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Mr. White received his education in a paro- chial school at Short Hills, N. J., and at the age of fourteen ob- tained employment with the Western Un- ion Telegraph Company as messenger boy. JOHN H. WHITE. From 1888 to 1891 he was assistant operator of the Lackawanna Railroad and assistant postmaster at Short Hills. In 1892 he was a candidate for the position of postmaster at Short Hills, but failed to receive the ap- pointment. From 1891 to 1894 he was ticket agent at South Orange, and from 1894 to 1896 he held the same posi- tion at Brick Church, being promoted in the latter year to station master. He resigned that place to engage in the real estate and insurance brokerage business, which he has since been pursuing successfully at South Orange. He also has business interests in these lines in New York City.
He was married, October 22, 1896, to Miss Anna M. Ernen- wein, of Verona, Oneida County, N. Y. They have one child, a daughter.
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FRANK ALFRED CHAMPLIN, of Newark, N. J., mer- chant, was born in that city JJanuary 9, 1871, being the son of Charles B. and Mary (Cooper) Champlin. His father was a native of Connecticut and his mother was born in New York City. His father, born in 1842, came to Newark in 1866; for three years during the Rebellion he served in the Sixth Regiment of New Jersey Volunteers, participating in all the campaigns of the Second Army Corps. After the war he engaged in the plumbing trade in New- ark.
The son was edu- cated in the public schools and at the New Jersey Business College, graduating from thai institution in 1886. He then obtained employ- ment as bookkeeper in a produce commission es- tablishment in the Con- ier Market, but left that position in 1887 to en- gage in the grain and shipping business. In 1893 he embarked in the grain trade for him- self on a small scale. FRANK A. CHAMPLIN. His business has expe- rienced constant growth, and his house is now one of the foremost of its kind in Newark, shipping grain from the West in car lots and distributing it throughout the State of New Jersey.
Mr. Champlin is a well known citizen of Newark. He is a Republican in politics, is Secretary of the Passaic Boat Club, and is a member of the North End Club.
He was married, April 27, 1898, to Miss Grace L. Darling, stepdaughter of George L. Smith, Collector of the Port of Newark. Mrs. Champlin comes from an old American fam- ily of Springfield, Mass. They have one child, Ruth.
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JEROME DUDLEY GEDNEY, of East Orange, N. J., lawyer, was born in Hoboken, N. J., December 29, 1873, be- ing the son of Jerome Hadden Gedney and Marietta (Stan- ley) Gedney (danghter of Joseph Stanley).
He completed his education at the Stevens Institute, Hoboken, N. J., read law with Justice J. Franklin Fort, of Newark, and was admitted to practice as attorney-at-law in November, 1895. and as counsellor-at-law in November, 1898. He was engaged in the practice of his profession in Jersey City from the time of his ad- mission to the bar until May, 1898, when he re- moved to East Orange and became associated with James B. Dill, hav- ing offices in the Peo- ple's Bank building. Mr. Gedney is one of the successful and repre- sentative young lawyers of Essex County.
He is a member of the Republican Club of East Orange, the Newark Athletic Club, the Law- JEROME D. GEDNEY. vers' Club of Essex County, and llope Lodge, F. and A. M. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, an active Republican, and holds the office of member of the City Conneil of East Orange.
Mr. Gedney was married, November 21, 1900, to Miss Edith Olds, daughter of Edward Allen Olds, of New York.
MATTHEW T. GAFFNEY, M.D., was born on the 11th of March, 1870, in Newark, N. J., where he still resides. He is descended from John Carr, one of the first to import Irish flax into America.
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Dr. Gaffney was graduated from the Christian Brothers' School and the New Jersey Business College in his native city, and in 1897 was graduated with the degree of M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York. lle attended the nervous clinics at the City Hos- pital in Baltimore, Md., and the surgical clinics at St. Stevens Hospital, New York, and subse- quently took a course in obstetrics under Dr. Lusk at the New York Maternity Hospital. In 1900 he studied the sci- once of nervous dis- Pases at the Hospital and Clinics of Charot at Paris, France. These various courses enabled Dr. Gaffney to enter upon the active practice of his profession with a - knowledge of medicine MATTHEW T. GAFFNEY, M.D. and surgery seldom ob- tained by the young practitioner, and he at once came into prominence as a physician of more than ordinary ability. lle soon built up a large and successful practice in Newark, where he resides, and was appointed to the staff of St. Mich- ael's Hospital and in 1899 physician to the Newark Board of Health, which position he still hohls. He is also official physician and surgeon to the New Jersey Traction Company.
Dr. Gaffney, though a young man, has gained a high reputation. His entrance into the mysteries of medicine was under the late Dr. William O'Gorman, one of Newark's eminent physicians. This was immediately after leaving college. Upon Dr. O'Gorman's death he took up portrait and landscape painting, working and exhibiting at the prin- cipal galleries throughout America. By hard work and good luck he was able to accumulate enough in this line
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to return to the study of medicine, which he diligently pur- sned from a metaphysical and psychological standpoint. In the summer of 1900 he visited the leading hospitals of Europe to study nervous diseases, and his experience there, united with the broad and accurate knowledge which he had gathered at home, admirably equipped him for active prac- tice. He has contributed to medical literature several im- portant articles on heredity and is now engaged on a work entitled " The Hereditary Transmission of Genius." He is unmarried.
JOSEPH KUSSY, D.D.S., of Newark, N. J .. dentist, was born in that city on the 29th of October, 1874, and is the son of Gustav and Bella ( Bloch) Kussy, both of whom were natives of Germany. Dr. Kussy's maternal grandfather, Joseph Bloch, was a fa- mons teacher in Ger- many, having won rec- ognition from the Em- peror, and was also pri- vate instructor to Baron de Hirsh.
Dr. Kussy received his early education in the schools of Newark, grad- uating from the Newton Street Grammar School in 1887 and from the High School in 1891. He was graduated from the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York in 1894 and from the University of Pennsyl- JOSEPH KUSSY, D.D.S. vania in 1898. He be- gan the practice of dentistry in Newark in August, 1898, and has been success- ful in his profession. His offices are at 491 High Street.
He is Vice-President of the City Club of Newark, and is
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a member of various charitable organizations. In politics he is a Democrat. He was married, November 30, 1899, to Josie Hertz.
WILLIAM MOORE GOULD, D.D.S., of Newark, was born in that city January 27, 1873. He is the son of Henry D. Gould and Harriet E., daughter of Aaron aud Sarah M. Renck; a grandson of Nathaniel M. Gould, who married re- spectively Margaret, Nancy, and Sarah Gould; and a great- grandson of General William and Mehetable Gould and of Joseph and Mary Moore. General William Gould was a distinguished officer in the Revolutionary War. He was born in Caldwell, N. J., and died there at the age of ninety years. One of Dr. Gould's ancestors, Stephen G. Gould, father of Senator Ketch- um's wife, was a prom- inent citizen of New- ark.
Dr. Gould was edu- cated in the Fourth Ward public schools in his native city, at the Newark Academy, and at the New York College of Dentistry, having previously been under the preceptorship of Drs. A. W. B. and J. H. Crane for two years. He WILLIAM MOORE GOULD, D.D.S. completed his dental course when (wenty years old, but was obliged to wait one year before taking his examination before the State Board of Registration. At the age of twenty-one he was licensed to practice dental surgery in New Jersey and at once opened an office at No. 12 Cedar Street, Newark, where he remained one and one-half years. During that period he devoted one
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day a week to active practice in Caldwell. His city practice, however, constantly increased until he was obliged to give his whole time to his Newark business, which he success- fully conducted at No. 89 Halsey Street for five years. He then purchased his present property at No. 85 Halsey Street, which he has fitted up with the latest and best improve- ments.
In the active practice of his profession Dr. Gould has gained a high standing. He has served as dental surgeon at the Newark City Dispensary since he began practice in 1894, and is attending dental surgeon at the Eighth Ave- nne Baby Shelter and Day Nursery. He is a member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics, of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, of the North Reformed Church of New- ark, and of the Independent Order of Foresters, New Jersey jurisdiction, in which he has held important offices. He is also an active member of the New Jersey State Dental So- ciety and of the Central Dental Association.
Dr. Gould was married, December 5, 1895, to Elizabeth M. Lutes, daughter of John Lutes, of Newark, formerly of Somerville, N. J. Their children are Donald Mackay Gould and Paul Carleton Gould.
CHARLES T. MERRIGAN, a well known plumber of Orange Valley, is the son of James Merrigan and Susan Hanley, and was born in Orange, Essex County, on the 22d of May, 1872. He received his educational training in a parochial school in Orange Valley, and subsequently learned the plumbing trade, establishing himself in that business in 1894 under the present firm name of Finneran & Merrigan.
During the seven years since he engaged in the plumbing business in Orange Valley Mr. Merrigan has been very suc- cessful and gained for himself an honorable reputation. He is energetic, enterprising, and public spirited, deeply inter- ested in important local affairs, and a man of integrity and uprightness of character. He is a member of the Young Men's Catholic Lyceum and active in other capacities.
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EDWARD T. WEYER, one of the successful young busi- ness men of Newark, was born in Germany on the 26th of April, 1870. He was educated in the Fatherland and in Newark, N. J., whither he came in ISSS. Learning the bak- er's trade, he engaged in business for himself in 1895, open- ing a shop on the corner of Sussex and Noshit Streets, New- ark. He soon built up a large and profitable trade and es- tablished an honorable reputation for integrity, enterprise, and fair dealing. In 1900 he erected his pres- ent residence and place of business, and now car- ries on an extensive and successful general bak- ing trade in both the wholesale and retail branches.
Mr. Weyer is an ar- dent Republican, deeply interested in party af- fairs, and active in all the privileges and re- sponsibilities of citizen- ship. He is a member of the Independent Or- der of Foresters, and popular among a large circle of friends and ac- quaintances.
EDWARD T. WEYER.
He married Minnie Kass, who was born in Germany, June 18, 1870, coming to America when young. Their children are Edward, born June 2, 1896, and Emma, born Jannary 16, 1898.
MARCUS STRAUSSBERG, of Newark, N. J., dentist, was born in Dorpat, Russia, May 1, 1874. His parents, George and Marie Straussberg. were both natives of that place, and had four children. The family came to New York City in 1890, and there the father was engaged in the cloth-
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ing business until his death in 1896; the mother died in 1898.
Marcus Straussberg received his education in the High School of his native Russian village. When the family removed to this country they were accompanied by Dr. A. Jorsch, a brother-in-law of the subject of this sketch. Dr. Jorsch was a dentist, and practiced his profession for a time in New York City, subse- quently locating at Union Hill, N. J., and with him Marcus Straussberg pursued his dental studies.
Dr. Straussberg has been in the successful practice of his profes- MARCUS STRAUSSBERG. sion in Newark at No. 231 Springfield Avenue since 1897. He is a member of the City Club, of Trilumniar Lodge, No. 112, F. and A. M., and of the Central Dental Asso- ciation.
He was married, in 1897, to Albine Abeles, of Newark, N. J., and has two children, George and Ruth.
JOSEPH MCDONOUGH, son of Patrick and Cecelia (Beirne) McDonough, was born June 29, 1871, in West Orange, Essex County, where he still resides. He received his education in the public schools of that town and at the parochial school in Orange Valley, and then learned the trade of hatter. For twelve years, however, he has been successfully engaged in the clothing business.
Mr. McDonough has been active in public life as well as
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in business capacities, and in both has achieved an excel- lent reputation. Ile was elected Town Clerk of West Orange in 1897 and re-elected in 1900, and has faithfully and efficiently dis- charged the duties of that office. He is a member of the Knights of Column- bus, of the Improved Order of Heptasophs, of the C. B. L., of the S. P. A. of America, of the Young Men's Catholic Lyceum of Orange Valley, and of the West Orange Gun Club, in all of which he is influen- tial and popular.
Mr. MeDonough married Mary Gar- JOSEPH M'DONOUGH. rett, daughter of James Garrett, of Orange, N. J., in January, 1896.
ERNEST A. GEOFFROY, of Forest Hill, a suburb of Newark, was born near Madison, Morris County, N. J., May 4, 1857. He is the son of Nicholas C. and Francoise (Duclos) Geoffroy; a grandson of Jean Baptiste and Cecile Seguin, both natives of the North of France, the former, born in the town of Rocquigny, being a farmer; and a great- grandson of Jean Nicholas Geoffroy, also a native of Roc- quigny and an agriculturist. The family has been prom- inent in that country for many generations, achieving dis- tinction for their learning, intelligence, and patriotism.
Nicholas C. Geoffroy, born December 8, 1818, learned the trade of an artificer in wood and willowware, and at the age of twenty came to America, landing in New York in
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1838. Later he moved to Madison, N. J., and engaged in farming and milling. He married, in New York, April 16,
Emest A Geoffroy
1842, Francoise, daughter of Joseph and Marie (Grand)
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Dnelos, both natives of Grenoble in the South of France. Her mother, Marie, was the daughter of Charles and Marie (Girard) Grand, natives of Corps in the Department of de l'Isere, and a niece of Stephen Girard, the noted philan- thropist of Philadelphia, Pa. Joseph Duelos was a glove manufacturer and died when his daughter Francoise was a small child. She was born May 9, 1821, came to New York in 1838, and by her marriage to Nicholas C. Geoffroy be- came the mother of six children : Sophia C., born June 5, 1842, wife of E. G. Heller; Hortense J., born July 8, 1848, wife of Monroe Doremus; Lucy L., born February 1, 1853, wife of Jefferson Doremus; Leon L., born June 12, 1855, died July 13, 1859; Ernest A .: and Amelia M., born February 10, 1860, who resides with her parents on the old homestead in Morris County.
Ernest A. Geoffroy acquired his education in the public schools of his native county and under private instruction. At the age of eighteen he entered the employ of Heller Brothers and remained in their service for a number of years, winning their confidence and regard by his industry, fidelity to duty, and business tact. In 1881, in connection with George E. and John J. Heller, he succeeded io the in- terests of Peter J. Heller, who, on account of failing health, severed his business associations with his brother, Elias G. Heller, since which time the firm name of Heller & Brothers has been used, the partners being Elias G., George E., and John J. Heller and Ernest A. Geoffroy. In 1883 Mr. Geof- froy became manager of the Heller Steel Works and in 1890 was chosen Treasurer of the Ileller Tool Company. In addition to these important positions he is President of the E. A. Geoffroy Coal Company, of Forest Hill and Newark, and was a charter member of the Woodside Building and Loan Association, of which he has served as Treasurer from the time of its organization.
Mr. Geoffroy was married in Morris County, October 10, 1883, to Miss Elizabeth C. Eagles, daughter of Alfred and Pheba (Sturges) Eagles. They have two children : Fran- coise Duclos, born January 1, 1885; and Rhoda Sturges, born October 22, 1887.
Mrs. Geoffroy's maternal grandparents were John and
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Elizabeth (Cory) Sturges, both of English descent. She is a great-granddaughter of Daniel and Rhoda (Southard) Sturges, and a descendant of one of three brothers Sturges who came over on one of the first trips of the " Mayflower." One of these brothers settled in New Jersey. Daniel Sturges was born December 19, 1759, and died March 3, 1828, while his wife passed away in 1787. They were resi- dents of Morris County. Elizabeth Cory Sturges, the grand- mother of Mrs. Geoffroy, was born July 28, 1792, and died March 28, 1869. Her parents were Luke and Anna (Carter) Cory. The former was a son of James and Martha (Carter) Cory, and for many generations the Cory family has been represented in Morris County. James Cory was born No- vember 26, 1735, and died September 27, 1799, while his wife, Martha (Carter) Cory, was born March 25, 1739, and died November 5, 1794. They were married May 26, 1757. Their son, Luke Cory, was born August 26, 1766, and died October 25, 1794. He married Anna Carter, who was born March 13, 1771, daughter of Barnabas and Mary Carter. Her father was the first of his family to settle in Morris County. His birth occurred Angust 2, 1739, and his death September 2, 1822.
On the paternal side Mrs. Geoffroy is descended from a prominent old family of Essex Connty. The first of the name to come to America was Alexander Eagles, a native of Scotland, who located in Newark. He married, reared a family, and among his children was Thomas Eagles, born in 1709, died August 8, 1783. He married Rachel Eagles, born in 1714, died November 7, 1734; second, Louise Eagles, died January 1, 1838; and, third, Jerusha Eagles, born in 1704, died February 28, 1760. Alexander Eagles, son of Thomas Eagles, married Sarah Crane, and among their chil- dren was Thomas Eagles, the grandfather of Mrs. Geoffroy. He was a worthy and prominent citizen of Newark, where for many years he followed the blacksmith's trade. He was born March 7, 1780, and died March 14, 1835. He married, March 19, 18OS, Elizabeth Swartzel, who was born March 11, 1790, and died March 14, 1832. Their children were Israel Crane, born May 4, 1809; William Crane, born April 5, 1811; Janet, born June 13, 1813; Alexander, born March
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1, 1815; John Camp, born June 13, 1816, died June 14, 1817; Alfred, born December 8, 1818; Rachel, born April 28, 1821; Hettie, born September 26, 1823; and Thomas, born Janu- ary 8, 1826.
Alfred Eagles, the father of Mrs. Geoffroy, was born in Newark, was educated in the public schools, and on reach- ing man's estate learned the trade of a coach-lamp maker. lle subsequently began business on his own account and engaged in the manufacture of lamp goods and other spe- cialties. He became identified with the firm of Roberts, Eagles & Co. He died April 10, 1878. On the 230 of May, 1812, he married Jane Elizabeth Smithson, born June 19, 1819, died June 7, 1855. They had five children : Francis, born April 26, 1843; Alfred Smithson, born February 26, 1846; Charles Alexander, born January 19, 1848; Frederick Wyckoff, born January 4, 1851; and Louis Janet, born May 15, 1853. On the 17th of September, 1856, he married Phebe Sturges. They had one child, Mrs. Geoffroy. The mother died October 22, 1880. The old Eagles homestead in New- ark stood for many years on the site of the armory on Orange Street, and for over a century the different genera- tions of the family resided in that thoroughfare.
EDWIN E. BOND, M.D., was born in Caldwell, Essex County, N. J., on the 12th of May, 1871, and has always re- sided in that town. He was educated in the Caldwell High School, at the New Jersey Business College in Newark, and at the Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York City, graduating from the latter institution with the degree of M.D.
Since graduation Dr. Bond has successfully practiced his profession in Caldwell. He has also taken an active part in public affairs, and in 1900-1902 served as a member of the Essex County Board of Chosen Frecholders. He is a member of Caldwell Lodge, No. 59, F. and A. M., and a member and Past Grand of National Lodge, No. 102, I. O. O. F. As a citizen he is public spirited and progressive, and as a physician has gained an honorable standing.
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Dr. Bond was married, September 16, 1896, to Marian B. Chitterling, of Glenridge, Essex County.
JOHN BEA, of Newark, son of Henry Bea and Barbara Yeagle, was born in Germany on the 6th of August, 1835. His father came to this country in 1846, enlisted in the Union Army at the breaking out of the War of the Rebel- lion, and was killed in the battle before Atlanta.
Mr. Bea came to America and settled in Newark, N. J., in 1849, and there received a public school educa- tion. In 1879 he estab- lished himself in busi- ness as a manufacturer of hand-made horse col- lars, employing at first five operatives. The business grew steadily to large proportions, and under his energetic management has be- come one of the leading industries of that city. lle now has an exten- sive plant and manufac- tures a line of goods which find a market all over the United States, and which were JOHN BEA. awarded a diploma and
medal at the New Orleans exposition in 1884. The business occupies the whole of a three-story and basement building at the corner of Bruen and Lafayette Streets.
Mr. Bea is an able business man, public spirited, enter- prising, and patriotic, and active in promoting the best in- terests of his adopted city. He represented the Fourteenth Ward in the Newark Board of Aldermen one term, and is a member of the Pioneer Association. He is also a member and founder of the John C. Fremont Republican Club.
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He married Frederica T. Mueuch and has had seven chil- dren : John H., Katherine, Lizzie, Edward, Matilda ( wife of Fred Guenther), Albert, and Benjamin. He also has twelve grandchildren.
BERNARD H. GREENFIELD, M.D., of Newark, is the son of Abraham 1. Greenfield, and was born in New York City on the 14th of December, 1876. He attended the Col- lege of the City of New York and afterward en- tered the Medical De- partment of the New York University, grad- uating therefrom with the degree of M.D. in 1898.
After graduation Dr. Greenfield was assigned to the Outdoor Depart- ment of Bellevue Hos- pital, New York, as as- sistant attending sur- geon, and served in that capacity until Novem- ber, 1898, when he en- tered upon the active practice of his profes- sion in Newark, N. J. BERNARD H. GREENFIELD, M.D. lle has already gained a large and successful business, and established for himself an honorable standing as one of the rising young physicians of Essex County. He is a member of the Progress and City Clubs and actively identitied with the community.
L. D. HOWARD GILMOUR, a prominent member of the Newark bar, was born in Cape May City, N. J., on the 27th of October, 1860. He is the son of Dr. Henry L. Gilmour and L. Pauline Howard, daughter of Levi D. and Anna
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(Miller) Howard, the former, Dr. Gilmour, being a well known physician in South Jersey.
Mr. Gilmour was educated in the South Jersey Institute at Bridgeton, graduating as honor man in the class of June, 1879. He read law in Camden, N. J., with Howard M. Cooper, and was admitted as an at- torney before the Su- preme Conrt at Trenton in February, 1885, and as a counsellor in Febru- ary, 1888. On April 3, 1893, he was admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court at Washington. Mr. Gilmour was cou- nected with the law de- partment of the Penn- sylvania Railroad Com- pany from 1885 until De- cember, 1889, when he L. D. HOWARD GILMOUR. moved to Newark, where he has since prac- ticed his profession with uninterrupted success, having an office at No. 164 Market Street. He has made a specialty of real estate and corporation work, and the experience he has gained in this line places him among the leading cor- poration and real estate lawyers in this part of the State. He is Secretary and counsel of the United Electric Com- pany of New Jersey and of the Central Electric Company of Newark. Since 1892 he has been a Trustee of the South Jersey Institute at Bridgeton. He is a member of the New- ark Athletic Club, the Essex County Country Club, the Uni- versity Club of Newark, and the New York Athletic Club.
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