Julia Appleby was born on Aug 26, 1842 at New Jersey. She was the daughter of Leonard Appleby and Ann Amanda Fitz Allen Van Wickle. Julia married John Outcalt Jr.

      John Outcalt Jr. was born circa 1836 at New York. John married Julia Appleby, daughter of Leonard Appleby and Ann Amanda Fitz Allen Van Wickle.

      Malvena Appleby was born on Oct 29, 1830 at New Jersey. She was the daughter of Leonard Appleby and Ann Amanda Fitz Allen Van Wickle. Malvena Appleby died on Oct 3, 1831.

      Margaret Appleby was born on Nov 30, 1832 at New Jersey. She was the daughter of Leonard Appleby and Ann Amanda Fitz Allen Van Wickle. Margaret Appleby was baptized on Apr 16, 1843. Margaret married Capt. George Washington Helme, son of Oliver Helme and Sarah Pease, on Oct 1, 1856 at Spotswood, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Margaret Appleby died on Aug 19, 1923 at Helmetta, Middlesex County, New Jersey, at age 90.
     She was also known as Margaret Adeline Appleby.

      Capt. George Washington Helme was born on May 18, 1822 at Kingston, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Oliver Helme and Sarah Pease. George married Margaret Appleby, daughter of Leonard Appleby and Ann Amanda Fitz Allen Van Wickle, on Oct 1, 1856 at Spotswood, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Capt. George Washington Helme died on Jan 13, 1893 at Helmetta, Middlesex County, New Jersey, at age 70. George was buried on Jan 16, 1893 at Jamesburg, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
     He was also known as George Helmes. The George W. Helme Company of Helmetta, New Jersey, is not only anearly snuff manufacturing plant but one which over the years hasdeveloped into the world's largest producer of sweet snuff.Approximately one third of the dry snuff used in the United States ismade at Helmetta. The founder of the firm, George W. Helme, was bornat Kingston, not far from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on May 18, 1822.At the age of sixteen he was compelled to leave the public school,which he attended at Montrose, Pennsylvania (about 35 miles north ofKingston), because of the poverty of his parents, and go to work.
He obtained a clerkship with Asa Packer, who was a contractor for thebuilding of locks and boats for the transportation of coal fromPottsville, Pennsylvania, to New York and who projected and completedin 1855 the Lehigh Valley Railroad from Mauch Chunk to Easton. Heamassed a large fortune and founded and endowed Lehigh University in1866. The experience of working for Mr. Packer and observing hisbusiness methods was probably valuable training for young Helme inlater life. Becoming interested in literary matters, he resigned hisposition with Mr. Packer and traveled to Shreveport, Louisiana, wherehis brother lived, finally studying with a lawyer in that city andbeing admitted to the bar about 1851.

HELMETTA — After a two-month delay, the home of George W. Helme was finally demolished last week by Renaissance Properties of Englishtown, the developer currently constructing a 75-unit age-restricted community on the site.

The 17-room Victorian house on High Street dates back to the late 19th century. Helme was the owner of the snuff mill, for which the borough is best known beginning in the 1870s, and gave the borough its name, combining his last name with the nickname of his daughter, Etta. Helme died at the house in 1893. His wife, Margaret Appleby Helme, died there in 1923.

The home has been owned by the Leach family for more than 40 years.

Renaissance, whose development is called Regency Walk, purchased the property for approximately $2.5 million from another developer and agreed to build a new home near the mansion for Betty Leach and her son, Roger, the current owners.

Demolition of the historic building was slated for April, but was delayed so the Leaches’ new home could be constructed.

Historical Society President Kathryn Hackett-Fields said she and a handful of other society members were permitted to enter the mansion June 22 — less than a week before Renaissance razed the building, Hackett-Fields said.

"The developer told us not to say anything about the demolition," Hackett-Fields said. "They didn’t want a media circus. They also didn’t want anyone in there in case of injury."

Hackett-Fields said only a few individuals were permitted to tour the home June 22 and that they were given permission by the developer to remove historical items from the home; virtually nothing had been left for the taking.

"There were some handmade hearth tiles we were able to take," Hackett-Fields said. "The doors, moldings, everything was gone before we went in there."

Hackett-Fields said the few artifacts historical society members retrieved from the mansion will be placed in the borough’s museum, which is temporarily located in Borough Hall. The society hopes to find a permanent home for the museum in the future.

Hackett-Fields said she and other society members toured the mansion for approximately two hours, and she was surprised to see the interior of the home in such good condition.

"We [the historical society] were surprised the interior was in good shape," Hackett-Fields said. "The interior didn’t have gaping holes, but there was no telling what the attic looked like."

Hackett-Fields said that in her tenure over the past four years as president, she could not recall whether an engineering professional ever inspected the home’s interior to determine if the mansion could be restored.

"I don’t know where the estimate came from, but we [the historical society] were told the home could be restored for $350,000. We were always interested in getting the house restored."

The house was the most significant of the more than 100 buildings in the George W. Helme Snuff Mill District to be placed on the state and national Registers of Historic Places in 1980.

George W. Helme also built a mansion for his son, George A., but that building was demolished decades ago. The only Helme mansion that remains is the home of Helme’s eldest daughter, Antoinette "Etta" Helme Herbert. The house is still used as a private residence. on Jul 4, 2002.



George Washington Helme
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George Washington Helme (b. 1822, Kingston, Pennsylvania), the founder of Helmetta, New Jersey, was the ninth child and fifth son of Major Oliver Helme (descendant of an old Rhode Island family begun by Christopher Helme) by his second wife Sarah Pease.

As a young man George Helme obtained a clerkship with Asa Packer, a wealthy contractor involved in the construction of locks, boats, and railroads for the transport of coal (and who eventually founded Lehigh University). In his mid-twenties, Helme resigned his position with Mr. Packer and moved to Louisiana, where his older brother Samuel was living. There he studied law and was admitted to the bar in New Orleans around 1851, subsequently establishing his own law practice, which he continued until the outbreak of the Civil War.

He returned north to marry Margaret Appleby in 1856 in Spotswood, New Jersey. Their first two children, daughters, were born before the Civil War. The first child, born in New Jersey in 1857, died a year later. Their second child was born in New Jersey in 1859. Their third child was born in Chatawa, Mississippi (about 100 miles north of New Orleans) in 1862, just after war broke out. Their last child, a son, was born after the war in 1866 in New Jersey.

Helme left his law practice and enlisted in the Confederate States Army on March 8, 1862 in New Orleans as a Captain in the Crescent Regiment, commanding Company G, Marion Rangers, nicknamed the Ruggles Guards. The regiment went immediately to Corinth, Mississippi, to reinforce General P. G. T. Beauregard’s army. On April 6, 1862 the regiment played an important role in the capture of two Federal divisions during the Battle of Shiloh. The regiment commander’s report of the engagement cited Captain Helme as “among the line officers I have great satisfaction in mentioning ... as distinguished for coolness, bravery, and the faithful discharge of their duty...” The regiment was disbanded on June 3, 1862 at the expiration of its 90 day enlistment, most of the men being transferred into the 18th Louisiana Regiment.

Captain Helme resigned on June 19, 1862, when he was transferred to the mining service of the Trans-Mississippi Department. This assignment may have been related to an act of April 11, 1862, establishing the “Niter and Mining Bureau”, which was charged with the securing of niter (saltpeter) for the manufacture of gunpowder, copper, lead, iron, coal, zinc, and other such materials as might be required for the prosecution of the war.

The Bureau opened new coalfields in North Carolina and Alabama and coordinated the flow of mineral fuel to Confederate naval stations along the coast. A corps of officers was established for this purpose. Captain Helme’s earlier experience back in Pennsylvania working for Asa Packer may have influenced this assignment. On June 9, 1864 another act was passed which increased the rank of the officers involved. There is nothing in the early Confederate records to indicate that Helme was anything other than a Captain, although later biographical sketches identify him as a Major General. (His son-in-law, Charles Godfrey Starter, identified him as a Major in a priviate family document printed in 1928.)

When the war ended, Helme returned north, to New Jersey and New York City, where he engaged in the real estate business for several years, acquiring considerable property.

In 1866 he formed a co-partnership with his brother-in-law Jacob Appleby, for the manufacture of snuff and tobacco. This lasted until 1877 or 1878, when Helme became the full owner of the enterprise, eventually renamed the George W. Helme Tobacco Company, and one of the largest snuff producers in the country. During the middle 1880s he purchased land between Spotswood and Jamesburg, New Jersey on which his mill and 105 homes for workers were built. This area, initially known as Railroad Mills, became Helmetta, New Jersey, and was reputedly named after his youngest daughter Oliva, whose nickname was Etta.

At the time of Helme's death Helmetta had a population of five hundred persons, and five factories employing over three hundred persons, many from Spotswood and Jamesburg. For ten years Helme was a member of the board of trustees of the State Reform School at Jamesburg and president of the board for eight years. His family was influential in establishing St. George’s Episcopal Church in Helmetta.

He died at in 1893 in Helmetta, aged 71. A special car of the Pennsylvania Railroad left Jersey City for the benefit of those wishing to attend the funeral services. The Camden Post (Camden, New Jersey) reported that 1,500 persons attended. The funeral procession of almost 500, some in horse-drawn carriages, some walking, made its way south to nearby Fernwood Cemetery in Jamesburg, where he was buried in the Helme Mausoleum, the largest in the cemetery, located on the highest point of ground. He was reported to have been the second wealthiest man in the state.[citation needed]

He was survived by his wife and three children. A grandson was painter Henry H. Starter.

      Olivia Antoinette Helmes was born on Aug 11, 1862 at Chattawa, Pike County, Mississippi. She was the daughter of Capt. George Washington Helme and Margaret Appleby. Olivia Antoinette Helmes was baptized on Aug 15, 1862 at Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Olivia married John Warne Herbert Jr., son of Judge John Warne Herbert and Agnes D. Wright, on Nov 10, 1885 at Saint John's Episcopal Church, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey. Olivia Antoinette Helmes died in 1945 at Ossining, Westchester County, New York. She died on Aug 9, 1945 at Helmetta, Middlesex County, New Jersey, at age 82.

      John Warne Herbert Jr. was born on Aug 3, 1853 at Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was born on Aug 3, 1853 at Wickatunk, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was the son of Judge John Warne Herbert and Agnes D. Wright. John married Olivia Antoinette Helmes, daughter of Capt. George Washington Helme and Margaret Appleby, on Nov 10, 1885 at Saint John's Episcopal Church, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey. John Warne Herbert Jr. died on Aug 26, 1934 at New York City, New York County, New York, at age 81.
     

Helmetta's man in first college football game
Herbert, son-in-law of town founder, recounted unique details of 1869 game
BY JOSEPH SAPIA Correspondent
After John Warne Herbert Jr. married into the Helme snuff mill family, he became a prominent Helmetta citizen.

But 16 years before marrying Olivia Antoinette "Etta" Helme, daughter of town founder George W. Helme and Margaret Appleby Helme, he had his own prominence. One, he was from the respected Herbert family of Wickatunk in Monmouth County. And, two, he was a member of the Rutgers University football team, the one that played Princeton University in the first collegiate football game 140 years ago, this week, on Nov. 6, 1869, at College Field in New Brunswick.

Years later, according to the website www.scarletknights.com, Herbert, a member of Rutgers' class of 1872, wrote:

"To appreciate this game to the full, you must know something of its background. The two colleges were, and still are, of course, about 20 miles apart. The rivalry between them was intense. For years, each had striven for possession of an old Revolutionary cannon, making night forays and lugging it back and forth time and again. Not long before the first football game, the canny Princetonians had settled this competition in their own favor by ignominiously sinking the gun in several feet of concrete. In addition to this, I regret to report, Princeton had beaten Rutgers in baseball by the harrowing score of 40-2. Rutgers longed for a chance to square things."

The circa-1880's mansion that once belonged to John Warne Herbert Jr. and his wife Olivia Antoinette "Etta" Helme is the last standing of Helmetta's three Helme mansions.

Onward to College Field, where about 100 spectators turned out. The Rutgers team, to distinguish itself from the bare-headed Princeton team, wore scarlet scarves turbanlike. Each team had 25 players at a time on the field in a game that was more rugby-like than today's football. A score was a "game," with 10 games ending the match.

"Though smaller on the average, the Rutgers players, as it developed, had ample speed and fine football sense,'' Herbert wrote. "Receiving the ball, our men formed a perfect interference around it and with short, skillful kicks and dribbles, drove it down the field. Taken by surprise, the Princeton men fought valiantly, but, in five minutes, we had gotten the ball through to our captains on the enemy's goal and S.G. Gano, '71, and G.R. Dixon, '73, neatly kicked it over. None thought of it, so far as I know, but we had without previous plan or thought evolved the play that became famous a few years later as 'the flying wedge.'"

Herbert recalled, "Next period Rutgers bucked, or received the ball, hoping to repeat the flying wedge. But the first time we formed it, Big Mike came charging full upon us. It was our turn for surprise. The Princeton battering ram made no attempt to reach the ball but, forerunner of the interference-breaking ends of today, threw himself into our mass play, bursting us apart, and bowing us over.

Time and again, Rutgers formed the wedge and charged; as often, Big Mike broke it up. And, finally on one of these incredible break-ups, a Princeton bulldog with a long accurate, perhaps lucky, kick, sent the ball between the posts for the second score.

"The flying wedge thus checkmated, Rutgers might have been in a bad spot had not Madison Ball, '73, come through. He had a trick of kicking the ball with his heel. All the game, he had been a puzzle to the Princetonians. The ball would be rolling toward the Rutgers goal, and, running ahead of it, instead of taking time to turn, he would heel it back. He made several such plays, greatly encouraging his team. Then, he capped all this by one tremendous lucky backward drive directly to Dixon, standing squarely before Princeton's goal. ... Dixon easily scored, giving us a onegoal lead. Big Mike again rose, however, in a berserk endeavor, and, getting the ball, he called the Princeton men into a flying wedge of their own and straight-away they took the ball right down the field and put it over."

"The fifth and sixth goals went to Rutgers. The stars of the latter period of play, in the memory of the players after the lapse of many years, were Big Mike and Large [former state Sen. George H. Large of Flemington, another Princeton player]. Someone by a random kick had driven the ball to one side, where it rolled against the fence and stopped. Large led the pursuit for the ball closely followed by Michael. They reached the fence on which students were perched, and unable to check their momentum, in a tremendous impact they struck it. The fence then gave way with a crash and over went the band of yelling students to the ground.

"Every college probably has the humorous tradition of some player who has scored against his own team. This tradition at Rutgers dated from this first game, for one of her players, whose identity is unknown, in the sixth period started to kick the ball between his own goal posts. The kick was blocked, but Princeton took advantage of the opportunity and soon made the goal. This turn of the game apparently disorganized Rutgers, for Princeton also scored the next goal after a few minutes of play, thus bringing the total up to four all."

Eventually, Herbert's team defeated Princeton, 6 to 4.

From "The Targum," the Rutgers newspaper:

"To describe the varying fortunes of the match, game by game, would be a waste of labor, for every game was like the one before," wrote the student reporter. "There was the same headlong running, wild shouting, and frantic kicking.

"In every game, the cool goaltenders saved the Rutgers goal half a dozen times; in every game, the heavy charger of the Princeton side overthrew everything he came in contact with; and in every game, just when the interest in one of those delightful rushes at the fence was culminating, the persecuted ball would fly for refuge into the next lot, and produce cessation of hostilities, until, after the invariable 'foul,' it was put in straight.

"To sum up, Princeton had the most muscle, but didn't kick very well and wanted organization. They evidently don't like to kick the ball on the ground. Our men, on the other hand, though comparativelyweak, ran well, and kicked well throughout. But their great point was the organization, for which great praise is due to the captain. The right men were always in the right place."

Joe Sapia's maternal family, the Onda-Poznanski family, settled in Helmetta more than 100 years ago. He can be reached at Snufftin@aol.com.



JOHN WARNE HERBERT- -Helmetta Manufacturer. Born at Wickatunk, Marlboro Township, August 3, 1S53; son of John W. and Agnes Day Runyon (Wright) Herbert of Piscataway Township; married at Jersey City. November 10, 1SS5, to Olivia Antoinette Helme, daughter of George W. and Margaret (Appleby) Children: John Oliver. born December 26, 1886, (died October 12, 1898): Gertrude A., born November 22, 1892. (Mrs. Edward D. Dunn): John Warne. Jr.. born January 23, 1899.

John W. Herbert is Chairman of the State Highway Commission ap­txdnted by Governor Edge for road construction in New Jersey. under an act providing for an outlay of $30,000,000. Prior to this appointment he had been well known in the professional and business life of the state and a factor in its politics.

Mr. Herbert Is a descendent of Phillip Herbert, the Fourth Earl of Pembroke. and Sir Thomas Warne, one of the Proprietors of East Jersey. Francis Herbert, the first representative of that name in New Jersey and a grandson of Phillip Herbert, came from Long Island in 1677 with thirty associates, and settled in Middletown, Monmouth Co. lie married Hannah, daughter of the celebrated Quaker. John Bowne, who located on Long Island in 1659. Obadiah, one of their sons, In 1729, married Hannah, daughter of William Lawrence, Jr.. grandson of Sir Henry Lawrence, President of Cromwell's Council. Obadiah 2nd, one of their nine children. In 1765 married Elizabeth Warne. grand-daughter of Sir Thomas Warne, and settled In Middlesex County. One of their three sons, William, was father of John Warne Herbert. Sr., born in 1771. Who in 1801 married Eleanor. daughter of Benjamin Conover, of Monmouth county. They had seven children, Obadiah, Conover. William W., John W., Abbey E., Hannah and Eleanor. Their son,
John W. Herbert, father of John Warne Herbert, was one of the leading citizens of his native state. Educated a civil engineer, he was successively township Assessor, county Freeholder, County Superintendent of Public Schools and associate Judge of the County Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions. He was Chairman of the Republican County Committee of Monmouth for ten years and for sixteen years its treasurer; a delegate to the Republican National Conventions of 1872 and 1884; tendered the nomination for Congress In 1872, and in 1875 received the nomination for State Senator. He died April 10, 1899.

John Warne. his son, attended school at Old Brick Church School House, near Marlboro, where Vice President Garret A. Hobart was his preceptor for two terms. Later it was Mr. Herbert's privilege and pleasure as delegate to the Republican National Convention at St. Louis, in June, 1896, to take an active and potential part in the nomination of his teacher and warm personal friend for the Vice-Presidency of the United States.

Mr. Herbert attended school for four years at Glenwood Institute, Matawan. He entered the scientific department of Rutgers College In 1869. and at New Brunswick in November of that year, he participated in the first intercollegiate game of football ever played in this country - between Rutgers and Princeton. He was graduated a B. S. and Civil Engineer, In 1872. and received the degree of M. S. in 1875. In 1902 he was elected an alumni Trustee of the College, and In 1907 a life Trustee.

His profession of civil engineer not congenial, he began the study of law in the office of Capt. Albert S. Cloke, at Jersey City. In 1874 he entered the Columbia Law School and for two years was under the tuition of Theodore W. Dwight. In 1870 he received his degree as an L. L. B., was admitted as an attorney and counselor at law of New York in May, 1876: in the following June as an attorney, and three years later as a counselor, of New Jersey.

Beginning the practice of law at Jersey City in 1876, he soon had a lucrative practice. He was appointed a Master In Chancery in 1879, Special Master in Chancery in 1886. Though an ardent republican, Mr. Herbert has persistently refused to be a candidate for any public office, with the exception of Mayor of Helmetta, to which office he was elected 1890 and In which he served continuously to 1902.

Mr. Herbert abandoned the active practice of law in the Fall of 1889 to engage in the manufacturing business at Helmetta, where he remained until 1900. Major Gen. George W. Helme, his father-in-law, had established there one of the largest tobacco manufacturing plants In the country, and bad founded the town that grew up around it. Mr. Herbert had meanwhile become largely interested in trolley properties, and having acquired controlling interest in the old Niagara Central R. R., a steam railroad, running from Niagara Falls to St. Catharine, Ont., converted it into an electric railroad. He bought the Niagara Falls, Wesley Park & Clifton Tramway Company, the Port Dalhousie, St. Catharines & ThoroId Electric Railway Co. and the Niagara, St. Catharines & Toronto Navigation Co., and, consolidating all into the Niagara St. Catharines and Toronto Railway Co., was elected its President. In 1902 he was elected the first vice-president and chairman of the executive committee of the Hudson Valley Railway Company. This electric railroad, covering 125 miles of main line, is one of the longest trolley systems in the United States.

He is also President of the Peoples Realty Company, Vice President and Director of the Tanana Valley R. R. Co., Vice President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Dyestuff & Chemical Corporation, and a Director in the Freehold & Jamesburg Agricultural R. R. Co., the American Snuff Co., the Columbia Gas & Electric Co., the American La- France Fire Engine Co., Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co., the Colonial Life Insurance Co.. the Texas & Pacific Coal Co., and many other corporations.
In 1916 be was appointed by Governor Fielder a member of the Commission on "Good Roads" Legislation and was made Chairman of the Commission. In 1917 Gov. Edge made him a member of the State Highway Commission.

Mr. Herbert is a warden of St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church, of Helmetta, and of St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church, New York. He is a member of the Lawyer's Club and the Union League of New York, (now Chairman of the Executive Committee), the Sleepy Hollow Country, the Oakland and Sewaren Golf and Freehold Golf and Country Club.
His New York home is at Fifth Avenue and Forty-fourth Street, and his office at 31 Nassau Street, New York.

      John Oliver Herbert was born on Dec 26, 1886 at Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey. He was the son of John Warne Herbert Jr. and Olivia Antoinette Helmes. John Oliver Herbert died in 1899.

      Gertude A. Herbert was born on Nov 22, 1893 at Helmetta, Monmouth County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of John Warne Herbert Jr. and Olivia Antoinette Helmes. Gertude married Edward Delaney Dunn Sr. circa 1913. Gertude A. Herbert died in 1933 at New York City, New York County, New York.

      Edward Delaney Dunn Sr. was born circa 1885 at New Jersey. He was born circa 1889 at New Jersey. Edward married Gertude A. Herbert, daughter of John Warne Herbert Jr. and Olivia Antoinette Helmes, circa 1913.
     Edward Delaney Dunn Sr. was also known as J. Edward Dunn.

      Olivia A. Dunn was born circa 1914 at New York. She was the daughter of Edward Delaney Dunn Sr. and Gertude A. Herbert.
     Olivia A. Dunn was also known as Antoinette Dunn.

      Gertrude H. Dunn was born circa 1915 at New York. She was the daughter of Edward Delaney Dunn Sr. and Gertude A. Herbert.

      Edward Dunn was born circa 1921 at New York. He was the son of Edward Delaney Dunn Sr. and Gertude A. Herbert.

      Erick Dunn was born circa 1924 at France. He was the son of Edward Delaney Dunn Sr. and Gertude A. Herbert.

      John Warne Herbert III was born on Jan 23, 1899 at Wickatunk, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was the son of John Warne Herbert Jr. and Olivia Antoinette Helmes. John Warne Herbert III died in 1942 at New Guina.

      Katherine Herbert was born on Dec 8, 1851 at New Jersey. She was the daughter of Judge John Warne Herbert and Agnes D. Wright. Katherine married David Marsh Kelley M. D.; no issue. Katherine Herbert and David Marsh Kelley M. D. were divorced.
     Katherine Herbert was also known as Kate Herbert.

      David Marsh Kelley M. D. was born circa 1850 at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. David married Katherine Herbert, daughter of Judge John Warne Herbert and Agnes D. Wright; no issue. David Marsh Kelley M. D. and Katherine Herbert were divorced.

      William H. Herbert was born on Feb 12, 1855 at Wickatunk, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was the son of Judge John Warne Herbert and Agnes D. Wright. William married Jeannette J. Potter. William H. Herbert died in 1923 at Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska.

      Jeannette J. Potter was born on Mar 18, 1857 at Gallion, Crawford County, Ohio. Jeannette married William H. Herbert, son of Judge John Warne Herbert and Agnes D. Wright. Jeannette J. Potter died in 1912 at Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska.

      Agnes Runyon Herbert was born circa 1880. She was the daughter of William H. Herbert and Jeannette J. Potter.

      Paul Potter Herbert was born circa 1882. He was the son of William H. Herbert and Jeannette J. Potter.

      Hazel Herbert was born circa 1883. She was the daughter of William H. Herbert and Jeannette J. Potter.

      Mary Herbert was born circa 1884. She was the daughter of William H. Herbert and Jeannette J. Potter.

      Katherine Warne Herbert was born on Mar 4, 1886. She was the daughter of William H. Herbert and Jeannette J. Potter.

      John Warne Herbert was born on Aug 25, 1893. He was the son of William H. Herbert and Jeannette J. Potter.

      Jeanne Runyon Herbert was born on Jan 24, 1865 at New Jersey. She was the daughter of Judge John Warne Herbert and Agnes D. Wright.

      Richard Wright Herbert was born on Oct 27, 1859 at New Jersey. He was the son of Judge John Warne Herbert and Agnes D. Wright.
     

RICHARD W. HERBERT— Wickatunk.— Farmer. Born at Wickatimk, in 1859; son of John W. and Agnes D. (Wright) Herbert.
Richard W. Herbert was Governor Murphy's appointee as one of the Commissioners to the St. Louis Exposition of 1904. In 1907 Gov. Stokes selected him to serve on the Commission to the Jamestown Exposition. In 1908 Gov. Fort named him to attend the International Tax Conference held In Milwaukee. and he has since attended the succeeding Conferences each year, by appointments of Governors Wilson and Fielder. He acted as President and Manager and Treasurer of the Freehold & Keyport Plank Road Company, and of the Manalapanville and Pattens Corner Turnpike and was the first person to advocate the sale of turnpikes to the County Board of Freeholders in Monmouth.

Mr. Herbert's father was active in Monmouth county politics, and Mr. Herbert has lived in Wickatunk all of his life. He was educated at the Glenwood Institute, Matawan; and afterwards took the classical course at Rutgers College, in the class of 1878. Since leaving College he has been engaged in scientific farming on a large scale,
finding time however to devote to public affairs. In 1908 he accepted Gov. Fort's appointment as a member of the County Board of Taxation. Governors Wilson and Fielder respectively reappointed him in 1911 and in 1914. Ile also held the office of Monmouth County Collector for a year. Besides the other state distinctions conferred upon him, he was made by Gov. Fort a member of the commission to ascertain the cost of land needed to build the inland waterways, and was chosen its Chairman.

Mr. Herbert is also a Director of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Matawan and Director of several corporations. He is a member of the Freehold Golf and Country Club and a life member of the Union League of Jersey City.

      William H. Cottrell was born in 1838. He was born circa 1842 at New Jersey. He was the son of Garret Cottrell and Hannah Herbert. William married Louisa Ely. William H. Cottrell died in 1909.

      Louisa Ely was born in 1846 at New Jersey. Louisa married William H. Cottrell, son of Garret Cottrell and Hannah Herbert. Louisa Ely died in 1919.

      Herbert Cottrell was born circa 1866. He was born circa 1875 at New Jersey. He was the son of William H. Cottrell and Louisa Ely. Herbert married Wilhelmina Brautigam.

      Wilhelmina Brautigam was born circa 1869. Wilhelmina married Herbert Cottrell, son of William H. Cottrell and Louisa Ely.

      Harvey Cottrell was born circa 1868 at New Jersey. He was the son of William H. Cottrell and Louisa Ely.

      Laura Cottrell was born circa 1870 at New Jersey. She was the daughter of William H. Cottrell and Louisa Ely.

      Ely Cottrell was born circa 1872 at New Jersey. He was the son of William H. Cottrell and Louisa Ely.

      Emma Cottrell was born circa 1873 at New Jersey. She was the daughter of William H. Cottrell and Louisa Ely.

      William Cottrell was born circa 1878 at New Jersey. He was the son of William H. Cottrell and Louisa Ely.

      Frank Cottrell was born circa 1878 at New Jersey. He was the son of William H. Cottrell and Louisa Ely.

     Mary married Maj. David Provost.

      David P. Herbert was born circa 1833 at Mattawan, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was the son of Conover Herbert and Elizabeth Maria Provost. David P. Herbert died in 1880 at Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey.

      Obadiah Conover Herbert was born on Oct 12, 1834 at Mattawan, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was the son of Conover Herbert and Elizabeth Maria Provost. Obadiah married Mary Ann Buck, daughter of Henry John Buck and Maria Polhemus Conover, on Dec 24, 1857. Obadiah Conover Herbert died in 1917 at Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey.

      Mary Ann Buck was born on Sep 21, 1838 at Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Henry John Buck and Maria Polhemus Conover. Mary married Obadiah Conover Herbert, son of Conover Herbert and Elizabeth Maria Provost, on Dec 24, 1857. Mary Ann Buck died in 1925 at Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey.

      Garret Conover Buck was born on Jan 20, 1829 at New Jersey. He was the son of Henry John Buck and Maria Polhemus Conover. Garret married Catherine Louisa Buck, daughter of David Buck and Cornelia Thompson. Garret Conover Buck died in Aug, 1911 at age 82.
     He was also known as Conover Buck.

      John Henry Buck was born on Jan 13, 1834 at New Jersey. He was the son of Henry John Buck and Maria Polhemus Conover.

      William Conover Buck was born on May 26, 1836 at New Jersey. He was the son of Henry John Buck and Maria Polhemus Conover. William married Adeline Schanck, daughter of John D. Schenck and Edith Van Pelt, on Feb 3, 1864.

      Jane Maria Buck was born on Mar 8, 1841 at New Jersey. She was the daughter of Henry John Buck and Maria Polhemus Conover. Jane married James E. Johnson.

      Ellen Buck was born on Apr 30, 1832. She was the daughter of Henry John Buck and Maria Polhemus Conover. Ellen married Aaron Polhemus Schanck, son of John D. Schenck and Edith Van Pelt, on Nov 19, 1861. Ellen Buck died on Aug 17, 1881 at age 49.
     She was also known as Eleanor Buck. She was also known as Elenor Buck.

      Frank C. Herbert was born on Mar 9, 1863. He was the son of Obadiah Conover Herbert and Mary Ann Buck.

      Dr. Ralph Willis Herbert Sr. M. D. was born on Oct 1, 1858 at Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was the son of Obadiah Conover Herbert and Mary Ann Buck. Ralph married Annie Sexton Morse, daughter of Rev. Carl Morse, on Oct 12, 1881.

      Annie Sexton Morse was born circa 1860. She was the daughter of Rev. Carl Morse. Annie married Dr. Ralph Willis Herbert Sr. M. D., son of Obadiah Conover Herbert and Mary Ann Buck, on Oct 12, 1881.

      Carl Morse Herbert was born on Jul 2, 1882 at Manasquan, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was the son of Dr. Ralph Willis Herbert Sr. M. D. and Annie Sexton Morse. Carl married Jessie Freestone. Carl Morse Herbert died in 1944 at Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida.

      Jessie Freestone was born circa 1885. Jessie married Carl Morse Herbert, son of Dr. Ralph Willis Herbert Sr. M. D. and Annie Sexton Morse.

      Harvey Conover Herbert was born on Feb 28, 1890. He was the son of Dr. Ralph Willis Herbert Sr. M. D. and Annie Sexton Morse.

      Ralph Willis Herbert Jr. was born on Sep 6, 1888 at Manasquan, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was the son of Dr. Ralph Willis Herbert Sr. M. D. and Annie Sexton Morse. Ralph married Ida Webber.
     

      Ida Webber was born circa 1888. Ida married Ralph Willis Herbert Jr., son of Dr. Ralph Willis Herbert Sr. M. D. and Annie Sexton Morse.

      Dora E. Herbert was born on Aug 9, 1860. She was the daughter of Obadiah Conover Herbert and Mary Ann Buck. Dora married Charles Newton Cox MD on Nov 24, 1881. Dora E. Herbert died in 1924 at Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey.

      Charles Newton Cox MD was born on May 27, 1859. Charles married Dora E. Herbert, daughter of Obadiah Conover Herbert and Mary Ann Buck, on Nov 24, 1881. Charles Newton Cox MD died in 1925.

      Marion E. Cox was born on Dec 22, 1892. She was the daughter of Charles Newton Cox MD and Dora E. Herbert.

      Emily M. Cox was born on Dec 11, 1882. She was the daughter of Charles Newton Cox MD and Dora E. Herbert.

      Evan M. Herbert was born circa 1861. He was the son of Obadiah Conover Herbert and Mary Ann Buck.

      Eva N. Herbert was born on Mar 24, 1868 at Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Obadiah Conover Herbert and Mary Ann Buck. Eva married Frank Fraser Brown on Dec 25, 1888. Eva N. Herbert died in 1946 at Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey.

      Frank Fraser Brown was born on Dec 7, 1866. Frank married Eva N. Herbert, daughter of Obadiah Conover Herbert and Mary Ann Buck, on Dec 25, 1888. Frank Fraser Brown died in 1905.

      Caroline Ostrander Herbert was born on Jun 17, 1871 at Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Obadiah Conover Herbert and Mary Ann Buck. Caroline married Randolph Hicks Stryker on Mar 15, 1893. Caroline Ostrander Herbert died in 1960.
     She was also known as Carrie O. Herbert.

      Randolph Hicks Stryker was born circa 1868. Randolph married Caroline Ostrander Herbert, daughter of Obadiah Conover Herbert and Mary Ann Buck, on Mar 15, 1893.
     Randolph Hicks Stryker was also known as Rudolph Stryker.

      Jean Stryker was born circa 1891. She was the daughter of Randolph Hicks Stryker and Caroline Ostrander Herbert. Jean married George Barrett.

      George Barrett was born circa 1889. George married Jean Stryker, daughter of Randolph Hicks Stryker and Caroline Ostrander Herbert.

      Henry Conover Herbert was born on Dec 8, 1874. He was the son of Obadiah Conover Herbert and Mary Ann Buck.

      Eleanor Gertrude Herbert was born circa 1835. She was the daughter of Conover Herbert and Elizabeth Maria Provost.

      Mary Louis Herbert was born on Jul 17, 1842. She was the daughter of Conover Herbert and Elizabeth Maria Provost.

      Cornelia Herbert was born on Jan 8, 1837 at Mattawan, Monmouth County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Conover Herbert and Elizabeth Maria Provost. Cornelia married William Hudson Heyer on Sep 2, 1857. Cornelia Herbert died in 1917 at Bradevelt, Monmouth County, New Jersey.

      William Hudson Heyer was born on Dec 11, 1829 at Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey. William married Cornelia Herbert, daughter of Conover Herbert and Elizabeth Maria Provost, on Sep 2, 1857. William Hudson Heyer died in 1896 at Bradevelt, Monmouth County, New Jersey.

      Romaine Heyer was born circa 1858 at Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was the son of William Hudson Heyer and Cornelia Herbert. Romaine married Addie Heyer.

      Addie Heyer was born circa 1860. Addie married Romaine Heyer, son of William Hudson Heyer and Cornelia Herbert.

      Marie Heyer was born circa 1880. She was the daughter of Romaine Heyer and Addie Heyer.

      Alice Heyer was born circa 1881. She was the daughter of Romaine Heyer and Addie Heyer.

      Mary Elizabeth Heyer was born on Feb 28, 1859 at Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of William Hudson Heyer and Cornelia Herbert. Mary married Dr. Janney Dawes Ely M.D., son of Albert K. Ely and Sarah Dawes, on Mar 21, 1895. Mary married Dr. Janney Dawes Ely M.D., son of Albert K. Ely and Sarah Dawes, on Mar 21, 1897. Mary Elizabeth Heyer died in 1934 at Marlboro, New Jersey.
     In the census on Jun 1, 1900 Mary Elizabeth Heyer was named Elizabeth Heyer.


DR JANNEY DAWES ELY—One of the suc­cessful medical practitioners of Monmouth county, New Jersey, is Dr. Ely, of Marlboro, who has practiced here for upwards of thirty years. Dr. Ely is a son of Albert K. and Sara (Dawes) Ely, his father having been a farmer, residing near Allen­town, New Jersey, and his mother a Quaker, a native of Bucks county, Pennsylvania. Both par­ent*, are now deceased, and his only slider Mary Emma, is now Mrs. Disbrow Applegate, and resides near Cranbury, New Jersey.

Dr. Ely was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, November 26, 1858 and his early education was received in the public schools of Mercer county, New Jersey. Having chosen the medical profession in his early youth, he then entered Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, from which he was gradu­ated in the class of 1888. Within that year he came to Marlboro and established his office in this com­munity, where he has practiced uninterruptedly since, with the exception of one year spent in Allen­town, in this State. In the public life of Marlboro, Dr. Ely was long since brought into prominence. A Democrat by political affiliation, he was clerk of Marlboro township for twenty years, and has been assessor for the past two years. He served also for twenty years as a member of the school board, and was formerly a member of the Democratic County Committee- Dr. Ely is a member of the First Re­formed Church, of Freehold, and is a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics.
On June 14, 1885, Dr. Ely married (first) Ida May Hart, who died, leaving two sons, Benjamin, born in 1886, now with the United Gas Improve­ment Company, of Philadelphia; and Janney Dawes, Jr., bookkeeper for S. B. King, of Marlboro. Dr. Ely married (second), March 21, 1897, Mary Eliza­beth Beyer, of Marlboro, and their three children are as follows: Ruth, born March 2, 1898, who is now a teacher at Benin High School, Elizabeth, New Jersey; Marjorie Gertrude, born May 27, 1900, who is also teaching in Mountain Lakes High School; and Dorothy, born February 27, 1902, who Is now a junior at Adelphi College, Brooklyn, New York, of which college both Ruth and Marjorie G. are graduates.

      Dr. Janney Dawes Ely M.D. was born on Nov 26, 1858 at Pennsylvania. He was the son of Albert K. Ely and Sarah Dawes. Janney married Ida May Hart on Jun 14, 1885. Janney married Mary Elizabeth Heyer, daughter of William Hudson Heyer and Cornelia Herbert, on Mar 21, 1895. Janney married Mary Elizabeth Heyer, daughter of William Hudson Heyer and Cornelia Herbert, on Mar 21, 1897.

      Ruth Ely was born on Mar 2, 1898 at New Jersey. She was the daughter of Dr. Janney Dawes Ely M.D. and Mary Elizabeth Heyer.

      Marjorie Gertrude Ely was born on May 27, 1900 at New Jersey. She was the daughter of Dr. Janney Dawes Ely M.D. and Mary Elizabeth Heyer.

      Dorothy Elizabeth Ely was born on Feb 27, 1901 at Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Dr. Janney Dawes Ely M.D. and Mary Elizabeth Heyer. Dorothy Elizabeth Ely was born on Feb 27, 1902. Dorothy married George Washington Helme II, son of George Appleby Helme and Mary Townsend Buckelew, on Feb 14, 1925 at Saint Mary's Episcopal Church, Garden City, Nassau County, New York. Dorothy Elizabeth Ely died in 2002 at Long Island City, Queens County, New York.

      Herbert Heyer was born on Feb 22, 1861. He was the son of William Hudson Heyer and Cornelia Herbert.

      Ella G. Heyer was born on Sep 8, 1863. She was the daughter of William Hudson Heyer and Cornelia Herbert.

      Willelmina Hudson Heyer was born on Oct 15, 1866 at Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of William Hudson Heyer and Cornelia Herbert. Willelmina married Joseph Probasco Buck Sr. in 1898.

      Joseph Probasco Buck Sr. was born circa 1860. Joseph married Willelmina Hudson Heyer, daughter of William Hudson Heyer and Cornelia Herbert, in 1898. Joseph Probasco Buck Sr. died in 1932.

      Florence Heyer was born on Feb 6, 1868. She was the daughter of William Hudson Heyer and Cornelia Herbert.

      John W. Heyer was born on Sep 28, 1873. He was the son of William Hudson Heyer and Cornelia Herbert.

      Arthur Provost Heyer was born on Apr 4, 1876 at Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was the son of William Hudson Heyer and Cornelia Herbert. Arthur married Louise Weatherby in 1898. Arthur Provost Heyer died in 1943 at Belleville, Essex County, New Jersey.

      Louise Weatherby was born circa 1880. Louise married Arthur Provost Heyer, son of William Hudson Heyer and Cornelia Herbert, in 1898.

      Mable Heyer was born on Sep 13, 1879. She was the daughter of William Hudson Heyer and Cornelia Herbert.

      William Henry Herbert was born in 1840. He was the son of Conover Herbert and Elizabeth Maria Provost.

      Evelina Herbert was born circa 1841. She was the daughter of Conover Herbert and Elizabeth Maria Provost.

      John W. Herbert was born in 1846. He was the son of Conover Herbert and Elizabeth Maria Provost.

      Charles W. Herbert was born on Mar 5, 1881. He was the son of William Conover Herbert and Maria Louise Applegate.

      Raymond C. Herbert was born in 1883. He was the son of William Conover Herbert and Maria Louise Applegate.

      Lauretta Bloodgood was born on Jun 1, 1885 at Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey. Lauretta married Albert Edward Herbert, son of William Conover Herbert and Maria Louise Applegate, in 1909.

      Edward Marriner Herbert was born on Jul 9, 1910 at Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was the son of Albert Edward Herbert and Lauretta Bloodgood. Edward married Gladys May Ellison. Edward Marriner Herbert died in 1974 at West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida.

      Gladys May Ellison was born on Nov 9, 1913 at Morganville, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Gladys married Edward Marriner Herbert, son of Albert Edward Herbert and Lauretta Bloodgood. Gladys May Ellison died in 1995 at West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida.