Mahlon Reed Margerum

Founder and partner with brother Samuel in Margerum Brothers Provision Company President of People's Brewing Company of Trenton President of the Trenton House Hotel Company Treasurer and general manager of the Windsor Hotel Company (Hotel owned and operated by his son John Frederic) Treasurer of the Mercer Bottling Company A director in the Walter Automobile Company Secretary of the INter-State Fair Association Member of the Masonic fraternity Caption in the Second Brigade of the National Guard of New Jersey, appointed to Governor Stokes' personal staff

"Mr Margerum is very fond of outdoor sports and he can be seen almost every day on horseback. He is a member of the Democratic Party...(he) is a man of great energy and entertains liberal views on all matters with which he is associated. He takes great interest, not only in the affairs of his native city, but in those of the country at large, and is always ready to lend his assistance to any movement that tends to the public welfare."