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For some years after organization, Sharptown Church was connected, with others, with the Methe- di-t Episcopal Church of Wood-town, and was min- istered to by the pastors of that body. The fir -: stationed pastor of this church was lev. D. W. Bar- tine, in 1838. His successors have been Revs. Ford. Day, MeDougall, A. K. Street, John Stockton. John Crouch (assisted by Rev. John S. Heisier), William B. Osborne, Joseph Ashbrook, J. G. Crate, C. K. Fleming, D. C. Hancock, J. Sonders, Furman Robin -. S. Townsend, J. Il. Boswell, D. J. Lippincott, and W. H. Pearue, the present pastor.
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B. Humphrey, John N. Miller, Artis Seagraves, Henry 1. Richman, and William B. Rideway.
The Haines' Neck Church .- About 1832 a small church edifice was built by a class of Methodists worshiping at Haines' Neck. Principal among the number may be mentioned Joseph Jaquett. a local preacher, John Stanley, Sr., Joseph Steward, the Abbotts, the Regers, the Bivenses, the Slapes, Rich- ard lliles, and others. This is a station on the Sharptown charge.
Woodstown Methodist Episcopal Church. - Woodstown became a regular appointment about 1825, and was served by the ministers on the Salem Circuit. They preached in a school-house, not now standing, then located back of the present academy or town hall.
Previous to this time the place was visited occa- sionally by Methodist ministers. Benjamin Abbott, in his autobiography, mentions visiting and preach- ing at Woodstown. The society originally numbered about a dozen members, as follows : Nicholas Hiles and wife, John Butcher and wife, T. Stratton and wife, Hepsibah Barnes, Margaret Strong, Hugh Sharp and wife. Rachel Shinn, and one or two others whose names are not pow obtainable.
In 1834 the society had grown to a membership of about one hundred. At this time the first house of worship was erected. In 18SS, Sharptown and Woods- town were set off from the Salem Circuit as a separate charge. In 1852 Woodstown became a station by itself, and the church was ministered to during a part of 1852 and a part of 1853 by Jonas Chew, a local preacher. Since then the following named pastors have been successively appointed :
1561. - Mollen. 1867-09. E. Greco.
1-01. 11. S. Bishop. 1x21-72. J. W. Hicktuan.
1856 -. T. P. F. Woolston. 1-73. Charles 11. Whitecar, D. D.
1859-59. J. P. Itandy, M.I ..
1874-75. S. F. Wheeler.
1876-78. 1. Cline.
1×60 61. 8. Townsend. 1802-63. R. Thorn, J1. 1 ... I. A. L'. laHard.
1879-81. 11. 3. Brown.
18 -. Josephi G. C'rate, A.M.
1665-06. G. K. Morris, D.D.
In 1856 and 1857 the present house of worship was erected. It is a commodious structure, plain in its exterior, without steeple or tower. The audience- and lecture-rooms are models of neatnesss and con- venience.
Rev. Mr. Handy died while pastor of the church. lle was a graduate in medicine, and was considered a man of brilliant talent. His remains lie .under a mali >haft in the yard in front of the church edifice.
Methodism in this community has had a steady and substantial growth. Interesting revivals have occurred from time to time, and the church life throughout has been vigorous. This is now one of the strongest Methodist Episcopal Churches in the rounty. It has a membership of about two hundred and seventy five, and the Sunday-schools number about one hundred and fifty, officers, teachers, and scholar.
Baptist Church of Woodstown .-- The imperfect manner in which the carly records were kept has made it impossible to give as detailed a statement of the organization and history of the church as may seem desirable. 1: appears that fourteen Baptists from Salem and one from Cohansey met at Woods- town, N. J., July 24, 1822, and organized as a regu- lar Baptist Church. Rev. William B. Maxwell was pastor from Aug. 29, 1822, till March 26, 1823. Jan. 24, 1824, Rev. John T. Cooper was invited to supply the church for one year. The minutes do not show how the pulpit was supplied during the next five years. Oct. 23, 1830, Rev. William Bacon was settled as pastor of this church. During his pastorate the church organized a temperance society, April 11, 1832. The temperance pledge was also inserted in the church covenant Derember Ist of the same year.
Feb. 18, 1838, Mr. Bacon resigned, after a pastorate of eight years, and a call was extended to Rev. John F. Felty, at a salary of three hundred dollars per anuni. Rev. Mr. Felty also preached once a week at Sharptown and Sculltown. He resigned Sept. 15, 183º. He was succeeded by Rev. Samuel Wilson, April 6. 1839. Mr. Wilson resigned March, 1840.
About May 3, 1840, Rev. C. C. Parks became pas- tor, at a salary of three hundred and fifty dollars. Nor. 6, JSAI, Mr. Parks tendered his resignation, to take effect March 1, 1842. Dec. 1, 1841, the first mention is found on the minutes of a Sabbath-school, though one was in existence at a much earlier day. Jan. 7, 1843, Mr. D. Mead was called as pastor. He resigned Jan. 6, 18-14. July 6, 1844, the church ex- tended a call to Mr. J. P. Baldwin, which was ap- cepted on condition that the church wait until the last of Angust in order that he might finish his stud- ies and receive his degree with his class. Mr. Bald- win was duly ordained Dec. 17, 184-1, and proved an (ficient pastor. He died suddenly while on a visit to Philadelphia, Dee. 12, 1845, and was buried in the Baptist cemetery at Woodstown. May 2, 1840, an invitation was extended to Rev. A. J. Hires to sup- ply the pulpit for an indefinite period, and he con- tinned until March, 18-17. Rev. J. Perry Hall was called as pastor March 27, 1847, and commenced his labors April Ist, which continued until Nov. 1, 1850. Dec. 4, 1850, Rev. C. Brinkerhofl' was called, and con- tinued as pastor until March, 1854. November, 1854, it was voted unanimously to extend a call to Rev. . A. Harvey. May 31, 1856, he tendered his resignation as pa-tor, which was accepted.
Nov. 1, 1856, Rev. E. C. Ambler accepted a call to the pa-torate. Ilis labors closed March 4. 1859. During this pastorate, in 1858, a lecture-room was added to the church. Sept. 4, 1859, Rev. W. E. Cor- nell was invited to become pastor of this church. His pastorate continued until the first Sabbath in January. 1861, after which he was invited to supply the church for an indefinite period. April 27, 183!, Heury B. Shermer was called. His pa-tocate continued until
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May 10, 1863. July 3, 1804, Rev. J. D. Meeson be- came pastor of the church, and so continued until June 1, 1505. For two years and eleven months fol- lowing the church was without a pastor. Rev. Mr. Hires acted as supply most of the time, but was fol- lowed by Rev. E. P. Barker as stated supply. May 3, 1868, Rev. S. C. Dare became pastor, at a salary of eight hundred dollars and the use of the parsonage. During his pastorate a baptistery was put in the church. He resigned July 18, 1869. Nov. 25, 1869, Rev. James Thorn was called, and entered the fiehl January, 1970. His labors as pastor ceased the last. of December, 1871. May 5, 1872, a call was extended to Rev. F. D. Greul. He continued as pastor until Jan. 18, 1874. when he resigned. The church was then supplie I by various preachers until Sept. 6, 1874, when a call was extended to Rev. P. S. Vreeland. He continued as pastor until Sept. 30, 1876, when he ser- ered his connection with the church. April 22, 1877. a call was extended to Rev. J. W. Sullivan. During the year 1878, Sallie B. Ale, on her decea-e, willed her house to the church for a parsonage. Hev. E. I. MeKeever was called AAng. 1, 1578. Jan. 23, ISSI, he tendered his resignation, which was not accepted. It was again presented February 5th, to take effect the 10th instant, and was accepted. April 10, 1881, Rev. E. Dallas Stager was called, virtually by a unanimous vote, there being but one negative. Mr. Stager's pas- torate was abruptly terminated. Entering the pulpit on Sunday, Nov. 20, 1881, apparently in usual health, he was stricken with apoplexy while in the midst of his sermon, and in a few moments was dead. Rev. Charles Kain, who has recently retired from the pas- torate at Mullica Hill, and is residing in Wood-town, proposed to supply the pulpit for three months, on condition that the salary of the late pa-tor might be continued to his family. Shortly after the termina- tion of this engagement, the church extended a call to Rev. J. E. Wilson, which was accepted, and on the 20th of July he commenced his Jabors. The officers of the church are: l'astor, Rev. J. E. Wilson; Dea- cons, J. Bradway, D. Peterson, Jo-iah M. Battin, James B. Hackett, P. G. Souder, M.D. ; Clerk, M. D. Dickinson; Treasurer, Samuel Bradway ; Trustees, J. Bradway. D. Peter-on, J. M. Battia, S. Il. Brad- way, J. K. Hackett, Joseph Turner, R. S. F. Gilman ; Sunday-school Superintendent, Joseph Turner.
The Presbyterian Church of Woodstown .- The Woodstown Presbyterian Church was organized Nov. 22, 1555, with a membership of eight, consisting of the following-named persons: Mrs. Elizabeth Grim- shaw, Miss Esther tfrimshaw, Miss Ann Grimshaw, Mrs. Mary MI. Reed, Mrs. Harriet Elwell, Mr -. II. M. Jervis, Miss E. M. Jervis, and Dr. James B. Ware. Dr. Ware was chosen the first ruling elder of the church.
Previous to the organization of the church. Rev. E. H. Snowden labored for three months at Woods- town, Swedesboro, and Mullica Hill, in the year 1853.
In June, 1854, Rev. Allen H. Brown began an ap- pointment at Woodstown, and continued his service- at intervals till October, 1855.
Rev. T. B. Jervis became stated supply of th Woodstown and Swedesboro Churches in October, 1855, and served in that capacity till October, 185G. He was succeeded by Rev. John L. Grant, who also served as stated supply for one year, from April, 1857, till April, 1858.
In 1859, Rev. Chester Bridgeman took charge of the congregations of Woodstown and Swedesboro a- stated supply, and in the autumn of that year wa- installed as their first pastor. His pastorate was continued till November, 1868.
In September, 1864, Rev. William Cornell was called as pastor of the Woodstown Church, and co :- tinued as such till the autumn of 1867.
In April, 1868, Rev. R. J. Burtt was installed a- pastor of the Woodstown Church, and served as stated supply of the Swedesboro Church, having the charge of both congregations until May, 1872.
In September, 1872, the present pastor, Rev. O. B. MeCurdy, was called by the congregation, and wa- ordained and installed its pastor Nov. 6, 1872.
The church edifice, located on Main Street, near the centre of the village, was creeted in 1857, and Dec. 3, 1857, it was dedicated. It is a nent franie building, with a seating capacity of about four hun- dred. The church property is valued at six thousand dollars.
Before the erection of the church, meetings for wor- ship were hehl in the town hall. Since its organiza- tion the church has maintained a steady progress. gradually increasing in strength, until now its M. R. bership numbers over one hundred, and includes some of the leading citizens of the community. It is active in its missionary work.
Soon after its organization its Sabbath-school wa, established, with Elder John S. Barnes as its first superintendent. It has a membership of aver one hundred, and its library contains some five hundred volumes. Its present efficient superintendent is Dr. Joseph E. Jaquette.
The church has three elders, John R. Alderman, James HI. Webber, and Charles Richman, and the deacon, Ebenezer P. Wallen. Its trustees are Dr. Uriah Gilman, John R. Alderman, Joseph HI. Web- ber, Ebenezer P. Wallen, and Charles Richman.
It takes an active interest in all that pertains to the welfare of the community, and is aggressive in its work.
Catholic .- There has for years been a Catholic element of considerable importance in the population of Wood-town, and it has long been a mission station of St. Mary's parish, Salem. Among those who were carly prominent in Catholic affair- here were Patrick Manning, Christian Hope, Cornelius Malochili Thomas Purtle, John and James McCrane, and others.
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U'p to ten years ago services were held by the pastors of St. Mary's in a private house in Woods- town. In 1572 the pre-ent small frame chapel was built, at a cost of about one thousand dollars. Ser- vices are held by Rev. Father P. J. Dernis, of Salem, on sixteen Sundays during the year. The congrega- tion numbers about one hundred and fifty persons.
The Yorketown Chapel .- At Yorketown is a neat frame chapel, which was built in 1570, by the Baptist Church of Pittsgrove, though citizens of Yorketown and vicinity were liberal subscribers to the building fund. Occasional meetings are held here by the pastor of the church, mentioned, and at times minis- ters of other denominations preach.
Churches of Colored People .- There being a considerable number of colored people in Pilesgrove . Mr. Coles, though in advanced years, still retains who were too remote from Salem to regularly attend both his mental and physical vigor, and engages with all the energy of youth in the labor of the farm. He is in his political principles a Republican, though not an active worker in the field of politics. The death of Mrs. Coles occurred April 2, 1870. services at the colored churches there, it was some years ago deemed advisable by some of the foremost among them to provide suitable places of worship in their midst. and accordingly a society was organized at Yorketown, and another near the southern bound- ary of the township, and in due time churches, small and inexpensive, but suitable to the demands upon them, were erected in both localities mentioned. GEORGE W. BARTON. These churches, which are known as Mount Zion and
Ex-Sheriff George W. Barton, son of Christopher Mount Olivet. are on the Marlboro (Mannington) and Susan Barton, was born in Philadelphia. Dec. charge, and under the care of its pastor. At Bailey- 1 20, 1820. His paternal ancestors were Irish, and he town, which is really a portion of Woodstown, there is another colored Methodist Church. was of Swedish descent on his mother's side. His father was a shoemaker. George attended the com- Burial-Places .- Early burials were made on the farms of some of the landholders, and it was not until some time after improvement begun that there was any publie burial-place in the town-hip. There are now several belonging to the various religions societies of Wood-town, the opening of which fol- lowed closely upon the organization of the churches to which they severally belong. mon schools of the city. When he was sixteen years of age he apprenticed himself to Thomas Stanley. a carriage-maker. After completing His trade, he worked a year as journeyman. In the fall of 1842 he came to Sharptown, Salem Co., and began the carriage business for himself, which he continued until 1866. In the fall of 1878 he was elected sheriff of Salem County.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
BARTHOLOMEW COLES.
Thomas Coles, the father of the subject of this biographical sketch, was an active farmer, and also conducted a lumber-mill. He was of English ante- cedents. llis son Bartholomew was born July 7, 175, at Coles' Mills (near Williamstown). Camden Co., N. J., and after receiving the advantages of a common school education superintended his father's mills. Ile later engaged in farming employments. On the 12th of January, 1809, he married Hannah Whisler, daughter of Thomas Whisler, and had chil- dren,-Thomas (deceased), l'z, William deceased), Bartholomew, Chalkly, Joseph, Stacy (decea-cd), and Ira. Harris married Mary Hurff, and had children, -Elizabeth, Tauzon, Anna. Martha, Clawson, and George Hurff: Uz married, first, Hannah Ballinger,
to whom were born children,-Jane B., Anna, and Isaac B. He married, a second time, Mary Holderatt. and had children,-Mary, Sarah, Araminta, and Ella. William married Louisa Whitaker, and had children, -Nancy and William W. Bartholomew married Re- becca Horner, to whom were born children,-Thomas (deceased), Anna, Charles E., Eleanora, George H., Evelina, Martha Ann, and Stacy. Chalkly was united in marriage to Martha Ann Coles, and again to Eliza- beth Horner. Their children are Maggie and Clar- ance, the latter of whom is deceased. Joseph mar- ried, first, Sarah E. Moore, whose children are Emma, Lillie, and Hannah, and second, Postrema Groff. Stacy married Lydia Duell, whose son is named John D. Jra married Ann Adcock, and has no children.
After completing his term of three years he served as deputy sheriff a year under his successor. He has for a number of years been constable, and held other places of trust, all of which he has filled with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the pub- lie, On the 15th of December, 1839, Mr. Barton married Priscilla Conklin, of Philadelphia, and by her had four children, two of whom are living,- Su-an, who married Persho B. Sprague, and is the mother of three children, namely, Mary E., Lydia F., and Gertrude America; and William W., who married Sarah, daughter of Stacy F. Deacon, of Mount Holly, by whom he has two children, -- Lizzie and George W., the latter named for his grandfather Barton.
Mr. Barton's wife, Priscilla, died March 14, 1857, and he afterward- married Mary, daughter of Josiah Ale, of Salem County. Within the past nine years Mr. Barton bas purchased two fine farms, besides his home and other property at Sharptown, where he and wife now reside.
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JOSIAH MONROE BATTEN.
Josiah Monroe Batten, son of Thomas J. and Hannah A. Batten, of Salem County, was born June 24, 1849. His ancestors on both sides came from Sweden, and were prominent among the early settlers of Swedesboro. His father was a farmer and justice of the peace, besides holding other township offices. He died in May, 1876. His wife survived him a year.
The subject of this sketch was ducated at the Academy of Salem and at the State Normal School at Trenton. When twenty years of age he began teaching school near Pedricktown, Salem Co. Ile taught at Penn's Grove, Atlantic City, and other places for a number of years.
On Christmas-day, 1872, Mr. Batten married Su- sanna Nelson, daughter of Rev. Jacob and Mary Banks. They have two children,-Roland Nelson and Effie Banks. Ile is now residing on the farm that has been in his wife's family since the latter part of the seventeenth century. ller great-grandfather was an officer in the Revolutionary war. Mr. Batten formerly belonged to the Republican party, but is now a Prohibitionist. He is a deacon in the Baptist Church of Woodstown, of which church his wife is also a member.
ALLEN FLITCRAFT.
Allen Fliteraft, son of Isaiah Fliteraft, was born in Salem County, N. J., on 11th day of Ist mo .. 1825. of honorable parentage, who were members of the Soci- ety of Friends. llis father was a representative farmer. The subject of this sketch remained on his father's farm until eighteen years of age, securing a moderate education in the public schools of his neigh- borhood. AA portion of the time was under the tuition of Felix Smith, a competent teacher. His scholastic education was completed at the boarding-school of Joseph Foulke at Gwynned, l'a., deriving there a knowledge of the higher mathematics which enabled him to make astronomical calculations for the Friends" Almanac. At an early age he began teaching a dis- triet school. By close application and study he quali- fied himself for instructing in all the English branches (also taught French and Latin', and at the age of thirty became principal of Eldridge's Hill Boarding- School. He was a good disciplinarian, a thorough and practical teacher, fitting and qualifying students from variou- sections of the Union, some of whom are now holding prominent and respon-ible positions. He was a hard worker for a number of years, and the mental strain attending that kind of labor produced a di-advantageous effet upon his nervous system, and he was obliged to discontinue. He afterward- con- nected himself with the Provident Life and Trust Company of Philadelphia, and has been thus eu- gaged for the past seventeen years. In his twenty- first year he was united in marriage to Phobe Aun, daughter of William Zorns, of Plymouth, Montgom- ery Co., Pa. With this estimable lady he lived for
more than thirty years, and had a large family of children, five of them living to maturity. Theold. ... William Z., is cashier of the First National Bank of Woodstown.
Allen Fliteraft's birthright of membership in the re. ligious Society of Friends was always appreciated and valued to a great extent, and being faithful as well as obedient to impressions received early in life, he wa- led to appear in the ministry, and at the age of forty- one was recommended as such by the society. In 1876 he was married a second time to Sarah B. Booth, a talented and cultured lady, and daughter of Wil- liam Booth, of Chester, Pa., where he has since re- sided.
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TOWNSHIP OF PITTSGROVE.1
Geographical .- Pittsgrove is the most easterly township in Salem County. It is bounded north by portions of Franklin and Clayton (Glouce-ter County, cast by Landis (Cumberland County .. south by Deerfield (Cumberland County), and west by Upper Pittsgrove.
Topographical .- The surface of l'itt-grove is gen- erally level, though somewhat undulating in some parts. The soil is gravelly loam, and, properly cui- tivatel, is as productive as any portion of the county. The township contains two hundred and nineteen farmi -. The usnal variety of crops is grown, and the gathering and marketing of sumach-leaves was fur- merly an important industry. By the judicious u++ of mart and other fertilizers land formerly considered nearly valuck --- and left unimproved and unenlivated has been redeemed and now yields abundant harvests.
As early as ISHI an aet of the General Asseiobly was passed to enable the inhabitants to open and clear the navigation of Muddy Run. This stream flow, in a south course to Centreton, where it receives the Indian Branch, Palatine Branch emptying into it north of that point; thence it pursues a southeasterly course, nearly parallel with the southern boundary of the township, emptying into the Maurice River, which forms Pittsgrove's castern boundary. The streams mentioned, with Dry Branch, a tributary to Maurice River at the northeast corner of l'itt-grove, and some small brooklets, form the natural drainage of the township.
The West Jersey Railroad traverses the southwest portion of the town-hip, forming a junction with the Salem Branch at Einer, on the western border, north of the centre. The New Jersey Southern Railroad grosses the southeastern corner.
The principal highway - in and through l'itt-grove are known as the Porchtown, the Malaga, the Willow
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tirove, the Daretown, the Bridgeton, the Willow Grove and Centreville, the Buck, and the Maul's Bridge roads.
The area of this township is 28,341 acres, and its population in 1880 was 1777. In 1881 the valuation of its real estate was $475,000, and of its personal property 8216,500. Its voters numbered 481, and its poll tax amounted to $425; its school tax was $1188, and its county tax $1127.
Settlement .- A large area of Pittsgrove was un- settled and unimproved until within a few years, but lately a spirit of progress has manifested itself, and thousands of trees have been felled, and many aeres of previously unprofitable land have been put under cultivation. Broad Neck, in the southern and eastern part of the township, was formerly regarded as a deso- Jate section, and its few scattering inhabitants were not noted for their enterprise, or for being very unex- ceptional citizens. That portion of the township em- bracing Elmer and Centreton was early inhabited by a thrifty and highly respectable class of people. Much of the land in this township and Upper Pitts- grove was originally taken up by speculators, promi- Dent among whom were Daniel Coxe, of Burlington, and Judge William Hall, of Salem, who sold much land to actual settlers.
Among the earliest settlers in Pittsgrove was the llitchner family, branches of which are to be found at this time in almost every surrounding township. Who was the original settler of that name does not appear, but in the records of this and contiguous
A large tract of land in the township was owned by townships the name is conspicuous in several genera- : John Elwell, of Elmer, who was a blacksmith and - tions to the present.
John Pym was early on the site of Elmer, where he owned considerable property, and rebuilt a primitive grist-mill, elsewhere referred to. He is said to have been one of the most progressive and enterprising men of his day and generation. Ilis possessions passed into other hands, and none of his name are known to live in the vicinity.
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