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Captain Woglom was married in Perth Amboy to Miss Annie Tooker, and their children are as follows: Harry, who died at the age of twenty years; Catherine; Ella, who is the wife of William Walters; Grace; Walter; George; Herbert; and two who died in infancy.
Fraternally Captain Woglom is a meniber of and is past grand of Lawrence Lodge, No. 62, I. O. O. F., and lodge No. 44, K. of P., in both organizations being most highly esteemed. He is a Republican in politics.
FRED FRICK.
In all centers of population, great or small, there is one individual in each field of thought and labor who makes a distinctive impression upon the community. In an entirely unassuming way and without any pretense of super-importance Mr. Fred- erick Frick, the proprietor of the Sheridan Hotel at Red Bank, has in a comparatively short time won his way to the front in his vocation of catering to the wants of the traveling public. While the demands of a rapidly growing business necessitate the devotion of the greater portion of his time to its interests and advancement, he has lost no opportunity, by excellent business counsel or more substantial contribution, in efforts that have been made looking toward the promotion of the public welfare. Born, reared, educated and trained to business in Red Bank, he has been most faith- ful in his allegiance to that town and may be truthfully credited with being in some measure responsible for its splendid development along metropolitan lines. Notably in the establishment and conduct of the restaurant attached to his hostelry has he appealed to the especial favor of commercial travelers and other visitors to Red Bank, in that it is open and well equipped for admirable service every day in the year from six o'clock in the morning until midnight, an exceptional accommodation in towns of much greater population. An illustration of Mr. Frick's abiding faith in the stability of its institutions and his fidelity to the interest of his native place is afforded by the following paragraph which occupies the final page of his menu.
"It is the verdict, freely expressed, of the traveling public, that Red Bank, for progressive business, good government, charming homes, splendid schools, and
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excellent characteristics generally, is not surpassed by any city in the state of New Jersey. It has been, is, and will continue to be the aim of the proprietor of the Sheridan Hotel to afford such accommodations to its patrons as shall be in keeping with the enviable reputation of the city. To that end neither effort nor expense will be spared in providing thoroughly well appointed sleeping apartments, a gener- ously equipped larder, and prompt and efficient service, and satisfactory entertain- ment generally."
Frederick Frick was born October 4, 1869, and is a son of George and Susannah (Soffel) Frick, natives of Alsace-Lorraine, who came as children to the United States with older members of their respective famil.es. Both the Fricks and the Soffels were temporarily located in New York, whence they came to Red Bank. Frederick Frick attended the public schools of Red Bank, and. as a youth of fourteen entered the employment of W. A. French & Company, whole- sale liquor dealers, by whom he was rapidly promoted until he had attained the fore- manship of the sales and shipping departments, the duties of which position he fulfilled efficiently for a period of nine years. In 1893 he established a cafe and restaurant on Front street, Red Bank, which he conducted for three years. During the latter period Mr. Frick, who is a gencral athlete, devoted a considerable share of his time to professional bicycle riding, winning the championship of Monmouth county for two years, and other honors, including the skating championship. In 1898, in partnership association with J. Edgar Brower, he established the Sheridan Hotel (Front street, opposite Broad), the edifice having been erected for the firm by Mr. John W. Stout, Jr. In the following year Mr. Frick purchased h's partner's interest in the establishment, and has scored one of the significant business suc- cesses of Red Bank. A recent addition to the place of a Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company bowling alley has served to popularize his resort locally, while the general excellence of his hostelry and his unfailing courtesy have won for him an enviable reputation with the traveling public. Incidentally it may be mentioned that the erec- tion of the one hundred foot rear addition to his hotel building, which is occupied by the bowling alley, affords the most convenient way of access, through well lighted rooms, to the river front for winter sports, as well as to the Monmouth Boat Club in the summer season, Mr. Frick permitting its g neral use for the purpose.
Mr. Frick was married March 4, 1899, to Matilda, daughter of Mr. George P. Kuhl, of Red Bank. Mr. and Mrs. Frick have two children, Ethel and Frederick, and reside in the old homestead, No. 45 Shrewsbury avenue.
GEORGE W. FITHIAN, M. D.
Fortunate is he who has back of him an ancestry honorable and distinguished and happy is he, if his lines of life are cast in harmony therewith. Dr. Fithian, of this review, comes of a family whose history will bear the closest investigation, for through many generations the men of the name have been diligent, patriotic and res- olute, and the wives and daughters, women of gentle courtesy and refinement. The ancestry is traced back in direct line to William and Martha Fithian. The former, a native of England, came to America prior to the year 1640, making the journey across the Atlantic with a colony that settled in Lynn, Massachusetts. The name was sometimes spelled Pythian, but the present orthography has always been followed by the branch of the family to which our subject belongs.
After residing for a time in Massachusetts, William Fithian removed to East
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Hampton, on Long Island, where he died about the year 1680. His last will and testament was dated December II, 1678, and his children were Enoch, Samuel, Sarah, Hannah and Martha. The Cumberland county branch of the family is descended from Samuel Fithian, but many of the name are still found at East Hampton.
Samuel Fithian, the second son of William and Margaret Fithian, was married on the 6th of March, 1679, to Priscilla Burnet, a daughter of Thomas and Mary Burnet, of Southampton, Long Island, and after several children were born unto them they removed from Easthampton, Long Island, to Fairfield, Cumberland county, New Jersey, between the ycars 1698 and 1702, locating at what is now called New England Roads. Their children were as follows: John, who was born Sep- tember 1, 1681; Josiah, who was born May 6, 1685, and married Sarah Deannis ; Samuel, who was born April 17, 1686, and married Abigail Maskel; Esther, born March 6, 1691; Mathias, who was born February 3, 1694, and wedded Martha Hughes; and William, born March 25, 1698. The eldest son, John Fithian, was mar- ried at New England Roads and had a daughter, Priscilla, born May I, 1702. He died prior to her birth in 1704; his widow married John Ogden.
The representative in the third generation in the line of direct descent to our subject is Josiah Fithian, the second son of Samuel and Priscilla Fithian. He located at Greenwich, Cumberland county, New Jersey, taking up his abode there upon a farm in 1706. He owned extensive tracts of land and carried on farming on a large scale. He was also called upon to settle many estates and frequently acted as an attorney in securing adjustment of troubles between people of the community. He married Sarah Dennis, and their children were as follows: John, who was born in 1709: Jeremiah, who was born in 1713, and married Martha Carl; Samuel, who was born in 1715; Hannah, who was born in 1718, and became the wife of Ephraim Seeley; Esther, who was born in 1721 and married Thomas Maskell; Joseph, who was born in 1724, and wedded Hannah Vickers; Sarah, who was born in 1726 and married William Sayer; and Josiah, who was born in 1728. After the death of the mother of these children the father married again, but had no family by the second union. He was a prominent member and an elder in the Presbyterian church and laid the corner stone in the erection of the house of worship of that denomination in Greenwich in 1735. He was recognized as a leader in public affairs in many ways and exerted a wide influence in matters pertaining to the general progress. He served as one of the judges of the county of Salem in 1732-3 and from 1738 until 1740, inclusive. His death occurred April 3, 1741, and his first wife passed away in 1732.
Samuel Fithian, the third child of Josiah and Sarah (Dennis) Fithian, and the great-great-great-grandfather of our subject, was born October 12, 1715, and died November 2, 1777. He was married September 3. 1741, to Phebe Seeley, who died March 3, 1764. The same year he wedded Miss Mary Clarke. The children of the first union were: Hannah, who married Nathan Leake; Rachel, who becanie the wife of Daniel Clark; Amy, who married Joseph Moore; Joel, who married Rachel Holmes and, for his second wife, Elizabeth Beatty; Elizabeth. who married Ephraim Seeley ; Mary, wlio wedded Joshua Brick; Sarah, who married Thomas Brown; Ruth, who married David Bowen; Seeley, who wedded Ruth Burgin and after her death married Esther Hunt; and Samuel.
Joel Fithian, the great-great-grandfather, was born September 29, 1748, and died November 9, 1821. He was married to Rachel Holmes, whose birth occurred January 14, 1751, and who died on the 12th of February, 1779. They had one son. Josiah, who was born September 3. 1776, and was married March 26, 1807, to Alice Scudder. His death occurred July 14, 1843. The second wife of Joel Fithian was Elizabeth Beatty, whom he married November 4, 1780, and who died August 6,
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1825. Their children were: Charles Beatty, who married Mary Ewing; Samuel, who wedded Sarah Hollinshead and after her death married Sarah Reeves; Philip, who married Rebecca Bacon and for his second wife chose Sarah Reeves; Erkurries, who married Maria Stratton; and Enoch.
Charles Beaty Fithian, the great-grandfather of our subjeet, was born De- cember 18, 1782, and died November 21, 1858. On the 16th of January, 1805, he wedded Mary Ewing. Their children were: Ann Elizabeth, who was born October 14, 1805, was married February 19, 1825, to Richard Fithian, and died January 3, 1863; Enos Ewing, born February 22, 1807, died September 28, 1883; Sarah Ewing, born January 2, 1809, was married November II, 1831, to William K. Sheppard; Erkurries, born December 20, 1810, was married September 17, 1833, to Hannah Hard- ing and died April 12, 1896; Raehel Ewing, born August 16, 1813, was married October 24, 1833, to Robert G. Garrison, and died July 18, 1842; Samuel R., born August 30, 1815, married Amelia Bacon; Christina C., born April 23. 1817, was married March 6, 1839, to Thomas Glaspell, and died July 10, 1896; Mary Clark was born September 16, 1821; and Emily Seeley, who was born September 13, 1823, beeame the wife of Samuel F. Lawrence.
Erkurries Fithian, the grandfather of the Doetor, was born at Greenwich, New Jersey, Dceember 20, 1810, and acquired his education in the publie sehools. In early life he engaged in farming, but afterward carried on merchandising in Phila- dielphia and Greenwich, making his home in the latter place. He was also the owner of a number of vessels and was president of the board of directors of a steamboat company. His varied business interests brought to him a handsome competence, that enabled him to spend the last thirty years of his life in retirement from labor, his income from his investments being sufficient to supply him wtli all the necessaries and many of the comforts of life. He held a number of local offices and gave his political support to the Republican party. He was a member of Brearley Lodge, F. & A. M., and three of his sons were also eonneeted with the Masonie fraternity, the family zealously advocating that organization. His death oceurred April 12, 1896, and the community thereby lost one of its valued representatives. In 1833 he was married to Hannah Harding, who was born October 21, 1811, and died April 10, 1893. They had five children: George B., who was born February 15, 1834, tarried Harriet Mason; Martha Ewing, who was born March 29, 1837, became the wife of Joseph Biaine and after his death married John F. Wheaton; John Nelson, who was born December 15, 1842, inarried Abigail Moore; James Hampton, who was born January 16, 1845, died May 22, 1871, leaving a widow, whose maiden name was Sarah Jane Waller; and Samuel Fatterson, who completed the family.
The last named was the father of the Doctor. He was born March 27, 1850, in Greenwich, Cumberland county, and obtained his education in the public schools of his native town and in Shiloh Academy. He learned the blacksmith trade under the direction of his brother George and followed that pursuit for twenty years, or until the fall of 1887, when he beeamie a candidate for the office of county clerk. He was defeated at that time, but the following year he was elected surrogate by a majority of eight hundred, his term continuing until 1893. He was then re-elected by a ma- jority of two thousand and held the office until 1898, discharging his duties in a most creditable manner, which faet was indicated by the increased vote given him at his second eleetion. Since his retirement he has been engaged in the real estate business and is also connected with other business enterprises, for he is a man of resourceful ability and his efforts have contributed to the prosperity of several eom- mercial concerns. He is now president of the Crystal lee and Cold Storage Company and a director of the Bridgeton Gas Company. In polities he is a stalwart Re- publican and is now chairman of the executive committee of his party, while in
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former years he long served as chairman of the county board of assessors. He is past master of Brearley Lodge, F. & A. M. and a member of the Junior Order of - United American Mechanics. In all life's relations he has commanded the respect and esteen of his fellow men and is one of the prominent and influential residents of Bridgeton. He was married September 30, 1870, to Margaret K. Stetser, who was born June 2, 1850, and died October 29, 1898. They had three children: Erkur- ries, who was born February 4, 1872, is now assistant supervisor of the Camden & Amboy division of the Pennsylvania Railroad; James Hampton, and George Wash- ington are the younger members of the family. Two daughters have passed away -Martha W., who was born July 3, 1876, died on the 23d of August of the same year ; and Maggie L., born December 16, 1890, died on the 3d of January, 1891.
The youngest son of the family is Dr. Fithian, of this review. He was born in Greenwich, Cumberland county, New Jersey, July 3, 1876, and pursued his literary education in the high school of Bridgeton and in the West Jersey Academy, being graduated from both institutions with high honors. Desiring to engage in the prac- tice of medicine as a life work, he began preparation for practice in 1895 as a student in the University of Pennsylvania and was graduated in the class of 1899. Soon afterward he was appointed resident physician and surgeon of the Cooper Hospital and on the expiration of his term of service in that capacity he began the practice of his profession in Perth Amboy. He is a member of the Nu Sigma Nu, a medical fraternity, and is widely recognized as one of the most capable among the younger physicians of this part of the state. He reads widely and understand- ingly and is accurate in applying his knowledge to the needs of suffering humanity, so that his efforts are attended with most gratifying success.
HON. WILLIAM S. JACKSON.
Hon. William Scott Jackson, a pharmacist and mayor of Belmar, Monmouth county, New Jersey, was born November 13, 1845, in Fulton township, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, a son of J. Morris and Eleanor J. (Scott) Jackson. He traces his English ancestry, who were of Quaker persuasion, back over two and a half centuries. Isaac Jackson, a son of Anthony, emigrated to the United States in 1725 and settled in London Grove, Chester county, Pennsylvania. The father of thi's founder was a devout Friend, and both in England and Ireland had suffered imprisonment on account of his religious principles. The line descends from Isaac, born in 1665, through William, born in 1705; John, in 1748; Joel, in 1776; and Jona- than, born September 13, 1810, who became the father of Hon. William Scott. Among these ancestors, John Jackson was a scientific man and a botanist of promise ; Joel Jackson, his son and the grandfather of Hon. William Scott, inherited his father's love of nature and was a man of exceptional intellectual endowments. He inherited the homestead farm, a domain of five hundred and thirty-two acres. He was prominent in the society of Friends and was a literary man of local distinction. Jonathan Morris Jackson, in turn, inherited the homestead farm, was educated in the Friends' school, was prominent in the society, was twice married, and by his first wife, Eleanor, had six children, and by his second marriage, to Margaret Wright, had three children.
William S. Jackson attended the public schools and the Millersville Normal School. The Civil war breaking out while at the latter school, young Jackson threw down his books at seventeen years of age, and in July, 1862, joined Company B, First Maryland Light Artillery, Captain Alonzo Snow commanding. This company,
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was attached to the Sixth Corps, Army of the Potomac, and was sent into the Shen- andloah valley of Virginia and took part in Hunter's raid, during which young Jackson was captured and' sent to Andersonville. During his imprisonment of ten months his weight was reduced from one hundred and fifty to seventy-four pounds, and he received disabilities from which he has never recovered. Resuming his studies at the Millersville Normal School at the close of the war, he was graduated in the class of 1868: He soon afterward sold his interest in the Lancaster farm and lived in retirement until 1885, when he removed to Belmar; New Jersey. Here he became associated with H. H. Yard as superintendent of outside work in the conduct of his real estate improvements, continuing until the winter of 1894. In 1895 he purchased the pharmacy of F. B. Philbrick in Belmar, and in connection with it now operates another pharmacy during the summer months at Hotel Columbia.
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Mr. Jackson is a member of the Penn Hill Friends' Meeting of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, is an influential Republican, is a member of the county com- mittee, of which he has been secretary for a number of years, and since his resi- dence in Belmar has served on the board of education and as district clerk of the board. He was for seven years assessor of Fulton township, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and at Belmar was borough commissioner for five years. In 1895, without opposition, he was elected mayor of Belmar, and has been continuously re- elected to that position since that time. In 1897, under President Mckinley's admin- istration, he was appointed postmaster of Belmar. He is a member of Captain Snow Post, No. 461, G. A. R., at Pleasant Grove, Pennsylvania; of Washington Lodge, No. 156,, F. & A. M., of Quarryville, Pennsylvania; of Chapter No. 43, R. A. M., and Commandery No. 13, of Lancaster ; and of Silver Lake Council, No. 92, J. O. U. A. M., of Belmar.
In November, 1877, Mr. Jackson was united in marriage to Hannah R., a daugh- ter of Andrew Stuart, of Christiana, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania.
JOHN BROWN.
There are few inch who can more- justly claim . the proud American title of a self-made man than John Brown, who at the early age of fourteen years started out in life for himself. His educational privileges were limited and no special advan- tages fitted him for the cares and responsibilties of life. Hc was industrious, deter- mined, ambitious and resolute. however, and these qualities stood him instead of fortune, enablng him to overcome the difficulties and obstacles in his path and work his way steadily upward to the plane where success places the laurel upon the victor's brow. He to-day ranks among the leading farmers of Monmouth county, and his creditable life work has won him the respect and commendation of all who are fa- miliar with his history.
Mr. Brown is a native son of Monmouth county, his birth having occurred on Shark river, on the 22d of October, 1819. His parents were William and Jemima (Newberry) Brown. The father was a farmer by occupation and was a soldier in the war of 1812, while his father, John Brown, also followed the tilling of the soil as a means of livelihood and was a gallant soldier in the Revolutionary war. On the maternal side our subject's ancestors were among the carly settlers of Monmouth county. At the early age of fourteen years John Brown, the subject of this review, left the parental roof and went to sea as a cabin boy, and for fourteen years was employed as a common sailor, several times visiting South America and the West
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Indies, and also made a voyage to Mexico and Central American ports. In 1845 he was united in marriage with Miss Jane Newman, and two years later. at the age of twenty-eight years, he decided to engage in business near his old home, where he has since been engaged in fishing and farming. His farm is a beautiful tract of land situated in the outskirts of Belmar, and he has now divided a part of his land into city lots, which have become very valuable. Mrs. Brown was called to the home beyond on the 2Ist of October, 1879, after a long and happy married life. They were the parents of thirteen children, six of whom are still living, namely : Mrs. Hannah White, a resident of Asbury Park; Eveline, the wife of John Pierce, keeper of the life saving station of Avon; Anthony, John and Garrett, who are painters by trade; and Russell W., baggage agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Asbury Park. Mr. Brown is now the oldest living resident of Belmar, and throughout his active career he has been prominently identified with the interests of the county, standing to-day as one of its most honored and highly esteemed residents.
HERBERT SUTHERLAND COOLEY, M. D.
Herbert Sutherland Cooley, M. D., is a member of the medical profession, residing and practicing at No. 42 Atlantic street, Keyport, New Jersey. He is the son of George F. and Kate T. ( Sutherland) Cooley, and was born in New Paltz, Ulster county, New York, on November 12, 1872. He acquired his primary educa- tion in private schools, and subsequently attended the Peekskill Military Academy and the Vieuland Preparatory School. He later studied lay at the Columbia Law School and then entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia Uni- versity, at Fifty-ninth street, New York City. After graduating he served in the Roosevelt and Sloan Maternity Hospitals, the Vanderbilt Clinic and the New York Lying-in Hospital, and was in 1897 resident physician to the New York County Pen- itentiary on Blackwell's Island. Since then Dr. Cooley has been engaged in private practice.
Doctor Cooley married Elizabeth N. Avery, daughter of Thomas N. and Eliza Avery, and to this union three children have been born, two of whomn are living. The Doctor is a member of a number of medical societies and fraternal organiza- tions, and is enjoying a very extensive practice.
REV. CHARLES EVERETT.
The life and achievements of him whose name heads this sketch, worthily illus- trate what may be attained by persistent and painstaking effort. He is a man of progressive ideas, noted for nobility and integrity of character, gentleness of man- ner and pioniptness in all things. He has "high and peculiar gifts of nature," im- pelling his mind to creative imagery of the highest type, which enables him to reach conclusions seemingly by intuition. As a minister Mr. Everett has few su- periors in the east. Although versatile he is not superficial; exactness and thorough- ness characterize all his attainments. His intellectual possessions are unified and assimilated; they are his own.
Charles Everett was born near Princeton, New Jersey, and is the second son of Charles R. and Julia Ann Everett. Shortly after his birth the parents removed to Dayton, where they still reside. After completing the public school course Charles
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attended the Brainard Institute, of Cranbury, New Jersey, for three years, after which he entered the Rutgers College grammar school, of New Brunswick, where he was subsequently graduated. He then entered Rutgers College, graduating in that institution in 1878 and receiving the degree of B. A. In the following autumn he entered the Princeton Theological Seminary, where he was graduated in 1881, and also received from his alma mater the degree of M. A. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Monmouth in April, 1880, and was ordained and installed pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Englishtown, New Jersey, on the 14th of June, 1881. On the Sth of the following September he married Miss S. Ella Pol- hemus, of Middlebush, New Jersey. At the close of the year 1892 Mr. Everett resigned his pastorate of the Englishtown charge in order to take up the labors in the First Presbyterian church of Belmar, New Jersey, where he was installed on the Ist of February, 1893, and three years later, in 1896, Rutherford College conferred on him the honorary degree of D. D.
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