The New Jersey coast in three centuries: history of the New Jersey coast with genealogical and historic-biographical appendix . aced. The latterwas the father of three sons, Travonian, Franklin,-and Edwin Stanton Patterson. Franklin Patterson was reared and educated at Sandy Hook, first at a privateschool near his homie, later at Pennington Seminary under the tutoring of the dis-tinguished Dr. Thomas O. Hanlon, and later at Freehold institute. After completinghis education our subject engaged for a time in teaching, acceptably filling positionsin Turkey and Squankum, New Jersey. Alert and ambi
The New Jersey coast in three centuries: history of the New Jersey coast with genealogical and historic-biographical appendix . aced. The latterwas the father of three sons, Travonian, Franklin,-and Edwin Stanton Patterson. Franklin Patterson was reared and educated at Sandy Hook, first at a privateschool near his homie, later at Pennington Seminary under the tutoring of the dis-tinguished Dr. Thomas O. Hanlon, and later at Freehold institute. After completinghis education our subject engaged for a time in teaching, acceptably filling positionsin Turkey and Squankum, New Jersey. Alert and ambitious, his mind was full of en-terprises, and one of these developed in the founding of the Monmouth Press, atFreehold, in 1889, of which he was both editor and publisher, successfully conductingit for three years and then selling it to Prof. E. A. Cook, of Atlantic year later he again assumed control, but subsequently sold it to George Barcals,and soon after it was merged into the Atlantic Highlands Independent, but still later,,when Mr. W. J. Leonard took charge, it was reorganized under its original i 6 ^>^iZZ^XZ^^i>(^^ HISTORY OF THE NEW JERSEY COAST. 3 53 For four years Mr. Patterson was an employe of tlie United States governmentat Sandy Hook proving grounds; at this time the dynamite company was formed,with Mr. S. F. Schuyler as president, to place two fifteen-inch guns and one eight-inch gun as defences of the harbor of New York, and Mr. Patterson was made super-intendent of this important work. In iSq3 Mr. Patterson was made superintendent of the New York Yacht Club,and this important position he has held with dignity and thorough i8g8 lie was also made a justice of the peace, having previously been Iwth notarypublic and postmaster under the administration of President Harrison. Mr. Patterson is a consistent Christian, and it was mainly due to his faithful cfTortsthat the first Protestant church was established on Sandy Hook,
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