Charles Dunham Deshler, son of George W. and Catharine Lawson (Dunham) Deshler, was born in Easton, March 1, 1819. He entered the drug business in New Bruinswick, N. J., from which he retired in 1859, and engaged in literary work, first on the Jersey City Standard, and later on the Newark Advertiser. He returned to New Brunswick in 1868 and became connected with Harpers Magazine, having charge of the Editors Round Table. He wrote and compiled "Chaucer, With Selections," and "Afternoons with the Poets". He was associate judge of Middlesex County, N. J. and the first school system. He was postmaster of New Brunswick for one term and was instrumental in founding the Middlesex Gas Company and the Middlesex Savings Bank. He had a large and valuable library, principally historical in character. He died, May 10, 1909, aged 90 years. Mr. Deshler married Miss Mary Holcombe, who died in 1893.