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ALBERT D. McCABE.
Albert Dunlap McCabe, a thoroughly representative business man of Ocean Grove and Asbury Park and active in municipal and social affairs, is a native of New Jersey, born at White Horse, near Trenton, township of Hamilton. Mercer county, July 7, 1846. His parents were George H. and Mary C. McCabe. old and highly re- spected people.
Mr. McCabe was educated at the public school at Yardville, near the family residence. At the early age of fifteen years he undertook the severe task of loco- motive fireman on the old Camden & Amboy Railroad, and followed it continuously
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for five years. During this time he gained an intimate knowledge of railroad engines, and frequently acted as engineer, acquiring such skill that, had he persisted in his occupation, he would undoubtedly have risen to a responsible position. It was not suited to his health, however, and he performed farm work for one year, after which he engaged in butchering at Yardville. After being thus occupied for six years, seek- ing a larger and more remunerative field, in 1876 he located at Ocean Grove, New Jersey, where he began a similar business, in which he is yet engaged. His building, located on Main street, Asbury Park, is in all respects the best for its purposes on the New Jersey coast, being a substantial and commodious brick edifice, in which is contained attractive furniture and every appliance that can be utilized in a modern first-class meat market. Careful in his dealings, and watchful for the wants of the community, he occupies a place among the leading business men of the place, and is highly respected in all his relations with them and with his patrons.
Mr. McCabe is an active and influential Democrat, and a man whose integrity and capability in public concerns commands wide confidence. For six years he rep- resented the township of Neptune in the board of chosen freeholders for Monmouth county, and he safeguarded the interests of his constituents with such intelligence and ability as to command general approbation, which would have found affirmation in his continued re-election had he so desired.' In religion he is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal church at Ocean Grove. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias, the Royal Arcanum and the Junior Order of American Mechanics.
On December 23, 1868, Mr. McCabe was married to Miss Mary C. West, a daugh- ter of William West, of Groveville, New Jersey. Their children were George H., born March 9, 1876, an industrious and capable young man, who is employed in his father's establishment; and Lulu May, born February 19, 1882. Mrs. McCabe died in. April, 1895, and Mr. McCabe was married to Miss Mary L. Sayers, daughter of Will- iam Sayers, of Newark, New Jersey, January 6, 1897.
F. H. PARSELLES.
F. H. Parselles, of Asbury Park, New Jersey, was born in Somerset county, New Jersey, in 1878. The name is of French origin, and he is a descendant of a French Huguenot family that have made their home in Bound Brook, New Jersey, for the past one hundred years. On his mother's side he is a descendant of English stock. His ancestors on the paternal side, have always been ready to serve their country in times of peril. One of them served in the Revolutionary war, and his grandfather, John Parselles, participated in the Civil war. John R. Parselles, was father of F. H. Parselles. He is a stanch supporter of the Republican party, and takes an active interest in all matters that pertain to the welfare and betterment of the community in which he resides. He married Miss Ella Holmes, daughter of David Holmes, of Binghampton, New York.
F. H. Parselles acquired his education in the Bound Brook high school, from which he was graduated. Subsequently he was appointed postmaster of Deal Beach, and he faithfully discharged the duties of the office for three years, after which he resigned in order to accept the position of bookkeeper with the firm of Stevens & Son, manufacturers of shirt waists, etc., of Asbury Park, New Jersey.
Mr. Parselles has always been an ardent Republican, and he is engaged in the capacity of borough clerk of Deal Beach, New Jersey. He is a member of the
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Asbury Park Wheelmen, and he also holds membership in the Knights of the Golden Eagle. In 1899 Mr. Parselles was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Barkillow. One child has been born of this union.
LEWIS JAMES FELTMAN.
Lewis James Feltman, dairyman and manager of the City Steam Laundry, of Red Bank, New Jersey, was born in Mercer county, New Jersey, October 18, 1860. His parents, Andrew and Anna Feltnian, were natives of Germany, whence they came to the United States in childhood. They were married at Bordentown and both are deceased. L. J. Feltman received a common school education, learned the nursery business at Hightstown, Mercer county, under Enoch Ely, and was subsequently engaged for two years in the same business on his own account. In the fall of 1890 he located at Red Bank, where he established himself in business as a butcher and was thus employed for five years. Since 1898 he has successfully conducted a milk dairy business and in conjunction. therewith has, since 1899, been connected in a managerial capacity with the City Steam Laundry of Red Bank. He is a member of Wigwam 255, Improved Order of Red Men, and Independent Order of Foresters.
CHARLES CHAUNCEY HOMMANN.
Charles Chauncey Hommann is a worthy descendant of an old German family, who emigrated from Saxony to this country after the close of the Revolutionary war. John Christopher Hommann (grandfather) was. the first of the name to settle here. He made Philadelphia his home, and spent the remainder of his life there, passing away in the year 1837, being then eighty-three years old. While in his native country he served as officer in the regular standing army. In his religious belief, he adhered to the principles of the Lutheran church. He was united in mar- riage to Constantia Herbert, and they became the parents of the following children: Constantia, wife of Charles Frederick Hupfeld; John Christopher; Charlotte, wife of Rev. Isaac Smith; Charles; Sarah, wife of Charles Harrison; Amelia, wife of Dr. Levi Hartlett; Jane, wife of Rev. Williams; and William Hommann.
William H. Hommann (father) was born in the city of Philadelphia, in March, 1814. He received his early education there and in 1835 graduated from the General Theological Seminary of New York, and the Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal church. He acted as pastor for thirty-five years in various Episcopal churches in Pennsylvania, Missouri, Wisconsin, and latterly in the state of New Jersey. His useful life came to a close on March 12, 1870, when in his fifty-seventh year, his wife having passed away in March, 1866, aged fifty-one years. Two children survived them, Charles Chauncey and James W. Hommann; the latter departed this life in 1875, after having graduated from the College of Pharmacy in Philadelphia, and was at the time of his decease engaged in the study of medicine in New York City.
Charles Chauncey Hommann, born May 21, 1851, at Green Bay, Wisconsin, was the son of William and Fidelia (Smith) Hommann. His early education was acquired in various cities, owing to the fact that his father was a clergyman and his pastorate changed from time to time. When he reached the age of seventeen years
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he entered Lafayette College, but left before graduation. He then went into the office of General Egbert L. Viele, of New York City, and took up the study of civil engineering, which profession he has continued in up to the present time. He has worked on various railroads in the United States and in Central America. In 1876 he removed to South Amboy, New Jersey, and took up the study of law with the late Charles Morgan, Esq., being admitted to the bar from that office as an attorney in 1880, and as a counsellor in 1886. In the year 1880 he changed his residence to Perth Amboy, and has resided there ever since. Being city surveyor of Perth Amboy, all the engineering of the various improvements made in the town has been under his superintendence.
Politically he is a believer in the Democratic principles, and religiously he is connected with St. Peter's Episcopal church of Perth Amboy. He is also an active member of the First Troop of New Jersey, the Essex Troop of Newark, commanded by Frederick Frelinghuysen. In March, 1866, Mr. Hommann married Mrs. Bessie Higgins, a widow, who had two sons, Eugene Elliott and John De Bree. By her second marriage she has one son, Charles Chauncey, Jr.
BORDEN HANCE.
Borden Hance, a leading agriculturist of Monmouth county, who resides at Red Bank, was born on the Rumson road, May 10, 1855; he is a son of the late Borden and Rebecca (Wooley) Hance, natives of Monmouth county and descended respectively of the early German and English settlers of the colony of New Jersey. The late Borden Hance was a leading farmer, being one of the largest peach growers of New Jersey ; he died in 1859, his wife in 1895. Borden Hance, Jr., received a common school education, entered upon a farmer's life at an early age, subsequently pur- chased property in Shrewsbury township, where he resided and cultivated the soil up to 1895 and since the latter date has been a resident of Red Bank, still retaining his agricultural interest in Shrewsbury township. His place of residence is 268 Broad street, and he is a widower without children. Politically he is a Republican and has held the office of town commissioner since 1892. His religious affiliations are with the Friends.
WESLEY B. STOUT.
Wesley B. Stout, a well established lawyer of Monmouth county, and formerly junior member of the firm of R. T. & W. B. Stout, is a prominent citizen of Asbury Park, New Jersey. He was born at Farmingdale, Monmouth county, being a son of Richard Ten Broeck and Elizabeth (Beck) Stout. The ancestors of both sides were among the earliest settlers of Monmouth county. His mother's family were of Ger- man extraction and settled at Toms River, New Jersey, while his father's ancestors were of English and Holland Dutch origin, and for four generations have lived in Middletown township, Richard Stout, great-grandfather of Wesley B., being one of the first white inhabitants of the township. The family name has been conspicuously identified with the colonial wars, with the ownership of extensive timber lands, and with the pioneer history of the county. Richard Stout, his grandfather, was a success- ful lumberman, was engaged in general mercantile business and was a prominent coast trader. He became eventually a large land owner, holding original grants from
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the English crown of over two thousand acres. He had three children. Richard T., father of Wesley B., was born at Toms River, New Jersey, January 18, 1821. He was educated at the academy of Newark, New Jersey, and at Ulrich's Academy, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Thereafter he read law, but being obliged to discontinue because of ill health, he removed to a farm near Farmingdale, Monmouth county, and undertook the management of his father's large business interests. He was an active Methodist, and in connection with Mr. W. B. Osborn interested himself in the development of Ocean Grove, giving substantial support to the Methodist church work there. He was a Republican and a strong party man, was a large land owner, had an ample fortune and was a prominent and progressive citizen. He married Eliza- beth Beck and died May 19, 1893, leaving a widow and three sons, R. Ten Broeck, Joseph C. W. and Wesley B. Stout.
Wesley B. Stout spent his boyhood in Farmingdale, and was educated there in the common school, studying German and music privately. Later he entered Pennington Seminary, at Pennington, New Jersey, taking the Latin and scientific course and was graduated there in 1884, and afterward received the college degree of Doctor of Laws. He also spent four years, from 1879 to 1883, in the law office of his brother, R. Ten Broeck Stout. and was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1883, and later to the United States courts. The law firm of R. T. & W. B. Stout was then formed, since which Mr. Stout has been active and busy in his profession, meeting with marked success in his specialty of civil and real-estate law and federal practice. He has engaged personally and as an attorney in large southern enterprises. He is a stanch Republican and prominent in local politics, an earnest church worker, being secretary of the board of the First Methodist Episcopal church, teacher of the Young People's Bible class in the Sunday-school and president of the Epworth League of that church. He resides in Ocean Grove, where he owns property and contributes largely to the interest and welfare of the community. In June, 1888, Mr. Stout was married to Mary E., daughter of George R. Lord, a promoter of West Asbury Park. They have one son, Richard Weslord.
W. C. BATEMAN.
W. C. Bateman, well known throughout Spring Lake, New Jersey, and vicinity as an extensive real estate dealer, was born in the city of Lancaster, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, on January 18, 1874. His parents, James S. and Lucy J. Bateman, removed to Asbury Park, New Jersey, when our subject was still in his infancy, so that his early education was received in the public schools of that place. Upon com- pleting his school days he immediately turned his thoughts to his business career. His first position was secured in the employ of J. Frank Appleby, who conducted a real estate office at Asbury Park. For five years he continued with Mr. Appleby, at the end of which time he was offered a position by the Monmouth Trust & Safe Deposit Company, of the same place, and as this seemed to offer a brighter future prospect, he accepted it. At the end of four years, however, a spirit of unrest pos- sessed him, and he determined to enter the business world on his own account ; thus in 1899 he formed a co-partnership with Mr. Buchanan, under the style of Buchanan & Bateman, as real estate dealers at Spring Lake. For nine months the firm grew and prospered, but its pleasant career was unhappily temporarily checked by the death of Mr. Buchanan. This left Mr. Bateman to conduct the business alone ; unhesitatingly and with characteristic energy he took up the work and has success- fully carried it on up to the present time.
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Although a true Republican Mr. Bateman has never entered the political field as a politician or as a candidate for public office. He is content to exercise his right of franchise as an ordinary citizen rather than to enter political strife. The fact that Mr. Bateman is most socially inclined is evidenced by his connection with the following fraternal organizations : He is a member of Wall Lodge, No. 73, Free and Accepted, Masons, of Manasquan, New Jersey, and of Asbury Park Council, No. 23, Junior Order United American Mechanics, of Asbury Park. He is also a highly re- spected member of the Methodist church of Spring Lake. Mr. Bateman's marriage to Miss Josephine Sherman, daughter of Joseph D. and Mary J. Sherman, of Bristol, Pennsylvania, was solemnized on November 10, 1897.
LONGSTREET HARVEY.
Longstreet Harvey, one of the oldest residents and most successful farmers of Eatontown, Monmouth county, New Jersey, was born at a place on the road leading from Shark river to Farmingdale, New Jersey, on November 24, 1816. In the paternal line Mr. Harvey's grandfather was Stephen Harvey, who was born in Monmouth county, of English parents. The name in that section was founded (it is supposed) by two brothers, who on their way from England were wrecked off the Jersey coast at a point which has since been known as Harvey Cedars. The aforementioned Stephen, who was a direct descendant of one of the brothers, was an extensive farmer and successful business man of his day. His wife Peggy bore him a son, David, who was born at a place on Shark river, in 1783, and died in 1828 at the age of forty-five years. David was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was stationed at Sandy Hook. He married and had six children, four of whom are still living, namely: David, residing at Oceanic; Thomas, a resident of Manasquan; Annie, wife of Joseph Taylor, of Bordentown; and Longstreet Harvey.
Longstreet Harvey, son of David and Abigail Harvey, acquired his education in the common schools near his birthplace. At the age of thirteen years he left the scenes of his childhood, and shortly afterwards took up farming, which vocation he has ever since followed. Mr. Harvey has always given much attention to his home interests, and has never had any marked political ambitions, yet his true public spirit has ever prompted him to assist to the extent of his ability in all movements which in his good judgment have been for the advancement of the general good. Both he and his aged wife are members of the Baptist church, in which he has served as deacon for many years.
November 27, 1839, Mr. Harvey married Miss Sarah Van Note, who was born at Farmingdale, New Jersey, November 24, 1821, a daughter of the late Daniel and Hannah Van Note. In 1846 Mr. and Mrs. Harvey took possession of the farm of George A. Corlies, and in 1866, just after the close of the war, bought the farm and have lived there for fifty-six years. All of their ten children were born there, five of whom are still living, as follows: Alice, wife of Gilbert White; Huldah, wife of Charles De Camp; Wellington R .: a business man of New York City; Edmund A., who is employed on the old farm, and David D. Harvey, who follows mercantile pursuits at Long Branch, New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey celebrated the sixty-second anniversary of their marriage on November 24, 1901, at which four generations were represented. The aged couple have twenty-five grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. While Mr. Harvey is in his eighty-sixth year, and his companion just five years younger, both are remarkably active and distinctly remem- ber dates and happenings of three score years ago.
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GEORGE SHWENDEMAN.
George Shwendeman, a retired farmer of Howell township and a veteran of the Civil war, was born in Germany, April 23, 1837. His parents were born, lived and died in Germany. In 1854, at the age of seventeen, young Shwendeman, together with his brother, Anthony, seeking a wider field and a better opening for fortune than was afforded by their immediate native surroundings, emigrated to America. Landing in New York City, Mr. Shwendeman soon after went to Newark, New Jersey, where he found employment for one year. He then returned to New York City. In 1858 he again removed to the state of New Jersey, and settled at Coltsneck. Monmouth county, where he purchased a farm, and thereafter followed an agricultural life.
In 1862 Mr. Shwendeman was among the patriots who responded to the call of their country during the Civil war. August 26th of the above year, he was mustered into the United States service, in Company A, Fourteenth Regiment, New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. He served with his company throughout the war, being in all the hard-fought battles of the regiment, and his individual history during this period is identified with the history of the regiment. Although frequently sick, he refused to go into the hospital and was continuously at his post of duty. He was discharged from his company June 18, 1865. Returning from the war he took up farm life near Coltsneck, Monmouth county.
In September, 1861, he was married to Fredericka Elgreen, of Colt's Neck, by whom he has had seven children: Mary, who died in infancy; Kate, now Mrs. Charles Snively, residing at Red Bank, Monmouth county, New Jersey; George W., Ann, Edna, Mable and Emma, all of whom reside at home with their parents. Mr. Shwendeman is a member of the M. E. church of Howell.
ELIAS C. TANTUM.
The above named, Elias C. Tantum, was born at Manalapan, Monmouth county, New Jersey, on March 22, 1845. He is one of a family of nine children born to Samuel S. and Elizabeth (Ely) Tantum, three only of whom are now (1901) living, namely : Hartson, Miriam and Elias C. Samuel S. Tantum, the father of our subject, was a very prominent and popular man in Monmouth county. Politically he was a stanch Democrat and his general favoritism was acknowledged in his selec- tion by the people to occupy various positions of public trust. There were only two offices in the township which Mr. Tantum never filled, those of collecter and assessor ; these he refused to accept under any consideration.
The paternal grandfather of Elias C., was Hartson Tantum, a native of Mid- dletown, Monmouth county, New Jersey. He was a conspicuous figure in the county as the owner and operator of a gristmill. He was a man of exemplary character and highly respected by all with whom he was brought in contact.
Elias C. Tantum married Miss Margaret E. Dey, daughter of Peter and Margaret (Mount) Dey, on December 30, 1874. To them were born the following children : Lydia V., February 4, 1877; Lizzie M., June 27, 1879; Samuel P., March 27, 1883; Mabel A., November 4, 1887; Adelaide, August 14, 1889. Mrs. Margaret A. Tantum was born November 1, 1845.
The Tantum family have resided upon their present farm since 1878; this is located in Monroe township, Middlesex county, and was formerly the property of Peter Dey, Mrs. Tantum's father, and always known as the "Dey Farm." There
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are one hundred and ninety-six acres of highly cultivated land, producing a general line of farm truck, under the modern and practical methods followed by Mr. Tantum, who is thoroughly versed in the farmer's art, and capable of attaining the very highest results in all his undertakings. Aside from the ordinary course of circumstances and events the life of our subject has been quiet and uneventful.
Peter Dey, the father of Mrs. Margaret Tantum, was a native of Monroe town- ship, where he was born in 1805. His marriage to Margaret Mount, which occurred in 1834, was productive of nine children, namely: Lydia M., born February 28, 1835 (deceased) ; David S., February 15, 1837; Thomas M .; Orlando; Margaret A .; Lydia; George E .; May 18, 1850; Adelaide and Ella. Peter Dey was the owner of about four hundred acres of valuable farm land at the time of his death, which occurred in 1878. He was a member of the Presbyterian church. His wife survived him until the year 1880.
Peter Dey was also the name of Mrs. Tantum's grandfather, who was born in the year 1762; his marriage to Martha Barclay, born in 1770, resulted in the follow- ing family of children: David S., born in 1792; James, in 1794; Elizabeth, in 1796; Rullof S., 1800; William P., in 1802; Peter, 1805; Ann S., in 1807; Solomon, 1809; John, in 1811. Peter, the father of the foregoing and grandfather of Mrs. Margaret Tantum, was a farmer of some importance in his community and was possessed of about one hundred and thirty-five acres of land. His death occurred on December 30, 1830. His wife Martha died on March 3, 1812. On the maternal side Mrs. Tantum comes of a long lived family, her great-grandmother, Margaret, died in 1813, having lived to a ripe old age. Her great-greatgrandmother, whose name was also Margaret, reached an extreme old age, dying in 1817.
FREDERICK I. STULTS, JR.
It is established beyond peradventure that the subject of this sketch has the dis- tinction of being the youngest justice of the peace in the state of New Jersey, while his official career has been such as to show that youth constitutes no barrier to maxi- mum efficiency, for his administration has been of signal discrimination and ability, as is evident from the fact that only two appeals have been taken from his decisions, and in each of these cases his rulings were confirmed by the superior courts. The sententious scriptural statement that "a prophet is not without honor save in his own country," has been broadly and comprehensively applied in connection with all lines of human endeavor, but effectual denial of such application is found in the case of Mr. Stults, for he is held in high honor in South Amboy, New Jersey, which figures as his birthplace and also as the field of his able and effective efforts in the office mentioned.
Mr. Stults was born in South Amboy, Middlesex county, New Jersey, on the 2Ist of September, 1876, being the son of Frederick I. and Ellen R. (Stults) Stults, natives of Cranbury, New Jersey. The father of our subject has been for more than two score years in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, being one of the veteran and honored employes of this great corporation. He removed with his family to South Amboy in the early 6os and has ever since maintained his home here, being sixty-three years of age at the time of the writing. He and his wife be- came the parents of fourteen children, of whom nine are deceased.
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