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Peter Franklin Dodd was born June 12, 1853, in the township of Hempstead, Long Island. He re- ceived his education in the public schools of Brook- lyn. At the age of sixteen the business of life commenced for the lad, and he entered a printing office, but at the expiration of two years, when he
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had gained sufficient knowledge of the printing art to conduct the business on his own account, his health became impaired and he was forced to seek another calling. He then secured a position with the firm of J. M. Young & Company, of New York City, importers of china and glass, and remained there for seven years, during which time he had become so amply capable in all departments of the business that he gained a wide reputation and many positions were offered him. He accepted one to go with John Wanamaker, and only relinquished his employment there after seven years to come to Asbury Park and establish himself in the grocery business. He had conducted this particular enter- prise for four years, then sold it, having in the meantime been elected to the office of justice of the peace in 1895, in which position he has served through successive re-elections to the present time. Since 1912, Mr. Dodd has also been successfully engaged in the real estate and insurance business at No. 96 Corlies avenue.
In politics he is a Republican, and his intelligent activity in advocating the principals and support- ing the policies of the party in county, state and national campaigns, has given him a place among the influential leaders in this county and district. He has served on the Republican executive com- mittee of Monmouth county, the Republican execu- tive committee for Neptune township, and for sev- eral years was secretary of the last named body. In 1909 he was appointed deputy collector of taxes, and was so successful in straightening out the township's books that the following year Bradley Beach engaged him to serve in the same capacity, and now, 1921, he is again busy with the town- ship records. He has been sewerage commissioner since 1912; was assistant sergeant-at-arms in Senate, serving two terms; and is now, 1921, utility officer, recorder, and official searcher required by law of 1918. The religious affiliations of Mr. Dodd are with the West Grove Methodist Church, which for many years he served faithfully and wisely in the capacity of secretary and trustee. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Asbury Park Lodge, No. 128; Knights of Pythias, Lodge No. 38, of Germantown, Pennsylvania; Jun- ior Order of United American Mechanics; Knights of the Golden Eagle, Corinthian Castle, No. 47, Asbury Park; and has been a member of the fire department since 1889, having served as foreman and assistant chief.
Mr. Dodd married Annie R. Haight, daughter of Charles W. and Susan (Austin) Haight, of Brook- lyn, September 28, 1875. Their children were: 1. Hattie M., born November 14, 1876; married J. M. Strudwick. 2. Thomas H., born August 22, 1878, deceased. 3. Franklin R. 4. Mary E., mar- ried Harry E. White, of West Grove, deceased. 5. George, who is with Steiner & Son in charge of their factory in Toms River, New Jersey. 6. Ray- mond, superintendent of streets in Avon, New Jer- sey. 7. Stanley. 8. Curwin F., a carpenter in Ocean Grove. 9. Ruth B., wife of Frank S.
Shufflebotham, a resident of Jersey City. 10. Harry I., born October 2, 1897; he is a car. penter by trade, and is associated with his father in the real estate and insurance business, having built about twenty-four houses in this sec- tion in connection with the business. On August 23, 1918, Harry I. Dodd enlisted in the United States Aviation Corps as a carpenter, and was as- signed to Fort Burckins officers' training camp, Pensacola, Florida, September 23, 1918, where he remained until February 26, 1919, when he received his honorable discharge from the service.
ABRAM O. JOHNSON-Possessing the courage of his convictions, and being broadly energetic in the application of his ideas, both in individual enter- prise and in public advance, Abram O. Johnson has placed his name among the leaders in Mon- mouth county. He is a son of Gerritt I. and Le- vina (Osborne) Johnson, the father a painter by occupation, and foreman on the Monmouth Park Hotel contract. He met with a violent death in 1888, being killed by a horse.
Abram O. Johnson was born in 1878, at Mon- mouth Beach, New Jersey, and educated in the pub- lic schools of North Long Branch. Left fatherless at the age of ten years, he was obliged to go to work while still scarcely more than a young child, and his first activity was selling fish from a wagon. His next employment was as night watchman at a clubhouse, and here he distinguished himself by catching a burglar. Thereafter going to New York City, Mr. Johnson was variously employed there, first as a groom in a livery stable, then for one year in the advertising department of the James Pyles Pearline Company, after which he became foreman of a group of four stables. Returning to Monmouth Beach at the age of twenty-four years, Mr. Johnson became agent for the United States Express Com- pany, at the same time establishing a livery stable here, of which he kept general oversight. He also owned a livery stable at Lakewood, New Jersey, for one winter. At about this time Mr. Johnson conceived the idea of selling fish in the west, and undaunted by the established fact that many others had failed in the same enterprise, he set about it. He made a number of trips as far west as North Dakota, selling mostly whiting fish, largely hand- ling his business through the order and commission department of the express company. Mr. Johnson was so successful in his venture that he extended his operations by establishing the Monmouth Beach Cold Storage Company. Beginning in a small way with an eleven-ton compressor, freezing about five to six hundred barrels of fish per year, he built up the business until he was freezing more than two million pounds of fish per year.
Later selling the fish business, Mr. Johnson turned his attention to real estate, and his activities in this connection have largely advanced the progress of the town of Monmouth Beach. He has also identi- fied himself with construction interests, in the manu- facture of cement house fixtures and cement blocks.
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He is now president of the Victory Park Realty Company, of the Johnson-Cohen Company, Inc., and of the Perfection Cement Block Works. He is doing considerable construction work in connection with the development of land, notably the erection of seven charming bungalows on a certain section of a tract of thirteen acres which he purchased for development purposes. He is still building, and plans further activity along this line-the creation of homes for the people.
A Democrat by political affiliation, Mr. Johnson was long since brought to the front in town affairs. He was elected to the council in 1906, upon the formation of that body, and is now serving his third term as mayor. He has done much for the community, promoting the building of the borough hall, and the laying out of sidewalks and streets, and he also organized the fire company, of which he is a member, and which he has served as secre- tary. He is a prominent member of the Democratic County Committee. Mr. Johnson's name has also long been connected with the progress of the Mon- mouth Beach schools. He organized the school board, of which he is a member, and has done a great deal towards the building of new schools. He now fills the office of district school clerk. Frater- nally Mr. Johnson holds membership in the Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks, No. 742, and he is a member of the Shrewsbury Ice Boat and Yacht Club.
Mr. Johnson married Elba Maud West, and they have two children: Vivian and Sydney. Mr. John- son has two brothers, Frank and Reuben, and one sister, Mrs. Eva Boyden West. The Johnson home is on Riverdale avenue, in Monmouth Beach.
JOHN FLETCHER HAGAMAN-Among the representative business men of Highlands, New Jer- sey, is John Fletcher Hagaman, who since 1890 has been engaged first in the carpentry and subsequently in the contracting and building business. He has always shown marked interest in everything pertain- ing to civic welfare, giving his earnest support to all measures calculated to further public progress.
John Fletcher Hagaman was born in Pleasant Plains, Ocean county, New Jersey, May 25, 1870, the son of Garrett I. and Eliza (Woodfield) Haga- man. Garrett I. Hagaman was born at Pleasant Plains, in 1841, and until his death, which occurred at Silverton, New Jersey, followed agricultural pur- suits. Eliza (Woodfield) Hagaman was a native of England; she resides at Toms River, New Jersey.
John F. Hagaman was educated in the public schools of Cold Springs, New Jersey, after which he worked for one year for his father upon the latter's farm. He then was employed on other farms for two years, and subsequently became a grocery clerk, which position he held for one year. Being of an unsettled state of mind just at this time, he first apprenticed himself to the painter's trade, then rented a farm, which he managed for three years. During this time he definitely decided to become a carpenter so, with this end in view, he discontinued farming, served an apprenticeship
to the trade and then established himself in this particular line. That he made no mistake in his choice of his life-work has been amply proven by the splendid financial returns which his labors have netted him in his contracting business.
In politics, Mr. Hagaman is an Independent, not having identified himself with any particular party, preferring to remain free from all partisan influ- ence in his choice of a candidate. He is affiliated with the Order of American Mechanics, and the Patriotic Sons of America. In religion he is a Methodist and attends the First Methodist Church, in the Highlands, where he has been superintendent of its Sunday school since 1909.
On March 27, 1892, at Highlands, New Jersey, John F. Hagaman was united in marriage with Lor- etta Woodruff, a native of Brooklyn, New York, and the daughter of James E. Woodruff, proprietor of a restaurant in Brooklyn. Mr. and Mrs. Hagaman are the parents of three children: Eliza, born Janu- ary 4, 1893, who is the wife of Ray G. Smith; Jonathan, born September 4, 1895, married Marie Shieber, January 1, 1922; and Sylvia M., born De- cember 22, 1901.
PAUL JULIUS STRASSBURGER-Without doubt Paul Julius Strassburger is among the lead- ing business men of Ocean Grove, for he has given a great deal of time and attention to his business and has carried it forward to its present success. He is a splendid type of the aggressive, keen and resourceful business man, modern in all his views, progressive in his ideals, and actuated at all times by a sense of community obligation and the neces- sity of making his individual success an element in the general advancement.
Paul Julius Strassburger was born in Ansonia, Connecticut, August 31, 1878, the son of Richard and Wilhelmina (Zoettch) Strassburger. Mr. Strass- burger, Sr., came to this country when a young man, settling first in Hartford, Connecticut, but later removing to New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he conducted a German newspaper for fifteen years. He died in 1909, at the age of sixty-two years. Mr. and Mrs. Strassburger were the par- ents of five children, three of whom are: Albert Louis Emil, mentioned elsewhere in this work; John, who is identified with the New Brunswick Printing Company; Paul Julius, of further mention.
The education of Paul J. Strassburger, was ob- tained in the public schools of New Brunswick and Rutgers College, graduating from the latter institu- tion with the class of 1903 with the degree of Civil Engineer. Mr. Strassburger then secured a posi- tion as landscape engineer with Thomas Meehan, with whom he remained for twelve years, sub- sequently resigning and coming to Ocean Grove, where with his brother, Albert Louis Emil Strass- burger, he established in business in a small store on Pilgrim Pathway. Two years later his brother resigned, and he has since conducted the business alone and now has the largest and most up-to-date store of its kind on the Jersey coast, comprising
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a complete meat, fruit, vegetable and delicatessen departments.
In addition to his immediate business interests, Mr. Strassburger is a director of the Ocean Grove National Bank, treasurer of Trinity Church, of which he has been a vestryman for seven years, director of the Young Men's Christian Association, and an associate member of the Ocean Grove Hotel Association. He also holds membership in the Ki- wanis Club, and is affiliated with the Masons, being a member of Henry W. Williams Lodge, No. 624, of Germantown, Pennsylvania; Germantown Chap- ter, No. 208, Royal Arch Masons; Corson Command- ery, No. 15, Knights Templar; and the Salaam Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
On November 17, 1906, Mr. Strassburger was united in marriage with Katherine Mayers, daughter of John and Mary (List) Mayers, of Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Strassburger are the parents of three children: Kathleen, born May 23, 1909; Paul J. Jr., born March 14, 1914; Albert Leonard, born May 23, 1920. Mr. Strassburger's hobby is land- scape gardening, in which he takes a keen delight, and this he shares in his spare time with tennis, a game in which he excells.
DR. FRANK LEAMING MANNING-As a min- ister of the Baptist church Rev. J. K. Manning, D. D., has served that church all his active life in New Jersey pastorates, his different locations being Sea- ville and Cape May Court House, in South Jersey; Woodbury and Trenton in West Jersey; Keyport and Red Bank in Monmouth county. He was for years a chaplain of the New Jersey National Guard; chaplain of the New Jersey Grand Lodge, Indepen- dent Order of Odd Fellows; and for years a member of the board of trustees of Peddie Institute, Hights- town, New Jersey. He died in 1913, his wife, Mrs. Beulah A. (Young) Manning, having passed away January 26, 1894. At the time of the birth of their son, Frank L., Rev. Dr. Manning was settled over the church at Keyport.
Frank Leaming Manning was born in Keyport, New Jersey, January 21, 1875. After the removal of the family to Red Bank, he entered the public schools there, later becoming a student at Glenwood Institute, Matawan, New Jersey, going thence to Rutgers College, whence he was graduated, class of 1896. He prepared for his profession at the Philadelphia Dental College, receiving his degree with the class of 1900. For three years following graduation he practiced dentistry in South Orange, and Elizabeth, New Jersey, locating in 1903 in Red Bank, where he has since conducted a success- ful practice. He is a member of the Monmouth County Dental Society; New Jersey State Dental Society; National Dental Association, and active in all, having been president of the County Asso- ciation, also has held a chairmanship in the State association.
Dr. Manning is a member of Mystic Lodge, No. 21, Free and Accepted Masons; Hiram Chapter, No.
21, Royal Arch Masons; Delta Kappa Epsilon Club, New York City; and is a Republican in politics.
Dr. Manning married, in Red Bank, New Jersey, January 18, 1913, Gladys Hance, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Levett) Hance. Dr. and Mrs. Man- ning are the parents of a daughter, Julie, born August 12, 1914.
JOHN HAROLD HENDRICKSON, who holds a responsible position in the financial world of Mon- mouth county, New Jersey, comes of a family long prominent in the public affairs of this vicinity. He is a son of the late John Schanck Hendrickson, who was born in Holmdel, New Jersey, January 25, 1845. He was engaged in the hardware business in Key- port for many years, under the name of Hendrick- son & Bronner. He served at different times as tax collector of the borough of Keyport, treasurer of Raritan township, and township committeeman. He married Elizabeth Stoutenburgh Longstreet, who was born in Holmdel, April 19, 1856, and is also now deceased.
John H. Hendrickson was born in Keyport, New Jersey, November 9, 1889, and attended the pub- lic schools of this borough, later being graduated from the Keyport High School. His first employ- ment was in 1905, with J. & J. W. Elsworth Com- pany, of New York City, with whom he remained for two years. He then became identified with the Keyport Banking Company, with whom he has since been continuously connected, beginning in a sub- ordinate capacity, and rising steadily to his present position, that of assistant cashier, to which he was elected in 1916. He is also auditor of the Second Keyport Loan Association.
Politically, Mr. Hendrickson supports the Demo- cratic party. He is a member of Caesarea Lodge, No. 64, Free and Accepted Masons, and of the Key- port Yacht Club, of which he was formerly com- modore. He is a member of the Reformed church of Keyport.
On June 2, 1915, at Summit, New Jersey, Mr. Hendrickson married Laura Ethel Cadoo, daughter OI Alexander, Jr., and Laura (Wilson) Cadoo. Her father was born in Fleetwood, England, and her mother was born in Keyport. Mr. and Mrs. Hen- drickson have one daughter, Betty Cadoo, born in Summit, May 4, 1919.
ELIAS H. EARLING-One of the prominent names in the construction world of Red Bank, New Jersey, is that of Elias H. Earling, who has long been identified with contracting and building in this vicinity, both on his own account and in asso- ciation with other prominent men. As the presi- dent of the firm of Earling, Johnson & Frake, Inc., he is now one of the leading contractors in this vicinity.
Mr. Earling was born in Upper Freehold town- ship, in this county, on March 4, 1861, and is a son of Joseph and Sarah Ann (Anderson) Earling, both of whom are now deceased. The father was a well known farmer in that community. Reared on the farm, Mr. Earling, as a boy, attended the public
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schools near his home, assisting about the place as he had time and opportunity, then, when he had completed his studies, took a man's place on the farm. At the age of twenty-one years, however, Mr. Earling struck out for himself, and coming to Red Bank, entered the employ of Mr. Webb, acting as caretaker of his property. Remaining in this connection for about eight years, he thereafter be- came associated with Mr. Brewer, and for about two years worked for him as a journeyman car- penter. This work he found congenial, and in line with his own natural abilities, and upon leaving the employ of Mr. Brewer, Mr. Earling began oper- ating in this field on his own account as a con- tractor and builder. Later he formed a partner- ship with Mr. Robbins, and under the firm name of Earling & Robbins, they carried along a thriving business of the same general scope. After a time this partnership was dissolved, and Mr. Earling con- tinued alone, but later formed another partner- ship, this time with Charles E. Johnson. After a period of prosperous activities these men united forces with Oliver G. Frake, an independent oper- ator in this field, a review of whose life appears elsewhere in this work, and the result was the formation of a new corporation, now known as Earling, Johnson & Frake, Inc., dealers in lumber and builders' supplies, the largest company in this line in Red Bank, with offices, warehouse and yards at Leonard and River streets. This union of inter- ests was effected in 1911, and the concern has since become one of the leaders along construction lines in this part of the county. Mr. Earling is president of the company, Mr. Frake, secretary and man- ager, and Mr. Johnson, treasurer. The concern was incorporated in 1911, with a capital of $100,000, and from a volume of business amounting to $5,000 in the first year of their existence as a corporation, they have progressed to a point where, in 1920, they did $150,000 worth of business. Their scope includes the erection and remodeling of buildings of every description, and they have built many of the more important business, industrial and resi- dential structures in Red Bank and its vicinity, many of which are of more than local interest.
In the public life of the community Mr. Earling is always interested, and while never seeking the limelight, has borne a part in the general welfare, and is now a member of the Board of Health of Red Bank. Fraternally, he is a member of Mystic Lodge, No. 21, Free and Accepted Masons; Shrews- bury Lodge, No. 72, Knights of Pythias; also the Order of United American Mechanics. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
In 1881 Mr. Earling married Annie Imlay, of this county, and they are the parents of three children: Mable, now deceased, who was the wife of Carl Dietz, of Red Bank; Agnes, wife of Thomas T. Murphy, of Belmar, New Jersey; and Cora, wife of Emory Osborn, of Red Bank. The family home is at No. 236 Spring street, Red Bank.
WILLIAM EDGAR WARN-For many years prominent in the mercantile world of Keyport, New
Jersey, William Edgar Warn has been identified with the drug business from boyhood, and has long been esteemed one of the leading druggists of this county. Mr. Warn is a son of Nicholas Edmund and Lydia Ellen (Lambertson) Warn. His father was born in Middlesex county, New Jersey, April 17, 1825, and his mother was born in Madison town- ship, in the same county, January 17, 1832. In po- litical affiliation Nicholas E. Warn was a Democrat.
William Edgar Warn was born in South Amboy, New Jersey, February 5, 1853, and received his edu- cation at the public schools of Keyport and Freneau, New Jersey. In 1868 he entered upon his business career, securing a position in the drug store then conducted by Dr. Willmar Hodgson, in Keyport, where he continued for four years. On June 12, 1872, Mr. Warn started in business for himself, in the same line, under the name of Warn's Drug Store. He was very successful and developed an important interest, which he continued to conduct until 1915, when he sold the business to Macy Carhart, and has since devoted his time to well-earned leisure and the public activities to which his townspeople have elected him. He is now president and director of the People's National Bank of Keyport.
Politically, Mr. Warn has long been a leader in the Democratic party. He served on the board of town commissioners for a period of sixteen years, and also served as town treasurer for the same length of time, from 1892 until 1908. He was elect- ed mayor of Keyport in 1911, and served for two years.
Fraternally, Mr. Warn is prominent, being a member of Caesarea Lodge, No. 64, Free and Ac- cepted Masons; of Delta Chapter, No. 64, Royal Arch Masons; and is a charter member of Bayside Lodge of Odd Fellows; also of Monmouth Encamp- ment; and a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. He is a member of the Key- port Yacht Club, and of the Keyport Social Club.
On October 10, 1898, Mr. Warn married, at Prairie du Chien, county seat of Crawford county, Wisconsin, Laura B. Warn, daughter of James Mor- gan and Margaret A. (Tice) Warn, both natives of New Jersey.
WILLIAM H. MAC ILROY, the genial pro- prietor of the Albemarle Hotel, Asbury Park, New Jersey, conducts one of the few all year round re- sorts of this community. His well appointed house will accommodate many guests, it having a capacity of sixty rooms. In May, 1919, Mr. Mac Ilroy pur- chased this establishment, and his peculiarly well adapted characteristics and affability of manner make him a host, most attractive to the travelling public.
William H. Mac Ilroy was born in Paterson, New Jersey, October 18, 1868, the son of Samuel B. and Maria (Rutan) Mac Ilroy. Samuel B. Mac Ilroy was born in Belfast, Ireland, and now lives retired in Paterson. Mr. and Mrs. Mac Ilroy are the par- ents of three children: William H., of further men- tion; Margaret, who married Edward Giles; Charles, who is located in Paterson, New Jersey, where he
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has the State agency for the Lee Tire Company, of Newark, New Jersey.
William H. Mac Ilroy attended the public schools of his native place, and after graduating from the Paterson High School was employed successively as follows: Grimshaw Brothers; William Ryle & Com- pany, raw silk, for five years; and William H. Bar- nard, importer of raw silk. Mr. Mac Ilroy acted as secretary and manager of the New York office for twenty-six years. After resigning from this con- cern, Mr. MacIlroy went to Newfoundland, New Jersey, where he became proprietor of the Red Rock Inn, and this he managed until 1919, when he came to Asbury Park and purchased the Albemarle Hotel.
Mr. Mac Ilroy is president of the Kiwanis Club, of Asbury Park. This club was founded in April, 1921, and received its charter, May 26, 1921. The charter members were Frank Young, William Rogers, James Couse, Isaiah Matlack, Joseph Tur- ner, Lester Weller, William McBride, Elmer Coyte, Robert Tusting, and William H. Mac Ilroy. Mr. Mac Ilroy is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Independent Order of Foresters; Robert Burns Society of New York City; the New Jersey State, North Jersey and Asbury Park Hotel Men's associations. He also holds membership in the Asbury Park Wheelmen; Asbury Park Golf and Fishing clubs; and is a director of the local Cham- ber of Commerce. In religion he is an Episco- palian, and is a member of St. Paul's Church of this denomination in Paterson, New Jersey. Iden- tified as he is with vital business interests of As- bury Park, William H. Mac Ilroy has the person- ality which naturally belongs to a man capable of attaining and holding the position which he now does in the community. A sense of justice per- vades all his dealings, he being a man who wins friends easily and holds them long.
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