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On the 17th of March, 1888, Mr. Winchell was united in marriage to Miss Carrie Vonah, of Rahway, New Jersey, and they now have two daughters, Hazel K. and Ethel D. Socially Mr. Winchell is identified with the Foresters of America and with the Improved Order of Red Men. He is a member of the Episcopal church of Carteret, and on the 19th of January, 1900, he was appointed postmaster. His admin -. istration of the affairs of the office is giving good satisfaction, for he is notably prompt and reliable. He endorses the principles of the Republican party, does all in his power to promote its growth and insure its success and is a loyal and public-spirited citizen.
CHARLES HARVEY.
Among the men whose names are prominently connected with the legal profession of New Jersey is that of Charles Harvey, of Monmouth county, New Jersey. He was born at Oceanic, New Jersey, on July 10, 1856, and is the son of the late Samuel and Lydia E. Harvey, the former mentioned being for many years one of the prominent and successful merchants of Oceanic. He enjoyed the confidence and respect of all the citizens in his section, not only for his thorough business quali- ties, but also for his quiet and unassuming manners. His death occurred in 1884; his widow still survives him.
Charles Harvey, son of Samuel and Lydia Harvey, was reared in his native town, and acquired his education in the public schools, subsequently entering the Columbia Law School, from which he was graduated with the class of 1888. Prior to that time he had been under the tutorship of his brother, David Harvey, a prominent and. popular attorney of Asbury Park, New Jersey. In 1888 Mr. Harvey was admitted to the New Jersey bar. He then decided to settle in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, where he enjoys an extensive and remunerative practice and is considered one of the leading men in the profession of law in the county.
WILLIAM CARMAN.
William Carman, who is now serving as under sheriff of Middlesex county, and who has filled in most acceptable manner many positions of public trust, was born in Metuchen, this county, on the 3Ist of August, 1849. His education was obtained in the public schools of Newark, New Jersey, where as a young man he became assist- ant bookkeeper for the Clark Thread Company, with which he was connected for two. years. On the expiration of that period he learned the drug trade, which he followed for ten years. In 1875 he became private secretary to Thomas A. Edison, and acted in that capacity for five years. Many times public positions of honor and trust have been conferred upon him. He has been a member of the board of education in Raritan township, Middlesex county, and in the borough of Metuchen for twenty. years, and the schools find in him a warm friend, zealous and active in advancing their interests. For two years he has held the position of clerk of the board of freeholders, and in 1899 he was appointed to his present office, that of under sheriff, by Isaiah D. Barclay, the sheriff of Middlesex county. In politics he is a stalwart Republican, who does all in his power to promote the growth and insure the success of his party, in whose principles he believes so firmly. In his religious views he is a Presbyterian, holding membership in the church of that denomination in Metuchen ..
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Mr. Carman was married in July, 1872, the lady of his cho.ce being Miss Mary E. Bryson, of Newark, New Jersey, and their children are George E., Carrie A., William, Albert Stanley and Mary E. Mr. Carman's fraternal relations are quite extensive. He belongs to the Royal Arcanum, to the Independent Order of Foresters, to the United Order of American Mechanics, to the Woodmen of the World, and has attained high degrees in the Masonic order. He belongs to Mount Zion Lodge, F. & A. M., of Metuchen, of which he is a past master; to Scott Chapter, No. 4, R. A. M., of New Brunswick, New Jersey, of which he is a past high priest; to Temple Commandery, No. 18, K. T., of New Brunswick, of which he is a past com- mander ; and to the grand commandery of Knights Templar, of which he is junior warden. He has also attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish rite in the consistory at Jersey City and is identified with Mecca Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, in New York City. Mr. Carman has a wide acquaintance throughout Middle- sex county and is popular in official, fraternal and social circles.
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A splendid example of success attained through industry, persistency and in- tegrity, without the adventitious aids of fortune or influence, is found in the career of Mr. A. Salz, one of the leading business men of Keyport, and also among those most enterprising and sagacious in the promotion of public enterprises.
He is a native of Austria, whence he came in 1861, a lad of seventeen years of age. He brought with him a fair education, but he was obliged to acquire the language of his foster country and to learn its ways. It was an arduous task, but he had an unconquerable ambition, and was determined to achieve success. On coming to this country he first located on Long Island, and engaged in various forms of labor, principally as an employe in a dry goods and clothing house. After he had been here six years, and when he was twenty-three years of age, he removed to Key- port, New Jersey, where he embarked in the dry goods and clothing business as a member of the firm of Block & Salz. Their business beginning was small, and they occupied a frame building, but they prospered, and four years later they leased and occupied a new and commodious brick store known as the Walling Building. After about ten years the partnership was dissolved and the partners operated different estab- lishments. Something more than a year later (December 21, 1877) occurred a dis- astrous fire in which about thirty buildings were destroyed, among them those occu- pied respectively by Mr. Salz and Mr. Block. The latter immediately secured another store building, but Mr. Salz was not so fortunate, and he was obliged to wait for a time. Finally the Walling estate agreed to rebuild if Mr. Salz would lease the premises for a long term. To this he agreed, and in the spring of the year following the fire he entered upon the occupancy of a new and splendid structure, and June 21 he resumed business with a larger stock of goods than he had ever carried before. In course of time his business expanded to such proportions that, additional room was needed, and an adjoining building owned by Mr. Salz was utilized. , Shortly afterward Mr. Salz purchased the main building from the Walling estate and opened sales departments for furniture, carpets and other goods in the two upper stories, which had been previously used for hall purposes, and in 1901 a two-story rear ex- tension was made to the clothing department. With these additions the Salz stores are without exception the most extensive and complete in that part of the country, and have few equals even in the cities along the "shore .-
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In 1897 Henry Salz, only son of Mr. A. Salz, was admitted to partnership and the firm name was changed to that of A. Salz & Company. Henry Salz at that time assumed a large portion of the conduct of the business, enabling the senior Salz to enjoy some degree of respite from close application to business for fully a third of a century. A man may well be judged by his conduct toward his employes, and in this connection it is interesting to note that George M. Collins, in charge of the dry goods department, has been in the employ of Mr. Salz for more than twenty-five years, and Miss Sproul, of the millinery department, has been with him for nearly as long a time.
Mr. A. Salz, during his long residence in Keyport, has actively aided every public enterprise, and is honored as one of its most public-spirited citizens. He was an early member of the volunteer fire department, and is affiliated with local lodges of Free Masons, Odd Fellows and the Royal Arcanum. He was married to Miss Bessie Rice, and of this marriage were born one son and four daughters. The son, Henry, who has been previously mentioned, possesses the business traits and tastes of the father in marked degree. He was born in 1873, and was educated in the Key- port Academy and Dr. Saxe's Collegiate Institute. For a time he was employed in a commission house in New York City, but soon entered his father's establishment, with which he has since been continuously and actively identified. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of various social organizations.
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Captain Samuel Ludlow has been largely interested in the affairs of Spring Lake and vicinity during his entire life. He was born July 16, 1822, at Harlem Heights, on the Hudson river, a son of James and Nancy (Lee) Ludlow. The father was a farmer and fisherman by occupation, and was a soldier in the war of 1812, while the paternal grandfather, Anthony Ludlow, was a gallant defender of the colonists during the memorable struggle for American independence. The family are of Scotch descent. On his mother's side our subject is descended from the Lees of Virginia, and old Fort Lee was named in honor of this family.
Captain Ludlow's parents were very poor, and at the early age of fourteen years he was obliged to start out in life on his own account. He became a sailor, and when twenty-one years of age was made mate of a vessel. Being a man of strong native ability, he soon rose to the position of first mate and was later made captain of his vessel. For a period of eighteen years, from 1863, he was captain of the life-saving station at Spring Lake. In 1882 he sold his fine farm of one hundred acres to the association who were developing the place into a summer resort, receiving a very high price for his land, and he has since been interested in the real-estate busi- ness. He is also a director of the First National Bank of Manasquan, New Jersey.
The marriage of Captain Ludlow was celebrated in 1844, when Sarah Smith became his wife, and they had eight children, six of whom grew to years of maturity, namely: Rachel, Joseph S., Lewene E., Garrett B., Caroline and Susan. The wife and mother died in 1861, and three years later the Captain was united in mar- riage with Nancy Johnson, by whom he has had nine children, eight of whom reached adult age,-Jacob L., Ulysses G., James J., Frederick R., Sally, Fred, Jennie S. and Wesley B. Thus it will be seen that out of the seventeen children born unto Captain Ludlow fourteen grew to years of maturity and that a numerous posterity are his. In political matters he gives his support to the Republican party, and has been
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honored with a number of township offices. Socially he has been a prominent Mason for forty-seven years. He is a leading member of the Protestant Episcopal church, in which he has held the office of trustee for many years, and during the erection of the church of that denomination at Como he gave about ninety per cent. of the entire cost of the church. Recently, during the rebuilding of the church, he also gave very liberally of his means. He has now reached the eighty-second milestone on the journey of life, but he still retains his full mental vigor, and is an interesting and instructive companion.
EDWARD BROWER.
Edward Brower, a prosperous young business man of Asbury Park, New Jersey, was born February 26, 1863, at Coltsneck, Monmouth county, New Jersey, the son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Clayton) Brower. His paternal grandfather was also Isaac Brower, he, too, being a native of Coltsneck, where he was well known as a suc- cessful farmer. His son Isaac, father of our subject, also became a farmer by occu- pation, which he followed up to the time of his death. In the year 1860 he enlisted in the Fourteenth New Jersey Volunteers, among the nine months men, and when his term expired he re-enlisted and served until the close of the struggle. His death occurred in Marlborough township, Monmouth county, in 1892. His career was marked by upright living and just dealings toward his fellow men, no less than by a deep consecration in his love of country.
Edward Brower, subject of this short biographical sketch, passed his childhood at Coltsneck, from whence he removed with his parents when quite young to Marl- borough township. Here it was that his education was acquired in the public schools. In the year 1884 he located at Asbury Park, where he established his present ex- tensive milk business. Success has marked his efforts in the commercial field, and he now conducts one of the largest enterprises of its kind in his section of the country.
Mr. Brower's political views are in sympathy with the Democratic party, but close attention to his large and constantly increasing business has precluded his engaging personally in political strife.
He is a member of National Tent, No. 6, Knights of the Maccabees, and of the American Mechanics.
His marriage to Miss Ella Bennett, daughter of Pierson Bennett, of Tinton Falls, New Jersey, was celebrated on July 20, 1890.
JAMES L. FERRIS.
James L. Ferris and his sister, Mrs. F. H. Pownall, are the only surviving direct descendants of an old and illustrious family whose progenitors, Isaac, James and Ben- jamin Ferris emigrated to this country from England in the year 1665. The brothers were granted a tract of land embracing the townships of Stamford and Greenwich in Connecticut, by Charles the second of England. In the course of time they removed to New York and eventually the descendants of Benjamin found their way across the Hudson river and located in New Jersey. Thus we find the present descendants of Benjamin in Middlesex county.
The grandfather of our subject, Josiah Ferris, was born in New York in 1787. His wife, Lydia Bangs, was born in 1792. Their marriage occurred on November
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10, 1808; their family consisted of six children, namely, William J., born in 1810, Ad- dison, born in 1816, Josiah, born in 1819, Harriet M., born in 1823, Eliza, born in 1826, and James, the father of our subject, in 1830. Josiah (grandfather) was the owner of about seventy-five acres of land in Monroe township; he followed law as a profession.
James Ferris, the father of James L .. , was a practical farmer, who owned and cul- tivated fifty acres of land. He was a man very socially inclined, mingling freely among friends and neighbors in the community in which he lived, and was exceedingly well thought of. He held the office of justice of the peace for sixteen years, and while he was a staunch Democrat, he was not a politician." He believed firmly in the doctrines of the Presbyterian church, to which he closely adhered, and was held in high esteem by all its members. He married Miss Tacy Saunders of Rhode Island, by whom he had three children, the two survivors being James L. and Mrs. Pownall. The third child died in infancy. Fanny Ferris married Frank H. Pownall, a prominent citizen and business man of Jamesburg, New Jersey. James L., who was born July 23, 1859, mar- ried Julia, daughter of William S. and Abbie Bergan in the year 1884; one daughter blessed their union, namely, Tacy, born in 1886. Mrs. Julia B. Ferris is a native of Cranbury, New Jersey.
On the maternal side Mr. Ferris is related to the Vars, who were of French origin, and although of noble birth made their way to this country in 1719. His maternal great-grandfather, Stephen Saunders, acted as a colonel during the Revolutionary war. It was on his farm that the first military troops were trained to do battle in the great cause of freedom. His grandfather, Elias Saunders, was also a soldier, who took active part in the war of 1812.
Mr. James I .. Ferris followed the same vocation as his father, yet on a somewhat larger scale; he owns and operates one hundred and twenty-five acres of choice land.
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JOHN LAWRENCE RIKER.
John Lawrence Riker, for many years a prominent business man of the metropolis and a representative of one of the oldest and most prominent families of Newtown, was born at Bowery Bay, Long Island, November 23, 1830, a son of John Lawrence and Lavinia (Smith) Riker. After the completion of his education in the public schools of his native town, he, at the age of seventeen, entered the counting rooms of Lawrence & Hicks, commission merchants in drugs, dyes, chemicals, etc. A short time afterward this firm dissolved and he accepted a position with Mr. Benjamin H. Field, then the first house in New-York City in this line of business. Mr. Riker soon won the confidence and respect of his employer by his faithfulness to duty, his integrity, industry and caution, and he was soon placed in charge of the business. In 1854 he was admitted into partnership, which continued until 1860, when he withdrew to estab- lish with his brother, D. S. Riker, the commission firm of J. L. & D. S. Riker, who by their honest and square dealings have gained the confidence and patronage of the prominent firms, not only of this country, but of others, and they have built up an extensive and prosperous business, which has passed unharmed through the panics and changes of nearly four decades. . Mr. Riker still remains the senior partner, but owing to his personal interests in various corporations and institutions, he has relin- quished to his son, John L. Riker, the active management of the business.
Mr. Riker is vice-president of several banks, of the Atlantic Trust Company, the Chamber of Commerce and several manufacturing companies, and he serves as director in a score of others. He is also a trustee of. the Holland Society, a member
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of the St. Nicholas Society, Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars; he is also a member of the Metropolitan, Union League, St. Nicholas and other social clubs, the New York Sewanaka and other yacht clubs, in all of which he takes a keen interest, but is deprived from taking any active part owing to the pressure of business affairs. In his religion Mr. Riker is a broad and liberal Episcopalian, and he has served for some twenty-five years as vestryman, and is now acting in the capacity of junior warden of the church of the Incarnation.
Mr. Riker was united in marriage to Miss Mary Jackson, daughter of John. C. Jackson, a descendant of an old and well known English family. The following named children have been born to them: John Jackson; Henry Laurens; Margaret Moore, the wife of J. Armory Haskell; Lavinia, wife of James R. Strong; Samuel; Sylvanus, twin brother of Samuel, who died in infancy; Martha J., wife of J. H. Proctor; Charles L .; and Mary J. Riker.
JOHN A. DAVISON.
The subject of this sketch, John A. Davison, is one of the youngest, yet most prosperous, farmers in Middlesex county. H's faim is located in Monroe township, and he has under cultivation about seventy-five acres of highly productive land. He is the grandson of James W. Davison, a farmer of no little importance, who was possessed of considerable land in that section. During the war of 1812 he occupied a position of trust under the United States government. His wife, Hannah L. .(Mount) Davison, bore him ten child en, of which family only one daughter now survives. Among the sons of this family was James (deceased), who was born near Jamesburg in the year 1824, and was the father of our subject. He was a man of excellent repute, a practical farmer and a true and worthy citizen. His marriage to Miss Jane Perrine occurred in 1857 ;; to them were born Rebecca, in 1870; John A., in 1872; and Elmer E., in 1877. There were seven other children, all of whom are now deceased. The surviving members of this family are all residents of Monroe township. The father, James Davison, died in 1898. His wife (Jane) is still (1901) living.
John A., our subject, married Jennie D., the daughter of John J. Perrine, in .1901. Mrs. Jennie D. Davison was born in Monroe township. The Davison family originally came from a Scotch ancestry, and have been well and favorably known in their community for generations.
CLARENCE E. F. HETRICK.
Clarence Eugene Francis Hetrick, an enterprising citizen of Asbury Park, use- fully identified with its business, political and social interests, is a native of Ohio, born at Van Wert, Van Wert county,. August 1, 1873. His parents were Colonel Joel Warren and Elmira Franci's (Evers) Hetrick. . The father served his country with conspicuous gallantry during the Civil war as a member of the Twenty-second .. Regi- ment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and after the war he served in the Ohio National Guard, rising to the rank of colonel of the Second Regiment. He was an ardent Republican and a man of commanding influence in the party in that state while residing there.
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Clarence E. F. Hetrick accompanied his parents to New Jersey in h's child- hood, and secured his education in the public schools of Asbury Park and at Rutgers College. For three years after leaving school he was employed in the real est. te and insurance office of D. C. Covert, at Asbury Park, where he acquired an intimate knowledge of all departments of the business, which served him to useful purpose when he came to entering upon a vocation of his own. On leaving the employment mentioned he became associated with his father in a similar business, under the firm name of J. W. Hetrick & Son, which existed until the death of the senior Hetrick in 1899. The son, however, continued the business, maintaining the old firm name to the present time. A master of real estate and insurance affairs in all their details, . he has been conspicuously successful, and, while young in years, he holds a foremost place among the men of affairs in his community.
Mr. Hetrick is active among the Republican leaders of the city and county and is a member of the Republican township executive committee and of the Republican county executive committee of Monmouth county. He affiliates with Asbury Lodge, No. 142, F. A. M., and with Standard Chapter, R. A. M., of Long Branch. He is a member of Trinity church. He also holds membership in Beta Theta Pi, a. Greek letter society of Rutgers College; in the Monmouth Club, of which he is a director and the treasurer, and in the Asbury Park Wheelmen's Club.
JAMES CONOVER.
James Conover, a prosperous and energetic farmer of Jackson township, Ocean county, was born August 17, 1826, on the farm on which he now resides. The family are of Dutch lineage but settled in Monmouth county, New Jersey, early in the set- tlement of that county, where they were formerly known by the name of Cowenhoven and were one of the most prominent families in that community. The paternal grand- father of our subject was Cornelius Conover, a man of honor and integrity. He married Miss Catherine De Hart, of Hughstown, New Jersey, by whom he had six children, two of whom are now living, namely: Mrs. John Bordon and George Conover. The father of our subject, William Conover, is deceased, but during his life he was successfully engaged in farming, owning two hundred acres of rich land, and also having accumulated considerable other property. His birth occurred in Monmouth county, where he spent his boyhood days. He was a member of the Harmony Methodist Episcopal church, and ever lived a consistent Christian life, honorable and upright in all his dealings with his fellow men. Both he and his wife, whose maiden name was Margaret Vorhees, were people of high social standing, and were greatly esteemed by all who knew them. They were the parents of six children, of whom two are now living, as follows: William and James.
In early boyhood James Conover was taught lessons of industry and perseverance, and the inherent qualities received from his parents were manifest in his frank nature and manliness. He has pursued agriculture through his entire life, always performing the duties of farm life with care and precision. The farm on which he now resides has been his life-long abiding place, and its neat and thrifty appearance indicates the careful supervision of the owner. James Conover was joined in marriage on the 18th day of November, 1860, to Miss Mary Strickland, who was born September 18, 1836, near Jacksons Mills. She is a daughter of Jonathan and Nancy Strickland, who were people of high respectability. Mr. Strickland was a man whose life was beyond reproach and whose influence for good was acknowledged by all who knew him.
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Unto Mr. and Mrs. Conover was born one child, Fostena, now Mrs. Riggs, of Free- hold, New Jersey. Both Mr. and Mrs. Conover are earnest and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church, living strictly in accordance with its teachings. Mr. Conover has held the offices of trustee, steward and treasurer of this church, and has always performed his duties with promptness and fidelity, winning to himself the confidence and respect of all with whom he has been associated. His life record is one of truth, honor and fidelity and is an example well worthy of emulation.
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