History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Pioneers and Prominent Men, Part 98

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

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Stewart Craig Marsh married Miss Mary Baldwin daughter of Mr. Samuel Baldwin, in 1821, his brother John having married a sister. After a period of two years spent in the practice of his profession at the Sonth he returned to the North and embarked in mercantile pursuits with John Compton. This busi- ness was continued for thirty years in Pearl Street,

His daughter, Sarah Craig Marsh, who married Mr. Hugh Auchincloss, is the present occupant of the old homestead. The Auchincloss family are of Scotch descent, and were first represented in New York by Hugh Auchincloss, who came to America in 1803 and died in 1855. Mr. Hugh Auchincloss is his only surviving son. Mrs. Marsh having died in 1828, Mr. Marsh married for his second wife Miss Amelia Martha Bulkley, daughter of John Bulkley, of Connecticut, to whom were born two sons,-John Alston Marsh and Stewart Craig Marsh, who grew to manhood. Mr. Stewart Craig Marsh was in his political predi- lections a Henry Clay Whig, and while interested in the furtherance of the principles espoused by his party, rarely participated in the annual contests or shared in the official rewards which follow party service.

He was essentially the perfect type of the old-

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school gentleman, of commanding presence, with courtesy of manner and a dignified reserve, which while it repelled intrusion was altogether free from arrogance. He was a man of irreproachable char- acter and of fine moral instincts. Mr. Marsh was a supporter of the service of the Protestant Episcopal Church, which he preferred.

His death occurred Nov. 30, 1877, in his eighty- third year, at the homestead, and in the same apart- ment which was the scene of his birth so many years before.

CHAPTER LV.

TOWNSHIP OF CRANFORD.

THE act creating the township of Cranford, ap- proved March 14, 1871, defines its boundaries as fol- lows :

" Be it enacted by the Senate and General Asseoibly of the State of New Jersey, that all that portion of the townships of Westfield, Spring- field, Union, Linden, and Clark, in the county of Union, lying within the boundaries and descriptions following, to wit: Beginning at a point in the boundary line between Westfield and Springfield townships dis- tant three thousand feet from the confluence of Normehiggin Brook and Rahway River; thence worth eighty six degrees and forty-five minutes east to a point seventeen hundred fret east of the road leading from Cranford to Millstone : thence sonth three degrees and fifteen minutes east to a point in the road leading from Amos Clark's mill to Roselle, distant about twenty-seven hundred feet from said mill ; theoce west- erly following the middle of said road across the Rahway River to a point seventeen hundred feet northeasterly from Scudder's school-house; thence north forty-eight degrees west to a point distant three thousand feet southerly from aod at right angles with the Central Railroad of New Jersey ; thence north three degrees and fifteen minutes west to the road leading past the residence of Everett Pierson; thence northwardly in a direct line to the place of beginning, be and the same is hereby set off from the said townships of Westfield, Springfield, Union, Clark, and Lin- deo, and created into a new township to be called and koowu by the name of the township of Cranford."

Natural Features .- The surface is generally level ; soil clay loam, mixed more or less with sand, and gen- erally productive in wheat, oats, rye, and grass. This township is well watered. It is nearly cut in two parts by the Rahway River, which empties into Staten Island Sound. There are six substantial bridges built over this river, and perhaps no other township in the State can count as many. There are large forest-trees lining the banks of the stream, and most of the farms have a large number of acres of heavy timber, and there are also many orchards of choice fruit.

Early Settlements .- The Cranes of this township are descendants of Stephen Crane, one of the first " Elizabethtown Associates." He was born 1673.

John Crane (son of John and Huldah Grant) mar- ried Phebe Ross, daughter of David Ross, of West- field. They had eight children :

1. Rebecca, who married Maj. Jotham Potter (of Revolutionary fame), son of John. Both are dead. They left three children.

2. John Grant Crane, married Sally Pierson, dangh- ter of William, son of William, and had children,-1,

John Davis Crane, who married Catharine Potter, daughter of William B. Potter ; 2, William, who married Keziah, danghter of John Miller, of West- field. They are both dead.

3. Elizabeth, married Thomas Moore, son of Robert, of Woodbridge, and had children,-1, David Moore ; 2, Robert Moore; 3, John Moore; 4, Israel Moore; 5, Phebe Moore.

4. Phebe, married Benjamin Potter, brother of Maj. Jotham Potter.

5. Elias, born 24th April, 1789, and married Esther Maxwell, daughter of John, and lived in Union town- ship, and had six children,-1, John, who married Sarah Cutter, daughter of William Cutter, of Wood- bridge; 2, Mary Anne, married Nathan Winans, son of Aaron, of Elizabethtown ; 3, Phebe, married Silas Miller, son of Abraham, son of Abraham ; 4, Susan, married Isaac Williams, of New York, son of Mat- thias; 5, Elias Maxwell Crane; 6, Amzi Armstrong Crane.

6, Josiah, married Electa Ross, daughter of John, of Union township (now Cranford), and lived where Col. Jacob Crane formerly did, and had children,-1, Mary, married Hampton Cutter, son of William Cut- ter ; 2, John Grant Crane, married Abby Miller (who is now deceased), daughter of John O. Miller, and lived on the old John Crane homestead, near the Rahway River, on the road to Springfield ; 3, Anne Elizabeth, married Job Williams, son of Moses Wil- liams, of then Union township; 4, Josiah, married Sarah Jane Miller, daughter of Jacob Miller.

7. Huldah, married John Potter, also a brother of Maj. Jotham Potter, and had a daughter, Mary Han- nah Potter.

8. Sarah, who was unmarried.

Mr. Josiah Crane was one of the first who were the means of building the Presbyterian Church in Cran- ford, and resided on the same farm which he had oc- cupied from the first, living to see a large town and population surrounding him, and in a few years selling his farm, which was needed for lots and building purposes, and purchasing a residence formerly occu- pied by Mr. Anderson, where he died a few years since. Mrs. Crane died November, 1879.

Benjamin Crane (third son of Benjamin, second son of Benjamin, first son of John, son of Stephen Crane) married Sarah Thompson ; lived on the road to West- field, near Vreeland's mills. They had eleven chil- dren, who are of the sixth generation from Stephen Crane,-

1. John, who married Mary Clark, daughter of Robert, of Rahway.

2. Abigail, married David Keyt, son of James.

3. Esther, who died at about eighteen or twenty years, unmarried.

4. Hezekiah Thompson, married first Amanda Os- born.

5. Phebe, married first Francis Randolph, son of Dr. Robert Randolph ; for his second wife she mar-

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"MARLBOROUGH PLACE." RESIDENCE OF ALDEN B. BIGELOW, CRANFORD, N. J.

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ried George R. King, of Warren County, and lived there.

6. Charlotte King, married Hedges Baker, son of Daniel Baker.

7. Norris, who went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and mar- ried there.

8. Jacob Thompson, went to Cincinnati and died there at thirty-five years, unmarried.

9. Benjamin (4th), married Electa Baker as her sec- ond husband, daughter of Daniel.

10. David Jolinson, married Anne Eliza Roll, daughter of Isaac, son of John Roll.

11. Moses Thompson, married Anna Eliza Send- der (Mrs. Crane died Dec. 13, 1881). They had two children,-1, Theodore Augustus, and 2, Sarah Anne, who died.

Mr. Moses T. Crane has built himself a fine resi- dence upon Walnut Avenue, the old Westfield road to Elizabeth.

William Crane (son of John Grant Crane and Sally Pierson, daughter of William Pierson), married Keziah, daughter of John Miller of Westfield. He owned and lived on a farm on the road from Cranford to Branch Mills. He died a few years ago. His son is John Henry Crane, now engaged in the general grocery and merchandise in the village of Cranford.

William Darbie, or Darby, was an early settler ; he came in 1688. In that year, April 16th, the widow Agatha White sold all the lands of Richard Beach in Elizabeth Town, bought of him in March of the same year, to William Darbie, or Darby, of Elizabeth Town. A William Darby was one of the respond- ents in 1752 to a bill in chancery.1 Rev. John Darby was the pastor of the Connecticut Farms Presbyterian Church in 1758. He had one son and two daughters by his first wife, and the eldest daugh- ter, Hester, married a British officer namned Fox. His second wife was Hester White Hunting, a widow lady from East Hampton, L. I. They had one son, Henry White Derby, M.D., and also two daughters, Helen, the wife of Gen. O'Hara, and Lucinda, the wife of Christian De Wint. Rev Mr. Darby was probably a son or grandson of William Darby. The family of Darbys are from the same stock who are residents of this township. Mr. Marsh Darby, who died Dec. 27, 1881, was the son of William Darby. He died on the farm in the year 1815. The farm is now occupied by Mr. Benjamin Westervillt.

John O. Miller, son of Abner 1st, who married Betsey Kyte (son of John 3d, son of John Miller, Jr., son of John 1st), and married Sarah Ludlow, daughter of Benjamin and Keziah Ludlow. He lives on the old Miller homestead, about a mile from Cranford depot, on the old road to Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth City). The family are among the earliest settlers in this township. His ancestor came from Long Island about the year 1668, and was one of

the first Associates of Elizabethtown. William, his son, was an alderman of the borough of Elizabeth, and his name is in the second list of the Associates of 1699. Andrew, his second son, married Mary Andrus, of Newark, N. J. Enoch, who married Hannah Baker, had nine children,-I, Enoch, Jr .; 2, Andrew ; 3, Moses; 4, Jacob; 5, Jedediah ; 6, Lydia ; 7, Elizabeth ; 8, Josiah ; 9, Hannah. The fourth son of John 1st was John, whose wife's name was Martha. His fifth son, Aaron, who married and had first Aaron, Jr., was a noted clock-maker in Elizabethtown. The following advertisement is from a newspaper called the New York Weekly Post- Boy, Nov. 23, 1747 :

" Aaron Miller, Clock Maker, In Elizabeth-town, East New Jersey, Makes and sells all sorts of Clocks after the best Manner with Expe- dition. He likewise makes Compasses and chains for Surveyors; as also Church Bells of any size, he having a Foundry for that Purpose, and has cast several which have been approved to be good, and will sup- ply any Persons on a Timely Notice with any of the above Articles at very reasonable Rates."

We give this quaint old notice, showing the enter- prise and business tact of one born in this township. He had a daughter Betsey, who married Isaac Brokaw (a noted maker of these old family clocks which are in so much demand by relic-hunters) ; resided in Somerville, N. J. He had also two other sons, Cor- nelius and Robert.

Mr. John Miller also had two daughters,-Hannah, who married first Nathaniel Bonnel 1st, and for her second husband Deacon Whitehead ; his other child Susannah, who married first a Mr. Crane, and her second husband John Ross Ist (and was his third wife).

Mr. John O. Miller is still living on the old home- stead at an advanced age. His wife, Sarah Ludlow, died a few years since. His children,-1, Abigail, who married John Grant Crane, son of Josialı Crane; 2, Louisa, who married Elias M. Crane, of Elias, of Union ; 3, James, married Sarah Jane Marsh, daugh- ter of Eli Marsh, of Westfield ; 4, John Alfred Miller ; and 5, Benjamin Ludlow Miller, who lives with his father.

James Keyt's family homestead was on the back road leading from where the late Gideon Ross resided to Rahway. His property adjoined that of the late Samuel Headley on the west, and Moses T. Crane on the south. Mr. Keyt had a number of children. Da- vid Keyt married Abigail Crane, daughter of Benja- min Crane 3d; they removed to Ohio. Abner Mil- ler married Betsey Keyt, daughter of James Keyt and Betsey Jessup. The family on the male side went to the West, and James Keyt's grandchildren are found in the Coriell family of New Market, N. J., the Sear- ing family in Union township, Ichabod Ross' family in Westfield, and the Miller family in Cranford town- ship, N. J.

The Denman family were early settlers here. John Denman, the first of that name, is mentioned in the early records as one of the Associates, and resided upon his allotment in 1668 in the borough. The

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family is quite numerous in the township, and they are mentioned as among the first settlers. John Denman lived on his homestead, where he died in 1849 at an advanced age. He was engaged much in the purchase of timber for ship-building. The home- stead is situated on the corner of the Westfield road and road leading to the Stephenson homestead, Cranford.

Tooker (sometimes spelled Tucker). This family owned a small place nearly opposite to the Headley farm, where Mr. Tucker died a few years ago.

John Winans (sometimes spelled Wynes, Waynes, Winons, Winnons, Wynons, Wynens, Wynans, Wyn- nings, and Wynants) was doubtless of the company that came from the east end of Long Island. It is quite likely that he was of the same family with Barna- bas Wines, their names being frequently spelled alike. He was bred a weaver, a handicraft in great request at that early day. He had a house-lot containing five acres ten chains, bounded north by Jacob Melyen, west by Humphrey Spinage, or Spinning, and south and east by highways. He had also sixteen acres of upland "on the Neck," between Matthias Hatfield and Samuel Marsh, Sr .; also one hundred and twenty acres of upland " on Peach Garden Brook," bounded by Robert Morse, Matthias Hatfield, Robert White, and unsur- veyed land ; also forty acres of land "on the South branch of Elizabeth Creek or River," bounded by Humphrey Spinage, Matthias Hatfield, and the plain ; also four acres of meadow " at Rawack," and six acres on Elizabeth Creek ; in all two hundred acres. When his next neighbor, Jacob Melyen, had removed to New York, Winans bought, Feb. 8, 1678, his house-lot, house, barn, orchard, etc. He died at the close of 1694. His estate was valued at £271 158. 8d.1 The names of Winans as early settlers are found in the records of this and adjoining townships. In the civil list the name is met with frequently. Jonathan Day- ton Winans is owner of lands on the forks of roads leading from Westfield to Raliway and Elizabeth, in this township, and has carried on the wheelwright and blacksmithing business, his stand heing well known all over the country. Alfred Winans, living on the farm south on the Rahway road, is the son of "Squire Ross Winans, of Lyons Farms."

William Garthwaithe, the father of a numerous family, was born 1677, in England ; married, as early as 1702, Ann, the daughter of Maximilian Laulon, of France. He came here as early as 1703, his son Henry having been born in this borough. It is sup- posed from family tradition that he came at an earlier date, 1695. But his name appears in one of the early documents in 1706. " He or his son located on what has since been known as the Roberts property on the west side of the town."2 He died Dec. 11, 1738, leaving at least two sons, Henry and James. The family have been long residents of this township, and still own property by the Rahway River. The family

here is now represented by Mr. Edwin B. Garthwaite, who resides upon the old homestead.

The Faitouts were early settlers, and came from France during the prosecutions there. "They were known as the Huguenot refugees." The family has been represented in the East Jersey allotments of lands in first division, 1667. " Aaron Faitout re- sided in Perth Amboy." He was an owner of a pew in St. Peter's Episcopal Church, No. 16, at a yearly rental of £5 78. The family have been owners of large tracts of land in this and Union townships. The names of Edward, Aaron, Jonathan, Clark, and Moses Faitout (sometimes spelled Fatout) have been among the early families. Henry B. Faitout mar- ried Rebecca Davis, daughter of John Davis, of Westfield, who resided just outside of the boundary line of this township.

Among the early family names was that of Meeker, who have numerous descendants. One of them lived on the old road to Elizabeth Town, just easterly of where Philip Jolins now resides. William Meeker was one of the Elizabeth Town Associates. He came fiom New Haven, Conn., where he took the oath of fidelity July 1, 1644. He was "propounded Oct. 7, 1646, to be loader to Mill for a 12 month, to goe in all seasons except unreasonable weather." Fre- quently he appears in the records as "Meaker" and " Mecar." He was appointed a constable of the bor- ough on the 13th of October, 1671. He had sons Joseph and Benjamin, also numbered among the eighty Associates. The name of Benjamin Meeker is in the second generation of Associates, admitted in 1699.

In this township we find such names as Acker, Badgley, Baker, Bryant, Brooks, Crane, Clark, Craig, Cory, Connet, Davis, Denman, Dunham, Frazee, Faitout, Frost, Gennings or Jennings, Garth- waite, Hendricks, Hinds, High, Hetfield, Hole, Kyet or Keyt, Lambert, Littell, Ludlum, Meeker, Miller, Mash or Marsh, Pierson, Robinson, Lilley, Robins or Robinson, Morris or Norris, Ross, Sinnago, Scudder, Tooker or Tucker, Terry, Williams, Freeland or Vreeland, Darby, Woodruff, Winans, Wilcox, and Yeomans, but many of them are only known now in old deeds and records.

Craneville .- In the year 1849 the residence of Mr. Josiah Crane, Sr., was visited on the 4th of July by some Sabbath-school children from Westfield. They spent a pleasant day rambling along the river-banks, fishing, etc., Mr. Crane, in his hospitable manner, doing all in his power to make it pleasant for them. He owned lands on both sides of the Rahway River, and his homestead was on the main road, now called Union Avenue, near the railroad track. A few trains occasionally stopped on signal, there being no regular station built. Before the children left for their homes some of them marked with chalk on an old building near the tract in large letters the name of " Cranesville," and such it remained for years, until

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the present commodious depot was built in 1869, and the name was changed to Cranford.

Post-Offices .- Until 1867 the residents of this then scattered village, Cranesville, as it was called, de- pended upon Westfield and Connecticut Farms post- offices for their mail, and the religious weekly papers were taken to church on Sabbath morning by one ap- pointed, who distributed the Christian Advocate and the New York Observer, while letters were brought that during the week had accumulated at the post- office. When Saturday evening came and "chores" for the week were done up, the custom was to go to the store where the office was kept and there meet neighbors ; and when returning home bring all the mail for the neighbors at Cranesville. This was the prac- tice up to the time when John Balwin built his store and also took charge of the station at Cranford. For a time he also acted as postmaster. By the explosion of a barrel of kerosine he was burnt to death with the store and contents, hardly anything being saved. It is related that he went in the cellar where the barrel was kept about 9.30 o'clock in the evening to draw some of the oil for a customer. George O. Totten was appointed postmaster in 1870, and con- tinued until he removed from Cranford, when John L. Derby, the present postmaster, was appointed, June 1, 1873.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

George O. Totten, 1871.

J. W. B. Hegeman, 1872.

Alfred L. Rowe, 1874.

Stephen Chandler, 1876. William W. Mendell, 1878. Samuel N. Sweet, 1882.

JUDGES OF ELECTIONS.

Frank A. Ellis, 1871.

George O. Totten, 1872-73.

George W. Donaldson, 1874.

George W. Wiley, 1880.

George W. Wiley, 1875.

John T. Bankir, 1881.

David Raokin, Jr., 1877.

Charlee Leo Avery, 1882.

POUNDMASTERS.

Stetson B. Mendell, 1871-72.

Charlott Mendell, 1873-78.

Henry Van Elleo, 1879.

Terrence Brennen, 1880. Daniel Brown, 1881-82. Barney Doyle, 1882.

CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS.

Alden B. Biglow, 1871-75. Thomas Cloyd, 1874. John Isenman, 1876-82.

TOWN CLERKS.

Isaac N. Fisher, 1871.

Samnel S. Brower, 1880.

William R. Christmas, 1872-75.

Edward Boophont, Jr., 1881.

Augustna Lawrence, 1876-77.

Walter M. Irving, 1882.

Mannel Munoz, Jr., 1878-79.

ASSESSORS.

Emmor K. Adame, 1871-72.

John W. Close, 1882.

Gideon E. Ludlow, 1873-81.

COLLECTOR.

Moses T. Crane, 1871-82.

TOWN COMMITTEE.

Sylvester Cahill, Sr., 1871. John Klein, 1872.

Josiah Crane, 1871.

John M. AtwatIer, 1871.

Charles Leo Avery, 1871, 1877-80.

John W. Close, 1873-75.

Frank A. Ellis, 1872.

Jacob Ludlow, 73-75.

Gideon E. Ludlow, 1872.

Jemes A. Bogert, 1876, 1882.

Henry H. Cowen, 1876-77.

William M. Taylor, 1876.

John E. Close, 1877.

Steven I. Cox, 1877.

James McGowen, 1878.

Harry E. Atwatter, 1878, 1881.

John H. Crane, 1878.

Jamee T. Banker, 1882.

William D. Wood, 1879, 1881.

Henry Bindenberger, 1882.

Schools .- Iu the year 1805 the "Old Red School- house" was built. The neighbors drew the stones for the foundation, and the frame was cut from the near timber land. The building had four windows on a side, and was a model school-house for its day. It was six- teen by twenty-four feet in size, and furnished with slab benches. The name of the first teacher was John Flowers. This building was occupied for school pur- poses until 1866-67, when a small building was pro- vided on the north side of the Central Railroad, near the residence of Mr. Purves. The name of the teacher was Fred. Searing. In 1869 a new and imposing structure was erected and a graded school organized.

There are nearly four hundred children enrolled from the ages of five years to eighteen years, and re- ported attendance nearly two hundred. The trustees are M. Munoz, as district clerk, J. W. Chase, and John Cromwell.

The principal of the school is Mr. A. F. Camp- bell; teachers, Misses E. Osborn, Miunie Vreeland, C. D. Osborn.

Methodist Episcopal Church .- A mission Sab- bath-school was organized by Mr. William W. Men- dell, in the district school-house, in the fall of 1857, and this was the starting-point of the church in Cran- ford.

In the spring of 1859 two lots were donated on the Westfield road belonging to Peter B. Johnson, Esq., and in a short time a commodious chapel was erected at a cost of about three thousand five hundred dol- lars, the neighborhood lending their help and giving of their means to further on the cause. In 1864-65 a movement was made to erect a church edifice, and for several months the matter was in contemplation. The trustees, Matthew Falyn, George W. Mendell, Thomas Cloyd, Thomas Falyn, Charles Littell, Moses Mendell, and others, decided to secure lots on Walnut Avenue, remove the chapel from the Westfield road, and build the new church adjoining it, which was carried into effect, and in a few months a fine edifice was completed, thirty-six by seventy feet, with tower, bell, alcoves, etc., at an expense of some sixteen thou- sand dollars. The Rev. R. B. Collins, Henry M. Simp- son, J. W. Marshall, James Harris, E. S. Jameison, W. Christopher, F. S. Cookman, Lawrence Reeves, George Benson, and Rev. Mr. Compton have been the pastors. Membership, 70; sittings, 300; Sabbath- school officers and teachers, 14; scholars, 100.

Presbyterian Church .- In the spring of 1849, Mr. Josiah Crane, Sr., John Miller, and a few others built a Union chapel on the main road, opposite Mr. Crane's residence. Here for a time many of the pas- tors of the vicinity officiated. As the majority of the

Emmor K. Adame, 1873-75.

Edward S. Crane, 1872-78, 1880-81.

Alexander P. Purvis, 1872-75, 1880. Henry Harrisou, 1876.

Sylvester Cabill, Jr., 1872-73.

Robert Rankin, 1877-78. Jacob Ludlow, 1879.

Jamee G. Moore, 1$79 -- 80, 1882.

Philip John, 1879. John T. Cox, 1879-80. George B. Oshorn, 1881. Jacob Klein, 1881.

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church-going population belonged to the old West- field Church, it was decided in 1851 to organize a Presbyterian Church, when nineteen members from the above church united in this organization. For some time they were supplied with pastors from abroad. In the fall of 1852, Rev. A. H. Lilly received a call, which he accepted, and became the first pastor of the church. He was succeeded by Rev. T. S. Brit- tan in 1854, who was pastor but a short time, when the church called and settled the Rev. W. R. Dunett, who remained in the pastorate until 1862. In this year the vacancy was filled by the Rev. Hollis Read, a returned missionary. A revival soon followed, and many joined the church. He relinquished his pastor- ate in 1867, and Rev. S. Murdock came for a short time, and was followed by Rev. A. H. Sloat, who la- bored here only a short time. The Rev. A. A. Mc- Connell was the next pastor, under whose auspices the present church edifice was erected in 1868. But his health for some months was feeble, and soon after he finished his work here he died, and was buried in the Fairview Cemetery. For a short time the church was without a regular pastor, when a call was ex- tended to Rev. William H. Roberts, which he ac- cepted. He left in 1878. The present pastor is Rev. James F. Riggs. Sittings, 400; communicants, 180.

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History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Pioneers and Prominent Men, Part 98

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