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HISTORY
of
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
1664 - 1920
Under the Associate Editorship of
John P. Wall and Harold E. Pickersgill
Assisted by an
Able Corps of Local Historians
HISTORICAL - BIOGRAPHICAL
VOLUME II
Published by
Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc.
New York and Chicago
1921

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WILLIAM CARMAN - Now living retired at his home in Menlo Park, New Jersey, enjoying to the full the fruits of his long years of honest and honorable endeavor, this being a natural sequence. William Carman can review the past with satisfaction and enjoyment, realizing that the part he took in the affairs of his adopted town were from its betterment and uplift along many lines. He is also well known throughout Middlesex county, and is one of her foremost citizens.
     William Carman was born in Metuchen, New Jersey, Aug. 31, 1849, a son of Melancthon and Ann Maria (Ayres) Carman, the former named having been a prosperous lumber dealer and the operator of a saw mill located in Newark, New Jersey, which enterprises he conducted in a thoroughly reliable manner for many years. In 1860 Melancthon Carman erected a house for the use of himself and family in Menlo Park and this has been the family homestead to the present time (1920), a period of sixty years.
     William Carman was a student in the public schools of Newark, completing his course in the high school of that city.   For many years after engaging in his business career he was identified with the drug trade in Newark and Jersey city, later entering the employ of Thomas Edison, the noted inventor, serving as clerk in his office for a period of six years, at Menlo Park, after which he was elected to the office of sheriff for Middlesex county, in which capacity he served for three years, and the following four and a half years he filled the office of under sheriff. Subsequently he was a member of the County Tax Board for three years. The duties pertaining to these various positions he performed in a capable manner, winning the commendation of all concerned.
     Mr. Carman is a Presbyterian in religion, and interested in the work of the church of that denomination in Metchen; a Republican in politics, and a thirty-second degree Mason, serving as past grand commander of New Jersey.
     Mr. Carman married, Apr. 11, 1872, Mary E. Bryson, a native of Newark, New Jersey, born Nov. 10, 1850, daughter of James and Jane E. Bryson, of Newark, New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Carman are the parents of five children: 1. George E., married Josephine Flannigan, of Metuchen, New Jersey. 2. Caroline A., married Ambrose Mundy, of Metuchen, and they have five children: Caroline C., Marion, Stanley, Mildred, and Carman. 3. William, Jr., now at home with his parents. 4. Albert S., married Margaret Edson of Ramsey, New Jersey. 5. May, a twin of Albert S., now (1921) at home with her parents.
Source: History of Middlesex Co., N. J. - 1664 - 1920 - Vol. II - Publ. by Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc. - New York and Chicago - 1921 - Page 181

EUGENE MASON CLARK - Emigration to America of members of the Clark family began early in the colonization period of our history, and from the earliest record of any of the name the various branches have produced men of sterling worth, who have rendered service in our Republic in the various walks of life, respected and honored citizens. The branch to which Eugene Mason Clark belongs have lived for many years in Rahway, New Jersey.
     William Terrill Clark, father of Eugene Mason Clark, was born in Rahway, and died in Woodbridge. He learned the trade of wheelwright and cabinet maker when a young man and followed these occupations throughout his entire lifetime. He married Elizabeth Mason, a native of Jersey City; she died in Rahway. To Mr. and Mrs. Clark were born three children: William Henry, freight agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad in Philadelphia; Eugene Mason, mentioned below; Sarah, widow of Vernon Steele.
     Eugene Mason Clark was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, Nov. 23, 1876. He moved with his parents to Woodbridge when he was very young, obtaining his education in the schools of the latter place. At the age of sixteen he entered upon his business career, securing a position as clerk in the office of Salamander Brick Works, at the same time attending Woods Business College, from which he was graduated, and then was made the New York Salesman for these works. Later he was made assistant superintendent of the Southern Clay Product Company at Buena Vista, Virginia, and was with this concern two years when he left to take charge of the office of the National Fireproofing Company at Lorillard, New Jersey. One year later he secured a position as bookkeeper in the First National Bank of Perth Amboy, and in 1906, when the First National Bank of Roosevelt was organized at Chrome, Mr. Clark accepted his present position as cashier. He is a Republican in political belief, and at one time finished an unexpired term as park commissioner of Perth Amboy. He fraternizes with the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, and Raritan Lodge, No. 61, Free and Accepted Masons of Perth Amboy. In 1920 he was elected secretary and treasurer of Group No. 1, New Jersey Bankers' Association. In religious belief Mr. Clark is a Methodist.
     On Sept. 18, 1902, Mr. Clark was united in marriage with Matilda Christine Brown, daughter of Rasmus and Christine (Fredericks) Brown, of Perth Amboy. Mr. and Mrs. Clark are the parents of one child, Howard Eugene, born May 25, 1911.
Source: History of Middlesex Co., N. J. - 1664 - 1920 - Vol. II - Publ. by Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc. - New York and Chicago - 1921 - Page 105

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