Excerpt from Nelson's Biographical Cyclopedia of New Jersey, Vol. 2<br><br>For nearly forty years Mr. Dryden was a resident of Newark, New Jersey, and one of its most highly honored citizens. He was born August 7, 1839, on a farm at Temple Mills, near Farmington, Maine, and his life is an illustration of what a young man of ordinary means and honest birth can accomplish, and the kind of heritage he can leave for the benefit of humanity. His parents were John and Elizabeth B. Dryden, of old New England ancestry.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.