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PETER CLARIUS.
Peter Clarins, the pioneer member of the Clarins family in America, was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany. He married Mary Seitz, born in Bavaria. He emigrated to America with his family in 1860. His children were: Philip, Andrew and Peter.
Peter Clarius, son of Peter and Mary (Seitz) Clarins, was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, January 28, 1855. When bnt five years of age he came to America with his parents, and lived in New York. He received an excellent education in the public schools of New York, and upon leaving school followed the occupation of dairyman. He married Barbara Fullner, born in Germany, August 12, 1859, daughter of Casper and Catherine (Fesell) Fullner. Casper Fullner was born in 1837, in Ger- many, and came to this country in 1871; his wife was born in Ger- many in 1839. They had five children: Barbara, married Peter
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Clarins; Rachel, John, Kate and Matilda. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Clarins are the parents of five children : James B., born Decem- ber 23, 1884; George C., born October 18, 1887; Peter, born March 1, 1890; John, born August 6, 1892; Mamie, born Jannary 24, 1896.
GOTTFRIED SHUTPELL.
Gottfried Shutpell is the first of his family to have come to America in order to make his home here. He was born in Prus- sia, Germany, October 8, 1834, came to America in the early six- ties, and settled upon Staten Island as his future home. In 1862 he joined the army, being enrolled as a member of Company H, Third Artillery of the United States army. He served with great bravery until the close of the war, when he was mustered out. He then returned to his home on Staten Island and en- gaged in the occupation of oyster dealer.
He married Sarah Murphy, born at Bloomfield, Staten Island, August 31, 1849, daughter of Frank and Mary Murphy. Mr. and Mrs. Shutpell have an only child, a daughter, Mary, born at Bloomfield, October 31, 1871, married Noah Selleck Decker, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Decker are the parents of three chil- dren: Sarah Helen, born September 9, 1891; Le Roy Gotfried. born March 29, 1894; Bessie Edith, born February 9, 1898.
EDWARD F. TENNYSON.
The first member of the Tennyson family to come to America was Timothy Tennyson, the father of Edward F. Tennyson. Timothy Tennyson was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, 1853, and came to America when but sixteen years of age. He settled on Staten Island and worked as a laborer. He married (first) Susan Lavin, born in Ireland, 1854, and came to America when a very young girl. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Tennyson had three children : Edward F., see forward; Mary, and Andrew. Timothy
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Tennyson married (second), 1888, Jane Bean, born at Willow Brook, Staten Island, daughter of Peter Bean. She died 1906. They had two children : Helen, born March 11, 1889; Joseph, born February 6, 1892.
Edward F. Tennyson, eldest son and eldest child of Timothy and Susan (Lavin) Tennyson, was born at Linoleumville, Staten Island, January 10, 1879. He was educated in the public schools of Staten Island, and upon leaving them accepted a position in the linoleum factory as a presser. Ile married, February 14, 1903, Delia Hartley, born in the city of Rochester, New York, daughter of Patrick and Theresa (Cunningham) Hartley. Pat- rick Hartley was born in Canada, but removed to Rochester, New York, where he married Theresa Cunningham, born in Ireland, who came to America with her parents when she was a child. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Hartley had four children: Joseph A .; Margaret; Delia, married Edward F. Tennyson ; and Ellen.
FRANK C. CLANDENING.
Frank C. Clandening, son of William and Jennette (Gren- nell) Clandening, was born in Albany, New York, 1850. He re- ceived his education in the public schools of Albany and in the high school of that city. After leaving school he came to New York and accepted a position in Altman's dry goods store, a position which he held for many years. He was faithful and conscientious in the performance of his duties, and was respected and liked by his employers and his fellow workers.
He married Minnie Decker, born at Mariner Harbor, Staten Island, February 29, 1854 daughter of David D. and Sarah (White) Decker. Mrs. Decker was the daughter of Rev. Samuel White, who was a native of England and came to America many years ago, settling at Graniteville, Staten Island. He was a min- ister of the Baptist church, and was a man prominent in his
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calling and beloved by his congregation. It was due to his efforts that the Baptist church at Graniteville was built, and he was the pastor of that church for twenty-seven years. During this period he gained a reputation for broad-minded charity and kind- ness. The church is still standing, but there are very few of the original congregation now living. David D. Decker was born on Staten Island, and had his place of business in the Broad Street Exchange, New York, for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Decker had eight children : Samuel, Minnie, David, Fannie, Calvin, William, Myra, who was the wife of Alexander Momfort, and Sarah. Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Clandening were the parents of two children : Jennette B., and Harold.
JOHN M. HUGHES.
The Hughes family has been represented on Staten Island for several generations. Henry Hughes, father of the late John M. Hughes, lived on Staten Island and married, January 8, 1817, Gertrude Marrel, daughter of John and Anna Marrel. Henry Hughes was a farmer.
John M. Hughes, son of Henry and Anna (Marrel) Hughes, was born February 21, 1818, at Richmond, Staten Island. He re- ceived his education at the public schools of Staten Island, and when he left school pursued the occupation of farming for about four years. He then gave this up and entered upon the oyster trade, at which he was very successful. Mr. Hughes was indus- trious and painstaking, and the customers he once acquired never left him for any one else in the same trade. He was good natured, sociable and popular among his friends.
Mr. Hughes married, December 26, 1841, Mary Braisted, daughter of Jacob and Lavinia (Tatter) Braisted. Jacob Braisted was born in 1781, on Staten Island. He was a weaver by trade, but after following that for several years gave it up,
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preferring an occupation that would enable him to be out in tlie air. He then followed the occupation of fishing, etc. His wife, Lavinia Tatter, was the daughter of Johanna Tatter, born at Tottenville, Staten Island, 1779, and they were the parents of seven children : Peter, Thomas, Christian A., Lavinia, Abraham, Mary and Jennie. Mrs. Hughes' grandfather was Peter Braisted, a waterman; her grandfather on the mother's side was Thomas Tatter, who was a farmer and waterman, and lived at Roseville. To Mr. and Mrs. John M. Hughes were born six chil- dren: William P., born April 16, 1843; Lavinia, born January 24, 1845, wife of Cornelius Braisted; John E., born June 23, 1847, died September 4, 1847; Jane E., born August 12, 1848, married John H. Boush; Catharine M., born January 27, 1852; Emeline, born Angust 6, 1855, married Theodore Leven.
MRS. ANNA R. SARLES.
The family of the late Mrs. Anna R. Sarles have been dwellers on Staten Island for many generations, some of them having come to America before the war of the Revolution. Mrs. Sarles' maternal great-grandfather, Jacob Van Pelt, was actively engaged in the Revolutionary war. During one of the engage- ments he was taken prisoner by the British and taken by them into New Jersey. He was in bed, being ill, at the time the enemy made this raid, and they would not even allow him time to dress. His wife, a very clever woman, covered five-dollar gold pieces with cloth and sewed them on his coat in lieu of buttons. She then succeeded in obtaining permission to take the clothes to her husband. She was stopped many times on the way and encoun- tered many difficulties, but at last succeeded in getting the clothes to her husband. By means of the money thus secretly conveyed to him he was soon after enabled to escape and rejoin his family.
Peter Van Pelt, son of Jacob Van Pelt, followed the occupa-
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tion of an oysterman. He married Elizabeth Decker, and they had three children: Anna R., and Mary Jane, who was burned to death at the age of five years, and Catharine A.
Simon Post, the paternal grandfather of Mrs. Anna R. Sarles, was a farmer by occupation. He married Rebecca Thatcher, and among their children was Peter S., see forward.
Peter S. Post, son of Simon Post and father of Mrs. Anna R. Sarles, married Catharine A. Van Pelt, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Decker) Van Pelt. Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Post had among their children Anna R., see forward.
Anna R. Post, daughter of Peter S. and Catharine A. (Van Pelt) Post, was educated in the public schools. November 20, 1873, she married John W. C. Carson, who was born in 1848. He followed the occupations of farming and dealing in oysters and sea food. They had one son, Clarence B. R., born on Staten Island, Angust 25, 1879, married October 18, 1904, Lillian Ben- nett. John W. C. Carson died April 19, 1879. After a time his widow married David Sarles, born March 2, 1827.
ALFRED CUTTING.
Alfred Cutting is an enterprising and progressive citizen of Rossville, borough of Richmond, where the family have resided for many years. His father, Robert Cutting, was a native of Suffolk county, England, where he was extensively engaged in agricultural pursuits, having there owned a farm of about two hundred acres, which he successfully cultivated up to 1822, when he decided to come to the United States with his family. Conse- ¡muent upon the depression of business and values, his two sons, Robert and Thomas, preceded him, and upon their arrival in New York city settled on Long Island, in 1823. The same year Robert Cutting, with his wife and family of eight children, em- barked at London on the good ship "Arcaster," commanded by
Alfred Cutting
Mary Ann Cutting
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Captain Henry Griswold, and set sail for New York city. Robert ('utting, however, was delayed in consequence of a severe storm, and thus was not enabled to board the ship at Gravesend, Eng- land, and was compelled to sail upon another vessel, namely, the good ship "Hannibal," two weeks later, commanded by Captain Watkinson. He, however, reached New York city two weeks pre- vious to the arrival of the " Arcaster." The family were finally again reunited and took up their abode in Kings county, Long Island, in what is now Williamsburg, or the eastern district of Brooklyn. After remaining there for some time Mr. Cutting re- moved to South Brooklyn, where he died during the cholera scourge in 1832. His widow survived him for a number of years. She died, aged eighty-three or eighty-four. Her remains, with those of her husband, are interred at the New Utrecht church- yard, South Brooklyn.
Robert Cutting was twice married. His first wife was Sarah Philpot, who bore him five children: 1. Robert, who married a widow named Titus, of Long Island. 2. Sarah, who died in Eng- land, unmarried. 3. John, who came to the United States and died at Williamsburg, Eastern District of Brooklyn. 4. Mary Ann, married Rev. Schargol, and died in England; she had two sons, Edmund and Edgar Schargol. 5. Thomas, who came to the United States, and died near Jamaica, Long Island. Robert Cut- ting married (second) Anna Maria Ellis, of Ipswich, Suffolk county, England, and of this marriage had children: 1. Henry, who came to the United States and settled in Pittsburg, Pennsyl- vania, where he married, and died without issue. 2. Amelia, who came to the United States and died at Rossville, borough of Rich- mon, unmarried. 3. Elizabeth, who married Alfred Brent, and had one daughter, Emily Brent. 4. Louisa, came to the United States, died at Rossville, borough of Richmond, unmarried. 5. Augusta, came to the United States, married Stephen Ryder, of Vol. IV -- 15
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New Brunswick, New Jersey, and had a family of children, one of whom still survives, namely, Anna Maria, wife of Alexander Conover. 6. Charles, married Ann Harris, no issue. 7. Emma, married William Dixon, of whom a sketch appears elsewhere in this work. 8. Alfred, born October 27, 1820.
Alfred Cutting, youngest child of his parents, came to the United States with the family, who took up their residence in Brooklyn, where he was educated and reared to manhood. Like his father, he took np the tilling of the soil, which line of work he pursued in Kings county until 1846, in which year he came to Rossville, borough of Richmond, where he has since resided to the present time (1906). In 1873 Mr. Cutting purchased a tract of land near Rossville, upon which he erected a pleasant cottage and made other improvements, and in numerous ways has done much to improve the neighborhood where he resides. He has by his thrift and enterprise become a useful citizen, and is highly respected by all with whom he comes in contact. Mr. Cutting is a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church at Rossville.
Alfred Cutting married, October 11, 1854, at New Brunswick, New Jersey, Mary Ann Pollientt, born November 4, 1826, daugh- ter of James Pollientt, who was a native of England. Of this marriage Mr. Cutting had born to him the following children: 1. Robert James, born November 25, 1855, married Mary no issue. 2. William A., born February 5, 1858, married and re- sides at Kreischerville, borough of Richmond. 3. Stephen Ellis, see forward. 4. Mary Anna, born October 13, 1862, married George Fisher, and has two children: Alfred C. and Adelaide L. Fisher. 5. John G., born April 10, 1865, who has been thrice mar ried. His first union was with Caroline LaForge, and had two children : Stephen L. and Gertrude Elizabeth. Mr. Cutting mar- ried (second) Lillian Lunt, and had one child, Mary Lillian, who
Stephen E. Cutting Virginia Q. Cutting
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has been adopted by her unele, Stephen Ellis Cutting. By his third nion there was no issue.
Stephen Ellis Cutting, third child of his parents, born April 13, 1860, married, September 10, 1882, Virginia Pardee Metzger, born May 28, 1865, daughter of Lonis and Katherine Metzger, and there were born two children: William Walter, July 8, 1883, and Clarence Eugene Cutting, July 5, 1886. The mother of this family, Mary Ann (Pollieutt) Cutting, died May 26, 1905. She was a woman possessed of many worthy traits of character, and was a consistent member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church at Rossville. They also had an adopted daughter, Mary Lillian, daughter of John G. Cutting.
PHILIP N. KAPPLER.
Philip N. Kappler, a prominent gardener of Port Richmond, Staten Island, is the first representative of the Kappler family in Staten Island. He is of German parentage, his father, Philip Kappler, having been a native of Germany and passed all his life there, where he was a school teacher. He married Catharine Kloekner, born in Bavaria, Germany, 1836, daughter of Michael and - (Brown) Kloekner. Mr. and Mrs. Kappler had nine children : Regina, Margaret, Kate, Alvina, Louisa, Lena, Jacob, Caroline, and Philip N., see forward. Philip Kappler died March 10, 1885.
Philip N. Kappler, son of Philip and Catharine (Kloekner) Kappler, was born in South Germany, July 23, 1850. He re- ceived an excellent edneation there, and in 1874, at the age of twenty-four, he came to America and settled in New York. He took up the occupation of gardening, for which he had always evinced a decided interest, and by combining practical working with theoretical knowledge soon made an entire success of his venture. Mr. Kappler is a man who keeps apace with the times.
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He is always seeking newer and more improved methods, and applies them with good results in his business. His ambition, energy and enterprise are carrying him rapidly along the road to prosperity.
He married, September 10, 1886, Caroline Göergen, who was a widow. She was born at Hanover, North Germany, daughter of William and Anna (Bryamon) Hüls. William Hüls was born in Germany and lived there, following the occupation of farming until 1879, when he came to America. He married Anna Brya- mon, also a native of Germany, and they had four children: Clemence, Bernard, Caroline, who was afterwards the wife of Philip Kappler, and Theresa. Mrs. Kappler's first husband was Peter Göergen, who was a gardener by occupation, and they had four children: Katie, Rose, William and Frank. Mr. and Mrs. Kappler have no children.
PATRICK DRAY.
Patrick Dray, an old resident of Linoleumville, Staten Island, may well be proud of the Irish stock from which he is de- scended. His father, Edward Dray, was born and spent his en- tire life in Ireland. He was a carpenter by trade. He married Mary Ryan, born in Ireland.
Patrick Dray, son of Edward and Mary (Ryan) Dray, was born in Kilkenny county, Ireland, March 17, 1840. After leaving school he worked for some years in Ireland, and then decided to come to America, where he landed in 1862, and settled in New York city. He became one of the great laboring class of the United States, and it has been his pride and boast that he never neglected his work in the smallest particular, however trifling that might have appeared at the time. He is one of that great body of men who form the backbone of our country.
Mr. Dray married, 1863, Margaret Kelley, born at county
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Tyrone, Ireland, danghter of Hugh and Ellen (IIamell) Kelley. Mrs. Dray's father, Hugh Kelley, was born in 1796, in the county of Tyrone, Ireland, and was a carpenter by trade. He married Ellen Ilamell, born in Ireland, who was fifty years of age when she undertook the voyage to America. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Kel- ley had five children, all but one of whom live in America : Mary; Patrick, married Catharine Wright, and resides in New York; Margaret, married Patrick Dray; Catharine; Michael, married Anna Donnelly, and also resides in New York. Mrs. Patrick Dray's paternal grandfather was James Kelley, born in Ireland. He was a farmer and a noted horseman there, being the owner of the entire town of Mulligahbaugh. He married Catharine Martin, also a native of Ireland, and they had five children: Hugh, Bernard Aliias, James, John and Susan. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Dray are the parents of five children: Ellen, born Octo- ber 8, 1866, Margaret, born June 17, 1868; Edward, born Jan- uary 23, 1872; Catharine, born Angust 22, 1874; Mary, born Angust 4, 1879.
JOHN W. DEPUY.
Many years have elapsed since the Depuy family made its first settlement on Staten Island. Enos Depuy, father of John W. Depuy, was born at Tottenville, Staten Island, 1819. He received his education there and then entered into the butcher business. He married Ellen Woglem, born at Tottenville. They had twelve children: Minard W., William H., Abraham E., John W., see forward; Hannah E., Elmira G., Mary E., Amy J., Peter, deceased; Anna, deceased; and two who died in infancy.
John W. Depuy, son of Enos and Ellen (Woglem) Depuy, was born at Butcherville, Staten Island, February 26, 1850. He received an excellent education in the public schools of Granite- ville and New Springville, Staten Island. He was apt and
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studious and made thoroughly good use of his time while at- tending these schools, a fact which was of the greatest benefit to him in later life in his business career. After leaving school he entered the business of his father, who was a butcher, and remained in his employ until he was twenty-one years of age. He then turned his attention to farming, for which he had always evinced a preference, and made a success of this work. In connection with this he has, for the past nineteen years, car- ried on a dairy business very successfully. He is a man of progressive ideas, and takes the liveliest interest in all mat- ters of publie welfare. He is a kind and helpful neighbor and is greatly respected by his fellow townsmen.
He married. December 21, 1870, Eugenia Depny, born at New Springville, Staten Island, daughter of Abner and Julia (Liscomb) Depuy. Abner Depuy was born at New Springville, Staten Island, 1821, and followed a waterside calling. He mar- ried Julia Liscomb, born at Patchoque, Long Island, daughter of Uriah and Louisa Liscomb. Mr. and Mrs. Abner Depny had four children: Theodore, Eugenia, married John W. De- puy; George, and Gertrude. Mrs. John W. Depuy's maternal grandfather, Uriah Liscomb, was captain of a large steamer. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Depuy have had five children : 1. Charles, born September 9, 1871, at Graniteville, married Ella Barnes, and resides at Port Richmond; he is a carpenter; they have two children: Harold and Clinton. 2. Fletcher, born at Gran- iteville, is a carpenter; married Belle Rutherford, and has two children: John and Anna. 3. Minnie, born at Graniteville, married George Gail, who is a machinist, and they reside in Graniteville; they have three children: Eugenia, Edith and Charles. 4. Mabel, born Graniteville, married Edward Gale, who is an electrician, and lives in Graniteville. They have one child, Gertrude. 5. Grace, born Graniteville, resides at home.
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LAURITZ ANDERSON.
Lanritz Anderson was born July 12, 1845, in Copenhagen, Denmark, and received the benefit of an excellent education there. After leaving school he was apprenticed to the trades of blacksmith and machinist. He received a thorough instrue- tion in these and came to this country well equipped to make his way in the new world. He arrived in America, June 5, 1886, commeneed business as a machinist, and has been sueeessful from the very beginning of his business eareer. His untiring energy and faithful attention to all the many details of his calling have contributed not a little to his prosperity. He has made many friends in the land of his adoption, both among his eountrymen and those who were born in this country.
He married, August 13, 1890, Anna M. Larison, born July 29, 1853, in Norway, came to this country in 1887, and settled in Brooklyn, New York. She is a daughter of Andrew and Anna D. (Hanson) Larison, the former a gardener by oecupa- tion, and they had the following children: Lawrence A., Peter, Mary, Anna M. Mrs. Anderson's maternal grandfather was Lars Nelson, who was a carpenter and builder by trade, and married Margaret Nelson. They had the following named chil- dren: Nelson, Larsen, Abraham, Anna, Laura, Mary A. (twin), Mellie (twin), Charles (twin), Carroll (twin), Lowery, Correan, Ludweek, Jolm H., Abraham, Anna D.
GRAHAM H. MUNROE.
Graham H. Munroe is a well known florist, residing on Staten Island, but is not a native of that place. His father, Richard T. Munroe, was born on the Bermuda Island, and lived there for many years. He followed the oeeupation of painting. He married Mary E. Meaney, and they had the fol- lowing named children: Reginald, Graham H., Wellesley, Inez.
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Graham H. Munroe, son of Richard T. and Mary E. (Meaney) Munroe, was born on the Island of Bermuda, July 21, 1871. He received his education there, and in 1891 came to New York and settled there. In 1895 he removed to Staten Island, and in 1898 bought the C. B. Richard's residence and made it his home. He has been active in various ways since his residence on Staten Island, and always takes a prominent part in anything or any movement that promises to be for the publie good.
He married Catharine May Simonson, born May 24, 1869, on Staten Island, daughter of William C. and Barbara A. (Reeder) Simonson. Mr. Simonson was born on Staten Island, 1835, and his business has been that of a general contractor and painter. He served for three years in the Civil war, and at the close was mustered out. He married Barbara A. Reeder, born in Albany, New York, April 15, 1833. Mr. and Mrs. Simonson had one child, Catharine May, who became the wife of Graham H. Munroe. Mrs. Munroe's grandfather was Ben- jamin Simonson, born on Staten Island. He was a farmer by occupation. He married Catharine Cary, who was also a native of Staten Island. They had the following children: Julia, Helen, Benjamin, William, Elizabeth, Isaac, Henry, and Samuel. Mr. and Mrs. Graham H. Munroe have five children: Ethelma, born September 19, 1897. Nevada M., born January 8, 1899. Arnold G., born June 11, 1900. Geneva B., born September 24, 1902. Florence E., born December 9, 1905.
JOSHUA D. CORSON.
The Corson family has been settled in America for many generations, but the earliest member of the family of whom we have any definite information is Richard Corson, born in the state of New Jersey, and followed the occupation of farming.
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He married Elizabeth Egbert and they had the following named children: Gertrude, Eliza, Richard, Sarah, George, Katie, Abraham, Ann, Joseph, David, and Daniel.
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