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Senior Wardens.
1850, Samuel Laird; 1851, Jehu Patterson; 1857, John Vought; 1858, James S. Yard; 1859, Isaac S. Buckalew ; 1860, Joseph D. Bedle; 1861, Alfred Wal- ters; 1863, Jacob C. Lawrence; 1864, Aaron R. Throckmorton; 1865, George C. Beekman; 1866, John Bawden ; 1867, Charles Ellis ; 1869, Joseph T. Laird; 1870, Alexander A. Yard; 1871, Aeton C. Hartshorne; 1872, William J. Butcher ; 1874, James B. Craig; 1875, Aaron C. Hart ; 1876, Henry W. Long; 1877, George C. Beekman ; 1878, Edward H. Duncan ; 1879, Amos Lippincott; 1880, William Se- goine; 1881, Edward H. Duncan ; 1882, Edward H. Duncan ; 1883, Joseph MeDermott.
Junior Wardens.
1850, John Vought; 1857, Charles A. Bennett ; 1858, Henry C. Patterson ; 1859, Joseph D. Bedle; 1860, Alfred Walters; 1862, Jacob C. Lawrence ; 1863, Aaron R. Throckmorton ; 1864, John Bawden ; 1866, Charles Ellis ; 1867, William H. Howell; 1868, Acton C. Hartshorne; 1869, Alexander A. Yard ; 1870, Marcus B. Taylor; 1871, Edwin F. Applegate; 1872, Thomas C. Swift; 1874, George C. Hulett; 1875, George S. Courter ; 1876, James S. Magee; 1877, Edward W. Duncan ; 1878, William L. Conover ; 1879, : Alfred Walters; 1880, Charles Hartzheim ; 1881, Jo- seph McDermott; 1882, Joseph MeDermott; 1883, William W. Burnett.
Secretaries.
1850, William D. Davis ; 1851, Charles A. Bennett; 1857, Holmes W. Murphy ; 1858, Isaac S. Buckalew ;
1859, James T. Burtis; 1862, Charles Ellis; 1864, William H. Howell; 1865, Stewart Brown; 1866, James B. Morris ; 1867, Robert P. Miller ; 1869, Thomas C. Swift ; 1872, Aaron C. Hart; 1875, Philip E. Cline ; 1876, James B. Craig ; 1877, Aaron C. Hart ; 1878, Aaron C. Hart; 1879, Aaron C. Hart, P. M : 1880, Aaron C. Hart ; 1881, Aaron C. Hart; 1882, Aaron C. Hart ; 1883, Aaron C. Hart, P. M.
Treasurers.
1850, Ifugh Newell ; 1851, John B. Throckmorton ; 1857, John W. Welch; 1859, Henry C. Patterson ; 1862, John Dorrance; 1863, James T. Burtis; 1865, Joseph H. Rosell; 1878, James T. Burtis; 1879, James T. Burtis ; 1880, James T. Burtis ; 1881, James T. Burtis; 1882, James T. Burtis ; 1883, James T. Burtis.
Senior Deacons.
1850, Peter Parker; 1857, Isaac S. Buckalew; 1858, Joseph D. Bedle; 1860, James S. Yard ; 1861, Aaron R. Throckmorton; 1863, Charles S. Golden ; 1864, George C. Beekman; 1865, William Segoine; 1866, Jacob C. Lawrence; 1867, Acton C. Hartshorne; 1868, Peter Forman ; 1869, Lemuel Dey ; 1870, Aaron C. Hart; 1872, James B. Craig; 1873, William C. Chambers; 1874, William Segoine; 1875, Henry W. Long ; 1876, William L. Conover; 1878, Amos Lip- pincott ; 1879, James B. Craig; 1880, Jacob C. Law- rence; 1881, James H. Shepherd; 1882, Alfred Wal- ters ; 1883, Edward Martin.
Junior Deacons.
1850, David Craig Conover; 1851, John C. Cox ; 1857, James S. Yard ; 1858, Peter Parker; 1860, Al- fred A. Miller; 1866, Robert P. Miller; 1867, Alfred A. Miller; 1868, Thomas E. Morris; 1869, Joseph W. Hulse ; 1871, George C. Ilulett ; 1874, Britton C. Clay- ton ; 1876, Philip E. Cline; 1877, Ira A. Lockwood ; 1878, James 11. Shepherd ; 1879, James H. Shepherd ; 1880, James H. Shepherd; 1881, Charles Hartzheim ; 1882, Charles Hartzheim; 1883, Charles A. Clark.
Tilers.
1850, Rufus Bergen; 1857, Charles W. Conover; 1860, Anthony Frey; 1864, Robert P. Miller; 1865, Anthony Frey; 1870, George C. Hulett ; 1871, Joseph S. W. Douglass; 1873, Britton C. Clayton ; 1874, Edward A. Fordham; 1875, George C. Hulett; 1876, Edward W. Duncan; 1877, A. M. T. Flandreau; 1878, A. M. T. Flandreau; 1879, Edward H. Duncan ; 1880, B. C. Clayton ; 1881, B. C. Clayton ; 1882, B. C. Clayton ; 1883, William L. Conover.
Chaplains.
1862. Thomas J. Taylor; 1865, Wilbur F. Nields ; 1868, W. W. Moffett; 1871-84, Andrew G. Chambers.
Finance Committee.
1851 .- Jelin Patterson, John Vought, John C. Cox.
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1859 .- Holmes W. Murphy, William D. Davis, George W. Patterson.
1860 .- William D. Davis, Rowland A. Ellis, Joseph H. Rosell.
1861 .- William D. Davis, Rowland A. Ellis, Joseph H. Rosell.
1862 .- William D. Davis, Philip J. Ryall, Joseph H. Rosell.
1864 .- William D. Davis, Rowland A. Ellis, J. C. Lawrence.
1865 .- Rowland A. Ellis, Alfred Walters, William H. Howell.
1866 .- J. C. Lawrence, George C. Beekman, Alfred Walters.
1868 .- J. C. Lawrence, Joseph T. Laird, Henry Bennett.
1869 .- J. C. Lawrence, Joseph S. Conover, A. R. Throckmorton.
1870 .- J. C. Lawrence, Joseph T. Laird, James H. Magee.
1871 .- J. C. Lawrence, Joseph T. Laird, Joseph S. Conover.
1872 .- J. C. Lawrence, Joseph T. Laird, Joseph S. Conover.
1873 .- J. C. Lawrence, Joseph T. Laird, Joseph S. Conover.
1874 .- J. C. Lawrence, Joseph T. Laird, William Segoine.
1875 .- J. C. Lawrence, Joseph T. Laird, Lewis A. Hoffman.
1876 .- J. C. Lawrence, G. C. Beekman, Britton C. Clayton.
1877 .- J. C. Lawrence, G. C. Beekman, Alexander A. Yard.
1878 .- J. C. Lawrence, P. M., Aaron R. Throck- morton, P. M., Amos Lippincott.
1879 .- A. R. Throckmorton, James S. Yard, A. C. Hartshorne.
1880 .- A. R. Throckmorton, James S. Yard, A. C. Hartshorne.
1881 .- A. R. Throckmorton, Alfred Walters, Joseph H. Rosell.
1882 .- A. R. Throckmorton, Charles Hartzheim, Joseph H. Rosell.
1883 .- Joseph H. Rosell, William S. Throckmor- ton, Charles Hartzheim.
Masters of Ceremonies.
1865 .- Charles Ellis and Joseph S. Conover.
1866 .- George C. Beekman, Joseph T. Laird.
1867 .- Jolin Bawden, Joseph S. Conover.
1870 .- Edwin F. Applegate, James H. Magee. 1871 .- Charles Hartzheim, Britton C. Clayton, 1872 .- Charles Hartzheim, Britton C. Clayton. 1873 .- Charles Hartzheim, James B. Craig.
1874 .- Charles Hartzheim, William C. Chambers. 1875-Charles Hartzheim, William C. Chambers.
1876 .- William Segoine, Jacob C. Lawrence. 1877 .- James B. Craig, Charles Hartzheim.
1878 .- Charles Hartzheim, John H. Williams.
1879 .- Charles Hartzheim, A. M. T. Flandreau.
1880 .- James S. Yard, Joseph H. Rosell.
1881 .- George C. Hulett, Holmes W. Murphy, P. M. 1882 .- Joel Parker, A. C. Hartshorne.
1883 .- M. L. Farrington, James B. Craig.
Stewards.
1862 .- John Bawden, James T. Burtis.
1864 .- Charles S. Worts, Alfred Walters.
1865 .- William D. Davis, Henry S. Little.
1866 .- William D. Davis, Henry S. Little.
1867 .- William D. Davis, Henry S. Little. 1868 .- William D. Davis, Henry S. Little.
1869 -Joel Parker, Henry S. Little.
1872 .- A. R. Throckmorton, James S. Yard.
1873 .- John Dorrance, James S. Yard.
1874 .- John Dorrance, James S. Yard. 1875 .- Joel Parker, Joseph D. Bedle.
1876 .- Joel Parker, Joseph D. Bedle. 1877 .- Joel Parker, Joseph D. Bedle.
1878 .- Joseph H. Rosell, Joseph W. Hulse.
1879 .- Joseph H. Rosell, John Bawden.
1880 .- Henry W. Long, John Bawden.
1881 .- James S. Yard, P. M., A. R. Throckmorton, P. M.
1882 .- James S. Yard, A. R. Throckmorton.
1883 .- Holmes W. Murphy, E. H. Duncan.
MONMOUTH LODGE No. 20, I. O. O. F., was instituted June 8, 1843, by Marshall C. Holmes, W. W. Grand Master of the State, upon petition of James B. Taylor, Henry Bennett, Alfred Bergen, John L. Doty, Joel Parker and Bern- ard Conolly ; was duly organized by the elec- tion of James B. Taylor, Noble Grand ; Joel Parker, Vice-Grand ; Henry Bennett, Secretary ; and Alfred Bergen, Treasurer. The lodge mect- ings were held in the room over the book-store of J. G. Cooper & Son. At the end of three years the membership had become so large that a more spacious room was needed. To obtain suitable accommodations much difficulty was experienced, but when Mr. Amos Haviland was about commencing the erection of a building on South Street, to be used as a carriage repository, a committee of the lodge was appointed to con- fer with him, and the result of their conference was that Mr. Haviland agreed to fit up the
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second story of the new building for a lodge- room, and to lease it to the lodge for a term of years. Having made this arrangement, the lodge did not re-rent the room previously occupied, and they were consequently notified to vacate, which they did, and were then without a place for the holding of their meetings. "But our kind and generous-hearted brother, Joel Parker, threw open the doors of his private dwelling and invited this homeless band of brothers to enter and hold their meetings there until such time as the new hall could be completed. They gratefully accepted the invitation, and moved in and remained there until the 4th day of July, 1846, at which time the new hall was dedicated."1 This hall was occupied by the lodge for eight years, when they removed to a hall in Major Henry Bennett's building, over the store of G. W. Shinn & Co., on Main Street. Thence, after a number of years, they removed to the hall now occupied by the Grand Army post, in Burtis' building, corner of Main and Court Streets, and thence to the present quarters of the lodge, in the hall over the store of J. B. Haviland, on Main, west of Court Street.
The present (1884) officers of the lodge are : E. Emrich, N. G. ; Charles Eldridge, V. G .; John Stricker, Secretary ; William McDermott, Treasurer ; Peter V. Thompson, John B. Gordon and David S. Crater, Trustees.
CAPTAIN J. W. CONOVER POST, No. 63, Comrade C. A. Brower, Fourteenth Regiment New GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC, OF NEW Jersey Volunteers. JERSEY, was mustered in January 16, 1882, with twenty-six charter members, viz. :
P. C .- John W. Hulse, Thirty-eighth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers.
S. V. C .- James Christie, Thirty-fifth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers.
J. V. C .- W. W. Cannon, One Hundred and Eighty- fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteers.
Chaplain .- Joseph Rue, Twenty-eighth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers.
Surgeon .- C. H. Snedeker, Sixth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers.
Quartermaster .- C. A. Clark, Seventeenth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers.
O. Day .- C. Hartzheim, Seventh Regiment New York Volunteers.
O. G .- W. Burrell, Twenty-eighth Regiment Penn- sylvania Volunteers.
Adjutant .- C. H. Bunting, Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers.
Comrade C. Patterson, Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers.
Comrade Joseph Evans, Thirteenth Regiment New York Artillery.
Comrade Nelson Cooper, Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers.
Comrade James H. King, Thirty-eighth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers.
Comrade George G. Sparks, Forty-eighth Regiment New York Volunteers.
Comrade John F. Thompson, Twenty-ninth Regi- ment New Jersey Volunteers.
Comrade James Vannote, Thirty-fifth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers.
Comrade Stephen Lane, Fifth Regiment New Jer- sey Volunteers.
Comrade James Mathews, Ninth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers.
Comrade Elias Applegate, Thirty-fifth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers.
Comrade William J. Cottrell, Twenty-ninth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers.
Comrade D. S. Oliphant, Thirty-fifth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers.
Comrade Jacob M. Douglass, Thirteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers.
Comrade James Hogan, Thirty-fifth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers.
Comrade C. Marcellus, Eleventh Regiment New Jersey Volunteers.
Comrade R. H. Wagner, Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers.
During the year there were mustered in nine recruits, making a total number of comrades in good standing, December 28, 1882, thirty- five. During the year 1883 twenty-three re- cruits were mustered, making a membership, on December 26, 1883, of fifty-eight comrades.
The officers for 1883 were: P. C., Colonel E. F. AApplegate ; S. V. C., C. Brower; J. V. C., C. H. Snedeker; Chaplain, Jacob M. Douglass ; Surgeon, C. Patterson ; Quartermaster, C. A. Clark; O. Day, C. Hartzheim; O. G., G. G. Sparks; Adjutant, W. W. Cannon.
The number of reernits innstered during the year 1884 (to September 24th) was six comrades, and three were dropped, making the total num- ber of comrades on September 24th, in good standing, sixty-one.
1 Quotation from an address by David S. Crater, Esq., secretary at the twenty-eighth anniversary of the Lodge, June 8, 1871.
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The officers for 1884 were: P. C., Colonel E. F. Applegate; S. V. C., J. V. Muldoon; J. V. C., C. H. Snedeker; Chaplain, J. M. Donglass; Surgeon, William Burrell; O. Day, G. G. Sparks; Quartermaster, C. A. Clark; O. G., John Thompson; Adjutant, Joseph Brown.
TENNENT LODGE, No. 69, KNIGHTS OF PY- THIAS, was instituted in Freehold, March 7, 1872, with the following-named charter members : George C. Hulett, Robert Lippincott, John W. Hulse, Lewis Hirschy, Frank McConnell, John II. Heath, James B. Craig, John C. Van Cleaf, James H. Voorhees, Henry Bennett, C. M. Barkalow and Charles Ellis. The first officers were: C. C., Charles Ellis; V. C., George C. Hulett; Prelate, Henry Bennett ; M. of E., Robert Lippincott; M. of F., John C. Van Cleaf; K. of R. and S., John C. Van Cleaf; M. at A., John W. Hulse; 1. Guard, Frank McConnell; O. Guard, Cornelius M. Barka- low.
The lodge, now numbering sixty members, including the three ranks, meets at its hall over the store of J. B. Haviland, in the brick block on Main Street above Court. The present (1884) officers of the lodge are: C. C., Jesse C. Er- rickson; V. C., Mulford Arose ; Prelate, A. H. Schanck ; M. of E. and C., William MeDer- mott, Sr .; M. of F., Bartley Morris; K. of R. and S., Joseph Brown ; M. at A., Fred. Hirschy ; I. Guard, Harry Davis; O. Guard, C. M. Bark- alow; P. C., Charles Rogers.
THE FREEHOLD LYCEUM LIBRARY AND FREE READING-ROOM was established through the efforts and energy of a number of earnest men, citizens of Freehold, among whom were included Major James S. Yard, Theodore W. Morris, Colonel E. F. Applegate, Dr. C. E. Hall, George F. Ward, M. L. Farrington, J. B. Conover, J. P. Walker and others.
The first public meeting of citizens for the purpose of establishing the free reading-room was held November 3, 1883, at which time an organization was effected. The first meeting of the first board of directors, as below, was held Tuesday evening, November 21, 1883,-M. J. Farrington, president ; J. P. Walker, vice- president ; J. B. Conover, secretary ; C. P. Emmons, treasurer ; W. H. Ingling, W. B.
Duryee, C. H. Butcher, L. F. S. Schanek, W. S. Throckmorton.
The number of members enrolled the first year was one hundred and thirty-six ; number enrolled the second year, seventy-seven ; the number of volumes now upon the shelves, five hundred and fourteen.
Among the donors to whom the Lyceum owes its rapid growth and representative char- acter are Mrs. Louisa L. Vought, Mrs. Elea- nor Vredenburgh (now deceased), Hon. Joel Parker, T. W. Ryall, William H. Vreden- burgh, G. S. Conover, Dr. J. P. Geran and Mrs. M. A. Rightmire. Messrs J. A. Geissen- hainer, Peter Jackson, Hon. Joel Parker, Rev. I. P. Brokaw have contributed to the treasury. The present board of directors are J. B. Cono- ver, president ; Frederick Parker, treasurer ; W. E. Truex, secretary ; Dr. Charles E. Hall, J. B. Haviland, Gilbert Combs, C. H. Lewis, George B. Conover, Maxey Applegate.
THE MONMOUTH BATTLE MONUMENT re- cently erected to commemorate the momentous event indicated by its name, stands on Monument Park, which is a beautiful plat of elevated ground, lying a short distance northwest of the court-house, on Court street, and on the north- west line of the corporation.
There have been within the last fifty years several unsuccessful attempts to raise money to erect a monument on the battle-field of Mon- month. The effort to that end which proved a success originated in 1877. The originator of this movement was Joel Parker, a native of Monmouth County, who had twice been elected Governor of the State of New Jersey, and who had been a resident of the town of Freehold since 1843. IIe was born ucar the battle- ground ; some of his ancestors were in the bat- tle and had also suffered in their property from the depredations of the British army in its march through the county.
Governor Parker was aware, as he often said, that if the centennial year passed without lay- ing the corner-stone of the monument, no effort towards that end would ever subsequently be made. It so happened that the commencement. exercises of the Freehold Institute were held
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in the Presbyterian Church at Freehold on the 28th of June, 1877. Ex-Governor Parker, being present, was invited by the principal of the school to address the students and the peo- ple assembled. In the course of the Governor's remarks he referred to the fact that that day was the ninety-ninth anniversary of the battle of Monmouth, and suggested that measures he inaugurated then and there to have a monu- ment ereeted on the battle-ground to eommemo- rate the event, to be dedicated, if possible, on the centennial anniversary of the battle, June 28, 1878. And he suggested that the editors of the newspapers, the elergymen of the county, the county officers and the judges of the county courts be appointed a committee to devise a plan by which the suggestion might be carried ont ; and that Major James S. Yard, editor of the Monmouth Democrat, be appointed to notify the other members of the committee of the time and place of its meeting. At the suggestion of Rev. C. S. Hageman, ex-Governor Parker was added to the committee and ex-Governor William A. Newell, who resided in Monmouth County, was also added. The suggestions on the sub- ject met with favor, expressed with enthusiasm by the large audience, and resolutions ap- pointing the committee were unanimously adopted.
Subsequently a circular was issued by Major Yard, as secretary, ealling a meeting of the committee for Monday, September 17th, at the ! court-house. On the day last named a number of the committeemen met, and organized by ap- pointing Joel Parker chairman, and James S. Yard, secretary. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted, viz. : " Resolred, That the one hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Monmouth should be celebrated on the 28th of June, 1878. Resolved, That we believe a monument worthy of the objeet can be erected within the time proposed by small contributions from the people of the old county of Mon- mouth and others interested." A committee was then appointed to nominate officers of a per- manent organization.
On the 2d of October, 1877, at a public meeting assembled at the court-house, officers of the permanent organization were elected,
and a constitution and by-laws adopted. The following were the officers chosen :
President .- Hon. Joel Parker.
Secretary .- James S. Yard.
Treasurer .- Asher S. Parker, Red Bank. Ile did not act, and subsequently John B. Conover was chosen.
Vice-Presidents and General Committee.
Upper Freehold .- Hon. W. A. Newell, vice-president ; Charles Bullock, Colton B. Mars.
Millstone .- Charles Allen, vice-president ; David Baird, Peter Forman.
Manalapan .- John H. Laird, vice-president ; Joseph Ely, Charles H. Snyder.
Freehold .- E. F. Applegate, vice-president ; James T. Burtis, Gilbert Combs.
Howell .- Levi G. Irvin, vice-president; Halsted HI. Wainwright, Joseph H. Donahay.
Marlborough .- John W. Herbert, vice-president ; Obadiah C. Herbert, Daniel P. Vandorn.
Atlantic .- T. Forman Taylor, vice-president ; John T. Haight, Thomas W. Ryall.
Holmdel .- Rev. T. S. Griffith, vice-president ; Rev. William Reiley, Gilbert H. Vanmater.
Shrewsbury .- John S. Applegate, vice-president ; James Broadmeadow, William H. Siekles.
Middletown .- George W. Siekles, vice-president; E. M. Hartshorne, Thomas S. Field.
Raritan .- Thomas S. R. Brown, vice-president ; Al- fred Walling, Jr .. Thomas Burroughs.
Matawan .- William L. Terhune, vice-president ; Charles W. Fountain, William Spader.
Ocean .- William H. Bennett, vice-president ; Rev. J. B. Wilson, James A. Bradley.
Wall .- Dr. Robert Laird, vice-president ; Hal. Al- laire, Pitney Curtis.
Eatontown .- Dr. S. H. Hunt, vice-president ; Samuel (Friscom, Isaiah S. Lane.
On taking the chair as president of the Mon- mouth Battle Monument Association, which was then organized, Governor Parker made an address in which he pledged himself to use his utmost efforts to bring the undertaking to a sue- cessful conclusion, a pledge which he faithfully kept. Hon. Edward W. Scudder, a judge of the Supreme Court, then holding the Mon- mouth Circuit, who was present, addressed the association. Numerous meetings of the associ- ation were held in the fall of 1877, the winter of 1877-78 and the spring of 1878. It soon be- came manifest that sufficient funds could not be obtained to ereet a monument (such as should mark a battle-field of the Revolutionary War) before the 28th of June, 1878, and it was de-
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termined to do no more on that day than to lay the corner-stone in connection with a grand pa- rade and celebration of the one hundredth anni- versary of the battle. In the mean time a com- mittee was appointed to report a site for the monument. After going over the ground on which the battle was fought, the committee re- ported in favor of that which Mrs. Mary A. Schanek offered to donate to the association, and the report was unanimously adopted by the asso- ciation. The site selected is where the Americans under Colonel Butler, as they emerged from the woods (which then extended from the north- west from Hartshorne's Pond up to near the present residence of Mrs. Schanck), fired on a
detachment of the Queen's Rangers, under Lieutenant-Colonel Simcoe, who were discov- ered drawn up in the rear of the old court- house, as has been more fully mentioned in the account of the battle given in a preceding chapter. Of course, it was proper to place the monument on any part of the ground where there was fighting on that day.
The gift of Mrs. Schanek and her children is a very valuable one. The ground presented by them as the site of the monument, contains three and one-quarter acres, in the shape of a triangle, with roads on the three sides. The ground is high, and lies between and about equally distant from the two railroads running to Freehold.
Early in the spring of 1878 a committee of one from each township was appointed to act in conjnuction with the committee of citizens of Freehold, to make arrangements for the celebra- tion of the centennial anniversary of the battle. The citizens of Frechold met and selected a com- mittee of gentlemen and ladies representing each of the churches in the town. This committee proved very efficient, and arranged for and car- ried out successfully the best demonstration ever witnessed in New Jersey.
It became apparent that the association should be incorporated, in order legally to hold title to the land which Mrs. Schanek and her family proposed to present as a site for the monument ; also, to invest funds donated. Accordingly an aet was framed by ex-Governor Parker, which was passed by the Legislature, March 19, 1878. It was a general law providing for the incorpo-
ration, by filing a certificate in the clerk's office, of associations for the erection and maintenance of monuments. Among other things, it authorized such associations to receive by gift, titles to land not exceeding five acres for the purpose of erect- ing monuments thereon. Under this law, a certificate of incorporation was filed in the clerk's office of the county of Monmouth, on May 23, 1878, signed by a number of gentlemen from the different townships. Under this certificate, in accordance with the law, the new organization was completed on the 30th day of May, 1878, by the election of the following trustees, viz .:
At Large.
Theodore W. Morris, of Freehold; Edwin F. Ap- plegate, of Freehold; James T. Burtis, of Freehold ; James S. Yard, of Freehold ; John B. Conover, of Freeliold.
For Townships.
Upper Freehold, Hon. William A. Newell.
Millstone, Charles Allen.
Manalapan, John H. Laird.
Howell, Levi G. Irwin.
Atlantic, John T. Ilaight.
Holmdel, Gilbert H. Vanmater.
Wall, Dr. Robert Laird ..
Eatontown, Dr. Sylvester H. ITunt.
Ocean, Hon. John A. Morford.
Shrewsbury, John S. Applegate.
Raritan, Thomas Barrows.
Marlboro', Daniel P. Vandorn.
Middletown, Thomas B. Field. Matawan, William L. Terhnne. Freehold, Hon. Joel Parker.
The following officers were elected :
President, Joel Parker.
Vice-Presidents, William A. Newell, Dr. Robert Laird, John S. Applegate.
Executive and Finance Committee, James S. Yard, James T. Burtis, Theodore W. Morris, John H. Laird, Hal Allaire.
Secretary, James S. Yard.
Treasurer, John B. Conover.
The association did not meet again until Feb- ruary 22, 1879, the business attending the prep- aration for the celebration on the 28th June, 1878, having previously been entrusted to the executive committee, in conjunction with other committees chosen by the citizens. On May 30, 1878, provision was made by this committee for procuring the corner-stone and placing it in proper position on June 28th.
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On June 3d, the executive committee met and ' located town, the residences upon the roads, all the authorized the manufacture of five thousand medals of white metal and one hundred of bronze to be sold on the day of the anniversary. Many of these were sold on that day.
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