THE HAMILTON CLUB

THE HAMILTON CLUB
Paterson, New Jersey

1905
(taken from the book of the same name)

The Hamilton Club owes its origin to a discussion which took place one evening during the summer of 1890 at the residence of Garret A. HOBART, Vice President of the United States. The absence of club facilities in Paterson had been adversely commented upon and all present agreed that there was no reason why a properly equipped club with desirable membership could not be organized. The formal organization of the Club, under the laws of the state enacted for such purpose took place on September 20, 1890, the charter members being John CAMPBELL, Joseph W. CONGDON, Jacob WEIDMANN, John H. REYNOLDS, James JACKSON, Peter RYLE, William BERDAN, Henry l. BUTLER, Robert I. HOPPER, John H. HOPPER, Garret A. HOBART, Henry C. KNOX, John W. GRIGGS, William RYLE, Charles N. STERRETT, and Albert A. WILCOX.

The question of a name for the new organization was quickly disposed of. Certainly no name more appropriate could have been selected that that of the founder of Paterson, Alexander Hamilton, a man whose distinguished services as Secretary of Treasury in the infant days of the republic will ever lend luster to everything with which his name is associated.

The premises in Church Street were occupied until on account of the increasing membership they were found to be wholly inadequate. A committee was appointed to secure more commodious quarters and their labors resulted in the purchase of the property on the northwest corner of Church and Ellison Streets and the completion there n 1897 of the present home of the Hamilton Club. The conflagration of February, 1902, for some time spared the home of the Hamilton Club, as if loath to add to its ravages in the place which had become endeared to so many residents of Paterson and about which clustered so many pleasant associations. The fire had almost burned itself out; it had swept about the Club house but without injuring it and the fire fighters had begun to think of rest after a night of terror and fatigue when smoke was noticed issuing from beneath the eaves of the Club house. Unfortunately for the Club, the fire apparatus was scattered in parts of the city deemed more vulnerable than the corner of Church and Ellison Streets. Members of the Club, assisted by the friendly hands of many outsiders, worked hard to save the structure, but the building succumbed to the flames, and when the return taps were sounded on the fire alarm there was nothing left of the home of the Hamilton Club excepting the charred walls and such furniture as had been removed before the flames spread to the lower stories. No greater compliment could have been paid to the efficiency of the original building committee than the unanimous adoption of a resolution that the Club house should be restored even to the minutest detail as it was before the fire. This was done and the Club house stands today just as it did when it was first taken possession of by the Club.

1905 Membership Roster

MEMBER NAME	MEMBERSHIP TYPE
ACKERMAN, William S.	Resident
ADAMS, William F.	Deceased
AGNEW, Charles	Resident
AGNEW, Dr. Frank E.	Resident
AGNEW, Jonn P.	Resident
ALEXANDER, Dr. A.F.	Resident
ALLEN, Alpheus S.	Resident
ALLEN, Frank R.	Non-Resident
ALLEN, Henry C.	Resident
ANDERSON, John H.	Non-Resident
ANDREAE, Otto, Jr.	Non-Resident
ANDREWS, C.A.	Non-Resident
ARNOLD, William A.	Resident
ASPINWALL, H.C.	Deceased
ATTERBURY, R.R.	Resident
AUGER, Charles L.	Resident
BAILEY, Josiah J.	Resident
BAKER, George B.	Resident
BALDWIN, James M.	Deceased
BALL, Frederick W.	Non-Resident
BALLERAY, Dr. George H.	Resident
BANTA, Dr. John J.	Resident
BARBOUR, J. Edwards	Resident
BARBOUR, Johnson	Non-Resident
BARBOUR, Robert	Deceased
BARBOUR, William	Resident
BARKALOW, Daniel	Resident
BARKALOW, John S.	Resident
BARKALOW, Sidney	Resident
BEACH, Henry M.	Resident
BEAM, John R.	Deceased
BEARDMORE, Thomas J.	Resident
BEATTIE, Robert	Non-Resident
BEATTIE, Robert, Jr.	Non-Resident
BEATTIE, William	Deceased
BEATTIE, William H.	Resident
BECKER, Edwin J.	Non-Resident
BEGGS, Frederic	Resident
BELL, Edward T.	Resident
BELL, Edward T., Jr.	Resident
BELL, Henry F.	Resident
BENTLEY, Thomas W.	Resident
BERDAN, Charles K.	Resident
BERDAN, John H.	Deceased
BERDAN, William	Resident
BERGEN, Charles A.	Resident
BERGEN, Joseph A.	Resident
BERRY, J. David	Deceased
BERRY, William H.	Resident
BEVERIDGE, Thomas	Resident
BLACKBURN, W.H.	Non-Resident
BLAKELEY, George H.	Resident
BLAUVELT, Erastus	Resident
BLAUVELT, J.J.	Resident
BLAUVELT, James G.	Resident
BLAUVELT, William D.	Resident
BLUM, Edwin	Non-Resident
BLUM, Frederick	Non-Resident
BLUM, Henry L.	Non-Resident
BLUNDELL, Dr. William	Resident
BLUNDELL, John W.	Resident
BLUNTSCHLI, John	Resident
BOETTGER, Theodore	Non-Resident
BOND, Harry K.	Resident
BOOTH, Charles H.	Resident
BOOTH, J. Morgan	Deceased
BRANDES, Julius	Resident
BRAUN, Louis F.	Resident
BRIESON, R.V.	Non-Resident
BROCK, William M.	Resident
BROWN, Edwin S.	Non-Resident
BROWN, John J.	Deceased
BUCKLEY, John F.	Resident
BUELL, Wallace	Resident
BURNETT, David	Non-Resident
BUTLER, Henry L.	Deceased
CADE, John T.	Resident
CAMPBELL, Daniel L.	Resident
CAMPBELL, Henry G.	Resident
CAMPBELL, John	Deceased
CARTER, Robert D.	Non-Resident
CATLIN, George L.	Deceased
CHANCELLOR, W.E.	Resident
CHISWELL, George S.	Resident
CHISWELL, Richard R.	Resident
CHRISTIE, F.B.	Deceased
CLARK, Henry I.	Resident
CLARK, Herbert H.	Resident
CLARK, John E.	Resident
CLEVELAND, J.W.	Resident
COLLIER, Abram	Resident
CONGDON, Joseph W.	Resident
CONGER, Kenyan B.	Non-Resident
COOK, John H.	Non-Resident
COOKE, Charles D.	Resident
COOKE, Fred W.	Resident
COOKE, J. Barclay	Resident
COOKE, James W.	Resident
COOKE, John K.	Resident
COOKE, John S.	Resident
COOKE, Watts	Deceased
COOPER, Everitt, A.	Non-Resident
COX, Winfield S.	Non-Resident
CRANDALL, H.B.	Resident
CREW, Alfred	Resident
CUNNINGHAM, R.H.	Resident
CURIE, Charles	Non-Resident
CURRIE, Dr. D.A.	Non-Resident
CURTS, Dr. Robert M.	Resident
CUTLER, Otis H.	Non-Resident
DANFORTH, Charles	Deceased
DAVIDSON, George	Non-Resident
DAVIS, William H.	Non-Resident
DE YOE, J. Willard	Resident
DENNER, Dr. E.F.	Resident
DERY, D. George	Non-Resident
DIXON, Johathan	Honorary
DOERKIN, Edward	Resident
DOHERTY, Henry	Resident
DRUKKER, Dow H.	Non-Resident
DUMONT, Wayne	Resident
DUNCAN, Dr. O.B.	Non-Resident
DUNN, Charles B.	Resident
DUNN, Michael	Resident
DYNAN, Thomas D.	Non-Resident
EASTWOOD, Benj.	Deceased
EASTWOOD, Benjamin, Jr.	Resident
EASTWOOD, James	Resident
EDWARDS, Charles	Resident
EDWARDS, Edmund G.	Resident
ELLENBOGEN, M.H.	Resident
EMLEY, Eugene	Resident
ENSIGN, Charles E.	Non-Resident
ENTWISTLE, James	Resident
EVANS, S.S., Jr.	Resident
FAIRCHILD, A.C.	Resident
FAIRHURST, Joseph	Resident
FARNUM, Samuel B.	Resident
FAYERWEATHER, W.O.	Resident
FENWICK, A.G.	Non-Resident
FERGUSON, John W.	Resident
FIFIELD, Edward	Deceased
FISCHER, August A.	Resident
FLEISCHER, Nathan	Resident
FLETCHER, William H.	Resident
FOOT, Sandford D.	Non-Resident
FORBES, Harry A.	Resident
FORD, Frank R.	Non-Resident
FORDYCE, Robert H.	Resident
FORMANS, Joseph	Resident
FRAZIER, John	Resident
FREUND, Alfred L.	Deceased
GAEDE, Robert	Resident
GARDINER, E. Le B.	Non-Resident
GARTNER, Alfred	Resident
GEDNEY, Edward E.	Non-Resident
GEERING, Emil	Resident
GERZOG, Edwin N.	Non-Resident
GILLESPIE, Thomas A.	Non-Resident
GILLESPIE, Thomas H.	Non-Resident
GILLSON, Dr. John T.	Resident
GLEDHILL, Frank	Resident
GODDEFROY, Richard	Resident
GOODBODY, Robert	Resident
GOODENOUGH, L.A.	Deceased
GORDON, R.B.	Non-Resident
GOURLEY, William B.	Resident
GRAEF, Walter, H.	Non-Resident
GRAHAM, Archibald	Resident
GRIGGS, J. Leavitt	Resident
GRIGGS, John W.	Resident
GRIMSHAW, David H.	Resident
GRIMSHAW, John	Resident
GRINSHAW, George	Resident
GRUND, Ernest	Resident
GSELLER, Albert H.	Non-Resident
GUTHERSON, Robert S.	Resident
HALDANE, Andrew P.	Resident
HALL, Isaac A.	Resident
HALSTED, Elmer Z.	Resident
HAMMOND, John	Resident
HAND, Thomas	Resident
HAND, William	Resident
HANNAH, George E.	Resident
HARDING, John W.	Resident
HARRIS, Dr. P.A.	Resident
HAVRON, John	Non-Resident
HEISLEY, Wilbur A.	Non-Resident
HENRY, David	Resident
HERRICK, Carlton M.	Deceased
HERSEY, Clinton B.	Deceased
HESS, Walter L.	Non-Resident
HEWAT, Henry J.	Resident
HILL, Adolf	Resident
HINCHLIFFE, James C.	Resident
HINCHLIFFE, John	Resident
HINDLE, Charles B.	Deceased
HINE, Edwin W.	Non-Resident
HOBART, Garret A.	Deceased
HOFFMAN, William T.	Non-Resident
HOLMES, William J.	Deceased
HOPPER, John	Deceased
HOPPER, John H.	Resident
HOPPER, Robert I.	Resident
HOPSON, Edwin N.	Resident
HORTON, Rayton E.	Resident
HUDSON, Walter R.	Resident
HUGHES, Robert G.	Resident
HUGHES, Robert S.	Deceased
HUMPHREYS, John B.	Non-Resident
HUNTOON, Oscar C.	Resident
HUNZIKER, A.	Resident
HURLEY, John R.	Resident
INGLIS, Archibald W.	Resident
INGLIS, James, Jr.	Resident
INGLIS, William M.	Resident
JACKSON, Charles E.	Resident
JACKSON, James	Deceased
JAMISON, John A., Jr.	Resident
JOHNSON, Dr. Walter B.	Resident
JOHNSON, John	Resident
JOHNSON, William M.	Non-Resident
JOHNSTON, James	Non-Resident
KATZ, Arthur	Resident
KATZ, Bernard	Resident
KATZ, Herbert	Resident
KATZ, Philip	Deceased
KEARNS, William H.	Resident
KEELER, Edward A.	Deceased
KENT, Benjamin	Resident
KING, Charles M.	Resident
KING, Nathaniel	Non-Resident
KINNE, Dr. Porter S.	Resident
KIREKER, C. Frank	Resident
KIREKER, Charles F.	Resident
KLIPSTEIN, E.C.	Non-Resident
KNAPP, A.H.	Resident
KNISCHER, W.E.	Resident
KNOX, Henry C.	Resident
LAMBERT, Catholina	Resident
LAMBERT, Samuel S.	Resident
LEAL, Dr. John L.	Resident
LEE, John R.	Resident
LEVI, Lewis	Resident
LEWIS, Vivian M.	Resident
LEWIS, William I.	Resident
LIENARZ, A.A.	Resident
LOBDELL, Fred W.	Non-Resident
LOCKWOOD, William J.	Resident
LONGBOTTOM, G.H.	Deceased
LOTTE, Charles E.	Non-Resident
LOWE, Dr. William Herbert	Resident
MAASS, Frank	Resident
MAC ALISTER, Dr. W.W.	Resident
MACKINTOSH, Dr. M.A.	Resident
MACMAHON, F.J.	Deceased
MADDEN, James T.	Non-Resident
MARSH, Dr. Elias J.	Resident
MARSH, Dr. Elias J., Jr.	Resident
MARSHALL, J.B.	Resident
MASON, John B.	Resident
MAY, Charles H.	Resident
MC ADOO, Malcolm R.	Resident
MC BRIDE, Dr. A.F.	Resident
MC CARTER, George S.	Resident
MC CARTER, Thomas N.	Non-Resident
MC CLAIN, Robert	Non-Resident
MC CONNELL, Niven	Resident
MC COY, Dr. John C.	Resident
MC CRAN, Thomas F.	Resident
MC CRYSTAL, Joseph	Resident
MC CULLOCH, A.L.	Resident
MC CULLY, Francis K.	Resident
MC CULLY, Fred W.	Non-Resident
MC GILL, William	Resident
MC KEE, L.T.	Non-Resident
MC KEE, Wood	Resident
MC LANE, Alexander	Non-Resident
MC MURRAY, Charles J.	Resident
MECKEL, Aurel	Resident
MEDING, Charles E.	Resident
MENNEL, Christian	Deceased
MERSELIS, Edo I.	Resident
MEYERS, Harry	Non-Resident
MILSON, Thomas H.	Resident
MORRIS, Michael J.	Deceased
MORRISSE, James A.	Deceased
MURRAY, Alexander	Resident
MUZZY, Edward H.	Resident
MUZZY, Henry	Resident
MUZZY, Samuel V.S.	Resident
MYERS, C.F.W.	Deceased
MYERS, George A.	Resident
NATHAN, Samuel	Resident
NELDEN, Robert J.	Resident
NELSON, William	Resident
NEWKIRK, William T.	Resident
NEWTON, Dr. W.K.	Resident
NORWOOD, William G.	Resident
O’CONNELL, Daniel	Non-Resident
O’NEILL, John J.	Non-Resident
OBORSKI, Florian	Deceased
OLDEN, Eugene H.	Resident
PALMER, S. Fielder	Resident
PARKE, Dr. Henry	Resident
PARKER, John A.	Non-Resident
PARKER, John A.	Deceased
PARMELEE, Henry H.	Resident
PAUL, Henry L.	Resident
PENNINGTON, William	Resident
PERRY, James	Non-Resident
PETERS, Franklin A.	Resident
PHELPS, John J	Non-Resident
PHELPS, Sheffield	Deceased
PHIN, John	Honorary
PIAGET, Louis A.	Resident
PINNEO, James B.	Deceased
PITNEY, Henry C.	Honorary
PITNEY, Mahlon	Honorary
PLATT, Thomas E.	Resident
POST, George A.	Resident
PRINCE, John Dyneley	Non-Resident
PRUDEN, Dr. William H.	Resident
PULVER, George B.	Deceased
QUACKENBUSH, Peter	Resident
QUACKENBUSH, Peter C.	Resident
READ, Jerome C.	Resident
RETTGER, C.C.	Non-Resident
REYNOLDS, Charles	Resident
REYNOLDS, F.R.	Resident
REYNOLDS, John H.	Resident
RODGERS, David G.	Resident
ROGERS, William H.	Resident
ROMETCH, William H.	Non-Resident
ROSENHEIM, Ralph	Resident
ROSSITER, Richard	Resident
ROWSON, Peter R.	Resident
ROYLE, Heber	Resident
ROYLE, Vernon	Resident
RYER, George S.	Non-Resident
RYLE, Arthur	Resident
RYLE, Ernest	Resident
RYLE, Peter	Deceased
RYLE, William T.	Deceased
SAMWORTH, Joseph	Resident
SANDFORD, E. Harrison	Deceased
SCEERY, Edward	Resident
SCHAUM, Otto W.	Non-Resident
SCHICK, F.A.	Resident
SCHIFFER, Alfred	Non-Resident
SCHLAEPFER, Charles	Resident
SCHLEICHER, R.H.	Non-Resident
SCHMIDT, John	Non-Resident
SCOTT, Francis	Resident
SCOTT, W. George	Resident
SEARING, F.F.	Resident
SHARPE, J. Wilson	Resident
SHAW, Ralph	Resident
SHAW, Willard P.	Resident
SHEEHAN, Daniel J.	Deceased
SHERWOOD, S.S.	Resident
SHIELDS, P.J.	Resident
SHIELDS, Thomas E.	Resident
SHRINER, Charles A.	Resident
SIMON, Charles	Resident
SIMPSON, James	Resident
SLATER, John J.	Non-Resident
SMITH, Carlton C.	Resident
SMITH, Charles R.	Resident
SMITH, Dr. James W.	Resident
SMITH, J. Julius	Deceased
SMITH, J. Waldo	Non-Resident
SPEIDEL, Hugo S.	Resident
SPENGEMAN, E.A.	Resident
STALTER, W.W.	Resident
STEPHEN, James Brown	Non-Resident
STEPHENS, H.T.	Resident
STERRETT, Charles N.	Resident
STERRETT, Robert H.	Resident
STEVENSON, Eugene	Resident
STEWART, James F.	Deceased
STITES, Charles S.	Non-Resident
STOREY, John A.	Deceased
STRANGE, William	Deceased
STRICKLER, Dr. A.G.	Resident
SUMNER, W.A.	Resident
TAYLOR, A. Mierritt	Non-Resident
TILT, Albert	Resident
TILT, Albert	Deceased
TILT, Benjamin B.	Non-Resident
TODD, Dr. Francis H.	Resident
TOWNLEY, George A.	Resident
TOWNLEY, William G., Jr.	Resident
TOWNSEND, Zebulon, E.	Resident
TURNER, Roger C.	Resident
TURNER. A.R., Jr.	Resident
TUTTLE, Hobart	Resident
VAN BUREN, C.M.	Non-Resident
VAN CLEVE, Frank	Resident
VAN CLEVE, Garret	Resident
VAN DUSEN, Thomas D.	Resident
VAN HOUTEN, Isaac	Resident
VAN KIRK, P.S.	Resident
VAN OLINDA, F.F.	Resident
VAN RIPER, Alfred J.	Resident
VAN WAGNER, P.H.	Resident
VAN WINKLE, Franklin	Resident
VAN WINKLE, J. Albert	Resident
VOORHIS, Garret D.	Deceased
WADSWORTH, Joseph	Resident
WALDEN, James H.	Non-Resident
WALKER, Alexander D.	Non-Resident
WALKER, H.F.	Resident
WATSON, George H.	Resident
WATSON, Samuel J.	Resident
WATTS, Charles E.	Resident
WEIDMANN, Jacob	Resident
WELLS, Reuben	Resident
WENTWORTH, F.W.	Resident
WHITE, Fred S.	Non-Resident
WHITEHEAD, Joseph	Resident
WHITNEY, Joseph B.	Non-Resident
WILCOX, Albert A.	Resident
WILLARD, Dr. H.S.	Non-Resident
WILLIAMS, H.E.	Deceased
WILLIAMS, William H.	Resident
WILSON, James	Resident
WINFIELD, Albert D.	Deceased
WISE, Leo P.	Non-Resident
WISKE, C. Mortimer	Resident
YERGASON, John S.	Non-Resident
ZABRISKIE, Albert	Resident
ZABRISKIE, John C.	Resident

Copyright © 2003 by The Passaic County Historical Society Genealogy Club. All rights reserved. This site may be freely linked to, and information found on these pages may be used for personal use and by libraries and genealogical societies. Commercial use of this information is strictly prohibited without prior permission. If any pages are copied, this copyright notice must appear with the information.