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THE KETCHAM FAMILY-Solomon Ketcham, son of David and Ann Ketcham, was born Novem- ber 9, 1756, and died March 10, 1835. He married, October 14, 1792, Mary Cooper, born January 26, 1770, died June 15, 1844, daughter of Thomas and Margaret Cooper. Children: David, born August 11, 1793; married Mary Ann Bartlett; Ann, born September 26, 1794, married, April 15, 1821, Na- thaniel Thursten; Thomas, of whom further; Gar- ret, born August 15, 1797, married, November 23, 1822, Juliett Jones; Benjamin, born February 18, 1799, married Harriet Taylor; Jonathan, born De- cember 4, 1800, died March 14, 1885, married, March 14, 1822, Betsey Parson; William, born May 24,
1802, died August 21, 1850, married, December 30, 1830, Margaret Havens; Phebe, born January 31, 1804, died July 29, 1890, married James Bishop; Margaret, born August 28, 1805, married, July 2, 1845, Ezra Farms, who died January 31, 1894; Su- sannah, born February 23, 1808; and Mary, born December 23, 1809, died August 4, 1813.
Thomas Ketcham, third child and second son of of Solomon and Mary (Cooper) Ketcham, was born January 1, 1796, died January 2, 1839. He mar- ried, January 6, 1817, Margaret Longstreet, born April 19, 1794, died February 6, 1867, daughter of Richard and Lydia Longstreet. Children: Mary, born October 4, 1817, died May 19, 1880, married, September 13, 1838, Samuel Bearmore; Lydia, born January 17, 1820, died August 10, 1848, married January 7, 1844, Thomas Woolley; Hannah, born August 3, 1825, married, February 26, 1846, Herbert Woolley; David, born September 30, 1826, died April 12, 1882, married, January 27, 1848, Ellen Jameson; Thomas (2) of whom further; Joseph B., born August 30, 1831, died August 1, 1900, married (first) August 13, 1853, married (second) February 2, 1862, Johannah Ogborn; Margaret, born April 1, 1834, married (first) November 9, 1849, William Lecoumpt, married (second) April 20, 1866, William Nevis.
Thomas (2) Ketcham, fifth child and second son of Thomas (1) and Margaret (Longstreet) Ketcham, was born February 28, 1828, died February 22, 1904. He was a farmer of Howell township, Mon- mouth county, New Jersey, all his active life. He married, December 24, 1851, his cousin, Elizabeth Ketcham, born March 7, 1835, died December 13, 1912, daughter of William and Margaret (Havens) Ketcham. Children: Matilda Anne; Margaret Am- elia; William Thomas; Susan; James Thomas, of further mention; William Ogborn; Howard J., and Keziah Cooper.
James Thomas Ketcham, second son and fifth child of Thomas (2) and Elizabeth (Ketcham) Ket- cham, was born at the homestead, West Farms, in Howell township, Monmouth county, New Jersey, July 19, 1864, and there his years, fifty-seven, have been passed.
Mr. Ketcham married, February 7, 1888, Eliza- beth H. Gilbert, daughter of Joseph Z. and Hannah (Riddle) Gilbert. Children: 1. Grace, born Janu- ary 26, 1889, at West Farms; married Joseph L. Munroe, and has three children: William M., born December 28, 1916; James Ketcham, born May 6, 1918; and Joseph Luellan, born July 16, 1920. 2. Wilbur, born July 30, 1891; married Alice Brown, and they have one child, Robert B., born December 17, 1919. 3. Florence Ruth, born March 14, 1896.
WILLIAM F. WOOLLEY-At the old homestead in Monmouth county, near Wayside, in Ocean town- ship, William F. Woolley was born and there has spent his years, fifty-eight. He inherited the home farm from his father, Edwin Woolley, who in 1853 inherited it from his father, John Woolley; who in- herited from his father, John W. Woolley; who in- herited from his father, James Woolley, son of
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William Woolley, "the whaler," son of John Wool- ley, "the founder." The homestead has sheltered six generations of Woolleys, and from the old home has gone forth a procession of men and women who have been an influence for good in their communi- ties.
(I) The founder of the family in America in this branch was John Woolley, who left his home in England about the year 1660. He married Marcy Poller, daughter of Thomas Poller, and had chil- dren: Ruth, married John Tucker, of New Bedford, Massachusetts; John, Thomas, and William, of whom further. This family were of Massachusetts.
(II) William Woolley, the youngest son of John Woolley, was a whaler, amassing a fortune through his connection with that once profitable business. He married and had a son, James, of whom further.
(III) James Woolley, son of William Woolley, married and his family consisted of five sons: John W., of whom further; Amos, Anthony, William and Jesse.
(IV) John W. Woolley, son of James Woolley, married and had two sons: John of whom further, and Josiah.
(V) John Woolley, son of John W. Woolley, married and among his children was Edwin, of whom further.
(VI) Edwin Woolley, son of John Woolley, was born at the Woolley homestead in Ocean township, Monmouth county, New Jersey, October 10, 1830, and died in July, 1915. He was educated in the public district school, and early became his father's farm assistant. In 1853 he inherited the home- stead farm and there spent his life. He was a Re- publican in politics, a school trustee, member and trustee of the Fourth Methodist Church, and for many years superintendent of its Sunday school. Edwin Woolley married, (first), in 1852, Mary Jane Morton, daughter of David Morton, of Ocean town- ship, Monmouth county, who died leaving a daugh- ter, Laura, who became the wife of Charles North. He married (second) in 1857, Elizabeth Ann Havens, daughter of Robert Havens, of New York. Edwin and Elizabeth Ann (Havens) Woolley were the par- ents of six children: John Warren; William F., of whom further; Ella, Marietta; Charles Anthony, a sketch of whom follows, and Eunice.
(VII) William F. Woolley, second son of Ed- win Woolley and his second wife, Elizabeth Ann (Havens) Woolley, was born at the homestead in Ocean township, Monmouth county, New Jersey, July 3, 1863. He was educated in the district pub- lic school, and from an early age has been familiar with the work of the farm. He was his father's assistant until the latter's passing, and then be- came its owner. He has made farming the business of his life, has been successful in causing the home acres to produce profitably, and is held in high esteem by his neighbors and many friends. He is a Republican in politics and a member of the Meth- odist Episcopal church.
Mr. Woolley married, in Oakhurst, March 29,
1921, Matilda Belshaw, daughter of James and Ma- tilda Belshaw.
CHARLES ANTHONY WOOLLEY, the present representative of the family, is a prosperous farmer of Ocean township, and of high standing in his com- munity. He has spent his life in the locality in which he now resides, and is one of the best known men of the township.
Charles Anthony Woolley, son of Edwin and Elizabeth Ann (Havens) Woolley (q. v.), was born at the homestead in Ocean township, Monmouth county, New Jersey, July 27, 1874. He was edu- cated in the district school, and early became his father's assistant. He inherited half of the home- farm, and there has continued his farming opera- tions, his home being near Wayside. Mr. Woolley is a Republican in politics, and a man of influence in his community. He was treasurer of Ocean township for three years, member of the township committee, member of the township Board of Edu- cation, and of the County Board of Agriculture. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, of West Long Branch.
Mr. Woolley married, in West Long Branch, New Jersey, January 4, 1898, Ella Parker, daughter of George A. and Caroline (Throckmorton) Parker. Mr. and Mrs. Woolley are the parents of five chil- dren, all born in Ocean township, Monmouth county, New Jersey: Parker, Joseph Walling, Mary Cun- ningham, George, Charles Anthony (2).
CLARK PLUMER KEMP-In 1918, by the ap- pointment of President Wilson, Clark Plumer Kemp became postmaster at Little Silver, New Jersey, a position he has retained to the present. He was born at Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, in 1886, the eldest son of John Andrew and Martha (Morgan) Kemp, both born in Pennsylvania, Mr. Kemp at Harnedsville, and his wife at Baden, she a daughter of Samuel and Emeline Morgan. They are the par- ents of seven children. Milo Hamilton is the sec- ond son, and John Paul the youngest of the seven, one son, Samuel, is dead, and also a daughter, Ivy. The surviving daughters are Mary Hazel, and Lucy Fern. John A. Kemp removed to Little Silver in mid- dle age and has been engaged as a florist ever since. He is a Mason, and a member of the Mys- tic Brotherhood, No. 21, Red Bank.
Clark Plumer Kemp came to Little Silver as a boy and studied in the public school, completing his education at a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, business college. After leaving college, for two years he engaged in clerical work as an agent of the United States Express Company, and at the New York postoffice later. He is a Mason like his father, being a member of the Mystic Brotherhood, No. 21, of Red Bank, also a member of the Postoffice Clerks' Association, of New York City. In politics he is an Independent, always voting fort he candidate he considers the best man.
Mr. Kemp married, in 1918, Margaret Jane Ross, at Binghamton, New York, daughter of Peter Ross,
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and they have one child, Clark Plumer Kemp, Jr., spends much of his spare time at this recreation in born April 29, 1920, in Binghamton.
J. TURNER ROSE, M. D .- Nearly a quarter of a century has elapsed since Dr. Rose began private practice in Asbury Park, New Jersey, those years, 1899-1921, having returned him richly the honors of his, the oldest or professions. He has made a spec- ialty of surgical cases, and is considered one of the most able and skillful of surgeons. Dr. Rose is a native of Prospertown, New Jersey, his parents, William S. and Abbie G. (Van Hise) Rose, both having gone to their reward, the former in 1906, the latter in 1913. The late William S. Rose was a native of Keyport, New Jersey, and for many years was a merchant, dealing in general merchandise at Smithburg and later at Trenton. A few years pre- vious to his death he sold out his business and re- turned to Eatontown, where in his younger years he had engaged in farming. This occupation he re- sumed and thus continued until he passed away.
J. Turner Rose was born in Prospertown, New Jersey, October 26, 1869. There he attended school until the family removed to Long Branch, where he entered the high school, and subsequently at- tended Eastman's Business College at Poughkeep- sie, New York, finishing with graduation in March, 1891. Having in the meantime determined to adopt medicine as his profession, he accordingly matri- culated at Baltimore Medical College and received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1894. Im- mediately after graduation he moved to Eatontown, and there established himself in the practice of his profession. Success attended his efforts in his chosen work, and three years later he came to Asbury Park, and since 1899 his practice has been extraordinarily successful and has grown uninter- ruptedly up to the present time, 1921. Through- out these many years he has devoted himself al- most exclusively to the surgical branch of the profession, and that he made no mistake in direct- ing his efforts along this particular line is proven by the flattering results of his work. Dr. Rose has always been keenly interested in the affairs of the community of which he is a member, and no good work done in the name of public welfare appeals to him in vain. For more than twelve years, or since 1909, he has been coroner physician of Asbury Park. He affiliates with Monmouth County Medical Association and Asbury Park Medical Society.
In 1897, at Poughkeepsie, New York, Dr. Rose was united in marriage with Edith Rogers, daugh- ter of James and Harriett (Milton) Rogers, the for- mer for many years a glass bottle manufacturer, the latter a granddaughter of Margery Asquith, a member of the celebrated Asquith family. Dr. and Mrs. Rose are the parents of two children: 1. Sylvia, wife of William H. Pugh, who was formerly associated with the Asbury Park Automobile Com- pany, an expert on marine engines; they have one child, Edith Cameron. 2. Milton, died in child- hood. The family home is at No. 1119 Fifth ave- nue. Dr. Rose is keenly interested in fishing, and
the South. His hobby is motor boating, and he and his son-in-law have built a forty-foot cruiser, one of the finest on the coast.
HARRY C. REHM-Representative of the for- ward movement which has characterized the shore cities of Monmouth county, Harry C. Rehm, of Long Branch, is carrying extensive individual interests along the line of electrical contracting and its allied mercantile activity, electrical supplies. Mr. Rehm is a son of John J. and Louise C. (Reiser) Rehm, of New York City, his father having been in busi- ness there.
Harry C. Rehm was born in New York City, Feb- ruary 28, 1875. He received his education in the New York City public schools. His first regular em- ployment was with one of the largest concerns in the line of cotton converting and manufacturing in the United States, if not in the world, and for a period of five years he was their southern represen- tative, with offices in Atlanta, Georgia. His am- bition was, however, to win his way to success in an independent venture. Accordingly coming to Long Branch in the year 1908, Mr. Rehm chose the rapidly developing field of electrical contracting as the scene of his endeavors. Beginning in the Burns building on Broadway, Long Branch, he secured a comprehensive stock of electrical supplies, and en- tered the work of contracting. His success has been definite, and is still gaining in scope and import- ance. He is the sole representative for the Gen- eral Electric Company in Long Branch and vicinity for all their products, and employs ten to twelve men constantly, all experts in electrical matters. Most of the factories of Long Branch have been equipped, electrically, by Mr. Rehm, and he has done much noteworthy work, including that at the plant of the Long Branch Fur Dyeing Company, the electrical work done in the reconstruction of the Monmouth Memorial Hospital, and on the es- tate of Charles A. Wempfheimer. He did the electri- cal work at Elkwood Park, which involved the lay- ing of about five miles of cable underground. The business is constantly increasing, and is one of the foremost enterprises of this nature along the coast.
In various public and benevolent interests Mr. Rehm has long been a leading figure. An indepen- dent Republican by political convictions, he was primarily responsible for the inauguration of the commission form of government for the city of Long Branch. He was one of the organizers of the Association of New Jersey Shore Municipalities, which is a league of mayors and officials, and is devoted to mutual exchange of methods and ideas of municipal advance. He is a member of the Sinking Fund Commission of the county of Mon- mouth. In 1911 Mr. Rehm served as chairman of the Carnival in Long Branch, and was presented with a handsome watch in appreciation of his efficient work, and in 1912 was made president, and for several years he was also president and secre- tary of the Chamber of Commerce. He has long
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been active in Boy Scout work, and during the World War was a leader in Liberty Loan and Red Cross drives, still holding his membership in the Red Cross, which he serves as chairman of the Monmouth county chapter. He is a member of Lodge, No. 742, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; the Rotary Club, and of the Citizens' Club, of Long Branch. For twenty years he has been a member and trustee of the Long Branch Indepen- dent Fire Company, and he is a trustee of the Firemen's Relief Association. He attends St. John's Episcopal Church, and is a member of the Community Club of the church.
On March 2, 1905, in Long Branch, Mr. Rehm married Mary Hancock, daughter of Joshua and Emma (Foster) Hancock, and they are the par- ents of four children: Madison Peters, Harry C., Jr., Robert Hancock, and Mignon Marie.
WINFIELD SCOTT STRYKER-A quarter of a century's experience as a successful dealer in horses has made Mr. Stryker's name so thoroughly fa- miliar in Marlboro and its vicinity as to obviate the necessity of any introduction on the part of the biographer. Mr. Stryker has always been a good citizen, respected by all and numbering the majority of his neighbors among his personal friends.
Forman Conover Stryker, father of Winfield Scott Stryker, was born October 2, 1835. He married Charlotte Youngs, who was born the same month and year in New York City, and is now deceased, being survived by her husband, who is a retired farmer.
Winfield Scott Stryker was born April 15, 1860, at Wayside, New Jersey. He received his education in the public schools of Tinton Falls, Keyport and Red Bank. For four years, beginning in 1876, he assisted his father in the care of the farm, and then went to Philadelphia, Pa., where he entered the ser- vice of the firm of Evanson & Son, with whom he was engaged in the soap business for five years. He was then employed by the New Jersey Central Railroad Company for a period of eight years, and his next change was to embark in business on his own acocunt. He has for the past twenty-five years been a prosperous horse dealer.
The political principles of Mr. Stryker are those upheld by the Democratic party, but he has never mingled actively in public affairs, preferring to de- vote his time and attention exclusively to his busi- ness. He belongs to no fraternal or social or- ganizations, and he and his family attend the Bap- tist church.
Mr. Stryker married, October 24, 1888, in Mat- awan, New Jersey, Elizabeth Sickels, born March 31, 1860, in New York City, daughter of Jesse S. and Elizabeth (Whitlock) Sickels, the former a printer. Mr. and Mrs. Sickels were born in New York City, the former on December 9, 1825, and the latter on April 9, 1832. Mr. and Mrs. Stryker are the parents of one son, Lester Harold, born August 4, 1889, in Marlboro, New Jersey; attended
the public schools of his native town and the Free- hold High School, afterward graduating from the New York University, class of 1910, as veterinary surgeon; now practising in Red Bank .
The record of Mr. Stryker furnishes an illustra- tion of the force of intelligent foresight and quiet, persistent industry, and might be read with peculiar profit by young men beginning life.
FREDERICK B. CONOVER-The Conovers of Monmouth county descend from Wolfert Gerretse Van Couvenhoven, the common ancestor of the Couvenhoven, Kouwenhoven or Conover family in ths country. He emigrated from Amersfoort, in the province of Utrecht, in Holland, in 1630, com- ing with the colonists who ascended the Hudson and settled at Rensselaerwyck (near Albany, New York), where he was employed by the Dutch pa- troon as farm superintendent. Later he returned to New Amsterdam, where he cultivated the com- pany's "bou wery" or farm, and in 1657 he was enrolled among the burghers of New Amsterdam. He acquired considerable property, the records show- ing several transfers. His sons, Gerret Wolfersen, of whom further, Jacob, and Peter, were all born in Holland.
Gerret Wolfersen Couvenhoven, eldest son of Wol- fert Gerretse Van Couvenhoven, the American ancestor, was born in Amsterdam, Holland, in 1610, came to New Amsterdam with his father in 1630, settled at Flatlands, Long Island, and there died in 1645. He married, about 1635, at Flatlands, Altie Cornelis Cool, of Gowanus. After his marriage he settled on a farm in Flatlands, where he was a magistrate in 1644. He had sons, Willem Gerretse, and Jan.
Willem Gerretse Couvenhoven, eldest son of Gerret Wolfersen Couvenhoven, was born in Flat- lands, Long Island, in 1636, and was living in 1727, aged ninety-one. He resided in Brooklyn, New York, where he was a deacon of the Dutch Reformed church. Later he moved to a farm at Flatlands, which he conveyed to his son Willem in July, 1727, which is about the date of the latter's removal to Monmouth county, New Jersey. William G. was twice married; first, in 1660, to Altje Brinckerhoff, who bore him a son, Gerret; (second) to Jannetje Jonica Montfort, who bore him eleven children, the seventh being Albert . Willemse, founder of the Conover family in Monmouth county.
Albert Willemse Couvenhoven, son of Willem Gerretse Couvenhoven, was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Monmouth county, New Jersey, in September, 1748. He removed to Monmouth county from Flatlands, Long Island, about 1727. He owned a farm in Monmouth county, and as the battle of Monmouth was partly fought on the farm of a Couvenhoven, it is more than probable that it was his farm and that all the family bore a part in that battle. He married, in 1701, Neeltje Roel- ofse Schenck, born January 3, 1682, died July 7, 1751, daughter of Roelof Martense Schenck. They were members of the Freehold Dutch Reformed
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Church. Albert W. and Neeltje R. (Schenck) Cou- ment, Delaware Volunteer Infantry, and died in venhoven were parents of twelve children, descent in this line being through the eldest, William. In the fifth and sixth generations the Dutch name Couvenhoven became its present form, Conover, but there are branches which yet retain the original form of the name.
William Conover, son of Albert Willemse and Neeltje R. (Schenck) Conover, was born in Flat- lands, Long Island, November 7, 1703, died in 1790. He came to Monmouth county, New Jersey, with his parents and there engaged in farming. He mar- ried Libea (Elizabeth) Van Cleef, and they were the parents of eleven children. The line of descent to Frederick B. Conover is through the second son, Benjamin Conover, and his wife, Catherine Wyckoff; their son, William B. Conover, born in 1752, died August 15, 1807, and his wife, Eleanor Foreman; their son, Peter P. Conover, born October 16, 1776, died December 25, 1855, and his wife, Jane De Wise; their son, Daniel, and his wife, Mary VanDerveer; their son Daniel Rezeau Conover, born in 1836, died in September, 1914, and his wife, Eleanor Schenck, born December 28, 1841, died in 1921; their son, Chriney Conover, who died February 2, 1901, and his wife, Ada Taylor; they the parents of Frederick B. Conover, of the twelfth recorded generation of his family in this country.
Frederick B. Conover, son of Chriney and Ada (Taylor) Conover, was born at the home farm in Atlantic township, Monmouth county, New Jersey, July 28, 1886. He completed the grammar school courses of study in the township public schools, then entered Freehold High School, where he com- pleted his years of study. After leaving high school at the age of fifteen he returned to the home farm, which has ever since been his home, in fact has always been his home. He then assumed its man- agement, his father having died when his son was fifteen years of age. The farm is situated on the road from Colts Neck to Holmdel, in Atlantic town- ship.
Mr. Conover is a Democrat in politics, and chair- man of the township committee. He is a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics of Holmdel, and attends the Reformed Dutch church of Colts Neck.
Mr. Conover married, at Colts Neck, New Jer- sey, October 24, 1908, Laura Edna Wolcott, daugh- ter of Thomas R. and Matilda Wolcott. Mr. and Mrs. Conover are the parents of two children: Carl- ton Taylor, born September 27, 1911; and Ella May, born October 30, 1919.
HARRY N. McKAIG-Long active in various branches of business endeavor, and for the past twenty years a resident of Monmouth county, New Jersey, Harry N. Mckaig is a worthy descendant of a family for many years prominent in Maryland and Delaware.
He is a son of William James McKaig, born in Elkton, Maryland, in 1832, served with gallantry in the Civil War as captain of Company F, Third Regi-
1908. He married Esther A. Twaddell, who was born near Chadds Ford, Delaware county, Penn- sylvania, in 1842, died in 1900, daughter of Charles Twaddell, a farmer, of Quaker descent, a descen- dant of that Twaddell who owned and operated the first powder mill in the United States. William James and Esther A. (Twaddell) McKaig were the parents of eight children: Winfield Twaddell, assist- ant secretary of the Lobdell Car Wheel Company, of Wilmington, Delaware; Lola Florence, wife of David Metchener, of Ellsmere, Delaware; Charles Benton, a painter of Wilmington, Delaware; Harry N., whose name heads this review; William Vaughn, an accountant with the Lobdell Car Wheel Com- pany; Sarah and John, twins, died in infancy; and Esther, wife of Thomas Quayle, of Denver, Color- ado.
Harry N. Mckaig was born in Wilmington, Dela- ware, December 30, 1867. He attended the grade and high schools of his native city and Goldey's Commercial College, also studied bookkeeping under a private teacher. In 1885, at the age of eighteen, he took his first business position with George W. Bush & Sons Company, wholesalers and retailers of coal and lumber and operators of a line of boats between Philadelphia and Wilmington. He enter- ed as messenger boy, and in 1894, when he resigned, he was assistant superintendent of the coal depart- ment. He resigned to accept a position as book- keeper and private secretary with the Delaware Construction Company, of Wilmington, a bridge and dock building corporation that was forced into a receiver's hands through an accident in the con- struction of a drydock for the Skinner Company, of Baltimore. Mr. McKaig remained with the re- ceivers for nearly a year, assisted in straightening out the affairs and resigned in 1901. During the years 1889-1900, in addition to his other duties, he acted as bookkeeper for the Riverside Brick Com- pany, of New Castle, Delaware, and as auditor for a printing and publishing company, of Wilmington, and for a machine shop of the same city.
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