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On July 17, 1834, he married Mary Slocum, born in Long Branch, August 16, 1816, died in July, 1888, daughter of Peter and Abigail Slocum, and they were the parents of three children: Walter Linden, of further mention; Mary Melissa; and Fannie A. In the spring of 1844, Judge Slocum moved from Long Branch Village to a small farm which he owned near Branchburg. In 1854 he moved to the residence which he built near Wolf Hill on the turnpike, between Long Branch and Eatontown, a mile and one-half from each village and near Oceanport. He was a member of the Protestant Episcopal church, and served the Eatontown church as treasurer and warden.
It is said of Judge Slocum that he was a prime mover in the introduction of the ten hour law that superseded the old "sun to sun" period for a day's labor in summer. He was a warm and useful friend of the public school system, and always a friend of progress.
Walter Linden Slocum, only son of Judge Wil- liam H. and Mary (Slocum) Slocum, was born in Long Branch Village, June 12, 1836, and died Feb- ruary 10, 1892. He was educated in the public schools, learned the carpenter's trade, and was wide- ly and favorably known as a builder and business man. He was a member of the Baptist church, and in politics a Democrat. He married Alice Hampton, and they were the parents of two chil- dren.
William Henry (2) Slocum, son of Walter L. and Alice (Hampton) Slocum, was born at the family home near Long Branch, New Jersey, September 15, 1868. He obtained his early education in the public schools, finishing with graduation from the Long Branch High School, class of 1888. He then entered the University of Pennsylvania, in the medical department, and was graduated from that institution, M. D., May 6, 1892. He then served one year as interne at Philadelphia Polyclinic Hos- pital, June 1, 1892-June 1, 1893, and some time after, having passed the State Board examinations he opened offices in Long Branch, April, 1895, and has since been engaged in the general practice of medicine with marked success. Dr. Slocum served on the staff of the Monmouth Memorial Hospital
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for about three years, and for nine years was sur- geon to the New York and Long Branch railroad.
During the World War period, 1917-1918, Dr. Slocum volunteered for service and was commission- ed a captain of the United States Medical Corps, United States Army, December 6, 1917. He was ordered to Camp Greenleaf, Georgia, May 10, 1918; he was then two months later transferred to Camp Wheeler, Georgia, and assigned to Remount Sta- tion, No. 811, where he was regimental surgeon, serving until honorably discharged from the service, September 25, 1918. Dr. Slocum is a member of the American Medical Association, the New Jersey State Medical Society, and the Monmouth County Medical Society, and was formerly a member of the Long Branch Board of Health, and its presi- dent. Politically he generally supports the Demo- cratic party, and takes an active interest in all public affairs. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge No. 742, of Long Branch; a member of the American Legion, No. 44; and attends St. James Episcopal Church.
Dr. Slocum married, June 29, 1899, Annetta O'Brien, and they have one son, William H. (3) Slocum, a well known professional drummer.
WILLIAM ROBINSON BLACKMAN, pastor of the Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church at Long Branch, New Jersey, was born at Atlantic City, same State, on August 22, 1882, and is the son of the late Daniel and Amanda (Robinson) Blackman. His father was a business man, and his grand- father, Captain Israel Blackman, commanded a ship in the Coast Defense Service during the Civil War.
Mr. Blackman received his early education in the public schools of New Jersey, and began to read law with William I. Garrison. Later on, he de- cided that his abilities lay in the direction of an ecclesiastical career. He matriculated at Penning- ton Seminary and Central University. He was or- dained a deacon by Bishop Joseph F. Berry at At- lantic City on March 9, 1913, and ordained an elder in the same city by Bishop Theodore S. Henderson, on March 7, 1915. Since that time he has served churches in various sections of the New Jersey Conference.
Mr. Blackman is a Mason of the third degree; and belongs to the Tall Cedars of Lebanon, and the Masonic Club of Long Branch. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias; the Knights of the Golden Eagle; the Improved Order of Red Men; the Junior Order of United American Me- chanics; the Krights of Friendship; the Patriotic Order, Sons of America; and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In politics he is a Liberal.
Mr. Blackman married Marie Antoinette Cochran, of Trenton, New Jersey, on July 14, 1909. Mr. and Mrs. Blackman have one daughter, Eleanore Vir- ginia.
JAMES D. CARTON-A resident of Asbury Park since 1887, James D. Carton has securely en-
trenched himself in the respect and esteem of his fellow-citizens, his public career having been fault- less in honor and his professional life beyond re- proach. It has been said of him that "he has estab- lished a record few public men can equal, for the able and faithful manner in which he has performed the duties entrusted to him." In all the relations of life he has held steadily to high standards, and his worth to his community as a public omcial and private citizen is fully recognized.
James D. Carton was born in Everett, New Jer- sey, May 12, 1868, son of John and Mary (Cartan) Carton. He attended the public schools of Everett and Asbury Park (where he moved while yet a lad) and after graduation from Asbury Park High School, entered the Albany Law School, whence be was graduated LL.B., class of 1894. Immediately after graduation he was admitted to the New Jersey bar as an attorney, and began practice in Asbury Park alone, so continuing until 1907, when he be- came a member of the law firm, Durand, Ivins & Carton, with offices in the Asbury Park and Ocean Grove Bank building. Mr. Carton has held ima- portant positions in his capacity as attorney-at-law. and still represents many large corporation inter- ests. He is trial attorney for the New Jersey Con- tral railroad in Monmouth county, and also repre- sents the traction companies between Long Branch and Sea Girt; the Asbury Park and Ocean Grove Bank; Asbury Park Trust Company; Ocean Grove National Bank; First National Bank, of Bradley Beach and Spring Lake; Asbury Park and the Bel- mar Building and Loan Association; Borough of Allenhurst; Neptune City; Spring Lake and Ses Girt; and also the Atlantic Coast Electric Light Company and Coast Gas Company. In 1910 he led in the fight for Sunday trains to Asbury Park, and though strongly opposed by the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association be won the fight. He is presi- dent and director of the First National Bank, of Bradley Beach. He served Asbury Park two terms of three years cach, and has been a member of the Board of Education four years.
During the World War, Mr. Carton was chair- man of the executive committee of the Four Minute Men in Asbary Park, and was chairman of each Liberty Loan Drive in Bradley Beach. He has held the position of city solicitor of Asbury Park since 1907, and has ever manifested a lively interest in everything pertaining to the public welfare. Mr. Carton is a member of Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church, of Asbury Park; Asbury Park Council, No. 816, Knights of Columbus; charter member of As- bury Park Lodge, No. 128, Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks; Monmouth County Bar Asso- ciation; New Jersey State Bar Association; Asbury Park Golf Club; the Monmouth Club, of Asbury Park; the Rotary Club, of Asbury Park; the Cath- olic Club, of New York City; and is a United States commissioner.
On May 18, 1898, at New York City, James D. Carton was united in marriage with May Ludlow,
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daughter of Captain John and Mary (Reilly) Lod- low, of Red Bank, New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Carton are the parents of six children: John Vic- tor, born February 7, 1900, a graduate of George- town University, class of 1922; Audrey, born Octo- ber 7, 1901, graduate of Mount St. Vincent on the Hudson, class of 1919; James D., Jr., born May 22, 1903, graduate of Asbury Park High School, 1922; Marie, born October 8, 1904, student of Asbury Park High School, 1923; Gerard, born May 9, 1906, stu- dent of Asbury Park High School, 1925; and Rob- art, born October 24, 1907, student of Asbury Park High School, 1926.
HORACE GREELEY FOWLER-Although he has only recently become a resident of Keansburg, Mr. Fowler is already well known both by reason of the professional reputation which preceded him and by the business which he has established since his arrival. He manifests a quietly helpful inter- est in community affairs, and is numbered among the valued citizens of his home town.
Captain William Fowler, grandfather of Horace Greeley Fowler, was prominent during the Civil War as a drill-master, and at his own expense equip- ped a company that disbanded, and later on Com- pay G was formed at Keyport, with Captain Rob- inwen as their leader. He also built the famous fast race track at Oak Shades, New Jersey. He married Xarissa Greeley, whose family record is tppanded to this biography.
Henry Fowler, son of William and Xarissa (Gree- by) Fowler, was born in New York City, where is is now engaged in business. He married Eliz- sheth Morris, whose family record is appended to this biography, and they became the parents of two sons: Robert, died in childhood; and Horace Greeley, mentioned below. Mr. and Mrs. Fowler muide at Keansburg, New Jersey.
Horace Greeley Fowler, son of Henry and Eliz- sheth (Morris) Fowler, was born May 28, 1889, in New York City, and was a child when the family moved to Keyport, New Jersey. It was there that Is received his preliminary education, and later, when the family returned to New York City, he padasted from Pratt Institute, class of 1911. En- taring upon his active career as a mechanical engi- www, Mr. Fowler was connected with the Sperry Gyrescope Company, of New York City, as the in- cambent of a position in the aerial marine depart- ment. Later he engaged in designing for the same concern. Abandoning this in consequence of fail- ing health he came, in 1920, to Keansburg, and cpened a concrete manufacturing establishment, also developing a trucking business. In giving at- testion to these two enterprises he is able to enjoy the advantage of being much in the open. For public office or for active participation in public affairs, Mr. Fowler has no inclination, but his views political subjects coincide with those of his distinguished grand-uncle, the founder of the New York "Tribune."
Mr. Fowler married, August 10, 1919, Erna Oes- treicher, born in Brooklyn, New York, daughter of Ignatius and Emily Oestreicher.
The record of a man thirty-two years of age, especially if he be of Mr. Fowler's type, while it contains much of accomplishment, always holds more of promise, and the record of Horace Greeley Fowler indicates that the future has in store for him much of the success which is the result of per- sistent effort and wisely-directed ability.
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According to "Recollections of a Busy Life," by Horace Greeley, written in 1868, three brothers named Greeley emigrated to America in 1640. One settled in Maine, one in Rhode Island, where he soon died, and the third settled in Salisbury, near the south line of New Hampshire, into which his descendants soon emigrated.
(I) Andrew Greeley, the brother who settled in Salisbury, and his wife Mary were the parents of the following children: Philip, mentioned below; Andrew, also mentioned below; Mary, born July 16, 1649; Joseph, born February 6, 1652; and Benjamin, born December 9, 1654.
(II) Philip Greeley, son of Andrew and Mary Greeley, was born September 21, 1644, and married, in February, 1670, Hannah Ilsley, daughter of the late John Ilsley, of Salisbury. Their children were: John, born January 16, 1671; Jonathan, born Feb- ruary 15, 1673; Sarah, born March 2, 1676; Mary, born June 5, 1679; Philip, born December 25, 1681; Joseph, born November 24, 1683; and Ruth, born October 6, 1689.
(II) Andrew (2) Greeley, son of Andrew (1) and Mary Greeley, was born December 10, 1646, and married Sarah Brown, daughter of Henry and Abigail Brown, the former a farmer of Salisbury, Massachusetts. Their children were: Andrew, men- tioned below; Henry; Mary; Abigail; Sarah; Ra- chel; and Hannah.
(III) Andrew (3) Greeley, son of Andrew (2) and Sarah (Brown) Greeley, spent his life in Lon- donderry, New Hampshire, where he was a very successful farmer.
(IV) Zaccheus Greeley, son of Andrew (3) Greeley, owned and cultivated farms in various parts of New Hampshire, and married young. He and his wife (whose name has not come down to us) were the parents of nine children, both sons and daughters.
(V) Zaccheus (2) Greeley, son of Zaccheus (1) Greeley, cultivated a farm of 400 acres. He mar- ried Mary Woodburn, a native of Amherst, New Hampshire, and their children were: Two who died in infancy; Horace, mentioned below; Lovell, also mentioned below; Arminda; Esther; and Mar- garet.
(VI) Horace Greeley, son of Zaccheus (2) and Mary (Woodburn) Greeley, was born February 8, 1811, at Amherst, Hillsborough county, New Hamp- shire. His record was passed into history. He
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died November 29, 1872, on his farm in Westchester county, New York.
(VI) Lovell Greeley, son of Zaccheus (2) and Mary (Woodburn) Greeley, married Arminda -.
(VII) Xarissa Greeley, daughter of Lovell and Arminda Greeley, was a favorite with her uncle, Horace Greeley, and as a child she spent many hours in his private office of the "Tribune" building. She became the wife of Captain William Fowler, as stated above.
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Abraham Morris, a descendant of Surgeon-Gen- eral Camp, who served on General Washington's staff during the Revolutionary War, was one of the pioneer farmers of New Jersey, and served during the Civil War in the Army of the Potomac. Later in life he became a lighthouse keeper on the New Jersey coast. He married Emma Roberts, daughter of John and Sidwell Roberts, her father a manufacturer of stained glass windows in Wales, England; both parents of English birth. Children of Abraham and Emma (Roberts) Morris: Abra- ham; Elizabeth, mentioned below; Mary; Elmer; Minnie; Carrie; Maude, deceased; William.
Elizabeth Morris, daughter of Abraham and Emma (Roberts) Morris, was born January 6, 1865, and became the wife of Henry Fowler, as stated above.
WILLARD J. STERNER-From the beginning of his business career Mr. Sterner has been iden- tified with the sale of lumber, and when he estab- lished the Sterner Coal and Lumber Company in Belmar, New Jersey, in 1919, he brought to the or- ganization a complete knowledge of that particular line of business, which was a valuable asset.
Willard J. Sterner was born near Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, November 12, 1859, son of Paul B. and Elizabeth (Ritter) Sterner, both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Sterner were the parents of the following children: Henry, a retired school teach- er, having formerly taught at Wilkes-Barre and Centralia, Pennsylvania, then at Brielle and Bar- negat High School, New Jersey; Alfred L., former- ly a school teacher at Upper Sandusky, Ohio, and county clerk, now living retired on his farm there; Willard J., of further mention; and three other children, deceased.
The boyhood of Willard J. Sterner was passed in his native place, where he attended the local schools. He then took a course at the State Nor- mal School at Millersville, Pennsylvania, and sub- sequently taught at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for one year. Mr. Sterner then removed to Belmar, New Jersey, and secured a position with H. H. Yard, who was at that time engaged in the lumber and real estate business there. Remaining with Mr. Yard but a few months, Mr. Sterner next form- ed an association with Thomas E. Warman, as gen- eral manager of his business, until 1895, when he became associated with Charles Lewis, a lumber dealer of Asbury Park; a few years later this business was incorporated as the Lewis Lumber
Company, with Charles Lewis, president; Mr. Ster- ner as secretary, treasurer and manager of the com- pany, which offices he held until 1914, when he resigned in order to establish a business of his own. In 1919 he purchased from George T. Titus his coal and feed business, and adding a lumber yard, he engaged in business as the Sterner Coal and Lum- ber Company, with E. Donald Sterner as manager. Success attended Mr. Sterner's efforts from the very first. Previously, in 1915, Mr. Sterner had started a business in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he being president of the organization there. This organization is under the management of his son, J. W. Sterner.
Mr. Sterner is a member of the Belmar Building and Loan Association and was one of its incor- porators. He has always taken an active part in municipal affairs, and his best efforts have always been given to the advancement of whatever in his judgment tends to the furtherance of the welfare and progress of his home community. Politically he is a Republican, and served in the Town Coun- cil for twelve years. He has always taken an ac- tive interest in church affairs, and attends the First Presbyterian Church of Belmar, of which he is a trustee.
On June 22, 1887, at Belmar, New Jersey, Willard J. Sterner was united in marriage with Jennie L. Disbrow, daughter of Edwin F. and Louisa J. Dis- brow. Mrs. Sterner is a direct descendant of Gen- eral Morgan, who settled near Matawan, New Jer- sey, in what is now known as Morgan. Mr. and Mrs. Sterner are the parents of two children: 1. J. W., who was born in October, 1888; he attended the public schools of Asbury Park, graduating from the high school there in 1907, after which he entered Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, from which institution he won the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1911. He then secured a position with the South American Oil Company, returning to this country in 1914 and locating in Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania, where he is now treasurer and manager of the Sterner Lumber Company there. 2. E. Donald, who was born January 3, 1892. After graduating from the Asbury Park High School, he secured em- ployment with the Lewis Lumber Company, sub- sequently serving in the United States army, after which he became associated with his father in the latter's business at Belmar. The family home is at No. 607 Sixth avenue, Belmar, New Jersey. Mr. Sterner is domestic and home-loving in his tastes, and thoroughly devoted to his family, his home he- ing his chief happiness. By his long residence in Belmar, and his fair-mindedness in business deal- ings, he has won for himself the highest esteem from his fellow-citizens.
The two sons, J. W. and E. Donald Sterner, both attended Officers' Training Camp at Plattsburg, New York, in 1916, and the following year were at Fort Niagara Training Camp, where on May 10, 1917, J. W. was commissioned first lieutenant, and E. Donald, second lieutenant. They were assigned to duty at Camp Meade, Lieutenant J. W. Sterner
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being sent overseas from that camp, July 5, 1918. The latter served with the 310th Machine Gun Bat- talion, Seventy-ninth Division, and was engaged with his battalion in the drive against Mount Fau- can and during the Meuse-Argonne offensive, Sep- tember 26th to September 30th, 1918; the Troyon sector, October 8th to October 25th, 1918; and the Meuse-Argonne offensive, October 29th to Novem- ber 11th, 1918. He sailed for home from St. Na- zaire, France, May 28, 1919. The younger brother, E. Donald, was sent, after two months at Camp Meade, to Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Jacksonville, Florida, thence after two months to Camp Hill, Virginia, having been promoted to first lieutenant. Three months were spent at Camp Hill, then on June 5, 1918, he was ordered overseas, sailing from Newport News, Virginia, and arriving at Brest, France. Lieutenant E. Donald Sterner was salvage officer with the Second Division, and was engaged at the battles of the Aisne-Marne, Champagne, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, remaining with the Second Division until after the Armistice was signed, then was transferred to the headquarters of the First Army as chief salvage officer. He sailed from Mar- milles, France, for the United States May 21, 1919. Both brothers were discharged from the service at Camp Dix and returned to their home in Belmar.
CLARENCE A. NORRIS, M. D .- Since 1901 Dr. Norris has been actively engaged in the practice of medicine in Manasquan, New Jersey, and the years which have intervened have proven his ability, for he has acquired a large clientele which have learn- ed that to professional skill he adds a warm sym- pathy and deep interest in all that relates to their welfare.
William H. Norris, father of Clarence A. Norris, was born in Brooklyn, New York. When a young man he learned the carpenter's trade, and sub- sequently, having in the meantime become very suc- cessful, engaged in contracting and building at Spring Lake, New Jersey, which has been his busi- mess headquarters ever since. He married Jane Mira Curtis, a native of Belmar, New Jersey, who died in 1916, at the age of sixty years. To Mr. and Mrs. Norris were born seven children: Louise May, deceased, formerly the wife of Dr. C. C. Shepard, & physician of Colorado Springs, Colorado; Clar- ence A., of further mention; Lizetta, wife of Henry Hendrickson, of Ocean Grove, New Jersey, an audi- tor of the Long Branch railroad; Irving H., a gradu- ate of Pratt's Institute, now in business for himself as an architect in New York City; Elsie; Jessie C., wife of Voorhees Cook, of the Bradley Beach Na- tional Rank; and William Taylor, assistant man- ager of the Manasquan Imperial Porcelain Works.
Clarence A. Norris was born at Sea Girt, New Jersey, November 3, 1878, the son of William H. and Jane M. (Curtis) Norris. After graduating from the Manasquan High School in 1895, he en- tered the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, where he remained for one year, going thence to Hahne- mann Medical College, from which latter institution
he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine, with the class of 1901. Immediately after completing this course he returned to Manasquan and establish- ed himself in the active practice of his chosen pro- fession, in which he has successfully continued up to the present time.
Dr. Norris is a member of the staff of the Ann May Memorial Hospital at Spring Lake, New Jer- sey; affiliates with the American Medical Associa- tion; the New Jersey State Medical Association; the Monmouth County Medical Society; and for several years was a member of the Manasquan School Board and the local Board of Health. He is a director of the Manasquan National Bank, and attends the First Methodist church of Manasquan. Dr. Norris also belongs to the Masons, being a member of Wall Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Corson Commandery, No. 15, Knights Templar; and Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Manasquan.
At Manasquan, in 1903, Clarence A. Norris was united in marriage with Helen C. Riddle, daughter of Frank and Sarah Riddle. Dr. and Mrs. Norris are the parents of one child, Spencer A., born in 1904, now a student at the Manasquan High School, class of 1923.
IRVING LEE REED - Holding a position of large responsibility as vice-president of one of the leading financial institutions of the New Jersey coast, Mr. Reed is widely known in business circles in Monmouth county. He is a son of Rev. Joseph Gaskill and Sarah A. (Lee) Reed, his father having been for many years a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a member of the New Jersey Conference.
Irving Lee Reed was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, August 31, 1874. He received his early edu- cation in the Pennington school, and thereafter en- tered Rutgers College, from which he was gradu- ated in the class of 1896. For the following twenty- two years Mr. Reed was engaged in electrical engi- neering in New York City, then became cashier of the Asbury Park and Ocean Grove Bank, and was elected vice-president, February 15, 1922. While Mr. Reed has always been a supporter of the Re- publican party, he does not take an active part in public affairs. He is a member of the Rotary Club and the Asbury Park Golf and Country Club, and is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, of Asbury Park, of which he is a steward.
Mr. Reed married, October 30, 1903, in Newark, New Jersey, Florence Day, daughter of Pennington M. and Jennie A. (Coriell) Day. Mr. and Mrs. Reed have five children: Mary, born November 22, 1905; Robert Day, born February 22, 1907; Jane Day, born April 9, 1912; Margaret, born November 22, 1914; and Agnes, born August 5, 1915. The family reside in Asbury Park.
VERNON ARTHUR BENNETT - A note- worthy figure among the younger men of Red Bank is Vernon Arthur Bennett, whose military record in the recent war gives his history especial
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