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Lockwood-Lanning family of New Jersey

Note: This is just one of 1,164 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

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

These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

  John Hart (c.1713-1779) — also known as "Honest John" — of Hopewell, Hunterdon County (now Mercer County), N.J. Born about 1713. Hunterdon County Judge, 1768-75; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Hunterdon County, 1776-78; Speaker of the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1776-78. Died, from kidney failure, in Hopewell, Hunterdon County (now Mercer County), N.J., May 11, 1779 (age about 66 years). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Mercer County, N.J.; reinterment in 1865 at First Baptist Church Cemetery, Hopewell, N.J.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Hart and Martha (Furman) Hart; married 1741 to Deborah Scudder; second great-grandfather of John Hart Brewer and Lummie J. Earle; first cousin thrice removed of Absalom Price Lanning; first cousin four times removed of William Mershon Lanning; second cousin twice removed of Hanford Nichols Lockwood; second cousin thrice removed of James Lockwood Conger and Homer Nichols Lockwood; second cousin four times removed of Frederick B. Piatt; second cousin five times removed of Alfred Collins Lockwood.
  Political families: Conger family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Lockwood-Lanning family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The World War II Liberty ship SS John Hart (built 1941-42 at Portland, Oregon; scrapped 1966) was named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Samuel Laning (1765-c.1842) — of Camden, Camden County, N.J. Born in Moorestown, Burlington County, N.J., 1765. Builder; livery business; mayor of Camden, N.J., 1828-30; resigned 1830. Died about 1842 (age about 77 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Laning and Esther (Gaskill) Laning; married, August 22, 1785, to Mercy Crispin; great-granduncle of Samuel Allen Laning; first cousin of John Lanning; second cousin thrice removed of Frederick B. Piatt; third cousin once removed of Absalom Price Lanning; third cousin twice removed of William Mershon Lanning; fourth cousin once removed of John Adams Dix.
  Political family: Lockwood-Lanning family of New Jersey (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  John Lanning (1780-1850) — of Bridgeton, Cumberland County, N.J. Born in Burlington County, N.J., October 16, 1780. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Cumberland County, 1831-32. Died in Bridge Point, Somerset County, N.J., December 12, 1850 (age 70 years, 57 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Lanning (1738-1826) and Rhoda (Izzard) Lanning; married, May 30, 1803, to Judith Westcott; first cousin of Samuel Laning; first cousin thrice removed of Samuel Allen Laning; second cousin thrice removed of Frederick B. Piatt; third cousin once removed of Absalom Price Lanning; third cousin twice removed of William Mershon Lanning; fourth cousin once removed of John Adams Dix.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Roosevelt family of New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family; Kibbe family of Somers, Connecticut; Lockwood-Lanning family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Hanford Nichols Lockwood (1788-1875) — also known as Hanford N. Lockwood — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn., April 17, 1788. Mayor of Troy, N.Y., 1850-51. Died in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., April 27, 1875 (age 87 years, 10 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Isaac Lockwood and Aner (Nichols) Lockwood; married, September 26, 1810, to Rachel Wildman; uncle of Homer Nichols Lockwood; second cousin once removed of James Lockwood Conger; second cousin twice removed of John Hart; second cousin thrice removed of Alfred Collins Lockwood; third cousin of Daniel Lockwood; third cousin once removed of Ebenezer Lockwood and Thaddeus Betts; third cousin thrice removed of Oliver Cromwell Jennings; fourth cousin of Horatio Lockwood; fourth cousin once removed of Sturges Selleck, Jesse Hoyt, Absalom Price Lanning, Alsop Hunt Lockwood and Martin E. Weed.
  Political families: Conger family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Lockwood-Lanning family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  John Adams Dix (1798-1879) — also known as John A. Dix — of Cooperstown, Otsego County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany County, N.Y.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Boscawen, Merrimack County, N.H., July 24, 1798. Democrat. Secretary of state of New York, 1833-39; member of New York state assembly from Albany County, 1842; U.S. Senator from New York, 1845-49; postmaster at New York City, N.Y., 1860-61; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to France, 1866-69; Governor of New York, 1873-75; defeated, 1848, 1874; candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1876. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 21, 1879 (age 80 years, 271 days). Interment at Trinity Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
  Presumably named for: John Adams
  Relatives: Son-in-law of John Jordan Morgan; son of Col. Timothy Dix, Jr. and Abigail (Wilkins) Dix; married to Catharine Waine Morgan; first cousin thrice removed of Roger Sherman; second cousin once removed of Nathan Read; third cousin once removed of Roger Sherman Baldwin, Sherman Day, Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, William Maxwell Evarts, George Frisbie Hoar, John Hill Walbridge and Henry E. Walbridge; third cousin twice removed of Aaron Kellogg and Charles Kirk Tilden; fourth cousin of Simeon Eben Baldwin, Rockwood Hoar, Sherman Hoar, Maxwell Evarts and Arthur Outram Sherman; fourth cousin once removed of Abel Merrill, Samuel Laning, Orsamus Cook Merrill, Amariah Kibbe Jr., John Lanning, Timothy Merrill, Daniel Putnam Tyler, Chauncey Mitchell Depew, John Frederick Addis, Henry de Forest Baldwin and Roger Sherman Hoar.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Fort Dix (established 1917 as Camp Dix; later Fort Dix; now Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst), a U.S. Army post in Burlington County, New Jersey, is named for him.  — Dix Mountain, in the Ardirondack Mountains, Essex County, New York, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS John A. Dix (built 1942-43 at South Portland, Maine; sold 1947, scrapped 1968) was named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Lockwood Conger (1805-1876) — of Mt. Clemens, Macomb County, Mich.; St. Clair, St. Clair County, Mich. Born in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., February 18, 1805. Whig. School teacher; lawyer; merchant; banker; patent medicine manufacturer; U.S. Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1851-53. Died in St. Clair, St. Clair County, Mich., April 10, 1876 (age 71 years, 52 days). Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio; cenotaph at Clinton Grove Cemetery, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of David Beeman Conger and Hannah (Lockwood) Conger; married, December 23, 1824, to Paulina Belvedere Clark; second cousin once removed of Hanford Nichols Lockwood; second cousin thrice removed of John Hart; third cousin of Homer Nichols Lockwood and Charles Franklin Conger; third cousin once removed of Daniel Lockwood and Hugh Conger; third cousin twice removed of Ebenezer Lockwood, Alfred Collins Lockwood and Daniel Clark Joyce; third cousin thrice removed of John Alsop, William Henry Rossell and Asbury Elliott Kellogg; fourth cousin of Thaddeus Betts, Anson Griffith Conger, Harmon Sweatland Conger, Omar Dwight Conger, Moore Conger, Chauncey Stewart Conger (1838-1916) and Frederick Ward Conger; fourth cousin once removed of Horatio Lockwood, Walter Booth, Abiel Case, Abraham Bogart Conger, Edwin Hurd Conger, James W. Conger, Franklin Barker Conger, Benn Conger, Frank Elisha Reed and Chauncey Stewart Conger (1882-1963).
  Political families: Conger family of New York; Conger-Hungerford family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Absalom Price Lanning (1809-1886) — also known as Absalom P. Lanning — of Mercer County, N.J. Born in Lawrenceville, Mercer County, N.J., September 18, 1809. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1868-69. Died in Lawrenceville, Mercer County, N.J., September 26, 1886 (age 77 years, 8 days). Interment at Lawrenceville Cemetery, Lawrenceville, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Lanning and Nancy Ann (Bryant) Lanning; married, December 27, 1836, to Henrietta Drake; first cousin thrice removed of John Hart; third cousin once removed of Samuel Laning, John Lanning and William Mershon Lanning; fourth cousin once removed of Hanford Nichols Lockwood and Lummie J. Earle.
  Political families: Conger family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Lockwood-Lanning family of New Jersey; Coberly-Hovermale family of West Virginia; Hendricks family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Homer Nichols Lockwood (b. 1833) — also known as Homer N. Lockwood — of Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y. Born in Victory, Cayuga County, N.Y., June 23, 1833. Member of New York state assembly from Cayuga County 1st District, 1866-67. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Homer Lockwood and Sally (Benedict) Lockwood; married, February 13, 1866, to Catharine Elizabeth Genter; nephew of Hanford Nichols Lockwood; second cousin thrice removed of John Hart; third cousin of James Lockwood Conger; third cousin once removed of Daniel Lockwood; third cousin twice removed of Ebenezer Lockwood and Alfred Collins Lockwood; fourth cousin of Thaddeus Betts; fourth cousin once removed of Horatio Lockwood.
  Political families: Conger family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  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; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1876; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1881-85; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1888. Died in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., December 21, 1900 (age 56 years, 267 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.
  Relatives: Second great-grandson of John Hart.
  Political families: Conger family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Lockwood-Lanning family of New Jersey; Coberly-Hovermale family of West Virginia; Hendricks family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  William Mershon Lanning (1849-1912) — also known as William M. Lanning — of Trenton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Ewingville (now part of Ewing), Mercer County, N.J., January 1, 1849. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; district judge in New Jersey, 1887-91; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1894; president, Mechanics' National Bank of Trenton, 1899; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1903-04; resigned 1904; U.S. District Judge for New Jersey, 1904-09; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1909-12; died in office 1912. Presbyterian. Died in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., February 16, 1912 (age 63 years, 46 days). Interment at Ewing Church Cemetery, Ewing, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Elijah Webster Lanning and Cornelia Ann (Mershon) Lanning; married, August 3, 1881, to Jennie Hemenway; first cousin four times removed of John Hart; third cousin once removed of Absalom Price Lanning; third cousin twice removed of Samuel Laning and John Lanning.
  Political families: Conger family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Lockwood-Lanning family of New Jersey; Coberly-Hovermale family of West Virginia; Hendricks family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Lummie J. Earle (1852-1906) — also known as Columbia J. Coberly — of Leadsville (now Elkins), Randolph County, W.Va. Born in 1852. Democrat. Postmaster at Leadsville, W.Va., 1885-89; Elkins, W.Va., 1889. Female. Died in West Virginia, June 6, 1906 (age about 53 years). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
  Relatives: Daughter of Ruth Ann (Hart) Coberly and William Harrison Coberly; married to Creed L. Earle; second great-granddaughter of John Hart; second cousin of James Coberly; second cousin once removed of Stark Lloyd Coberly and Levi Wade Coberly; second cousin twice removed of Earl H. Stalnaker; fourth cousin once removed of Absalom Price Lanning and Jack Vincent Stalnaker.
  Political families: Conger family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Lockwood-Lanning family of New Jersey; Coberly-Hovermale family of West Virginia; Hendricks family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Samuel Allen Laning (b. 1852) — also known as Samuel A. Laning — of Bridgeton, Cumberland County, N.J. Born in Bridgeton, Cumberland County, N.J., August 10, 1852. Democrat. Postmaster at Bridgeton, N.J., 1887-90, 1894-96; newspaper editor. Presbyterian. Member, Junior Order; Royal Arcanum. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles W. Laning and Hope (Allen) Laning; married, August 23, 1888, to Ella D. Stout; great-grandnephew of Samuel Laning; first cousin thrice removed of John Lanning.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Lockwood-Lanning family of New Jersey; Hendricks family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Frederick B. Piatt (b. 1873) — also known as Fred Piatt — of Muskegon, Muskegon County, Mich. Born in Cloud County, Kan., June 23, 1873. Prohibition candidate for Michigan state attorney general, 1940, 1942; Prohibition candidate for Michigan state senate 23rd District, 1944. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James Piatt and Elizabeth (Burnside) Piatt; married, April 1, 1910, to Folsom Electa Bunn; second cousin thrice removed of Samuel Laning and John Lanning; second cousin four times removed of John Hart and Ebenezer Hazard; second cousin five times removed of Simeon Baldwin; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas Hendricks, William Hendricks, Erskine Hazard and John Hendricks.
  Political family: Hendricks family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Alfred Collins Lockwood (1875-1951) — also known as Alfred C. Lockwood — of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Ottawa, La Salle County, Ill., July 20, 1875. Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; superior court judge in Arizona, 1913-24; justice of Arizona state supreme court, 1925-43; chief justice of Arizona Supreme Court, 1929-31, 1935-37, 1941-43. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., October 29, 1951 (age 76 years, 101 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Walter Chichester Lockwood and Elizabeth Will (Peers) Lockwood; married, June 11, 1902, to Daisy Maude Lincoln; fourth great-grandnephew of Abraham Davenport (1715-1789); first cousin thrice removed of Thaddeus Betts; first cousin five times removed of John Davenport and James Davenport; second cousin thrice removed of Hanford Nichols Lockwood; second cousin four times removed of Abraham Davenport (1767-1837) and Theodore Davenport; second cousin five times removed of John Hart; third cousin twice removed of James Lockwood Conger and Homer Nichols Lockwood; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel Lockwood.
  Political families: Conger family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Lockwood-Lanning family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
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