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JAMES BRIERLEY
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JAMES BRIERLEY, the well known undertaker and funeral director
of Kearny, Hudson County, was born in England on the 5th of November,
1862, being the son of Joshua Brierley, Sr., and Ellen Tunstall. Having received
a thorough educational training in his native country, he came to
America at the age of twenty and at once took up his permanent residence
in Kearny, N. J. He engaged in the rndertaking business, first with his
brother and subsequently alone, and now has one of the best appointed
establishments in that place. Mr. Brierley has achieved marked success.
He is quick to adopt and assimilate new ideas and methods. Since coming to Kearny in 1882 he has taken an active interest in the welfare and prosperity of the town, and is esteemed and respected as one of its most public spirited, enterprising, and patriotic citizens. His support and encouragement have been the means of promoting many important movements. He is President of the Hudson County Cricket Club and a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Improved Order of Redmen, the Sons of St. George, the Improved Order of Heptasophs, the Knights of the Golden Star, and the Presbyterian Church and leader of its choir. In politics he is an independent Republican, voting for and acting in the best interests of good government. Mr. Brierley has been twice married, first to Elizabeh Richards, who bore him a son and a daughter: Josiah and Margaret. By his second wife, Sarah J. Catlow, he has two sons: William and George.
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