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In the public life of the community Mr. Van Hise is always interested, and politically is an independent Democrat. Fraternally he is a member of Ashland Council, Junior Order of United Ameri- can Mechanics, of Sea Bright, was one of the organizers of this council as a charter member. and is past chancellor of the order.
On October 8, 1876, Mr. Van Hise married Johanna Reynolds, daughter of John P. and Eliza (Luker) Reynolds, of Harmony, New Jersey. They
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are the parents of two daughters: Eva, now Mrs. at which time they settled in Monmouth county, Wilbur; and Pauline, now Mrs. Van Dyke.
FRANK D. VAN HISE-A prominent executive in the lumber business in Long Branch, and a member of the old Van Hise family, whose acti- vities have followed the same general line for many years, Frank D. Van Hise stands behind the building trades in a very practical and signi- ficent position He is associated with his brother, Aaron Van Hise, a sketch of whose life precedes this in the work, as a member of the firm of Van Hise, Davison & Company.
Frank D. Van Hise was born in Cassville, Ocean county, New Jersey, May 3, 1868. After complet- ing the available course in the public schools of the community, he was taken into his father's mill to learn the business, and in the making of cran- berry crates and cedar shingles gained his first knowledge of the work in which he has spent his entire career. At the age of twenty years Mr. Van Hise entered the employ of Cloughry & Nichols, then prominent in the planing mill busi- ness in Sea Bright, Monmouth county, New Jersey. Later he worked in similar mills for H. V. Butler, at New Brunswick, New Jersey, for the Edwards Lumber Company, at Long Branch, and also for Walters & Osborn, there being superintendent. Mr. Van Hise, in association with Mr. Whitty, leased the mill of Chandler & Mops, which they operated for a period of two years. In 1914, purchasing Cloughry & Nichol's lumber yard and mills, on Branchport avenue, in Long Branch, Mr. Paulson, Frank D. Van Hise and Mr. Whitty then formed the firm of Whitty, Van Hise & Paulson. Messrs. Whitty and Paulson withdrew from the concern, but the business was continued by Frank D. Van Hise, in association with John Davison and Aaron Van Hise, the firm name then becoming Van Hise, Davison & Company, as it stands today. The busi- ness now includes an extensive retail lumber yard, planing mill and also the sale of paints, varnish, hardware, etc., and employs about twenty people in the regular business, frequently requiring extra help in rush seasons.
The public life of the day commands little atten- tion from Mr. Van Hise, as his business interests preclude the possibility of his active participation in political affairs. He is an independent Democrat, and is a member of St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. Van Hise married Elizabeth Thompson, of Van Hiseville, and they have two children: Alma, now Mrs. Carthy; and Charles, a student.
JARVIS EVERETT NEWMAN - Among the younger generation of successful attorneys of As- bury Park, New Jersey, who are actively engaged in the practice of their profession, is Jarvis Everett Newman, a member of a family which for many years has resided in Belmar, New Jersey, and has been represented here by many men who have stood high in the community. The family was founded in this county at an early date, sometime prior to 1675,
New Jersey. Dennis, the great-grandfather of Jar- vis Everett Newman, settled in Belmar, where he purchased land, and previous to his death was a large property owner there. He was also a school- master.
Richard Newman, son of Dennis Newman and grandfather of Jarvis Everett Newman, was a sea captain. He married Jane White, daughter of Elder Drummond White, a farmer of Neptune township, and to them were born children: Timbrook, of fur- ther mention; Emma, who married Thomas Slo- cum, a postmaster of Long Branch; Adele, who married James Wight of Lakewood, New Jersey; Elizabeth, who married Charles Mitchell of Her- bertsville, Ocean county; and Augustus.
Timbrook Newman, son of Richard and Jane (White) Newman, and father of Jarvis Everett Newman, was born in Belmar, New Jersey, April 5, 1849, and for many years was engaged in general contracting at Asbury Park. He married Fannie Bastedo, and to them were born three children: Charles, a manufacturer of cement block at Asbury Park; Jarvis Everett, of further mention; Richard J., who is engaged in business with his father.
Jarvis Everett Newman was born at Asbury Park, New Jersey, December 20, 1891. He attended the public school of his native place and after gradu- ating from the local high school with the class of 1911 he entered New York University Law School from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1914. The following year he was admitted to practice at the bar of New Jersey, having, in the meantime, read law in the office of Durand, Ivins & Carton. On January 1, 1916, he opened an office on his own account in the Asbury Park Trust building and thus continued until November, 1917, when he enlisted in the United States army. He was then ordered to Camp Dix and was assigned to the 311th Infantry of the Seventy-eighth Division. In May, 1918, he sailed for France and upon arriving in that country was assigned to the Scotch Black Watch Battalion. He was given detail duty for in- struction for three weeks and subsequently served in the St. Mihiel sector and the Argonne. When the Armistice was signed, he was north of Grand Pre almost to Sedan. He was called back and sailed for this county from France, May, 1919, and received his honorable discharge from the service, at Camp Dix, May 30, 1919. Immediately after, he returned to this city and resumed his practice in which he has been active up to the present time.
He is a Democrat in politics, and has always been staunch in his support of its principles and policies. In religion he is a Methodist and attends the First Church of this denomination at Asbury Park. He holds membership in the Wheelmen of this city, and resides at No. 1231 Summerfield avenue.
DAVID LLOYD KITTELL-It is especially fit- ting that the name of David Lloyd Kittell should be spread upon the permanent records of Mon- mouth county. for his devotion in his young man-
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led with the world of finance of Monmouth ", now holds the position of secretary and rer of the New Jersey Mortgage & Trust iny, of Long Branch. Mr. Gaskill is a son of and Rebecca (Haywood) Gaskill, and his was in business in Philadelphia, in former then became a resident of New Jersey, and hereafter a railroad engineer. They were arents of three children, two sons and one ter.
nonso M. Gaskill was born in West Creek, Jersey, June 3, 1889, but his early education btained in the public schools of Atlantic City Iso of Philadelphia, where he attended high . Finding it necessary to enter business at ge of fifteen years, he started life at that s clerk in the Second National Bank of Red New Jersey, with which institution he was uously connected until he became an officer : present corporation. Meanwhile, however, gh Mr. Gaskill's formal schooling was at an e was not satisfied to drop his studies. The om the ranks, which he has achieved, was a : of definite purpose and the result of cease- fort. Taking a course in the International pondence School, in brokerage, banking and e thereafter took a course with the LaSalle sion' University of Chicago, in higher accoun-
Thus as he became equipped for higher ins, Mr. Gaskill was advanced from clerk to teper, and so on up to the desk of general beper, which he filled for a considerable period severing his connections with the bank. In ry of 1921, he became identified with the Jersey Mortgage & Trust Company, as secre- nd treasurer, and is also a director of this tion. He has also been secretary, for over years, of the Citizens' Building and Loan ation, whose offices are located at the Second al Bank of Red Bank.
the realm of public life, while constantly in with all advance, Mr. Gaskill takes only the 's interest, supporting the Republican party. nally he is a member of the Free and Accept- isons, and he is a member of Grace Meth- Episcopal Church, of Red Bank, being a 'd of the church and a member of the official
October 12, 1913, Mr. Gaskill married, in Red Julia Adelaide Van Brunt, daughter of Rob- and Edith (Borden) Van Brunt, and they ne son, Frank Leon.
RRY PERINE DISBROW-In the manufac- f soda water Mr. Disbrow is achieving his uccess and adding a thriving interest to the il business prosperity of the borough of Key- Mr. Disbrow is a son of Henry and Hannah ) Disbrow, both born in Old Bridge, New , and both now deceased. The father was a r, and was also well known as a shoemaker home community.
ry P. Disbrow was born in Middlesex county,
New Jersey, May 10, 1865, and received his edu- cation at Old Bridge and Spotswood, in that county. After leaving school he was employed for about two years on the Pennsylvania railroad, then for about a year worked in the Bloomfield Licorice mills. His next step was to strike out for himself, and coming to Keyport, he began the manufacture of soda water. This was in 1887, and for the en- tire period intervening between that date and the present (1921) he has carried on this business suc- cessfully.
In political affiliation Mr. Disbrow has always been a Democrat, and for a number of years has been a member of the Eagle Hose Company, of the Volunteer Fire Department of Keyport,
On November 23, 1887, Mr. Disbrow married Ella Van Hise, at Old Bridge, New Jersey, a daughter of Henry and Mary (Soden) Van Hise, both born in Englishtown, New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Dis- brow have three children: George Granville, born in Old Bridge; Harry Perine, Jr., born in Keyport, July 13, 1896; and Bertha, born in Matawan, now the wife of C. J. Fennell, and a resident of Brook- lyn, New York.
JOSEPH P. MCGRATH, who is widely known in the vicinity of Freehold as representative of the Ford Motor Car Company, is one of the progres- sive young men of Monmouth county, and his busy, active life has been full of interest. He is a son of James and Mary (Magner) McGrath, who were the parents of three sons and four daughters. The elder Mr. McGrath had an extensive ranch in San Matro, California, and also conducted a general store.
Joseph P. McGrath was born in San Matro, Cali- fornia, July 20, 1883, and as a child attended the public schools of his native place. At nine years of age he entered Clauson Military Academy, at Westchester, New York, then later took a course at St. John's College, in Brooklyn, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, then for a time attended Yale University. But the professions did not appeal to Mr. McGrath, and he plunged into the world of business. For one year he reported on the New York "Tribune," then estab- lished a custom house freight and brokerage busi- ness for himself, also acting as import agent for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, at New York City.
At about this time the stabilizing of the auto- mobile industry was opening a broad field of en- deavor, and Mr. McGrath became active in the dis- tribution of automobiles, in association with Mr. A. R. Welch. They had a hand in the development of the Pontiac car, produced at Pontiac, Michigan, and became selling agents for this car in New York City, also handling the Chalmers, Paige, Detroit, Hudson and American Underslung. They brought the Chevrolet to New York City, also to New Ha- ven, Connecticut. Mr. McGrath later came as sell- ing agent to Freehold, and as the Freehold Motor Company covered Monmouth county in the interests of the Hudson car. Still later taking the agency for
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the Ford car, Mr. McGrath entered into a partner- ship with Mr. Childs, under the firm name of the Childs & McGrath Motor Company. Mr. Childs withdrew and Mr. Greville became a member of the firm, but he in turn has now withdrawn, and Mr. McGrath carries the business forward alone. He now handles the Dodge car exclusively, but .is agent also for Goodyear tires, and for the Exide storage battery, and is one of the most active and most successful business men of the day in Free- hold. In the public life of the community Mr. Mc- Grath takes only the citizen's interest, and in politi- cal affairs thinks and acts independently. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and is a member of the Roman Catholic church.
Mr. McGrath married Jean Murray, who was born in England, and came to Canada as a young woman, and they are the parents of three children: Magner Joseph, Jean and William.
PRYOR BROTHERS-One of the popular cara- vansaries of Red Bank is the Sheridan Arcade, which is located at the foot of Broad street, on Front street, and includes, in connection with the spacious hotel rooming house, a modern restaurant and lunch room. The proprietors, John B. and Joseph F. Pryor, are brothers, and both natives of New Jersey.
John B. Pryor was born December 14, 1885, and Joseph F. Pryor was born May 15, 1894, and they are sons of John B. and Mary Ellen (Glennon) Pryor. The father, who was born in Natchez, Mississippi, is still living, and resides in Red Bank. The mother was born in Fishkill-on-the-Hudson. They were the parents of twelve children, of whom those living are: John B., of whom further; Hen- rietta, Joseph F., of whom further; Mary Ellen, Margaret, Agnes, and Luke.
John B. Pryor, the senior member of the firm of Pryor Brothers, has had wide experience in the hotel business, having been thus engaged for a period of eighteen years in New York and Pitts- burgh. He began as a boy of sixteen, in the capacity of porter, and worked his way up until he now holds the position of proprietor. Mr. Pryor is a genial, whole-souled man, and with his long ex- perience, is drawing wide patronage to the Sheri- dan Arcade. He is a member of Allegheny Lodge, No. 339, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of Pittsburgh.
He married (first) Margaret Sweeney, now de- ceased, and of their three children, only one sur- vives, Margaret. He married (second) Amelia Udick, of Etna, Pennsylvania, and they have two children: Joseph and Evelyn.
Joseph F. Pryor was formerly a private chauffeur, following this occupation for a period of six years, then for a time was connected with the Westing- house Electrical and Manufacturing Company, of Pittsburgh. He served in the World War, enlist- ing July 1, 1918, and was held at the Newport News Embarkation Camp. After his discharge from the service he was associated with the Singer Sewing
Machine Company, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, for time. On February 17, 1921, he became associat with his brother in the hotel business, taking of the old established Sheridan Arcade. Mr. Pry is actively engaged in the management, and is i terested in all its branches, which include poch billiards, bowling alleys, etc. Fraternally Joseph Pryor holds membership in the Knights of Colu bus and the American Legion.
Joseph F. Pryor married, in Atlantic Highlam June 29, 1921, Agnes E. Ashe of Leonardo.
DR. CHARLES PHILLIP MERLA, a veteran the World War and a member of the Ameria Legion, is a dental surgeon by profession, and has well-established practise at Long Branch.
He is the son of Newton and Mary Merla, a was born at Long Branch, October 15, 1891. E father, who is now dead, was a well-known bu ness man of Long Branch.
Dr. Merla received his early education in ti public schools. After graduating from the Loi Branch High School, he proceeded to the Universi of Pennsylvania. In 1914, he graduated from tl University of Pennsylvania with the degree of Do tor of Dental Surgery. In 1915, he passed the e aminations of the New Jersey State Board.
Dr. Merla established himself in the practise his profession, in 1915, when he opened an office : Long Branch. He was engaged in general practi until 1918. He treated, among other patients, maz men from Camp Vail. On May 27, 1918, he entere the United States Army and became a sergeant i the Eighty-seventh Division, Three Hundred az Forty-sixth Dental Detachment, assigned to Cam Dix. On August 27, 1918, he sailed to Liverpoo and for almost eleven months was with the Amer can Expeditionary Force at Gievres, France, whei he was dental surgeon at Camp Hospital 43. 0 July 18, 1919, he was discharged at Camp Dix wit the rank of first lieutenant in the reserve corps.
Dr. Merla is a member of the National Dent Society, the Monmouth County Dental Society, th Foresters of America, the Young Men's Christis Association, the Cosmopolitan Club, and the Italia Circle. He also belongs to the New Jersey Sta Dental Society, and the Moose.
He married Nellie Russomano, in 1917, and h three children: Mary, Newton and Annetta. B only sister, Mrs. Annetta Tomanie, lives at Loi Branch.
JOHN E. EMMONS-Among the successful bu ness men of Manasquan, New Jersey, where he h been established in the furniture business on large scale since 1912, is John E. Emmons, a nati of Bordentown, New Jersey, his birth occurri there June 2, 1864. His father, William Emmo was also born at Bordentown, and for many yes previous to his death, which occurred in 1911, w general foreman for F. B. Oviatt, contractor a builder of railroads and streets throughout Mc mouth county and other parts of New Jersey. E
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. mother was Edith Leighton; shie died in 1911, at the age of seventy-eight years. John E. Emmons has one sister, Eva, the wife of John Shutt, of Farmingdale, New Jersey; and a brother, Ambrose, who is employed by the Pennsylvania railroad.
John E. Emmons received his education in the schools of his native place and Farmingdale, after which he was employed by the New York & Long Branch and the Pennsylvania railroads, as assist- ant agent at Sea Girt. He next secured a position as messenger with the United States Express Com- pany, from Point Pleasant to New York, and thus continued for twenty-one years, or until 1909, when he associated himself with Robert Purdy, who at that time was conducting successfully a furniture business in this community. In 1912 Mr. Emmons purchased Mr. Purdy's interests in this enterprise and since that time has continued as owner and manager of this flourishing business, under the name of J. E. Emmons, house furnishings.
Mr. Emmons is in no sense of the word an office seeker, preferring to devote his entire time to busi- ness affairs, but nevertheless he is never too busy to take an interest in the progress and welfare of Manasquan, and whatever substantial aid he can give to further any worthwhile project, he gives willingly and gladly. He is ex-chancellor com- mander of Manasquan Lodge, No. 51, Knights of Pythias, and has been through all the chairs.
At Red Bank, New Jersey, in April, 1887, John E. Emmons was united in marriage with Adaline Lewis, daughter of Joseph O. and Harriett Lewis, both deceased, the former having been a Civil War veteran. Mr. and Mrs. Emmons are the parents of six children: Joseph, who is a salesman of the Supplebidle Hardware Company, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Margaret; Edward R., an operator for the Lakewood & Point Pleasant Electric Light Company; Helen, wife of John S. Rankin, of Brielle; William, who is associated with his father in busi- ness; and Robert Emmons. The family home is on Parker avenue, Manasquan.
ALBERT W. WORDEN, JR .- One of the lead- ing names in the field of undertaking and funeral directing in Red Bank and vicinity is that of Albert W. Worden, Jr., who is prominent fraternally, as well as in a business way. Mr. Worden was born in Asbury Park, New Jersey, September 18, 1891, and is a son of Albert W. and Annie (Woodward) Worden, who have for many years been residents of Red Bank.
Receiving a thoroughly practical education in the Red Bank schools, Mr. Worden, as a boy of fifteen, entered the office of the "Red Bank Register," to learn the newspaper business. Beginning with the mechanical department, he held various positions in the office, finally becoming reporter, and in all con- tinuing with the "Register" for five years. He then became connected with the "Long Branch Daily Record," and established the sales branch of the "Record" here in Red Bank. This enterprise he carried on for two years, after which he determined
upon a radical change in his line of business effort, and arranged to enter the undertaking business with his father-in-law, Harry C. Fay, also of Red Bank. Mr. Worden entered Renaurd's School of Embalming, and made exhaustive preparation for his new venture, then became Mr. Fay's assistant. Upon the death of Mr. Fay, December 31, 1916, Mr. Worden took over the business, and has since car- ried it forward to ever increasing success. The first location was on Monmouth street, but in 1920 Mr. Worden removed to his present headquarters at No. 60 East Front street, adjoining his resi- dence. Here he has a very handsome and modern plant, with funeral parlors, morgue, etc., and has the latest motor equipment, including ambulance, etc.
Mr. Worden is a member of the New Jersey State Funeral Directors' Association, of which he was elected second vice-president in 1920. He was elected coroner of Monmouth county in November, 1917, serving for a term of three years, and had the distinction of being the youngest coroner that ever served this county. Politically he is affiliated with the Democratic party. Fraternally, Mr. Wor- den is a member of Onward Council, Junior Order of United American Mechanics; of Pride of Mon- mouth Council, Sons and Daughters of Liberty; of Onward Council, Daughters of America; of Nave- sink Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; of Neptune Encampment, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; of Shrewsbury Lodge, Knights of Pythias; of Red Bank Lodge, Loyal Order of Moose; and Red Bank Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a member of the First Presby- terian Church.
On December 12, 1912, Mr. Worden married Sara E. Fay, daughter of Harry C. and Florence (Smith) Fay, of Red Bank. Mr. and Mrs. Worden have three sons: Harry C. Fay, James Albert, and Robert Frank.
FREDERICK PARKER BEDLE, born at Free- hold, New Jersey, May 4, 1892, is a son of John V. and Amelia (Taylor) Bedle. Both Mr. Bedle's father and mother are now dead. His mother died at Ocean Grove, New Jersey.
Mr. Bedle received his early education in the public schools of New Jersey. He graduated from the Howell Township Grammar School No. 2, and proceeded to the Atlantic Highlands High School, from which he graduated in due course. He then went to New York City, where he entered the Col- lege of Pharmacy at Columbia University. He com- pleted two years of a three-year course, passing the examinations of the New Jersey State Board of Pharmacy at the end of his second college year.
Mr. Bedle was naturally of a very active dis- position and he did not choose to spend his spare time idly. Instead, he worked even while he was acquiring his professional training and during his elementary school days. He began his business career by working as a farmer's boy for John Chap- man of Howell, New Jersey. Later, he became &
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soda dispenser for the G. V. Johnson Drug Com- pany at Highlands, New Jersey. This position he held for eight years, and at the end of that period, having completed his professional studies, he be- came a pharmacist for the same company, spending a year in their service. He then, feeling himself fully equipped by training and practical experience for & business career of his own, purchased the Cadwallader Drug Store. After having acquired the Cadwallader Drug Shop, in 1920, Mr. Bedle met with such success that he finally purchased the G. V. Johnson Drug Company's principal store at Highlands. He is at present the proprietor of Bedle's Drug Shop at Highlands, New Jersey. Dur- ing the World War, Mr. Bedle enlisted in the United States army and was assigned to the Medical Corps, Coast Defense, at Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook, New Jersey. He received his discharge from the service at the end of eight months and returned to High- lands, where he picked up his business life where he had dropped it in order to enter the United States Army.
Mr. Bedle is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics, he is a Democrat. He is a director of the Business Men's Association of High- lands. He also belongs to the Junior Order of American Mechanics, Patriotic Order of Sons of America, Modern Woodmen of America, and For- esters of America.
He married Beatrice Marcelia Herbert of High- lands, at Plainfield, New Jersey, where he was em- ployed at the time by W. W. Galloway, druggist, April 29, 1917. Mrs. Bedle was born on August 18, 1895, and is a daughter of Demerest T. and Jennie (Lewis) Herbert. Her father is a carpenter and builder by trade. Her mother is the proprietress of a grocery business at Highlands, and is very well known throughout the town. Mr. and Mrs. Bedle have two children: Kathryn Beatrice Bedle, who was born on November 10, 1919; and Frederick Leslie Bedle, who was born on April 1, 1921.
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