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George Fulper, the first member of this family of whom we have defi- FULPER nite information, was the son of Jacob Fulper, of Hunterdon county, and one of a family of three sons, Jacob, Abraham and John, and two daughters, Mrs. Heath and Mrs. Bowman. George Fulper was born in Alexander township, Hunterdon county, New Jersey, about 1815, and died in Phillipsburg, War- ren county, about 1881. After being educated in the public schools, he went to Green- wich township and took up farming, which occupied him until a few years before his death, when he retired. He married Rebecca Woolverton, who was born in Hunter- don county, and died aged about seventy-five years. Children: Joseph Ely, referred to below; Elizabeth, married Enos Smith; Daniel; Abraham; Ellen, married Robert S. Harrison, of Indiana; Frank, living in Phillipsburg; Caroline, married a Mr. Brotzman, of Phillipsburg; Robert, living in Phillipsburg.
Joseph Ely Fulper, son of George and Rebecca (Woolverton) Fulper, was born in Lopatcong township, Warren county, New Jersey, October 17, 1841, and is now liv- ing in Washington, New Jersey. He was educated in the public schools and spent his boyhood on his father's farm. At the age of twenty-two years, he obtained a clerk- ship in the office of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad at Hampton Junction, but after remaining there for two years, came to Washington, in 1867, as agent for the railroad company, a position he held for the ensuing five years, when he gave it up in order to embark in the lumber business. In 1878 he was appointed post- master of Washington, and after holding the office for eight years, was chosen secre- tary of the water company of the town, a position he has held ever since. In 1907 he was again appointed postmaster, and is still serving. He is a Republican in politics, a member of Mansfield Lodge, No. 36, Free and Accepted Masons; of Temple Chapter, No. 12, Royal Arch Masons; DeMolay Commandery, No. 6, Knights Templar; and of the Mystic Shrine. He married, December 30, 1869, Sarah, daughter of John and
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Elizabeth (Youmans)' Carter, who was born near. Washington, New Jersey, and died July, 1902, aged fifty-five years. Children: Catharine, died, aged twenty-one years, unmarried; Clara.
MORGAN John Morgan, the founder of this family, was born in Scotland about
1833, and died in Slatington, Pennsylvania, in 1906. He came to America at about the age of sixteen. In the civil war he enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served until the close of the war as a sergeant. After the war he returned home and work- ed for two years in the quarry, and then went into the general merchandise business. In 1894 he sold his business to A. P. Steckel & Company and remained with them as bookkeeper for five years. He then engaged in the real estate business, which engrossed his time until his death. Mr. Morgan was an elder in the Presbyterian church for many years. He was a Republican in politics, and served in the town council for twelve years and on the school board for sixteen years. He is a Mason of high degree and for twenty-three years was treasurer of the lodge at Slatington; he was also a member of the commandery at Allentown, Pennsylvania. He married Effie J. Long, a native of Easton, Pennsylvania. Children: Andrew, deceased; Susan, married William Rupert, now deceased; George, deceased; Jennie; Dr. Lem- uel J. Morgan, married Della Cowell, has two children, Rupert and Louis, and lives at East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania; J. Arthur, of Louisville, Kentucky, married Lottie Semmel; Oliver Preston, referred to below.
Oliver Preston Morgan, son of John and Effie J. (Long) Morgan, was born in Slatington, Pennsylvania, July 1I, 1884. He was educated in the public schools and graduated from the Slatington high school in June, 1900. He then entered the office of his brother, Dr. Lemuel J. Morgan, at East Stroudsburg. In the fall of 1901, he entered the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery at Philadelphia, from which he graduated in 1904, with the degree of D. D. S. After practicing a short time with his brother he took a post-graduate course at the University of Pennsylvania, which he finished in 1906. In October, 1907, he came to Washington, and has practiced there ever since. His first office was in the Groff building, and his present offices are in the Shields building. Dr. Morgan stands high, both in his profession and socially. He is a Republican in politics; a member of Mansfield Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, No. 36, of Washington; and of the Washington Athletic Associa- tion. He married, February 23, 1907, Mary M., daughter of Solomon and Emma (Kramer) Snyder, who was born in Aquashicola, Carbon county, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Morgan is a graduate of Slatington high school, class of 1903, and of the West Chester State Normal School, class of 1906. She taught for two years in the Slating- ton high school.
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DALRYMPLE James Dalrymple, the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, was the son of James and Elizabeth Dalrymple, of Hunterdon county, New Jersey. 'He learned the trade of blacksmith and lived for many years at Montana, New Jersey. After this he started farming, and after spending ten years at New Village in this employment, purchased a farm of forty-eight acres which he cultivated for a number of years, and then turned over to his son, John M. Dalrymple. He was a Republican in politics, a Methodist in religion, and a member of the Order of American 'Mechanics. He married Eleanor De Remer. Children: I. Emeline, married Jacob Stecker; one child: Elizabeth. 2. John M., referred to below. 3. Henry. 4. George B., of Asbury, New Jersey. 5. Benjamin K. 6. Caleb. 7. Amos, of Easton, Pennsylvania. 8. Harriet, married John Anderson, of Phillipsburg.
(II) John M., son of James and Eleanor (De Remer) Dalrymple, was born in
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Harmony, Warren county, New Jersey, November 12, 1842, and is now living in Broadway. He was sent to the public schools of Montana for his early education, and when twelve years of age, started out to make his own way in the world. His first position was on the farm of Ralph D. Rush, where his wages were four dollars a month. At the end of eight months he found a better place with William Shipman, with whom he remained four years and after this worked, first for Joseph Person, then for Rev. Oliver Badgley. During the civil war he enlisted, September 3, 1862, in Company I, Thirty-first Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, serving till the battle of Fredericksburg under Captain James and after that under Captain Drake. He was present, among the reserves, at the battle of Fredericksburg, and after nine months service was honorably discharged, June 24, 1863, and returned home. After a short stay at home, he went to Giesborough Point, where he found employment till' the close of the war, spent three years in the huckleberry business, then pur- chased several teams of mules and did hanling for four years, after which he sold out and went to Montana, New Jersey, where he began dealing in calves and lambs. This business he gave up in order to come to Broadway, rented a farm, which he managed for the next six years, then purchased his father's forty-eight acre. farm, and remained there from 1880 to 1907, when he embarked in his present general merchandise business in Broadway. He is a Methodist in religion and a Republican in politics, and has served on several election boards, for five years as executive com- mittee member. He married, December 25, 1867, Arabella, daughter of John and Naomi (Carter) Holden. Child: Luella, referred to below.
(III) Luella, daughter of John M. and Arabella (Holden) Dalrymple, was born in Broadway, Warren county, New Jersey, in 1868. She married Theodore A. Bo- dine. Child: John Roy Bodine, born April 16, 1888; married, June 22, 1910, Flor- ence C., daughter of Frank and Minnie (Smith) Richey. He graduated from the Stewartsville high school in 1904, and after taking a course in Jones' Business Col- lege, Easton, Pennsylvania, entered his grandfather's store as clerk.
Elijah Burd, the founder of this family, was born about 1730, and died in BURD . 1822. He came from Scotland about 1770, and settled on Scott's Moun- tain, Warren county, New Jersey. It is said that he knew' a large portion of the Bible by heart and that he had many fights with the Indians. By occupation he was a farmer and a maker of baskets. He was probably a brother of Henry and Reuben Burd, who both died intestate in Hunterdon county, in 1815.
(II) Elisha, son of Elijah Burd, was born on Scott's Mountain, the dates of his birth and death are not known. His occupation was that of a farmer; he was a Methodist in religion, and a Democrat in politics. He married, about 1820, Mary Snyder, of Scott's Mountain. Children: William; Elisha; John I., born in 1823, died March 15, 1889, married, October 24, 1846, Jemima Beers, their daughter, Sarah C. Burd, married Samuel Forrest Shillinger; Peter; Sarah; Amanda; Mary Ann; Jacob J., referred to below; Catharine; Hannah.
(III) Jacob J., son of Elisha and Mary (Snyder) Burd, was born in Scott's Mountain, May 23, 1836. He was a Methodist. During the civil war, he was a member of the home guard. He was a Democrat in politics and his occupation was that of a farmer. He married (first) at Broadway, New Jersey, in 1857, Mary, daugh- ter of Enoch and - (Snyder) Slack, who was born on Scott's Mountain, about 1838, and died February 2, 1858. Her father was of Dutch, her mother of French descent. The Rev. Mr. Campfield officiated at the wedding. Mr. Burd is buried in Summerfield churchyard. He married (second), 1864, Willempje Cunningham, of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Children, all except the first, by second wife: William, re- ferred to below; Sarah C .; Marshall F .; Arvilla; Finley J .; Ida May; Luella; Lillie.
(IV) William, son of Jacob J. and Mary (Slack) Burd, was born in Scott's
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Mountain, New Jersey, January 27, 1858. He was educated in the public schools and at Blair Academy, Blairstown, Warren county, New Jersey. The first twenty-three years of his life were passed on his father's farm; and twenty-eight years ago he went to Washington and purchased his present home, at 116 Broad street, which he has since remodeled. For twenty years of his residence in Washington, he was bookkeeper for an organ manufacturer. In 1901, he entered into the insurance and real estate business, which he has since followed very successfully and now represents all the leading insurance companies. He is a Democrat in politics, and has always taken an active interest in the affairs of the town. For over eight years, he has been serving as tax collector and his present term will expire in 1912. He is also treas- urer of the borough, custodian of the school funds, and treasurer of the soldiers' and sailors' monument fund. He is an exempt fireman. Mr. Burd is a member of Mans- field Lodge, No. 42, Independent Order Odd Fellows, and of Liberty Council, No. 15, of the Senior Order United American Mechanics, and has he'd office in each of these orders. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Washington, and for fifteen years has been its steward, and he is the treasurer of the Sunday school. Besides his residence he owns a dwelling house at 159 South Lincoln avenue, and has other real estate interests. He married, at Hackettstown, New Jersey, September 7, 1882, Malvina, daughter of George and Rebecca (Pittinger) Bailey, who was born near Bridgeville, Warren county, New Jersey, September 5, 1860. Her father was a farmer. She is one of six children, as follows: Mary; Jennie; Mal- vina; Joseph; Bertha; John. Child of William and Malvina (Bailey) Burd: How- ard J., born January 29, 1884, married Cora Weller. He was educated in the public schools; is a wood polisher, and has one child, Charles.
FROST George Frost, the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, and who may well have been the emigrant, lived at Winter Harbor, Saco, Maine. His name appears in 1635 as appraised of an estate and in 1640 as serving on the grand jury. Goody Frost, probably his wife, was a pewholder at Winter Harbor in 1666. Children: Rebecca, died in 1668, mar- ried Simon Booth; John, married Rose . -; William, referred to below.
(II) William, son of George Frost, died early in 1690, being killed by the In- . dians. In 1675 to 1679 he was, on account of Indian dangers in Maine, living in Salem, Massachusetts. He afterward returned to Maine and lived at Wells. He married Mary, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Littlefield) Wakefield. Children: William, died September 23, 1721, married (first) Rachel - --- , and (second), April 5, 1706, Elizabeth Searle; Nathaniel, captured by the Indians in the same raid in which they killed his father; Elizabeth, married, November 8, 1698, Daniel Dill; May, born May 31, 1677; Abigail, married, January 14, 1702-03, Samuel Upton; James, referred to below.
(III) James, son of William and Mary (Wakefield) Frost, died about 1748. He was a planter, a mill owner and a member of the Congregational church in South Berwick, Maine. He married (first), July 1, 1696, Hannah Woodin, and (second), May 15, 1707, Margaret, daughter of William and Deliverance (Taylor) Goodwin. Children, all by second marriage: James, born November 5, 1707, married Sarah Nason; William, referred to below; Nathaniel, born August 14, 1713, married Eliz- married Lucy
abeth - -; John, baptized October 22, 1716; Stephen, baptized April 12, 1719, -; Mary, baptized September 29, 1723, married Charles Gerrich; Jeremiah, baptized December 24, 1725, married Miriam Harding: Jane, baptized May 10, 1728, married, March 10, 1747, Caleb Emery; Margaret, baptized July 13, 1730,. married, June 18, 1752, William Haskell.
(IV) William (2), son of James and Margaret (Goodwin) Frost, was born Feb- ruary 15, 1710. He married Love, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Abbot) But-
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ler. Children: William, baptized May 30, 1733; Elizabeth, baptized September 29, 1734; Moses, referred to below; James, baptized May 6, 1739, died July 22, 1798, mar- ried (first), September 24, 1767, Love Wingate, and (second), January, 1778, Eleanor Chapman (widow) ; Love, baptized April 5, 1741, married, December 30, 1766, Bryant Morton; Thomas, born July 17, 1744, died May, 1775, married Margaret Warren; Eliot, born March 30, 1747, died January 3, 1840, married, July 28, 1774, Sarah Bag- ley; Ichabod, baptized July 14, 1751, married (first) Susanna and (second) Mary -; Abraham, baptized October 1, 1753, died in 1836, married, September 30, 1786, Anna Shorey; Isaac, married, January 12, 1779, Abigail Clark; Phineas, married Margaret Gerrish.
(V) Moses, son of William (2) and Love (Butler) Frost, was baptized March 27, 1736-37. He married Sarah Among their children were the following: Moses; William; Nathaniel, married Olive Bartlett; Benjamin; Aaron, born in 1779, died October 19, 1860, married Susan (Gray) Bennett; Nehemiah; Lydia; Dominicus, referred to below; Betsey; Thomas, married (first) Abigail York, and (second) Nancy (Foster) Jackson.
(VI) Dominicus, son of Moses and Sarah Frost, married Dorcas Abbott, of An- dover, Massachusetts. Children: Enoch, married Louisa Long; George; Oliver P., referred to below; Joseph, married (first) Mary Carver, and (second) Florentine Rose; William, married Sybil Bartlett; Nathan; Sally, married Eliphaz C. Kilgore; Dolly, married Erastus Poor; Almira, married John Kilgore; Hannah, married Emery Merrill; Harriet G., married Benjamin W. Stevens.
(VII) Oliver P., son of Dominicus and Dorcas (Abbott) Frost, died in 1863. He was a farmer and a blacksmith. He married Esther May, daughter of John and Sally (Mourton) Jennings, who died about 1842. Children: Orintha, born June, 1826, died September 11, 1899, married D. Jennings; Oliver P., born December, 1827; Deborah, born October 30, 1829, married W. W. Wilson; Bartlett C., referred to below. Esther A., born January 8, 1835, married, January 26, 1862, Jeremiah Buxton; Evander D., born November, 1836, died November, 1846; Harriet S.
(VIII) Bartlett C., son of Oliver P. and Esther May (Jennings) Frost, was born in. Leeds, Androscoggin county, Maine, March 31, 1832. He attended the public schools and for three years the Wesleyan Seminary of Maine. In 1852 he taught school; and two years later in the fall he came to New Jersey and taught for one winter in Clarksville, Hunterdon county; then for a year in Springtown; meanwhile he was privately studying law. He went for two years as a pupil to the Albany Law School, after which he taught another year at the "Forge," Warren county. In 1859 he was admitted to the bar. He came to Phillipsburg in 1860, and was admitted, 1864, as counselor at law. He is one of the leading lawyers and is the oldest practitioner in Phillipsburg. He has served as corporation attorney of Phillipsburg for two years and as attorney for Lopatcong township for five years. Mr. Frost has been a power in the promotion of every enterprise started in Phillips- burg for many years. In 1865 he became connected with the Phillipsburg Mutual Building and Loan Association, and in 1867 with the Building and Loan Association of Phillipsburg. These associations were very useful in the upbuilding and growth of the town; he was the secretary of each until it was matured and wound up; when their affairs were closed, everything was in good order, and the enterprises had been conducted in a manner altogether satisfactory. Mr. Frost has been a director of the People's Water Company since its organization, 1886. These are but a few of the industries in which he has been concerned. He cast his first presidential vote for John C. Fremont, and with the single exception of a vote for Greeley. has steadily supported the nominees of the Republican party. Yet he has five times, in 1896-97- 98, 1900-01, been elected mayor of the Democratic stronghold of Phillipsburg. He
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belongs to Delaware Lodge, No. 52, Free and Accepted Masons, Eagle Chapter, No. 30, Royal Arch Masons; and DeMolay Commandery, No. 6, Knights Templar, of Washington, New Jersey. Mr. Frost married in Easton, Pennsylvania, March 17, 1874, Mary L., daughter of Jacob B. Balliet. Children: Bartlett C. Jr., now de- ceased; Evander; Orville, now deceased; Margery.
GRIFFIN George W. Griffin, the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, was born near Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1828. The bearers of this name, though not numerous, are found to- day in many states. He is probably descended from Samuel Griffin, who died in New- castle county, Delaware, in December, 1729. In early life Mr. Griffin was a cabinet- maker and followed this trade a number of years. Shortly before the civil war he moved from Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, where he had been living, to Easton and there engaged in the business of contracting and building, which he followed after the war until about ten years ago, when he retired. He enlisted in the civil war as a private in Company H, Sixty-seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, served for four years and was promoted to the rank of captain; and was at one time con- fined in Libby prison. He is a member of the Second Street Methodist Church of Easton, and is a Republican in politics. He married Henrietta, daughter, of Simon Frantz, whose mother's maiden name was Hawk. Children: Clarence Elmer, re- ferred to below; Jennie H., resides at her father's home and is a teacher in the public schools of Easton.
Clarence Elmer, son of George W. and Henrietta (Frantz) Griffin, was born in Mauch Chunk, October 6, 1859. He was educated in the public schools and grad- uated in 1877 from the high school at Easton. In the fall of the same year he enter- ed Lafayette College, from which he graduated in 1881, and then took a post-grad- uate course. After this he taught school at Bloomsbury for a while and then became principal of the Leighton school for one year, when he was made principal of the Phillipsburg high school. Giving up teaching, he studied pharmacy under Mr. W. G. Sutphin, at Hackettstown, New Jersey, remaining with him four years. In Febru- ary, 1891, he passed an examination before the state board of pharmacy, and in the same year purchased the drug business from the estate of Philip S. Brackley. From that time he has conducted the drug store at 29 Union square, Phillipsburg, where he is one of the most prominent and respected citizens. Mr. Griffin is a director in the Building. and Loan Association No. 5, and in the Atlantic City Heights Realty Company. He is a member of Delaware Lodge, No. 52, Free and Accepted Masons; of Eagle Chapter, R. A. M .; of DeMolay Commandcry, K. T .; of the Tall Cedars of Lebanon, of Phillipsburg; of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Trenton, New Jersey, of Solomon Temple; of. Excelsior Council, Junior Order of United American Me- chanics, of Easton; of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of Phillipsburg; and of the Montana Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of .Phillipsburg. He is a Republican and takes an active part in politics. Mr. Griffin married, February 26, 1885, Ella F., daughter of William and Ann M. (Sutphin) Schlabach, who was born at Hacketts- town, May II, 1858. Mrs. Griffin is a graduate of the Phillipsburg high school and taught for several years in the public schools of Phillipsburg. A member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, she has always taken an active part in both church and Sunday school work. Children: Wilbur Sutphin, born in January, 1886, married Nettie, daughter of M. H. Tinsman, and resides at Salt Lake City, Utah; Harold C., born May 4, 1895, now attending the Nazareth Hall Military School.
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DRAKE The inventive genius of the Drake family has been centered in a con-
trivance for burning fine anthracite coal and preserving an even tem- perature from morning till night without especial care or attention. It is a new device on a new principle that self-adjusts and keeps up that even tempera- ture for steam and hot water heating, being the only boiler that will consume buck- wheat coal successfully. The invention is rightly called "The Torrid Fine Coal Burner" and was perfected by William H. Drake, a manufacturer, of Hackettstown, New Jersey, who discovered the principle upon which it is built. The boiler is manu- factured in Hackettstown, New Jersey, with offices in Newark, New Jersey, for its sale and distribution over the country, which has become extensive.
William H. Drake, the inventor of "The Torrid Fine Coal Burner," is a native of Warren county, New Jersey, and was born near Townsbury, May 2, 1852. He is the son of William and Rachel Morgan (Axford) Drake, who were united in mar- riage, January 17, 1839. Their children were: Henrietta Axford, horn September 28, 1839; Adaline, December 31, 1840; Daniel Axford, December 20, 1842; Albert Liv- ingston, May 3, 1844; Margaret Morgan, August 17, 1847; Catharine, April 27, 1849; William H., May 2, 1852; and Richard Van Horn Drake, March 30, 1857.
William Drake was a farmer, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. He was the son-in-law of Daniel Axford, born July 19, 1794, and Margaret (Morgan) Axford, born September 20, 1797. The marriage of this couple took place January II, 1817. Their children were: Rachel M., Margaret L. and Nancy.
William H. Drake was married, October 31, 1876, to Addie Ayers, of Hacketts- town, New Jersey. She was the daughter and only child of John and Margaret (Hance) Ayers, and was born October 12, 1859. Their son, also an only child, is John Ayers Drake, the well-known salesman of "The Torrid Fine Coal Burner." He was born May 25, 1878. His wife's name was Mary F. Sandford.
Adam Cook, of Mannington township, Salem county, New Jersey, is the
COOK first member of this family of whom we have definite information. He was a yeoman or gentleman farmer, and died between April 18, 1795, and April 20, 1796, the dates of the execution and proving of his will. In this, besides his grandchildren, Mary and Sarah Seagrave, he names his sons William, Adam, Aaron, James, Moses, and Benjamin.
(II) James, son of Adam Cook, was born in Mannington township and died there between March I, and May 10, 1796. In his will he names his wife, Margaret, and mentions, but does not name his children, some of whom he says are minors and to be under the guardianship of their mother, or in event of her death of their uncle, Adam.
(III) James (2), son of James (1) and Margaret Cook, was born in Manning- ton township, Salem county, New Jersey. He was a blacksmith by trade and re- moved to Warren county, New Jersey, where he died a comparatively young man. He married Catharine Case, a descendant of Johann Philip Kaese, who settled in Flemington, Hunterdon county, New Jersey, in 1730. Children: Sylvanus, referred to below; Moses; Philip; Elizabeth, married Lawrence L. Metzler; Stephen.
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