History of Sussex and Warren counties, New Jersey, with Illustration and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers, Part 184

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

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Ezekiel3 Ayers, son of Ezekiel, was born in the year 1755, and became a large landowner and influential farmer in what is now Independence township, residing on the road lending from Hackettstown to Vienna. His wife was Lena Eich, and his children Robert, Wil- liam, Abraham, John, Ezekiel4, Mary, who married William Shotwell, and Surah, who became the wife of William Little, of Independence. Ile died Aug. 21, 1835, nged eighty years, eight months, und ilve days.

Robert Ayers, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in the year 1789, and was also an influential and wealthy farmer in Independence township. His wife was Catharine Oliver, and his children Ezekiel, Daniel S., Robert, Archibald, James, and Catharine, who married John Trimmer, residing near Ilacketts- town. Besides his farming pursuits, Robert Ayers en- enged considerably in the manufacturing business at Whitehall, in Independence township, where he carried on tanning, the making of wool cloth, and a grist-mill. He died March 13, 1864, aged seventy-five years, four months, and Ive days. Ilis wife died Dec. 16, 1817, ngod fifty-seven years, six months, and six days.

Robert Ayers, son of Robert, was born on his father's farm, in Independence township, on Feb 25, 1811. He enjoyed the benefits of a common-school eduention, and until the nge of twenty-four remained on the paternal

farm. From that time until he attained the age of twenty-seven he worked with his futher in the woolen manufacture at Whitehall. In 1841 he located on the farm where he now resides, receiving a large gift of Jand from his father, to which he subsequently added. He is now one of the representative leading agrieultur- ists of the township, owning about five hundred acres of land, including four fine farms. Ile is recognized ns a busy and industrious spirit, progressive and liberal in his views, of striet integrity, and is justly one of the most popular men of his township. Ile is a liberal sup- porter of the various benevolent and philanthropic en- terprises of the day, and a member of the Christian Church of Vienna, of which he has been both trustee and elder. He has been n Demoerat from his birth, and netively identified with the purposes and movements of that party. He has filled the various township offices in Independence ; was frecholder n score of years ago, and in 1878 was again elected to that office, of which he is the present ineumbent.

Mr. Ayers was married, on Aug. 31, 1837, to Malinda, daughter of Jacob, and granddaughter of Philip Cum- mins, one of the first settlers of Independence township. She was born July 6, 1819. Ile has had twelve children. of whom the oldest only i- dend,-viz., Maria E., born July 24, 1838, married Daniel Vliet, of Frelinghuysen township, died Sept. 12, 1861. The others are Catharine M., born Dec. 10, 1839, wife of William Mott, of Hardwick township; Harriet E., born September, 1840, wife of George W. Lundy, of Frelinghuysen township ; Jacob, born June 25, 184:t, farming in Independence ; Nelson, born June 16, 1845, residing in Independence; Emma A., born July 10, 1817, wife of JJacob Shields, of Hackettstown; Justina A., born April 16, 1848, wife of Caleb Ingersol, of Hardwick ; Marinda A., born May 23, 1852; Simon A., born July 14, 1853, farming in Independence ; Andrew J., born Det. 14, 1855, hving on home-farm; and Isabella and Mabel, born May 10, 1858, the latter being the wife of Louis Schenck, of In- dependenco township.

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INDEPENDENCE.

1856 .- Isaac Cummins, M. W. Shotwell, R. L. Garrison, Richard Hall, John Scott.

1857 .- E. J. Post, MI, W. Shotwell, R. L. Garrison, Martin Ditrich, John Scott.

1858 .- S. A. Cummins, James Shotwell, D. R. Iliff, Martin Ditrich, D. V. Maring.

1859 .- S. A. Cummins, James Shotwell, Lewis Barnes, Richard Hull, D. V. Maring.

1860,-S. A. Cummins, James Shotwell, Lewis Barnes, John Dean, D. V. Maring.

1861 .- C. C. Huntsman, James Shotwell, Lewis Darnes, John Denn, D. V. Maring.

1862 .- C. C. Huntsman, James Shotwell, L. H. Martenius, John Dean, Situa Young.

1863 .- C. C. Huntsman, S. A. Cummins, Isaac Cummins, Thomas Titus, Sitas Young.

1861 .- C. C. Huntsman, S. A. Cummins, Isaac Cummins, Robert Ayres, Jr., Silas Young.

1866 .- D. V. Maring, Paul Angel, Isaac Cummins, E. H. Warbas, A. S. Hibler.

1866-67 .- David Fleming, Paul Angel, Isaac Cummins, James Shotwell, Sylvanus Lawrence.

1868 .- David Fleming, Paul Angel, Isanc Cummins, James Shotwell, Ezra P. Gulick.

1869 .- David Fleming, David V. Maring, Isaac Cummins, James Shot- well, Fera P. Gulick.

1870 .- David Fleming, David V. Maring, Isaac Cummins, E. Hoover, M. t". Titus.

1871 .- David Fleming, David V. Maring, Jobu Cunumins, E. Hoover, MI. C. Titus.

1872 .- David Fleming, David V. Maring, John Cummins, E. Hoover, Jacob Ayers.

1873 .- S. A. Cummins, John Merrill, J. F. Cummins, J. Scarles, Jacob Ayers.

1874 .- David Fleming, John Merrill, J. F. Cummins, M. 11. Wise, Jacob Ayera.

1875 .- David Fleming, John Merrill, J. F. Cummins, M. H. Wise, Jacob C. Ayers.

1876-77 .- David Fleming, J. F. Van Syckle, J. F. Cununins, M. H. Wise, G. W. Wilson.

1878,-J. F. Cummins, M. H. Wise, G. W. Wilson.

1879-80 .- John Merrill, J. S. Blackwell, James F. Boyd.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

1852, D V. C. Crate, John B. Titus ; 1855, Isaac Newton, John R. Carr: 1859, Daniel Green; 1860, J. F. Van Syckel; 1865, David V. Maring; 1867, C. H. Albertson, C. C. Huntsman ; 1870, J. F. Van Syckel, I. V. Maring; 1873, C. II. Albertson; 1875, J. F. Vn Syckel ; 1878, C. II. Albertson ; 1879, E. P. Gulick.

V .- VILLAGES. DANVILLE,

one of the two villages located in Independence town- ship, is situated in the western part, near the Hope township line. It contains a hotel, two stores, post- office, blacksmith-shop, undertaker's shop, cabinet- shop, and wagonmaker's shop. It has a population of over 100 souls.

The Crane Tron Company, who own large iron- mines in Hope township, have a fine store here, which brings considerable trade. The hotel is kept by F. N. Martensis; it is an old building, ereeted early 'n the present century. It is surrounded by a beautiful and fertile country, but the commerce of the place goes to Ilackettstown, where are found ship- ping facilities.

There has been a post-office here for a little over forty years. Daniel Van Buskirk, at one time sheriff, was influential in securing it, and was the first post- master.

VIENNA

is situated one mile southeast of Danville, and con- tains 150 population. It has one long, beautiful street, lined with houses and gardens on either side. There are two churches, a post-office, and a store kept hy Robert Ayres, Jr. There is a foundry here in success- ful operation, also a rim-factory, where rims for wheels are bent. It boasts of no hotel, and the people of both Vienna and Danville are very temperate, allow- ing no licensed saloons in their midst.

Its settlement was at a very carly date, as has been mentioned heretofore in this history. On a stone still standing in a place once used as a graveyard appears this inscription-"G. Wiggins, died 1742." He was probably one of the very first settlers at Vienna, but nothing more is known of him than is to be learned from the inscription, nearly obliterated, found in a long-forgotten burying-ground. In 1800 the village contained six houses; one, a part of which is still standing, is occupied by A. J. Cummins; one stood on the site of Benjamin Hall's residence, then owned by J. F. Cummins; two were situated near the residence of Lewis Merrill, owned by Christian Cummins; a log house across the road from these ; and a house on the lot of Elisha MI. Bartron. In the last named the village blacksmith lived, and his shop was near by. A short distance away was a cemetery, of which there is no trace left.

In April, 1839, Fisher Stedman, Henry Vreeland, and Henry J. Vanness purchased a small piece of land on the north bank of the Pequest Creek, near Vienna, on which there was an old saw-mill which had been standing many years. They removed the old mill, and in 1840 erected a large and substantial saw- and turning-mill. This they operated for twenty-five years, and for the most part of the time with success. It was destroyed by fire about the year 1865.

PETERSBURG.

or Cat Swamp, as it is commonly known, is a small hamlet,-a cluster of farm-houses, a district school- house, and a blacksmith-shop.

VI .- PHYSICIANS.

There is one living in Vienna. Dr. Jacob I. Roe came here in 1872 from Sussex Co., N. J., was a grad- uate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, and has established a good practice. Dr. Wil- liam 1. Roe, father of the above mentioned, came here in about 1850, and practiced in connection with Dr. Campbell for a short time, and leaving went to Sussex County, and again returned to Vienna about 1870, buying out Dr. L. C. Bowlby. The last named came to Vienna in about 1860, and during the war was surgeon in the army. Returning from the war, he practiced till about 1870, then went to Hacketts- town, where he died in 1872.

Vtt .- SCHOOLS.

But little can be said respecting the carly schools of Independence. One of the oldest school-houses used

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WARREN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.

by this community stood on the road which runs up the side of the Jenny Jump Mountain. John Arm- strong taught there about 1825. Prior to 1800 a school-house stood on the east side of the township, and one of the teachers, as early as 1810, was Henry Harold. Most of the youths who desire more than a common-school education go to Hackettstown and Blairstown, where are schools of a higher grade.

The county superintendent's official report for the year 1879 of the schools of Independence is as follows :

NAME AND NUMBER OF DISTRICT.

Total amount money re-

ceived from all sources.

Value of school property.

No. of children of school

age ia the district.

No. of children enrolled

on the school register

during the year.

Average attendance.

Number of children the

school will seat.

Number of teachers.

50, Vienna ..

$565.94

$1000

126

113

51, Danville ....

300.00

1500

53, Petersburg ..

300.00

1200

Total

$1165.94

$3700

245

212

102

195

VIII .- CHURCHES.

THE PEQUEST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

On the 10th day of May, 1810, a piece of land was purchased from John Cummins for the sum of thirty dollars, and a deed given to Philip, John, Matthias, and Christian Cummins, and James Hoagland, who were the first trustees. Prior to this time the early Methodist people used to hold meetings for worship at the old stone house, then the residence of Mr. Philip Cummins. Here Bishop Asbury and many pioneer Methodist ministers occasionally stayed and preached. The church was built the same year the land was bought, and when the corner-stone was laid Philip Cummins knelt upon it and prayed that " on this stone a church might be built against which the gates of hell should not prevail." This building no doubt was the first Methodist church in what was then Sussex Co., N. J. It remained unfinished for many years, there being used for a pulpit a carpen- ter's bench, and for seats saw-mill slabs. In 1824 the trustees resolved to "finish" the house, and accord- ingly put in a gallery, a pulpit, and more modern and comfortable seats, painting the outside thereof a "Spanish brown," except the window-casings and strips, which were white. It is now wellnigh impos- sible to get a correct list of ministers who served this society down to 1854, but among those who preached there were David Bartine, William Smith, Pharo Ogden, Bartholomew Weed, - Davis, I. Ireland, George Banghart, James M. Tuttle, William P. Cor- bitt, Jacob Hevenor, and Caleb Lippencott. From the commencement of the church the circuit was very large and belonged to the Philadelphia Conference.

Feb. 25, 1854, it was resolved to build a new church,

as the society had grown in wealth and numbers. The old meeting-house was torn down, and a new building for worship was erected on its site at a cost of $2060. This church was dedicated to divine service Jan. 18, 1855, by the Rev. John L. Lenhart, chaplain of the United States Senate, aided by the Rev. J. M. Tuttle. The preachers at that time were the Revs. J. P. Fort and R. H. Wiggins. At the Con- ference of this year Vienna was made the head of a charge. Dec. 9, 1855, the whole east side of the roof was carried off by a storm, but the damage was speedily repaired. The trustees of the new edifice were Isaac Cummins, Johnson J. Cummins, Samuel Hardin, O. H. Cummins, and John C. Potter. In 1857 a parson- age property was bought from W. Allen and occupied by the ministers until 1867, when it was sold and a new parsonage erected on land purchased from John Green. The ministers since 1854 were as follows :

1854, J. P. Fort, R. H. Wiggins; 1855-56, R. H. Wiggins; 1857, I. W. Lerow, H. A. Batz, A. Craig; 1858, E. M. Griffiths, L. J. Morris; 1859, E. M. Griffiths, W. E. Posten; 1860-61, J. W. Dailey; 1862-63, A. H. Brown; 1864-65, C. Clark, Jr .; 1866-68, Joshua Mead : 1869, M. F. Swain ; 1870-71, J. H. Runyon ; 1872-73, S. R. Doolittle; 1874 -76, P. W. Day ; 1877-78, G. W. Horton ; 1879-80, E. Meachem .*

THE DANVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHI.

This was formerly an outpost or mission connected with the Hackettstown Church. For a few years prior to 1824, Rev. Joseph Campbell, pastor of the Presby- terian Church at Hackettstown, held occasional ser- vices there and founded a Bible-class. In 1824 a stone church was built and supplied with preaching till a regular organization was effected by Dr. Campbell. On Nov. 4, 1831, a committee of the Presbytery of Newton, consisting of Revs. Joseph Campbell, Jacob R. Castner, Jehiel Talmage, Benjamin I. Howe, Isaac N. Candee, and Holloway W. Hunt, Jr., met in the church, and, after a sermon by the Rev. Castner, and the unanimous choice of the congregation, they or- dained to the office of ruling elder Messrs. John H. Fleming, David Freeland, and Vincent Runyon. These constituted the Session of the new organi- zation. Seven of the members enrolled were received on certificate, -6 from Hackettstown and 1 from Morristown; 2 were received on profession of faith. Their names are as follows, including the ruling elders: By certificate, John H. Fleming, David Free- land, Vincent Runyon, Catherine Fleming, Sarah Freeland, Catherine Runyon, and Harriet Dufford; on profession of faith, Nathan Stinson, John Ma- berry, John C. Fleming, Rhoda Stinson, Margaret Vliet, Eleanor Coryell, Eliza Coryell, Elizabeth Fleming, and Jane Johnson. For the space of ten years after its organization the church was supplied with preaching by the Presbytery,-Holloway W. Hunt in 1831, Michael Carpenter in 1836. In the mean time two new elders were ordained. Jan. 26,

* For valuable information obtained in connection with the Vienna Methodist Episcopal Church we are indebted to the present pastor, Rev. E. Meachem, und Amos Hoagland, Esq.

Jacole Cummins

THE Cummins family is one of the old stock families of Warren County, and its representatives were identi- fied with the settlement and pioneer history of Northern New Jersey.

Christian Cummins, born March 16, 1716, and Catha- rine, bis wife, born April 18, 1723, emigrated from Germany about the year 1745, and settled at Asbury, Warren Co., N. J. The ancient dwelling which they occupied is still standing on the old homestead at that place. They had ten children,-viz., Catharine, born Aug. 28, 1748, married James Haslet ; Philip, born Aug. 15, 1750, married Mary Cramer ; Christian, born Dec. 4, 1751, married Elizabeth Williamson and Marga- ret Whitesell; Daniel, born June 7, 1753 ; Mary, born Dee. 27, 1754, married John Davis; Michael, born Aug. 7, 1756; Annie, born Sept. 27, 1757, married Joseph Groff ; Jacob, born Jan. 30, 1759; Elizabeth, born April 11, 1760, married George Beatty; and John F., born Sept. 22, 1762, married Lydia Sharpe and Mary Fisher. Of these children, Catharine and Annie remained at Asbury, while Philip, Christian, Elizabeth, and John settled at Vienna, Warren Co., where they were among the first settlers of Independ- ence township. Vienna was for many years known as Cumminstown, after the family. Daniel, Michael, and Jacob Cummins located at points not definitely known.

Philip Cummins and his wife, Mary Cramer, had eight children,-viz., Christian, born Jan. 2, 1774, married Mary Smith, died Feb. 9, 1865 ; Elizabeth, born Feb. 28, 1776, married Michael Banghart; Matthias, born Feb. 8, 1777, married Hannah Hunter and Mary Thatcher; Catharine, born June 6, 1779, married Henry Opdyke ; John, born Aug. 21, 1782, married Sarah Martin ; George, born Feb. 2, 1789, married Susan Johnson, died June 17, 1853 ; Jacob, born Dec. 18, 1790, married Maria Addis, died March 24, 1873 ; and Annic, born Oct. 4, 1796, who married Azariah Davis. Philip

Cummins was a farmer by occupation, and resided where Andrew J. Cummins now lives, at Vienna, a portion of the present house having been built in 1794. He died Sept. 27, 1828, and his wife on May 7, 1821, aged sixty- eight years and four days. Both are interred in the Methodist Episcopal cemetery at Vienna.

Jacob Cummins was born on the homestead at Vienna, on the date indicated above. He married Maria Addis on Sept. 19, 1816. She was born May 6, 1794, and is still living at this writing (1881).

Mr. Cummins confined his life-work strictly to agri- cultural pursuits, and, though a Democrat in politics, neither sought nor accepted political place. Ile was prominently identified with the growth and development of Independence township throughout a long life, and was a man of generous impulses and a prompt and liberal contributor to the various benevolent and Christian en- terprises of his day. He was at first a member of the Methodist denomination, but subsequently became one of the founders of the Christian Church at Vienna, of which he was one of the strong pillars until his death. He was connected with the bank at Hackettstown for many years, filling the position of director. He was a man of strict integrity, honorable and upright in his dealings, and by a life of economy and thrift accumu- lated a large estate, which he divided among his ehil- dren on his demise, March 24, 1873. About seventy blood descendants of Jacob Cummins are now living, mostly in Warren County.

The children of Jacob and Maria Cummins are Nel- son N., born Aug. 26, 1817, married Mary Hart, residing in Allamuchy township; Malinda, born July 6, 1819, wife of Robert Ayers, of Independence township ; Simon A., born Feb. 2, 1823, married Mary Carhart, residing at Vienna ; Eleunor, born March 4, 1825, wife of Shafer Van Horn, of Hope township ; and Andrew J., born 1829, married Elizabeth Ayers, residing at Vienna. A daughter, Harriet, died young.

6. 26. Albertson

COURSEN H. ALBERTSON, at present representing the Second Assembly District of Warren County in the State Legislature, was born in Independence town- ship, on March 26, 1833. His great-grandfather, Garret Albertson, was one of the first settlers in Northern New Jersey, and his grandfather, Nicholas Albertson, was one of the pioneer farmers of Hope township. Ilis father was Sampson H. Albertson, of Independence township, and his mother Abbie S., daughter of Jacob Coursen. To them were born six children : Garret, who resides in Kansas; Mary J., wife of Warren I. Potter, of Rochester, Mich .; Emily E., wife of Nathan Hoagland, of Philadelphia; Lydia A., deceased, former wife of Lewis Barnes, of Phila- delphia; Coursen II .; and Edwin F., residing at Cairo, Mich.

Mr. Albertson passed the earlier years of his life on his father's farm, attending the district school until he was fifteen years of age. He then passed to the academy at Hackettstown, and in 1855 was graduated with a complete academic education at the New York Conference Seminary, Charlotteville, N. Y. After graduation he engaged in teaching school for a number of terms at Vienna, and subsequently carried on a gen- eral mercantile business at Ilackettstown and Vienna. Still later he pursued the study of law, but abandoned that profession without being formally admitted to

practice, though qualified for and entitled to admission. Hle is now devoting his energies to general business matters at Vienna, and is frequently employed in a fidu- ciary capacity and in the management and settlement of estates. Though a young man, he is a recognized leader in his township, and actively identified with all movements tending to develop and promote the welfare of the community in which he dwells. He is a Dem- ocrat in politics, and has filled all the important town- ship offices. In the fall of 1878 he was elected to the State Assembly, and re-elected in 1879 and ISSO, being the present representative of the Second Dis- triet of Warren County, which includes the eastern, central, and northern seetions of the county. HIe has proved a faithful representative of the people, a consistent and honorable legislator, and a popular member of the House. He was postmaster at Vienna under the administration of James Buchanan. In religious matters he is a Presbyterian, and an elder in the church at Danville, N. J. He takes an active interest in the Sabbath-school cause, and is corre- sponding secretary of the Warren County Sabbath- school Association.

Mr. Albertson was married, on Sept. 11, 1856, to Clara, daughter of Hon. John White, of Hacketts. town, and has seven children,-viz., Fanny, John, Kerr, Anna, William, Milton, and Jennie.

ROBERT AYERS, JR., is a grandson of Robert Ayers, ! who was born in 1789, and resided at an early day in Independence township, where he was a wealthy and influential farmer. He also engaged in the tanning and woolen-manufacturing business at Whitehall, in Inde- pendence township, and operated a grist-mill at that point. His father was Ezekiel Ayers, an early farmer in Independence, and his grandfather, who bore the same name (Ezekiel), was one of the first settlers at Hackettstown, and operated one of the first mills at that point. Robert Ayers died March 13, 1864, aged seventy-five years, four months, and five days, and his wife, Catharine Oliver, on Dec. 16, 1847, aged fifty-seven years, six months, and six days.

The children of Robert Ayers were Ezekiel, Daniel S., Robert, Archibald, James, and Catharine, who mar- ried John Trimmer, and resided near Hackettstown. Daniel S. Ayers, father of the subject of this sketch, was born on Feb. 6, 1812, and married, on Jan. 21, 1836, Pernina, daughter of John Vliet. She was born Jan. 28, 1814, and died May 12, 1873. Mr. Ayers pursued the occupation of a farmer for many years in Indepen- denee township, where he was a leading and influential citizen. He now resides at Rockaway, N. J. His children have been John V., born Dec. 14, 1836, residing in Illinois ; Elizabeth V., born March 12, 1838, wife of Henry Aten, of Hope township; Robert Ayers, Jr., born Feb. 13, 1840; Catharine E., born Feb. 13, 1842, wife of Samuel E. Stevens, of Hackettstown; Lucy A., born June 1, 1843, wife of Isaac L. Howell, of Hope town- ship; Daniel S., born June 7, 1845, a practicing physi- cian at Rockaway, N. J .; Pernina, born March 23, 1847, wife of William A. Harris, of Vienna ; Charity A., born May 17, 1849, married Austin C. Wintermute, died March 12, 1872; Anna M., born May 9, 1851, died Aug. 16, 1851; William E., born Sept. 23, 1852, died Jan. 22, 1862; Austin S., born April 2, 1854, died Oct. 27, 1873; and Katurah, born Aug. 18, 1855, died August 26th of same year.

Robert Ayers, Jr., was born at Petersburgh, Inde- pendence township, on the date indicated above. IIe passed his earlier years on the paternal farm, attending the district school of his locality. On April 29, 1863, |

he was married to Mary R., daughter of James M. Hance, of Vienna, and the year following located on a farm at Petersburgh, where he remained two years. In 1866 he purchased his father's farm, and occupied that one year, selling it in 1867 to John N. Linaberry and Charles Parks. In the spring of that year he removed to Vienna, purchased the lot which he occupies at present, and erected his store-house and outbuildings. The fol- lowing spring he embarked in the general mercantile business at that point, where he has since remained in active and successful trade, with the exception of two years during which he rented his store to George Roe, of Hackettstown. He built his residence adjoining the store in 1871.

Mr. Avers represents that class of young men who instead of seeking the undeveloped regions of the far West in quest of fortune, or locating in the already over- crowded cities and villages of the East, remained in his native township and devoted his energies to the securing of a place for himself among its leading citizens, and to the development and improvement of home enterprises. He is now the leading merchant of the township, having a well-stocked store and a good trade, and enjoying the respect and esteem of many friends, and the reputation of an honorable and upright man. He is identified with all movements of a progressive and elevating character, and a prompt contributor to the various benevolent en- terprises of the day. Ile is also interested in the agri- cultural prosperity of the township, owning two fine farms, the " Little farm" of one hundred acres, which he purchased in 1877, and the " Robert Martin farm," which he bought in 1878, and which contains sixty-six acres.

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History of Sussex and Warren counties, New Jersey, with Illustration and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers, Part 184

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