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PHILIP J. ULLMYER
Originally published in 1900 |
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PHILIP J. ULLMYER, of Secaucus, Hudson County, was born in Bavaria,
Germany, May 1, 1838, the son of Jacob Ullmyer and Catherine Kunc.
He received his education in the public schools of the Fatherland, and remained
there until 1854, when he came to America. He first settled on a
farm in South Bergen, Hudson County, N. J., but in 1871 removed to Secaucus,
where he still resides, enjoying in quiet retirement the fruits of an
active life spent in farming and gardening. For many years he was one of
the largest and most successful farmers and gardeners in the County of
Hudson, and through his ability, integrity, sound common sense, and enterprise gained the confidence and respect of all with whom he came in contact. He has also taken an active part in town affairs and especially in local educational matters, and for more than eighteen years has been a valued member of the North Bergen Board of Education, serving most of the time as its Chairman. He is still a member of that body. No man in the town has rendered more efficient service in the cause of its schools. Realizing the necessity of adequate school facilities and the advantages derived by the young from a thorough training in those branches which modern business methods demand, Mr. Ullmyer has thrown his influence into the work of improving and advancing the public schools, and has brought to his efforts great native ability, sound judgment and foresight, and genuine enthusiasm and patriotism. As a member of the Schuetzen Bund of New Jersey he has also been prominent and useful, serving for several years as Vice-President and Trustee, and being for four years Captain of the Secaucus Company. In politics he is a Democrat with independent proclivities. He is esteemed as a progressive citizen, and is one of the substantial men of the county. In 1866 Mr. Ullmyer married Miss Elizabeth Schott, a native of Germany, and their children are Philip Frederick, Catherine Elizabeth, and Elizabeth.
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