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- Pvt. Co. A, 38th Regt NJ Vol. Enlisted 25 Sept 1864 mustered out 30 June 1865. Then served 11 years in the NJ National Guard
- From "Early Dutch Settlers of Monmouth", page 98. "John W. Hulse, Esq., one of the justices of the peace of the township and police justice of the town of Freehold. Justice Hulse has abbreviated his name to the first syliable of his father's surname, and many others have done the same. John W. Hulse enlisted as a private when a lad of eighteen years and served as a Union soldier until the close of the Civil War. He has served one term as justice of Freehold township and gave such satisfaction by his fair and impartial decisions that he was elected to his second term without opposition. In his physical appearance he is a fair type of the old generations of this family and also seems to have their usual mental traits. For the Hulsharts have ever been a plain and unpretentious people, without those meddlesome propensities, overweening self conceit and insatiable curiosity which makes the descendants of certain people such unmitigated nuisances to their neighbors."
- From "Genealogical History of State of New Jersey" by Frances B. Lee, page 1211. "John Wesley Hulse, child of Joseph G. and Achsah (Bennett) Hulshart, was born in Freehold township, near the Georgia schoolhouse, October 9, 1846, and is now living in Freehold, New Jersey. Until the breaking out of the war he worked on his father's farm, and then, September 23, 1864, enlisted in Company A, 38th New Jersey Volunteer Regiment, under Colonel (later Senator) Sewell. At the close of the war, June 30, 1865, he was mustered out of service, after having been in several skirmishes. It was during this period of service that he changed his name to its present spelling of Hulse. After his retirement from the army, Mr. Hulse returned to Freehold, where he learned the trade of painter, and setting up in business for himself he carried on a most successful plant from 1870 to 1892, in which he gave employment to quite a number of men.
In 1892 he was elected a justice of the peace, and for the last seventeen years he has continuously filled this office, having been re-elected four times without any opposition. For fourteen years he has been a police justice, and for a number of years past he has been a commissioner of deeds and a notary public. In politics Mr. Hulse is a Democrat. He is one of the most popular men in the town, and one of the most highly regarded. He was the chief engineer of the fire department in Freehold for ten years, 1888-1898. He is a member of James W. Conover Post, No. 63, G.A.R., Freehold, and he held a commission as second in command of Company E, Second Reiment, National Guard, State of New Jersey. In 1867, John Wesley Hulse married Lidia, daughter of John C. Van Cleaf, of Manalapan township. Children, besides two that died in infancy: 1. Margaret, born in Freehold, New Jersey, in 1880; married Charles H. J. Clayton,an undertaker of Adelphi, New Jersey; children - Ada and Ensley. 2. James Burnett, born 1884; a printer in the Record office, at Long Branch; married Martha Palmer."
- Listed in NPS Civil War records as John W. Hulsery: http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldier_id=3261ceaa-dc7a-df11-bf36-b8ac6f5d926a
- Pvt. Co. A, 38th Regt NJ Vol. Enlisted 25 Sept 1864 mustered out 30 June 1865. Then served 11 years in the NJ National Guard
From "Early Dutch Settlers of Monmouth", page 98. "John W. Hulse, Esq., one of the justices of the peace of the township and police justice of the town of Freehold. Justice Hulse has abbreviated his name to the first syliable of his father's surname, and many others have done the same. John W. Hulse enlisted as a private when a lad of eighteen years and served as a Union soldier until the close of the Civil War. He has served one term as justice of Freehold township and gave such satisfaction by his fair and impartial decisions that he was elected to his second term without opposition. In his physical appearance he is a fair type of the old generations of this family and also seems to have their usual mental traits. For the Hulsharts have ever been a plain and unpretentious people, without those meddlesome propensities, overweening self conceit and insatiable curiosity which makes the descendants of certain people such unmitigated nuisances to their neighbors."
From "Genealogical History of State of New Jersey" by Frances B. Lee, page 1211. "John Wesley Hulse, child of Joseph G. and Achsah (Bennett) Hulshart, was born in Freehold township, near the Georgia schoolhouse, October 9, 1846, and is now living in Freehold, New Jersey. Until the breaking out of the war he worked on his father's farm, and then, September 23, 1864, enlisted in Company A, 38th New Jersey Volunteer Regiment, under Colonel (later Senator) Sewell. At the close of the war, June 30, 1865, he was mustered out of service, after having been in several skirmishes. It was during this period of service that he changed his name to its present spelling of Hulse. After his retirement from the army, Mr. Hulse returned to Freehold, where he learned the trade of painter, and setting up in business for himself he carried on a most successful plant from 1870 to 1892, in which he gave employment to quite a number of men.
In 1892 he was elected a justice of the peace, and for the last seventeen years he has continuously filled this office, having been re-elected four times without any opposition. For fourteen years he has been a police justice, and for a number of years past he has been a commissioner of deeds and a notary public. In politics Mr. Hulse is a Democrat. He is one of the most popular men in the town, and one of the most highly regarded. He was the chief engineer of the fire department in Freehold for ten years, 1888-1898. He is a member of James W. Conover Post, No. 63, G.A.R., Freehold, and he held a commission as second in command of Company E, Second Reiment, National Guard, State of New Jersey. In 1867, John Wesley Hulse married Lidia, daughter of John C. Van Cleaf, of Manalapan township. Children, besides two that died in infancy: 1. Margaret, born in Freehold, New Jersey, in 1880; married Charles H. J. Clayton,
an undertaker of Adelphi, New Jersey; children - Ada and Ensley. 2. James Burnett, born 1884; a printer in the Record office, at Long Branch; married Martha Palmer."
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