 he built a home for himself in Brad- ley Beach, but continued his building business in Asbury Park and Ocean Grove until 1880, when he purchased one of the Hanz-Herbert farms in Howell township, near Farmingdale. He has since acquired three more farms in the same vicinity.
In 1918 Mr. Farry retired, turning over the major part of his holdings to his sons. He now lives in the borough of Farmingdale, still retaining the small estate known as "Mark's farm." He is a Democrat, and for twenty years served as township committee- man, occupying a seat on the school board for three years. He is a charter member of the Knights of the Golden Eagle, No. 56, of Farmingdale, hold- ing the rank of past chief and having passed all chairs. He affiliates, also, with the Improved Order of Red Men, Shiquankum Tribe; and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, No. 65. He and his family are members of the Methodist Epis- copal church.
Mr. Farry married, July 10, 1875, in Asbury Park, Irene Morris, of Hamilton, New Jersey, born Feb- ruary 21, 1856, daughter of Samuel Yumans and Catherine (Sexton) Morris, both descendants of pioneers of Monmouth county. Samuel Yumans Morris is a son of Robert and Rebecca (Yumans) Morris, and Catherine (Sexton) Morris is a dangh- ter of William and Catherine (Fisher) Sexton. Mr. and Mrs. Farry are the parents of the following children: Walter Irving, born May 29, 1876, at Asbury Park, died February 13, 1879; Catherine Kemmouth, born January 28, 1880, at Bradley Beach, married Theron Sutphen; Clarence E., born February 26, 1882, in Howell township; Harold Cleveland, born August 14, 1884, also in Howell township, as were all the younger children: Samuel Percival, born December 20, 1886; James H. Sex- ton, born February 16, 1889; Florence Irene, born April 28, 1891; Leon Austin, born August 2, 1894; and Rhind Arthur, born September 1, 1896, served during the World War in the United States navy, receiving, in August, 1919, an honorable discharge and returning to the farm. The record of Charles Edward Farry should be preserved, for it is that of an able, successful business man and a public- spirited citizen.
EDWARD IRVING BROWN, who was promi- nent in the affairs of his native town, Matawan, New Jersey, and who also took an active interest in Asbury Park and Ocean Grove church and civic
life, died at Asbury Park, in 1913, at the age of sixty-six years. He was the son of Warren and Louise (Fickett) Brown, both of Matawan. Warren Brown was one of the contractors who built the first houses at Ocean Grove and Asbury Park. In later life he built a house for his own use at Ocean Grove, where he spent the latter part of an eventful career in peace and quiet. He was very prominent in church work, a deacon of the Meth- odist church at Ocean Grove, and one of its largest contributors.
Edward Irving Brown spent most of his life at Matawan, where he conducted a men's furnishing store for fifteen years. His summers were spent at Ocean Grove, where he took a keen interest in all activities of town and church. After retiring from business in 1900, Mr. Brown made Ocean Grove his permanent home, where he lived in a house built by his father. Like his father before him, he was also a member of the Methodist church, and its generous benefactor. He was not a club man, and in politics was an Independent.
The following is an excerpt from his obituary in a local paper:
The memory of the just is blest. That a good man is better than riches is not only a passage of Holy Writ, but part of the philosophy of all genera- tions. Riches take to themselves wings and fly away, but righteousness endureth forever. The men whose riches have passed the bounds of either legal or moral justice live only in the contempt and fear of others, and their pleasures must be sought in the lower gratification of life. God announces His own respect for a just man, and humanity has fol- lowed closely upon it and given him its own respect. We esteem Mr. Brown to be such a man, and all who knew him speak of him in words that mean the same, and whatever else he may leave his fam- ily, he leaves them this comfort as thoughts that shall linger around his memory.
Mr. Brown married Katherine English, born at Englishtown, New Jersey, the daughter of James and Mary (Ely) English. Both the English and Ely families are of pioneer stock of Monmouth county, and records are preserved in the "History of Old Tennent Church" (pgs. 400-401). Of the three children born to Mr. and Mrs. Brown, one died in infancy; the eldest, Edward Irving, is of further mention in the following sketch, and the other son is Harold Warren Brown.
EDWARD IRVING BROWN, Jr .- Among lead- ing representatives of the real estate interests of Asbury Park must be numbered the enterprising business man whose name heads this article. Mr. Brown is well known in the social and fraternal circles of his community, and during the World War "did his bit" in patriotic service.
Edward Irving Brown was born November 13, 1895, in Matawan, New Jersey, and is a son of Edward Irving and Katherine (English) Brown (see preceding sketch). The education of Edward Irving Brown was received at the Neptune Grammar School, Ocean Grove, New Jersey, the Staunton
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Military Academy, Staunton, Virginia, and the Mer- cersburg (Pennsylvania) Preparatory School. His course of study was abruptly terminated by the death of his father, and he then entered upon the active work of life. In April, 1916, he established himself in the insurance business which he has since carried on successfully in conjunction with the sale of cement products.
During the World War Mr. Brown gave prac- tical evidence of patriotism by serving in the Ord- rance Department of the California Loading Com- pany, at South Amboy, New Jersey.
In the sphere of politics, Mr. Brown is an In- dependent, voting; irrespective of party, for the man he deems best fitted for the office. He affiliates with Lodge No. 128, Benevolent and Protective Or- der of Elks, of Asbury Park; Knights of the Golden Eagle, Burlage Castle, No. 62, Asbury Park; and the United Commercial Travelers' Association of America. His only club is the Kiwanis, the most alive young business men's club in town. He be- longs to the Eagle (volunteer) Fire Company of Ocean Grove, and is a member of the First Meth- odist Episcopal Church of Asbury Park, and the Ocean Grove Auditorium Ushers' Association.
Mr. Brown married, January 5, 1916, in Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania, Stella Wood Dwier, daugh- ter of George William and Mary Elizabeth Dwier, and they are the parents of three children: Edward I., (3rd), born February 20, 1917, at Ocean Grove, New Jersey; William George, born August 19, 1919, also at Ocean Grove; and Walter Warren, born March 7, 1921, at Spring Lake, New Jersey.
Edward Irving Brown is a citizen of all-round value to his community, a worthy son and grand- son of men who, each in his own day and genera- tion, aided largely in the upbuilding of the now famous towns of Asbury Park and Ocean Grove.
HARRY B. SHERMAN-In financial, civic and fraternal affairs in Long Branch the name of Harry B. Sherman is prominent. A native of this city, his career has covered a period of wonderful growth and development in the community, and its transformation from a small, quiet town into one of the most progressive and enterprising cities along the coast of Monmouth county.
Mr. Sherman was born in Long Branch, December 27, 1865, and received his early education in the grammar and high schools of his native place, later spending one year at Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania. He then became identified with the First National Bank, of Long Branch, (now the Long Branch Trust Company,) in the capacity of bookkeeper, and was thus engaged for a number of years. In 1899, when the Citizen's Bank was founded, Mr. Sherman was the first cashier of the institution, and he held this office for a period of nine years. On account of broken health he then resigned, but became associated with the Long Branch Banking Company as chairman of the board of directors. He has since continued with this con- cern, and on January 1, 1915, was elected its presi-
dent. His long experience, far-sighted ability and unquenchable faith in the continued prosperity of his native place have united to advance very materi- ally the progress of the concern, and have carried it to a high plane of success.
A member of the Monmouth County Bankers' Association, .Mr. Sherman is broadly interested in every phase of the public advance. He has always been a worker in the Republican party, caring little, however, for political honors. He was made the first city auditor, and served during the entire his- tory of Long Branch as a city, ten years, when the commission form of government was adopted and the office abolished. During the World War he was very active in all endeavors in support of the American Expeditionary Force, serving on commit- tees in all the war work, and as chairman of two drives. He is a member of Long Branch Lodge, No. 78, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is past master, and is also a member of Corson Com- mandery, Knights Templar, and the Masonic Club. He holds membership in St. James' Episcopal Church, of which he has been treasurer for twenty- one years, and of which he is now senior warden.
Mr. Sherman married, October 5, 1887, Marion Corless, of Long Branch, and they had one son, Harold, now deceased.
JOHN EDWARD BOYLE-Notwithstanding the fact that he has only recently become a resident of Rumson, Mr. Boyle has already made a place for himself among the enterprising business men of the town. He is also highly esteemed as a citizen and has made a number of friends among his neighbors and associates.
Patrick Boyle, father of John Edward Boyle, was born in County Cavan, Ireland, where his ancestors had long been tillers of the soil. He married Mary Reynolds, whose family, like his own, had for gen- erations been farmers in County Cavan. Their chil- dren were: Hugh, Thomas, Luke, James, John Ed- ward, mentioned below; Elizabeth, Patrick, and Frank. At the age of seventy-four, Patrick Boyle died in his native land. That was in 1919, and his widow still lives in Ireland.
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