Identifier: jerseyascolon01leef (find matches)
Title: New Jersey as a colony and as a state, one of the original thirteen
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Lee, Francis Bazley, 1869- (from old catalog)
Subjects: New Jersey -- History. (from old catalog) New Jersey -- Biography. (from old catalog)
Publisher: New York, The Publishing society of New Jersey
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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E H. VANDERHOOF, mer-chant, of Caldwell, Essex County, wasborn at that place, August 25, 1855.He Is a grandson of Richard Vander-hoof, a mason by trade, who, however,was for most of his life engaged In farming at Fair-field, Caldwell Township, where he died April 4,1853, aged seventy-two. He was an enlisted soldier Inthe War of 1812. His wife was Margaret Speer; shewas a member of the Reformed Church of Fairfield;died on the 19th of October, 1856, at the age of sixty-nine. The parents of George H. Vanderhoof were Wil-liam R. Vanderhoof and Sarah (De Camp) Vander-hoof, daughter of John De Camp of Caldwell. Wil-liam R. Vanderhoof (born August 30, 1825) was Inearly life a farmer in Caldwell Township, subse-quently following the masons trade in Newark,where he died. His family consisted of four children,Mary L. (wife of Jacob Smith), George H. (sub-ject of our sketch), Benjamin, and Elmer D. George H. Vanderhoof In early manhood estab-lished himself in mercantile business in Caldwell, and
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R. W. BOOTH ONY AND AS A STATE 317 is one of the successful men of affairs in that com-munity. Both in his business and private relations hehas always enjoyed the highest personal standingamong his fellow citizens. He is a member of Cald-well Lodge, F. and A. M. April 8, 1880, he was married to Carrie Burnet,adopted daughter of Ransford Burnet of Newark,N. J. She died December 14, 1903, leaving onechild, Delia Catherine Vanderhoof, wife of LewisM. Crane. RICHARD W. BOOTH, of Nutley, Es-sex County, N. J., was born in Frank-lin (now incorporated in the Town ofNutley), in that county and State, onAugust 13, 1859, and is the son ofEnoch Booth and Mary M. Stager. His father was ahotel proprietor. On the paternal side he is of Eng-lish descent, while his maternal ancestors came origin-ally from Holland. Mr. Booth was educated in the public schools ofNutley. He left school at the age of twelve, andworked in a factory until fourteen years old. He thenbecame a clerk in the general store of Joh

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