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WILLIAM D. SALTER
Originally published in 1900 |
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WILLIAM D. SALTER.-The Salter family of what is now known as
Hudson County are direct lineal descendants of one Richard Salter. Esq., of
English descent, who originally came from Barbadoes to Monmouth County
in this State and was a Justice there for many years. His first appearance
at Shrewsbury, as appears by the old court records, was on May 23, 1704,
and the last entry relating to him is under date of June 23, 1748, when
"Justice Richard Salter audited the Overseers' Accounts," as was required
by law at that time. The great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch
was John Salter, a son of Justice Richard Salter, of Monmouth County.
John Salter lived for many years on Staten Island upon a farm near what
is now known as Huguenot, and subsequently removed with his family to
Hoboken, where he resided at the time of his death. David B. Salter, a son
of John Salter and grandfather of William D. Salter, settled in what was
then known as Bergen Neck, in Bergen County, in the year 1832, the location
being called at that time " Pamrapaugh," an old Indian name meaning
"Land of Wealth." His farm extended from the New York Bay on the one
side to the Newark Bay on the other, and was adjoined on the south by the
farm land of Jasper Codmus, in old laud titles known as "Caspar Codmus,"
and was included in the second patent granted by Philip Carteret to Thomas
Davison, December 12, 1669. Upon this tract grew the Village of Salterville,
named from its founder, David B. Salter, and long before the days of
railroads and trolley cars upon Bergen Neck the mails were delivered by
stage coach from Jersey City to old Salterville postoffice, provided the
incoming tides from the New York Bay had not washed away the roadbed
of the "Old Bergen Road," which was the only means of ingress and egress;
and in that event the village was isolated until the storms abated and the
tides receded.
David B. Salter died at the ripe old age of ninety-seven. The latter years of his life were devoted to preaching the Gospel. He erected a church and gathered about him a large congregation of followers. In his firm belief that Christ would return to earth in his lifetime, upon the dates estimated to be the Second Advent, the congregation would gather in the holy edifice to await His coming amid prayer and thanksgiving. All worldly affairs were adjusted, all debts of one to the other were forgiven. Thus he lived and died – a simple hearted, earnest, Christian gentleman. Daniel Salter, a son of David B., was the father of William D. Salter. The Salter family of Hudson County, formerly of Monmouth County, has furnished its quota of heroes of Revolutionary fame. Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Salter, Second Regiment of Monmouth County, was breveted for distinguished bravery under command of General Maxwell at the battle of Monmouth. Benjamin Salter, of the Eastern Battalion, a private of " Old Monmouth," was killed on the field of battle September 6, 1779. William D. Salter was born May 16, 1865, in Bayonne, N. J., where he still resides. His early education was acquired in the public schools of Bayonne, from which he was graduated with high honors in 1881. His education was completed under the personal tutelage of Dr. Hasbrouck, the founder of Hasbrouck Institute, of Jersey City. He subsequently read law in the office of John Linn, of Jersey City, a foremost counsellor of his day, and less than a month after attaining his majority he was admitted to the practice of law in the State of New Jersey on the 3d day of June, 1886. He received his appointment as a Master in Chancery within two months thereafter. For a period of four years from 1891 to 1895 he was Treasurer of the City of Bayonne, and was an efficient, faithful servant, filling his position of trust and great responsibility to the satisfaction of both those who favored and opposed his election. His public life was clean and meritorious. Mr. Salter was married, February 3, 1898, to Lauretta Greenop, only daughter of Charles William and Martha Greenop. Mrs. Salter's maternal ancestors were lineal descendants of Sir William Wallace, of Scottish fame, and on her father's side a direct descendant of Sir James Scarlett, a celebrated English barrister, whose title was Lord Abinger. In politics William D. Salter displays that independence of action and thought which characterizes the man, being a stanch Democrat, while all of his family and ancestors are and have been ardent Republicans. He affiliates with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (Lodge No. 211, of Jersey City). He is a Master Mason and a Past Sachem of Pamrapaugh Tribe, No. 187, Improved Order of Redmen. He is a brother of Dr. Joseph E. Salter, deceased, who was a graduate of Bellevue Hospital Medical College of the City of New York, and a physician and surgeon of great ability, who died February 2.3, 1896, at his home in Bayonne, from pneumonia contracted on shipboard while returning from foreign travels. Dr. Salter was a man greatly beloved by all who knew him. His manners were genial, his spirit broad and liberal. He loved his chosen profession, and gave of his knowledge as freely as it was asked without restraint, regardless of hope of reward. His death was a loss to his patients, still unfilled to them, and a greater one to his family and friends. Such men do not die and become forgotten; they still live in beating hearts and cherished memories.
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