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Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., October
16, 1760.
Son of Elias
Dayton.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New Jersey state legislature, 1786-87, 1790; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1787-89; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1791-99; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1795-99; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1799-1805; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1814-15.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons.
Arrested
in 1807 on charges
of conspiring with Aaron
Burr in treasonable
projects; gave bail and was released, but never brought to trial.
Died in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., October
9, 1824 (age 63 years, 359
days).
Entombed at St. John's Churchyard.
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John De Hart (1727-1795) —
of Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J.
Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J., July 25,
1727.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1774-76; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1776-77.
Died in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J., June 1,
1795 (age 67 years, 311
days).
Interment at St. John's Churchyard.
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Isaac Williamson Scudder (1816-1881) —
of New Jersey.
Born in New Jersey, 1816.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1873-75.
Died in 1881
(age about
65 years).
Interment at St. John's Churchyard.
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William Jay Magie (1832-1917) —
also known as William J. Magie —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., December
9, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer; Union
County Prosecutor of the Pleas, 1866-71; member of New Jersey
state senate from Union County, 1876-78; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1880-97; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1897-1900; chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1900-08.
Died in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., January
15, 1917 (age 84 years, 37
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Sarah Frances Baldwin (1834-1894). |
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John Kean (1852-1914) —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.; Union Township, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Union Township, Union
County, N.J., December
4, 1852.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1883-85, 1887-89;
candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1892; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1899-1911; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1904.
Died November
4, 1914 (age 61 years, 335
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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William Sulzer (1863-1941) —
also known as "Plain Bill" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., March 18,
1863.
Son of Thomas Sulzer and Lydia Sulzer.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1890-94, 1914 (New York County 14th District
1890-92, New York County 10th District 1893-94, New York County 6th
District 1914); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1893; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1895-1912 (11th District 1895-1903,
10th District 1903-09, 16th District 1909-11, 10th District 1911-12);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896,
1912
(speaker);
Governor
of New York, 1913; removed 1913; defeated, 1914, 1914.
Presbyterian.
German
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Impeached
and removed from
office as governor, 1913.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
6, 1941 (age 78 years, 233
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Phineas Jones (1819-1884) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Spencer, Worcester
County, Mass., April 18,
1819.
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1873-74; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1881-83.
Died April 19,
1884 (age 65 years, 1
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Amos Clark, Jr. (1828-1912) —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
8, 1828.
Republican. Member of New Jersey
state senate from Union County, 1867-69; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1873-75; defeated,
1874.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
31, 1912 (age 83 years, 358
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Jerome Taylor Congleton (1876-1936) —
also known as Jerome T. Congleton —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., August
25, 1876.
Son of Joseph Norton Congleton and Mary Isabel (Wade) Congleton.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1928-33.
Methodist
or Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks.
Died, from a heart
attack, while sitting in his
car, in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., December
10, 1936 (age 60 years, 107
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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William Chetwood (1771-1857) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., June 17,
1771.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1836-37.
Died in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., December
17, 1857 (age 86 years, 183
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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John Brisbin (1818-1880) —
of Tunkhannock, Wyoming
County, Pa.; Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Sherburne, Chenango
County, N.Y., July 13,
1818.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1851.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
13, 1880 (age 61 years, 215
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Charles August Sulzer (1879-1919) —
also known as Charles A. Sulzer —
of Sulzer, Prince of
Wales-Hyder census area, Alaska.
Born in Roselle, Union
County, N.J., February
24, 1879.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
member of Alaska
territorial senate 1st District, 1915-17; resigned 1917; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1917-19, 1919; died in
office 1919.
Died in Sulzer, Prince of
Wales-Hyder census area, Alaska, April 28,
1919 (age 40 years, 63
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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James Edgar Martine (1850-1925) —
also known as James E. Martine; "Farmer
Jim" —
of Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
25, 1850.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1911-17; defeated, 1916; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1912
(speaker).
Died February
26, 1925 (age 74 years, 185
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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William Nelson Runyon (1871-1931) —
also known as William N. Runyon —
of Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., March 5,
1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1915-17; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Union County, 1918-22; Governor of
New Jersey, 1919-20; defeated in primary, 1920; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920;
U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1923.
Died November
9, 1931 (age 60 years, 249
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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Charles Aubrey Eaton (1868-1953) —
also known as Charles A. Eaton;
"Doc" —
of Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Toronto, Ontario;
Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Watchung, North Plainfield, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Pugwash, Nova
Scotia, March 29,
1868.
Son of Stephen Eaton and Mary D. (Parker) Eaton.
Republican. Baptist
minister; magazine
editor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1920,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1925-53 (4th District 1925-33,
5th District 1933-53).
Baptist.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
23, 1953 (age 84 years, 300
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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Ernest Robinson Ackerman (1863-1931) —
also known as Ernest R. Ackerman —
of Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 17,
1863.
Son of James Harvey Ackerman.
Republican. President, Lawrence Portland
Cement Company; banker;
Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1896;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Union County, 1906-11; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1908,
1916;
member of New Jersey
state board of education, 1918-20; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1919-31; died in
office 1931.
Presbyterian.
Member, Union
League.
He was elected to the American Philatelic Society Hall of
Fame in 2000.
Died, of heart
disease, in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., October
18, 1931 (age 68 years, 123
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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Percy Hamilton Stewart (1867-1951) —
also known as Percy H. Stewart —
of Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., January
10, 1867.
Democrat. Mayor
of Plainfield, N.J., 1912; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1928;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1931-33; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1932.
Died June 30,
1951 (age 84 years, 171
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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Charles Newell Fowler (1852-1932) —
also known as Charles N. Fowler —
of Beloit, Mitchell
County, Kan.; Cranford, Union
County, N.J.; Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.; Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Lena, Stephenson
County, Ill., November
2, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1895-1911 (8th District
1895-1903, 5th District 1903-11); member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1898-1907.
Died in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., May 27,
1932 (age 79 years, 207
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Arthur N. Pierson (b. 1867) —
of Westfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Westfield, Union
County, N.J., June 23,
1867.
Republican. Wholesale sewer pipe and clay
products business; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1915-22; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1919; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1916;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Union County, 1923-32.
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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