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interest for his many friends, also his present ac- tivities as railway detective. Mr. Bennett comes of an old Scottish family, which has been repre- sented in this country since very carly times, his direct ancestors having settled here in the early part of the seventeenth century. He is a son of William Henry and Lillian (King) Bennett, and his father is a well known painter and decorator of Red Bank, New Jersey.
Mr. Bennett was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, June 7, 1893. His education was gained in the public schools, his first attendance being at Schodack Landing, New York, where the family resided for a time, but with their return to Monmouth county, New Jersey, he completed the course at the schools of Bradley Beach. His first employment was in the department store of Jacob Steinbach, of Asbury Park, then he learned paint- ing and decorating with his father, which business he followed for about five years. Mr. Bennett then became identified with McCarthy's Detective Bureau at Red Bank and Newark, and was thus engaged for about one year, then was associated for a similar period with the J. B. Rue Detective Agency of Red Bank, as manager. Thereafter he entered the employ of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, as railway detective, but a year later joined the police force of Red Bank, remain- ing in this connection until May of 1918. In the meantime Mr. Bennett had been to East Hampton, Long Island, doing some special detective work for the Police Department of that city, and has been special deputy sheriff of Monmouth county, New Jersey, Middlesex county, New Jersey, and Suffolk county, New York. After that time he went to Perth Amboy as a detective sergeant with the Ordnance Department of the United States Government. This position exempted Mr. Bennett from foreign service with the American Expedi- tionary Forces, but, declining the privilege of ex- emption, he accepted his regular call, which was received on June 20, 1918. Mustered into the ser- vice at Camp Dix one week later, he was assigned to Battery D, 336th Heavy Field Artillery, 87th Division. Receiving this assignment on July 18, 1918, he was made wagoner two weeks thereafter, and following two months training at Camp Dix, he was sent to Pier 58, North River, New York, thence sailing for Liverpool, England, on the transport, "Mauratania," on August 27, 1918. Landing in Liverpool on September 4, 1918, he went by rail to Romsey, a run of four hundred miles, to a rest camp. The stay of a few days was followed by a sixteen mile hike to Southamp- ton, England, whence he crossed the English channel to Havre, France, on the steamer "Yale," which was formerly on the Pacific coast. The fighting was particularly heavy just at that time at Rouen, only a short distance away, and air raids were of frequent occurrence at Havre. Ac- cordingly the contingent was halted there only for a day, the troops leaving by night for Tallion, which point they reached after a ride of fifty-six
and a half hours in cattle cars, with thirty-eight men in each car. . After a stay of two weeks at Tallion, they hiked to Cany De Souge, where they were trained on Millemeter guns. Very shortly afterward the influenza epidemic broke out in the camp, and they were ordered away. Leaving at five o'clock in the morning they hiked to Bassens, where they worked on the French and American docks, unloading ships, and sending food and am- munition to the front. While engaged in this work Mr. Bennett was offered an assignment to the Intelligence Unit, under Major Elliot, where he would wear civilian dress and travel all over France. Mr. Bennett preferred to stay with his original command, however, and take whatever duty the fortunes of war determined, so declined the honor. From the above point the command was transferred to Corbon Blanch, and entrained for La Rochelle, where they assisted the 35th Engineers in the erection of barracks, infirmaries and railroads at Aytre. While thus engaged they were ordered, on the eighth of November, to don equipment and prepare to go to Metz, where the artillery was making a drive on the forts of Mets. The armistice was signed before they entrained, and after a few days wait the order came to prepare for embarkation home. This was delayed, however, and they were transferred from Aytre to Sallebouf, where they remained until January 15, 1919, when they went to Camp Genecarte, thence to Bassens, from which point they took a tug down the Gironne river to Paullaic. This point was formerly a naval basin, but was taken over by the army, and there they occupied large airplane hangars until February 22, 1919, Wash- ington's Birthday, when they embarked for home on the "Martha Washington." Some of the ex- periences of the command were more novel than interesting, perhaps. Mr. Bennett slept in bar- racks for only twelve nights during his stay over- seas, all the remainder of the time sleeping in pup tents, hangars or under the open sky. For five weeks, at one time, they were obliged to go without a bath, and at the end of the time a portable bathtub was brought into camp and the boys were given one minute each to take a bath. When the vacation area was opened in the Pyren- ees, Mr. Bennett was allowed a ten days' furlough, and during this time he visited the Church of Lourdes, at Lourdes, France, where miracles were performed in the olden times. By drinking of the waters of the spring and praying to the mystic shrine invalids were cured of different ailments and afflictions, and would go from there leaving their crutches and canes behind, these now being on exhibition. Candles have burned in this church for centuries, the light never being permitted to die out. On February 22, 1919, Mr. Bennett sailed for home with the comrades with whom he had shared the hardships and interests of the period. They crossed on the "Martha Washington," and landed in Newport News, Virginia, after a stormy trip of fourteen days, went to Camp Stewart, Vir-
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ginia, thence to Camp Dix, New Jersey, where Mr. Bennett was mustered out of the service on March 28, 1919.
Returning to Red Bank, Mr. Bennett took up his duties on the police force on May 1, 1919, and served until November 1 of the same year. He then was connected with the county govern- ment on detective work until December 22, when he accepted a position with the Central Railroad of New Jersey as a detective for the states of New York and New Jersey, a position which he holds at the present time.
In the public life of the community Mr. Ben- nett is broadly interested, and politically has inde- pendant convictions. He is a member of the Ben- wvolent and Protective Order of Elks, No. 233, of Red Bank; of Woodmen of the World, No. 43; and of Shrewsbury Post, No. 168, American Le- gion. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is unmarried.
ALBERT MILNE APPLEGATE, D. D. S .- Dr. Applegate, who is winning public favor and professional reputation at Keansburg, New Jersey, was born in the borough of Manasquan, Mon- mouth county, New Jersey, April 21, 1886, son of Enoch Roger and Sarah Barnes (Norton) Apple- gate, his father for many years prominent in Monmouth county as an accountant and school teacher.
As a boy Dr. Applegate attended the public schools of Ocean Grove, New Jersey, and later entered the University of Pennsylvania, whence he was graduated D. D. S., class of 1910. After graduation he established in practice at Asbury Park, where he remained for five years, going thence to West End, New Jersey, where he remain- ed one year in practice before moving to Hoboken, New Jersey, where the need for skilled men for service overseas found him.
He had enlisted in the army, Hospital Company, New Jersey National Guard, at Red Bank, New Jersey, January 12, 1915, and was promoted to sergeant, April 3, 1915. He was made first lieu- tenant of the Dental Corps, Medical Department, on July 31, 1916, and was discharged from the service, July 17, 1917. Re-enlisting, he was again commissioned first lieutenant of the Dental Re- serve Corps, and served overseas with the Ameri- can Expeditionary Forces from August 7, 1917, until July 10, 1918. He was chief dental surgeon at Base Hospital, No. 8, and was discharged from the service at Blois, France, June 28, 1918. Re- turning to the United States, Dr. Applegate, after service as inspector of public health department, established his office in Keansburg, and there is building up a constantly increasing practice.
Dr. Applegate is a member of the New Jersey State and Monmouth County Dental societies; the E. C. Kirk Dental Society; and the Psi Omega, a dental fraternity. He is a member of Mon- mouth Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution; the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, As-
bury Park Lodge, No. 142; Free and Accepted Masons; and Standard Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Long Branch. Dr. Applegate gains mem- bership in the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution through the service of his great-great-grandfather, Samuel Barnes, a private in the Artillery, born in 1752, and his wife, Priscilla (Wilson) Barnes, born in 1752, died 1841, to whom he was married in 1776. The line follows through their daughter, Ann Barnes, born 1791, died 1889, who married Michael Milne, born 1790, died 1832; their daughter, Sarah Barnes Milne, born 1820, died 1877, married, in 1841, Wil- liam Candor Norton, born 1814, died 1881; their daughter, Sarah Barnes Norton, born 1848, living in 1922, married, in 1870, Enoch Roger Applegate, born 1848, died 1904; their son, Albert Milne Ap- plegate, born April 21, 1886, whose life is herein reviewed. Enoch R. Applegate was a son of Sam- uel Applegate, and his grandfather was John Ap- plegate.
JESSE LEWIS SCULTHORP-One of the wide- ly known names along the coast of Monmouth county, is that of Jesse Lewis Sculthorp, whose constructive activities in the eastern part of the county have long been one of the most potent forces in the advance which has made almost un- exampled history in the East. Mr. Sculthorp comes of old English ancestry in direct line, and is of the second generation born in this country.
Mr. Sculthorp's great-grandparents, James and Ann Sculthorp, came to the United States in 1838, with their five sons. Landing in New York City, they remained there for a short time, then coming to Monmouth county, bought a farm at Bailey's Corners, to which they removed. There their sons grew to manhood; they were: James, Josiah, Thomas, John and George. George Sculthorp, the youngest son, married Henrietta Wardell, and they were the parents of three children: Jesse, father of the subject of this sketch; Charles and Caroline. Jesse Sculthorp followed the life of an oysterman, and was drowned off Bay Head, New Jersey, when out in a fishing boat with Stephen Van Note. The boat capsized and both were drowned.
Jesse Sculthorp married (first) Mary Jane Sut- phen, and through both her paternal and maternal lines, Mr. Sculthorp traces back to some of the earliest permanent settlers of New Jersey. She was a daughter of Peter and Catherine (Havens) Sutphen, the latter a daughter of Jacob and Ann (Chamberlain) Havens. John Chamberlain, one of the early ancestors in this line, was born in France and came to America early in the seventeenth cen- tury, settling in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. A farmer by occupation, he married and reared his family there, served in the Revolutionary War, taking part in the battle of Monmouth, and lived to the great age of one hundred and four years. Jacob and Anna (Chamberlain) Havens had eleven children: Sarah, who became the wife of John Johnson, of Point Pleasant; Mary, who became the
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wife of Alfred Sherman, of Point Pleasant; Ann Elizabeth, who became the wife of James Love- land, also of Point Pleasant; Jane, who became the wife of Ebenezer F. Falkenburg, of Osbornsville, in Ocean county; Catherine, who married Peter Sutphen, as above noted; and sons as follows: Jesse, Sylvester, Hartshorn and James. A son and a daughter died in infancy. The Sutphen family line reaches back into France, and through a ma- ternal line to John Bailey, who was born in France and came to this country in the seventeenth cen- tury. This branch of the family was made up mainly of seafaring men, and John Bailey was a sea captain and at one time commander of the war vessel, the "Falcon." He served under John Paul Jones, and harried the English war vessels along the Atlantic coast. He was a man of very stern manner, brooking no interference. He was of such powerful physique that his word was law and his orders were obeyed to the letter. It was said of him that he never argued. It was a blow first and the argument afterwards. Peter and Catherine (Havens) Sutphen were the parents of six chil- dren: William; Lydia Ann, the wife of John Pol- hemus, of Osbornsville; Mary Jane, who became the wife of Jesse Sculthorp, as above noted; Sarah Eliza, who became the wife of Runyon Van Note, of Osbornsville; Caroline Amanda, wife of George Patterson, of Burrsville; and Louise, who never married. Mrs. Catherine (Havens) Sutphen is still living, and having passed her ninety-ninth birthday on April 24, 1922, bids fair to round out a full cen- tury of life, having lived to see four generations. Her daughter, Mary Jane, as wife of Jesse Scul- thorp, did not live to see her husband's tragic death, but died soon after the death of their youngest son. Jesse Sculthorp married (second) Ann Brower, and they were the parents of two daughters: Ella, the wife of John Mathews, of Asbury Park; and Alice, single.
Jesse Lewis Sculthorp, son of Jesse and Mary J. (Sutphen) Sculthorp, was born at Point Pleasant, New Jersey, December 8, 1875. Receiving an emi- nently practical education in the public schools of his native place, he early entered the employ of Lane & Van Note, in the grocery business, where he had been employed for four or five years before his father's death. After a few years he was pro- moted to manager of this concern, and all the buy- ing and selling was entrusted to him, also the over- sight of several men. Later severing his connection with this firm, he was associated in a similar capacity with the Van Dyke grocery store, then struck out for himself in the same business, in Highlands, this county, also handling the various lines of merchandise which go to make up the busi- ness known under the head of general store. Dur- ing this time he made his beginning in real estate. Convinced even then that at no distant date High- lands would one day be a thriving and growing summer resort, he bought every parcel of real es- tate he could possibly handle, selling as he went along only when he saw the opportunity of re-
investing to advantage. He was one of the first in the development along the coast, early buying up desirable acreages and laying out building lots, soon beginning to erect dwellings and sell them. He im- proved a great deal of property in the vicinity of Highlands, and much of the present beauty and charm of this community, also its actual prosperity, are due to that judicious and fearless advance of Mr. Sculthorp, which took into account not only his personal gain, but the future good of the com- munities thus being brought into being. This place is now a prosperous borough of three to five thou- sand all-the-year-round inhabitants. After a few successful years Mr. Sculthorp sold out his interests at Highlands for $10,000, and removed to Alantic Highlands. Just before this change he instituted one of the most remarkable development propo- sitions which has been carried through on the New Jersey coast, and that is the creation of New Point Comfort Beach as a seashore resort. Gathering about him four other progressive and far-sighted men, they formed the New Point Comfort Beach Company, officered as follows: William A. Gel- haus, president; Bernard F. Creighton, treasurer; Charels M. Peterson, second vice-president, and Henry A. Sculthorp, secretary, Mr. Sculthorp him- self being first vice-president. He sold all his other interests to devote his entire attention to the suc- cess of this project. They bought extensive acre- ages at Keansburg, along the Raritan Bay, cut up the property into building lots, and began building dwellings. From the first they also built public improvements, and whereas the lots at first were sold for $100 each, they now, after twelve years of development, sell at from $1,000 to $1,500 in the locations available. The company early built a board walk at the water front about a mile in length. They leased concessions along this board walk for amusements, etc., and now New Point Comfort Beach is visited by many thousands of people every summer. They also erected one of the finest auditoriums along the Atlantic coast, which is used for dancing, amusements and gatherings of many kinds, supplementing the attraction of the water sports, of which bathing is the chief attrac- tion, this being a very fine beach.
Mr. Sculthorp has founded several allied enter- prises in connection with the above development. He was one of those who helped form the Keans- burg Steamboat Company , which has several steam- ers plying between New Point Comfort Beach and New York City, their pier in the Raritan Bay ex- tending for 2,200 feet. Starting with one steamer, they now have four, and besides the regular trips, they do an excursion business to different points. The present officers of the steamboat company are William A. Gelhaus, president; Jesse L. Sculthorp, vice-president and treasurer, and Howard Roberts, secretary. The New Point Comfort Beach Com- pany, which is comprised of the same personnel, is at the present time developing Hilton Park, New Jersey, also Port Monmouth and East Keansburg. Mr. Sculthorp, in association with Mr. Gelhaus,
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also formed the Keansburg Water Company. They started with a small upright boiler and tank, filter- ing the water through a barrel of sand and gravel, and now they have two scientific filters and a large stand-pipe, with a capacity of 130,000 gallons, also five pumps and two large boilers. They serve about 2,500 families in Keansburg, this meaning about 150,000 people in the summer season. They are constantly extending the water mains through dif- ferent sections of Keansburg, serving at the pres- ent time New Point Comfort Beach, Keansburg Heights, West Keansburg, Granville Park, Keans- burg Gardens, Keansburg Beach Park, and a part of Keansburg proper. Mr. Sculthorp is also part- owner of the Mardean Realty Company at Leon- ardo, New Jersey, which owns the Victoria Hotel and other property.
Politically Mr. Sculthorp holds independent con- victions, and has never sought prominence. Fra- ternally he holds membership in Monmouth Lodge, No. 172, Free and Accepted Masons, of Atlantic Highlands; Ashland Council, No. 28, Junior Order of United American Mechanics, of Sea Bright; and No-Wa-Sink Tribe, No. 221, Improved Order of Red Men, of Highlands, New Jersey. He attends the Methodist Episcopal church.
Mr. Sculthorp married, on September 6, 1896, Lottie Derby, daughter of Philip and Jennie Derby, and they have two children: Stanley Francis, of further mention; and Catherine May, born Febru- ary 14, 1900, a graduate of Atlantic Highlands High School.
Stanley Francis Sculthorp was born October 13, 1897. He is a graduate of Atlantic Highland High School and the Perikomen Preparatory School, at Pennsburg, Pennsylvania. From boyhood he has felt a deep interest in his father's activities. His father gave him a start in the realty business with 850 lots at Port Monmouth, and the young man showed such good judgment that his father, and his father's brother Harry, further backed him in the development of 850 lots at Atlantic Highlands. They are building bungalows for sale on easy terms, operating on a very extensive scale, with great success. Miss Catherine M. Sculthorp is their office assistant. Stanley F. served, in 1918, in the United States navy during the World War. The family home is at No. 48 Seventh avenue, At- lantic Highlands, New Jersey.
FRANK HOWARD LLOYD-Filling a position of large responsibility as supervising principal of the schools of his native town, Frank Howard Lloyd is also active in civic affairs and a leading figure in fraternal circles.
Mr. Lloyd comes of an old New Jersey family, and is a son of William Henry Lloyd, a prominent man of this section a generation ago. William Henry Lloyd began life as a farmer, but while still & young man enlisted in Company H, 33rd Regiment, New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, and served during the entire period of the Civil War, . rising to the rank of lieutenant. Following the war
he was engaged in mercantile interests, later be- coming a pension attorney and justice of the peace. He is a staunch Republican by, political choice, and is of the Protestant faith. He married Mary Eliza Lane, who is now deceased, who was a daughter of Daniel Jefferson and Mary F. Lane, of New York City. William Henry and Mary Eliza (Lane) Lloyd were the parents of three children: Henry W .; Frank Howard, of further mention; and Estella M., now Mrs. Price.
Frank Howard Lloyd was born at Mount Pleas- ant, now Freneau, near Matawan, New Jersey, No- vember 10, 1877. His early education was received at the Mount Pleasant Grammar School, and he continued his studies at the Matawan High School, later taking a course at the Trenton Normal School, Trenton, New Jersey. Except for various employ- ments of boyhood, such as every ambitious lad makes a part of his early life, Mr. Lloyd has al- ways taught school. His first experience was in the schools of Matawan, where he began teaching in 1897. Four years later he went to Perth Amboy as a teacher in the high school, and after three years' service was made principal, with super- vision over a section of the city. He was thus en- gaged until 1919, when he came to Matawan as supervising principal, in which office he continues. With his long experience and his high standards of attainment, Mr. Lloyd is leading the schools of this borough forward and broadening the scope of their activity and usefulness.
For the past nine years a member of the Borough Council of Matawan, Mr. Lloyd has never had opposition in his elections, being always the candi- date of all parties. Fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and holds the office, in this order, of past grand master of the State of New Jersey. He is a member of Matawan Lodge, No. 192, Free and Accepted Ma- sons, of which he is past master; member and past councillor of Columbia Council, No. 77, Junior Order of United American Mechanics; member and president of the Men's Club of Matawan; member of the New Jersey Schoolmasters' Club; member of the New Jersey Council of Education; formerly president of the New Jersey State Teachers' Asso- ciation, and director of the National Education Association of New Jersey in 1916. He is a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church, was a mem- ber of the board of stewards for twenty years, and in 1903 organized the Young Men's Christian Asso- ciation in Matawan, of which he was formerly presi- dent. He was chairman of the Fifth Liberty Loan during the World War, this going "over the top."
Mr. Lloyd married, at Watsontown, Pennsylvania, August 10, 1910, Jessie May Raup, who was born in Paradise Valley, near Turbotville, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Henry Philip and Frances Lorenza (Seidel) Raup, well known farming people of that section. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd have two children: Frances Seidel, born October 21, 1911; and Frank Howard, Jr., born November 22, 1919. The family home is at No. 220 Main street, Matawan.
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JAMES ADAM BRADLEY, manufacturer, foun- der and philanthropist, was born at Rossville, Staten Island, New York, February 14, 1880, son of Adam and Hannah Bradley. His father, a native of Ire- land, died during the childhood of the son, who re- ceived his education in public schools in New York City. At fourteen he secured employment in a brass foundry, and subsequently he was apprenticed to a farmer and paper manufacturer at Bloomfield, New Jersey. When he was sixteen he entered the New York brush factory of Francis P. Furnald (afterwards Furnald & Weeks), and was made fore- man when he attained his majority. In 1857 he es- tablished a small factory on his own account, later taking into partnership J. Finley Smith, under the farm style of Bradley & Smith. His partner retired in 1865, but the firm name was retained. In 1866 te sales had amounted to over $400,000 and his fu- ture was assured. He developed the brush busi- ness until it ranked among the largest in the country.
In 1870 impaired health resulted in his visiting the North Jersey coast. He bought the first lot sold at the budding camp meeting resort of Ocean Grove, and soon afterward he purchased 500 acres across the lake, waste land covered with underbrush. There he founded Asbury Park. The lots were sold cheaply on condition that the buyer erect a building of good quality on it, and often he advanced the money to build. Another 500 acres were added to the south, and Bradley Beach grew up. From the founding of Asbury Park up to 1902, James A. Bradley was the "government." He then sold the beach rights to the city for $150,000, although three years before he had refused to sell to a private cor- poration for $500,000. As mayor of the city he im- posed rigid regulations upon its inhabitants, keeping liquor out of the city, permitting no business what- ever to be transacted on Sundays, regulating the bathing suits, and dictating conduct of the people according to his own strict ideas. He was familiar- ly known as "Founder" Bradley. His sale of prop- erty, valued at $1,000,000, to the city for $150,000 was regarded practically as a gift, in order that Asbury Park might retain its character. It includ- ed a beach extending one mile from Deal Lake to Wesley Lake, a boardwalk which he had maintained at great expense, bath houses for the accommoda- tion of 3,000, many pavilions and piers, a complete and a costly sewerage system. He had early ob- tained the riparian rights from the State. He was the moving spirit in all enterprises in "Bradley's town." He contributed largely to all public move- ments, aided materially in the founding and build- ing up of churches and other organizations, extend- ing his beneficences wherever he thought they could do the most good. But he never failed to conceal his abhorrence of the liquor trafic. After the property passed to the city, restricting clauses in his deeds were tested out in the courts in an effort to show that the restriction was not part of a
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