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BIOGRAPHY OF
WILLIAM de GRAW KIPP
WILLIAM De GRAW KIPP (10th gen.), brother of the above, was
born at Old Tappan, N. J., February 25, 1848, and like his brother
obtained his education in the public schools of his native township.
He left home in 1866 to take a position as clerk in the grocery
store of Ward Carpenter, No. 529 Sixth Avenue, New York. Here
he remained for a year and then entered the employ of E. C. Hazard
& Co., where he filled the position of salesman for nine
years, after which he embarked in the grocery business on his
own account at Closter, N. J. This venture being unprofitable,
he became a salesman in the house of Wright Gillies & Brother,
New York. He left them in 1889 to take charge of the city sales
department of the well known house of E. R. Durkee & Co.,
of New York, and still fills that position. Their factory and
office are at 534 Washington Street. As a salesman his knowledge
of general merchandise and his long experience on the road and
behind the counter have made him one of the most expert and valuable
men in his line of business. At home he is public spirited and
enterprising, favoring public education, local improvements,
and athletics, and opposing the liquor traffic and dishonesty
in public office. He is an independent Democrat in politics,
but has never held political office. He served a term in the
Board of Trustees of the public school at Closter. He was a
Trustee and Treasurer of the Congregational Church for a number
of years, and was also the prime factor in placing the railroad
station at Closter in its present location.
He married in 1874 Sarah Elizabeth, a daughter of John J.
and Hannah M. Naugle. Sarah E. Naugle was born at Closter, N.
J., March 25, 1853. They have four daughters living: Edna,
born October 31, 1875 (married in 1899 William C. Bouton, an
employee of the Union Trust Company, of New York); Lizzie, born
in 1878; Ethel, born in 1882; and Grace, born in 1884. Three
others-two daughters and a son-died in infancy.
Source: Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties,
New Jersey, Editor, Cornelius Burnham Harvey, The New Jersey
Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900, page 98-99.
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