The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . of Robert,fell at the battle of Flodden, in 1513, with King James IV. _ John Spottiswood, Archbishop of St. An-drews and Lord HighChancellor of Scotland,inherited the Barony ofSpottiswood in 1620. Abrother of his was giventhe Bishopric of Clog-hee, in Ireland, and fromhim the Irish branch ofthe family is Spottiswood, adirect descendant ofRobert de Spottiswood,Lord of Spottiswood,was appointed Governorof Virginia in 1710. George Spottiswoodewas born in County Tip-perary, Ireland, Novem-ber i, 1832. His fatherwas a hatter, a
The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . of Robert,fell at the battle of Flodden, in 1513, with King James IV. _ John Spottiswood, Archbishop of St. An-drews and Lord HighChancellor of Scotland,inherited the Barony ofSpottiswood in 1620. Abrother of his was giventhe Bishopric of Clog-hee, in Ireland, and fromhim the Irish branch ofthe family is Spottiswood, adirect descendant ofRobert de Spottiswood,Lord of Spottiswood,was appointed Governorof Virginia in 1710. George Spottiswoodewas born in County Tip-perary, Ireland, Novem-ber i, 1832. His fatherwas a hatter, and young George early acquired a goodknowledge of the business, also attending the parish 1851 he came to Orange, N. J., and entered Stetsons hatfactory as an apprentice, and at the breaking out of theCivil War o^jened a small place for the sale of periodicalsand newspapers. About 1866, having Piccumulated a little capital, engaged in the retail coal business in Orange,and from a modest beginning soon established a large and. GEORGE SPOTTISWOODE. BIOGRAPHICAL 351 profitable trade, wiiicli ho has ever since iiiaintaiucd, beingat the present time one of the most successfnl coal mer-chants in the Passaic Valley. In ISSl he look his cousin,Thomas M. Cusack, into partnership and the tirm name waschanged to Spottiswoode & Co. The lumber business wasaddeil in the spring of 1887, which has since constantly in-creased. About 1872 Mr. Spottiswoode, in connection withDaniel Brennan, Jr., organized the Telford ra-\cnirnl Com-]iany with the latter as President and himself as Secretaryand Treasurer. With the same pusli and energy Avhich hascharacterized all his other operations Mr. Sjjotliswoode be-gan laying this pavement in the Oranges and soon after ex-tended his operations to other points. lie opened quarriesand erected stone crushers and other machinery in PassiiicCounty at the Great Notch, on the canal at Acquackanonck,at South Orange, and at Plainfield. He ha
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