History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Pioneers and Prominent Men, Part 97

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

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Ephraim Terrill also lived in this township. He was one of the borough or deputy mayors in the same year that Stephen Crane was mayor of the borough of Elizabeth, 1774. Thomas Terrill, his grandfather, was a blacksmith, and came here from Southold, L. I., where in 1675 he had a considerable estate. He probably was the son of Roger Terrill (Tyrrel), one of the founders of Milford, Conn., in 1639. He bought of William Cramer, Aug. 19, 1696, a plot of land in this town, to which he then or soon after re- moved. He died in 1725. The names of John, Josiah, Roger, and Thomas are also mentioned.

William Cramer came in 1665. He is one of those who took an oath of "allegiance and fidelity," 19th of February, 1665. He was a carpenter from Southold, L. 1., where he married Elizabeth, the sister of Caleb Carwithy. He was appointed April 27, 1670, an As- sociate as well as constable of the town in place of William Pilles. He owned a large estate.

Joseph Halsey lived near Wheat-Sheaf tavern, be- tween Rahway and Elizabethtown, this township. He came at an early date from Southampton, L. I. He was a son of Isaac and grandson of Thomas, who was at Lynn, Mass., in 1637, and was the wealthiest founder of Southampton in 1640. Joseph was born

about 1668, and bred a weaver. He was here in 1694. He purchased of Derick, the son of Capt. John Baker " all the divisions accrning to a second Lot Right in Elizabeth Town." He was one of the memorialists, and one of the Associates in 1700. He married Eliz- abeth Haines, sister of Richard Valentine's wife. They had eleven children,-(1) Sarah, (2) Abigail, (3) Rebecca, (4) Joseph, (5) Hannah, (6) Phebe, (7) Daniel, (8) Isaac, (9) Rachel, (10) Deborah, (11) Nancy. The family are quite extensive throughout the township. Joseph Halsey died April, 1725, in his fifty-seventh year, beloved and respected by his neighbors.

William Garthwait owned lands in Union and Cran- ford, and probably Linden township. He was born 1677, in England, married in 1702 Ann, the daughter of Maximilian Lawlon, of France. He came here as early as 1703. His son Henry was born here. He had a large family. Some of his lands are still in the family. He died Dec. 11, 1738, leaving at least two sons, Henry and James.

The names of Joseph Frazee, Daniel, Edward, Jonas, and Meeker Wood, John Roll (and sometimes Rolph in the records), Wynans (Winans), Peter, Robert, John, Joseph, Anthony Morse (Mosse), John Backer (Baker), John Stiles (Styles), Halsey, and Magie are names among the first settlers in this town- ship.

Joseph Clark, Ferdinand Blancke, Joseph Rocchi- etti, Benjamin Tucker, S. G. Stimson came at a much later date. The names of Rodgers (Rogers), Price, Riker, Pearson, Ackerley, Adams, Kiplan, Allen, Bur- net, Collins, Cook, Ford, Dunhum, Davis, Haines, Hand, Sutten, Jones, Swain, Noe, Magie, Smith, Ward, York, Brown, Williams are familiar family names in Linden township.

Civil List.

TOWN CLERKS.

Sebastian Mosqueron, 1861; ap- | William A. Mnlford, Jr., 1869-70. pointed, new towaship. John K. Mulford, 1871-72.

Edgar P. York, 1861 ; elected 1862. William T. Clark, 1873.

Sauford Clark, 1863-64.

John R. Clark, 1874-75.

Ralph J. Vandervoort, 1865.

Juha B. Russ, 1876-78.

John K. Roll, 1866-67.

Joseph James, 1868.

George W. Baker, 1879-80. William D. Frazee, 1881.

COLLECTORS.

Ralph J. Vandervoort, 1861-62.

Alfred Winans, 1867-68.

Joseph R. Goodell, 1863. Joseph Janes, 1869-78.

Jerennalı M. Morria, 1864.

Jeremiah Richards, 1879.

William Ross, 1865-66. William A. Mnlford, 1880-81.

ASSESSORS.

John W. Mulford, 1861-63. Jolın A. Etheridge, 1878-8].

William A. Mulford, 1865-77.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

John W. Mulford, 1861-64.

William A. Mulford, 1865, 1867, 1872-74, 1879-81.

Edgar P. York, 1862-65. John T. Winans, 1864-67.

Edward P. Winans, 1869-72.

Anthony Morse, 1871-74. John C. Rose, 1872-76. H. W. Gesner, 1880-81.

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CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS.

David Mulford, 1861, 1864-68.

Caleb Royl-ton, 1861-63.

David C. Stiles, 1865.

Anthony Morse, 1862.

William Rose, 1867-69.

Elias W. Vreeland, 1862-63.

Jolın K. Roll, 1877-80.

Meeker Wood, 1864.

Edward S. E. Nawberry, 1881.

TOWN COMMITTEE.

Anthony Morsa, 1861, 1866, 1868, 1871-72.

George W. Roll, 1861, 1863-68.

J. H. Eddy, 1871-73, 1876-77. Frank B. Munsell, 1869-71.

William Ross, 1861, 1870-71, 1874- Cornelius C. Banta, 1870-73. 76, 1878-79. , Julin D. Marsball, 1870.

Thomas Baker, 1861, 1863.

M. O. Winans, 1871-74. George W. Maxlor, 1871-72.

William A. Mulford, 1861-62.

William H. Winsor, 1862.

Reuben Van Pelt, 1873.

llanry Flaacke, 1862-64.

Benjamin W. Tucker, 1862, 1872- John Chilver, 1873.

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John Moody, 1863-64. William M. Deutsch, 1863.

Abraham Shotwell, 1873-74, 1878- 81. R. Van Pelt, 1874. David Mulford, 1874-81.

Alfred Winans, 1864.

David C. Stiles, 1864-70.

John N. Meeker, 1875-81,

Nathan Morse, 1874-77.

Joseph M. Clark, 1865.

Job M. Winans, 1874-81.

Alphens D. Gibbons, 1865, 1867-68.

Elias W. Vreeland, 1865.

Job Winans, 1866-69.

John Carpenter, 1866. Alonzo W. Richards, 1866. Edward P. Wiuans, 1867, 1869-70. Meeker Wood, 1867.

Harry W. Simmons, 1875-76. Jobn K. Roll, 1875-76. Robert Rindall, 1877-81. Charles Gulager, 1877-78. William H. food, 1879-80. Elisha J. Peck, 1879-80.

Isaac C. Roll, 1879-80.

William L. Roll, 1881.

Schools .- This township contains three school dis- tricts, Says Mr. N. W. Pease, county superintend- ent,-

" While part of the borough of Elizabeth, schools were maintained continually from an early date. The first school-house was built in 1750. It stood in the limits of what is now District No. I, nearly opposite the Wheat-Sheaf Hotel, on the south side of King George's highway or Rahway Avenue. It was a wooden structure, sixteen by twenty feet, the ceiling being seven feet high. In the old days a box-stove stood in the centre of the room, a hole being cut in the ceiling for the passage of the pipe, which carried off a portion of the smoke. This stove is said to have been a fearful wood-burner, and was a constant terror to the evil-doers in that 'old Academy,' as the favorite punishment for the unruly was to require them to cut the wood; and it is intimated that the hardihood and full muscular development of the de- scendants of those sires is attributable, in part at least, to that wholesome exercise. The early teach- ers were Messrs. Cotton, Nisbet, Garraham, Quinlan, Foote, Dooley, Halsey, Terrill, Blackman, and Pier- son. Mrs. Dooley also taught the school for a time, and it is related of her that whenever corporal pun- ishment was administered she was accustomed to put her baby in the desk."

triet No. 4. The old school-house being of tough fibre was moved to Roselle, and is now used as a kitchen to the residence of Wedon Williams, Esq. Thus this ancient structure, with the identical cedar weather-boards with which it was originally inclosed, still does excellent service.

In the year 1837 a new school-house was built on the south side of the Shunpike, near the residence of Benjamin Tucker. This was occupied until the year 1871, when the present model school-house was erec- ted at a cost of about $18,000.

The first school known to have been held in Dis- triet No. 2 was near the residence of S. O. Roll. The building was erected in 1786, and was occupied till 1825. The name of the first teacher was Samuel Vanderhoven. Mr. Russell Sargent, Robert Dennis, and Jesse Clark were subsequently employed. In 1825 a new house was built near the residence of Hampton Eddy. In 1870 this in turn gave place to the present neat and convenient structure, which cost about $2000.

In District No. 4 the school-house standing a few rods north of the Wheat-Sheaf Hotel, built in 1820, was used for school purposes till the year 1871, when the present elegant structure was erected on Chestnut Avenue, South Roselle. Among the teachers em- ployed at the first school was Mr. A. A. Ward.

The statistics of the schools for 1881 are as follows : District No. 1 .- Number enrolled, 188 ; attendance, 87. Trustees, William H. Hood, A. R. Corbett (dis- trict clerk), and A. Cole. Teachers, F. W. Fort, principal ; Misses L. J. Conklin, L. Shamp.

District No. 2 .- Number enrolled, 45; attendance, 10. Trustees, A. A. Hanland (district clerk), J. C. Roll, W. S. Roll.

District No. 4 .- Number enrolled, 200; attend- ance, 70. Trustees, Rev. J. A. Blanvelt (district clerk), D. W. Berdan, Richard Kipling. Teachers, Miss J. Patten, principal ; L. Disbrow, and J. D. Miller.

In District No. 1, Miss Silver taught in 1872-74; Mr. N. W. Pease, 1875-77; Mr. Knoll, 1878, preced- ing the present principal, Mr. F. W. Fort. The school is a first-class graded school.

Methodist Episcopal Church .- For a number of years the Methodist families residing in this part of the township attended the church at Rahway, but occasionally had the Methodist clergyman at Rah- way and Elizabeth visit their neighborhood school- house on a Sabbath afternoon. In the year 1874 application was made to the presiding elder for a supply, when Linden was united to the First Metho- dist Episcopal Church of Rahway, and Rev. H. D. Opdyke supplied them. The following year, 1875, Rev. Alexander Craig, with the help of some students from the Drew Theological Seminary, held regular services. Arrangements were made to secure a suit- able building, when it was found that the school-house

Mr. Cotton, the first teacher, taught there nearly forty years. This school-house was occupied till 1820, when a new building was erected about twenty rods north of the hotel in the present limits of Dis- i could be purchased, which was accordingly done,

Ferdinand Blaucke, 1868, 1881. Benjamin F. Spining, 1869-70. J. llampton Eddy, 1869.

John C. Rose, 1865, 1870-76.

Jonas H. Eddy, 1870.

J. P. Hallett, 1871-72, 1874-77, 1881.

Jeremiah M. Morris, 1862.

J. 11. Mulford, 1872-73.

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and neatly repaired, seated, and supplied with pulpit. siding in this township had held occasional services A Sunday-school was soon organized, and in the year 1878 a church of nine members was formed, to be sup- plied by the elder of the district, Rev. G. B. Smyth, who became the regular pastor in 1879-81. Value of property, §2600; sittings, 120; membership, 24.

Grace Church of Linden (Protestant Episcopal) was organized in 1875 by a few residents in the imme- diate neighborhaod. They had formerly attended services at Rahway and Roselle. They have built a neat Gothic structure east of the station, and on an eligible lot of ground. They have no regular rector, but are supplied by the neighboring churches. Rev. H. H. Cole and Rev. J. Augustus Dix, of Elizabeth, have given their services. Value, $4500; sittings, 175; families, 16.

Reformed Church .- This edifice was built in the year 1871, on corner of Henry Street and Wood Ave- nue, one of the finest locations in this part of the township. It was the first church built in this neigh- borhood, is capable of holding some 400 persons, and cost $18,000. The present pastor, Rev. Oscar Gesner, D.D., has been the pastor, with exception of a few months, since it was organized. He was installed in the spring of 1871. A few months in 1870 they wor- shiped in the school-house, and soon application was made to the Newark Classis to receive this young charge. Their present membership is 55. They have also a flourishing Sabbath-school.

Elders, Peter H. Brink, Samuel Ainsworth, and William H. Hallack.

Deacons, Philetus Smith, Jr., Joshua Rose, and George W. Baker.

St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church .- Ser- vices of the Episcopal Church had occasionally been given at a private residence in Roselle by clergymen from Elizabeth City, but no clergyman had under- taken to form a parish until 1870, when Rev. H. B. S. Martin came to the aid of a few members who had removed from New York, and were desirous to have a church where they could attend without going to a distance. In the summer of that year ground was broken upon Fourth Avenue, which had been but lately opened in this beautiful growing hamlet. The parish was incorporated by the name of the rector, wardens, and vestrymen of St. Luke's in Roselle.

It stands upon the highest elevation in this town- ship, and is built in the style of the old English architecture at a cost of about seven thousand dollars. The following have been the rectors : Rev. H. B. S. Martin, 1870; Rev. J. A. Denniston, 1872; Rev. De Witt C. Byllesley, 1876 ; and the present pastor, Rev. Robert Scott, D.D., came Nov. 29, 1879.

Wardens, Richard Kipling, senior warden ; John J. Howe, junior, 1881. Vestrymen, H. O. Baldwin, Rich- ard A. Kipling, Richard H. Jackson, A. W. Patter- son, J. H. Cocks, M. F. Moore, B. Forgate, Jr., 1881. Sittings, 300 ; communicants, 70.

Presbyterian Church .-- A few Presbyterians re-

at the old Wheat-Sheaf school-house for many years prior to the adoption of a plan for the erection of a house of worship in the village in 1867. This build- ing was erected on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Chestnut Streets, at a cost of nine thousand dollars, and was dedicated June 12, 1868. It has a seating capacity of two hundred and eighty. Rev. C. A. Briggs was invited to become pastor June, 1870, re- maining until March, 1874, when he resigned and became connected as professor with the Union Theo- logical Seminary, University Place, New York. Rev. J. Alstyne Blauvelt received a call to the church, which he accepted in May, 1874. Present member- ship, 135.

The official members : Elders, A. D. Hope, T. R. | White, G. Beckwith, and E. Quackenbush ; Deacons, A. Atkins and C. D. Miller.

Baptist Church, Roselle .- A few members of the Baptist Church having removed to this village f'elt the necessity of religious services, and at first meet- ings were held in the school-house as well as in the private houses of the members. They first broke ground for their church in 1871, and the following year erected a neat building on Main Street at a cost of some eight thousand dollars. Largely through the instrumentality of the late R. M. Crane this church was organized. They had a number of sup- plies up to the fall of 1877, when the Rev. R. F. Michael was settled among them. In 1880, Rev. William Humpstone; his successor, labored for sev- eral months among them. The following are deacons : Samuel Carey, Henry L. Dexter, James P. Hallett, Charles Hubbard (1878), James Higgins (1881), Reuben Smith.

The present membership is 32; sittings, 400.

Roselle .- Tbis rapidly-growing village is situated two miles from Elizabeth City, in a southwesterly direction, on the line of the New Jersey Central Railroad ; have a turn-table and engine-house. All way trains from New York and Newark centre here, making some sixty connections to the above-named cities daily. It is becoming a place of considerable importance on this account, and many fine residences are being erected on the wide avenues and streets. There are summer boarding-houses, hotel, and private families where a few boarders are taken; also thrce churches, one large school building, stores, post-office, etc.

Linden .- Situated on the line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, about two miles from Elizabethtown on the east, and about the same distance from Rahway on the south. It contains a large number of fine dwell- ings, well laid out grounds, and is a desirable location on high ground. There are three churches, a fine school building, factories, stores, post-office, etc.

The census report of this township, 1881 : Males, 1004; females, 905; children between the ages of five and eighteen years, 435.

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Trembly's Point .- In the easterly part of this township a family by the name of Trembly settled at an early date. The following record of one "Jean Traubles [John Trembly ], of this town, a Huguenot, married Marie [Mary], daughter of Peter Nue [Noe], a French Huguenot refugee," 1689. They resided upon these lands, which run to the Kill von Kull, or Staten Island Sound. There was a point of "meadow" "jutted out," and which was called a " ferry point," from the opposite shore for many years. It was a crossing by a skiff kept by Pater (Peter), his son.

During the Revolutionary war the British soldiers used this point for crossing, and during the night crossed and recrossed, after pillaging the surrounding country. At last the old home of the ferry-master was invaded. The following account is from Riving- ton's Gazette, No. 570, a newspaper published at that time:

"On the night of the following Thursday" (Dec. 14, 1780) " a party of royal horse-thieves, under the command of the celebrated Lewis Robbins, .. . made an incursion into Rahway. They set out for West- field to seize Sheriff Marsh, but as the roads were bad, and learning probably that the sheriff was not at home, they turned back, and made their way to old David Miller's, capturing him, some of his sons, and his horses. Having paroled the old man because of his infirmities, they proceeded to Peter Trembly's, whom they seized and robbed of all his money and papers. They took also a Peter Horn." But at the sudden discharge of a gun they paroled their pris- oners and fled.

This family in the township have long removed, and still the name of Trembly's Point is well known. Within a few years, in laying the Long Branch Rail- road track here, they have named a station "Trem- bly Depot," situated on the old homestead.

Linden Post-Office .- It is but a few years since a regular postmaster was appointed in this township, and in 1864, after the question had been agitated for months, that their request was granted by the appoint- ment of Mr. John Clay, who held it for one year, when Mr. Gilbert Rindell received the appointment in 1867, and retained it until Mr. Christopher Boyne was appointed. He held the position for about one year, when it was removed to the store at Linden, and Mr. Meeker Wood, in 1868, was the postmaster. He retained it for a short time, when Benjamin Co- hen and C. T. Warren were respectively the post- masters. In the year 1873, Mr. William T. Clark held it for two years, and Mr. H. W. Gesner received the appointment Feb. 9, 1875, and retained it until the appointment of Mr. William K. Schenck, April 1, 1879. The present postmaster is H. W. Gesner, who was appointed for the second time Dec. 12, 1881.

Roselle Post-Office .- The first post-office in this town was opened by Andrew Arrison in 1872. The

following year James R. Clark was appointed, and retained it until 1881, when the present postmaster, Mr. J K. Mulford, was appointed.

Inns and Inn-keepers .- The name of Hurd's and Crane's inns are mentioned as being the stopping- places for many of the Revolutionary soldiers during the war. These were two of the earliest stopping- places " provided for man and beast." They were situated near the station of the New Jersey Central Railroad, " Elmora." No trace of them can now be found.

The Old Wheat-Sheaf Inn was a famous one in its day. A gentleman by name of Wilkinson kept it a long period before the " battle of Connecticut Towns," and Ephraim Clark kept it at that time. It is impossi- ble to learn at this time when it was first opened as an "ordinary." Louis Baker owned the land upon which it was built in 1745, and probably it was built not far from this time. John Halsey opened the house after Mr. Clark's death, and in 1815 a grand celebration took place there, commemorative of the proclamation of peace at the close of the war. After the death of Mr. Halsey, in 1837, Mr. John Yates became the land- Jord ; married Widow Halsey, and kept the house until his death in 1843. He was also the first blacksmith at the Wheat-Sheaf. Oliver Halsey, son of the former landlord, opened the house in 1844, and kept it until 1849. Mr. John Truax and his brother William also kept the inn after his death. John B. Day became the proprietor in 1857, and kept this " wayside inn" for over thirty years. The property now belongs to a Mr. Banta, who has put this old historic house in good repair and leased it to Skidmore Wright.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JOB WINANS.

The father of Mr. Winans, who is the subject of this sketch, was Job Winans, who married Miss Sarah Winans, and resided during his lifetime in Linden township. They had one son, Job. After- the death of her husband Mrs. Winans contracted a second marriage with Capt. Benjamin Winans, to. whom was born a daughter Jane, who became Mrs. Vandervoort.

The death of Job Winans occurred Jan. 22, 1808, and that of Mrs. Winans Dec. 15, 1848. Their son Job was born Feb. 6, 1805, in Linden. He spent his early life upon the farm, and enjoyed the advantages of the superior instruction imparted at the Adelphi Academy in Elizabeth. When fourteen years of age the death of his stepfather took place, which entailed much responsibility upon the young man, and neces- sitated his return home, where he and his mother jointly conducted the farm. He was married Jan. 1, 1833, to Miss Amy C., daughter of Joseph and Polly-

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Morse, of Linden, the former of whom was a miller and owner of a valuable property known as the Morse Mills. Mr. and Mrs. Winans had children,-Nathan M., born Oct. 22, 1833; Susan (Mrs. Meeker Wood), born Dec. 14, 1836 ; and Job M., whose birth occurred Dec. 29, 1843.

Mr. Winans was in politics a Republican, and though not ambitions for the preferments of office, filled for years a place upon the Township Committee of Linden. He supported the Presbyterian denomi- nation, and worshiped at the Broad Street Presby- terian Church, Elizabeth, of which Mrs. Winans was a member. The death of Mr. Winans occurred Aug. 6, 1872, in his sixty-seventh year, and that of Mrs. Winans April 21, 1880. Their son, Job M., was mar- ried Dec. 20, 1865, to Miss Mary H., daughter of Ed- ward P. Winans, of Linden. They have children,- Job Irving, born Jan. 1, 1867, and Mary Louise, born June 29, 1875. Mr. Winans is a Republican in poli- tics, and has been for eight years a member of the Township Committee of Linden.

EDWARD P. WINANS.

The father of Mr. Winans was Aaron Winans, who was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Watkins, of Connecticut Farms, and resided in Linden, where he followed farming employments. Their children were John T., Nathan M., Jacob, Elizabeth, and Edward ! P. Mr. Winans died at his home, and Mrs. Winans' death occurred while the guest of her granddaughter, Mrs. Bunnell, at Springfield. Their youngest son, Edward P., was born in 1827, on the homestead in , Jonas, lived and died at an advanced age.

Linden, and spent his boyhood under the paternal roof. Educational advantages of a superior character were then offered at Elizabeth, and thither the lad directed his steps. On his return he assisted his father upon the farm, which came to him by inheritance on the death of his parent. He was married to Miss Mary H., daughter of John and Huldah (Crane) Potter, of Connecticut Farms, the latter of whom is | New York City. still living with her daughter, and enjoys vigorous health in her eighty-seventh year. To this marriage were born children,-Mary H. (Mrs. Job M. Winans), John P., Eliza W. (Mrs. Meline Winans), and Han- nah A.

Mr. Winans occupied a position of influence in his township, and manifested much enterprise in public affairs. He was a stanch Republican in his political belief, and actively interested in the furtherance of the principles and platform of the party. He filled various offices of trust, among which were those of township committeeman, justice of the peace, and commissioner of deeds. In religion he was a Pres- byterian, and a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Elizabeth, of which he was one of the board of trustees. His death occurred Jan. 2, 1870, in his forty-third year. Mrs. Winans still survives, .

and resides upon the farm purchased by her husband many years since. This is also the home of her only son, John P. Winans, who is married to Miss Ella M. Povey.

STEWART CRAIG MARSH.

The grandfather of the subject of this biographical sketch was Moses Marsh, who early settled in what is now known as Linden township of Union County, N. J., having been one of three branches of the family who chose this location as a future home. He was married to Miss Ennice Alston, and had four children, among whom were Jonathan Alston Marsh and Ann, who became Mrs. Craig. The former mar- ried Miss Sarah Craig, to whom were born four chil- dren,-Mary, who married William Stone; John Craig Marsh; Jonas Marsh, who married the daughter of Dr. Morse, of Elizabeth, N. J .; and Stewart Craig Marsh. Jonathan Alston Marsh resided on the land which had been the home of his father. This remains sacred as a family inheritance, and the homestead, with its hallowed associations, wherein successive gen- erations have lived, is still in possession of one of the members of the family. Here Stewart Craig Marsh was born July 24, 1792, and in and about the " old home" the early years of his life were spent. He attended school at Morristown, and later entered the office of Dr. Stewart Craig, of Rahway, as a medical student, after which he continued his studies with Dr. Morse, of Elizabeth, N. J. After his graduation he removed to "the Attakapas," in the State of | Louisiana, at which place both his brothers, John and

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History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Pioneers and Prominent Men, Part 97

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