Sometime prior to 1943 when David Oakes' house was torn down. See below
HSOB/R. Rockwell
Showing posts with label Oakes Mills. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oakes Mills. Show all posts
Friday, March 10, 2017
Friday, September 26, 2014
Reporter: "Who are you wearing?" President McKinley: "Oakes!"
Oakes Mills weaved the cloth for Bill McKinley's Inauguration Frock Coat.
March 4, 1897
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Henry P. Dodd 1836-1917
In 1861 Henry Dodd was a clerk in Frame and Pierson's General Store at the town center. He entered the employ of David Oakes as a bookeeper. In 1878 at the death of David Oakes, he was made a partner. He was a descendant of one of the New England families that founded the city of Newark.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Here's Joe Bloomfield
Maj. Joseph Bloomfield - October 18, 1753-October 3, 1823. Fourth Governor of New Jersey
Painting by Charles Willson Peale
Joseph Bloomfield (1753–1823), who was born in Woodbridge, N.J., studied law under Attorney General Cortlandt Skinner and was admitted to the bar in 1774. The following year he was commissioned a lieutenant in the New Jersey Light Infantry. Bloomfield became a captain in the 3d New Jersey Regiment in February 1776, and he was promoted to major in November 1776. He served as deputy judge advocate general of the Continental army from 1776 until his resignation in October 1778. Bloomfield fought at the battles of Brandywine and Monmouth, and he was wounded at Brandywine. He was elected state attorney general of New Jersey in 1783 and reelected in 1788. After changing his politics to Jeffersonian republicanism, Bloomfield served as governor of New Jersey 1801–12 and as a member of Congress 1817–21.
Joseph Bloomfield (1753–1823), who was born in Woodbridge, N.J., studied law under Attorney General Cortlandt Skinner and was admitted to the bar in 1774. The following year he was commissioned a lieutenant in the New Jersey Light Infantry. Bloomfield became a captain in the 3d New Jersey Regiment in February 1776, and he was promoted to major in November 1776. He served as deputy judge advocate general of the Continental army from 1776 until his resignation in October 1778. Bloomfield fought at the battles of Brandywine and Monmouth, and he was wounded at Brandywine. He was elected state attorney general of New Jersey in 1783 and reelected in 1788. After changing his politics to Jeffersonian republicanism, Bloomfield served as governor of New Jersey 1801–12 and as a member of Congress 1817–21.
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