The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . the leading militaryorganization of Brooklyn. He is a man of recognized busi-ness ability and held in high esteem by the entire com-munity. He was married, March 1, 1883, to Miss Harriet M. Cobb,whose ancestors were natives of Kentucky. They have threechildren: Irma, born in New York City; Harriet Marguerite,born in Newton, Mass.; and Irving, Jr., born in East Orange,N. J. They are members of the First Unitarian Churchof Essex County, of which Mr. Smith is a Trustee. JOHN ENSTICE, of Newark, has achieved distinction asone of the largest an
The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . the leading militaryorganization of Brooklyn. He is a man of recognized busi-ness ability and held in high esteem by the entire com-munity. He was married, March 1, 1883, to Miss Harriet M. Cobb,whose ancestors were natives of Kentucky. They have threechildren: Irma, born in New York City; Harriet Marguerite,born in Newton, Mass.; and Irving, Jr., born in East Orange,N. J. They are members of the First Unitarian Churchof Essex County, of which Mr. Smith is a Trustee. JOHN ENSTICE, of Newark, has achieved distinction asone of the largest and most successful contractors in NewJersey, where he has resided since he was four years comes from the sturdy old Enstice and Giles families BIOGRAPHICAL 467 of Cornwall, Eniilaiid, where he was born March 20, 1807,liis i)areiits beiii^ Jaines Ensliee and Annie (xiles and hisjirandparents John Enstice and Maria Norway. Ilis moth-er, who survives, is the daniiliter of James and AmeliaGiles, of Cornwall. On both sides he inherits the admirable. JOHN ENSTICE. characteristics of people whose broad and liberal attain-ments liad an ini])ortant iuHiuMice iii)on tlic commnnity inwhich they lived, and who raised by (hed and W(nd thehijih standard of industry, honesty, and fearless fichdity thatmarks their descendants in both the old and the New\\drhl, Ju May, 1871, the family left the Cornwall home of 468 THE PASSAIO VALLEY their ancestors and emigrated to America, to seelf, in broad-er fields, a fortune for tliemselves and their children. Theyfirst located in Dover, N. J., where Mr. Enstices father,James Enstice, successfully prosecuted his business as aforeman and mining contractor until shortly before hisdeath, which occurred March 9,1883. He had five sons andtwo daughters, John being the third son. The Mine Hill Public School No. 2, near Dover, MorrisCounty, which he attended until he was sixteen years ofage, furnished John Enstice with his primary a boy he mani
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