19th C. HUDSON COUNTY NJ POLITICIAN NEWARK DEVELOPER HIRAM DAVIS DOCUMENT SIGNED

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Here’s a Document Signed by
19
th
Century Hudson County Politician
HIRAM W. DAVIS
(1829 – 1876)
CIVIL WAR ERA REPUBLICAN PARTY
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS OF HUDSON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY 1858-1868
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NEWARK and HARRISON, NEW JERSEY REAL ESTATE MAGNATE and PROMOTER
!
Hiram W. Davis
was
influential in
obtaining
a
free
bridge
between
his own County of Hudson and neighboring Essex
County,
and
he
was
also
a member
of
the
building
committee
for
the erection
of
the
Hudson
County
Penitentiary, taking
an
earnest
and
prominent
part in
the
prosecution
and
completion
of
the prison work.
He
was
one
of
the
incorporators
of the
East
Newark
Gas
Light
Company,
and active
in
other
public
enterprises
that
called for
both
executive
ability
and
public
spirit
!
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HERE’S A DOCUMENT SIGNED BY DAVIS – A ‘
NATIONAL NEWARK BANKING COMPANY’
CHECK, DATED AT HOBOKEN, N.J., SEPT. 30
th
1872, MADE PAYABLE TO ROBERT McCAYUE, JR. (WHO ENDORSES ON THE VERSO) FOR .30.
THE CHECK BEARS A 2 CENT INTERNAL REVENUE TAX STAMP.
The document measures 8” x 2¾” and is in very fine condition.
A FINE RELIC OF NEW JERSEY POLITICAL HISTORY.
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BIOGRAPHY OF THE HONORABLE HIRAM W. DAVIS
Hiram
W.
Davis
,
son
of
Mark
W.
and Ann
(Read)
Davis,
and
the
father
of
William Jerome
Davis,
was
born
February 0.
1829,
in
Hope
township,
Warren
County, New
Jersey,
where
his
early
boyhood
was spent,
and
died
in
Harrison,
August
22, 1876.
In
1839,
when
he
was
ten
years
old, he
removed
with
his
parents
to
Hudson County
and
there
continued
at
school
until his
father
constructed
a
plant
for
diving and
wrecking,
when
the
son
joined
with him
in
an
effort
to
recover
the
lost
steamer "
Lexington
,"
in
which
they
were
partially successful.
On
the
completion
of
this
enterprise, young
Davis
resumed
his
studies for
a
time,
in
the
meantime
assisting
his father
in
various
undertakings
and
finding his
time
and
attention
greatly
occupied with
interests
of
a
general
character.
The elder
Davis
had
invested
much
of
his
surplus earnings
in
real
estate,
all
of
which was
eventually
inherited
by
the
son,
who became
a
man
of
affairs,
the
care
of
this estate
absorbing
his
time
and
precluding the
conducting
of
other
operations,
aside from
the
purchase
and
sale
of
real
estate, in
which
field
he
gained
distinction
as
a successful
promoter.
In
1873
Davis
disposed
of
much
of his
land
holdings
to
the
East
Newark
Land Company,
reserving
certain
holdings
in East
Newark
and
three
acres
in
Harrison, now
the
family
residence
and
formerly
occupied by
his
widow
and
children.
On
the first
named
tract
is
erected
the
Davis
Memorial
Church,
in
which
Davis
manifested much
interest
and
to
which
he
made liberal
contributions.
Davis
was
a
member
of the
old
Whig
party,
later
becoming
a
Republican, his
ultimate
allegiance
being
to the
principles
of
Democracy.
He
was
an active
worker
in
the
field
of
politics,
and he
held
the
office
of
Freeholder
for
successive terms
during
important
periods.
The County of Hudson is indebted to him for many valuable services.
He
was
influential in
obtaining
a
free
bridge
between
his
own and
Essex
counties,
and
he
was
also
a member
of
the
building
committee
for
the erection
of
the
Hudson
County
Penitentiary, taking
an
earnest
and
prominent
part in
the
prosecution
and
completion
of
the work.
He
was
one
of
the
incorporators
of the
East
Newark
Gas
Light
Company,
and active
in
other
public
enterprises
that
called for
both
executive
ability
and
public
spirit.
He
possessed
a
genial
nature,
was
benevolent without
ostentation,
and
enjoyed
the esteem
and
confidence
of
the
community throughout
his
life.
He
married,
November 25,
1851,
Emma
L.
Sandford,
daughter of
David
Sandford,
of
Hudson
County. Their
children
are
Mark
W. ;
Mary
Celeste ; Annie
E.,
wife
of
George
L.
Blake;
William Jerome,
of
whom
presently;
Mary Celeste
(2d) ;
Irene
M.,
wife
of
Theodore Cuyler ;
Noe,
and
Emma
C,
wife
of
Ed- ward Palmer.
Source: The Biographical Encyclopedia of New Jersey
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