The Political Graveyard: Salem County, N.J.

Salem County
New Jersey

Salem County information:

Population: 64,285 (2000); 65,294 (1990)
Land area 338 square miles.
County seat: Salem
Salem County official web site.
Capital Impact: Salem County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
Fedstats/Mapstats: Salem County -- data on agriculture, population, immigration, business, crime, environment
Salem County NJGenWeb page -- genealogical, historical information and queries
(if this link doesn't work, find the new one through the USGenWeb national site).
Salem County page at Interment.Net (Cemetery Records Online).

Neighboring areas:

The Political Graveyard:

Selected officials of Salem County
Politicians who were born in Salem County
Politicians who lived in Salem County
Politicians who died in Salem County
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Salem County

Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error. The intent is to locate places according to current county names and boundaries. If you don't find what you're looking for, check other nearby counties, the unassigned page, or the Gazetteer. Any corrections to county locations would be greatly appreciated. See contact information on the Main Page.

Selected officials of Salem County

(not intended to be complete)

George Hires (Sheriff, 1867-69) Collins B. Allen (Sheriff, 1905-08)

Politicians who were born in Salem County

No city given: Benjamin Harris Brewster 1816 Collins B. Allen 1866 William S. Stiles 1869
Alliance: Joseph B. Perskie 1885
Auburn: Samuel D. Hoffman 1850
Centerton: Thomas Whitaker Trenchard 1863
Elmer: William H. Albright 1875
Elsinboro Township: George Hires 1835
Penns Grove: S. Rusling Leap 1886
Salem: William Hall Walker 1812 Alexander G. Cattell 1816 John A. Waddington 1911 William J. Hughes 1932
Near Salem: Isaac A. Barber 1852
Woodstown: Isaiah Dunn Clawson 1822
See also N.J. birthplaces not assigned to counties.

Politicians who lived in Salem County

No city given: Benjamin Acton, Jr. - Richard M. Acton - J. Gilbert Borton - James Butcher - Quinton Keasbey - Richard C. Miller - Wyatt W. Miller - Joseph Narrow - William Newell - Isaac Newkirk - Charles S. Plummer - Samuel Plummer - William Plummer, Jr. - Emmor Reeve - Joseph K. Riley - William J. Shinn - Isaac S. Smick - Charles P. Smith - James Strimple - John Summerill, Jr. - Allen Wallace - John C. Ward
Carneys Point: John A. Mulhern - Edward Weitzenhofer
Centerton: Arthur P. Schalick
Elmer: Preston S. Foster
Hancocks Bridge: John N. Pancoast, Jr.
Lower Penns Neck Township: John A. Waddington
Pedricktown: Harry W. Johnson
Penns Grove: Alvin R. Featherer - Peter Hoff - John M. Summerill, Jr.
Near Penns Grove: William S. Stiles
Pittsgrove: Elizabeth J. Collins - Jack Collins
Quinton: Wilma B. Owens - B. Harold Smick, Sr.
Salem: I. Oakford Acton - Collins B. Allen - John C. Belden - William H. Chew - D. Stewart Craven - J. Warren Davis - Samuel Dick - Earl R. Gage - Thomas J. Grieves - George Hires - Lucius E. Hires - Nathaniel S. Hires - Jacob Hufty - Jonathan B. Ingham - W. Orvyl Schalick - Thomas Shourds - Thomas Sinnickson - D. Harris Smith - Hedge Thompson
Sharptown: William Richman
Woodstown: Mrs. W. Ralph Davis - Arthur R. Gemberling - S. Rusling Leap - William Richman - H. Donald Stewart
See also N.J. areas not assigned to counties.

Politicians who died in Salem County

Lower Penns Neck Township: Thomas Bines 1826
Salem: Samuel Dick 1812
Woodstown: Isaiah Dunn Clawson 1879

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Salem County

Elmer Chestnut Grove Cemetery
Norma Alliance Cemetery
Salem East View Cemetery
Salem First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Salem St. John's Episcopal Cemetery
Salem St. John's Episcopal Churchyard
Salem St. John's Protestant Episcopal Churchyard
Woodstown Baptist Cemetery

Chestnut Grove Cemetery
Elmer, Salem County, New Jersey

Politicians buried here:

Arthur P. Schalick (d. 1981) — of Centerton, Salem County, N.J. Brother of W. Orvyl Schalick. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1940 (alternate), 1956. Died April 22, 1981. Interment at Chestnut Grove Cemetery.

Alliance Cemetery
Norma, Salem County, New Jersey

Politicians buried here:

Nathan L. Karp (1915-2000) — also known as Nat Karp — of Jamaica, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., April 25, 1915. Clothing cutter; Industrial Government candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1950; Industrial Government candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1952; Industrial Government candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1953; Industrial Government candidate for Governor of New York, 1954. Died in California, April 22, 2000. Interment at Alliance Cemetery.

East View Cemetery
Salem, Salem County, New Jersey

Politicians buried here:

W. Orvyl Schalick (d. 1993) — of Salem, Salem County, N.J. Brother of Arthur P. Schalick. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1944, 1948. Died August 15, 1993. Interment at East View Cemetery.

First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Salem, Salem County, New Jersey

Politicians buried here:

George Hires (1835-1911) — of Salem, Salem County, N.J. Born in Elsinboro Township, Salem County, N.J., January 26, 1835. Republican. Salem County Sheriff, 1867-69; member of New Jersey state senate from Salem County, 1882-84; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1885-89; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1894; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1896. Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic County, N.J., February 16, 1911. Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
John C. Belden — of Salem, Salem County, N.J. Member of New Jersey state senate from Salem County, 1870-72. Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Lucius E. Hires — of Salem, Salem County, N.J. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1900 (alternate), 1916. Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

St. John's Episcopal Cemetery
Salem, Salem County, New Jersey

Politicians buried here:

Samuel Dick (1740-1812) — of Salem, Salem County, N.J. Born in Nottingham, Prince George's County, Md., November 14, 1740. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1784-85. Died in Salem, Salem County, N.J., November 16, 1812. Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Thomas Sinnickson (1744-1817) — of New Jersey. Born in New Jersey, 1744. Uncle of Thomas Sinnickson (1786-1873); granduncle of Clement Hall Sinnickson. Member of New Jersey state legislature; U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1789-91, 1797-99. Died in 1817. Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery.
- See also Sinnickson family of New Jersey
- See also: congressional biography.
Daniel Garrison (1782-1851) — of New Jersey. Born in New Jersey, 1782. Democrat. Member of New Jersey state legislature; U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1823-27 (3rd District 1823-25, at-large 1825-27). Died in 1851. Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Thomas Jones Yorke (1801-1882) — of New Jersey. Born in New Jersey, 1801. Member of New Jersey state legislature; U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1837-39, 1841-43. Died in 1882. Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Joseph Kille (1790-1865) — of New Jersey. Born near Bridgeport, Gloucester County, N.J., April 12, 1790. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1839-41; member of New Jersey state legislature, 1856. Died March 1, 1865. Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Clement Hall Sinnickson (1834-1919) — of New Jersey. Born in New Jersey, 1834. Grandnephew of Thomas Sinnickson. Republican. U.S. Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1875-79. Died in 1919. Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery.
- See also Sinnickson family of New Jersey
- See also: congressional biography.
Thomas Sinnickson (1786-1873) — of Salem, Salem County, N.J. Born in New Jersey, 1786. Nephew of Thomas Sinnickson (1744-1817). Member of New Jersey state legislature; U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1828-29. Died in 1873. Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery.
- See also Sinnickson family of New Jersey
- See also: congressional biography.

St. John's Episcopal Churchyard
Salem, Salem County, New Jersey

Politicians buried here:

Jacob Hufty (d. 1814) — of Salem, Salem County, N.J. Born in New Jersey. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1809-14 (6th District 1809-11, at-large 1811-13, 3rd District 1813-14); died in office 1814. Died in 1814. Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard.
- See also: congressional biography.

St. John's Protestant Episcopal Churchyard
Salem, Salem County, New Jersey

Politicians buried here:

Hedge Thompson (1780-1828) — of Salem, Salem County, N.J. Born in New Jersey, 1780. Member of New Jersey state legislature, 1805; state court judge in New Jersey, 1815; U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1827-28; died in office 1828. Died July 23, 1828. Interment at St. John's Protestant Episcopal Churchyard; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
- See also: congressional biography.

Baptist Cemetery
Woodstown, Salem County, New Jersey

Politicians buried here:

Isaiah Dunn Clawson (1822-1879) — of New Jersey. Born in Woodstown, Salem County, N.J., March 30, 1822. Member of New Jersey state legislature, 1854; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1855-59. Died in Woodstown, Salem County, N.J., October 9, 1879. Interment at Baptist Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

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