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Vorsanger, Ferdinand (1874-1946)
Ferdinand Vorsanger was a businessman and spiritual leader. He founded the Englewood Market at 16 East Palisade Avenue. He helped found Temple Emanu-El in Englewood and was its first president. He was also a president of the Englewood Chamber of Commerce. He married Bertha Blatt. He had two children Berthold and Helen Wise. -
Allison, William Outis (1849-1924)
William Outis Allison was a banker and philanthropist. He acted as vice president of the Palisades Trust and Guaranty Company of Englewood, president of the National Reserve Bank of New York, president of the publishing company that owned Oil, Pain and Drug Reporter, Druggist's Circular, and Painters Magazine, and a director of Lincoln Trust Company. He lived in Englewood Cliffs and developed the W. O. Allison Real Estate Company. He was a member of the Bergen County Historical Society, helped create the Palisades Interstate Park, and donated land that would eventually become Flat Rock Brook Nature Center upon his death. He married Caroline Longstreet Hovey in 1884. After her death, he married Caroline Amelia Shaw in 1897. He had five children, Katharine Floyd Allison MacLean, Frances Cornelia, Allis, William Dana, and Van Kleeck. -
Jones, John Wyman (1822-1904)
John Wyman Jones was a businessman and lawyer. He was also a real estate developer. He was the president of the St. Joseph Mining Company. He helped finance the founding of Englewood. He was acquainted with numerous contractors and brought Englewood to the attention of his acquaintances. He married Henrietta Dwight Dana in 1946. When she passed Jones married Salmone Marie Hanna. He had two children, James Dana and Dwight Arven. -
Hanna, Marcus "Mark" Alonzo (1937-1904)
Marcus Alonzo Hanna was a businessman and politician. He chaired the Republican National Committee from 1896 to 1904 and was a Senator from Ohio from 1897 to 1904. He married Charlotte Rhodes and had three children.
John Wyman Jones was Mark Hanna's brother-in-law and his sister was Salome Marie Hanna Jones. Hanna spent time in Englewood visiting his sister and brother-in-law. -
Dulles, William (1857-1915)
William Dulles was a lawyer and businessman. He attended Princeton University in 1878 and the University of Pennsylvania in 1880. He began practicing in New York in 1882. He also acted as treasurer of the Louisville, New Albany, and Chicago railroads. From 1889 to 1897 he was the treasurer of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. He lived in Englewood. He was a member of the Englewood Board of Education and the Englewood City Council. He married Sophia Perkins Rhea in 1891. After her death, he married Helen Rollins. He had at least four children, including Foster Rhea Dulles. -
Snare, Frederick Jr. (1892-1942)
Frederick Snare Jr. was a director of the Frederick Snare Company founded by his father. He joined the company in the 1910s and was an executive since 1919. He was also a soldier during World War I. Snare was a member of the Englewood Board of Police Commissioner and a director of the Citizens National Bank and Trust Company. He married Edith Dulles. He had four children, Frederick III, William Dulles, Dorothy Warner, and Majorie Reed.Tags Business -
Snare, Frederick, Sr. (1862-1946)
Frederick Snare Sr. was a businessman. He founded the Snare & Triest Company, a construction contracting organization. Snare worked with Wolfgang Gustav Triest beginning in 1898. Eventually, the company became the Frederick Snare Company in the 1920s after Gustav and Snare separated. Much of the work done was in Central and South America. He married Ellen Brown in 1883. He had two children, Helen Jeannette Stanwood and Frederick Snare Jr.Tags Business -
Clark, W. Gerould, Jr. (1903?-1974)
W. Gerould Clark Jr. was the mayor of Englewood from 1954-1955. He also was a city councilman and president of the Common Council from 1948 to 1953. Before his involvement in politics, he was a civil engineer for the Erie Railroad. He eventually owned W. Gerould Clark Inc., a realtor company. He married Helen Mary Goodman. He had two sons, W. Gerould III and William. -
Backer, Franklyn Edmund (1887-?)
Franklyn Edmund Backer was one of the founders of the Englewood Theater and the Plaza Theater and served as its managing director. Backer came to Englewood in 1914. The Englewood theater's construction began in April 1914. He sold the theater in 1916. He later built the Plaza Theater. He became the president of the Van Brunt Holding Company and the treasurer of the Englewood Theater and Reality Corporation.Tags Entertainment -
Hatab, George A. (1918?-2005)
George A. Hatab was a businessman. He was president of the George Hatab Co. He was also a soldier in the Navy during World War II. Hatab was president of the trustees of St. Anthony's Orthodox Church of Englewood, a member of the Northern Valley Regional Board of Education, and a leader of Save Our Neighborhood Schools (SONS).