Andrew Emery Voorhees was born on 4. Nov. 1850 at Lamington, Somerset County, New Jersey. He was the son of
Andrew Jackson Voorhees and
Esther Eliza Low. Andrew Emery Voorhees married
Frances Ann Bennett, daughter of
Capt. Nelson Bennett and
Ann Homer, on 25. Mar. 1874 at High Bridge, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
Andrew Emery Voorhees was shown in the census on 9. Jun. 1880 as a clerk in a hotel.
Andrew Emery Voorhees and
Frances Ann Bennett appeared on the census of 9. Jun. 1880 at Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey.
Andrew Emery Voorhees was shown in the census on 10. Jan. 1920 as the proprietor of a hotel.
Andrew Emery Voorhees appeared on the census of 10. Jan. 1920 at Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey,
; a widower.
Andrew Emery Voorhees appeared on the census of 24. Apr. 1930 at Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey,
; real estate value 50,000.00. He was buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey.
Among the prominent business men of Morristown none command a higher reputation for all the qualities that make a good citizen than Andrew E. VOORHEES. In himself a man of great ability and force of character, he comes of a distinguished family. The VOORHEES line belongs to that old Holland stock which in colonial days furnished so virile a race to New Jersey and New York. The qualities of that indomitable race are still to be seen in their descendents, and pluck is one of the commonest characteristics. Identified by descent with the State which gave him birth Mr. VOORHEES has shown himself keenly alive to the responsibilities of his tradition. He is a man whose influence is always on the side of the development and improvement of the community, and he can always be counted on for any project that has for its object the advantage of his adopted town.
Andrew E. VOORHEES was born in Lamington, New Jersey, November 4, 1850. He is the son of Andrew Jackson and Esther Eliza (LOW) VOORHEES, his father having been born in Lamington, New Jersey, February 4, 1826, and dying in November, 1864, when his son was fourteen years of age. His mother was born September 5, 1825, was married October 18, 1849, and died January 10, 1876. Their children are: Andrew E., with whom the present biographical account is concerned; Charles Low, born November 9 , 1852, at Lamington, New Jersey; Maggie, born November 24, 1854. Andrew Jackson VOORHEES followed the occupation of farming the early part of his life, but in 1860 he became interested in the hotel business at North Branch, New Jersey, in which he was engaged during the remainder of his life. In his religious views he subscribed to the Presbyterian creed, and in politics he was a Democrat.