The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . in 17;>ti. Oneof his ancestors on thematernal si(h was Cap-tain William Line, ofthe Revolntionary Army. Mr. Meeker received his <ieneral education at the villa<;(school of New Providence, N. J., later pursuing stndies indrawing and designing at the (ooper Institute, New YorkCity, lie li-ained the business of marble cutting with hisfather at New Providence and with his uncle, Amos Wil-cox, at Newark, N. J., and on April 1, 1858, organized withWilliam Passmore the firm of Passmore iK; Meeker. retired fiom the business in
The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . in 17;>ti. Oneof his ancestors on thematernal si(h was Cap-tain William Line, ofthe Revolntionary Army. Mr. Meeker received his <ieneral education at the villa<;(school of New Providence, N. J., later pursuing stndies indrawing and designing at the (ooper Institute, New YorkCity, lie li-ained the business of marble cutting with hisfather at New Providence and with his uncle, Amos Wil-cox, at Newark, N. J., and on April 1, 1858, organized withWilliam Passmore the firm of Passmore iK; Meeker. retired fiom the business in 1891, and since thenthe firm has consisted (d John !-. .Meeker and his son, Will-iam PassmoT-e .Me(d<er. lie is a member of the Itoaid of Trade of Newark, andfor a ]ieriod (d four years sci-vcil as a ineuiber of the I^ducation of that city, lie has been a Deacon and {Olderin the High Street Presbyterian (liurcli since ISC)!, andfor seNen vears was Supeiintendent of its Sunday is a member of Newark Lodge, No. 7, \\ and .\. .\ JOHN L. 124 THE PASSAIC VALLEY Mr. Meeker was married, October 21, 1857, to Mary AnnPassmore, and had by her two children: Fanny (deceased)and William Passmore Meeker, of whom the latter is agraduate of Princeton University (1890) and is associatedAvith his father in business. Mrs. Meeker died May 1, February 22, 1898, Mr. Meeker married Mary FalconerPerrin, of New York. ELIAS OSBORNE DOKEMUS, of Newark, a conspicuousci Mzen and member of the business community of that city,was born in East Orange, N. J., January 17, 1831. Hisparents were Peter C and Julia A. (Osborne) Doremus,and through both of them he descends from early New Jer-sey colonial families. The tirst ancestor of the Doremus family in America wasCornelius Doremus^ who lame from Holland in 1686 and settled at or nearAcquackanonck, nowPassaic. He owneda large tract of landtliere, lying along thePassaic River. His chil-dren were Johanu, Hol-hind, Thomas,
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