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Mr. Longstreet married Sophia S. Longstreet, who survives him, a resident of Manasquan, daugh- ter of Captain James A. Longstreet. Edwin P. and Sophia S. (Longstreet) Longstreet were the parents of a son, Edwin Pierce, of further mention; and a daughter, Lucille, a graduate of Trenton State Nor- mal School, class of 1917, now a teacher in Belmar, New Jersey.
Edwin Pierce Longstreet, Jr., was born in Manas- quan, New Jersey, January 10, 1892, and there com- pleted grammar and high school courses, finishing with high school, class of 1911. He then attended the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce of the University of Pennsylvania for one year, later entering the law department of the University of Pennsylvania, whence he was graduated LL.B., class of 1915. He was admitted to the New Jersey bar as an attorney, March 27, 1917, and as a coun- sellor, July 15, 1920. He was associated with the law firm, Durand, Ivins & Carter, of Asbury Park, from his graduation at University of Pennsylvania
in 1915 until January 1, 1920, then established in private practice with offices at No. 316 Kinmonth building, Asbury Park. He is a member of the Monmouth County Bar Association, and is gaining an ever increasing practice since establishing in- dependently under his own name. He enlisted in the United States army, July 8, 1918, was sent to Camp A. A. Humphries in Virginia, assigned to Camp Headquarters detachment and so continued until his discharge as a sergeant, March 20, 1919. Mr. Long- street is a member of Asbury Park Lodge, No. 128, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; the First Presbyterian Church, of Manasquan, and is a devotee of all out-of-door sports. He resides at the family home, Main street, Manasquan, with his widowed mother and sister.
JUDGE JACOB STEINBACH, JR. - Having been for five years judge of the District Court, and being, moreover, a lawyer and banker, Judge Stein- bach is very well known in Monmouth county. He is a citizen of Long Branch, New Jersey, and is always well to the fore in matters that concern the city's welfare, such as education, housing, city plan- ning, and the recovery of trade and industry from the depression occasioned by the World War.
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Judge Steinbach is a son of Jacob and Mary (Hall) Steinbach, and was born at Long Branch on February 18, 1881. His mother, Mrs. Jacob Stein- bach, died in 1920. He received his early educa- tion in the public schools of New Jersey. He was also a pupil at the Lawrenceville School for some time, and after his graduation, proceeded to Prince- ton University. In 1904 he graduated from the university with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. From Princeton he went to the New York Law School and graduated in 1906, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. During the same year he was admitted to the New York bar, and in 1911 to the bar in New Jersey as an attorney, and later was admitted to practice as a counsellor. In 1913 he was appointed judge of the District Court for a term of five years by Governor Fielder. When his term of office expired, Judge Steinbach established himself in general practice at Long Branch.
Judge Steinbach is a member of the New Jersey Bar Association, and the Monmouth County Bar Assoication. He is a director of the Citizens' Na- tional Bank of Long Branch; and is a director and vice-president of the Long Branch Building and Loan Association. He is a Mason of the third de- gree, and also belongs to the Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks. In politics, he is a Demo- crat. He was appointed to a position on the Board of Education of Long Branch in February, 1919, for a term of five years.
Judge Steinbach married Inez R. Newbold, of Long Branch. They have no children.
CLARENCE MORTON TRIPPE, A. M., M.D .- Although but a short time has elapsed since his coming to Asbury Park, the name of Dr. Clarence Morton Trippe is already familiar and most favor- ably so to a majority of residents of this city. Dr. Trippe devotes himself entirely to the treat- ment of nervous and mental diseases, and has thor- oughly identified himself both as a physician and a citizen with the progressive element of the com- munity.
Rev. Dr. Morton Fitch Trippe, father of Dr. Clarence Morton Trippe, was born in Bridgewater, Oneida county, New York State, September 15, 1847. After graduating from Hamilton College, 1872, and from Auburn Theological Seminary at Auburn, New York, in 1875, he became a pastor at Sodus, New York. After two years he resigned and accepted the pastorate of the Presbyterian church of Augusta, New York, where he remained until 1879, when he resigned and became a mission- ary to the Iroquois Indians. For thirty-five years previous to his death, which occurred on the Alle- ghany reservation, New York State, he was actively identified with all that pertained to the national, social and religious life of that people. He married Sarah Louise Holmes, who now (1921) resides in the old homestead at Salamanca, New York. To Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Trippe were born seven children: Myra Etta, who married Weston Maynard Kelsey, general superintendent of the New Jersey Zinc Com-
pany; Clarence Morton, of further mention; Caro- line Maud, who married Frederick C. Hawkey, of Salamanca, New York; Mary Holmes, wife of Sam- uel S. Board, of Hempstead, Long Island; Florence, deceased; Katherine, deceased; Carrie May, de- ceased.
Dr. Clarence Morton Trippe was born at Ver- sailles, New York, September 23, 1884. Removing to Salamanca with his parents when he was but a small child, he. entered the schools of that place, finishing with graduation from the high school there with the class of 1902, as salutatorian. After taking one year's post-graduate course, he matriculated at Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, and won from this institution the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1907 and the degree of Master of Arts in 1910. Having decided to adopt medicine as his profession, he accordingly entered North Carolina Medical College and received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1911, going subsequently to the New York Neurological Institute, where he secured a diploma in his studies on nervous and mental dis- eases. He then went to Charlotte, North Carolina, and established himself in private practice, special- izing in nervous and mental diseases, acquiring a large clientele, and here he remained until 1915, when he entered the College of Physicians and Sur- geons, Columbia University, New York, and gradu- ated in 1916 with another degree of M. D., and then came to Asbury Park, New Jersey. In 1917 he removed to Newark, and at the same time was appointed assistant instructor of nervous and men- tal diseases at Vanderbilt Clinic, Columbia Univer- sity.
The following year Dr. Trippe returned to Asbury Park and since that time has devoted him- self entirely to that branch of the profession which deals with nervous diseases, acquiring a large clien- tele and winning the implicit confidence of the pro- fession and the general public. In addition to his work as a practitioner, Dr. Trippe owns the chain of Colonial Pharmacies which are the largest and best equipped in Eastern Jersey, famous for their slogan "Not mere drug stores but institutions that stand for quality and service."
Dr. Trippe is a member of the American Medical Association; the New Jersey State Medical Associa- tion; the Monmouth County Medical Society; the Asbury Park Medical Society; the Practitioners' Club of Asbury Park; the Practitioners' Society of Eastern Monmouth county; Delta Upsilon frater- nity of Hamilton College, Hamilton Chapter; Omega Upsilon Phi medical fraternity of North Carolina, Nu Chapter; Delta Upsilon Club of New York City; and also affiliates with Asbury Park Lodge, No. 142, Free and Accepted Masons; and the Wheelmen of Asbury Park. In religion he is a Presbyterian, and is a member of the First Church of this denomina- tion of Asbury Park.
On September 15, 1911, at Asbury Park, Clarence Morton Trippe was united in marriage with Eliza- beth Holly Buchanon, daughter of Nelson E. Buchanon, mentioned below. Dr. and Mrs. Trippe are the parents of two children: Clare Elizabeth,
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born August 2, 1912; Morton Fitch, born August 2, 1914. Dr. Trippe is a close student, keeping fully abreast of modern thought in all matters pertain- ing to his profession.
Nelson E. Buchanon, father of Mrs. Trippe, was born at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, August 30, 1841. He was of Scotch descent, and possessed many of the traits common to that sturdy race. His par- ents, James and Sarah (El Gordon) Buchanon, were natives of New Jersey, and his grandfather, John Buchanon, was a prominent and familiar figure in the early history of Perth Amboy when the town was a real port of entry. Nelson E. was the eld- est of six children. He attended the public schools of his native place when a boy, but being practically thrown upon his own resources at the age of thir- teen was forced to seek employment, and became a clerk in New York City. Two years later, from the little store laid by from a not over lucrative position, he was enabled to pursue his studies in a Vermont academy. In 1860 he worked for his uncle, John El Gordon, in Lambertville, New Jersey. Mr. El Gordon was a lumberman, and it was there Mr. Buchanon first mastered the secrets and intricate details of the business which he afterwards organ- ized so successfully in Asbury Park. He was twelve years with his uncle. In 1872 Mr. Buchanon went to Red Bank, and subsequently accepted a position with Benjamin White, of Eatontown. Mr. White at that time was one of the leading merchants and lumbermen of the county. He held the bulk of business from the shore district, and Mr .Buchanon, popular from the start, then formed the nucleus of a county acquaintance which it was afterwards easy to perpetuate and extend in a wider field of his personal enterprise in Asbury Park. As a matter of fact this was the real beginning of the great firm of Buchanon & Smock. Within a period of two years Mr. Buchanon purchased Mr. White's interests in the Eatontown lumber business, and taking for his partner Garrett B. Smock, of Asbury Park, the firm of Smock & Buchanon was contin- ued with such pronounced success that when Mr. Smock's interests passed to his son, George A. Smock, the business had developed to a concern of great importance. It was reorganized under the title of Buchanon & Smock, and afterwards, in 1902, was incorporated as the Buchanon & Smock Lumber Company with a capital of $100,000. The volume of annual sales continued to expand until in later years, notwithstanding the drawbacks in- cident to a disastrous fire in 1902, the company easily outdistanced all competitors along the coast and was recognized as one of the leading lumber concerns of the State of New Jersey.
During his career in the city Mr. Buchanon served in several public capacities with great credit, being deeply interested in educational matters, the local Board of Health, the Asbury Park Public Library, Building and Loan Associations, banking facilities and other institutions of the city. He was one of the founders of the first reading-room of the public library. In 1897 he was elected president of the
Library Association, and when the city made the library a municipal institution he was appointed a trustee by the mayor, and his colleagues honored him with the presidency, which office he held until his death. He was one of the first school trustees, serving seven years, during which the first school- house costing $10,000 was built. Mr. Buchanon was a member of the Board of Health from its incep- tion and served as its president nearly ten years, going out of office in 1904. He assisted in the organization of the First National Bank and served as a director until 1888, when he sold his interest and assisted in organizing the Asbury Park and Ocean Grove Bank on January 19, 1889, being one of the directors and holding office until his death.
Many prominent lodges of Masonry and Odd Fellows have Mr. Buchanon's name on their rolls. At his death he was a member of Lulu Temple Lodge of Philadelphia; Asbury Park Lodge, No. 142, Free and Accepted Masons; Hiram Chapter, No. 1, Royal Arch Masons; Corson Commandery, No. 15, Knights Templar; Neptune Fire Company. For many years he was president of the New Jersey Lumbermen's Association; a director in the Lum- bermen's Insurance Company of Pennsylvania; a director of the Asbury Park Building and Loan Association; and president of the Jamesburg Ice Company.
In his political affiliations he adhered to the Democratic party, but believed in the best man for local office. When Asbury Park was in Ocean township he served as a member of the township committee, being elected in 1874; he served two terms. When Neptune township was severed from Ocean township and Asbury Park became a borough he was elected one of the first commissioners and was twice re-elected, serving part of his time as president. He also served four years as treasurer of the borough.
In 1873 Mr. Buchanon was united in marriage with Althea S. Collins, daughter of William Collins, of Chenango county, New York, and to them were born four children: Louisa, wife of Harold B. Ayers; Elizabeth Holly, wife of Dr. Trippe, men- tioned above; Arthur N., deceased; William, de- ceased.
Upon the death of Nelson E. Buchanon, which occurred at Asbury Park, December 9, 1904, the city lost one of her most highly respected citizens, and many there were who mourned the loss of one who had done so much for the community. His record is certainly worthy of emulation and very appropriate for a work of this sort.
SIGMUND EISNER-A name which has come to bear broad significance to Red Bank and its near- by communities is that of Sigmund Eisner, manu- facturer and man of affairs, who has carved out his own success in the few decades during which he has been a resident and citizen of the United States.
Born in Bohemia in the year 1859, Mr. Eisner came to this country as a young man, with only his hands and an unquenchable ambition, tempered with the fairmindedness and integrity which are the
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most stable foundations of all success. His early activities were confined .to the usual scope of the contractor in this field, but with the growth of the business he saw wider possibilities in multiplied pro- duction, and holding fast to the standards to which he was trained, he reached out into a new breadth of activity. Beginning with only a few lines for the garment trade, and specializing in uniforms, Mr. Eimer has built up a very business, known under the firm name of the Sigmund Eisner Company, with a central factory in Red Bank and branches at Long Branch, South Amboy and Freehold, while to meet the exigencies of the World War, sixteen other plants in this vicinity and in Newark were kept constantly busy. For thirty years they have handled contracts for the United States Govern- ment, previous to and during the war for several foreign governments also, their business now large- ly consisting of the manufacture of uniforms, al- though they produce very comprehensive lines of clothing for both men and women. Their opera- tions are at present (1922) keeping 2,000 employees busy, but during the war 5,000 were required to handle their work. They are now sole national outfitters for the Boy Scouts of America, and vari- ous lines of their product are shipped all over the world. The concern has always taken pride in the quality, fit and finish of the output, their purpose having been from the very beginning to keep their product at the level of the custom-made garment. Mr. Eimer, the founder, is still president of the concern, and active in the management of its affairs. As his sons have reached an age to become inter- ested in the business he has received them into partnership, and the personnel of the corporation is now as follows: President, Sigmund Eisner; first vice-president, H. Raymond Eisner; second vice- president, A. Victor Eisner; secretary, Monroe Eis- ner; and treasurer, J. Lester Eisner.
In various civic and social interests of the bor- ough and county, Sigmund Eisner has long been a figure of prominence. He is now a governor of the Monmouth Memorial Hospital, and also of the State Home for Boys at Jamesburg, New Jersey; is vice- president of the Social Service Board of Monmouth county, and of the Red Cross of Monmouth county. He is past water commissioner of Red Bank and a member of the Sinking Fund Committee. He is a member of the American Jewish Committee, of the Jewish Welfare Board of America, and of the Zion- ist Committee of America. His more personal in- terests include membership in the Free and Ac- cepted Masons; Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; and is also a member of the Monmouth County Boat Club.
Sigmund Eisner married Bertha Weis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elias Weis, of Red Bank, and they have four sons: H. Raymond, J. Lester, Monroe, and A. Victor, all of whom further.
H. Raymond Eisner, eldest son of Sigmund and Bertha (Weis) Eisner, was born in Red Bank and received his early education in the public and high schools of his native place, thereafter entering
Phillips Exeter Academy, from which he was gradu- ated in the class of 1900. Then followed his matri- culation at Harvard University, from which he was graduated in 1909. From college he went to the Philadelphia Textile School for a course of one year, then returned directly home and became vice- president of the Eisner Company, since bearing a part in the management of the business. He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons of Red Bank; of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; and is also a member of the Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a direc- tor of the Ann May Hospital, and is a member of the Harvard Club of New Jersey. He is a member of the Hebrew Temple.
H. Raymond Eisner married, in Rochester, New York, on February 12, 1911, Elsie Solomon, daugh- ter of Solomon Solomon, and they have one daugh- ter, Sara Ann.
J. Lester Eisner, second son of Sigmund and Bertha (Weis) Eimer, was born in Red Bank, Now Jersey, receiving his early education in the public and high schools here, his preparatory course fol- lowing at Exeter, and he is also a graduate of Har- vard University, class of 1911. He has filled the office of treasurer of the Eisner organization since his graduation, and is still one of the active mem- bers of the concern. He has been brought forward in the public life of the community as a member of the Red Bank Board of Education, and served his country in the late war, as a member of the Quarter- master's Corps, being commissioned captain and later promoted to lieutenant-colonel. He is a mem- ber of the Free and Accepted Masons; of the An- cient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a member of the Harvard Club of New Jer- sey, and of the Lions Club of Red Bank, also of the Norwood and Freehold golf clubs.
J. Lester Eisner married, in Red Bank, on Janu- ary 13, 1913, Marguerite Davidson, daughter of M. M. Davidson, and they have three children: Lester, Jacques, and Gerald.
Monroe Eisner, third son of Sigmund and Bertha (Weis) Eisner, was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, January 14, 1893, and upon the completion of the high school course here ,also entered Phillips Exeter Academy, from which he was graduated in the class of 1910. Next, a course at Harvard Univer- sity gave him the degree of Bachelor of Arts, upon his graduation in 1914. Thereafter attending the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administra- tion, he was graduated from that branch of the University in 1915, with the degree of Master of Business Administration. Meanwhile, Mr. Eisner was active in 1914 in the Everett Mills, in Everett, Massachusetts, where he made a study of fabrics, then for nearly one year was identified with the Joseph Feiss Clothing Company, of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1916 he entered the Eisner factory in Red Bank, as secretary of the company, and from that time until the present has been very active in the man- agement of the business. In the various affairs of the community Mr. Eisner takes a deep interest,
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and in 1920-21 was made a member of the Red Bank Board of Education. He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons; the Ancient Arabic Or- der Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; and is also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a governor of the Monmouth Memorial Hospital of Long Branch, is treasurer of the Mon- mouth County Boy Scout Council, and is a mem- ber of the Social Service Organization of Monmouth county. He is a member of the Rotary Club of Red Bank, and also its treasurer; a member of the Har- vard Club of New Jersey, and a member of the Norwood and Freehold golf clubs. He holds mem- bership in the Hebrew Temple.
Monroe Eisner married, in New York City, on September 11, 1916, Winone Jackson, daughter of the late Samuel Jackson, and they have one son, Robert Samuel, born June 28, 1917.
A. Victor Eisner, youngest son of Sigmund and Bertha (Weis) Eisner, was born December 11, 1894, and following his elementary studies in the local schools, entered Washington and Jefferson College, at Washington, Pennsylvania, thereafter coming into the concern as second vice-president, which office he now holds. With the intervention of the United States in the World War he enlisted as private and was promoted to lieutenant in the Quartermaster's Corps, and served in Jacksonville, Florida, until the armistice, when he was mustered out of the ser- vice. He has since been active in the affairs of the Eisner Company. He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, of the Royal Arch Masons, and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
A. Victor Eisner married, in September, 1918, Helene Monsky, and they have two children: Victor and Sigmund. They reside on Riverside avenue, in Red Bank.
GEORGE WILLIAM OBERLANDER-A man as prominent in the political life of his community as Mr. Oberlander is now and has been for a number of years needs no introduction to his fellow-citizens. As tax collector and town treasurer of Keansburg he is well known throughout the length and breadth of his township.
George John Oberlander, father of George Wil- liam Oberlander, was born in New York City, where he carried on a cutlery manufacturing busi- ness on Mott street even after going to reside in Jersey City, New Jersey. He married Fannie Dor- man, of New York City, and on retiring from ac- tive life went to Darien, Connecticut, where he spent his last days, dying in 1905, at the age of sixty-seven years. His widow passed away in the same place, in 1915, being then sixty-five years old.
George William Oberlander, son of George John and Fannie (Dorman) Oberlander, was born March 27, 1865, in Williamsburg (now Brooklyn), New York, and was a child when the family moved to Jersey City. It was there that he received his edu- cation, completing his course of study at the Jersey City High School. Afterward he was variously employed both in Jersey City and in New York City,
and fifteen years ago came to Keansburg, where he has since remained. In 1917, on the formation of the borough, Mr. Oberlander came into prominence in the political affairs which then claimed so largely the attention of all public-spirited citizens. He ad- hered to the Democratic party, and the members of the organization demonstrated their sense of his fitness for public office by electing him tax col- lector and town treasurer. By the manner in which he meets the demands and responsibilities of this dual trust, he has long since more than justified the confidence they reposed in him. He is custod- ian of the school money. He affiliates with Mon- mouth Lodge, No. 72, Free and Accepted Masons; with Red Bank Lodge, No. 233, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; and is chief of the Keans- burg local fire company.
Mr. Oberlander married, in 1894, Virginia Jones, born in Keansburg, daughter of Noble Washington and Lydia Jones, and they are the parents of two children: Eva, born at Darien, Connecticut; and Edison, born at Keansburg, New Jersey.
In the brief space of four years Mr. Oberlander has become an active influence in the affairs of his township, and the indications are that a suc- cessful political career awaits him in the future.
PETER FRANKLIN DODD-Among the widely and favorably-known residents of Asbury Park, New Jersey, where he has resided for many years, is Peter Franklin Dodd, a man of business ability and sterling traits of character which command confidence and regard.
Peter Francis Dodd, father of Peter Franklin Dodd, was born in the Isle of Guernsey. He was brought to this country by his parents when he was very young, and located first in New York City. In later years he became a carpenter and painter by trade, and followed these occupations throughout his entire lifetime. When the Civil War broke out he was a young man and heartily in sympathy with the cause of the Union. Fired with patriotism which swept the North at the news of the firing of Fort Sumter, he enlisted with the New York Volunteers. At the second battle of Bull Run he received a violent sun stroke, and this was the ultimate cause of his death. He married Elizabeth Rhoads, a native of Hempstead, Long Island. Mr. and Mrs. Dodd were the parents of six children: 1. Sarah, deceased. 2. Mary, became the wife of Clarence R. Ralph, deceased; she is a resident of Pasadena, California. 3. Hobart, who served with the Fourth New York Heavy Artillery during the Civil War; and was fourteen months in Libby prison; is now a resident of Germantown, Pennsylvania. 4. Julia, deceased. 5. Peter Frank- lin, of further mention. 6. Charles W., of Pelham Manor, New York.
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