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The history of the Nichols family dates back to the reign of Edward the Confessor, when Nicholas de Albini, also given by some chroniclers as Nigel and Nicholl, went over from Normandy to Scotland and was the common ancestor of the Nichols family. The original grant of arms to Nichols and Nicholl is recorded in the Visitation of Liecester in 1619 by August Vincent ( Rouge Rose.) King Robert Bruce is another ancestor of the family on the Distaff side.
The American branch of the family was established early in the seven- teenth century by one Sargeant Frank Nichols, one of the original proprietors of the Stratford New Haven colony. A history of the family compiled by Walter Nichols, a librarian of the Bridgeport Public Library, gives much in- teresting data of the Puritan stock as well as the history farther back. The records of the Revolution show Dr. Nichols to be entitled to his membership in the Sons of the American Revolution through ancestors of both sides of his father's and mother's family. Edmund Nichols, Sr., Samuel Richardson, Dr. Ebenezer Pierce and Jedediah Barton being the men who fought for the independence of the American colonies trom British rule in 1776. Of the present generation a cousin. Henry Nichols, was killed in the Civil War as he ran across an exposed valley bearing a message he had volunteered to carry to the other side of the field.
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Mirury Amrroy Goturt, M. D.
ENRY AMEROY
HOTWET. M. D ..
whose home and of- fice is at No. 4. Clifton Ter- race. Weehawken, and who is one of the most successful of North Hudson physicians. was born in Spillville, Iowa. November 2. 1874. 1lis par- ents were Alexander and
Inger Hotwet and were among the best known and most popular citizens of the town.
From his boyhood. young llotwet was studious and his inclination toward education was fortunately gratified. After leaving the common school of Spillville, he at tended the Valder Business College and Normal School at Decorah. Iowa: the High- land Park College of Phar- macy, Desmoines, lowa: the Valparaiso University, Val- paraiso, Ind .; and the Chi- cago School of Medicine and Surgery, Chicago, Il1.
With an education so well founded he traveled extensively in America and is registered as a pharmacist in New York City and State, the State of Colorado. and the State of Illinois. As a physician he is registered in the State of Illinois and the State of New Jersey, where he has settled down to complete his life work so auspicionsly begun.
Dr. Hotwet's education and his personality have brought him in touch with the leading men of his profession throughout the country. He is a member of the Hudson County Medical Society, the New Jersey State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, and the Alumni Association of Valparaiso Col- lege. He is also a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine and of the the Academy of Medicine for Northern New Jersey in Newark, as well as an honorary member of the Physico-Chemical Academy of Palermo. Italy.
Dr. Hotwet believes that the physician should take care of himself and en- joy his recreations as well as his patients. He is a firm believer in exercise and outdoor sports. He believes that man should get close to nature at times and that there is no greater or better sedative for tired nerves and physical and men- tal exhaustion than getting back to nature. He is fond of hunting and fishing himself and enjoys those sports as often as possible. He has some splendid trophies of his skill as a sportsman on both land and water. He also enjoys automobiling. and with congenial companions, finds this one of his chief sources of pleasure. He is an ardent trapshooter and president of the Mohegan Gun Club of North Bergen, which meets every Saturday afternoon for the purpose of enjoying that pastime.
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To a man whose tendencies lead him to the chase and fishing grounds it is indeed a pleasure to hear Dr. Hotwet converse on these subjects. He has no end of good stories to tell of encounters in the mountains and at the lakes. He has the data to back up all his tales and often there is also physical proof in the shape of trophies, etc., as well. The doctor, however, is not one of those men who tells hunting and fishing tales in order to glorify himself and so those tales are not of such a nature that proof is demanded.
Dr. Hotwet abhors a nature faker. Having lived so much in the open and having seen so much of the flora and funa of America he is able to detect a nature faker at once and makes no delay in denouncing one, although he never rushes into print for the sake of contradiction. He tells his observations to his friends and intimates that something more than the truth has been told when a nature faker becomes prominent enough for notice. He believes, also, there are stranger things in the sea and air than have yet been discovered and so when a new dis- covery is made, or alleged, he gives the discoverer due credit, leaving it to others
to find out if there has been really any attempt at falsehood. If, however, a tale of discovery bears upon it the face of falsehood. he is quick to denounce it to his large circle of friends. Occasions for contradiction are rare, however, for the true student of nature seldom tells anything but the most rigid facts in connection with his studies and observations. As it is the true student whose stories are told to the world at large, and few nature fakers gain the credence of the public and of learned men, the doctor is inclined to give credit unless it is in case of deliberate falsity or of deductionse from false observations.
Many friends of Dr. Hotwet have tried times without number to get him to write his interesting and entertaining experiences and give them to the world at large in book form. The doctor, however, is in a way modest and he believes that, although he may entertain his friends, he would not prove as entertaining with the pen as with his conversation. So the world has lost many a good tale of adventure, possibly some more interesting than many which have been transmitted to paper by men more egotistical than Dr. Hotwet.
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Dr. Hotwet's life and environments have been made such that he has al- ways been independent, financially and medically, but that independence has never taken the form of boorishness or snobbery. The doctor is a firm believer in the adage of the poet that "a man is a man for a' that." That is, if a man proves himself to the doctor, neither poverty nor riches has any bearing upon the doctor's friendship. This is so well understood in North Hudson and in other places where the doctor is known that he is well liked wherever he casts his lot.
Such characteristics as those of Dr. Hotwet are rare to find in combination. He is likable, learned, gentle, kind and at the same time detests anything of artificiality. He thinks a man should be what he is and what he has made him- self. The doctor has every respect for the man who rises above his environ- ment and it is said he has lent a helping hand to more than one of his acquain tences just when that helping hand was most needed and when it was most ex- pedient. Certain it is, that the doctor, as every other physician, has done much in a charitable way, but no one ever hears him tell of it. He does not believe that his left hand should know what his right hand does when it comes to charity. He is perfectly willing anyone should know of his own experiences in wood and stream, but he holds the secrets of his poorest patient as inviolabic in his breast as if it were a secret of his own.
Dr. Hotwet's home and office are splendidly fitted up and are among the prettiest in the entire county. He is fond of substantiality and makes no pre- tense of anything else. He is proud of his family and his son. 5 years old, Henry Ameroy Hotwet, Jr .. is the apple of his eye. His wife was Fannie Violet Von ( )sthoff.
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Joseph Manuel Rector, M. D.
A MONG the medical practitioners of Iludson County there is none more prominent than Joseph Manuel Rector, who is a splendid example of the kind of men the South furnishes the North at times. Dr. Rector was born in Charles- ton, South Carolina. llis parents were Pierson Rector and Mary Elizabeth Rector ( nee Jordan. )
He was educated in Trinity Church School New York City: Hasbrouck In- stitute, Jersey City: Columbia College School of Arts and Columbia University School of Medicine. Since beginning ac- tive practice he has made a record as a phy- sician of ability, one remarkable case being recorded in the annals of the North Hud- son Hospital, where he is hospital surgeon.
Besides being connected with the North Hudson Hospital, he is gynecologist at the Jersey City Hospital, surgeon of the Ger- man Hospital, city physician of Jersey City, surgeon of the Pennsylvania Rail- road Company, a director of the German Hospital, permanent delegate to the New Jersey State Medical Society, fellow of the New York Academy of Medi- cine and fellow of the Northern New Jersey Academy of Medicine. He is also a member of the Practitioners' Club of Jersey City, the Hudson County Medical Society and the Association of Military Surgeons. Fraternally he is prominent in Masonary, a member of the Phi Gamma Delta, the Philoxian Literary Society of New York City and the Union League Club of Hudson County. Industrially he is a director of the Rutherford Rubber Co.
In military life he has been successively: Battalion Assistant surgeon of the medical department, surgeon of the medical department and major of the medical corps, all of the Fourth Regiment, N. G. N. J. He has just promoted successively from the rank of first lieutenant to that of major.
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David Roger Atwell, M. D.
AVID Roger Atwell. M. D., with home and offices at 607 Hudson Street, Hoboken. was born July 12. 1858. at Waterville, Oneida County, N. Y. He obtained his education in the schools of his native town, gradu- ating from the Waterville High School and Academy in 1880. After a year of study with a preceptor, preparatory to entering a medical college. he began the study of medicine in the fall of 1881 in Cleveland, Ohio, and in the following year entered the New York Homeopathic Medical College and Flower Hospital in New York City, from which institution he was gradu- ated in 1885.
After leaving college he immediately took up the practice of medicine in the office of the late Dr. James Manaton, in Hoboken. to whose practice Dr. Atwell succeeded upon the death of Dr. Manaton. His position in the medical world was recognized by the late Governor Leon Abbett, who ap- pointed him to the Board of State Medical Examiners during the first two years of the board's existence. He is a member of the New Jersey State Medical Society and of the American Institute of Homeopathy.
During his career in Hoboken Dr. Atwell has been both successful and prominent. He has gained the confidence of a large circle of friends and clients. His practice has always been of the better class, and therefore his work in institutions has been limited. Like all physicians he does a great deal of charitable work in an unostentatious way, and he has always been ready to sacrifice his own comforts to the needs of those in distress through illness.
Notwithstanding his large and growing practice. he has found time to keep thoroughly informed in the progress of medicine, and this has kept him abreast of the times so that in the treatment of ills he takes advantage of the modern methods which appeal to him as being efficacious. In doing this he has not gone ahead with the recklessness which many physicians and health enthusiasts display, but rather has been careful to be sure of his results. He has taken good care of himself in the meantime, and bids fair to continue his practice for many years to come.
Frederick Byron Stellwagen
REDERICK BYRON STELLWAGEN, whose home and office are at 28 Clifton Terrace, Weehawken, was born in Rome. N. Y., on August 30, 1866. llis parents were Philip and Charlotte Stellwagen. He at- tended the public schools in Rome and after his preliminary education en- tered Union College at Schenectady. N. Y. His medical degree was obtained from the Albany Medical College. after leaving which he took a post graduate course at the New York Post Graduate School. He also took a post graduate course in Electro-Therapy in the New York Electro-Therapeutic School. Here he specialized in electro-surgery.
While a competent physician in every way, Dr. Stellwagen has a distinct leaning toward the practice of surgery and it is in this branch of the pro- fession that he excels. Many remarkable cures are credited to him through his skillful use of the knife. In his chosen field he has gained a wide and enviable reputation. As a diagnostician, also, he is eminent and his opinions are regarded highly by his brethren in the medical field.
The doctor has a private sanitarium at Grantwood and here much of his best work has been done. He has excited the envy, but not the jealousy. of his contemporaries and a good many of his patients are obtained at their hands.
He is actively appreciative of affairs of local interest. especially those which make for the cure of illnesses and the preservation of health. He is strong in his opinions and because of this he has made some enemies, but none will dispute his ability and even his enemies have a high opinion of his work.
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Charles Alexander Gilchrist, M. D.
HARLES Alexander Gilchrist, M. D., who, since October, 1893. has practiced medicine and surgery in Hoboken, was particularly fortunate in choosing the mile square city for his lifework, for he has not only attained a lucrative practice there, but he has won the respect and esteem of all reputable citizens.
Dr. Gilchrist was born August 11, 1867, in West Charlton, N. Y. His parents were James B. Gilchrist and Anna M. Gilchrist (nee Donnan). After attending the public schools he took a two-year course at the Newark Academy, Newark, Del., in 1883-1885. From here he entered the Lafayette College at Easton, Pa., in 1885, graduating with the degree of A. B. in 1899. He then attended Columbia University in New York, and was graduated from there in 1892 with the degree of M. D. In the same year he was given the degree of A. M. by Lafayette College.
Coming to Hudson County in October, 1892, he entered Christ Hospital as house physician and surgeon, where he remained until October, 1893, when he settled in Hoboken. lle is still affiliated with Christ Hospital as one of the attending physicians.
From the first he affiliated with the foremost people of his adopted city. He belongs to the Columbia Club of Hoboken, in which is enrolled all the prominent men of the city. Being a physician, a great deal of his interest is centered in medical organizations. He is a member of the Jersey City Practitioners' Club, the American Medical Association and the Hudson County Medical Association, all of which are organized for the protection of the interests of physicians and surgeons and the prevention of disease as far as possible.
Throughout his entire career he has been chosen as worthy of more than passing mention. Some of the works in which he is referred to are : Columbia University Catalogue, 1754 to 1906; "Universities and Their Sons," " Men of Lafayette College," 1891, and "College Physicians and Surgeons."
When in Hoboken Dr. Gilchrist makes his home at 916 Hudson street. He has also a handsome summer home at 2 St. Andrews avenue, Centre Island, Toronto, Canada.
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Lipury H. Broeser, M. D.
ENRY V. BROESER, M. D., whose home and offices are at 628 Hud- son street. Hoboken, is one of those medical men who have specialized along certain lines, the result being a highly trained and efficient diagnostician. Dr. Broeser specializes along the lines of gastro-intestinal diseases and in the diagnosis and treatment of the cases which come to his attention calls into aid the wonderful Roentgen rays by which he can actually see the intestinal processes and tell what is taking place there, where the trouble is located and what causes it. Knowing the trouble, the place of trouble and the cause of trouble it stands to reason that he can treat such diseases in a most successful manner.
Dr. Broeser was born in Jersey City, June 7, 1869. His parents, William Broeser and Catharine Broeser, nee Westphal. His early education con- sisted of Public School No. 6 in Jersey City, Brown's Business College, also in Jersey City, and the New York Preparatory School. From 1884 to 1896 he was with the Pennsylvania railroad, where he rose from the position of office boy to that of train dispatcher's telegrapher. He is a graduate of the New York Homeopathic College and Flower Hospital, in which institution he was interne 1900-1902. His medical and surgical knowledge was gained under the most advanced tutors of the time and when he located in Hoboken and hung out his shingle there. he was so well equipped with the knowledge of the human body, its ailments and their cures, that success was immediate.
The doctor is not only well known in medical circles, but in financial affairs he has become quite a figure. At the present time he is president of the New Jersey Mines Company of Nevada and of the Interstate Holding Company of New Jersey.
He devotes a considerable portion of his time to medical societies and is a member of the Machon Medical Club, the New York Medical Association and the New Jersey State Medical Association. By the members of these he is looked upon as an authority in the special lines along which he practices, and his advice is often sought. He is the senior examiner of the Prudential Insurance company for the Hoboken district.
When at leisure, the doctor takes in a baseball game. He is an enthusiast in baseball matters, and likes nothing so well as to see his favorite teams in "i battle on the diamond.
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Arthur William Justin, A. D.
A RTHUR WILLIAM JUSTIN, M. D .. is one of North Hudson's young- est physicians. He was born in Union Hill in 1890, his parents being Wil- liam and Adeline Justin. That he located and established his first practice there. that the practice is a lucrative one and that he numbers among his patients some of the foremost families of the neighborhood. shows just how high (he stands in the. esteem of those who have known him from boyhood.
Dr. Justin is a product of the Union Hill schools, including the High School. of which he is a graduate. As a physi- cian he is a graduate of Cornell Univer- sity Medical College in 1911. and also was interne and is a 1913 graduate of Bellevue Hospital, N. Y., where he acquired a splendid knowledge of common and special ailments. He settled in Union Hill at 548 Humboldt Street. corner : pecial ailments. He settled in Union Hill at 548 Humboldt Street. corner Hudson Boulevard, in 1913 and since that time has been one of the assistant visiting physicians at the North Hudson Hospital, where his opinions and diagnoses are much respected.
He was appointed town physician of the Town of Union last year. He has given the town a great deal of his time and it is claimed by his friends that he is one of the most conscientious physicians who has ever held the office.
While he is kept busy with his town duties and his growing clientele, he finds time for the study of the newer wonders of medicine and surgery and takes advantage of all the newest discoveries in the medical and surgical world which he regards as efficacious. He has been very successful, both in his prac- tice and in the cure of disease and bids fair to rank among the leading physi- cians of the section.
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Amutis J. Mirte, M. D.
OUIS J. WIRTZ, M. D., a native of Alsace-Lorraine, war born Septem- ber 7. 1881. his parents being Joseph and Eugenia Wirtz. He came to West Hoboken when a small boy and has lived most of his life there. He is a graduate of St. Michael's parochial school, that town: St. Peter's College, Jersey City and the medical University of Baltimore. He served as house surgeon at St. Francis Hospital. Jersey City, for one year and then took up the practice of his profession in West Hoboken, where he is now num- bered among the most prominent of the town's physicians. He has been school physician of that town, a position which he filled with credit to himself and to the benefit of the children of the town. He has been solicited to enter politics many times, but has steadfastly refused to do so, believing a political career will inter- fere with his chosen profession.
Archibald Ernest Olup, A. D.
A RCHIBALD Ernest Olpp. M. D., whose home is at 412 High Street, West Hoboken, is among the most successful and most widely known physicians in North Hudson. His activities in public affairs have brought him to the front as a public-spirited citizen of marked degree. His practice is large and constantly increasing. His friends are legion.
Dr. Olpp was born in South Bethlehem, Pa .. May 12. 1882. His parents were John Olpp and Matilda Segel-Olpp. His early education was in the public schools of his native town, and he afterward graduated from the Moravian Parochial School of South Bethlehem. After his graduation here he attended the Lehigh University, also of South Bethlehem, from which he matriculated in 1903. with a degree in analytical chemistry. He then entered the University of Pennsylvania, graduating with his degree in medi- cine in 1908.
His educational work was followed by that of instructor. He was a teacher of chemistry at the Lehigh University in 1903-1904, and an instructor at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, 1908-1909. His work here attracted the attention of eminent physicians and surgeons and he could have continued successfully as an instructor had he chosen that field of endeavor.
He was anxious to get into active practice. however, and West Hoboken and North Hudson attracted him as a field. While here his ability has been recognized, and he has been and is now town physician for West Hoboken, school physician for the Borough of Secaucus and pathologist at the North Hudson Hospital. where his opinions and diagnoses are highly regarded by the entire resident and visiting staff.
Mrs. Olpp was previous to her marriage Miss Beatrice W. Seiple. of Landsdale. Pa., daughter of Rev. Henry and Salome Seiple of that town. Dr. Olpp has one hobby outside of his work, and that is agriculture. He is a good farmer. He owns two estates. one at Landsdale. Pa., and one at Thomasville. Ga.
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O. Richard Paganelli, M. D.
Richard Paganelli, M. D., with home and offices at 836 Garden Street, Hoboken, was born April 5. 1881, at San Salvo, Italy. His parents were Vitale and Loreta Artese Paganelli. He came 10 this country when but a boy and received his early education here. He is a splendid example of the opportunities afforded foreign-born citizens if they but apply themselves to their chosen line of endeavor.
Doctor Paganelli was graduated from Public School No. 21, in New York City, as well as the supplementary department of Public School No. 79. the same city. He attended the DeWitt Clinton High School, also in that city, and received private instruction at his home. He was gradu- ated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Baltimore, Md., in 1993. Finding Hoboken a good field for a doctor, he located there and has become eminently successful in his specialty, which is that of ophthalmic surgeon.
In his specialty he is an authority and his opinions are highly regarded. lle was formerly occulist and aurist for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad and assistant ophthalmic surgeon for the Italian Hospital in New York City. At present he is attending ophthalmic surgeon for the Northern Dispensary and clinical assistant in the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary.
In the medical and surgical world he is well known. He is a member of the American Medical Association, Section of Ophthmalolgy. the New Jer- State Medical Society, the Hudson County Medical Society, the Hoboken Medical Society, the Academy of Medicine of Northern New Jersey and the Physicians and Surgeons Society of Baltimore. Md. He is secretary of the Tri-State Alumni Society ( New York, New Jersey and Connecticut ). president of the Alumni of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Balti- more, Md .. and vice-president of the Dante Alghieri Society. He is also a member of Hoboken Lodge, No. 74. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He does a good deal of charitable work among the people, and is highly regarded by professional. business and society people of his adopted city.
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William Kamlah
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ILLIAM KAMLAII, who conducts a drug store at 86 Hudson Street Hoboken, has risen in professional life sheerly through the force of character and attainment. He was born November 22, 1802. in Jersey City Heights, his parents being Carl and Adeline Kamlah. He was educated at a private school in Belleville. until his tenth year. when he was sent to the Real Schule at Weimar. Germany. from 1872 to 1878.
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