Englewood Makes History

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  • Vernon Isley was a singer and the youngest member of the original Isley Brothers. While riding his bicycle he was struck and killed by a car in Cincinnati in 1955.
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  • O'Kelly "Kelly" Isley was a singer and songwriter. He was a founding member of the Isley Brothers. His career began in 1954 and lasted until he died in 1986.
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  • Ronald Isley was a singer and songwriter. Ronald was a founding member of the Isley Brothers. He was the longest-standing member of the group. He worked with numerous artists including Warren G, Tupac, Rod Stewart, R. Kelly, and UGK. He married Margret Tinsley in 1960. He had a…
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  • Edith Rutledge Dulles Snare (March 30, 1897 – April 1985) was a civic leader, entrepreneur, and cultural advocate whose life bridged prominent family lineage and sustained community service across New Jersey and Vermont. Born in Englewood, New Jersey, Edith was the daughter of…
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  • William Dulles was a lawyer and businessman. He attended Princeton University in 1878 and the University of Pennsylvania in 1880. He began practicing in New York in 1882. He also acted as treasurer of the Louisville, New Albany, and Chicago railroads. From 1889 to 1897 he was…
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  • Frederick Snare Jr. (c. 1892–1942) was an engineer, corporate executive, military veteran, and civic leader whose life bridged international construction, wartime service, and public responsibility in Englewood, New Jersey. The son of Frederick Snare Sr., founder of the…
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  • Frederick Snare Sr. (c. 1860–September 22, 1943) was an American engineer, contractor, and international builder whose career spanned the United States, Cuba, and South America during the era of rapid industrial expansion and American overseas influence. As founder and longtime…
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  • Wilt Chamberlain was already a national basketball phenomenon by the spring of 1960. After rising to prominence at Overbrook High School, starring at the University of Kansas, spending a season with the Harlem Globetrotters, and entering the NBA with the Philadelphia Warriors in…
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  • Charles W. Ward was an Episcopal clergyman who served as rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church during the 1880s. He was the son of James Harman Ward, a distinguished U.S. Navy officer and nationally known military intellectual. James H. Ward was one of the founders of the U.S.…
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  • Fayrene “Faye” Lavern Johnson Treadwell was an educator, arts administrator, and pioneering music manager whose life and career moved fluidly between public service and the commercial music world of the twentieth century. Born in Arkansas, she was educated at Arkansas Baptist…
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