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... elected State Senator and served three years . He was a member of the committee of citizens which framed the charter of Jersey City , passed March 18 , 1851 ; was the author of the " Long Doek Charter " of 1856 ; and from 1856 to 1866 ...
... elected State Senator and served three years . He was a member of the committee of citizens which framed the charter of Jersey City , passed March 18 , 1851 ; was the author of the " Long Doek Charter " of 1856 ; and from 1856 to 1866 ...
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... elected to represent the settlement in the provincial assembly . The savages proving troublesome , Demarest bought and located on lands at New Harlem , then a name applied to the upper end of Manhattan Island . Here he prospered ...
... elected to represent the settlement in the provincial assembly . The savages proving troublesome , Demarest bought and located on lands at New Harlem , then a name applied to the upper end of Manhattan Island . Here he prospered ...
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... elected to the New Jersey House of Assembly , was prominently connected with the equal taxation measure of that year , and conducted the fight in the House for the Voorhees Judiciary Constitutional amendments . He is a member of the New ...
... elected to the New Jersey House of Assembly , was prominently connected with the equal taxation measure of that year , and conducted the fight in the House for the Voorhees Judiciary Constitutional amendments . He is a member of the New ...
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... elected Secretary and Treasurer , which positions he filled with great energy and satisfaction until July 20 , 1896 , when he was elected President . In this capacity he has maintained and in a large meas- ure increased the prestige and ...
... elected Secretary and Treasurer , which positions he filled with great energy and satisfaction until July 20 , 1896 , when he was elected President . In this capacity he has maintained and in a large meas- ure increased the prestige and ...
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... elected Treasurer of the corporation . In 1888 he was made General Manager , and at the present time is President of the Voorhees Rubber Manufacturing Company , of Jersey City , which is one of the largest and most successful concerns ...
... elected Treasurer of the corporation . In 1888 he was made General Manager , and at the present time is President of the Voorhees Rubber Manufacturing Company , of Jersey City , which is one of the largest and most successful concerns ...
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Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey Cornelius Burnham Harvey No preview available - 2018 |
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Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey Cornelius Burnham Harvey No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 52 - ... remained in Troy for seven years, then removing to Albany, where he established the firm of Erastus Corning & Co., hardware merchants. He held several local offices in Albany, among them alderman, and mayor (183437), and was also prominently identified with the financial interests of the city. In 1842 he was elected state senator and served three years. He was a representative in the 35th congress. 1857-59; was defeated for the 36th and elected to the 37th congress. He was re-elected to the 38th...
Page 200 - June, 1882, when he was graduated to the College of the City of New York, from which he was graduated with the degree of...
Page 7 - That in the eastern division, the county of Bergen shall begin at Constable's hook, and so run up along the bay and Hudson's river to the partition point between New Jersey and the province of New York ; and so run along the partition line between the provinces, and the division line of the eastern and western division of this province, to Pequaneck river; and so run down the said Pequaneck and Passaick river to the sound ; and so to follow the sound to Constable's hook, where it began.
Page 411 - TO THE WEST ! TO THE WEST ! TO the West.! to the West ! to the land of the free, Where mighty Missouri rolls down to the sea, Where a man is a man, if he's willing to toil, And the humblest may gather the fruits of the soil.
Page 369 - Masonic fraternity and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a member of the North Reformed Church of Newark, and in all the relations of life has achieved both success and honor.
Page 82 - WE bid thee welcome in the name Of Jesus, our exalted Head ; Come as a servant : so he came, And we receive thee in his stead. 2 Come as a shepherd ; guard and keep This fold from hell, and earth, and sin.; Nourish the lambs, and feed the sheep, The wounded heal, the lost bring in. 3 Come as a teacher, sent from God, Charged his whole...
Page 346 - Society, and a member of the New Jersey State Medical Society, the New York State Medical Association, the New York Academy of Medicine, and the American Medical Association. He was appointed by Governor Griggs one of the managers of the New Jersey State Hospital for the Insane at Morris Plains, and is surgeon for the Erie Bailroad.
Page 593 - I received the degree of doctor of medicine from the college of physicians and surgeons, Baltimore (University of Maryland) in 1896.
Page 533 - In the year 1842 he became the founder of the Society for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of Medical Men...
Page 110 - The insignia of the Veterans of the Mexican War. the Military Order of the Loyal Legion...