Englewood Makes History

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  • Harold Meltzer The_Record_1965_02_05_32.jpg

    Henry Meltzer was a real estate attorney and civic leader. He graduated from Rutgers University Law School. He was heavily involved in the Jewish community He acted as president of Temple Emanu-El. He was also part of numerous Jewish charities.
  • William Agur Booth.jpg

    William Angus Booth was a banker and businessman. In 1821 he started a business, Tomlinson & Booth. He was also one of the men who organized the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Company. He was a trustee of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Company and the Director of the Cincinnati, Lafayette, and Indianapolis Railroad Company. He was president of the Third National Bank. He was president of the American Exchange Bank from 1857 to 1860. He became president of the Third National Bank in 1878 and retired in 1892. He was also a member of the First Presbyterian Church. He was involved with missions and charity. He was a trustee of the American Tract Society of Boston and the American and Foreign Christian Union. He was also president of the Children's Aid Society from 1861 to 1889 and of the Trustees of the Syrian Protestant College. He was a trustee of the Robert College in Constantinople as well. His first marriage was to Alida L. Russell. His second marriage was to Louisa Edgar. He had six children, Robert Russell, William Tomlinson, Edgar H., Henry Matthias, Theodore L, and Frederick Augustus. 
  • CDA Logo.jpg

    The Catholic Daughters of America was founded in 1903 by John E. Carberry and the Knights of Columbus as a charitable sorority for catholic women.
  • K of C Madonna Court No.520.jpg

    The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic charitable organization. The Madonna Council No.520 in Englewood was created in 1901. 

  • CDA 258.jpg

    The Catholic Daughters of America was a Charitable sorority for catholic women. The Court Madonna No. 258 Branch in Englewood was founded in 1915.
  • Knights of Columbus.png

    The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic charitable organization. It was founded by Michael J. McGivney on February 6, 1882. The organization provides support to Catholic communities. 
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