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SEBA M. BOGERT
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SEBA M. BOGERT is descended in the seventh generation from Jan
Louwe Bougaerdt, for a sketch of whom see page 57. Mr. Bogert's ancestors
are also noted on page 60. He is the son of Matthew S. Bogert and
Polly Kipp, a grandson of Seba Bogert and Sarah Blackledge, all of Closter,
and a great-grandson of William de Graw and Yrouche Blawvelt, his
wife. Mr. Bogert was born in Tappan, now Harrington, Bergen County, N. J., October 6, 1825. He received a common school education and afterward was successfully engaged in the produce business. In 1869 he became a member of the New York Stock Exchange and has ever since continued in that capacity. In public as well as in business life Mr. Bogert has been active and influential. He served as Treasurer of the City of Hoboken and for two terms was a member of the Common Council. He is a Protestant in religion, active and influential in local affairs, and respected by all who know him. As a business man he has displayed marked ability, sound common sense, and great sagacity. In May, 1843, Mr. Bogert married Lavina Westervelt, who died in 1845, leaving one child, John Westervelt Bogert, who is living. He married, again, April 2, 1857. Catharine Z. Conner, who died July 25, 1900, leaving one child, Mary C. Ford, born June 22, 1862, who survives.
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