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Bernard James Dwyer (1921-1998) —
also known as Bernard J. Dwyer —
of Edison, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., January
24, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New Jersey
state senate 18th District, 1974-80; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1981-93 (15th District 1981-83,
6th District 1983-93); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Jersey, 1988.
Catholic.
Died, of a heart
attack, while driving
his car in Metuchen, Middlesex
County, N.J., October
31, 1998 (age 77 years, 280
days).
Interment at St. Gertrude's Cemetery.
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Florence Price Dwyer (1902-1976) —
also known as Florence P. Dwyer; Florence Louise
Price —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., July 4,
1902.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1944,
1948;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1950-56; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1957-73 (6th District 1957-67,
12th District 1967-73).
Female.
Died in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., February
29, 1976 (age 73 years, 240
days).
Interment at St. Gertrude's Cemetery.
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James J. Kinneally (d. 1972) —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
1944,
1948,
1956,
1960,
1964;
chair
of Union County Democratic Party, 1959.
Died in 1972.
Interment at St. Gertrude's Cemetery.
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George Craig Ludlow (1830-1900) —
also known as George C. Ludlow —
of Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born April 6,
1830.
Member of New Jersey
state senate from Middlesex County, 1877-79; Governor of
New Jersey, 1881-84; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1895-1900; appointed
1895.
Died December
18, 1900 (age 70 years, 256
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Miles Ross (1827-1903) —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Raritan Township, Middlesex
County, N.J., April 30,
1827.
Democrat. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1863-64; mayor
of New Brunswick, N.J., 1867-69; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1875-83; defeated,
1882; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1876,
1884,
1888,
1892.
Died in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., February
22, 1903 (age 75 years, 298
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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James Bishop (1816-1895) —
of Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., May 11,
1816.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1849-50; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1855-57.
Died near Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., May 10,
1895 (age 78 years, 364
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Edwin Winfield Eden (1887-1953) —
also known as Edwin W. Eden —
of Highland Park, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., 1887.
Mayor
of Highland Park, N.J., 1928-30.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Highland Park, Middlesex
County, N.J., September
1, 1953 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Cornelius McCrelis (1883-1964) —
of Highland Park, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., 1883.
Mayor
of Highland Park, N.J., 1922-24.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Highland Park, Middlesex
County, N.J., May 10,
1964 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Robert Wood Johnson, Jr. (1893-1968) —
also known as "The General" —
of Highland Park, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., 1893.
Mayor
of Highland Park, N.J., 1920-22.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
President or Chairman of the Board, Johnson & Johnson, 1932-63.
Died, in Roosevelt Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
30, 1968 (age about 74
years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Alvah H. Cole (1884-1970) —
of Highland Park, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Pleasant Run, Hunterdon
County, N.J., 1884.
Merchant;
mayor
of Highland Park, N.J., 1948-51.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Tall
Cedars of Lebanon; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Edison Lodge Nursing
Home, Edison, Middlesex
County, N.J., May 11,
1970 (age about 85
years).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787-1862) —
also known as "Christian Statesman" —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Franklin Township, Somerset
County, N.J., March 28,
1787.
Son of Frederick
Frelinghuysen.
Whig. Lawyer; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1817-29; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1829-35; mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1837-38; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1844.
Died in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., April 12,
1862 (age 75 years, 15
days).
Interment at First Reformed Church Cemetery.
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James Schureman (1756-1824) —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., February
12, 1756.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; merchant;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1783-85, 1788; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1786-87; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1789-91, 1797-99, 1813-15
(at-large 1789-91, 1797-99, 2nd District 1813-15); U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1799-1801; mayor
of New Brunswick, N.J., 1801-13, 1821-24; died in office 1824;
member of New Jersey
State Council, 1808-10.
Died in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., January
22, 1824 (age 67 years, 344
days).
Interment at First Reformed Church Cemetery.
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John Neilson (1745-1833) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Raritan Landing (now part of Piscataway), Middlesex
County, N.J., March 11,
1745.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1778; delegate to
New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1790; member of New
Jersey state legislature, 1800-01.
Died in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., March 3,
1833 (age 87 years, 357
days).
Interment at Van Liew Cemetery.
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Garnett Bowditch Adrain (1815-1878) —
also known as Garnett B. Adrain —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
15, 1815.
Son of Robert Adrain (1775-1843; mathematician) and Ann (Pollock)
Adrain.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1857-61.
Died in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., August
17, 1878 (age 62 years, 245
days).
Interment at Van Liew Cemetery.
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Littleton Kirkpatrick (1797-1859) —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., October
19, 1797.
Son of Andrew
Kirkpatrick.
Democrat. Mayor
of New Brunswick, N.J., 1841-42; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1843-45.
Died August
15, 1859 (age 61 years, 300
days).
Original interment at Presbyterian Cemetery,
New Brunswick, N.J.; reinterment in 1921 at Van Liew Cemetery.
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J. Edward Crabiel (d. 1992) —
of Milltown, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New Jersey, 1948;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1953-65; member of New Jersey
state senate, 1966-77; secretary of
state of New Jersey, 1974-77.
Died June 19,
1992.
Interment at Van Liew Cemetery.
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Charles Van Liew Booream —
of Milltown, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
1932.
Interment at Van Liew Cemetery.
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Morgan Foster Larson (1882-1961) —
also known as Morgan F. Larson —
of Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., June 15,
1882.
Republican. Engineer;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Middlesex County, 1922-28; Governor of
New Jersey, 1929-32.
Died March 21,
1961 (age 78 years, 279
days).
Interment at Alpine Cemetery.
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George J. Otlowski (1912-2009) —
of Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., January
3, 1912.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1962; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 19th District, 1974-92; mayor
of Perth Amboy, N.J., 1976-90.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry.
Died, in Raritan Bay Medical
Center, Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., March 16,
2009 (age 97 years, 72
days).
Interment at Alpine Cemetery.
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Richard Wayne Parker (1848-1923) —
also known as Richard W. Parker —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., August 6,
1848.
Son of Cortlandt
Parker and Elizabeth (Stites) Parker.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1885-86; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1895-1911, 1914-19, 1921-23 (6th
District 1895-1903, 7th District 1903-09, 13th District 1909-11, 9th
District 1914-19, 1921-23); defeated, 1892, 1922; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920.
Died in Paris, France,
November
28, 1923 (age 75 years, 114
days).
Interment at St. Peter's Churchyard.
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Charles Wolcott Parker (1862-1948) —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., October
22, 1862.
Son of Cortlandt
Parker and Elisabeth Wolcott (Stites) Parker.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in New Jersey 2nd District, 1898-1903; circuit judge
in New Jersey, 1903-07; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1907-47.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died January
23, 1948 (age 85 years, 93
days).
Interment at St. Peter's Churchyard.
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James Parker (1776-1868) —
of Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Bethlehem, Hunterdon
County, N.J., March 3,
1776.
Son of James Parker and Gertrude (Skinner) Parker.
Democrat. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1806-10, 1812-13, 1815-16, 1818,
1827; mayor
of Perth Amboy, N.J., 1815, 1850; Presidential Elector for New
Jersey, 1824;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1829-33; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1833-37; delegate to
New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1844.
Episcopalian.
Died in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., April 1,
1868 (age 92 years, 29
days).
Interment at St. Peter's Churchyard.
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Harold Giles Hoffman (1896-1954) —
also known as Harold G. Hoffman —
of South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., February
7, 1896.
Son of Frank Hoffman and Ada Crawford (Thom) Hoffman.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
business; banker; newspaper
columnist and radio
commentator; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1923-24; mayor
of South Amboy, N.J., 1925-27; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1927-31; New Jersey
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, 1930-35; Governor of
New Jersey, 1935-38; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1936;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Methodist.
Member, Junior
Order; Patriotic
Order Sons of America; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles; Royal
Arcanum.
Suspended
in 1954 as head of the New Jersey unemployment compensation system
for an investigation
of financial irregularities. Subsequently, when he died, his written
confession
of embezzlement
schemes was disclosed.
Died, of a heart
attack, in his room at the Blake Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 4,
1954 (age 58 years, 117
days).
Interment at Christ Church Cemetery.
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Benjamin Franklin Howell (1844-1933) —
also known as Benjamin F. Howell —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Cumberland
County, N.J., January
27, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1895-1911.
Died in 1933
(age about
89 years).
Interment at Christ Church Cemetery.
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