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. ti)ookg’d Soimtafn, flDncr tlj^aratoga of J3c to liertfrp' :.‘. r .^Continued front png'’ maklnga determined bid Tor rticogal* lion 'C. ; IJktlngntehed Alurrmf. _Plcanant memories of the o:d Bchoeley VMonntnln Seminary arc.';' tertolned,-;not-only by those who al* •• tended this school, hut by tho99 who knew of'it as well. Matty distinguished inpn were here prepp.red for col* lege during the eleven years that It was conducted by the Rev. I*ufca -• Stcuilenburjr. .Among the well-known men whoattended this school was the late Joshua salmon of Tloouton. who afterward represented this District la Congress.' Others wcre^ ex-Sonntor S. W. Welsh of German Valley; Wm. E. King, a 'del! engineer of Morris county: Dr. Harris, of the Paterson Hospital; Dr. Frank M. Cook, mayor of ilacfcettatawn; Ehvood Harris. a district Judge of Newark, and Augustus W. Dellioker, a lawyer of llacketts-town. air.-Armur - Dently uf r«n* wall wan also a student at this school, ai were also Mr. Wn;. A. Stryker, the late Augustus P. Hann, Mrs. Hannah Groff, Mrs. Wm. S. R1‘.let*.house nn‘*Mrs. I.aura Cook-Hnn of Washington.Rev. T.-.ihc i. Stouten burg, who 0J-labllslicd the school while ho wua a man i years old. was formerly pastor of the Congregational church at Cheater, Owing 10 a bronchial affection, he decided to retire from the ministry Ha taught the Chester Institute for ;t '.hue ttnd !n me year 1SGT purchased the Forest Grove House at Schoo!ey‘e Mountain from the estate of Patrick Matthews. The building was then used for hotel purposes. It was an Immenpc structure with a 50-foot frontage, live 8torl09 high, with large wing9 on each end. Stoutenburg conducted It as a college preparatory school, and the students were buya and girls, in e^uul prOpcr-tlou. In the fceydey of Its career, he accommodated close to 5Q. day •cholara and boarders, and had Me oaa'.9tnnec of eight or nine talented teachers. The scholars comprised the children of some of the best families la Sussex, Morris and Warren counties. hhc charge far board and tuition was S5 u a year. .Mr. fetoutouburg’s I’nmlly.Rev. Mr. Stouten burg Is remember-ed ne n very lovable old seutlennn. Hit ancestors were Dutch and he was born a: Clinton Corners, New York, on December -*9ih, ISIS. He was a graduate of Oberllu College. He was n very strong temperance man and ej.treir.ely positive m his con vie* r tions. He fought di-.iillerles ar.d glr. mills' wherever h** fonrd them. Ha was an ardent Republican and a strung nnll-alavery man.Mr. ytoutenburg's t’rst w!f-diedllev. Luke I. Stniiienbtirg.. Boor, .after he located at Schooley b Mountain, ntiil a few years later ho marrhc! Miss Mary Voorhces of Morristown. She died turn or three years Inter, and he then married Miss Martha Hill of Newton. This wife also died soon nTier their marriage.Mr, Stoutenburg was the father of three Ben? nnd one daughter. Frank wsd il graduate of Princeton, and won sent to the‘Hey Knot Seminary, Syria, a*» one of the faculty. He hoc mao. afflicted with tuberculosis, died cn hie why hoincl' and His bo ay was buried at sefi, He war ?3 years old. Another ann was J. Dmar.wl. a graduate of Williams' Cohere, who later became wealthy ;ih a lawyer at Passaic, In which city he died. Arthur T. 8tcutenb»rg la the only surviving He Ip » practicing lawyer W New York city. with otOces m the St. Paul build*' Ing. The only daughter was barnh Esther, who married Lawrence H. Hunt of Scliooley's Mountain. . She died hr 1S3L and her hushard In 1903.Derclojwl Valuable Ore Mine*.’ While cenductirs the Seminary, Hev. Mr Stouter.burg became Intor-catcd In. the mining .of. iron ore. A i valuable veln;;pfr ore w.in “Hhcovered . on Sehoo’.ey’a Mountain, and to secure ‘iieLestoh of it. Mr. Stoutsnb-irg purchased a tract of bind from the Djif-' ford farm. The Iron ore wi-s of exception a1. quality, and the develop-i. raent of the mine proved very profit-able to the owner. At one time he refused uh offer of Si5,000 for fke projusrty. The mine hr name worked out after n time, and Mr. Stojtcnburg ; obla jc: to Pardee o£ ■ Stuuhcpc. Stoutenburg was In the ere business for five or six years, deriving considerable wealth, but eventually lost It In enpn-ducLlvu experlmsnts. ,,After tenvmg Schoolry's Mountain Rev. Mr. Sioutenbiirg resided for euino years In Washington City with his son, Arthur1/?. Stoulenburg. who at that time held a government position there. Tho old gentleman died^In Jhnt_ully..on.Marches 1,..18.9.1, at the' agu’*of:'7C 'years, o’-id ■ hla body-Ilea burled In a cemefSrv.et Morristown.Tea
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