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LEWIS WOODRUFF.
The family are of English descent, and were early represented in America by two brothers who settled in New York and New Jersey respectively. Ephraim, father of the subject of this biography, was a native of New Jersey, and resided until his death upon the farm now occupied by Robert Woodruff. He married
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(deceased), John. Lewis, Edward, Margaret, and ting up into the fast land is salt marsh ; a strip ol Joseph. Mr. Woodruff married, a third time, Mrs. probably a mile in width adjoining the marsh i- a. good loam, while the interior is more sandy. Rachel Lloyd, of Camden, and had one son, Thomas G., living at Atlantic City. Lewis Woodruff during Settlement and Growth .- The early settlers caur mostly from Fairfield, and settled on the strip of loamy soil along the marsh, as has been related under the carly settlements. his lifetime resided in the country, and devoted his energies to farming employments. He was energetic, ambitious, and led rather than followed public opinion. As a representative Democrat in his town- Like Commercial, the great body of the male cifi- zens of Downe are employed in a seafaring life, but in this township they are nearly all in the oyster trade, while in Commercial many of them are in the count- ing service. The growth of the township has been steady but slow. With no manufactories within its limits, the greater portion of its soil a salt marsh, or so light as to be uninviting to the settler, with seant means of communication with places outside of it- own limits, and with roads neglected and little atten- tion paid to the thorough cultivation of the soil, as seems almost inevitably to be the result where nature bestows her gifts of food freely to those who have only to gather the crops, it is not to be wondered at that Downe township has not increased as have some other portions of the county. ship and county he held the offices of frecholder, associate judge of the County Court, and member of the State Legislature, besides many other less impor- tant positions. He was a member of the Masonic order, and an active representative of the agricultural society of the county. This sketch and the accom- panying portrait are contributed as a tribute of filial regard by his sons, John S., Edward S., and Joseph A. John S. was born Nov. 25, 1820, and married Elizabeth Hitchner, of Salem County. Their chil- ; dren are Sadie II., Harry L., and Warren C. E.]- ward S. was born July 3, 1836, and married Hannah F., daughter of Rev. John F. Crouch, of the New Jersey Conference. Their children are Ida and Mil- ton. Joseph A., who resides in Bridgeton, was born Dec. 19, 1839, and married Ruth, daughter of Zaccheus Bitter, of Greenwich.
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CHAPTER XCV.
TOWNSHIP OF DOWNE.
Villages .- The township contains two villages, Dividing Creek at the castern, and Newport at the western end. The population of the township in 1870 was sixteen hundred and eighty-seven.
Dividing Creek .- This village is situated on Di- viding Creek, near where it divides into numerous branches, from which the name of the vreck was de- rived, while that of the village was obtained from the creek. The greater part of the village is along
Incorporation .- Downe township was included in the main street on the west side of the creek. It i- | sixteen miles south by southeast of Bridgeton, and about five miles northwest of Port Norris. It is a quiet village, of about three hundred inhabitants, mostly engaged in the oyster trade. A marine rail- way for the repair of oyster-boats, owned by John Burt, Mr. Howell, and George Sloan, was completed during the last summer.
The school-house which accommodated all the children of this neighborhood stood on the road leading from the village to Turkey Point, about half- way to the present Turkey Point school-house. It was a one-story house, and was an old building fifty years ago, abont which time two districts were made, called for the exercise of such extraordinary powers . and the Turkey Point school-house built, and also
one at Dividing Creek, on the lot where the present one is, but about half-way back to Union Street. This was a one-story building. It was occupied until 1$75, when the present commodious house was built. and the old one moved back to Union Street and raised to two stories, making a hall above, while the township has the use of the lower floor for township purposes. A new school-house has been built at Turkey Point during this summer. About a mile west of Dividing Creck bridge at Dragston, as the neighborhood is called, there was an old school- house many years ago, which was used until 1866,
the bounds of Fairfield at the time the county was set off from Salem, and until 1772, when Governor Franklin set of the township by letters patent, re- corded in the Secretary of State's office at Trenton, it was a part of the royal prerogative to create munici- palities, but was seldom excreised in that day, and not at all at the present time in Great Britain. Gov- ernor Franklin, by virtue of his commission as Gor- ernor, exercised this power as a part of the royal pre- rogative which had been delegated to him in his commission, and accordingly set off the lower part of Fairfield as a township. This power was seldom ex- ercised in this State, and what were the reasons which is now unknown. The township was named by the Governor after his wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Downes. By a clerical error the name was printed Downe in the act incorporating the inhabit- ants of the townships of the State, passed in 1798. although it is Downes in the record of the letters patent, and it has been so printed ever since. The · bounds of the township as originally set off included the present township of Commercial, which was cre- ated from the eastern part of Downe in 1874.
Soil .- A large portion of the township along the bay shore and on each side of the small crecks put-
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when a new one was built one-half mile west of the former one, a lot being bought for the purpose. The post-office was established April 1, 1810, and the first postmaster appointed was Asa Douglass. The pres- ent one is John Tubman, appointed Dec. 1, 1874.
Newport .-- Newport lies on the south side of Au- tuxit Creek, and is about twelve miles from the county-seat. The ancient name of the place and of the whole vicinity is Autuxit, a better name than the present one. Its male inhabitants, as already said, are engaged almost entirely in some branch of the oyster trade, and are away from home the greater portion of each week. It contains a Methodist and a Baptist Church, and the inhabitants number about three hundred. A post-office was established here July 1, 1816, with William Chard, Esq., as postmas- ter. The present one is John Compton, who was ap- pointed Nov. 10, 1880.
Fortesene is a place of summer resort, well known throughont all this region. It is situated on the east- erly shore of Delaware Bay, on an island of fast land in the marsh, containing abont ten acres. The name is derived from a former owner, John Fortescue, who sold to William Smith ten thousand acres of land, in- cluding the site of Fortescue, in June, 1776. It be- came a place of summer resort many years ago, and has always been popular among those who were ac- quainted with it. The present buildings are inconve- nient and far from handsome, having been added to from time to time. 1 pier eleven hundred and twenty feet long was built in 1880 for a landing- place for a steamboat which was then intended to be run to this place from Philadelphia, but that plan faded away, and the boat ceased running after a few weeks.
Egg Island was surveyed by John Worledge and John Budd in the spring of 1691, and was taken up by Thomas Budd. At that time it contained three hundred acres. Since then the tides and storms have constantly decrea-ed its -ize. In 1785 a survey of it by courses and distances gave the contents as sixty acres, and its distance from the main shore as about thirty-two rods. It has now entirely disappeared below the waters, no portion of it being visible except at very low tides. The main shore has also been en- eroached upon to such an extent that a new light- house was built a number of years ago, several hun- dred yards back from the shore, and the waters of the bay now llow over the site of the old one, the piling for which still stands in part.
Dividing Creek Bridge .- How early a bridge was built at Dividing Creek is unknown, but it was pre- vious to 1763. It was built at the time when bridges were put up at the expense of the township in which they lay. By 1805 this bridge had become quite di- lapidated, and in September of that year the free- holders orilered it to be rebuilt with a draw, and it ' was finished by the ensuing spring. It proved to be ! a poor affair, and had a great deal of repairs done to !
it. In 1824 that bridge was replaced by another one with a draw, which lasted until 1841. when the free- holders built the bridge now spanning the creek. It is built on the truss plan, sixty feet long and sixteen feet wide. The draw was done away with. This is still a good bridge.
Newport (or Shaw's) Grist-Mill .- A pond and grist- and saw-mill were erected on l'age's Run, a branch of Autuxit Creek, abont one and a half miles above the hotel at Newport, at a very early date, it being known as early as 1763 as Ogden's mill, Sam- uel Ogden being the owner. It became the property of Esquire Henry Shaw as early as the beginning of this century, who continued to own it for about forty years. Hle let the saw-mill go down. After his death it became the property of Holmes Hand, but it has now passed into the possession of Harris O. Elmer.
Page's Grist-Mill .-- Below Shaw's mill, on the same stream, just north of where the road from Cedarville to the Dividing Creek road crosses Page's Run, there was as early as 1776 a grist-mill owned by David Page, the stream being dannned at that point also. This mnill was still in existonce and owned by David Page as late as 1803, but was al- lowed to go down at least fifty years ago. After Mr. Hand obtained the property he again put up the dam and built a saw-mill where the old grist-mill had been years before. He made a failure after a few years. The saw-mill was run a few years longer, when that also went down.
About two miles north of Dividing Creek, just south of the railroad, there was a saw-mill toward the beginning of this century on Cedar Creek, a branch of Autuxit. This went down more than fifty years ago. About twelve or fifteen years ago a steam saw mill was put up about fifty paces from the old one, which has since been removed to Cedarville, where it is now in operation.
Ladow's Saw-Mill .- This mill and pond, situated just north of the Baptist Church, on the western branch of Dividing Creek, has existed for many years, and was owned by Peter Ladow, who at his death left it to his son Furman, who carried it on until his death, about a year ago. It is now being rebuilt and enlarged, and improved machinery is being put in by his heirs, who still own it.
FREEHOLDERS.
The following have been members of the board of frecholders from the township of Downe:
1773. - 1783. David Page.
17;4-76. Joreph Newcomb. William Campbell.
Jonathan Lore. 1751. Jonadab Sheppard.
1777. Jonathan Lore.
1785. David Page.
1772. Joseph Newcomb. William SIason ..
Jonathan Lore.
1786-87. David Page.
1779. Gideon Ileaton.
Jir0. Henry Shaw.
1788. David Pago.
1:81. Jonathan Lore. David l'age. 1789-90. ---
Sammel Dollas.
1722. Thome Campl ell. 1791-92. Pasid Page.
Jonadab Shopjurd.
Samuel Dollas.
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1:43 Constant Long.
18.30. Henry shaw, Esq.
Gabriel Glana.
1531. Dr. Elinund Sheppard.
Samuel Pollas.
Daniel Bozby.
1797. Samuel Jullas.
J:32-34. Dr. Elmund Sheppard.
Willlam Moore.
Juha Ogden, Jr.
1.95. William Chard.
1:36. 1. Eland Sheppar !.
Dullos Lore.
Daniel Buzby.
1799-1-00. William Jfoorr. Samnel Dollas.
Willian C. Lore.
JECI. Dollas Lore.
1838-12. David Campbell. Dr. Joseph Butcher.
1302-3. Henry Shaw, E-q.
1813-4C. Charles Compton.
Richard Lo:e.
IN4-5. Herry Shaw, L'eq. George Ellfuton.
Dr. Joseph Butcher.
1806-7. Henry Shaw, Esq.
IS50-54. Dr. Joseph Butcher.
Major Henderson.
I.r. Williama Bacon.
184-0. George Elkintun. Henry Shaw, Faq.
1853-59. Dr. Joseph Butcher. DaviJ Campbell. ISCU-G1. David Campbell. Dr. Charles Butcher. 1802-C3. l'eter Camblos.
1811. Henry Shaw, L'ag.
George Ilkinton.
Alleu Sheppard.
1864. John T Ladow.
1:12. Brary Shaw, J'sq. W,Jer Henderson.
Allen Shep pard.
1413. Jclinhod Conj-ton, L'aq. Henry shaw, Esq.
Michurd Lore.
1514. Jonathas Sockwell.
Ichana! Compton, E.g.
1516-15. Ichabo1 Compton, Esq. Het.ry Su.w., F.44.
Hulines Hand.
1870. Daniel T. Howell.
ISIS. Icholord Conton, Leg.
Jonathan Sock well.
1-19. I hubuel Compiuta, I'm].
Major Henderson.
1520-21. Ichabod Compton, L'sq. Juin Orden, Jr.
1874. Daniel Lure. George S. Slarts.
1822. Jobu Ogden, Jı. l'than Lore.
1973-76. Daniel Loro. George W. Sloan.
1527. Jehu Opulen, Jr.
Jubn Culupion.
George W. Sloan1 (partof the
1. 4. Dr. Edinunů Sheppard. Joha Chaltin.
year).
George S. Marts (remainder of year'.
1/25. Ichinh J Coulon, Esq. Dr. Lumuud Sheppard.
1878. Itintel Lore.
1-26. Jobu III.
Willi. C. Lore.
Dr. Edmund Sheppard.
18,9. Daniel Lore.
1827-58. Dr. Fomund Sheppard. Daniel Wells.
140, George W. Sluat.
181-82. Charles T. Cony.belt.
1829. Ethan Lore.
1-83. Luther Baleman.
Dartel Buzby.
CHURCHES.
Dividing Creek Baptist Church .- About the year 1749 several families from Cohansey settled in this vicinity, among whom particular mention is made of Jopadab Shepherd, Thomas Shepherd, William Panlin, William Dallas, Temperance Shepherd, Aun Shepherd, and Patience Paulin. The settlement of these families in this neighborhood induced the pas- tors'of Cohaney Church (which stood near Shep- pard's mill, the graveyard still existing), Rev. Na- thaniel Jenkins, and after him Rev. Robert Kelsay, to visit and preach among them. In the month of July, 1760, Rev. Samuel Heaton and family came . from Cape May, and located in the neighborhood. An independent church was deemed necessary in
this large and inviting field, and accordingly the. above-named brethren and sisters, having solicitei and obtained dismission from Cobansey and Chp May Churches, were, in connection with John Triry, Sarah Terry, and Eve Sockwell, previously baptize.l. constituted and publicly recognized as a regular Bap .. tist Church May 30, 1761. Their field of labor ex- tended over a wide range of country, from Newport (knowu in those days as Autuxit) to Millville, Tuek- ahoe, West Creek, Port Elizabeth, and immediate neighborhoods.
The first meeting-house was erected on a lot do- nated by Seth Lore in 1751. Their first house was destroyed by fire in 1770, and rebuilt in 1771. The size of this new edifice was thirty by twenty-two feet. They continued to occupy this second sanctuary without interruption from 1771 to April 21, 1821, a period of fifty years, when it was accidentally dle .. stroyed by fire. The third edifice was completed and dedicated in June, 1823. The size of the house was forty by thirty-four feet. In 1860 twenty feet were added to the length of the house, the old side galler- ies removed, and the entire building beautified. ! About the year 1850 they seenred a lot in the village near the meeting-house, on which they erected the present parsonage. The Rev. Samuel Heaton, a con- stitueut member, was chosen pastor, and held such oversight from 1761 until the time of his death, Sept. 26, 1777, at the age of sixty-six years. The Hev. Peter Peterson Vanhorn took the pastoral oversight of the church in 1779, remained four years, when he resigned and went to Salem, where he died, Sept. 10, 1780, in the seventy-first year of his age. Rev. Wil- liam Loek commenced his labors in this capacity in the spring of 1785, but he was removed by death the I following September. The Rev. John Garrison suc- ceeded him. He was born abon: 1745, and baptized by Mr. Heaton, whose daughter he married, He was regular pastor from Sept. 8, 1787, until his death in 1790. The Rev. Garner A. Hunt was pastor from November, 1792, until the beginning of 1796. Hle became a Presbyterian, and took charge of a church in Upper Harmony, Warren Co., where he died Feb. 11, 1850, at the age of eighty-four years.
The Rev. John Rutter was pastor about two years. The Rev. David Stout became pastor in 1804, and his settlement terminated June, IS08. His successor wa- Rev. David Bateman, whose labors commenced in July, 1810, and were continued about two years. MIr. Dateman was a native of Cohansey, where he was born in 1777. Ile was among the brethren who miet at Not- tingham Square, near Trenton, July 27, 1830, and organized the New Jersey Baptist Association. lle flied Sept. 10, 1832, aged lifty-five years. His succe .. sor at Dividing Creek was the Rev. Thomas Brook -. who became pastor in April, 1816, and was such until June 20, 1536, a period of twenty years. He died Jan. 24, 1537, in the seventy-seventh year of his age. Rev. William Bacon, M.D., was his successor. He
I Hr. Sloan was returned as elected by the board of election, but his election was cout-sled, and the court decided that Hir. Marts was elected after Mr. Sloan had morvod part of the year.
1837. William Lore.
George JikInton
1816-49. Richard Lore.
1610. Herry Show, Han. Gideon Heaton.
1863-67. Alleu Sheppard.
lecs. Allou Sheppard. Danlel Lore.
Is09. Daniel T. Howell.
11:1-73. Dapiel Lore. Dr. Charles Butcher.
164%. Daniel Lore.
1704-96. David Page.
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was a native of Greenwich, and became supply first of the church at Pittsgrove in 1829, then in 1623 took charge of the Woodstown Church until IS38, when he removed to Dividing Creek. He died in 1500, aged sixty-six years. Rev. Daniel Kelsey, who was born, baptized, and licensed at Cohan-ey, was his successor. He commeneed bis pastorate at Dividing Creek in 1850, and relinquished it in December, 1853. The parsonage was built in 1851. The Rev. Uriah Kautf- man succeeded Mr. Kelley in June, 1854. After a brief pastorate of ten months he died, April 17, 1855, at the early age of twenty-eight years. The Rev. George Sleeper became pastor in June of the same year. In 1547 he took charge of the Medford Church, and from there he spent five years in Canton ; thence in 1955 he came to Dividing Creek, and remained until 1859. The Rev. Henry W. Webber succeeded him in that year, and remained two years. In the autumn of 1:01, Rev. Alexander H. Folwell sue- ceeded him, and resigned in February, 1865. Rev. Benjamin Jones became pastor in August, 1863, and after a connection of less than two years resigned. In 1865, Rev. E. V. King became pastor, but did not continue more than one year. He returned to the Methodists. Rev. Lathrop W. Wheeler was pastor from 1506 to 1868. In 1569, Rev. James H. Hyatt became pastor, and remained a little over one year. The Rev. Elli. L. Stager became pastor Jan. 1, 1871, and was such to 1-73, when Res. Amos B. Still, in the same year, became pastor for a few months, and in December, 1873, Rev. I. B. Raybold took charge, and was there until July 3, 1577. Rev. Charles P. DeCamp became pastor Aug. 20, 1577, and resigned in the early part of 1979. The present pastor, Matthew M. Finch, succeeded April 1, 1879.
In March, 1835, the church dismissed fifty-one members to constitute the Newport Baptist Church. Besides the latter church this church i, the mother of the church at Port Norris. The present member- bership of the Dividing Creek Church is one hundred and seventy-six.
Newport Baptist Church .- Those of the Baptist belief in this neighborhood were members of the Dividing Creek Church, the pastors of which preached here every two or three weeks in an old one-story school-Louse which stood where the present school- house is on the road to Fortescue. The school-house not being suitable, and the Baptists gaining strength, they bought the lot where their meeting-house now is, containing about one acre. of Seth Page, and in 1852 commenced the erection of a house of worship ; this and the new Methodist Church both being raised the same day, but the Baptist konec was not com- pleted until two years later. As soon as completed fifty-five members of the Dividing Creek Church ob- tained letters of dismissal, and March 2%, 1855, they were constituted a regular Baptist Church by a coun- ci! composed of delegates from five churches. They united with Dividing Creek Church in calling Rev.
George Sleeper as pastor of the two churches in June, 1855, and he remained until June, 1859, and was suc- ceeded by Rev. Henry W. Webber the same year. When Mr. Webber left Dividing Creek Church he re- mained with this church a short time longer. They then depended on supplies, mostly by Mr. Webber and the pastors of Dividing Creek, until the two churches settled Rev. L. W. Wheeler as pastor of both of them, as was also his successor, Rev. J. Il. Hyatt. From that time they had the same pastor as Dividing Creek until II. B. Raybold resigned the Newport charge, and Rev. William A. Durfee, of Cedarville Church, became their pastor also in May, 1876. 11e resigned in the spring of 1878, and they depended on supplies until April 1, 1879, when they settled Rev. Matthew M. Finch, in connection with Dividing Creek, who still remains their pastor. During the present year they have put a new roof on the church, and repaired and painted it throughout. The present number of members is one hundred and twenty-one.
Newport Methodist Episcopal Church .- The first Methodist preaching at Newport, or Autuxit, as it was then called, is said to have been by a Capt. Webb, of the English navy, who landed here before 1800, and preached a sermon in a barn, and so com- meneed a society here. This society built a church in 1801, the same year in which a class was first formed in Bridgeton. This house is said, in some accounts, to have been burned in 1812, but that is probably a mistake. On the morning of Oct. 23, 1821, the Methodist meeting-house at this place was burned, it having recently been repaired at a cost of one thousand dollars. It is not probable that any church built after the fire in 1812, if there had been such a fire, would have needed so extensive repairs as that by 1821. The conclusion seems rather to be that the first house was not burned until 1821, an error of date having been made, perhaps by a trans- position of the last two figures of the date, in the first publication concerning it, and followed by all subsequent writers. This church was included in a eireuit which commenced at Bridgeton, and at that . time took in Fairfield, or Swing's meeting-house, Newport, Haleyville, Port Elizabeth, and Heisler- ville, and the intermediate places as classes were formed at them. As the churches became stronger they were made stations, and had regular appoint- ment- made for them. Among those who preached at Newport Church while it was a part of the circuit were John W. MeDougall. Mr. Greenbank, George Raybell, Mr. Christopher, Mr. Sleeper, Thomas Stewart, John F. Crouch, George Jennings, Jacob Loudenslager, Abraham Gerheart, David Duffield, Joseph Gaskill, Joseph Atwood, Mr. Canfield. Noah Edwards, William Brooks, Abraham Streets, Joseph Summerill, Jonas Chew. Mr. Christopher (a second times, Samuct Johnson, John Herr, William Walton, and llenry Belting, the greater part of whom have gone home to reap the reward of faithin! service.
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The second church was an old building which stood a little southeast of the present one, in which they worshiped until 1852, when the present meeting- house was built, the church buying an additional quarter acre of ground on which to erect the new church and a parsonage.
At the Conference in March, 1862. Newport and Dividing Creek were made stations, but both have been served by one pastor ever since, with the excep- tion of a few years. The pastors who have served at Newport are: 1862, Joseph MI. Pierson ; 1863-64. Sammel C. Chattin ; 1865-66, Noah Edwards; 1807- 68, Caleb Malmsbury ; 1509-70, John B. Westcott; 1871, William C. Chattin ; 1872-79, Charles W. Livezly ; 1874-76, John P. Connelly ; 1577-78, Hamilton S. Norris; 187950, Furman Robbins; 1881, C. Wesley Turrell (six months), George New- ton (six sounths) ; 1582, William A. Lilley; 18$3, J. O. R. Corliss. During the pastorate of Mr. Malnis- bury, in 1869, the society built their parsonage ad- joining the church. They are now engaged in erecting a belfry in which to put a two hundred pound bell, at an expense of four hundred dollars. This and Dividing Creek charges number together two hundred and twenty members and twenty-one probationers.
Dividing Creek Methodist Episcopal Church. -A society was formed here more than fifty years ago, but the exact date could not be learned. Their first house of worship was an old dwelling-house, formerly one Kimball's, and which was remod- eled for their use more than fifty years ago, and which stood where is now the Baptist parsonage. They were supplied by the same circuit preachers as Newport, the preachers being here once in four weeks. The ground where their present house and
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