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Gave the Old Stone House the
name of AULDWORTH (old mansion)
Pres of Village 1875-77
Pres of South Orange Library
Association
Due to his skill, became an
actuarial for Mutual Life Insurance Co of NY
Then became actuary for
Washington Life Insurance Co of NY in 1860 –eventually becoming
President
A founding member of the New
England Society of America ,eventually becoming officers in various
roles such as Treasurer, VP and Pres
His daughter went onto become
spouse of Eugene Connett (see below)
1881, appointed by Court of
Common Pleas as one of the “commissioners of drainage,” whose function
it was to provide means for draining the East Branch of the Rahway
River. The area, along with the brook near his home, was swampy,
breeding mosquitoes suspected of carrying typhoid fever. As part of the
Commissions work, Brewer saw to draining of Stone House Brook swampy
area and donated what is now Grove Park to the Village for public use.
Others who were significant
members of the church:
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Eugene Connett
Member of Village BOT twice Village Pres. When Meadowland Society was
formed in 1889 to prevent development of open land from
industrialization was first to subscribe to Society. In 1895, Connett
donated land at corner of Scotland Rd and Taylor Place for construction
of library building
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William Baird, Jr.
Served as Pres Board of SO Community House. It was renamed after him for
his efforts. He was a philanthropist who oversaw the Community House as
it was originally used for the Welfare and Social needs of children and
families
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William Baird, Sr.
- Instrumental
in obtaining for SO the large tract of land known as Meadowland Park
from Meadowland Society to make it a public park
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Active in Civic Affairs -
Spenser Miller
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Chair of the Village Commission draining waters in Village
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Completed Cameron Field Project
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William Allen
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Secretary of Railroad Commission – inventor of Railway Time Zones
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Pres of the Meadowland Society he organized the South Orange
Field Club in 1889 to encourage outdoor sports.
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As such, he supported Rev Lewis Cameron’s establishment of a
playground as there was no place for them to play except in the
streets
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Francis Spier
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Chairman of Joint Sewer Project in 1900. Subsequently developed
159 mile joint trunk sewer plan reducing the incidence of typhoid fever
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In 1912, due to deaths at grade crossing for the Lackawanna RR,
Spier asked for the Village to present a plan to reduce injuries/deaths.
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In 1914 the RR adopted the plan and rebuilt the right of way as
well as the station in the Village
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Cornelius van Schaick Roosevelt
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Owned 67 acres of land at Ridgewood near St. George’s Church
extending west to Wyoming Ave and from Durran Rd to Curtis Place – the
estate called The Hickories. Later developed, the nephew of the
properties owner (Theodore Roosevelt, Jr) spent many vacations on the
property.
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Rev Lewis B Cameron (1895-1909)
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Rector of Church of St. Andrews and Holy Communion Church was the
visionary behind setting up a playground.
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First organizer of baseball in South Orange and the park was
named at his death Cameron Field in his honor. It was to be named
Abraham Lincoln Park (the idol or Rev Cameron) but was dedicated to Rev
Cameron because of his tireless efforts on behalf of children
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Ronald Hoskier (1917)
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Son of Vestryman HC Hoskier for Holy Communion Church. The junior
Hoskier was one of the first casualties of WWI who was killed during
battle and is buried in full honors in Paris as a member of the French
Lafayette Escadrille – the American section of the French Aviation
Corps.
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