The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . liic laniilv rcnioviMl wiicn he was voniiL;. I li has spentmost of liis litV in the ire business. Some liftv years a<i() iiislather and liis nncb. I\ FretMnan. eniiaiicd in tlie iceIrade under the tirn: name nC II. I, ^c W. A Il-eeman. Iheytinall_\ sold out lo theNewailirintendeiit of the fat lier died at the•A^r (d se\cnty-six. Theson tinallysuccecded theNewark Ice Companyand established tliebusiness at I^rcenian has hada successful businesscareer, and has alwaysenjoyed the respect andconfidence of
The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . liic laniilv rcnioviMl wiicn he was voniiL;. I li has spentmost of liis litV in the ire business. Some liftv years a<i() iiislather and liis nncb. I\ FretMnan. eniiaiicd in tlie iceIrade under the tirn: name nC II. I, ^c W. A Il-eeman. Iheytinall_\ sold out lo theNewailirintendeiit of the fat lier died at the•A^r (d se\cnty-six. Theson tinallysuccecded theNewark Ice Companyand established tliebusiness at I^rcenian has hada successful businesscareer, and has alwaysenjoyed the respect andconfidence of the entirecommunity. He is an enterprising- citizen, possessed ofsound jndnnient. and active in the widfare of his nativecounty and adopted town. lie nianied (irace K(d)erts,(;lilei- of Tnttle Roberts, of New ^drk City, owner of theold Iourlli Avenue sta^e \VII,LI.\M A. FKKKMAN. AUGUST SOFFEL. of Newark, was born in New drkCitv, 80, IStU, and there spent his boyhood, receiv-inii his education in the public schools and at Coojiei- Insti-tute, where he loiiijileled a special course in drawing, re-ceiviuii a diidoiiia for marked ability, lie is the so«i of 364 THE PASSAIC VALLEY August Soffel, Si., aud Charlotte Gillman, both natives ofGermany, who were married shortly after their arrival iuthe rity of XeAv York in the early forties. Mr. tSollel was asso-ciated for eleven yearswith the famous houseof Tiffany & Co., of hisnative city, and becamea practical and skilledsilversmith. IS u b s e -quently he was forthree years foreman forThomas G. Brown. &Sons. Desiring to estab-lish a business of hisown, he began to manu-facture silverwarein theCity of Brooklyn, andwas very suceessful. In 1893, to enlargethe business, he formeda partnership with Un-terme^er Brothers, ofNew York, and this con-cern is still engaged in the business
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