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In the fall of 1863 his company was transferred to the army of the Cumberland under Hooker, through the consolidation of the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps into the Twentieth Corps. . With his command he. took part in the engagement at Wauhatchie, Tennessee, in the Chattanooga and Rossville campaigns and at. Missionary Ridge, No- vember 25th. During the last eight months of his service he was color sergeant.
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Sergeant Kahle's term of service expiring, he was mustered out September 22, 1864; he returned to New York and thereafter sought fortune for a number of years in various parts of the country. He remained for a year in Buffalo, New York, sub- sequently was for seven years in Cincinnati, Ohio, removed from there to Hills- boro, the same state, and returned east in 1884, when he settled permanently in Free- hold, Monmouth county, his present residence.
By trade Mr. Kahle is a boot and shoemaker and has followed that business throughout his life.
In January, 1887, Mr. Kahle was married to Anna V. Fisher, a native of Switzer- land, who came to this country in 1884, her parents having died in their native land in 1860. They have three children: Louis C., born in 1888; Anna Maria, born in 1890, and died December 27, 1901; and Mary Catherine, born in 1892. The family from the oldest to the youngest are stanch Americans. Mr. Kahle's brother, Henry F., died at Long Branch in 1884. Mr. Kahle through industry and frugality owns a commodious and comfortable residence in Freehold, where he carries on a thriving business. He is a member of Captain Conover Post, No. 63, G. A. R., of Freehold, has served as junior vice-commander of the post, and is now its chaplain. He is also a member of the Order of Red Men of Freehold, and officer in the order.
WILLIAM L. MACDONALD.
The family of Macdonald, of which William L. Macdonald, of Eatontown, Mon- mouth county; New Jersey, is a worthy representative, is of Scotch descent and in every generation for hundreds of years its members have been soldiers in the British service. One such patriotic Scot of the Macdonald family, after filling his term of. service in Canada, remained at Quebec, where William Macdonald, father of the subject of this sketch, was born.
William L. Macdonald was born in the house in which he now lives at Eaton- town, New Jersey, in 1867, a son of William and Josephine Macdonald. His father, who was a carriage maker, did a large shipping trade with the southern states until' the outbreak of the Civil war, when his business suddenly became restricted and the collection of accounts was practically impossible. After the war he resumed busi- ness, but the western trade and cheap factory work so cut into the volume of his. business that he deemed it advisable to abandon the enterprise entirely. His work was of a superior quality and he had never employed anything but the best material, so that he was not in a position to compete with popular trade against the cheap machine-made buggies produced at Cincinnati and other points in the West. His fac- tory was located at Rahway, New Jersey, and he had a repository in New York City. The New York salesroom was closed in 1860, and the factory was abandoned in 1865,. when Mr. Macdonald located at Eatontown. About 1872 he finally withdrew from active business life, and his last carriage factory was converted into a hat factory by Henry Pearce. Mr. Macdonald was a worthy citizen, whose good qualities of mind and heart won him many friends, and he was a member of the Masonic order who most religiously lived up to its principles. He died in 1893, and his wife died in 1892. They had four children, Mary W., Edward W., William L., and Benjamin, the three former arriving at maturity, the latter dying in childhood.
William L. 'Macdonald received but a limited education for the reason that in his youthful years his health was not sufficiently robust to permit of his becoming a hard student; but of actiye mind and very observing, he has obtained a knowledge of
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men, things and events such as is invaluable to a man in business, and his tact is of a superior quality. In 1896 he engaged in the bottling business at Eatontown, and the output of his establishment amounts to about ten thousand dollars a year. He is regarded as one of the bright, hustling, and successful young business men of Mon- mouth county, and those who have watched his upward course thus far predict for him abundant success in the years to come. His brother, Edward W. Macdonald, is a vegetable gardener and runs several market wagons. William married Miss Margaret Pierce, by whom he has two children, Edward and George.
JOHN W. CONINE.
John W. Conine, one of the reliable citizens of Adelphia, Howell township, Mon- mouth county, New Jersey, engaged there in the harness making business, was born in Blue Ball, Howell township, March 16, 1855, son of Henry I. Conine, a black- smith and wheelwright of that place, whose biography appears elsewhere in this work.
Mr. Conine was educated in the district schools of his county and learned the har- ness trade of his father. In 1880 he removed to Asbury Park, where he was engaged in a harness shop until 1884. In 1884 he returned to Blue Ball, established his pres- ent business of maker and retailer of harness, and there continued ever since, meet- ing with marked success in business, and becoming prominently interested in town affairs.
He is a Democrat and has been clerk of Howell township since 1890. He is a notary public and fraternally connected with the orders of Knights of Pythias and the Jr. O. U. A. M., and is district deputy of the lodges of Freehold, Englishtown and Adelphia, Knights of Pythias, and secretary of the Adelphia lodge. He is prominent in the Methodist church of Adelphia, being president of the board of trustees of the, church; secretary of the official board; leader of the choir, and president of the Epworth League.
In 1882 he was married to Kate M., daughter of J. Raymond Jones, of Adelphia. Her father died in 1886, leaving children besides Mrs. Conine, John V .; Jones, who is a veterinary surgeon at Atlantic City, New Jersey ; Dr. H. F. Jones, of Spring City, Pennsylvania ; Mrs. B. C. Stillwell, of Adelphia ; Mrs. George Wagner, of Lakewood, New Jersey ; Mrs. Samuel Hall, of Tottenville, Long Island; and Mrs. Carrie Grout, of New York.
CORNELIUS C. BARKALOW.
Cornelius C. Barkalow, scion of the founders of the Dutch set lements in Amer- ica, and direct descendant of the original proprietor of the tract of land now com- prised in Howell township, Monmouth county, New Jersey, was born in New York City, August 24, 1812, while his father was in the Federal army during the war of 1812.
The Barkalow family left Holland early in the seventeenth century and settled on Long Island, New York. Later in the seventeenth century Cornelius Barkalow came to Monmouth county, New Jersey, and bought a tract of land two miles square, in what is now Howell township. Hechid and his son Derrich Barkalow inherited this land, which passed on from father to son through Derrich to Cornelius, one of Derrich's sons, whose portion descended thence to Stephen, the grandfather of the
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present Cornelius C. Stephen Barkalow was born in Howell township December 10, 1748, and died March. 14, 1826. He owned the "Barkalow Mill," a grist and saw mill, and lived during the trying period of the Revolutionary war; he left several sons and daughters. One of these sons, Cornelius S. Barkalow, was the father of our subject. He was born in Freehold township, February 22, 1772, and died February 2, 1842. The mother of Mr. Barkalow; Zededah Errickson, was born in Freehold township, July 8, 1780, and died May. 6, 1860. They were married a year before the war of 1812. As already intimated, Cornelius S. Barkalow served during the war of 1812, having grown up to manhood as a millwright.
Cornelius C. Barkalow, son of the preceding, received his early education in the district schools of his time and has supplemented his early education by wide ex- perience and extensive reading. Growing to manhood, he bought and cultivated [and, upon which he lived until 1872. He then for a year lived at Blue Ball in Howell township, ga small country place; and from there removed to his present home, two miles from his original farm, where he has since resided. He has always devoted his time and energies to farming. In his, eighty-third year he fell from an apple tree in which he was working and injured his hip, necessitating now the use of a cane. Otherwise he is in active, vigorous health, retaining the full possession of his mental and physical powers at ninety years of age ..
In March, 1827, he was married to Catherine Errickson, who died . September : 30, 1861. To this union were born Silas, Cornelius S. and John E. Cornelius S. was one of the veterans of the Civil war. He was mustered into the service of Company "I, Fourteenth New Jersey Volunteer - Infantry, as . first sergeant, and served with his regiment continuously except a few months, when he was laid up in the hospital with his wounds. He was shot in the breast. in July, '1864, at Monocacy, Maryland, and was supposed to be mortally wounded .. The father . went to the battlefield and stayed with his son'until the latter returned home on a furlough.' In January, 1865, he returned to the command and was with the Fourteenth up to the close of the war. He was made first lieutenant September 10, 1864; captain, December 1, 1864; and brevet-major, April 2, 1865. He died February 12, 1866.
JAMES H. MINTON.
. - James H. Minton, a native and resident of Fair Haven, New Jersey, was born on April 16, 1834, the son of the late John M. and Margaret Minton, also natives of Fair Haven, and members of an old and highly respected family, originally of English extraction. John Minton was an early oyster planter, when that business was at the zenith of its prosperity."
The subject of our sketch, James H. Minton, received his education in the public schools of his native town; here he manifested a disposition to take advantage of every opportunity_ that presented itself, and through close application mastered the pre- liminary instruction that was afterward fortified by the more practical experiences of life. In early life he became interested with his father in the cultivation of oysters, but this occupation did not long claim his attention. Being of a mechancal turn of mind, boat building soon attracted his notice as a business more exactly suited to his inclination and ability. " It did not take long to demonstrate his peculiar genius for the art of boat building; his expert: workmanship has attracted widespread atten- 'tion and some of the finest craft on the river are the product of his labor. .. . ..?
"When young Minton made up his mind that his choice of occupation was a wise
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one he wasted no time in journey work, but at the age of twenty years he took upon himself the responsibility of conducting business on his own account. In this- step he made no mistake, as his present extensive business indicates.
His marriage took place in December, 1861, his bride being Cornelia, daughter of Cornelius and Maria Morris, the former being a descendant of Robert Morris, of Revolutionary renown. Nine children were the result of their union, seven of whom are living, namely : Elwood, Laurence E., Ada H., Cecelia C., Charles A., Harriett K., and Prentiss I .; John M. and Cornelius M. are the two deceased children.
As a citizen Mr. Minton is held in high esteem, as the fact of his having held the office of school trustee for twenty-three years conclusively shows. He is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Red Bank, New Jersey, in which insti- tution he has occupied the office of steward and class leader for a number of years.
WILLIAM HENRY HENDRICKSON.
It is an important public duty to honor and perpetuate as far as is possible the memory of an eminent citizen-one who by his blameless and honorable life and distinguished career reflected credit upon his city and state. Through such memorials as this at hand the individual and the character of his services are kept in remembrance and the importance of those services acknowledged. His example, in whatever field his work may have been done, thus stands as an object lesson to those who come after him, and though dead he still speaks. Long after all recollection of his per- sonality shall have faded from the minds of men, the less perishable record may tell the story of his life and commend his example for imitation.
William H. Hendrickson was for three terms a distinguished member of the state senate and throughout his business career he devoted his attention to the work of agriculture, which, to quote from George Washington, "is the most useful as well as the most honorable occupation to which man can give his energies." He resided in Holmdel township, Monmouth county, New Jersey, and was born near Middle- town, this county, on the 3d of June, 1813, a son of William H. and Eleanor (Dubois) Hendrickson. His paternal ancestors were among the pioneer settlers of Monmouth county, having located here as early as 1698, and the land which they then secured (fifteen hundred acres) has since been in possession of their descendants, the farm of the son of our subject, James P. Hendrickson, having been a part of that property, and containing the old homestead.
In his youth William H. Hendrickson was a student in the grammar school con- nected with Rutgers College and was pursuing the work of the sophomore year in the college when his father died and he returned to the home farm to assume its management and control. Throughout the greater part of his business career his attention was devoted chiefly to agricultural pursuits, which he conducted so sys- tematically and capably that his labors were annually rewarded with good financial returns. His attention, however, was not entirely given to this one line of activity. He was a man of resourceful ability and in addition to the management of his farm he acted as the president of the Middletown & Keyport Steamboat Company and was the president of the Farmers' & Merchants' Bank of Middletown Point, now Matawan Bank. . While connected with the Steamboat Company and in furtherance of its inter- ests, the Middletown & Keyport Turnpike Company was organized, opening up a large territory. He presided over its interests for many years. 4
On the 28th of February, 1839, Mr. Hendrickson was united in. marriage .to
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Miss Elizabeth E. Woodward, of Cream Ridge, Monmouth county, a daughter of Nimrod Woodward, who belonged to an old Quaker family of that locality. By this marriage six children were born: Charles D., now deceased, who was a farmer by occupation and was a colonel on the staffs of Governors Beale and Abbett; while in Company G, of the New Jersey National Guard, at Keyport, he served as lieutenant ; William, who has also passed away; Elizabeth, the wife of William H. Barron, a merchant of New York City; Hendrick, deceased; Henry; and one who died in in- fancy. The mother died on the 13th of December, 1865, and on the 24th of June, 1868, Mr. Hendrickson was again married, Rebecca C. F. Patterson becoming his wife. They had two children: James P., who is now living near Red Bank. William H., assistant cashier in the Mercantile Co-operative Bank of Red Bank. He attended Freehold Institute; in the year following his graduation from that office was connected with the county clerk's office. In 1889 he entered the employ of the Farmers' & Merchants' Bank of Matawan. In 1898 he was elected to his present position. Mr. Hendrickson has been active in the interests of his party, but has not sought political preferment. He belongs to the Knickerbocker Lodge, No. 52, Mata- wan, I. O. O. F., and is a member of Monmouth County Historical Society, Holland Society, New York and Monmouth Boat Club. He married, April 12, 1898, Miss Louisa V., daughter of Henry S. Bush, of Philadelphia. The one son born of this union is William H. Hendrickson, third. He was one of the founders and the first secretary of the Red Bank Golf and Country Club.
While Mr. Hendrickson was well known in his native county as a representative of important business interests, his greatest reputation was probably gained through his service in the state senate. In this way he gained more than local renown. He was a member of the board of freeholders in Monmouth county for eleven years, and in 1858 he was elected to represent his district in the upper house of the general assembly of New Jersey for a three years' term. In 1872 he was elected to the same office without opposition and on the close of that term was immediately chosen for a third term, so that his service in the legislative councils of the state covered nine years, during which time he served on a number of important committees, including the finance, education and printing, and was chairman of the education committee during his first term. Mr. Hendrickson was especially active in his senatorial ca- pacity in securing the legislative permission for the New York & Long Branch Rail- road Company to cross the Raritan, a measure that was most bitterly and vigorously fought by the Camden & Amboy Railroad. He was one of the founders and first presi- dent of the Monmouth County Agricultural Society. He was for a number of years one of the members of the Geological Survey Commission of the state of New Jersey, repre- senting the third congressional district, and as such rendered especially efficient service. He was a man of well balanced mind, practical and yet progressive, care- fully considering every question which came up for settlement and looking beyond the exigencies of the moment to the possibilities of the future. He never sought office,' but his fellow townsmen, recognizing his ability and his loyalty to the best interests of the country, called him to office and he faithfully served them in a manner that promoted the welfare of the state. His death occurred February 20, 1899, when he had attained the age of eighty-six years. Throughout his entire life he resided upon the farm which had been the home of his ancestors from the latter part of the seventeenth century, and in the community where he was so widely known he enjoyed in rich measure the regard of his fellow men. His remains are interred in the family burying ground on the homestead farm. This is one of the historic burial spots of Monmouth county, having been in use as such for two hundred years, as inscriptions on some of the stones that mark the last resting place of members of the family attest.
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THOMAS T. FALLON.
Sergeant Thomas T. Fallon, of Freehold, New Jersey, enjoys the exceptional honor of having been awarded by the Congress of the United States, a medal of honor for bravery and meritorious conduct in battle. He was born in Ireland in 1837, removed thence to England in his eighth year with his parents, and in 1859 came to the United States. In 1860 he located in Freehold, New Jersey, which has since been his home. His parents have long since died in England.
In 1861 he enlisted at New York City in Company K, Thirty-seventh New York Volunteer Infantry, known as the famous fighting Irish regiment from New York City. He took part in the first Bull Run battle and was with Mcclellan in 1861 and 1862, his regiment belonging to Kearney's famous division of the Third Corps,- a regiment that was always to the front and on the firing line. The record of Sergeant Fallon's active service covers the entire period of the war. The more notable instances of his bravery include the incident of May 5, 1862. He was one of ten men who composed a skirmish line at the battle of Williamsburg, Virginia. Only four of the number came back alive. General Kearney, who was an eye witness, ordered that their names be recorded for bravery. In 1864 Sergeant Fallon was again honored by being given a thirty-day furlough for bravery at the battle of Big Shanty. Ordered to lead the left wing of his company in a charge upon the enemy's earth- works, one officer and twenty-eight men of the enemy were captured. He personally captured the officer on the breast-works and pulled him over into the Union line. He participated during 1861 in the battle of Bull Run, the engagement at the Polish church and Opequon Creek, Virginia. In 1862 he took part in the siege of York- town. He was in the advance on Richmond during May and June, and June 25th was sent out as a spy by order of General Kearney to watch the Confed rate artillery at Charles City Cross Roads and was recorded for meritorious conduct by General Kearney. From June 25th to July Ist he was in a seven-days' battle before Rich- mond, at the battle of Carter's farm on the Chickahominy, at the White Oak Swamp and at Malvern Hill. At Harrison's Landing, Virginia, he was transferred by order of General Kearney to Battery K, Fourth United States Artillery. He participated in the battle of Manassas, Bull Run, August 30th, and the battle of Chantilla, Virginia, where General Kearney was killed. He was afterwards at the bombardment of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and was in. the battle near the Rappahannock. Decem- ber 13th.
In 1863 he participated in, Burnsides' second campaign, known as the "Mud" cam- paign, and in the Chancellorsville campaign of April 28-30. May 1, 1863, his term of service having expired, he was discharged with a record of being in all engage- ments. Returning to his home at Freehold he remained there until the second call of President Lincoln in 1863. September 24th of that year he was mustered in sergeant of Company H, Thirty-fifth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, and in November was assigned to a provisional brigade in the army of Tennessee. He was with the expedition from Vicksburg to Meridian, Mississippi, Bolton Depot, the battle of Resaca, Georgia, New Hope Church, Dallas, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mountain, Rowells Mills, Nickjack Creek, Decatur, and the siege of Atlanta. He was with the army in its march to the sea and the siege of Savannah. In June, 1865, he was at Crystal Springs, Washington, D. C., and July 20th was mustered out of service at Alex- andria, Virginia.
In 1891 Sergeant Fallon received from the war department under the date of February 13th, the following :
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"Mr. Thomas T. Fallon,
late of Co. K, N. Y. Vol.,
"Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey.
Sir: I have the honor to inform you that I have this day forwarded to you by registered mail a medal of honor, awarded you by the secretary of war in accordance with the act of Congress approved March 3, 1863, providing for the presentation of medals of honor to such officers, non-commissioned officers and privates as have most distinguished himself in action."
The medal bears this inscription "The Congress to Thomas. T. Fallon, late private, Co. K, 37th N. Y. Vol., for bravery at Williamsburg, Va.""
Sergeant Fallon was married in New York City in September, 1863, to Cath- erine Garrity. They have two married daughters, Mrs. James Bennett, of Freehold, who has one child, Raymond; and Mrs. Elliot Briscoe of East Orange, whose father was a veteran of the Civil war; they have three children: Leonti, Lellona and Ronald. Two brothers of Sergeant Fallon, Peter and Patrick, served also in the Civil war. Mr. Fallon's name appears on the roster of the "Medal of Honor Legion" in the war department at Washington, D. C.
PETER HALL PACKER.
Peter Hall Packer, the son of William B. and Mary A. Packer, was born at Neshanic, Somerset county, New Jersey, July 13, 1853.
He remained with his father, assisting him on the farm and attending the Mont- gomery public school until he was eighteen years of age. In 1874 he became asso- ciated with his uncle in the contracting business in Long Branch, New Jersey. In 1876 he located at Sea Bright, New Jersey, with Cloughly Brothers in the lumber busi- ness, with whom he remained until 1879. He then purchased the hardware and tin roofing business of. W. H. Cooper, of Sea Bright, with a branch at Atlantic Highlands, where he became one of the first promoters in the opening up of that well known resort.
In 1882 he sold out the business to Irwin & Nesbit. On December 16, 1881, he founded the Sentinel at Sea Bright and was its editor and publisher for seven years. As editor he strongly advocated municipal improvements, such as good roads, street lights, sanitary improvements, the establishing of the Sea Bright Beach Club, the building of a town hall, jail, the engine house, and many other improvements beneficial to Sea Bright. .
Politically he is a Republican and one of the leaders of that party in this section of the state. He was the first to organize a Republican Club in Sea Bright and served as its president for sixteen years. A resume of the political career of Mr. Packer is indicative of the activity of his identification with the interests of his party and the esteem in which he has been held by his constituents. He served as a member of the county executve committee for fifteen years, and has been- for twenty years a member of the township executive committee. He has been delegate to nearly every county, congressional, gubernatorial and state convention that has been held since he attained his majority. He was the first official elected in his township by the Republican party, being elected to the office of justice by a majority of eighty-four votes against a defeat by seven hundred votes of the remaining nominee on his ticket. He was secretary of the first board of commissioners, and a member of that board, save
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