History of Monmouth county, New Jersey, Part 86

Author: Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885; Swan, Norma Lippincott. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: Philadelphia, R. T. Peck & co.
Number of Pages: 1148

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which did not reach Freehold until after eleven A. M. The procession then formed on Broad Street and marched through the principal streets. It was reviewed by Governor Abbett, who, with his staff and a host of dignitaries and distin- guished visitors, occupied the reviewing stand erected by the county in front of the court- house. After the review, Governor AAbbett and staff and all the officials on the stand joined the procession as it marched up Court Street to Monument Park. The complete procession was composed as follows :

Grand Marshal, Major J. S. Yard. Marshal's Aids :

William S. Throckmorton, J. Nelson Conover, Charles H. Butcher, Major Alexander A. Yard, Samuel R. Forman, David S. Crater, William Harts- horne, Herman Liebenthal.1

Brevet Major-General William J. Sewell, Command- ing Provisional Brigade, N. G. N. J.

Brigade Staff :

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas S. Chambers, Assistant Adjutant-General : Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel B. Murphy, Inspector ; Lieutenant-Colonel Franklin Gauntt, Surgeon; Major Wil- liam M. Palmer, Quartermaster; Ma- jor Kenneth J. Dunean, Paymas- ter; Major James E. Hays, Judge-Advocate.

Captain E. A. Gillett, Captain Hamilton Markley, Aides-de-Camp.

Fourth Regiment, N. G. N. J., Colonel Dudley S. Steele, Commanding.

First Regiment N. G. N. J., Colonel Edward A. Campbell, Commanding.

Seventh Regiment N. G. N. J., Colonel Richard A. Donnelly, Commanding. Gatling Gun Company B., Captain Robert E. Eekendorff, Commanding, with two guns drawn by horses.

Third Regiment N. G. N. J., Colonel E. H. Ropes, Commanding.

The Committee of Arrangements. The Monument Association. The Monument Commission.

1 Volunteer aid, representing J. B. Morris Post, G. A. R., of Long Branch.

The Senators and Representatives and Representa- tives-Elect of the Congress of the United States. The Society of the Cincinnati.

The Grand Lodge of Freemasons.

Hon. Leon Abbett, Governor of New Jersey. Governor's Staff :

Adjutant-General Stryker ; Quartermaster-General Perrine; Surgeon-General Varick; Inspector- General Weston ; Inspector-General Rifle

Practice Spencer; Judge-Advocate-Gen- eral Ackerson ; Assistant Adjutant- General Diekinson. Aides-de-Camp-Colonel W. E. Hoy, Colonel E. A. Stevens, Colonel Eckford Moore, Colonel J. W. Romaine, Colonel C. D. Hendrickson, Colonel

E. A. Stevens, Colonel C. W. Thomas, Colonel Otto Heppenheimer. Major-General Gershom Mott, Commandant of Na- tional Guard of New Jersey, and Staff. Brevet Major-General Joseph W. Plume (Command- ing Second Brigade) and staff. Ex-Governor of New Jersey. The Judiciary of New Jersey. The State Officers.

Members and Members-Elect of the New Jersey Leg- islature. Other Distinguished Guests. The Board of Chosen Freeholders. The Sheriff and County Officials. The Board of Commissioners of the Town of Freehold. The Township Officials of other Townships. Civic Societies. Citizens and Strangers.

The parade presented a most brilliant and imposing appearance. The troops marched with the precision and regularity of trained veterans. As the procession passed under the triumphal arches to the sound of martial music, the assembled thousands who lined the streets, filled the reviewing stand, crowded the porti- coes, windows and every available sight-seeing space in the surrounding buildings, cheered and waved their handkerchiefs. The scene was a grand one, and not soon to be forgotten.

As soon as the procession reached Monument Park the ceremonies of unveiling were opened with an invocation of the Divine blessing by Right Reverend Bishop Scarborough. Then followed the formal delivery of the monument to the Governor of New Jersey, with a presen- tation speech by the president of the commis- sion, Mr. Theodore W. Morris, who, on closing his address, drew a cord which unveiled the bronzes of the monument amid a thunder of

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applause from the vast throng assembled round of thelatter regiment had no means of appeasing it, while the cannon on Throekmorton's Hill : their hunger, though the want was partially sup- boomed forth a Continental salute of thirteen plied by the exertions of the few individuals who, of all the residents of Frechold, knew of the shortcoming. Had it been generally known, the wants of the famishing regiment woukd have been amply supplied. In every other particular, except that of the unfortunate mis- take referred to, the ceremonies and festivities of the unveiling were carried through with complete and most gratifying success. guns. The presentation was responded to by Governor Abbett in an eloquent and patriotic speech, at the conclusion of which the Governor introduced the orator of the day, Ex-Governor Joel Parker, of Freehold, who then advanced and delivered an oration, which, replete with interesting historie facts, and breathing throughout a spirit of lofty patriotism, com- manded the closest attention of his great audi- ence, and was frequently and heartily applauded.

The day was perfect. The streets and roads were entirely free alike from mud and dust. When Judge Parker's oration was finished, The weather was neither hot nor coll; the Governor Abbett announced the conclusion of atmosphere was clear and invigorating, and the the ceremonies of the day, which were then breeze was no more than enough to unfold the thousand flags that floated over the park and town. Good feeling and good order prevailed. Scarcely any intoxication was to be seen, and there was not a disturbance or accident of any people surged back to the town, where all the kind reported. No great concourse of people ever celebrated a publie event with more com- fort and satisfaction than did the thousands who gathered to witness the dedication of the mont- ment of Monmouth. The number of troops present on this occasion was less than those who participated in celebrations of the Monmouth battle anniversary in previous years, but of all the ceremonies and parades which have ever been had in commemoration of the Monmonth battle, that of November 13, 1884, must ever remain the most memorable.

elosed by a most impressive benediction, pro- nonnced by the Rev. George C. Maddock, and the firing of a national salute by the artillery on Throckmorton's Hill. The vast throng of hotels and other places of entertainment were filled to overflowing by the hungry and thirsty thousands. The Governor and his staff, the generals and their staffs, the Monument Com- mission and Association, the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders and the many other distinguished officials and guests who were in attendance upon the ceremonies of un- veiling were dined in fine style at Shinn's Hall. Hundreds of visitors dined by invitation at private residences. The troops, who had been dismissed before the close of the ceremonies at the park, had marched to the barracks, where the State of New Jersey had made provision for long, board -sided, canvas-roofed buildings, which had been temporarily erected at the ex- pense of the State in the vacant lot just north of the Freehold and New York Railway depot. Each building was twenty-four feet wide by

The first celebration of the battle of Mon- mouth, on the field where the conflict took their entertainment. The barracks were two | place, was held on the 28th of June, 1828, it being the semi-centennial anniversary of the great event. The principal feature of that celebration was a sham fight, carried out as nearly as practicable in imitation of the battle, and on the same ground where it was fought. two hundred and forty-eight feet long, and cach .Neither the number of troops taking part in the was capable of accommodating one thousand celebration of 1828 nor any of the partienlars men. The First, Third and Fourth Regiments , of that affair (other than the facts stated above) arrived at the barracks before the Seventh, and their appetites had been so much sharpened by their long waiting, marching and fasting, that when the Seventh arrived, the provisions were almost entirely exhausted, and the wearied men

have been ascertained. No other celebration was held on Mommonth field until Wednesday, June 28, 1854. As that event is still clearly remembered by many of the residents of Mon- mouth County, it is thought to be not inappro-

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priate to give the following extract from an account of it which appeared in the next issue of the Trenton True American.

" The celebration of the seventy-sixth anniversary of this important event in the history of our country came off' on Wednesday, June 28th.

"At an early hour on Tuesday, strangers from va- rious sections of the country began to arrive. The insufferable heat which was experienced during the day was greatly relieved by a delightful shower which occurred in the afternon, laying the dust and re- ducing the thermometer many degrees. At an early hour in the afternoon an infantry company under Captain James S. Yard, editor of the Monmouth Dem- ocrat, and a cavalry corps, under Captain Truex, were under arms to serve as an escort to the expected vis- itors. Captain Yard's company carried the old mus- kets used by Lafayette's troops, and presented by him to the United States.

" At about seven o'clock the train came in from the east, bringing the following companies :

"The Independent Continentals, Captain Pearce, and Company C of the American Rifles, Captain Hag- adorn, from New York.

" Jersey Continentals, Captain Pollard; Mont- gomery Guards, Captain Farrell ; and Meagher Re- publican Guards, Captain Hopper, from Jersey City.

" Washington Volunteers, Captain Spear, and Greenville Guards, Captain Fisher, from Bergen.

" National Guards, Captain Tuthill, and Hoboken Rifles, from Hoboken.

" Lafayette Guards, Captain Halsey, from Newark.

" Two companies of the Fourteenth Regiment, under Colonel J. C. Smith, from Brooklyn.

" Kearney Guards, Captain North, from Amboy.

" The military made a most beautiful display, two superb bands of music accompanying the visitors. They marched in the village in gallant array, and en- camped on a field adjacent the town. Their camp- fires were kept burning during the night, presenting quite an imposing appearance. A council of war was held during the night to determine upon the proceed- ings of the morrow.

" The Governor and the whole of his military statľ, Adjutant-General Cadwalader, Quartermaster Ham- ilton and a number of other dignitaries, civil and mil- itary, arrived in the evening and quartered at Cox's Hotel. They were subsequently serenaded by Adkin's celebrated band.

" A number of military gentlemen and others, in- vited guests, were handsomely entertained at the res- idence of Colonel Davis during the evening. The colonel was also serenaded, and the band invited in and entertained in a sumptuous manner.

" At a meeting subsequently held, General E. R. V. Wright was selected to personate General Washing- ton ; Adjutant-General Cadwalader, of Trenton, Sir Henry Clinton ; Quartermaster-General Hamilton,

General Lee ; Major William Napton, Colonel Monck- ton ; and Colonel Joseph A. Yard, General Lafayette. "At an early hour on Wednesday morning thou- sands of persons from the surrounding country began to flock to the village to witness the display. About eight o'clock the military were formed into line, and about nine o'clock the extra train from Trenton ar- rived. Our military corps were received by the Free- hold companies and escorted to the spot where the line was being formed. Shortly after, the line of march was taken up for the railroad depot, where the cars were in readiness to convey the companies to the battle-ground.

" Upon arriving at the ground, the companies se- lected to represent the British forces took up their position upon the old parsonage heights, those repre- senting the Americans being posted on the low ground in front of Mr. Herbert's house, near by which the stars and stripes were unfurled, waving from the iden- tical tree upon which they were displayed during the battle. The review of the military under Governor Price was greatly admired and from the heights pre- sented a beautiful spectacle.

" The crowd waited long and patiently for the sig- nal of attack, and was greatly disappointed when it was known that the fight was not to come off. Upon it being explained that several of the soldiers had been affected by sun-stroke, and it having been strongly advised by physicians who were present against permitting the exercise of the troops under the scorching rays of the sun, the dissatisfaction of the spectators was soon appeased, and all seemed to be of opinion that such a course was the most prudent one to pursue.

" The sad accident which occurred in firing a salute in honor of the arrival of the Governor and his aids upon the ground marred considerably the festivities of the day. The accident was occasioned by the per- son attending to the hole having incautiously allowed the air to get in while the charge was being rammed. Abraham Coles, a member of the Lafayette Guards, of Newark, had his left hand very much shattered, which rendered amputation necessary. James S. Johnson, also attached to the Guards, was badly burned about the face and arms. The unfortunate men were carried to a neighboring house, where every attention was paid them. Several members of the Continentals, who had been sun-struck, were carried to the same house. We were informed that a person attending Adkin's band was seriously affected by a stroke of the sun.

" After the troops had been reviewed, the companies on the wings were wheeled on the right and left, so as to form three sides of a hollow square. The Governor and staff advanced to the centre, when Adjutant-Gen- eral Cadwalader addressed the troops in a brief but very appropriate speech. Ile commenced by assuring them, in the name of the commander-in-chief, of the pleasure which it afforded him to witness their sol- dier-like bearing, their excellent discipline, etc. He

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then alluded to the occasion which had brought them together, and the happy effeet of such meetings, as tending to renew and strengthen those patriotic and generous feelings which had characterized those great and good men who fought and bled at the battle of Monmouth ; that, as the descendants and heirs of those great men, it was our duty to foster the feeling of affection for our common country, and to consider no sacrifice too great to preserve and defend our in- stitutions, and to maintain forever our blessed and glorious Union, one and indivisible. In addressing the troops, the manner of the general was marked with the true characteristics of the veteran soldier.

" The graceful demeanor and excellent horseman- ship of our worthy Governor was greatly admired, and formed a theme of universal expression of de- light.

"Too much praise cannot be bestowed upon the citizens of Freehold for the hospitable and cordial manner in which they welcomed and entertained the invited guests and strangers attracted to their beauti- ful town to participate in and witness the celebra- tion.

" Colonel William Davis, president of the railroad company, aided by the agents, were unremitting in their exertions to accommodate those who were de- sirous of going to and from the battle-ground. The worthy colonel was himself at the depot, looking to the safety and comfort of the many thousand persons who were transported back and forth. The trains started every fifteen minutes ; and it is remarkable that, notwithstanding the rush and crowding of anxions men, women and children, not the slightest accident occurred.

"Such, in brief, is the account of the celebration which for several weeks past has been the subject of conversation. But for the intense heat of the weather, everything contemplated and expressed in the pro- gramme, would have been fully carried out, and all who were present doubtless award to the committee , of arrangement the credit of having endeavored, to the full extent of their ability, to discharge the duties entrusted to them."

The names of the committee of arrangements are given below. It was falsely charged by the reporter of the New York Herald, who was present at the celebration, that people of Mon- mouth County-farmers and others-embraced the occasion as an opportunity for money-mak- ing by bringing various articles of refreshment to Freehold and selling them at high prices. The charge was refuted in a card published by the committee in the Monmouth Democrat of July 6th, from which the following is ex- traeted :

" We wish to cast back with indignation the state- ment made hy one or two journals of the day, that the farmers in the neighborhood 'made a penny' by erecting stands and selling articles of food, etc. None of the farmers of Monmouth County had any articles for sale, but generously gave, to all who needed, of whatever they had.

"To Doctors De Bow, Freeman, Polhemus, Barclay, Conover, Laird and others we tender our sincere thanks for their prompt attendance on the sick and wounded without making any charge for their ser- viees. To Doctors De Bow and Freeman particularly for their attention in amputating the arm of the un- fortunate Coles.

"To P. T. Barnum, Esq., and E. K. Collins, Esq., of New York, we tender our thanks for the loan of flags used on this occasion.

"To the citizens of Freehold we are unfeignedly grateful, for their liberality, kind attention and effi- cientaid. To the ' Monmouth Gnards' and . Monmouth Troop' we are indebted for much assistance, not only on the 28th, but previously. They merit and receive onr warmest regards.

" .J. B. Throckmorton, Henry Bennett, Wm. V. Ward, A. T. Manning,

Enoch L. Cowart, Joseph A. Yard,

John Woodhull, Samuel Conover,

James S. Yard, Wm. D. Oliphant,

David M. Rue, Daniel Christopher,

"Committee."

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

DAVID CLARK PERRINE .- The great-great- grandfather of the subject of this biographi- cal sketch was John Perrine, whose death occurred between the years 1799 and 1800. His children were John, Henry, James, Daniel, Joseph, William, Margaret, Rebecca, Han- nah and Annie. John, of this number, whose birth occurred October 20, 1722, and his death April 26, 1804, married, June 3, 1755, Mary Rue, who was born March 7, 1736. Their children were Ann, Rebecca, John, Han- nah, Peter, Matthew and Joseph. John Per- rine, who was born March 30, 1762, and died November 17, 1848, married Ann Stout, born August 12, 1761. Their children were John, David, Lewis, William I., Enoch, Polly and Kate. John Perrine was a second time married, to Catharine Perrine, born December 17, 1803, whose children were Isaac, Ann Eliza, Mary

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Matilda, Catharine H. and George Wash-'at the expiration of which period he was ad- ington.

mitted as a partner in the firm of Lippincott,

David Perrine, of this number, the father Davi- & Co. At the end of the second year he formed a new business relation as a member of the firm of Cowart & Perrine, and in 1852, having dissolved this partnership, embarked alone in mercantile enterprises. Mr. Perrine was, on the 5th of February, 1851, married to Hannah Matilda, daughter of David I. Van

of David Clark Perrine, was born January 10, 1784, and on the 31st of March, 1808, married Phebe Baird, whose birth oceurred November 14, 1790. Their children are Lydia, (who mar- ried William Snowhill), John D., Mary, David Clark, Alfred, Ree Baird, Deborah E. (now the wife of Gilbert W. Mount), De La Fayette, Derveer and his wife, Mary Conover. Their

Caroline (married to Gilbert Mount), Charles, , children are David Van Derveer, born May 25, Edwin A. Stevens and Margaret Cook (married 1853; . William Conover, born April 16, 1855, to James Bowne). David Clark Perrine was who died May 6, 1856; John Rhea, born May born on the 20th of October, 1816, at Clarks- 23, 1857, who died March 23, 1861; Mary burg, in Millstone township, Monmouth County, Conover, born April 17, 1863, who died Febru- ary 5, 1873; and Arthur D., born April 28, 1868, whose death occurred August 13, 1869. Mr. Perrine, in addition to his extensive com- mercial interests in Freehold, has embarked largely in the business of milling on the Match- and received his earliest advantages of educa- tion at Hightstown, N. J. On attaining his fourteenth year he removed to Freehold, and began a business career as a clerk on a salary of twenty-five dollars a year, with an advance of ten dollars each succeeding year for six years, Japoniv river, in Middlesex County, N. J., and

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may be regarded as the most considerable buyer and shipper of grain in the county. His private affairs have, however, not precluded active co-operation in the various projects connected with the public welfare, as president of the Freehold Gas Company, treasurer of the Free- hold and Englishtown Turnpike Company, etc. He is a Democrat in politics, and zealous for the success of his party, though in no sense a poli- tician, having filled no important office other than that of the first treasurer of the town of

a reward of fifty guineas for his head, so greatly was he feared by reason of his bold exploits.

Daniel S. passed his boyhood days on a farm at Pleasant Valley, Monmouth County, with but limited opportunities for obtaining an education ; but under the promptings of an ambitious and de- termined nature, he resolved to begin mercantile life in New York City, and at seventeen or eighteen years of age entered the employ of Conover & Pickett, glass merchants.

His clerkship was of but limited duration, as

Freehold. His religious support is given to the he soon resolved to embark in business upon his Presbyterian Church of Freehold, of which his wife and son are members.

DANIEL S. SCHANCK .- The subject of this sketch, the son of John and Micha Van Hise Schanck, was born at Middletown Point, Mon- mouth County, N. J., June 3, 1812.

His paternal grandfather was Captain John Schanek, a brave officer in the Continental army, of whom it is recorded that the British offered

own account, and formed a firm which enjoyed unbroken suceess until the decease of Mr. Schanek, May 5, 1872.

Mr. Schanek never lost his affection for or interest in those with whom he was associated in his boyhood days ; nor did he fail to aid in every proper manner the interests of his native county and State.

While a man of large charities, he never varied from a rule of unostentation in his gifts,

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except in the case of the erection of an obser- vatory for Rutgers College, in which instance he permitted the inscription of " The Schanck Observatory " to be placed thereon. At the time this observatory was of great value to the college, and was fully equipped with necessary instruments, etc., by Mr. Schanek's beneficence.

Daniel S. Sehanek married Mary Ann Smoek on the 23d of March, 1842. His widow and four children survive him. These, as heirs of the estate, united in the donation to

children, among whom was Dyonis, mar- ried, in 1707, to Elizabeth Polhemus, whose children were six in number. Their son Tunis, born in 1692, married, first, Helena Van Dyck, and second, Franciske Hendrickson. He sub- sequently removed from Long Island to Mon- mouth County. Among his children was Daniel Denise, father of John S. Denise, for more than forty years collector of Monmouth County, who was born in 1748, and married, in 1771, Jane Schenek, whose birth occurred in

John. I Denise

the State of New Jersey of the Monument Park, in the village of Freehold, in which is erected the monument to commemorate the battle of Monmouth.

JOHN S. DENISE .- Teunis Nyssen, the com- mon aneestor of the Denise family in America, emigrated from Binninck, in the province of Utrecht, Holland, in 1638, and was a man of prominence both in his native and adopted countries. He married Phœbe Felix, of English parentage, and had twelve

1754. To this union were born ten children. By a second marriage, to Mary Stillwell, were born three children, John S. Denise, a son by the first marriage, was a native of Freehold, his birth having occurred September 30, 1796, on the homestead, which has been for a period of one hundred and seventy years, and is still, in possession of the family. His youth was uneventful, having been varied only by attend- ance at school and labor on the farm. He was, however, self-taught, and acquired from obser- vation and intelligent reading in later life more

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knowledge than was derived from the study of their marriage, and five years later their fifty- books. He continued a valuable aid to his father in his farming enterprises until the death of the latter, when his son inherited a portion and purchased the remainder of the property. Ile resided in the township, and continued to be one of its most enterprising farmers, until 1859, when, having retired from active business, he made Freehold his residence.

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History of Monmouth county, New Jersey, Part 86

Author: Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885; Swan, Norma Lippincott. [from old catalog] Publication date: 1885 Publisher: Philadelphia, R. T. Peck & co. Number of Pages: 1148

Author: Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885; Swan, Norma Lippincott. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: Philadelphia, R. T. Peck & co.
Number of Pages: 1148