History of Sussex and Warren counties, New Jersey, with Illustration and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers, Part 139

Author: Snell, James P; Clayton, W. W. (W. Woodford)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1140

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EAGLE CHAPTER, No. 30, R. A. M.

The officers of the chapter, February, 1881, were as follows :

D. Eldine, M. E. II. P .; J. S. Bowers, E. K. ; I. P. Carpenter, E. S. ; J. M. Harris, C. 11 .; W. H. Miers, P. S. ; A. J. Clifton, R. A. C. ; C. Denny, G. M. 3d V. : G. H. Millen, P. H. P., G. M. 2d V .; G. H. Jones, P. G. If. P., G. M. Ist V. ; J. F. Sheppard, Treas .; J. I. Lake, Sec .; Rev. HI. B. Townsend, Chaplin; J. Mellick, Tyler.

ACCHIO LODGE, No. 12, I. O. O. F.,

was instituted Nov. 25, 1867. The charter members were Lewis Hine, Wm. Hess, H. W. Beers, Moses Bush, John P. Lesher. The members number now 46. The officers are D. MeMnllen, N. G. ; Thomas Castle, V. G .; Thomas Lusty, R. S .; Benjamin Sehrantz, Treas.

MONTANA LODGE, No. 23, K. OF I'.,

was instituted June 11, 1869. The charter members were R. B. Carhart, Louis Iline, D. H. McConnell, A. B. Bechtel, B. L. Harris, L. HI. Nailor, Wm. N. Burnside. The membership in February, ISSI, was 48. The officers at that time were John H. Person, C. C .; G. H. Rooks, V. C .; Isaac Shickts, Jr., Prel- ate; R. B. Carhart, K. of R. and S. ; Isaac Shields, Sr., M. of E .; R. B. Carhart. M. of F .; Jeremiah Gillinger, M. at 1 .; Louis Diesly, O. G .; Wm. Ree- mer, I. G. ; James E. Moon, Rep. to G. I ..

PHILLIPSBURG GROVE, No. 11, U. A. O. D.

Grove No. 1I was organized Sept. 17, 1866. The membership is now 50. The officers are Andrew S. Smith, N. A .; D. G. Shafer, V. A .; Wm. Smith, Sec .; David Quear, Treas,; F. G. Kirkendal, I. G .; George Creveling, O. G .; D. W. Bowers, Trustee ; Garret Van Camp. R. II. B. to N. A .; W. HI. Myers, L. HI. B. to N. A .: H. A. Harris, R. H. B. to V. A .;

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J. B. Bowers, L. H. B. to V. A .; Lewis Deisle, Con .; Geo. H. H. Arms, P. A.

PHILLIPSBURG DIVISION, No. 28, SONS OF TEMPERANCE, was organized March, 1866. The officers are Mrs. H. P. Smith, W. P .; Peter Koch, W. A .; Henry Rhodes, R. S .; Mrs. Lizzie Keeper, F. S .; J. F. Vivian, Treas .; Wm. Keeper, Chap.

PHILLIPSBURG DIVISION, No. 30, BROTHERHOOD OF LOCO- MOTIVE ENGINEERS,

was organized in 1865. The membership is 70. The officers are Allen Dodd, C. E .; Jacob Rustay, F. A. E .; E. M. Osmun, Sec. of Ins .; J. Widener, Journal Agt.

JOHN G. TOLMIE POST, No. 50, G. A. R.

A Veterans' Association, organized in 1878, joined Feb. 11, 1881, in forming G. A. R. Post No. 50. The constituent members numbered 26. The officers are J. H. Brensinger, C .; John Segreaves, S. V. C .; J. H. T. Christern, J. V. C .; E. H. Bieber, Surgeon ; M. M. Fisk, Adjt .; Ellis Newman, Q. M .; Jos. Nut- tall, O. D .; Franklin Ehly, O. G .; Peter H. Hagar, Q. M. S .; Francis Henn, S. M .; John Miller, Chap.

MAY COUNCIL, No. 5, O. U. A. M.,

was instituted June 27, 1877, with R. B. Carhart, Wm. Shannon, P. H. Pursell, W. W. Hunt, S. B. Stewart, George Creveling, S. O. Beers, and Isaac Shields as members. Feb. 17, 1881, the membership was 78, and the officers C. Creveling, C .; S. O. Beers, V. C .; R. B. Carhart, R. S .; John Taylor, A. R. S .; R. B. Carhart, F. S .; Isaac Shields, Treas .; D. Dal- rymple, J. N .; S. Root, Ex .; F. Garis, 1. P .; George Creveling, O. P .; R. B. Carhart, Representative to State Council.

MALASKA COUNCIL, O. U. A. M., JR.,

was organized Sept. 8, 1868, with 16 members. The chief officials were John Beck, C .; Thomas A. Kel- lar, V. C .; Charles S. Lockwood, R. S .; W. H. Myers, F. S .; William Smith, Treas. Now the mem- bership is 50, and the officials J. Frank Anderson, C .; Marshal Beers, V. C .; A. T. Andrews, R. S .; C. B. Creveling, F. S .; W. H. Arms, Treas.

PHILLIPSBURG LODGE, No. 2188, KNIGIITS OF HONOR, OF NEW JERSEY,

was organized April 29, 1880. with forty members. There are now forty-two. The officers are Samuel Phipps, P. D .; J. P. Carpenter, D .; S. Hulshizer, V. D .; S. Terreberry, A. D .; M. L. Hyndman, R .; A. J. Clifton, F. R .; T. K. Young, G .; L. M. Osmun, Treas .; S. S. Myers, Chap .; W. J. Barnitz, G .; B. B. Sweazy, Sen .; L. E. Osmun, M. E .; Samuel Phipps, R. A .; George W. Wilhelm, Rep. to G. L .; J. S. Bowers, D. Troxell, and A. F. Shedd, Trustees.

GREENWICH COUNCIL, No. 509, ROYAL ARCANUM,

was organized Sept. 25, 1880, with seventeen members. There are now twenty. The officers are George E. Mecker, R .; George Denny, V. R .; Dr. J. H. Grif-

fith, O .; John Alpangh, P. R .; M. L. Hyndman, Sec. ; James Drake, F. S .; J. H. Hagerty, Treas .; J. S. Gorgas, G .; D. P. Smith, Chap .; J. H. Tanner, O. S .; Isaac N. Street, I. S .; George E. Meeker, D. D. R.

FROST REFORM CLUB.

This temperance organization is prosperously en- gaged in excellent work. A club-room in Hagerty's Block is free to the public and is much resorted to. W. S. Johnson is the president, and Samuel Way sec- retary.

MUSCONETCONG TRIBE, No. 49, 1. O. R. M.,

was organized Sept. 17, 1874. The officers are Louis Diesley, S. ; Benjamin Snyder, S. S .; M. Stadlehofer, J. S .; Casper Vetter, C. of R .; Joseph Benner, K. of W.

WASHINGTON CAMP, No. 5, OF NEW JERSEY, P. O. SONS OF AMERICA,

organized Sept. 14, 1872, has twenty-nine members. The officers are Jacob Young, P .; C. E. Mason, P. P. ; Frank Andrews, V. P .; D. Troxell, M. of F. and C. ; J. Eilenberger, R. S .; William Nailor, F. S .; James Drake, Treas. ; David Kutzler, Con .; George Case, I. G.

PHILLIPSBURG BAND

was organized in 1875 by William and Marcus Fisk. Its leader is now George West and membership fif- teen.

CENTENNIAL FIRE COMPANY. No. 1.

Phillipsburg remembers the demise of two fire- engine companies within its borders. Warren Fire Company, owning a steamer, disbanded in 1875, and Andover Fire Company, with a hose-carriage and hand-engine, in 1874.

Centennial Fire Company, No. 1, was organized Jan. 26, 1876, with 50 enthusiastic members. There are now on the rolls 25 active members. A hose- carriage was the apparatus at the outset, but in the summer the town purchased for the company a handsome Silsbee steamer of the third class, then en route to the Philadelphia Centennial display, to be placed on exhibition. Its cost-price was $4000. B. B. Sweazy was the first foreman of the company, and George W. Wilhelm the first president. They still occupy those positions. Lewis T. Brandt has been the engineer since 1876.

PHILLIPSBURG POST-OFFICE.

The Phillipsburg post-office was not established until 1852. Previous to that mail was obtained at Easton. Abraham Lommason was the first postmas- ter. He served until 1861, and was succeeded by L. M. Teel. Charles Sitgreaves, Jr., was appointed in 1866, and gave place in 1869 to the present in- cumbent, J. R. Lovell, who entered the post-office at Phillipsburg, Jnly 5, 1865, as a clerk under Mr. Teel, and continued in it as deputy until commissioned himself in 1869. Mr. Lovell came to Phillipsburg in 1847, and was for some years in charge of the public schools of Phillipsburg as superintendent. Phillips-

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burg post-office receives and forwards daily twenty- two mails. During each three months $3400 are dis- bursed on money-orders and $2500 received on orders issued.

VIII .- MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.

J. R. Templin & Co .-- The first manufacturing es- tablishment of any consequence established in Phil- lipsburg is said to have been the iron- and bra s- foundry and finishing-shop of J. R. Templin & Co. They began operations in 1848, and until July 4, 1855 (when the works were burned), they carried on a profitable and extensive business. Among some of their most important work may be mentioned the casting (in connection with the Eagle Foundry, of Easton) of the large iron pillars used in constructing the Crystal Palace in New York. After the fire, in 1855, this firm retired.

The Andorer Iron Company .- A much more im- portant enterprise than Templin & Co.'s foundry was created in 1848 by Peter Cooper, Edward Cooper, and A. S. Hewitt, all of New York. They built a blast- furnace about a mile below Phillipsburg, and called it the Cooper Iron-Works. Ore was received from their mines in Sussex County. In 1849 the Coopers and lewitt organized the Trenton Iron Company, with Peter Cooper as president. The company owned also a rolling-mill at Trenton. By 1850 the works at Phillipsburg were enlarged so that they included three | a machine-shop, 70 by 400. A railway-track was laid furnaces. In 1868, Philadelphia capitalists bought the through the shop and connected with the New Jersey Central and Lehigh Valley Railroads. The works proper cover about 10 acres. The charter provided for the carrying on of a general foundry and manu- facture of stoves, steam mill-gearing, car-wheels, and machinery of all kinds. Especial attention is now given to the manufacture of cast-iron water- and gas- pipes, branches, bends, retorts, flange-pipe, etc. Su- perior facilities are enjoyed for the conduct of the business, and heavy contracts are often taken to sup- ply large cities with iron columns and water-pipes. The number of hands usually employed reaches 400. At times the force employed aggregates 500, In 1866 the working capital was reduced to $100,000, and in 1878 increased to $250,000, at which latter figure it now stands. The directors for 1881 are Daniel Run- kle, John 1. Riegel, John Lander, John Ingham, Thos. L. MeKeen, Chas. Stewart, and Jas. W. Long. Messrs. Runkle, Riegel, and Lander have been dirce- tors since 1856. Daniel Runkle has been president and treasurer since 1864, Win. R. Wilson has been secretary since 1864, and John Ingham superintendent since 1866. The sales of the company in 1880 aggre- gated 26,000 tons of manufactured material. Phillipsburg interest of the Trenton Iron Company, as well as their mine interests, and organized the Ando- ver lron Company, with a capital of $1,000,000, Two new blast-engines were at once supplied to the works, whose capacity was also increased in other directions. There are now three stacks, -- two measuring 60 by 8 cach, and one measuring 75 by IS. The company own ore-mines at Andover and Roseville, in Sussex County, at two localities in Morris County, and have under lease mines in Morris and Warren Counties. Pig iron of all grades is produced, with special quali- ties for plates and nails. The total annual capacity of the works nggregates 50,000 net tons. At the fur- nace from 150 to 200 men are employed, and at the mines 200; 70,000 tons of coal are used annually. The works cover an area of about 20 acres. William Firmstone was the first president of the Andover Iron Company, and J. Gillingham Fell the second. George F. Tyler, now the president, was the third. The secretary and treasurer is F. A. Comly. The company's office is at Philadelphia. Mr. Joseph C. Kent, the superintendent, has been in charge of the works since 1854, and since 1848 has been employed there.

Reese & Company .- In 1849, A. R. Reese & Co. began, in n humble way, to manufacture agricultural implements at Phillipsburg, and the first year shipped to market 11 mowers and reapers. The business thrived, and in 1852 the new firm of Reese, Thomas

& Gould was formed with increased capital. That year it produced 500 power corn-shellers, 250 grain- drills, and a good many mowers and reapers. Started with a capital of $500 in 1849, the business demanded in 1860 a capital of $60,000, A stock company was formed for the further enlargement of the business and thrived until 1876, when disaster overtook and ended the enterprise. The ground and works have been unoccupied since 1876.

F. F. Drinkhouse has been engaged since 1872 in the building of engines, agricultural implements, and mill machinery. Ile employs from 20 to 40 hands.

John Tindall & Co .- In 1850, John Tindall & Co. erected a large distillery at Phillipsburg, capable of consuming 60,000 bushels of grain and producing 240,000 gallons of whisky annually.

Warren Foundry and Machine Company .-- This, the most important manufacturing interest possessed by Phillipsburg, was inaugurated in 1856. The company was chartered March 6th of that year with a capital of $200,000. The first directors were James MeKcen (president), John L. Riegel, Russel S. Chidsey, D. J. Miller, Daniel Runkle, Charles Sitgreaves, and John Lander, Samuel C. Brown was chosen secretary and treasurer, and N. C. Hudson superintendent. The workshops, all of stone, were completed in the sum- mer of 1856, and included a foundry, 112 by 130, en- gine-house, 30 by 50, blacksmith's shop, 70 by 70, and

Phillipsburg Rolling- Mills .-- In 1860, John Drake purchased of Joseph Howell a tract of land on the river, and agreed to erect extensive iron-rolling mills thereon. Although he failed to redeem the pledge, he sold the property the same year to John Sample and Peter Uller, who carried out the project and invested

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in it about $140,000. They put in a force of 80 men, He died at Bloomsbury, N. J., Nov. 27, 1876. His mother was Susanna Lawall, a lady of rare excel- She died Aug. 27, 1846. and during the ensuing two years manufactured a good deal of bar iron. In 1862 they sold out to the | lence and possessed of many attractive qualities. Delaware Rolling-Mill Company, composed of Jolin Tindall, Daniel Hulshizer, John Drake, and John Eyerman. After a brief but persistent effort to win success the company shut down the mills.

American Sheet-Iron Company .- In 1869, John O. Wagner, John Evans, and - Wilhelm, all of Easton, organized the American Sheet-Mill Company, and in- vested $140,000 in the erection of extensive works in Phillipsburg. William K. McClees & Co. succeeded the company as proprietors, and in November, 1880, organized the American Sheet-Iron Company. The manufacture is exclusively sheet-iron, of which the production reaches 40 tons weekly. From 75 to 80 men are employed and upwards of $4000 disbursed monthly in wages. The company's office is located in New York. William K. McClees is President; George Danby, Secretary and Treasurer; and William E. Rees, Superintendent.

Tibbett & Wood's Boiler- Works .- In 1865, Jacob Tibbett started a boiler repair-shop with a half- dozen hands. In 1872 he was succeeded by Tibbett & Wood, who enlarged the works and began the man- ufacture of boilers. They now employ from 65 to 70 hands, and consume annually 1200 tons of plate-iron in the manufacture of steam-boilers. Their shops cover ground 220 feet in length by 200 in width.

Phillipsburg Stove- Works .- Lake, Bierder & Co. started a stove-foundry at Phillipsburg in 1866, and in 1869 transferred their interests to the Phillipsburg Iron-Works, organized that year with a capital of $50,000. Forty men are employed in the manufac- ture of cooking-, heating-, and parlor-stoves. John Eyerman is President and Treasurer; E. L. Smith, Secretary ; and H. E. Harmony, Superintendent.

Lizzie Manufacturing Company .- This is the name of an enterprise conducted by M. T. Warne, in the building formerly occupied by John Tindall & Co.'s distillery. Mr. Warne has for a few months been en- gaged in the manufacture of mineral pulp, white clays, etc., from a rock known as tale, found in con- siderable quantities in a quarry near Phillipsburg. Mr. Warne was the first to discover the exact nature of the quarry deposit, and lost no time in utilizing his discovery by the inauguration of the enterprise in which he is now engaged,-likely to prove a highly profitable one. From 25 to 30 hands are employed at his works.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

WILLIAM H. LEIGHI.

William H. Leigh was born in Hunterdon Co., N. J., on Oct. 3, 1841. His father, Gideon Leigh, resided many years at Annandale, in that county, where he was a successful and prosperous farmer.

Upon the death of his mother, his father having married again, Mr. Leigh passed to the care of his grandfather, Peter Lawall, of Butztown, Pa., where lie remained throughout the years of his childhood and early manhood, working on the farm, attending the district school, and inculcating those habits of industry, economy, and thrift which proved the basis of his future success.

Several years prior to his marriage, in 1865, Mr. Leigh removed to Trenton, N. J., where with small capital, but with a determination to succeed in life, he engaged in the photographic business for a short time. He subsequently removed to Easton, Pa., where he carried on the same business for a time, but finally passed to the drug business. Subse- quently, on Aug. 8, 1868, he established a drug- store at Phillipsburg, N. J., where he continued in successful business until his demise, on Aug. 17, 1879, of typhoid fever, while yet in the prime of life and with the full prospect of a prosperous business career before him.

From the time of his location at Phillipsburg, Mr. Leigh was actively identified with the business growth and development of the place, and by a life of integ- rity and correct business and personal habits, he won the respect and esteem of all who knew him. Modest in demeanor, unassuming and unpretentious in man- ner, he was a man of and with the people. He gave liberally of his means to all worthy purposes, and sympathized with all movements tending to elevate the community in which he dwelt. In religious affairs lie was first identified with the Reformed de- nomination, but subsequently united with the First Presbyterian Church of Phillipsburg, of which he was a memher at the time of his death. Politically, he was a Democrat, and was a member of the Phil- lipsburg Common Council when he was called away. Some idea of the position he held in the community and among his fellows can be derived from the peru- sal of the following :

"RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED AT THE REGULAR SESSION OF COUNCIL, AUG. 19, 1879.

"In view of the intimate and business relation of William II. Leigh with the Council, and to suitably record our esteem for the decensed, we submit tho following :

" Resolved, That by the decease of William II. Leigh, this Council has sustained a loss of no ordinary character, while the town has lost a good officer and exemplary citizen, who by his mild and gentlemanly de- meanor endeared himself to all who had the honor of his acquaintance. " Resolved, That the sympathy and condolence of this Honorablo Body is extended to the family of our deceased fellow-councilman in their bonr of sorrow for the loss of their beloved husband and father.

" Resolved, That a memorial page in the journal of the proceedings of this Council be inscribed to the memory of the deceased, and a copy of these Resolutions be transmitted to tho bereaved family."

Mr. Leigh was essentially a home man, and the warmest associations of his life were those which

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clustered around his own fireside. On Oct. 12, 1865, he was united in marriage to Mary A., daughter of George and Mary (Hower) Kidd, of Seneca Co., N. Y., who, with her little daughter Mary Emma, now mourn the loss of a loving husband and parent in the beautiful home that has been made desolate by his departure. A little son, Frank K., died in infancy.

DANIEL 11. SHNYDER.

The progenitor of the family of whom the subject of this sketch is grandson was llarmon Shnyder, who was born in Germany and settled here some time prior to the Revolutionary war. Very little is known of him, except that he reared a family of nine chil- dren, of whom Peter was eldest, and father of Daniel H. Peter Shuyder's wife was Elizabeth Hester, and his children are Daniel H., Stephen, Anna M., Sophia C., Caroline, and Sabina S., all living. Daniel H. Chnyder was born in Easton, Pa., March 12, 1811. I'ntil he was twenty-eight years of age he remained at home, and passing his boyhood worked with his father at the tanning business, which had been estab- lished there by his grandfather, and carried on by his father for many years. In 1839 he established him- self' in the same business at Martin's Creek, in part- nership with Benjamin Arnokl, where he continued business until 1857, when he returned to Easton, and in 1858 he established himself in the tanning business in Monroe County, back of the Blue Mountains, where he remained until about 1878, when he retired from the active duties of life. Mr. Shayder is an enter- prising and thrifty business man, and wherever he has done business he has been known as a man of strong force of character, correct habits, and sterling integrity. Although he started business under dis- couraging circumstances, and during his first year lost a considerable amount, his business career has been a success, and he has seenred a fair competency.

Ile has been interested in all local matters where liv has resided demanding his attention.

Hle was a director and stockhokler in the old Easton Bank for many years, and is a member and supporter of the Reformed Church of Easton. His political affiliations are with the Republican party, yet he has never sought honor and place in its ranks as an office- holder, preferring the independence and quiet of a business life.

In 1838 he married Mary, daughter of William and Lucy Berlin, of Easton, of which union have been born seven children, of whom Edward, Peter, and Arthur are living.

PETEIt tt. HAGERTY.

Peter Il. Hagerty was born in Sussex Co., N. J., Nov. 3, 1839. He is a son of Ira and Aun (Winters) Ilagerty, who are both natives of New Jersey, the former being of Irish and the latter of English deseent.

Mr. Hagerty obtained a good practical education during his minority and remained most of the time at home. At the age of eighteen he engaged with Jere- miah Cutts to learn the wheelwright trade, and re-

PETER I1. HAGERTY.

mained with that gentleman for three years, following which time he carried on that business for himself for some time. In 1864 he enlisted in the United States navy, and served in the Union cause for one year, at the end of that period he was honorably discharged, having served the time for which he enlisted. Re- turning home, he was engaged for about two years with the Lehigh and Morris Canal Company freight- ing with his own boat. In 1867 he quit the trans- portation business, and has since been engaged as a contractor and builder and in the undertaking busi- ness, The latter interest he began in 1871. Mr. Ilagerty is an enterprising and thoroughly business man, and whatever he undertakes he makes success- ful by his energy and judicious management.

In 1877 he was elected mayor of Phillipsburg on the Democratic ticket, and during his ineumbeney of that office the measures of reform in the finances pro- pagated by him received the sanction of not only his constituents, but of the best citizens of the place, ir- respective of party affiliations. In 1880 he was elected a justice of the peace for five years.

In 1863, June 25th, Mr. Hagerty married Miss Sarah, daughter of Sidney Hagerty, of Sussex Co., N. J., of which union have been born three sons and one daughter, all of whom are living.

Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Phillipsburg, and supporters of kindred interests.

WASHINGTON BOROUGH .*

I .- GEOGRAPHICAL.

WASHINGTON BOROUGH is admirably situated for becoming a flourishing centre of trade and popula- tion. In natural advantages it is unsurpassed by any town in Northern New Jersey. With its divergent railroads and canal, with ample resources of quarry, forest, and field, and lying in one of the finest valleys of the State, the Pohatcong, and immediately con- tiguous to two others, the Musconetcong and the Pe- quest, beautiful, fertile, and extensive, Washington is favored beyond most inland towns as a centre for residence, manufacture, or trade.

The borough is situated very nearly in the centre of the township of the same name. It is located about 60 miles, in an air-line, due west of New York City, and about the same distance nearly north from the city of Philadelphia.

A branch of the Pohatcong Creek crosses the town from east to west, a little south of its centre, to the southward of Washington Avenue, passing Railroad Avenue by a culvert near Wandling's lumber-yard. Upon the south line of the borough is the Pohatcong Mountain. Although surrounded by hills, the greater part of the town is comparatively level, particularly its more compactly built portions.

II .- EARLY SETTLEMENT.

It is said that Col. William McCullough was the founder of the village of Washington and of the vil- lage of Asbury. He was born in 1759, and was a man far ahead of his times. He was a friend and pro- moter of internal improvements, a member of the Legislative Council for many years, and for more than thirty years a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Sussex and Warren Counties. He joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1786, and contin- ued a useful member until his death, which occurred Feb. 9, 1840, at the age of over eighty-one years. He was buried in the Asbury burial-ground. His daugh- ter married William Van Antwerp, both deceased. He had a son who lived formerly at Broadway, this county, but he removed, it is said, to the West. The colonel owned large tracts of land in Washington, extending north from the Musconetcong, and cover- ing what is now Port Collen and Washington borough, and much of the south part of the township.

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History of Sussex and Warren counties, New Jersey, with Illustration and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers, Part 139

Author: Snell, James P; Clayton, W. W. (W. Woodford) Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck Number of Pages: 1140

Author: Snell, James P; Clayton, W. W. (W. Woodford)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1140