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Mr. Viracola is a Catholic and a member of the Star of the Sea Church at Long Branch. He be- longs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; the Knights of Columbus; and the American Legion, Post 44. In politics, he is a Democrat, and serves as a member of the Democratic County Executive Committee.
He married Mary Ennis, a daughter of James and Mary Ennis of Long Branch, on April 21, 1919. Mr. and Mrs. Viracola have one child, Mary Clare, six months old. The family resides at Nc 400 West- wood avenue.
M. A. ENNIS, born at Long Branch, New Jersey, September 13, 1894, is a son of James and Mary Ennis. He has three brothers and five sisters, one of whom, Mary, is the wife of Michael A. Viracola, (see preceding sketch). James Ennis is a retired plumber.
Mr. Ennis received his early education in the public schools of New Jersey. After graduating from high school, he entered the hardware busi- ness at Long Branch, remaining in this business until May 21, 1917, when he enlisted in the United States army with the Red Bank Ambulance Com- pany. He was sent to Camp Sea Girt for one month, and then assigned to the Rainbow Division and sent to Camp Mills. In October, 1917, he sailed for Europe. Owing to an accident, how-
ever, the transport was obliged to return to port. After being repaired, she set out once more and reached Liverpool in safety. Mr. Ennis spent two weeks in Liverpool, and then went to Southampton. From Southampton, he went to Havre, France, and was with the Rainbow Division in all its battles. He served as a wagoner, and on one occasion, was gassed. After the armistice, he was assigned to the Army of Occupation and saw service in Germany. It was not until May 23, 1919, that, having re- turned to the United States, he was finally dis- charged at Camp Dix.
Upon his return to civilian life, Mr. Ennis be- came associated with his brother-in-law, Michael A. Viracola, in the Community Supply Company, of which Mr. Viracola is the president. The Com- munity Supply Company was incorporated in 1919. It deals in coal and mason's materials, and does all kinds of cement work, re-enforced concrete con- struction, grading of land, and excavating. The company's premises are situated near the railroad and it has very fine modern equipment. It has a spur track with pockets for sand and gravel and coal, a large warehouse, and numerous trucks. Its business is both wholesale and retail. Mr. Ennis is now the secretary and treasurer of the com- pany.
He is a member of the Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks, the American Legion, the Rainbow Division Veterans' Association; and in politics, he is an Independent. He is a member of the Star of the Sea Catholic Church at Long Branch. Mr. Ennis is unmarried.
C. PARKER MORRIS Carrying on an exten- sive business in the field of automobile and general repair work, Mr. Morris, of Red Bank, New Jersey, is meeting in a comprehensive way the needs of the motoring world of a considerable part of Mon- mouth county. Mr. Morris is a son of John C. and Mary (Smith) Morris. His father was a farmer, starting in a small way with market crops and be- coming prominent in the vicinity of New Brunswick, this State, but both Mr. Morris' parents are now deceased. They had six children: Mary A., Nettie C., Jennie, John, George; and C. Parker, of whom further. The father, by a former marriage, had three children: Fred, Luther, and Simeon.
C. Parker Morris was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, August 8, 1886, and received his edu- cation in the public schools of that city, being grad- uated from the grammar school. He then entered the employ of an older brother, who was conducting a garage. There he learned the business in a prac- tical way, then later spent one year in a machine shop, where he acquired a working knowledge of that trade. He has followed this trade ever since, establishing a business of his own in Eatontown in 1917, and continuing there until he came to Red Bank. His present business was established and in- corporated about two years previously, in 1919. Mr. Morris purchased the entire stock of the con- cern in 1921, and has developed the business into
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an important interest. He does a general repair business, and keeps a service station for the Rayfield . carburetor, and the Studebaker car. He is a natural mechanic, and a thoroughgoing workman, with emi- nently practical experience.
In public affairs Mr. Morris is broadly interested, but while he supports the Republican party, he is no seeker after political honors. He is a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, and his church affiliation is with the Baptist church.
Mr. Morris married, in 1908, Fannie B. Giles, of New Market, New Jersey, and they have one daugh- ter, Eleanor F. The family resides at Red Bank.
CAPTAIN DAVID AUGUSTUS WALLING- Monmouth county has long been the home of the Walling family, and in each generation strong men have arisen bearing the name who served well the county of their birth as farmers, mariners, and professional and business men. Judge Alfred B. Walling was a lawyer and jurist of the Monmouth courts; Inspector Walling, of the New York police force, was a Monmouth boy; and there have been many Captain Wallings, for the sea seemed to have a strong attraction for the men of the family. Among these was Captain David A. Walling, who sailed as a master of ships to all the important ports of the world, but later in life abandoned the sea and spent the last quarter of his life on his place at Tinton Falls, New Jersey. He was engaged with his vessel in carrying food and supplies for the Union forces, and among his many adventures by sea and land was his capture by the Confederates, and a subsequent escape. He lived to the great age of eighty-two, and went to his grave honored and respected. He belonged to that era when a sailor was a man who sailed in ships propelled by wind, and not to the age of steam, when a seaman is any man who can shovel coal or swab a deck.
Captain David A. Walling was born at Key- port, in Raritan township, Monmouth county, New Jersey, August 29, 1832, died at his place at Tin- ton Falls, in the same county, April 7, 1914. He attended Keyport public school, but when a boy, left home and went to New York City, there shipping as cabin boy. As he advanced in years he was also advanced in rank, passing through all grades to that of able seaman, then was, successive- ly, second mate, first mate, and at twenty-five years of age, master. He sailed the world over ere he settled down to the quiet life of the store and farm, and commanded some good ships that sailed deep water. During the Civil War he com- manded a food ship and on one trip lost his vessel by capture. Later he escaped from his captors and continued in the service until the war ended.
Finally, Captain Walling tired of the sea, as sea captains do. and retired. Soon afterward he opened a general store at then Shoreville, now West Belmar, a community which owes its first existence and growth to Captain Walling. His store at Shoreville was the only store for miles around. for that was before the founding of
Ocean Grove and Asbury Park started the won- derful development of the Jersey coast from Sandy Hook to Barnegat. He remained in business at West Belmar and aided in the early development of that section until 1883, when he . sold out. bought the Arthur Wilson distillery and cider mill at Tinton Falls, and there spent the years of his life which intervened between 1883 and his passing in 1914. His place became famous through his manufacture of apple brandy, he also grinding the apples brought by his neighbors to his mill.
The old captain was an ardent Democrat and deeply interested in party success. He was an active worker and used his influence for the good of the cause. He was one of the men that long held Monmouth county in the column of Democratic counties. He joined the Masonic order in New York City, but later demitted and joined the Eatontown Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons- He and his family were members of Christ Epis- copal Church of Shrewsbury township.
Captain Walling married in New York City, May 30, 1859, Sara Elizabeth Sherman, bom September 26, 1843, in Middletown township. died in March, 1915, daughter of Edward and Margaret Sherman. Captain and Mrs. Walling were the parents of five children; Georgianna, Edith A .. David Clarence, Ella Louise and Sara Alma Captain Walling was a man of kindly, generous and friendly nature, greatly beloved by all who knew him.
NATHAN VOGEL-As president and treasurer of Vogel Brothers Company, which is located at No. 613 Bangs avenue, Asbury Park, New Jersey, Na- than Vogel is recognized as a man of superior busi- ness capacity and resourceful ability, his resolute purpose and keen discrimination enabling him to carry forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes. He has made for himself an enviable reputation and is popular in social and busines: circles.
Abraham Vogel, father of Nathan Vogel, was born in Essen, Germany. In 1874 he came to this country and settled in Trenton, New Jersey, where he continued to live for the remainder of his life time. He was a drover by occupation, and was killed by a railroad accident at Conover Crossing. December 27, 1893. He married Fannie Haber, a native of Germany. Mrs. Vogel resides in Tren- ton, New Jersey. To Mr. and Mrs. Vogel were born the following children: Louis R., who is proprietor of the Nassau Inn at Princeton, New Jersey; Solo- man H., who is engaged in the real estate business in Trenton; Otto, a sketch of whom follows; Na- than, of further mention; Barbara; Hannah, a school teacher in the public schools at Trenton; Isaac and William, who now own the business of Vogel Brothers at Princeton, New Jersey.
Nathan Vogel was born at Trenton, New Jersey. January 12, 1876. After completing his education. in the public schools of his native town, he securei employment in the market of Wagner & Loveles; and was there eleven years. In 1895 together with
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his brother Otto, a sketch of whom follows, he formed the concern of Vogel Brothers, and they opened a small market at State and Monmouth streets, Trenton, where they employed two men. Later they opened another market in Princeton and here employed six men. In 1904 they turned both of these enterprises over to their younger brothers, who are still doing business there, and came to Asbury Park where they established themselves in this same line of business at Main and Lake ave- nues.
One year later they removed to Cookman avenue, where they continued until 1920 when, owing to the growth of their business, they were forced to seek other quarters. In March, 1920, they located at No. 613 Bangs avenue, and this has con- tinued to be their business headquarters up to the present time. They have a hundred thousand dol- lar plant here, which has no rival in the State, and an ice box capacity of twelve freight carloads. Here they employ twelve men and deal exclusively in meats and poultry. In 1905 Vogel Brothers Com- pany was incorporated with Nathan Vogel as presi- dent and treasurer, and Otto as vice president and secretary. Mr. Vogel also is president of the Standish Arms (hotel), at Brooklyn.
Mr. Vogel is affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Asbury Park Lodge No. 128. He is a Rotarian and holds membership in the Asbury Park Golf Club, of which he was one of the founders. He is also a director of the As- bury Park Chamber of Commerce.
OTTO VOGEL, vice-president and secretary of Vogel Brothers Company, Incorporated, is numbered among the representative business men of Asbury Park. Since coming here in 1904 he has proven himself a good citizen as well as an able business man, being ever ready to give his hearty support to everything pertaining to the welfare and ad- vancement of his adopted city.
Mr. Vogel was born in Essen, Germany, Decem- ber 12, 1874, the son of Abraham and Fannie (Haber) Vogel, mentioned in the preceding sketch. The boy was brought by his parents to this country when he was but three weeks old and settled in Trenton, New Jersey, where he attended the pub- lic schools of that place. He then secured work with the Western Union Telegraph Company as mes- senger boy, and remained there for fifteen months. Resigning from this position the lad secured em- ployment with Enoch G. Hendrickson, of Trenton, who conducted a market there. His next venture was with the Winckler Company of New York City, but later, resigning, he worked for six months for Solomon Blum of Columbus avenue, New York City and during the summer with McCabe and Margeren. In 1904 he associated himself with his brother Nathan, whose sketch precedes this, and together they formed the firm of Vogel Brothers Company, Incorporated. His early training fitted him for this business and his duties are fulfilled in a most efficient manner. Besides this business, Mr. Vogel
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is a director of the Asbury Park Building and Loan Association.
He affiliates with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Asbury Park Lodge No. 128, and is chairman of the board of trustees of that lodge. He also holds membership in the Kiwanis Club, the Asbury Park Wheelmen, Asbury Park Golf and Fishing clubs, the Monmouth Club, and the As- bury Park Chamber of Commerce.
At Trenton, New Jersey, June 3, 1896, Otto Vogel was united in marriage with Hannah E. Wilson, and to them has been born one child, Marion E., who is a graduate of Miss Lucy Wheelock's Kinder- garten Training School, and has taught school in Asbury Park for three years. The family home is at No. 307 Third avenue, Asbury Park.
WILLIAM M. THOMPSON, D. D. S .- A success- ful dentist of Red Bank, and well known through- out this vicinity, Dr. Thompson is most widely known through his fraternal affiliations with the Masonic Order. A native of this county, he is a son of Charles and Ellen (Cranmer) Thompson. His father, who was a business man, is now de- ceased, but his mother is still living.
Dr. Thompson was born in Holmdel, Monmouth county, New Jersey, September 7, 1878, and received his early education in public schools of his native town. Taking a preparatory course at Freehold In- stitute, Dr. Thompson, as a young man, entered the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, at Phila- delphia, taking a course in dental surgery, and was graduated in class of 1896. Locating first in Free- hold, he began practice there, remaining for four years, then removed to Red Bank in 1900, and has since carried on a very successful general practice in this borough, taking a leading position in his field of activity. His offices are located in the Sec- ond National Bank building.
In the public life of the borough Dr. Thompson has always taken a leading part, and as a promi- nent member of the Republican party, has been induced more than once to allow his name to appear on the party ticket. He was elected collector of Red Bank in 1908, and filled that arduous position for a period of twelve years. In each of the four elections which measured the length of his term of service in this office, he was opposed by the Demo- cratic "machine," and at one election was the only Republican candidate to receive a majority neces- sary to election. Ex-President Taft, when in the White House, appointed Dr. Thompson postmaster of Red Bank, but in common with many other appointments of that time, due to the Roosevelt "split" in Congress, his appointment was not con- firmed. In 1916 he was a candidate for Congress from this district, running independently in the Republican primary, but while he carried his home county, failed to get the nomination. However, Dr. Thompson is undaunted by failure. The fight for what he believes to be right is the expression of his purpose in all public activity, and he is abso- lutely fearless in striking against opposing forces,
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believing every effort to count in the right direc- tion for the ultimate good, whether, at the moment, successful or otherwise. In 1920 Dr. Thompson served as a delegate to the Chicago convention, from this district, and supported Hiram Johnson, carry- ing the district more than thirteen hundred votes over the "machine" candidate. In 1919 he was candidate for the nomination of county clerk in the Republican primary, against the "machine" can- didate, but was unsuccessful.
Fraternally Dr. Thompson has attained a high place in the Masonic Order, and is the only man in Monmouth county now (1921) holding the thirty- third degree in this order. He is a member of Mystic Brotherhood Lodge, No. 21, Free and Ac- cepted Masons, and is Past Master of the lodge. He is Past High Priest of Hiram Chapter, No. 1, Royal Arch Masons, is Past Thrice Potent Master of the Lodge of Perfection, in the New Jersey Con- sistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, and was Grand Master of the State Grand Lodge in 1917. He is a member of the Supreme Council of the Northern Jurisdiction, attaining the thirty-third de- gree September 18, 1917. Since that year, and until the present time, he is the Grand Represen- tative of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey, to the Grand Orient of France, having previously repre- sented Cuba. Dr. Thompson is widely recognized
as one of the leading members of this illustrious order in this part of the United States. He served as district deputy for four years, then passed the various grades and chairs of the Grand Lodge, and is now the only living Past Grand Master in Mon- mouth county. He is also a member of Salaam Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
In 1906 Dr. Thompson married Alice Blaisdell, daughter of Frank I .. Blaisdell, of Red Bank, and they have two sons: William M., and Charles Har- vey. The family residence is located at No. 81 East Front street, in Red Bank.
WILLIAM E. ANDREW, JR., senior member of the firm of Andrew & Tumen, lawyers, with offices in the Kinmonth building in Asbury Park, New Jersey, is a native of New York City, where his birth occurred August 14, 1876. He is the son of William E. and Mary Louise (Brooks) Andrew, the former a resident of Atlantic Highlands, New Jer- sey. Mrs. Andrew passed away in 1917 at the age of sixty-three; she was also a native of New York City. William E. Andrew, Sr., is the inventor of oleomargerine, and for many years was located on Eleventh avenue at Forty-third street, New York City, where he was in the oleomargerine business, selling manufacturing rights to large concerns. At this time he resided in Jersey City, and while a resident there he became very active in the inter- ests of the Democratic party.
William E. Andrew, Jr., attended Trinity Mili- tary Institute and Pennington Seminary, where he completed his preparation for college. He then en- tered Yale and was subsequently graduated from
the legal department of the University with the class of 1902, taking the degree of Bachelor of Laws. The following year Mr. Andrew went West, locating first at Bar L. A. Ranch at Wolf Creek, Colorado, where he remained one year and a half, punching cattle, and going subsequently to Medicine Bow, Forest Reserve, where he was employed in running cattle from the Mexican border to Canada. He then went to Goldfield, where he did considerable prospecting until 1908, when he returned to New Jersey, having become an all-round cattle man during his stay in the West. He was admitted to the bar of New Jersey in 1908, and until 1909 read law in the office of Samuel Kalisch. He then en- tered the hotel business and was proprietor of the Warren House at Hackettstown, New Jersey, until 1919, when he came to Asbury Park and associated himself with Louis I. Tumen, under the firm name of Andrew & Tumen. He has thus continued ever since, making his headquarters in the Kinmonth building. He is affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Asbury Park Lodge No. 128. In politics he is a Republican, and has al- ways been staunch in his support of the principles and policies of the organization, upholding both as a private citizen.
At Jersey City, May 9, 1909, William E. Andrew, Jr., was united in marriage with Anna K. Muller. They have no children. Since coming to this com- munity Mr. Andrew has taken an active interest in its affairs, being in hearty sympathy with all move- ments to advance the permanent interests of the city. He has won a large circle of friends, who hold him in the highest esteem for the many sterling qualities of character which he has evidenced in many ways while a resident here.
JOHN NEAFIE GARRABRANDT-One of the leading business men of Belmar, and one, too, who has gained his present position of prominence through indefatigable labor and perseverance, is John Neafie Garrabrandt, a native of Hamilton, now Summerfield, New Jersey, where his birth occurred January 25, 1889, being the youngest of a family of eight children. He was named for his grandfather, John W. Martin, one of the founders of Ocean Grove, and a charter member of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, being also a namesake of the late Jacob Garrabrandt Neafie, a cousin, who was president of the Neafie & Levy Ship and Engine Building Company of Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania.
Abraham Garrabrandt was the paternal grand- father. He owned and tilled the Garrabrandt home- stead farm at Hamilton, where he also operated a saw mill along Jumping Brook. Long before the days when the present lumber concerns at Asbury Park had their beginning, the inhabitants of Hamil- ton and surrounding territory usually constructed homes from timber which grew on their own prop- erty, and perhaps two-thirds of the older farm houses and outbuildings of that section, if they could speak today, would tell us that their sturdy
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framework was fashioned at Abraham Garra- brandt's saw mill.
Isaac Garrabrandt, son of Abraham Garrabrandt, and father of John N. Garrabrandt, was born at Hamilton, New Jersey, November 29, 1839. He served his country in both the army and the navy during the Civil War, after the close of which he married Lydia Martin, in 1869. Upon the death of Abraham Garrabrandt, he came into possession of the homestead farm. This he operated until only a few years prior to his retirement and death, which occurred at Bradley Park in 1909, after a life of usefulness to the community in which most of his days had been spent. He had represented his dis- trict in both the Asbury Park and Neptune Town- ship Boards of Education, serving upon the latter for about sixteen years, the present educational facilities of Neptune township being a fulfillment of the vision and foresight of Isaac Garrabrandt and his co-workers.
These same schools, which his father had been instrumental in promoting, were the schools in which John Neafie Garrabrandt received the greater part of his education. His early years were spent at home where, before and after school hours, he assisted his father in the latter's work about the farm. His primary school days were at Hamilton and Summerfield, and later he attended Neptune grammar and high schools, after which he took a special course at the Asbury Park Business College, being a member of that institution's first gradu- ating class in 1908. This class of 1908 is known as the star class of the college, because it was com- posed entirely of serious-minded, purposeful young men and women, who now stand as individual ex- amples of success and honor in their respective vocations.
Upon completion of his business course, Mr. Garrabrandt became an experienced secretary and stenographer in the New York office of Robert W. Gibson, architect. Following the death of his father, however, he returned to Asbury Park where he formed a partnership with G. Fred Beegle in the real estate and insurance business at No. 406 Main street. This partnership was soon dissolved, Mr. Garrabrandt continuing in the same business, with offices in the Kinmonth building. In the spring of 1914 he came to Belmar and opened an office on Tenth avenue, opposite the railroad station, enter- ing into a partnership with Daniel B. Conover, a builder, for the purpose of conducting a general real estate, insurance, and building business. Soon after the outbreak of the World War, the building department and Mr. Conover's interests were dis- continued, but Mr. Garrabrandt has maintained his real estate and insurance business in the same location, and operating under the name of the J. N. Garrabrandt Agency, is now (1922) one of the leading real estate dealers and promoters of Bel- mar. He deals in all kinds of insurance, mortgage loans, specializes in the selling and renting of sea- shore property and country homes, and his opinion and services as an appraiser of various property
holdings are frequently sought. He is a member of the New Jersey Association of Underwriters, and a member of the Real Estate Board of New Jersey.
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