G. B. WATERHOUSE GEORGE BENJAMIN WATERHOUSE was born at Webster, Mass., January 12, 1828. He was educated in district schools in Massachusetts. After being occupied some time in his father's woolen mill, he travelled through the United States, and was at one time under arms in Mexico during the Mexican War. He afterward formed a partnership with Michael Bowers, for the construction of gas and water works in the South. When the War of the Rebellion broke out he returned North, and resumed the woolen business with his brother James. Mr. Waterhouse is a member of the Passaic Club and the Passaic Gun Club, a thirty-third degree Mason, and past Grand High Priest of the Royal Arch Chapter of North Carolina. He married Helen Rebecca Sherman, May 13, 1857. Three children were born. FRANK HUGHES BUILDING aware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Subsequently he was appointed Erie station agent at Clifton. In 1886, he engaged in the real estate business, opening an office in Passaic, in June, 1888. Since May, 1886, Mr. Hughes has sold over $3,000,000 worth of property in and around Passaic. He organized, the Passaic Park Company, The Passaic City Land Company, The Cooley Land Company, The Passaic Bridge Land Company, The Minerva Land Company, and The People's Building and Loan Association. He is secretary and manager of these corporations. He was employed by the Board of Trade of Muncie, Ind., in 1888, when natural gas was discovered there, to bring manufacturers to that city, and located several large factories at that place. Mr. Hughes has been a member and officer of the North Reformed Church since 1887, and a strong temperance advocate. He was married on May 23, 1889, to Miss Inez M. Thurston, of Milford, Del., by whom he has three children. ANDREW MCLEAN.. Andrew McLean was born May 12, 1861, at Troy, N. Y. He was educated at the public schools of Jersey City. At sixteen, he became associated with his father in the business of which he is now the senior partner. The house of Andrew McLean & Co. was established in 1826, and was the first to manufacture mosquito nettings, crinoline linings, and buckrams. It was carried on in Paterson, N. J., and in New York until 1858, when the Paterson branch was removed to Troy, N. Y. It was destroyed by fire in 1860, and reëstablished at Paterson in 1866, under the firm name of A. & G. McLean. In 1871, fire destroyed the plant at Paterson. The firm resumed business, but dissolved in 1872, McLean's father purchasing his broth 1892 the fourth building was erected and equipped with the most improved machinery. There are over two acres of floor space. October 9, 1889, Mr. McLean married Sarah Belle Cridge of Troy, N. Y. One child was born. Mr. McLean is a veteran of the Seventh Regiment, N. G., S. N. Y. He is a director in the People's Bank and Trust Company, president of the Hillside Land Company, a director of the Minerva Land Company, president of the Orean Park Association, president of the Ackerman Lumber and Wood-working Company, and ex-president of Passaic Board of Trade. He is chairman of the Executive Committee of the Hospital Association, and a director in the Standard National Bank of New York. In 1895 he was elected Mayor of Passaic. RICHARD ALBERT TERHUNE.-Richard Albert Terhune was born in Hackensack, N. J., January 9, 1829. Holland, Poland, and France furnishes his ancestors. He is a graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, receiving his degree in 1850. He began the practice of medicine in Passaic the same year. He is one of the oldest and most respected physicians in New Jersey. Dr. Terhune was president of Passaic when that city was a village. He married Emily L. Morrell, of Newburgh, N. Y., June 18, 1861. They have two children, Bessie and Percy H., who is a graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and is associated with his father in practice. Dr. Terhune is a Free Mason of high standing and a prominent member of the Passaic City Gun Club. HENRY HUNN THOMPSON. - Henry Hunn Thompson was born in Pompey, Onondaga County, N. Y., his ancestors, both paternal and maternal, having R. A. TERHUNE H. H. THOMPSON come from England and settled at New Haven, Conn., at CORNELIUS VAN RIPER, A.B., A.M., M.D.Cornelius Van Riper was born September 6, 1840, at North Belleville. He was graduated from the University of the City of New York in 1863. He received his diploma as a physician and surgeon in 1866. The degree of A.M. was conferred upon him by his Alma Mater in 1866, and established himself at Passaic. He is an active member of the Passaic County Medical Society, and has held the offices of president, vice-president and secretary. Dr. Van Riper married, in 1866, Adrianna Terhune, of He is vice-president of the People's Bank and Trust RICHARD OUTWATER.-Richard Outwater was born in Saddle River township, Bergen County, May 15, 1840. At the age of fifteen he went to work to learn the piano-making business. Two years later he opened a general store at Lodi, N. J.; later he became time-keeper, paymaster and general clerk of the Lodi Paint Works. In 1868, he left the paint works and started a grocery store at Passaic. He is prominently connected with the Passaic Gas Company, the Dundee Woolen Mills, the Equitable Land Company, the People's Bank, the Elmira RESIDENCE OF R. OUTWATER Municipal Improvement Company, and other important corporations and enterprises. Mr. Outwater married Christina, daughter of David A. Zabriskie, of Bergen County. They have two children, Anderson Zabriskie and Richard Irving. JOHN TILESTON GRANGER.-John Tileston Granger was born at New Lexington, O., March 4, 1847. Mr. Granger was graduated from the Zanesville High School. His first venture was as a newspaper reporter, subsequently entering the office of the auditor of the Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railroad Company. He has always been identified with railroad corporations since, with the exception of an interim when he acted as shorthand writer in the United States Senate. Having become private secretary to General G. M. Dodge of New York, a contractor, his ability served him and the firm so well that he was made a partner. He has charge of the financial department, and is treasurer of the Fort Worth and Denver Railroad Company, the Denver, Texas and Fort Worth Railroad Company, the St. Louis, Des Moines, and Northern, and the Pan Handle Railroad Company. He is also a partner in the banking house of Tilghman, Rowland & Co., of New York. He was one of the organizers of the Washington National Bank of New York, of which he is a director and the cashier. He has also large investments in horse and cattle ranches in Nebraska and Texas. Mr. Granger married, March 21, 1876, Miss Carrie Stuart, daughter of Major John B. Hoffman, of Passaic. Two daughters have been born to them, only one of whom, 33 |