History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Pioneers and Prominent Men, Part 95

Author: W. Woodford Clayton, Ed.
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Philadelphia: Everts
Number of Pages: 1224

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As we go to the extreme northeasterly part of this township the view is fine, overlooking Springfield, Union, and adjacent- townships, reminding us of the appropriateness of the name, Summit township; for we look down the valley miles before us for several hundred feet upon villages and hamlets, farms and wooded glens. The soil of the drift is variable, being in some places light and sandy and in others hard loam or clay. In or near Dean Town, now called East Summit, there are found many flat intervales and marshes, which appear to have been water-beds originally that have been filled in by the encroach- ments of vegetable growth, and by the soil washed down from the hills. Peat or muck has been observed in some of these beds, and for a fertilizer is invaluable to the agriculturist. Prof. Cook, in his "Geological Report," devotes considerable attention to the glacial drift, and a part has reference to this particular locality.

Census for the Year 1881 .- Summit township has a population of 1859:

White males 21 years and over. 417

44 under 21 years and over 5 ... 254

5 99 Total white males. 770

White femalea 21 years and over ..

571

= 5.

123 Total white femalea. 1068 Black females 21 yeare and over ... =

= under 21 years and over 5. 4

1 Total black femalee. 12 Black males 21 years and over.

44 under 21 years and over 5 :.

und 5

1 Total black males.

Total population.

1859

Early Settlement .- We find many of the early homes in this township still standing, and a few of them are occupied by the descendants of the pioneers. Here and there where the early homes have disap- peared some memento can yet be traced,-a few fruit- trees yet standing planted by the first settlers. On the Sturges property can yet be seen an old pear-tree, with some fruit still upon it of this year's growing. Many of these trees were raised from seeds brought with the pioneers when they came and settled in these hills. We notice some of the foundation stone of these farm-houses were carefully squared and shaped before being placed, the mortar now being as hard as the stone. The following is an account of some of the first settlers :

Isaac Sayre came from New England and settled between the mountains southwest of Springfield be- tween 1700 and 1720. He married Jane, daughter of Matthias Swaine, and had four children,-first, Eliza- beth, who married Enoch Vreeland, son of Brown Vreeland, and lived where Jonathan Gillam now lives ; second, Matthias, married 27th of September, 1767, Patience Thompson, daughter of Aaron, of Long Hill; third, Catherine, married Timothy Griffen, of New Providence ; fourth, Isaac, Jr., married 22d of Febru- ary, 1774, Elizabeth Roll, daughter of John Roll, Sr .; she died 26th of September, 1850, in her ninety-second year, after a long time a widow. Isaac Sayre, Jr., had eight children,-(1) John, (2) Mary, (3) Brooks, (4) Jane, (5) Catherine, (6) Betsey, (7) Anthony, and (8) Hannah.

Brooks Sayre (son of Isaac Sayre, Jr.) and Polly Conklin had children,-first, Elizabeth, who married Henry Faitoute, son of Moses, of Union township ; second, William ; third, Mary, married Joseph Kain, a carpenter of Somerville; fourth, Isaac ; fifth, Han- nah; sixth, Brooks Sayre, Jr., married, but who has no children, now living on one of his father's home- steads.

We find the former home of Mr. Benjamin Weed, who came and settled upon the westerly side of Second Mountain in the year 1730.

William Robison, the "Father of Methodism," set- tled on Stony Hill about 1720. The original home is still standing. but had an addition made to it a few years ago. At his house in 1786 was held and organ- ized the first Methodist society of this valley, this being the oldest organization. The church was built in New Providence, 1801. He was appointed class- leader. He married his cousin, Betsey Robison, the 2d December, 1772, and had four children by her,- (1) David, who married 24th December, 1795, Agnes Vance, daughter of Kennedy Vance, of Long Hill ; (2) Phebe, married 5th November, 1794, Henry Mooney, and lived in Morris County ; (3) John, mar- ried Lydia Wilson, of Maryland, who was a Metho- dist minister of some celebrity ; (4) William, married a Miss Nancy Roll, daughter of John Roll, son of Isaac Roll, of Springfield township.

under 21 yeara and over 5 374

....

"KENT PLACE." HOMESTEAD OF W. H. DeFOREST, SUMMIT, N. J.

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SUMMIT TOWNSHIP.

Rev. John Robison and Lydia Wilson had children, -(1) William, who married Aune Mariah Lafou- cheire, and had children,-1, John; 2, James Ed- ward and Susan; (2) Elizabeth, married Rev. Alex- ander Gilmore, a Methodist preacher; (3) Catherine, is unmarried ; she lived in Springfield.

William Robison, son of William the first and Nancy Roll; they had five children,-(1) John, who went from home and never was heard from; (2) Wes- ley, who became a celebrated Methodist clergyman, -- he married Margaret Worth, of Rahway ; (3) Caro- line, who married for her first husband Oliver Rowland, and second William Mawby. They had chil- dren,-(1) Victoria, (2) William, (3) Frederick Maw- by. William Robison had also a son James, who was deranged, and also Isaac, his fifth child, who died at the age of eighteen years. William Robison, Sr., died 6th August, 1815, aged seventy-one years. His wife, Betsey, died 11th October, 1799, aged forty- seven years.

Maj. Jotham Potter, son of John, son of John, son of Joseph Potter. The New Providence family branch is from Samuel Potter. The ancestor of the Potter family in this region of country came from Wales. He settled on a tract of land of four hundred and fourteen and one-half acres at the foot of the Second Mountain, by the side of an old mine, and on the east side of Green River (Green Brook), which was laid out for him Feb. 26, 1733. He was a justice of the peace. Maj. Potter married Rebecca Crane, of Westfield township, and had three children,-(1) Susan, (2) Betsey, (3) Elias, who had four children, -Susan Elizabeth, Emeline, Catherine, and Louisa. Mr. Potter was quite a military leader, and for many years had charge of the militia, and acting as a major. He was prominent in many enterprises, and elder for many years of the Presbyterian Church.

There was also a Maj. Jotham Potter, the second child of Amos Potter, Esq. He was also a major in the militia, and a justice of the peace. He married Phebe Pettit, and had eight children. He had a son, a Presbyterian preacher in Indiana, the Rev. Ludlow Day Potter, who graduated at college, and also a son Amos, who was born in 1820, now elder in the Pres- byterian Church in New Providence. The family of Potters are numerous, and scattered from this branch all through the Western States.

Peter Parrot, who married Sally Crane, daughter of Norris Crane, had six children,-Jane, who mar- ried William Force, son of Squire Force, Jr., lived in Morristown, N. J .; Hetty, married Sylvester Force, son of Squire Force, Jr .; Mary Phebe, married Wil- liam High, Jr., son of William High ; Hannah, and John. The William Parrot farm of two hundred acres extended from the river to Stony Hill road. He was the ancestor of this family. Peter Parrot was of the fourth generation.

Daniel Seely Clark (son of Samuel Clark), born 12th August, 1773, married 28th February, 1796, Sally ' baud.

Wilcox, daughter of John, and died 22d February, 1843, nearly seventy years of age. Daniel, like his father, was a merchant, and a justice of the peace. He lived on his father's farm, and kept the same store his father did before him. Mr. William Little says when he was a boy he well remembers an old sign before the store-door which read, " Pay to-day and trust to-morrow." Mr. Clark had nine children,- (1) William M., who married, first, Rachel Wood, daughter of Daniel S. Wood, Jr., and for his second wife Sally Wood, sister of his first wife; (2) Levi, who married, first, Eliza Crane, daughter of Joseph Crane, and second, Elizabeth Tucker, daughter of Moses, son of John ; (3) Samuel, married 4th Decem- ber, 1844, Mary Noe, daughter of David, sou of John ; (4) Daniel Seely, Jr., who went to Louisville, Ky., and married there; (5) Stephen, who also went to Kentucky ; (6) Jane, who married Henry Spencer, son of William Spencer, of Chatham ; (7) Eliza, mar- ried Henry Schureman, son of Thomas Schureman, of Hunterdon County, N. J .; (8) Sarah, married a Mr. Myers, of New York, and went to St. Louis, Mo .; (9) Mary, married Joseph Graham, of New York, and lived there.

Moses Reeves, son of Watts Reeves, of Springfield township, lived in the valley between First and Sec- ond Mountains, next to Dayton Badgley's. He mar- ried Abigail Badgley, born May, 1811. Moses Reeves was born 1809. They removed to Newark, N. J. They had six children,-(1) James W. Reeves, born November, 1833; (2) Mary Elizabeth Reeves, born April, 1836 ; (3) Hestem Anne Reeves, born 2d June, 1838; (4) Benjamin Franklin Reeves, born March, 1847 ; (5) George B. Dallas Reeves, born December, 1844; (6) Sarah Jane Reeves, born March 23, 1850.

Benjamin Sturgis' lands lay just on the southerly part of this township. He was a carpet-weaver as well as farmer. He married Hetty Badgley, daughter of Anthony Badgley. They had no children. They lived to be quite old, and died a few years ago, A family by the name of Reeves occupy the farm.

Samuel Badgley lived between the First and Sec- ond Mountains. He married Polly Frazee, and had nine children. His son, Jacob Foster Badgley, born 2d February, 1808, married Anne Brown, born 26th April, 1812, daughter of William Brown, and had eight children,-(1) Moses, born 21st January, 1833; (2) George Brown, born 19th August, 1835; (3) Henry, born 26th November, 1837 ; (4) John, born 14th June, 1840; (5) Lydia Anne, born 26th October, 1842; (6) Samuel, born 8th March, 1845; (7) Crook Vancleve, born 15th June, 1847; (8) Mary, barn 2d June, 1849. He resided on the homestead of his father up to a short time ago, and now resides in Summit village.

Elias Morgan is mentioned as settling in this town- ship, as also the names of Marsh Pierson, Nicholas De Muller, Samuel Potter (who has a son in Cleve- land, Ohio, publisher), Isaac F. Pitts, Augustus The-

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Isaac Bryant was a relative of Capt. William Bryant; they lived for a time in or near Elizabethtown, but Isaac moved to Stony Hill.

Joseph Doty came from the east end of Long Island, and owned part of lot No. 39 of the Elizabethtown lots in Stony Hill Valley, just on the borders of New Providence township. He married Sarah Badgley, sister of John and James Badgley. They had five children,-1, Joseph Doty, Jr., who died young ; 2, George, who married Sibbe Howell; 3, John, mar- ried first Sarah Potter, and for his second wife Sarah Clark, daughter of Daniel Clark; 4, Anthony, mar- ried, had but one child, William Parsons Doty, who married 1st June, 1793, Peggy Badgley, daughter of Moses (son of Joseph Badgley) ; he was a useful and consistent man to his church and neighbors ; 5, Eliza- beth, married Jeremy Ludlow, son of Jeremiah Ludlow (or sometimes spelt Ludlum). Old Mr. Doty died 10th September, 1768. George Doty, second child of Joseph Doty, lived on Stony Hill, and owned a mill on the brook running down by Samuel M. Magie's and Israel Doty's. He and Sibbe Howell had children,-1, Jo- seph third; 2, George, Jr., married Miss Nancy Cook ; 3, David, who went and settled in the lake country, as it was called, New York, and married there; 4, Keziah, married Stephanus Clark, son of Daniel Clark ; 5, Sarah, married John Clark, Jr., son of Elder John Clark.

Joseph Doty third (first child of George) lived where his grandfather, Joseph Doty (first) did. He and his wife, Patty Allen, had children :

1. Anthony, who married Mary Wilcox, daughter of Levi.

2. Allen, married Nancy Brown, daughter of John.

3. David, married Sibbe Clark, daughter of John, Jr., son of Elder John Clark.

4. Sarah, married Aaron Oakley, son of Thomas.

5. Aaron (who was Capt. Doty of militia), mar- ried 15th December, 1811, Betsey Hedges, daughter of Gilbert, and went to Luzerne County, Pa.

6. Sibbe.

7. Mary, married Jesse F. Pitts, son of George Pitts, of Orange County, New York.

8. Martha, married 24th January, 1824, Benjamin Weed from Massachusetts.

John Doty (third son of Joseph Doty the first) married Sarah Potter, lived in Stony Hill Valley, near but west of his father's house, and had children,-1, Chloe, died unmarried ; 2, James, born 16th Janu- ary, 1756, married 29th September, 1788, Nancey Locey, daughter of Daniel Locey, of Mendham. Mr. John Doty's wife died, and for his second wife he married Sarah Clark, daughter of Daniel, and had children, - 3, Daniel, born 2d March, 1865, and married first Elizabeth Potter, second Betsey Crane, daughter of Joseph Crane, and removed to Middle- town, Ohio ; 4, John Doty, Jr., married Phebe Cooper, of Hanover, and went to the western part of New York State, and afterwards to Middletown, Ohio,

where his brother Daniel went; 5, Zina, went to Ohio, and the record says with his father and family, and married there ; 6, Betsey, married 22d March, 1794, Stephanus Clark, Jr., and went to Ohio; 7, Jane, went with her father to Ohio, and married Samuel Clark there; 8, Chloe (second), died 27th December, 1784; 9, Ketura, who died young.

Just on the line, or near the Summit township, is the old homestead of James Doty (second child of John Doty). His daughter Phebe, his fourth child, is still living in her eighty-fifth year. She married Edward Hedges, son of Gilbert Hedges, Dec. 24, 1815, and had six children. She was born 1798. Edward Hedges was born 1793. Gilbert Hedges died Aug. 5, 1822, aged seventy-eight years. His wife, Margaret Hedges, his widow, died March 18, 1838, aged eighty- four years, Daniel Doty (third son of John, son of Joseph Doty 1st) married first Elizabeth Potter, eldest child of Ames, son of Daniel Potter 1st. He married second Elizabeth Crane, daughter of Joseph Crane. He left home Sept. 10, 1790, on an exploring tour down the Ohio River, and landed at Cincinnati 23d of October following, when there were but two log houses in that city. One of them was occupied by Maj. Benjamin Stites, from the Scotch Plains, Essex Co. (now Union County), N. J .; the other was occu- pied by Capt. John S. Gano. The record goes on to say, St. Clair's defeat was on the fourth day of No- vember, 1791. The Rev. Daniel Clark, from Pennsyl- vania, was the first minister of the gospel in that re- gion. Daniel Doty had no children living by his first wife. He was born March 23, 1765, and died May 8, 1848. He returned from Ohio to New Jersey, and married for his second wife Elizabeth Crane, and again returned to Ohio and purchased a large tract of land at and abont Middletown, Ohio, and settled upon it. He with his wife, Elizabeth Crane, had twelve children.

The name Doty by part of the family is spelled Doughty. Solomon Doughty, son of Joshua, married Polly Pierson, granddaughter of Col. Cornelius Lud- low, of Revolutionary fame. Solomon was first brig- adier- and major-general of militia.

Jesse F. Pitts married Mary Doty (seventh child of Joseph Doty the third). He was a son of George Pitts, of Orange County, N. Y., and had two children, James Clark Pitts and Theodore L. Pitts.

1, Benjamin Spinning Dean, son of Solomon, son of John Dean. Solomon Dean married Feb. 20, 1819, Prudence Spinning. He married Phebe Badgley, daughter of Squire Badgley. 2, John Dean ; 3, Sylves- ter Dean ; and 4, Mary Cohoon Dean, who died young. Mr. Benjamin S. Dean has carried on an extensive business of hub-turning and other wood-work, having large buildings for the purpose. His neighborhood has been called by the name and known as Deantown (now East Summit). The name is spelt by branches of the family Deane, as Aaron Dean, 1745; Nicho- las Deane, 1778.

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SUMMIT TOWNSHIP.

Benjamin Spinning was probably one of the first settlers in this township. It is supposed that he was a descendant of Humphrey Spinning, who died about 1700, and a cousin, Daniel Spinning, who departed this life in 1699. They lived in the borough of Eliza- bethtown. Mr. Humphrey Spinning married Abigail Hubbard, daughter of George Hubbard, of Guilford, Conn., 1657, and came to this State about this time. In the records of the court in old Essex County ( New-' ark) is mentioned a Benjamin Spinning as constable in 1714. He married Charity -, and came up from Elizabethtown, and lived where his son, John Spinning, lived. He had six children. Prudence Spinning married Solomon Dean, Feb. 20, 1819.

John Blackborn is mentioned as also of the first settlers.

John Noe (Nue). This family were Huguenot refu- gees. The name was originally, it is thought, " Nean." Elias Nean was one of the founders of the French Church in New York, and emigrated as a catechist by the Propagation Society. "That good man," Peter Noe, was admitted an Associate in 1695, with a third- lot right. His son John, in 1694, was a subscriber to Rev. Mr. Hariman's support, but resided in Wood- bridge, Middlesex. One record makes him the son of Daniel Noe. He married Mary Ayres, of Wood- bridge. He died April 26, 1828, aged seventy-one years. His wife, Mary, died Oct. 31, 1823, aged sixty- four years. They had seven children. Ellis, the first son of John Noe, married Esther Osborn, and had nine children. Daniel W. Noe was their sixth child.

Lewis Noe was brother of John the first. He came 3. Abraham, baptized 15th August, 1766. also up from Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., and bought 4. Becca, baptized 14th October, 1770. the farm formerly owned by Thomas Darling, where Little says, in his "Genealogy of Passaic Valley," " I have not learned from whence they came, nor who were his family connections." Smith M. Miller lived. He married Phebe Mundy, daughter of Henry Mundy, of Metuchen, in same county. He died April 5, 1838, aged seventy-three He died October, 1788. He was an extensive fruit- grower, and Trembly pears are yet known for their fine flavor in this township. years. She died May 11, 1814, aged fifty-four years. They had six children,-1, Henry ; 2, Frazee, who married, Nov. 3, 1810, Dency Hart, daughter of David, and died April 11, 1832; 3, Margaret, married David French, Jr., son of David, lived in Stony Hill Valley ; 4, Lewis, married, April 7, 1834, Mariah Meeker, daughter of Isaac Meeker ; 5, Huma, married Ellis , present time. Mr. Hyslip married Ann Matthews, Coddington, of Woodbridge; 6, Phebe, married, Jan. 21, 1815, Joel Drake, son of Jeremiah Drake.

Frazee Noe, son of Lewis and Dency Hart, had four children,-1, Daniel Hart Noe, who married, Sept. 25, 1839, Mary Osborn, daughter of Stephen B. Osborn ; 2, Phebe Mundy Noe, who died July 5, 1832, aged seventeen years; 3, John Noe, married Dec. 3, 1845, Martha Bonnel, daughter of Philemon Bonnel, she died without children ; 4, Sarah Emeline Noe, born 1811, married John A. Dean, born 1806, son of William, and had eight children.

Jabesh Shipman is first mentioned. He married Agnes Rogers, and owned lands next west where Thomas Squires ived, and Jacob Grisinger and Thomas Conn lived. He had nine children. John Shipman. his fourth child, married, 15th May, 1792, Betsey Stevens, daughter of Jonathan Stevens, Sr., and had three children. David, who married Nancy, the widow of Caleb Putney, and died without chil- dren. 2, Abigail, married, 14th June, 1817, Isaac Doty, son of Henry, of Washington Valley ; 3, Anne, married Nathan Smalley, son of Isaac Smalley. Aaron Shipman is from this family (owned the place where Sarah Hayes lived).

Benoni Trembly (Tranbles) may have been a de- scendant of John Trembly, a Huguenot refugee, mar- ried Mary Noe, daughter of Peter Noe, about the year 1694. Peter Trembly is mentioned in or about Westfield, perhaps on the First Mountain. " A party of royal horse-thieves, under the command of the celebrated Lewis Robbins, made an incursion into Westfield." There found Peter Trembly, whom they seized and robhed of all his money and papers. "But at the sudden discharge of a gun they paroled their prisoner and fled."

Benoni Trembly lived on lot No. 61 of the Eliza- bethtown lots, south of Aaron M. Ludlow's house. He was a wagon-maker, was an elder in the New Providence Church (Summit had no church so early), and had four children :

1. Benjamin, baptized 19th June, 1763.

2. Jonathan, baptized 16th December, 1764.

Hyslip (Hislip). Andrew Hyslip came from Scot- land and settled on the John Robison place. He was an extensive raiser of fine fruit, and some of the pears and crab-apples are still known as Hislips at the from England, and had three children,-1, John ; 2, Robert, killed at twelve years old, falling off a cart ; 3, Ann, who married Alexander Keay, a Scotchman. He died Dec. 11, 1878, in his forty-third year. An- drew Hislip, died 24th January, 1869, in the seventy- second year ; his wife, Ann, died 13th January, 1867, in her seventieth year.

William Littell, Esq., son of John and Mary Lit- tell, was born 10th October, 1813, and married the 26th October, 1836, Mehetabel Bonnel, daughter of Jonathan C. Bonnel, and by this marriage they have four children,-1, William Henry, born 2d May, 1840; 2, Theodore, born 14th May, 1844; 3, Frederick ; 4, born 3d April, 1851.

Daniel W. Noe, son of Ellis, son of John Noe, mar- ried Mary Mulford, daughter of Jonathan, of Pluck- emin. He died Feb. 18, 1846, and had two children. Rose, born 12th April, 1847; and 5, Julia Smith, The youngest, Daniel, died young.

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HISTORY OF UNION AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY.

The following interesting facts in the history of Mr. Littell's life we here give : In his early days his parents sent him to an academy, Rev. Mr. Van Kleef principal, at Basking Ridge, N. J., where he remained for some time, wlien he returned home, and for a time was clerk in his father's store, when at an early age, about 1830, he joined the New Providence Presby- terian Church, Rev. Thomas Cochrayon pastor. In the year 1836 he married Mehetabel Bonnel, and moved from New Providence to Summit as the pioneer in that rapidly improving township, and in 1838 he built his house, where he has resided since that time. He had a small frame store until the year 1867, when be built his present commodious brick store. In this location he has been engaged in business for over forty years, and not till within a short time has he relinquished the heavy duties of a store-keeper by taking his two sons in the business. Here by his efforts was the first post-office established, about the year 1869, which they have retained with excepting two years. He has served in many of the town offices. By his influence the beautiful Presbyterian Church was built in 1870, and he was made an elder. The ground was given by his wife and sisters, being parts of the Bonnel estate. In politics Mr. Littell has been prominent as a Republican all his life, using his means and time to advance the party's interests. In the Littell Hall, which is convenient for meetings, its doors have been thrown open for all the gatherings to advance the interests of the township. He laid out a fine avenue, which he has named Maple Avenue, some sixty feet in width, and in time will give a fine shade, as well as beautiful appearance to the town. When the Morris and Essex Railroad was being laid through this township in 1835, Mr. Littell gave them all the encouragement to further its progress. In his store was the first depot established, his men using teams to level and grade the rise below towards Huntly, and he mentions the fact that his man, Lewis Kutchel, in 1837, with two yoke of oxen, helped pull the engine and cars up this steep rise, and they suc- ceeded in what the engine had not the power to do. These facts we have given as Mr. Littell has resided here since 1836, and has seen all these changes and improvements growing on around him until the place has become a considerable town with a number of stores and places of business. When he came here he was the first store-keeper, and for many years sup- plied the needs and wants of the township.

Mr. William Littell is of fine personal appearance, of a countenance expressive of high intelligence. He is interesting in the facts of the past history, remem- bering dates and minor details. He is a most agree- able companion for persons of all ages. He is fond of home, fond of retirement, and is greatly beloved by his neighbors, and has done many acts of kindness. He is always cheerful, and has a happy greeting for every one.

Civil Organization,-An act to create a new town-

ship in the county of Union, to be called the township of Summit, was passed on the 17th day of March, 1869. And the people of this new township are very greatly indebted to Augustus J. Thebaud for his un- tiring efforts, which were crowned with success by the passage of the act by an almost unanimous vote.

At a meeting beld in Littell's Hall, Summit, April 12, 1879, the board organized by appointing William Littell presiding judge, and David W. Bonnel clerk of the election. The whole number of names on poll-book is one hundred and thirty-five (135). The following were the first officers elected in this new township for the ensuing year: Judge of Election, Jesse F. Pitts; Assessor, Jonathan Bonnel ; Collector, Benjamin S. Dean; Town Clerk, Alfred Albertson ; Chosen Freeholder, Augustus J. Thebaud; Town Committee, John H. Allen, James C. Pitts, Daniel H. Day ; Superintendent of Schools, John W. Kramer ; Commissioners of Appeals, James S. Sandford, Wil- liam C. Hicks, Willoughby Powell; Surveyors of Highways, Albert Pierson, David O. Magie; Over- seer of Poor, Edward Topping refused to serve, John Kelly was appointed ; Justice of the Peace, Thomas McKirgan ; Constable, Edward Topping refused to serve, and John P. Eckel was appointed; Pound- Keepers, Alexander Keay, J. Edgar Sayre, Charles Sherwood, John Kelley ; Overseers of Roads, John H. Allen, William H. Briant.

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History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Pioneers and Prominent Men, Part 95

Author: W. Woodford Clayton, Ed. Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Philadelphia: Everts Number of Pages: 1224

Author: W. Woodford Clayton, Ed.
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Philadelphia: Everts
Number of Pages: 1224