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Hornblower family of Newark, New Jersey

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This specific family group is a subset of the much larger Three Thousand Related Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.

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  Josiah Hornblower (1729-1809) — of Essex County, N.J. Born in Staffordshire, England, February 23, 1729. Engineer; hardware merchant; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1779-80; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1785-86; county judge in New Jersey, 1789-1809. Died in Newark, Essex County, N.J., January 21, 1809 (age 79 years, 333 days). Interment at Dutch Reformed Churchyard, Belleville, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Hornblower (c.1696-1762) and Rebecca (Haywood) Hornblower; married 1755 to Elizabeth Kingsland (1734-1808); father of Joseph Coerten Hornblower; grandfather of Harriette Burnet Hornblower (1810-1868; who married Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff), Mary Hornblower (1816-1896; who married Joseph Philo Bradley) and William Henry Hornblower; great-grandfather of William Butler Hornblower (1851-1914).
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Hornblower family of Newark, New Jersey (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph Coerten Hornblower (1777-1864) — also known as Joseph C. Hornblower — of Belleville, Essex County, N.J. Born in Belleville, Essex County, N.J., May 6, 1777. Republican. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1820; chief justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1832-46; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1844; law professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1856 (Convention Vice-President). Died in Belleville, Essex County, N.J., June 11, 1864 (age 87 years, 36 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Josiah Hornblower and Elizabeth (Kingsland) Hornblower; married, April 9, 1803, to Mary Burnet (died 1836); married, March 9, 1840, to Mary Ann Kinney; father of Harriette Burnet Hornblower (1810-1868; who married Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff), Mary Hornblower (1816-1896; who married Joseph Philo Bradley) and William Henry Hornblower; grandfather of William Butler Hornblower (1851-1914).
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Hornblower family of Newark, New Jersey (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Simon Cameron (1799-1889) — also known as "The Czar of Pennsylvania" — of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa. Born in Maytown, Lancaster County, Pa., March 8, 1799. Adjutant General of Pennsylvania, 1829-30; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1845-49, 1857-61, 1867-77; resigned 1861, 1877; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1860; U.S. Secretary of War, 1861-62; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1862. Member, Freemasons. Died near Maytown, Lancaster County, Pa., June 26, 1889 (age 90 years, 110 days). Interment at Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Cameron and Martha (Pfoutz) Cameron; brother of William Cameron; married to Margaret Brua; father of Virginia Rolette Cameron (who married Isaac Wayne MacVeagh) and James Donald Cameron (1833-1918); grandfather of Joseph Gardner Bradley.
  Political families: Sherman family of Connecticut; Cameron family of Pennsylvania (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cameron counties in La. and Pa. are named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier
  Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff (1809-1875) — also known as Lewis B. Woodruff — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn., June 19, 1809. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in New York, 1849-55; New York City superior court judge, 1856-61; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1868-69; Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the 2nd Circuit, 1869-75; died in office 1875. Died in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn., September 10, 1875 (age 66 years, 83 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Morris Woodruff and Candace (Catlin) Woodruff (1786-1871); brother of George Catlin Woodruff; married, November 4, 1835, to Harriette Burnet Hornblower (1810-1868; daughter of Joseph Coerten Hornblower; sister-in-law of Joseph Philo Bradley; sister of William Henry Hornblower; aunt of William Butler Hornblower; granddaughter of Josiah Hornblower); uncle of Edward Woodruff Seymour and Morris Woodruff Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Orsamus Cook Merrill, Timothy Merrill (1781-1836), Silas Wright Jr., Marshall Chapin, James Samuel Wadsworth and Franklin Woodruff.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Hoar-Sherman family of Massachusetts; Murphy-Merrill family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also federal judicial profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Joseph Philo Bradley (1813-1892) — also known as Joseph P. Bradley — Born in Berne, Albany County, N.Y., March 14, 1813. Lawyer; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1870-92; died in office 1892. Christian Reformed. As the only politically independent member of the Electoral Commission to settle the disputed 1876 presidential election, he cast the deciding vote to award all of the disputed electoral votes to the Republican candidate, Rutheford B. Hayes. Died in Washington, D.C., January 22, 1892 (age 78 years, 314 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Philo Bradley and Mercy (Gardiner) Bradley; married, October 23, 1844, to Mary Hornblower (1816-1896; daughter of Joseph Coerten Hornblower; sister-in-law of Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff; sister of William Henry Hornblower; aunt of William Butler Hornblower (1851-1914); granddaughter of Josiah Hornblower); grandfather of Joseph Gardner Bradley.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Hornblower family of Newark, New Jersey (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Henry Hornblower (1820-1883) — Born in Belleville, Essex County, N.J., March 21, 1820. Republican. Minister; Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1860. Presbyterian. Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., July 16, 1883 (age 63 years, 117 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Coerten Hornblower and Mary Dickerson (Burnet) Hornblower (1778-1836); brother of Harriette Burnet Hornblower (1810-1868; who married Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff) and Mary Hornblower (1816-1896; who married Joseph Philo Bradley); father of William Butler Hornblower; grandson of Josiah Hornblower (1729-1809).
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Hornblower family of Newark, New Jersey (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. (1828-1898) — also known as Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., October 29, 1828. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Delaware, 1853-55; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1869-85; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1880, 1884; U.S. Secretary of State, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1892; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1893-97. Died in Dedham, Norfolk County, Mass., September 28, 1898 (age 69 years, 334 days). Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of James Asheton Bayard Jr. and Anne (Francis) Bayard; married 1856 to Louisa Lee; married, November 7, 1889, to Mary W. Clymer; father of Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.; nephew of Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868); grandson of James Asheton Bayard Sr.; grandfather of Mabel Bayard Warren (who married Joseph Gardner Bradley), Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard (1918-1985); great-grandson of Richard Bassett; great-grandfather of Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949); great-grandnephew of John Bubenheim Bayard; fourth great-grandnephew of Nicholas Bayard (c.1644-1707); fifth great-grandnephew of Pieter Stuyvesant; second cousin once removed of Thomas Clayton and Littleton Kirkpatrick; second cousin four times removed of Stephanus Bayard; third cousin of Andrew Kirkpatrick; third cousin thrice removed of Nicholas Bayard (1736-1802); fourth cousin of John Sluyter Wirt.
  Political families: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  Mount Bayard, on the border between British Columbia, Canada, and the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier
  Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886)
William B. Hornblower William Butler Hornblower (1851-1914) — also known as William B. Hornblower — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., May 13, 1851. Democrat. Lawyer; nominated for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court in 1893, but not confirmed; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1914; appointed 1914; died in office 1914. Member, American Bar Association. Died, from myocarditis, in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn., June 16, 1914 (age 63 years, 34 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of William Henry Hornblower (1820-1883) and Matilda (Butler) Hornblower; married, April 26, 1882, to Susan Craney Sanford (1855-1886); married, January 31, 1894, to Emily Allis (Sanford) Nelson (1848-1930; sister of first wife); nephew of Harriette Burnet Hornblower (1810-1868; who married Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff) and Mary Hornblower (1816-1896; who married Joseph Philo Bradley); grandson of Joseph Coerten Hornblower; great-grandson of Josiah Hornblower.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Hornblower family of Newark, New Jersey (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  Image source: Empire State Notables (1914)
  Joseph Gardner Bradley (b. 1881) — also known as J. G. Bradley — of Dundon, Clay County, W.Va. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., September 12, 1881. Republican. Coal mining magnate; organizer of Elk River Coal and Lumber Co.; organizer of the Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad; director, Central Iron and Steel Co.; created the town of Widen, W.Va.; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1916, 1928; chair of Clay County Republican Party, 1917. Episcopalian. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Hornblower Bradley and Eliza McCormack (Cameron) Bradley; married to Mabel Bayard Warren (granddaughter of Thomas Francis Bayard Sr.); grandson of Simon Cameron and Joseph Philo Bradley (1813-1892).
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Hornblower family of Newark, New Jersey (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
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