| Politicians buried
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Frank Snowden Katzenbach, Jr. (1868-1929) —
also known as Frank S. Katzenbach, Jr. —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., November
6, 1868.
Son of Augusta (Mushbach) Katzenbach and Frank Snowden Katzenbach
(1844-1921).
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Trenton, N.J., 1902-06; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1907; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1920-29; died in
office 1929.
Presbyterian.
German
ancestry.
Died, from sepsis
resulting from a leg
infection, in Mercer Hospital,
Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., March 13,
1929 (age 60 years, 127
days).
Interment at Ewing Cemetery.
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Edward Lawrence Katzenbach (1878-1934) —
also known as Edward L. Katzenbach —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., October
21, 1878.
Son of Frank Snowden Katzenbach (1844-1921) and Augusta (Mushbach)
Katzenbach.
Lawyer;
counsel for banks and
paper
companies; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1924-29.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Rotary.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., December
18, 1934 (age 56 years, 58
days).
Interment at Ewing Cemetery.
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Marie Hilson Katzenbach (1882-1970) —
also known as Marie H. Katzenbach; Marie Louise Hunt
Hilson —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., December
8, 1882.
Daughter of Cleveland Hilson and Matilda Emily (Hunt) Hilson.
Librarian;
member, New Jersey State Board of Education, 1921-64; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Mercer County,
1947.
Female.
French
ancestry. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Colonial
Dames.
The Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf, in Trenton, N.J., is named for
her.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., February
4, 1970 (age 87 years, 58
days).
Interment at Ewing Cemetery.
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Frank Snowden Katzenbach III (1907-1964) —
also known as Frank S. Katzenbach III —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Florence, Burlington
County, N.J., June 7,
1907.
Son of Frank
Snowden Katzenbach, Jr. and Natalie (McNeal) Katzenbach
(1872-1964).
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
1940.
Died in 1964
(age about
57 years).
Interment at Ewing Cemetery.
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S. Howard Woodson, Jr. (c.1916-1999) —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born about 1916.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
1964;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1974-76.
African
ancestry.
Died July 28,
1999 (age about 83
years).
Interment at Ewing Cemetery.
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| Politicians buried
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Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) —
also known as Stephen Grover Cleveland; "Uncle
Jumbo"; "The Veto Mayor"; "Grover
The Good"; "The Sage of Princeton";
"Dumb Prophet"; "Buffalo Hangman";
"The Veto President"; "Beast of
Buffalo"; "Big Steve" —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Tamworth, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Caldwell, Essex
County, N.J., March 18,
1837.
Son of Rev. Richard Falley Cleveland (1804-1853) and Ann (Neal)
Cleveland (1806-1882).
Democrat. Lawyer; Erie
County Sheriff, 1870-73; mayor of
Buffalo, N.Y., 1882; Governor of
New York, 1883-85; President
of the United States, 1885-89, 1893-97; defeated, 1888.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1935. His portrait appeared on the
U.S. $20
bill from 1914 to 1928, and on the $1,000
bill from 1928 to 1946.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., June 24,
1908 (age 71 years, 98
days).
Interment at Princeton Cemetery; statue at City Hall Grounds, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Relatives: Third
cousin thrice removed of Ephraim
Safford; second cousin twice removed of Jonathan
Usher; son of Rev. Richard Falley Cleveland (1804-1853) and Ann
(Neal) Cleveland (1806-1882); third cousin once removed of John
Palmer Usher and Robert
Cleveland Usher; married, June 2,
1886, to Frances Folsom (1864-1947); fourth cousin once removed
of Rollin
Usher Tyler; father of Richard
F. Cleveland. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Henry
T. Ellett — Wilson
S. Bissell — David
King Udall — Edward
S. Bragg — Thomas
F. Grady — Lyman K.
Bass — George
B. Cortelyou |
| | | Cleveland counties in Ark. and Okla. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Grover
C. Cook
— Grover
C. Helm
— Grover
C. Robertson
— Grover
A. Whalen
— Grover
C. Taylor
— Grover
C. Winn
— Grover
C. Luke
— Grover
C. Belknap
— Grover
C. Worrell
— Grover
C. Dillman
— Grover
C. Brenneman
— Grover
C. Mitchell
— Grover
C. Ladner
— Grover
C. Hall
— Grover
C. Cisel
— Grover
C. Hedrick
— Grover
C. Hunter
— Grover
C. Montgomery
— Grover
C. Farwell
— Grover
C. Gillingham
— Grover
C. Combs
— Grover
C. Snyder
— Grover
C. Guernsey
— Grover
C. Smith
— Grover
C. Jackson
— Grover
C. Hunter
— Grover
C. Land
— Grover
C. Moritz
— Grover
C. Richman, Jr.
— Grover
C. Anderson
— Grover
C. Chriss
— Grover
C. George
— Grover
C. Criswell
— Grover
C. Robinson III
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| | | Campaign slogan (1884): "We love him
for the enemies he has made." |
| | | Opposition slogan (1884): "Ma, Ma,
Where's My Pa?" |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about Grover Cleveland: Alyn
Brodsky, Grover
Cleveland : A Study in Character — H. Paul Jeffers, An
Honest President: The Life and Presidencies of Grover
Cleveland — Mark Wahlgren Summers, Rum,
Romanism, & Rebellion : The Making of a President,
1884 — Henry F. Graff, Grover
Cleveland — Jeff C. Young, Grover
Cleveland (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Aaron Burr (1756-1836) —
also known as Aaron Edwards —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
6, 1756.
Son of Aaron Burr .
Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1784-85, 1797-99, 1800-01 (New York County
1784-85, 1797-99, Orange County 1800-01); New York
state attorney general, 1789-91; appointed 1789; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1791-97; Vice
President of the United States, 1801-05.
Presbyterian.
Killed Alexander
Hamilton in a duel,
July 11, 1804. Tried for
treason
in 1807 and acquitted.
Died, after several strokes,
at the Winants or Port Richmond Hotel,
Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
14, 1836 (age 80 years, 221
days).
Interment at Princeton Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Aaron Burr ; nephew of Pierpont
Edwards; brother of Sarah Burr (1754-1797; who married Tapping
Reeve); married 1782 to
Theodosia Prevos (died 1794); married 1833 to Eliza
(Bowen) Jumel (1775-1865); first cousin of Theodore
Dwight and Henry
Waggaman Edwards; father of Theodosia Burr (1783-1813; who
married Joseph
Alston). See Edwards-Wagner-Burr-Alston
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Jonathan
Dayton — Nathaniel
Pendleton — John
Smith — John
Tayler — Walter
D. Corrigan, Sr. — Cowles
Mead — Luther
Martin — William
P. Van Ness — Samuel
Swartwout |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Aaron Burr: Milton Lomask,
Aaron
Burr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President, 1756-1805 (out
of print) — Milton Lomask, Aaron
Burr: The Conspiracy and Years of Exile, 1805-1836 (out of
print) — Joseph Wheelan, Jefferson's
Vendetta : The Pursuit of Aaron Burr and the
Judiciary — Buckner F. Melton Jr., Aaron
Burr : Conspiracy to Treason — Thomas Fleming, Duel:
Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of
America — Arnold A. Rogow, A
Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron
Burr |
| | | Fiction about Aaron Burr: Gore Vidal,
Burr |
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John Witherspoon (1723-1794) —
of Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Gifford, Haddingtonshire, Scotland,
February
5, 1723.
Presbyterian
minister; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1783, 1789.
Presbyterian.
Became blind
in 1792.
Died near Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., November
15, 1794 (age 71 years, 283
days).
Interment at Princeton Cemetery.
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Norman Armour (1887-1982) —
of Gladstone, Somerset
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Brighton, England
of American parents, October
14, 1887.
Son of George Allison Armour and Harriette (Foote) Armour.
Lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1932-33, 1933-35; Canada, 1935-38; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1938-39; Argentina, 1939-44; Spain, 1945; Venezuela, 1950-51; Guatamala, 1954-55.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
One of five retired diplomats who co-signed a famous 1954 letter
protesting U.S. Sen. Joe
McCarthy's attacks on the Foreign Service.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
27, 1982 (age 94 years, 348
days).
Interment at Princeton Cemetery.
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John Potter Stockton (1826-1900) —
also known as John P. Stockton —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August 2,
1826.
Son of Robert
Field Stockton.
Democrat. U.S. Minister to Papal States, 1858-61; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1864,
1876
(member, Credentials
Committee); U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1865-66, 1869-75; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1877-92.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
22, 1900 (age 73 years, 173
days).
Interment at Princeton Cemetery.
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George Frost Kennan (1904-2005) —
also known as George F. Kennan —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., February
16, 1904.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Tallinn, 1929; U.S. Consul in Berlin, 1932; U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1952; Yugoslavia, 1961; the government of the Soviet Union declared
him persona
non grata on October 3, 1952; received the 1956 Pulitzer
Prize in History for his book Russia Leaves the War;
received the 1968 Pulitzer
Prize in Biography for his Memoirs; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1989.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., March 17,
2005 (age 101 years, 29
days).
Interment at Princeton Cemetery.
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George Wildman Ball (1909-1994) —
also known as George W. Ball —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, December
21, 1909.
Son of Amos Ball and Edna (Wildman) Ball.
U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1968.
Died at New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 26,
1994 (age 84 years, 156
days).
Interment at Princeton Cemetery.
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John Renshaw Thomson (1800-1862) —
also known as John R. Thomson —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1800.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1853-62; died in office 1862.
Died in 1862
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Princeton Cemetery.
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Alexander Taggart McGill (1845-1900) —
also known as Alexander T. McGill —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., October
20, 1845.
Son of Rev. Alexander T. McGill (died 1880).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1874-75; Hudson
County Prosecutor of the Pleas, 1877-82; Hudson
County Law Judge, 1882-87; chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1887-1900; died in office 1900;
candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1895.
Died in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., April 21,
1900 (age 54 years, 183
days).
Interment at Princeton Cemetery.
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Henry van Dyke (1852-1933) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
10, 1852.
Poet;
U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1913-17; Luxembourg, 1913-17.
Presbyterian.
Died April 10,
1933 (age 80 years, 151
days).
Interment at Princeton Cemetery.
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Howard Alexander Smith (1880-1966) —
also known as H. Alexander Smith —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
30, 1880.
Son of Dr. Abram Alexander Smith and Sue Lehn (Bender) Smith.
Republican. Lawyer; treasurer of
New Jersey Republican Party, 1934-41; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1956;
New Jersey
Republican state chair, 1941-43; member of Republican
National Committee from New Jersey, 1942-44; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1944-59.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., October
27, 1966 (age 86 years, 270
days).
Interment at Princeton Cemetery.
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Richard Stockton (1764-1828) —
of New Jersey.
Born in New Jersey, April 17,
1764.
Son of Richard
Stockton (1730-1781).
U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1789-91; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1796-99; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1813-15; member of
New Jersey state legislature; received 8 electoral votes for
Vice-President, 1820.
Died March 7,
1828 (age 63 years, 325
days).
Interment at Princeton Cemetery.
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Robert Field Stockton (1795-1866) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
20, 1795.
Son of Richard
Stockton (1764-1828).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812; served in
the U.S. Navy during the Mexican War; Military
Governor of California, 1846-47; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1851-53.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., October
7, 1866 (age 71 years, 48
days).
Interment at Princeton Cemetery.
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William Stryker Gummere (1852-1933) —
also known as William S. Gummere —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., June 24,
1852.
Son of Barker Gummere and Elizabeth (Stryker) Gummere (1826-1898).
Republican. Circuit judge in New Jersey; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1895-1901; appointed
1895; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1901-.
Died, of pneumonia,
in St. Barnabas Hospital,
Newark, Essex
County, N.J., January
26, 1933 (age 80 years, 216
days).
Interment at Princeton Cemetery.
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Edward Parke Custis Lewis (1837-1892) —
also known as Edward P. C. Lewis —
of Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in 1837.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1878; U.S.
Minister to Portugal, 1885-89.
Died in 1892
(age about
55 years).
Interment at Princeton Cemetery.
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Richard Stockton Field (1803-1870) —
of Salem, Salem
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Burlington
County, N.J., December
31, 1803.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1837; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1838-41; delegate to
New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1844; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1862-63; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1863-70; resigned 1870.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., May 25,
1870 (age 66 years, 145
days).
Interment at Princeton Cemetery.
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Roger Atkinson Pryor (1828-1919) —
also known as Roger A. Pryor —
of Petersburg,
Va.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Petersburg, Dinwiddie
County, Va., July 19,
1828.
Son of Rev. Theodorick Bland Pryor and Lucy (Atkinson) Pryor.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1859-61; Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1876,
1888;
common pleas court judge in New York, 1890-95; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-99.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 14,
1919 (age 90 years, 238
days).
Interment at Princeton Cemetery.
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Barbara Boggs Sigmund (1939-1990) —
also known as Barbara B. Sigmund; "Mayor
Barbara" —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born May 27,
1939.
Daughter of Thomas
Hale Boggs, Sr. and Corinne
Claiborne Boggs.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
1980;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1982; mayor
of Princeton, N.J., 1983-90.
Female.
Lost
her left eye to cancer in 1982.
Died October
10, 1990 (age 51 years, 136
days).
Interment at Princeton Cemetery.
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Edward Dickinson Duffield (1871-1938) —
also known as Edward D. Duffield —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., March 3,
1871.
Son of John Thomas Duffield and Sarah Elizabeth (Green) Duffield.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1904-05; village
president of South Orange, New Jersey, 1917; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920,
1936;
president, Prudential Insurance
Company, 1922-38; acting
president, Princeton University, 1932-33; director, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Company.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Suffered a stroke,
and died the next day, in South Orange, Essex
County, N.J., September
17, 1938 (age 67 years, 198
days).
Interment at Princeton Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John Thomas Duffield and Sarah Elizabeth (Green) Duffield;
married, April 21,
1897, to Josephine Reade Curtis; married 1916 to Barbara
Freeman. |
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Joseph Ross Stevenson (1866-1939) —
also known as J. Ross Stevenson —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Ligonier, Westmoreland
County, Pa., March 1,
1866.
Son of Rev. Ross Stevenson and Martha A. (Harbison) Stevenson.
Democrat. Pastor; college
professor; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
president,
Princeton Theological Seminary, 1914-36.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
13, 1939 (age 73 years, 165
days).
Interment at Princeton Cemetery.
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Charles Beatty Alexander (1849-1927) —
also known as Charles B. Alexander —
of Tuxedo Park, Orange
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1849.
Son of Henry Martyn Alexander and Susan Mary (Brown) Alexander.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director and counsel for Equitable Life insurance
company; director of the Middletown & Unionville Railroad,
the Hocking Valley Railroad,
and several banks;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912,
1916
(alternate), 1920;
member, New York State Board of Regents, 1913-27.
Presbyterian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; American Bar
Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1927 (age 77 years, 63
days).
Interment at Princeton Cemetery.
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George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885) —
also known as George B. McClellan; "Little
Mac" —
of New Jersey.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
3, 1826.
Son of George McClellan and Elizabeth Steinmetz (Brinton) McClellan.
Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate
for President
of the United States, 1864; Governor of
New Jersey, 1878-81.
Member, Freemasons;
Loyal
Legion.
Died October
29, 1885 (age 58 years, 330
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery; statue erected 1907 at Connecticut
Avenue, Washington, D.C.
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William Lewis Dayton (1807-1864) —
also known as William L. Dayton —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Basking Ridge, Somerset
County, N.J., February
17, 1807.
Son of Joel Dayton.
Lawyer;
member of New Jersey
state senate, 1837; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1838; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1842-51; Republican candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1856; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1857-61; U.S. Minister to France, 1861-64, died in office 1864.
Died in France,
December
1, 1864 (age 57 years, 288
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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Mercer Beasley (1815-1897) —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1815.
Son of Rev. Frederick Beasley.
Lawyer;
Whig candidate for mayor of
Trenton, N.J., 1851; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1864-97; died in
office 1897.
Died, from bronchial
pneumonia, in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., February
19, 1897 (age about 81
years).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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Frank Obadiah Briggs (1851-1913) —
also known as Frank O. Briggs —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., August
12, 1851.
Son of James
Frankland Briggs.
Republican. Mayor of
Trenton, N.J., 1899-1902; New Jersey
state treasurer, 1902-05; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1907-13.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., May 8,
1913 (age 61 years, 269
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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A. Dayton Oliphant (1887-1963) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., October
28, 1887.
Son of Henry Duncan Oliphant and Elizabeth Van Dever (Dayton)
Oliphant.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1915-17; Mercer
County Prosecutor of the Pleas, 1918-23; circuit judge in New
Jersey, 1927-45; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1945-46, 1948-57; chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1946-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Society
of the Cincinnati; Phi
Delta Theta; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died June 25,
1963 (age 75 years, 240
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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William Halstead (1794-1878) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., June 4,
1794.
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1837-39, 1841-43; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1850-53.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., March 4,
1878 (age 83 years, 273
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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David Lane Powers (1896-1968) —
also known as D. Lane Powers —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 29,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1928-30; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1933-45.
Died in Feasterville, Bucks
County, Pa., March 28,
1968 (age 71 years, 243
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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John Hart Brewer (1844-1900) —
also known as J. Hart Brewer —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Woodsville, Mercer
County, N.J., March 29,
1844.
Republican. Manufacturer;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1881-85.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., December
21, 1900 (age 56 years, 267
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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John Taylor Bird (1829-1911) —
of Bloomsbury, Hunterdon
County, N.J.; Clinton, Hunterdon
County, N.J.; Flemington, Hunterdon
County, N.J.; Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Bloomsbury, Hunterdon
County, N.J., August
16, 1829.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1869-73; delegate to
New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1876.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., May 6,
1911 (age 81 years, 263
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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