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DR. J. J. IF. LOVE, son of Rev. Robert and Anna Thompson (Fair) Love, was born in Harmony Township, Warren County, N. J., April 3, 1833. He was prepared for college at a private school in Pen- sylvania, was graduated at Lafayette College, Easton, Pa , completing his course of study in the Medical Department of the University of New York. He removed in 1855 to his present locality, which was then an agricultural region and formed a part of Bloomfield. For many years he was the only physician in the neighborhood, and his practice extended north to the Great Notch, south to Orange, and in a westerly direction took in all the Verona Valley. llis practice grew with the rapidly increasing population, and he acquired a strong hold on the people, interesting himself in every enterprise and improvement in building up a new town which he foresaw was destined to become an important suburb of the great metropolis. The breaking out of the war checked these movements, and Dr. Love, like many others, felt called upon to sacrifice his personal interests, and sever the ties which bound him to this people, by offering his professional services to the Government, which was then in great need of skilled surgeons and physicians.
He was commissioned Surgeon of the 13th Regiment, N. J. Vols., and was mustered into the U. S. service August 25, 1862. On March 23, 1863, he was assigned duty as Surgeon-in-Chief of the Third Brigade, First Division, Twelth Corps, Army of the Potomae, which duties he performed in addition to his regimental duties until August 1, 1868, when, under special orders from Corps Headquarters he assumed the position and duties of Surgeon-in-Chief of First Division, Twelfth Army Corps. He continued in this position until January 28, 1864, when he resigned his commission and was honorably discharged from the U. S. service. During the entire period he was engaged in field service.
As a volunteer Surgeon he was sent out by Gov. Okden and assisted in the transportation and care of the wounded after the battle of Williamsburg, Va., May 5, 1862. He was present and on duty at the battles of Antietam, September 17, 1862; Chancellorsville, May 1, 2 and 3, 1863 ; and Gettysburg, July 1, 2 and 3 of the same year. The Twelfth Army Corps-of which he was then Surgeon-in-Chief, First Division-was subsequently sent West to re-inforce Sherman's Army ; and was consolidated with
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the Eleventh, forming the Twentieth Army Corps. Dr. Love was constantly with the army in the field, and assisted in caring for the wounded after the battles of Lookont Mountain and Missionary Ridge, near Chattanooga, Tenn .. in December, 1863. Previous to his departure for and his service in the West, while Surgeon-in-Chief of First Division, Twelfth Army Corps, he was a member of General A. S. Williams' staff. Hle served at different times under Generals Hooker and Sloem. His rapid promotion from the position of regimental surgeon to that of Surgeon-in-Chief of a Division, was not the result of friendly or political influence, but of personal achievement and his skill as a surgeon.
On his retirement from the army he returned to Montelair and resumed the practice of his profession. He was heartily welcomed by his large circle of friends and acquaintance, and his practical knowledge of surgery, acquired by long experience in the army, proved of great advantage to him in the renewal of his practice, as shown by his constantly increasing clientele and the increased confidence of the community in his skill as a physician.
As a citizen he has been foremost in all publie improvements since the establishment of the present township, and in the cause of education he has been pre-eminent. From 1557 to 1562 he was Superin- tendent of Public Schools of Bloomfield township ; and he was one of the first after the erection of the new township of Montelair to advocate the change from the old system of district schools, adapted only to the wants of a country village, to the enlarged facilities and more modern improvements enjoyed by the people of our large cities and towns. To these improvements more than to all others is due the remarkable growth and prosperity of the township, and it is due largely to the indefatigable efforts of Dr. Love that Montelair enjoy> the proud distinction of having not only one of the largest and best equipped school buildings in the State of New Jersey, but a well conducted graded system. that affords equal facilities for rich and poor alike, unsurpassed by any suburban town within a radius of forty miles of the great metropolis.
The strong personality of Dr. Love, the wisdom and tact displayed by him on all occasions, were important factors in bringing about these results and in overcoming the opposition which was manifested during the carly period of these movements. Dr. Love has been connected with the School Board since 1865, the first six years as its President, and from that period down to the present time as its Secretary. Considering the demands on his time, due to his professional duties, he has done more to promote the cause of education than any other man, and. if measured by the standard of dollars and cents, his con- tributions to the cause would exceed those of any other citizen to any and all of the improvements that have been made in the township.
Ile has held many positions of trust and honor, and has assisted in founding several of the societies and associations with which he has been connected. He was President of the Essex District Medical Society in 1973 : President of the Orange Mountain Medical Society in fas6. He gave encouragement to the enterprise, and assisted the ladies of Montelair and the adjoining township in founding the Mountain- side Hospital Association, of which he has been President since its organization. He was a member of the Board of Managers of the Rosedale Cemetery Co .. at Orange, N. J .. and assisted in its reorganization. He has been President of Montelair Gas and Water Co. since 1886 : was for three years a member of the Montclair Township Committee: member of the Board of Trustees of the Presbyterian Church. His interest in military affairs began in 1861, when he was made Colonel of the First Regiment, Essex Co. Militia. continuing until he went to the front in 1962. as Surgeon of the Thirteenth Regiment. N. J. Volunteers, with subsequent promotions given in his military record. Since the close of the war he has been active in promoting the cause of the veterans of the war. He assisted in organizing the Society of Veterans of Twelfth Army Corps, and has been its Secretary since 1881. Ile was one of the organizers of the Society of Veterans of Thirteenth Regiment, N. J. Volunteers, was elected its Treasurer in 1856, and President in 1889. Hle is also a member of the New York Commandery. Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.
Dr. Love married, in 1860, Miss Frances J. Crane, daughter of Judge Zenas Crane, of Montelair, son of Aaron, who was the son of Job, who is supposed to be a grandson or great-grandson of Azarialı,
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son of Jasper Crane, one of the founders of Newark, N. J. The issue of this marriage is Edith, who married Charles E. Stoekder, of Meriden, Conn., Marion (unmarried), and Leslie, now a Sophomore at Princeton, Class of '95.
In person Dr. Love is large, well proportioned. of commanding presenee, resolute, determined, full of nerve and energy ; cautious until convineed, after careful investigation, of his position, when no amount of pressure ean swerve him from the eonrse he has marked out for himself. Generous alike to friend and foe, fearless in the discharge of every known duty, regardless of public opinion or personal eonsidera- tions, a man of spotless integrity and uprightness of eharaeter.
JOIN WARREN PINKHAM, M.D .- RICHARD PINKHAM. the American aneestor of this family. eame from England before 1640, with the New Hampshire Colony, and settled in Dover, N. H. He was ordered by a vote of thetown in 1645. to "beat the drumme " on Lord's day to eall the people to meet- ing. The spot where he dwelt is said to be the same on which stood the Pinkham garrison, which Richard afterward made his habitation.
Elijah, the grandfather of Dr. Pinkham, removed to Gardiner, Me., in 1800.
The mother of Dr. Pinkham was Fanny Sampson, daughter of Cyrus, a direet descendant of Henry Sampson, of Plymouth, who came over in the Mayflower in 1620.
Dr. John W. Pinkham, the subject of this sketeh, was born in Gardiner, Me., was prepared for college at the " Friends " Boarding School, in Providence, R. I., and was graduated at Haverford College, Delaware County, Pa .. in 1860, and was for some time afterward engaged in teaching sehool. He was instructor at Haverford College for a year, and was graduated in medicine at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, in 1866. He also attended a course of lectures at Berkshire (Mass.) Medical College, and at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Ile began practice in New York City in 1866, and one year later removed to Montelair. Dr. Love at that time was the only practising physician in this locality. Dr. Pinkham soon achieved a reputation as a skillful physician, and was not long in obtaining a Inerative practice.
Dr. Pinkham continued in active practice for nearly a quarter of a century, and during that period made many warm friends, who had great confidence in his skill as a physician. A severe illness in 1890 necessitated a change of climate and a temporary abandonment of his practice, mneh to the regret of his large cirele of friends and acquaintances.
Dr. Pinkham has given much attention to the subject of sanitary science, and has made occasional contributions to the various medical journals throughout the country. His contribution to " Wood's Household Practice of Medicine " on the subject of Hygiene, Sewerage and Water Supply, forms one of the most interesting chapters of that work. It was translated into the Spanish language and eopied into the Spanish medical journals. He has read papers on this subject before the New Jersey Sanitary Asso- ciation, and on various medical subjects before the Essex Medieal Society and the Orange Mountain Medical Society.
Dr. Pinkham has been too much absorbed in the practice of his profession to take part in the public affairs of the town ; he served, however, as township physician for some years. He was the first physician ever appointed to the position, and held it until he retired from active practice in 1890. Ile was one of the founders of the Mountain-side Hospital, and has been for some time consulting physician. Ile assisted in organizing the New Jersey Academy of Medicine, and is a member of the Essex District Medical Society, and the Orange Mountain Medical Society. He served one term as President of the County Society. He is a republican in polities, and served one year as President of the Montelair Republican Club.
Dr. Pinkham married Cornelia, daughter of Stephen A. Frost, Esq., of New York City, whose immediate ancestors were settled at Matinecock, L. I.
Stephen A. Frost, above-mentioned, the father of Mrs. Pinkham, removed to Montclair in 1867, where he died in 1892.
Jahn Harron Pinkham, M.D.
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Mrs. Pinkham's mother was Matilda Bowne, daughter of Robert L. Bowne, son of George Bowne, of Flushing, L. I., who was the son of Robert Bowne.
George L. Bowne, referred to above, great-grandfather of Mrs. Pinkham, married Abigail Smith, daughter of Hon. Sammel Smith, of Burlington, N. I .. a descendant in the sixth generation of William Smith, of Braham, Yorkshire, England, born A. D. 1570, one of the founders of the Society of Friends. This was a family of great prominence which held lands directly from the Crown.
Hon. Samuel Smith, the great great-grandfather of Mrs. Pinkham, was Treasurer and Secretary of the Council of New Jersey, under the British Crown. in the period immediately preceding the Revolution. He was the author of a valuable history of the Province of New Jersey.
THE BUTLER AND WILLARD FAMILIES.
CLARENCE WILLARD BUTLER, M.D. Dr. Butler was born in Bellevue, Ohio. May 1, 18.15. only son of Rev. Jeremiah Butler, a Congregational minister, who was a graduate of Oberlin College, Ohio, and one of the most thorough theologians of his day. His first pastorate was at Bellevne, Ohio, from whence he moved to Western New York, and was settled for seventeen years at Fairport. Monroe County, N. Y. He was the son of Stephen, born in Durham, Conn., March 26, 1776, married Hannah Ward : grandson of Jeremiah, born in Durham, Conn., 1746, married Ann Coe, and was descended
- probably-from Dea. Richard Butler, who came from Braintree, Essex County, England. and settled in Cambridge, Mass, in 1632, and removed thence with Rev. Thomas Hooker's party to Hartford, Conn .. where he had sixteen acres in the first division.
The ancestors of the Butler family came from Normandy to England with the Conqueror. Their original name was Fitz Walter, from Walter, one of their ancestors. Theobold Fitz Walter came to Ireland with Henry H., in 1172, and had the office of Chief Butler of Ireland conferred on him, the (Inty attached to which was to attend on the Kings of England, and present them with the first cup of wine. From the office of Buttership of Ireland they took the name of Butler.
The maiden name of Dr. Butler's mother was Lonisa Olive Willard, whose ancestor, Major Simon Willard, born in Horsmondon, England, 1605, came to New England in 1634. He was a noted man in the colony : was Commander-in-Chief of the military force in King Philip's War. He had a son, Rev. Sammel Willard, born Jan. 31. 1610. pastor of Old South Church, Boston. He had by his first wife eight and by his second wife fourteen children -twenty-two in all. One of these, a son, Major John Willard, born 1673, had a son. Rev. Samuel Willard, born at Kingston, Jamaica, 1705, was educated at Boston, Mass .. and became the first settled minister in what is now the State of Maine : he married Abigail Dwight. a descendant in the same line of President Dwight, of Yale College ; they had issue, four children, one of whom, Rev. Joseph Willard, D. D., was President of Harvard College. The eldest son. Rev. John Willard, D. D. also married a Dwight, and was the father of Rev. Joseph Willard, who married Olive Haven, daughter of John Haven. His leading characteristics were : " con-centiousness, mirthfulness, strong common sense and order." His son, John Haven Willard. born at Lancaster, N. II. Feb. 4, 1795, married Beede Mary Cooper, daughter of Hon. Jesse Cooper, of Canaan, Vt. Their third child was Louisa Olive Willard, born Ang. 15. 1521.
Dr. C. W. Butler, the subject of this sketch, was prepared for college by his father, and entered Oberlin, but was compelled to leave during the Freshman course on account of ill health. He decided to enter the medieal profession, and was induced by his mother to adopt the " new school " of practice. Ile began his studies with Dr. C. I. Chaffie, of Fairport, N. Y., and took his courses of lectures at the Cleveland and the New York Homeopathie Medical College, graduating in 1972. He settled the same year in Montclair and was the first in this locality to introduce the new school of practice. He had neither friends nor influence, and found the people of this locality wedded to the "old school " and strongly opposed to any new experiments. The outlook was anything but promising, and would have deterred many young men from attempting any innovation contrary to long established customs, but
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Dr. Butler had come to stay. and determined to " fight it out on this line," even if it should take the best years of his life to accomplish the desired results. He had been a close student and was fully convinced that the new school of practice-and no other-was the correct one, and to this he has firinly adhered from the first. Inseribed on his escutcheon was the motto of the Willard family, " Gaudet patentia dures "-patience in overcoming difficulties -; he waited, and persevered : his progess was slow at first, but " nothing succeeds like success," and he was successful in his treatment in many cases where old methods had failed. His clientele increased from year to year, and includes many of the oldest and wealthiest families in the township. Ile confines himself strictly to the practice of medicine, leaving that of surgery to others. His professional opponents are among his warmest personal friends. During his long and successful practice, Dr. Butler has acquired more than a local reputation. He is not only called into consultation with his professional brethren in different parts of New Jersey, but in New York and Brooklyn, and is recognized as one of the most skillful and best informed practitioners of homeopathy in this State. Ile is a member of the American Institute of Honneopathy, the International Hahnemannian Association, of which he was President in 1991 ; of the New Jersey State Medical Society, of which he was President in 1SSS ; was Vice-President of the International Homeopathie Congress, which held one of its five yearly meetings at Atlantic City, N. J .. in 1890.
Although one of the busiest men in the township. Dr. Butler has found time to devote to public affairs. As a staunch democrat he has fought with the minority for twenty years, and has witnessed the steady growth of his party both in strength and in numbers, frequent aecessions having been made from the ranks of his opponents. For sixteen years he has been Chairman of the Democratic Committee and the recognized leader of the party in Montelair, and through his able management the party has reduced the majority of its opponents and occasionally scored a victory. The party was withont an "organ " in Montelair until 1892. In 1890, a stock company was organized which started the Montelair Herald, run in the interest of the democracy. It was not a political or financial success, and, in 1892. Dr. Butler purchased the stock, and made it a thorough democratie paper. Within a year it doubled its circulation, and is now recognized as one of the best party journals in the State.
Dr. Butler inherits the prominent traits of both his paternal and maternal ancestors. He is aggressive without being offensive. Obstacles to success in any undertaking must be removed-by direct assault if necessary. if not by slow approaches, but nothing can swerve him from a course he has onee marked out for himself.
In October, 1877, Dr. Butler married Mary E., oldest daughter of II. II. and Ennice Wilcox, of Adrian, Michigan.
Though not a " society man." Dr. Butler is prominent in all social affairs. He was one of the original members of the Montelair Club, and served three years as a member of the Board of Control. He is a member of the Watchung Lodge. F. & A. M., and though heartily endorsing the principles of Freemasonry, is able to devote but little time to that special object.
JAMES SPENCER BROWN. M.D .- Dr. Brown may be classed among the " Waterbury Colony" of Montelair, having been born in Waterbury, Conn., March 23, 1863, and is a direct descendant of one of the early settlers and most prominent residents of that town. His American ancestor. Francis Brown, was one of the company who came to New Haven in advance of the colony and spent the winter of 1637-8 in a hut on the corner of what is now Church and George Streets. Ile signed the Colony Constitution in 1639. He married Mary Edwards, in England, and, among other children, had a son Samuel, who married Mercy Tuttle in 1679; Francis, one of their children, born in 1679, married Hannah Alling : of this marriage there was a son Stephen, born August 10, 1713, who married Mabel Bradley ; they had a son Stephen, born January 15, 1750, who settled in Windsor, Conn .. where he married Eunice Loomis. Of the issue of this marriage there was a son Jones, born in Windsor, December 2. 1776. James became a resident of Waterbury, Con., in 1802, and found employ- ment with Lient. Ard Williams, a manufacturer of fire-arms. In early life he connected himself with
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a military company, and finally became colonel of the regiment. He was an original partner in the third rolling mill ereeted in Waterbury in 1830, afterward known as the Brown-Elton Company, and continued a member of that firm until his death. He was a member of the First Congregational Church. and was made deacon in 1-18, and during the remainder of his life was known as " Deacon Brown." He was also a prominent member of the Masonic Fraternity. It is said of him, that he " was remarkable for his truth and industry. and sobriety "; a most exemplary man. faithful in all the relations of life. He married Lavinia Welton, of Windsor. Among other children. they had a son Augustus, horn August 20, 1811, who married Sophia, daughter of Jacob De Groff. of Poughkeepsie, a descendant of one of the old Holland families of New York State.
James Spencer Brown. the subject of this sketch, was the son of Augustus and Sophia (De Groff) Brown. He was early left a fatherless orphan, and at about eight years of age he removed with his mother and sister to ceived a thorough educa- Institute, and after two business house he deter- cine, having a natural Ile entered the College goons, graduating in to Europe. continuing his University of Heidel- of London. Being fully of his profession he re- in 1555. His mother at year, a resident of Mont- advice of his profession- duced to locate there. in his profesion his still cian soon became known. continued increasing He has performed many surgery, and was the geons to perform an ab- also the first to operate performed successfully physcotomy, the first of and the twenty-ninth in is highly esteemed by his J. S. BROWN, M.D.
Brooklyn. N. Y. He re- tion at the Polytechnic years' experience in a mined to study medi- taste in that direction. of Physicians and Sur- 1884, and soonafter went medical studies at the berg and Guy's Hospital equipped for the duties turned to his native land this time had been five clair, and through the al brethren he was in- Although the youngest as a surgeon and physi- and he has enjoyed a and Incrative practice. important operations in first one of the local sur- dominal section, and was for appendicitis. Hle the operation of sym- the kind in this State. the United States. Ile professional brethren ; is Secretary of the Orange Mountain Medical Society, a member of the Essex Medical Society, and has been for six years township physician.
Ile married, December 9. 15>7. Helen B., daughter of Thomas Russell. Esq .. one of the most prominent and best known citizens of Montelair, and a representative of one of the old Scottish families. It is of great antiquity, its ancestors having accompanied Edward III. to the siege of Berwick and to the battle of Hallydon Hill in 1333. The Russell, or, as it was formerly written, Rozel, from whom this family descends, then settled in Scotland, and was denominated Russell, of that ilk. The motto, " Promptus," inscribed on the arms, has always been a prominent characteristic of this family.
CHARLES HENRY SHELTON, M.D .- Daniel Shelton, the founder of the Shelton family in this country, came from Yorkshire, England, in 1686. and settled in Stratford, Conn. Hle resided in Stratford until about 1707, when he settled at Long Hill, in Huntington, where he died in 1728.
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Charles S. Shelton, the father of Charles Henry, was a native of Huntington, and a lineal descendant of Daniel. the ancestor. He became a missionary physician, stationed at Madura, East Indies. Ile married Miss Henrietta Hyde. a descendant of the famous Annie Hyde of England, through William Hyde, the American ancestor, one of the original proprietors of Norwich, Conn.
Dr. Charles Henry Shelton was born at Jaffna-Patam (Jaffna-Patam was a small island on the north-west coast of the large island, Ceylon), on the Island of Ceylon, May 14. 1854, his father having been a temporary resident at that place. His father returned to this country in May, 1856, and settled in Davenport, Jowa ; from thence he moved to Springfield, Ill., in 1859, and at the breaking out of the war became surgeon of the First Engineer Corps of the West. Charles H., the son, began his studies at the public school of Springfield, and in 1869 came East with his parents (they having settled in Jersey City, N. J.), and was prepared for college at Hasbrouck Institute, Jersey City. Ile entered Yale and was graduated in the class of 1877. He studied medicine with his father (who had become a convert to the school of homeopathy in 1867), and was graduated at the New York Homeopathie Medical College in 1880. His father having died in 1879 he began practice in Jersey City while still a student, and continued his father's practice for four years. Ile removed to Montelair in the autumn of 1883, and soon secured a good clientèle. He located (was for a few months on Clinton Avenue) on Fullerton Avenue and later removed to Grove Street. IJis practice has steadily increased and he has made many converts to the new school of practice. For the first few years he was active in the Congregational Church and Sabbath- school, but of late years the duties connected with his profession have absorbed his whole time. He is a member, and was formerly Vice-President of the New Jersey State Homeopathic Society ; he is also a member of the New York Homeopathic Alumni Association, the New York Club for Medico-Scientific Investigation, and other medical societies. Ile was one of the organizing members of the Montelair Club. Ile married, in 1882, Miss Henriette Adèle Huggins, a granddaughter of Henry Wood, Esq., at one time a prominent merchant of Jersey City. Issne, four children : Henry Wood, Nettie May, Willis Huggins, and Charles Keith (deceased).
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