chester County. The Crowells were among the very earliest settlers of this State. They came originally from England and settled in Cape Cod, Mass., whence they removed to New Jersey and settled in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, about 1675. They have been prominently identified with the development of the State and its history ever since. Mr. Crowell's paternal great-grandfathers, Edward Crowell and Asher Fitz Randolph, were Revolutionary soldiers, both serving in the New Jersey State troops throughout the War for Independence. He is the possessor of an interesting Revolutionary relic-a gold ring, presented to his ancestor, Captain Asher Fitz Randolph, for a special personal service, by

General Lafayette, upon whose staff Captain Fitz Randolph served during the Revolution. Mr. Crowell's grandfather, Joseph Crowell, who removed from New Jersey to New York in 1808, was a veteran of the War of 1812, and for many years lived in old "Greenwich village" in the corporate limits of New York City. Here in the old ninth ward, as it was afterward known, Mr. Crowell, the subject of this sketch, was born. His parents moved to Arlington, N. J., in 1878.

Having received a thorough preparatory education at Mount Washington Collegiate Institute in his native city, Mr. Crowell entered Columbia College and was graduated with high honors in 1878, standing sixth in his class, and with membership in the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity. He then entered

the law office of John Clinton Gray, of New York City, now a Justice of the New York Court of Appeals, and was graduated LL.B. from Columbia College Law School in 1880, being admitted to the bar of New York as an attorney and counselor in May of the same year. In February, 1886, he was admitted to the bar of New Jersey, and since then he has successfully practiced his profession in Hudson County, residing in Arlington.

Mr. Crowell has taken an active part in the affairs of his adopted town, and for a number of years has been one of its leading citizens. He was Town Clerk of Kearny in 1888 and 1889 and Corporation Counsel in 1890 and from 1896 to 1899 inclusive. In these and various other capacities he has distinguished himself as a man of ability, integrity, and great force of character. He has achieved marked success in his profession and stands high as a lawyer and advocate. He has been a member of the Democratic County Committee of Hudson County since 1889 and one of its Executive Committee since 1896, and is also a member of the Robert Davis Association of Hudson County, of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and the Delta Kappa Epsilon Club of New York City, and of the Columbia College Alumni Association.

February 7, 1882, Mr. Crowell was married in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Miss Ida MacArthur, daughter of Heman MacArthur, of Ripon, Wis. They have four children: Mima, Gilbert Lafayette, Joseph Franklin, and Matilda Du Rie.

RICHARD VEALE, of Kearny, Hudson County, was born in Cornwall, England, on the 7th of July, 1864. He is the son of Nicholas Veale and Lucy Esterbrook and a grandson of Richard and Nancy Veale and Nicholas and Mary Jane Esterbrook. Mr. Veale came to America with his parents in 1871. The family first settled in Morris County, N. J., where he received a public school education at a place called Mine Hill. Subsequently they removed to Maine, thence to the State of New York, and in 1885 to California.

In 1887 Mr. Veale located permanently in Kearny, Hudson County, N. J., where he has since become prominent as a business man and public spirited citizen. In early life he learned the carpenter's trade, and while in California was successfully engaged in mining. For thirteen years he was associated with the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company in the capacity of carpenter. In 1898 he engaged in the grocery and provision business in Kearny and still continues in that line of trade.

Politically, Mr. Veale is a strong Republican, active in politics, and deeply interested in all public affairs. He was for seven years a Director in the Harrison Building and Loan Association, has served as Chairman and Secretary of the Town Republican Committee, and is Secretary of the District Club. He has also been a member of the Kearny Town Council, in which he served on the Ordinance Committee. He was a delegate to the State Republican Convention that nominated Governor Griggs, and was for many years a member of the Mutual Benefit Association (a railroad organization). He is Past District Deputy of the Knights of Pythias and Junior Deacon of Copestone Lodge, F. and A. M. In every capacity he has displayed marked ability, integrity, and enterprise, and is highly respected by all who know him.

Mr. Veale married Sarah Bone, daughter of John Bone, of Mine Hill, Morris County, N. J. They have three children: Sadie, Richard Clifford, and John Wesley.

URIAH ALLEN, one of the oldest and best known business men in Jersey City, was born in New York City on the 6th of July, 1825, his parents being James P. and Mary Allen. On his father's side he is of Scotch and on his mother's of Holland descent and springs from some of the oldest families in this part of the country.

Mr. Allen received a good practical education in his native city and from boyhood has been a very active business man. For many years he was a successful merchant in New York, conducting a large commission business and making an independent fortune. Retiring from that, he estab lished himself in the furnishing business in Jersey City, which he continued for a period of twenty-one years. At the present time he is actively and successfully engaged in the art business in Jersey City, having always been identified with that line as a side issue.

Besides devoting his energies to an extensive business Mr. Allen also took an active and influential part in public affairs, and from early life has been an enterprising, public spirited, and progressive citizen. He was one of the original founders and chief supporters of the Republican party in Jersey City in 1856, and ever since then has been intimately identified with its affairs and prominent as one of its acknowledged leaders. He has not, however, sought or accepted public office, preferring to devote his time wholly to business. For eight years he served in the New York State National Guard as a member of the Seventh Regiment, one of the most noted military organizations in the country.

Mr. Allen married Susanna Elizabeth Thompson, daughter of John Thompson, an old resident of the Seventh Ward, New York City. She died in 1894, leaving four children: Halsey W., Morris S., Horace G., and Jessie E.

JOHN JOSEPH FALLON, Assemblyman for Hudson County, residing in Hoboken, was born in New York City, December 19, 1870. His father, John James Fallon, born November 12, 1840, in County Roscommon, Ireland, came to America when twelve years of age. When the Civil War broke out in 1861 he enlisted in the Thirty-seventh Regiment, Irish Rifles, for two years, at the end of which time he received an honorable discharge. He was engaged in many battles and received a silver medal of honor from Major-General Phil. Kearny, under whom he served. His father, John Fallon, who resided in County Roscommon, Ireland, was a prosperous leather merchant. He had several brothers who were grain merchants, one of whom, Michael Fallon, had three sons, one of whom, Rev. Martin Xavier Fallon, was pastor of St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church at Wilmington, Del., for more than twenty-five years. He died in 1900. Another brother, Richard Fallon, a resident of New Rochelle, N. Y., is a well known contractor and builder. John Fallon married Mary Tumulty, of County Roscommon, Ireland. They were the grandparents of John Joseph Fallon, the subject of this article.

The latter's mother, Mary Ellen Fallon, is a descendant of the well known Fitzgerald family, among which was her uncle, John Fitzgerald, M.D., of London, for many years a member of Parliament, and Rev. John Fitzgerald, of County Roscommon, Ireland. Her parents were Colonel Patrick Fitzgerald and Mary Fitzgerald, of County Roscommon.

John Joseph Fallon, when not quite one year old, removed with his parents to Hoboken, where he has since resided. His early education was received in St. Mary's Parochial School, Hoboken, from which he was graduated.

He then attended the public schools of Hoboken, graduating in 1885. He obtained employment in a broker's office in New York City, where he remained but a short time, and then worked in a wholesale drug house for a year. He was afterward employed by the Western Union Telegraph Company as a messenger, and rapidly advanced to the position of receiving and

delivery clerk in the Maritime Exchange office, which position he held until 1890, when he resigned because of ill health and a desire for outdoor employment. He then entered the employ of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York as an agent in the Hoboken district, which position he occupied for one year, when he was promoted to the position of assistant

superintendent, which he held for four years. In 1892 he enrolled as a student in the Metropolis Law School, which has since been merged with the University Law School of the City of New York, attending the evening sessions and graduating therefrom in 1895. He was admitted to the New Jersey bar as an attorney at law and solicitor in chancery at the June term, 1895, and as a counselor in November, 1899. He is also a master in chancery by appointment of the late Chancellor Alexander T. McGill and a member of the bar of the United States District and Circuit Courts.

Subsequent to his admission to the bar the officers of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company offered him the position of superintendent, which offer was declined by Mr. Fallon, he having determined to practice law, and in February, 1896, he severed his connection with the company and formed a copartnership with ex-Judge William E. Skinner and Assemblyman John J. Marnell, under the firm name of Skinner, Marnell & Fallon. This partnership continued for two years, when it was dissolved. Mr. Marnell and Mr. Fallon thereafter formed a copartnership under the firm name of Marnell & Fallon, and they have offices in the Second National Bank building, Hoboken. Mr. Fallon has been active in politics for a number of years. In every political campaign for the past seven years his voice has been heard in advocacy of the Democratic party, but he never sought nor accepted office until 1899, when, at the earnest solicitation of his friends, he accepted the nomination for member of the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, and on November 7 of that year was elected by a majority which attested at once his popularity and the confidence in which he is held. In that office as well as at the bar he has displayed marked ability and energy.

Mr. Fallon is affiliated with numerous societies, among which are Hoboken Lodge, No. 74, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Hoboken Council, No. 159, Knights of Columbus, Court Castle Point, No. 54, Foresters of America, the Robert Davis Association, and the M. J. Coyle Association.

He was married December 20, 1893, to Mary L., daughter of Patrick Kelley, of Hoboken. They have two children: John J. Fallon, Jr., and Marguerite Fallon.

ADDISON ELY, a leading lawyer of Rutherford, Bergen County, and Captain of Company L, Second Regiment New Jersey Volunteers, is the great-grandson of Captain Levi Ely, a hero of the Revolutionary War, who was killed in the battle of Mohawk, and who is buried in West Springfield, Mass., under a monument erected to his memory by public spirited citizens in recognition of his patriotism and worth. The family has been prominent in the Connecticut Valley, and particularly in Massachusetts, for many generations, while a number of its branches have wielded a potent influence for good in other sections of the country. Captain Addison Ely's mother, Emeline Harrison, was the daughter of Seth Harrison, who was a cousin of President William Henry Harrison, the grandfather of President Benjamin Harrison. This family has also been a prominent one in Western Massachusetts.

Captain Ely is the son of William and Emeline (Harrison) Ely, and was born in Westfield, Mass., May 23. 1853. On the death of his mother, in 1862, he came with his father to Bloomfield, N. J., an aristocratic suburb of Newark, and here and in the vicinity he has ever since resided. He fitted for college at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and at Phillips