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JOHN H. LACHMUND, JR.
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JOHN H. LACHMUND, JR., was born November 10, 1871, in Rivervale,
N. J., where he still resides. His parents, John H. Lachmund, Sr., and
Barbara Beeehler, were both natives of Germany. He was educated in
the public schools of Bergen County, which he left at the age of fifteen
to engage in the grocery business with his father, with whom he continued
until 1896. He then established himself in the same business and has
since continued in that line, building up a large and successful trade.
Mr. Lachmund has also been prominent in local affairs. He served as Collector for the Borough of Eastwood for two years and for some time has been Clerk of the Borough of Old Tappen, N. J. At the present time he has charge of the postoffice at Rivervale. He is also a member of the Board of Education of the Borough of Old Tappan, having been elected by the people in the spring of 1900. He is a member of the Knights of Honor, the Odd Fellows, and the Encampment of Odd Fellows, and has passed through all the chairs in the Odd Fellows order. On different occasions he has served as a Representative to the Grand Lodge of New Jersey. He has also served as Treasurer of the local lodge of the Knights of Honor since its organization in 1892 and still holds the office, and has been created a Past Dictator for faithful services rendered. He has served on Grand Lodge committees and is now a member of the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Honor of New Jersey. He attends the Lutheran Church, and is recognized as a public spirited, progressive, and enterprising citizen. He married Elizabeth Ryer and has one child, Pearl Lachmund.
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