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Dr. Mott has never allowed his faculties to become dor- mant by disse, and the years that have passed since he entered the ministry have been devoted to other and various religious and secular objects. He has found time for liter- ary achievements as well, and has written many books. The following are among his best efforts, and are convincing that his contribution to history has been in other ways than merely ministerial: "The Prodigal Son," 1863; " The
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Resurrection of the Dead," 1866; " The Perfect Law," 1868. He has produced a great many articles for the religious papers, of which the following are notable: In the Presby- terian Magazine, 1857, " David and Goliath "; in the Prince- ton Reriem, 1863, " Paul's Thorn in the Flesh," 1871, " Ret- ribution," 1872, " Annihilation," 1873, "The Sunday School : its Past and Present "; in Our Home, 1873, " Capital Punishment." He has written several religions tracts, not- ably " Holding on to Christ," "Gaming and Gambling," " There is no Passing," " Eating and Drinking Unworthily," " Nurse them at Home."
His miscellaneons writings have been widely published, a few of which are here mentioned : In 1864 " A Discourse at the Funeral of Capt. V. Griggs," by request of Company K. (" Harris' Light "), Second New York Cavalry; in 1865, " Seven Weeks of Prayer." Newton, N. J .; in 1873, " Open- ing Address at the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of Somerset County Sunday School Association "; in 1875, " Sermon be- fore the Hunterdon County Bible Society"; in 1876, "History of the Presbyterian Church, Flemington, N. J."; in 1878, " The First Century of Hunterdon County"; in 1876, ar- ticles on the Sunday School lesson for the first quarter of the year, published in the Somerset Gasette ; and many ar- ticles in different newspapers, both religions and seenlar. He also published an exhaustive work, the title of which is " History of the Presbyterian Church, Flemington, N. J., for a Century; with Sketches of Local Matter for Two Hun- dred Years."
Although he has retired from the ministry, forty-eight years of labor have found Dr. Mott without diminution of force or activity. In fact, after thirty years of that time. the principal part of which was taken up in preaching and writing, his enthusiasm increased, and in 1884 he accepted the Presidency of the New Jersey Sabbath Union. He was one of the organizers of the American Sabbath Union, and at the death of Colonel Elliot F. Shepard, of New York, then President of the American Sabbath Union, he was elected President pro tempore, and in December, 1893, at the annual meeting of the American Sabbath Union, he was elected permanent President. He was one of the Vice-
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Presidents of the American Union from its commencement. In 1873 he was elected professor of sacred rhetoric in Lin- coln University, Pennsylvania, but declined the position. In 1874 Princeton College conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. He takes a lively interest in moral and reformatory measures. He was a member of the New Jersey State Reformatory Commission, appointed by Gor- ernor Werts, and served three years, until compelled by ill health to resign. He is an active participant in the Bible cause and Sunday School work throughout the State, has served as Second Vice-President of the New Jersey His- torical Society, and for several years previously was a mem- ber of the Executive Committee.
Dr. Mott has three children, all of whom are married : Lawrence S. Moti, of Newark, N. J .; Mrs. Margaret Mc Leod, of New York City; and Mrs. George M. Thornton, of East Orange, N. J.
THE LIGHTHIPE FAMILY, of Orange, stands first in chronological order among the builders of the Oranges. Their connection with Orange dates back within two years of the time when Orange was set off from Newark as a sepa- rate township, and they have constantly been identified with its development since, both as a township and as a city. The present head of the family, Charles Alexander Lighthipe, has through his long life been conspicuous in promoting the growth and best interests of the Oranges, and has long held a position of peculiar honor in the beautiful and thriving community which owes so much to his efforts.
John Lighthipe, the ancestor of the family, came to this country from Brunswick, Germany, about the beginning of the Revolutionary War, and immediately joined the Continental Army, in which he served faithfully until the close of the struggle, subsequently drawing a pension until his death. He settled at Pompton Plains, N. J., and was a man of means and influence. He married Mary Duffy, whose parents were natives of Scotland.
Charles Lighthipe, a son of the ancestor, was born in Pompton, N. J., and in 1808 removed to Orange, where he
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became a prominent manufacturer and an active contribu- tor to the development of the place. He built what is still known as the Lighthipe homestead, on Main Street near
CHARLES A. LIGHTHIPE.
Jefferson, and had his factory on the same property. He was a highly respected gentleman. He married Maria S. Condit (born April 25, 1789), a daughter of Captain Moses and Hannah (Smith) Condit. Captain Moses Condit was a
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private in the Revolutionary Army, and took part in the battle of Monmouth; he served as a Captain of militia in the War of 1812; he was a ruling elder in the First Presby- terian Church from 1805 until his death; he was a brother of Dr. John Condit, a distinguished officer in the Revolution and for thirty years Representative and Senator in Congress.
Charles Alexander Lighthipe, the present head of the fam- ily-son of Charles and Maria S. (Condit) Lightbipe,-was born on the 11th of October, 1824, in Orange, N. J., and has always resided there. He received his education in the village school and the old Orange Academy. He learned the hatmaking trade and engaged in that industry, ulti- mately becoming the leading manufacturer in the business. His firm, C. A. Lighthipe & Co., was successful for twenty years, and was very widely known. In 1865 he introduced a hat forming machine, which produced a superior grade of work. Ile sold out his hat establishment in 1863 and be- came interested in the patent forming business, which he conducted successfully for a long period of time. He has been interested also in life insurance and other enterprises. He was President of the Orange Bauk for twenty-three years. It was during his administration that this institu- tion was changed from a State to a National bank. He was an active Director of the Morris and Essex Railroad until it was leased to the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company. For more than thirty years he has been a Di- rector in the American Insurance Company of Newark. He is a man of broad culture and liberal ideas.
Mr. Lighthipe was one of the pioneers in the development of Orange and West Orange. He cut through and laid out Central Avenue from Conter Street to Valley Road. He was also instrumental in laying out other streets-notably (in conjunction with Mr. Everett) Lincoln Avenue; this avenne received its name from him and Mr. Everett, in honor of President Lincoln.
In 1864-65 he represented his district in the State Legis- lature. He has been Warden for many years of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, of which his noble mother was one of the earliest members. Mr. Lighthipe married Sarah, dangh- ter of Caleb Smith. Mrs. Lighthipe is a descendant of Dea-
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con Azariah Crane, the founder of Cranetown, now Mont- clair, her ancestral line being as follows: James Smith (1) ( who married the daughter of Deacon Azariah Crane), David Smith (2), Samuel Smith (3), Caleb Smith (4), Sarah ( Smith) Lighthipe (5). Mr. and Mrs. Lighthipe's children are Charles Francis, Arthur Nichols, Herbert, Ernest, Florence, and Sarah M.
FRANCIS MARION TICHENOR, of Newark, N. J., law- yer and well known citizen, was born in that city on the 20th of December, 1840, being the son of James HI. and Lydia Tuttle (Nuttman) Tichenor. His paternal grand- parents were James and Abigail (Hedden) Tichenor; his maternal grandparents were Isaac and Ruth (Cooley) Nutt- man. He is a great-grandson in a collateral paternal branch of David Hedden, a brother of Joseph Hedden, who fell a martyr to his country's cause in the Revolutionary War. Mr. Tichenor's paternal an- cestors were among the first settlers of Newark, coming there in 166€ from Milford, Conn. On his mother's side he is a descendant of the Rev. John Pruden, the second pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Newark, suc- ceeding Rev. Abraham Pierson.
Mr. Tichenor received his education in his native city, read law FRANCIS M. TICIIENOR. there with David A. Hayes, and was ad- mitted to practice as an attorney in June, 1866, and as a counsellor in June, 1869. He has always pursued his pro-
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fession in Newark, and enjoys a high reputation at the bar.
He was a member of the Newark Board of Education in 1868 and 1869, and has served on the Board of Street and Water Commissioners and as a Trustee of the Newark Tech- nical School. He is a prominent member and Trustee of the New Jersey Historical Society, being for many years past especially active in all its meetings and foremost in securing for that association its present commodious and delightful building. tle is President of the Board of Pro- prietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey and a Fel- low of the American Geographical Society.
Mr. Tichenor was married, in 1879, to Elizabeth Freling- huysen Cornell, daughter of Dr. John Frelinghuysen Cor- nell, of New York. Mrs. Tichenor is a descendant of Gen- eral Frederick Frelinghuysen.
FREDERICK T. FRELINGHUYSEN, LL.D., born in Millstone, Somerset County, August 4, 1817, was the young- est son of Frederick Frelinghuygen, a brilliant lawyer, who was the youngest son of General Frederick Freling- huysen, a lawyer, delegate to the Continental Congress, member of the Provincial Congress and Committee of Safety of New Jersey, Captain in the Revolution, Major-General of militia in the " whisky rebellion," and United States Sena- tor from 1793 to 1796. The General's parents were Rey. John Frelinghuysen and Dinah Van Berg.
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen's father dying when he was three years old, he was adopted by his uncle, Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen, and moved to Newark. He was graduated from Rutgers College in 1836, was admitted to the bar in 1839, and soon became one of the foremost lawyers in the State. He was City Counsel and a member of the Common Council of Newark, a member of the Peace Congress at Washington in 1861, Attorney-General of New Jersey from 1861 to 1866, and United States Senator in 1867-69 by ap- pointment. President Grant appointed him Minister to England, but he declined the honor. He was elected United States Senator in 1871 and served until March 3, 1877, being one of the most eminem and inthential members of that
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body. On December 12, 1881, President Arthur appointed him Secretary of State, and he died in Newark, May 20, 1885, about a month and a half after surrendering that office to Mr. Bayard. He was President of the American Bible So- ciety and closely identified with many other organizations.
STEPHEN HAINES PLUM, a representative citizen of Newark, N. J., was born in that city November 12, 1842. He was educated under Nathan Hedges, who was widely known as a cultured man and a thorough instructor in the educational field. At the age of nineteen he secured a posi- tion in the City Bank of Newark, and later became con- nected with the National Bank of the Republic in New York City, with which he remained twenty-four years, serving as paying teller during the last twelve years of that period. In 1885, ow- ing to the death of his father, who left a large estate requiring Mr. Plum's attention, he re- signed his position in the bank to devote him- self to his individual property interests.
Mr. Plum is a mem- ber of the First Baptist Peddie Memorial Church of Newark, of which he was for nine- teen years Treasurer and for several years President of the Board STEPHEN H. PLUM. of Trustees. He has been active and suc- cessful in missionary and Sunday School work. In politics he is a stanch Republican. He has traveled extensively, having visited England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Italy, Germany, and other countries.
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Ile married Miss Mary Runyon, daughter of David C. and Lydia ( Doda) Runyon, of Newark, and has three children: Margaret Monteith, wife of Henry G. Atha, Treasurer of the Cast Steel Works of New Jersey; Martha J., who re- sides at home; and Stephen Haines, Jr., who is a student at Princeton University.
EDWARD NICHOLS CRANE, a representative citizen and business man of Newark, N. J., was born in that city on the 5th of April, 1846. His parents were Edward A. and Amanda Crane; his paternal grandparents were JJosiah and Lydia Crane. Mr. Crane descends from two of the original settlers of Newark: Jasper Crane and his son, Azariah Crane, both of whom were, indeed, leaders in the settle- ment of that place in 1666. Azariah married Mary Treat. a daughter of the fa- mous Governor Robert Treat, of Connecticut, who was also one of the original settlers of New- ark, but afterward went back to Connecti- ent. where he became Governor. Mr. Edward N. Crane's line of do- scent from his first American ancestor, Jas- per Crane, is as follows : Jasper (1), Azariah (2), John (3), Eliakim ( 1), Josiah (5), Edward A. (6), and Edward Nich- ols (7).
Ile was educated in the schools of Newark. EDWARD N. CRANE. graduating from the Newark High School in 1861. In 1861 he entered the em- ploy of the Condiet & Wheeler Saddlery Hardware Com- pany. In 1872 this concern was re-organized under the
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style of Wheeler & Crane, and later in that year became Crane & Co. It continued under the latter name until 1890, when it was absorbed by the Crane, Cahoone & Bar- net Company. The firm did a large manufacturing busi- ness in saddlery hardware, with works at the corner of Mc- Whorter and Oliver Streets, Newark. From 1889 to 1892 Mr. Crane was President of the United States Industrial Life Insurance Company, and afterward became Vice-Presi- dent of the Arlington Company, manufacturers of celluloid, having been connected with that company as Director ever since its organization in 1883. He is also President of the D. Van Nostrand Company, publishers of scientific books, New York City. This business was started in the fifties by D. Van Nostrand, an unele of Mr. Crane, who, with his brother, Arthur MeAnlay Crane, succeeded to Mr. Van Nos- trand's business interests.
Mr. Crane has never held political office, but has always taken a cordial interest, as a citizen, in political affairs, his affiliations being with the Republican party. In the Presi- dential campaign of 1892 he was private secretary to the Hon. Cornelius N. Bliss, Treasurer of the Republican Na- tional Committee.
He is a life member of the New Jersey Historical Society, a member of the Board of Trade of Newark, a Director of the Franklin Savings Institution of Newark, and a mem- ber of the Republican Club of New York City and the Essex County Country Club. For many years he has been identified with the Park Presbyterian Church of Newark.
He was married, June 9, 1875, to Cordelia C. Matthews. Their children are Helen Matthews, Edna Nichols, Jasper Elliot ( class of 1901, Princeton University), Amanda Lewis, Cordelia, and Edward Matthews.
JOHN LEWIS MEEKER, a representative old citizen and business man of Newark, was born in New Providence, Union County, N. J., May 15, 1833, being the son of Isaac Meeker, Jr., and Mehitable Barnet ( Wilcox) Meeker. His paternal grandparents were Caleb and Charity (Frost) Meeker; his paternal great-grandparents were Isaiah and
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Deborah Halsey ( Magie) Meeker; his maternal grand- parents were John Wilcox, 3d, and Sarah ( Line) Wilcox; his maternal great- grandparents were John Wilcox, Jr., and Polly ( Maxwell) Wil- cox. Isaiah Mecker, his great-grandfather, came to New Providence, N. J. (then called Turkey). in 1775, and was a sol- dier in Captain Marsh's Light Horse of Essex County during the Revolutionary War. On his mother's side Mr. Meeker traces his an- cestry to Peter Will- cockse, who came from England in 1736. One of his ancestors on the maternal side was Cap- tain William Line, of JOHN L. MEEKER. the Revolutionary Army.
Mr. Meeker received his general education at the village school of New Providence, N. J., later pursuing studies in drawing and designing at the Cooper Institute, New York City. He learned the business of marble cutting with his father at New Providence and with his uncle, Amos Wil- cox, at Newark, N. J., and on April 1, 1858, organized with William Passmore the firm of Passmore & Mecker. MIr. Passmore retired from the business in 1891, and since then the firm has consisted of John L. Meeker and his son, Will- iam Passmore Meeker.
ne is a member of the Board of Trade of Newark, and for a period of four years served as a member of the Board of Education of that city. He has been a Deacon and Elder in the High Street Presbyterian Church since 1862, and for seven years was Superintendent of its Sunday School. He is a member of Newark Lodge, No. 7, F. and A. M.
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Mr. Meeker was married, October 21, 1857, to Mary Ann Passmore, and had by her two children : Fanny (deceased) and William Passmore Meeker, of whom the latter is a graduate of Princeton University (1890) and is associated with his father in business. Mrs. Meeker died May 1, 1894. On February 22, 1898, Mr. Meeker married Mary Falconer Perrin, of New York.
ELIAS OSBORNE DOREMUS, of Newark, a conspicuous citizen and member of the business community of that city, was born in East Orange, N. J., January 17, 1831. Ilis parents were Peter C. and Julia A. (Osborne) Doremus, and through both of them he descends from early New Jer- sey colonial families.
The first ancestor of the Doremus family in America was Cornelins Doremus1, who came from Holland in 1686 and settled at or near Acquackanonck, now
Passaic. He owned a large tract of land there, lying along the Passaic River. His chil- dren were Johann, Hol- land, Thomas, Cornelius, Hendrick, and Jarvis. Thomas2, son of Corne- lius, married Annekes Abrahamse Ackerman, born in Hackensack, N. J., and had six children : Cornelius, Goline, Abra- ham, Peter, Johannes, and Anneke. Cornelius3, son of Thomas, lived at Doremustown, where ELIAS O. DOREMUS. he married Antje Young, by whom he had Hendricus, Thomas, Peter, Maritje, Johannes, Jannetje, Susannah, Alitta, and two other children whose names are
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not known. Peters, son of Cornelius, was born at Slotter- dam, N. J., in 1744, and married Polly Dey; they had Jacob, Richard, Cornelius, Peter, and two daughters, one of whom married Henry Perry, the other J. Speer. Cornelins?, son of Peter, was born near Beavertown, N. J., in 1787, and married Jane De Hart. Their children were Peter Cor- nelins, John Cornelius, Sarah, Mary, and Lydia. Sarah married John R. Van Duyne, of Montville, Morris County, N. J .; their only surviving child is Harrison Van Duyne, a prominent citizen of Newark. Peter Cornelius", son of Cornelius, was born April 9, 1807. and died June 30, 1869. He was a builder and contractor, and a highly respected citizen. He married Julia A. Osborne, daughter of John H. Osborne. Peter (. Doremus came to Orange in 1829 and there reared his family. His children were Elias Osborne?, the subject of this sketch; Mary Cook7, who married Charles Clark ; and Julia A.7, who married David JJ. Rogers.
Mr. E. O. Doremus's maternal grandfather, John II. Os- borne, was born in Bloomfield, N. J., in 1770, and married Rhoda Baldwin, daughter of Zophar Baldwin, who served with the Essex County militia in the Revolutionary War. Zophar Baldwin was the son of Daniel Baldwin, sor of Benjamin, son of Joseph, son of John Baldwin, Sr., the New Jersey ancestor of the Baldwin family, who signed the Fundamental Agreement.
Elias Osborne Doremus was in early life a contractor and builder, following the occupation of his father. In 1881 he was elected Vice-President of the American Insurance Company of Newark, N. L., a position from which he has recently been promoted to that of President. He was for a long time a Director in the Orange National Bank, and is at present a Director in the Newark City National Bank. For many years he has been a man of large influence in Newark and Essex County. In 1868 he was elected a member of the Board of Frecholders, and by annual re-election retained that office for seventeen years, serving for seven years as President of the board. In 1873-4 he was a member of the General Assembly of New Jersey. He is a Republican in polities.
He is a member of the New Jersey Society of the Sons of
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the American Revolution and one of the managers of that organization, a member of the Board of Trade of Newark, a member of the New England Society of the Oranges, and a member of the New Jersey Historical Society.
He was married, in 1865, to Harriet, daughter of William Peck, and has had four children: Fannie, who married George F. Bassett (who died May 20, 1891); Emily, who died at the age of eight years; Frederick Halsey, who is a partner in the firm of George F. Bassett & Co .; and Edwin P., who, after a brilliant and successful though brief career, died in 1895, at the age of twenty-seven.
Frederick Halsey Doremns was married, April 24, 1895, to Marie Underhill, daughter of Robert Townshend Under- hill. They have two children: Elizabeth Underhill, born March 23, 1897, and Eleanor Osborne, born November 26, 1898.
SAMUEL HAYES PENNINGTON, M.D., L.L.D., son of Samuel, was born in Newark, October 16, 1806, and died there March 14, 1900. He was graduated from Princeton College, receiving the degree of A.B. in 1825 and that of A.M. in 1828. He read medicine with his maternal nnele, Dr. Samuel Hayes, and at Geneva College, and after ob- taining his degree of M.D. began active practice in his native city, where he soon rose to the head of his profession.
He was a man of profound learning, both in his profession and in general literature, especially history, and in the cause of education was very active, serving for seventeen years as a member of the school board and seven years as its President. He became a Trustee of Newark Academy in 1833, President of the board in 1854, a Trustee of Prince- ton College in 1856, and later a member and President of the Board of Trustees of Princeton Theological Seminary. He was a member and President of the Essex County Medi- cal Society, an honorary member of the Connecticut and New Jersey State Medical Societies, and a corresponding member of the Medical Society of Munich and of the Royal Botanical Society of Ratisbon. In 1895 Princeton College conferred upon him the honorary degree of LL.D. He was
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a valuable and active member of the New Jersey Historical Society, which he served for several years as President, resigning in 1897. He was an organizer and at the time of his death President of the Newark City National Bank.
Dr. Pennington was a graceful, vigorous writer, and made many valuable contributions to literature.
GEORGE B. SWAIN, of Newark, a conspicuous citizen and at present State Treasurer of New Jersey, was born in Warren County, N. J., March 6, 1835. His parents were Mahlon F. and Jane L. (Guerin) Swain, and he is a grand- son of Bryant Swain and Halsey Guerin. On his father's side he comes from German and English stock. In his di- rect maternal (Guerin) line he is a descendant of French Huguenot ancestors, and through his maternal grand- mother, whose maiden name was Ann Ste- phens, he is of English descent.
When he was quite young his parents re- moved from Warren County to Morris Coun- ty, near Dover, where he was educated and lived until his father's death. In 1852 he moved to Newark, and has since rosided there. In 1853 he obtained em- ployment as a clerk with George A. Van Wage- nen, a lumber dealer, and in 1865 he suc- ceeded to the business, GEORGE B. SWAIN. with J. M. Randall as his partner. He has continued in the Inmber trade, on the same premises, to the present time. Ilis present firm is Swain & Jones, organized in 1875. Mr. Swain is interested
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in various local associations and institutions in Newark, in- eInding the American Fire Insurance Company of Newark, of which he is a Director, and the German National Bank of Newark, of which he is a Director and Vice-President.
He has voted for every Republican candidate for Presi- dent from Lincoln to MeKinley. In 1871 he was elected a member of the Newark Board of Education, and by succes- sive re-elections has served in that body for twelve years, during the last three years of his connection with it being its President. In 1881 he was appointed by Governor Lud- low a member of the Board of Trustees of the State Reform School for Boys at Jamesburg, and served one term. At the Newark city election in April, 1893, he was elected a Trustee of the Newark City Home for two years. By the action of the joint meeting of the New Jersey Legislature in 1894 he became State Treasurer, and was re-elected and has held the office until this time.
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