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Rossell-Ellis-Conger-Richards family of New Jersey

Note: This is just one of 1,162 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 Three 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.

  William Henry Rossell (1760-1840) — also known as William Rossell — Born in Mt. Holly, Burlington County, N.J., October 25, 1760. U.S. District Judge for New Jersey, 1826-40; died in office 1840. Died in Mt. Holly, Burlington County, N.J., June 20, 1840 (age 79 years, 239 days). Interment at St. Andrew's Graveyard, Mt. Holly, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Margaret (Clark) Rossell (1714-1780) and Zachariah Henry Rossell (1723-1815); married, October 4, 1783, to Anna Hatkinson (1761-1832); granduncle of Benjamin Wood Richards; great-grandfather of William Trent Rossell; fifth great-granduncle of Elise du Pont; third cousin thrice removed of James Lockwood Conger, George Ezra DeCamp (1843-1926) and Charles Franklin Conger.
  Political families: Condit family of Orange, New Jersey; Rossell-Ellis-Conger-Richards family of New Jersey; DeCamp-Hinchman family of New Jersey (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also federal judicial profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Benjamin Wood Richards (1797-1851) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Burlington County, N.J., November 12, 1797. Mayor of Philadelphia, Pa., 1829, 1830-32. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., July 12, 1851 (age 53 years, 242 days). Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of William Richards (1738-1823) and Margueretta (Wood) Richards (1772-1850); married to Sarah Ann Lippincott (died 1862); grandnephew of William Henry Rossell; third great-grandfather of Elise du Pont (born1935); second cousin once removed of William Trent Rossell.
  Political families: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Rossell-Ellis-Conger-Richards family of New Jersey; Bache-Dallas family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also 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 (1779-1838) and Hannah (Lockwood) Conger (1779-1821); married, December 23, 1824, to Paulina Belvedere Clark (1806-1847); 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 (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Willis Ellis (1820-1861) — of Rowan County, N.C. Born in Rowan County, N.C., November 23, 1820. Democrat. Governor of North Carolina, 1859-61; died in office 1861. Died in Monroe County, Va (now W.Va.), July 7, 1861 (age 40 years, 226 days). Interment at Old English Cemetery, Salisbury, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of Anderson Ellis and Judith (Bailey) Ellis; married, August 25, 1844, to Mary White; married to Mary Daves; father of Jane Graham 'Jeannie' Ellis (1860-1898; who married William Trent Rossell (1849-1919)).
  Political family: Rossell-Ellis-Conger-Richards family of New Jersey (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  George Ezra DeCamp (1843-1926) — also known as George E. DeCamp — of Livingston, Essex County, N.J. Born in Livingston, Essex County, N.J., May 15, 1843. Republican. Justice of the peace; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1900. Died in Roseland, Essex County, N.J., October 11, 1926 (age 83 years, 149 days). Interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Aaron DeCamp (1814-1901) and Mary E. (Tompkins) DeCamp (1817-1884); married, November 17, 1867, to Matilda Harrison (1843-1923); third cousin once removed of Israel Dodd Condit (1802-1897); third cousin thrice removed of William Henry Rossell; fourth cousin once removed of Jeremiah M. DeCamp.
  Political families: Pike family of Lubec, Maine; Condit family of Orange, New Jersey; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Edwards-Davenport-Thompson-Kittell family of Connecticut; DeCamp-Hinchman family of New Jersey; Thompson-Sutherland family of New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  William Trent Rossell (1849-1919) — of Washington, D.C. Born in Mt. Vernon, Mobile County, Ala., October 11, 1849. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; member District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1891-93. Died in New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., October 11, 1919 (age 70 years, 0 days). Interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of William Henry Rossell (1820-1885) and Margaret Dauge (Martin) Rossell (1827-1886); married 1882 to Jane Graham 'Jeannie' Ellis (1860-1898; daughter of John Willis Ellis (1820-1861)); father of Edward Graham Daves Rossell (1895-1918; killed at Verdun, France, during World War I); great-grandson of William Henry Rossell (1760-1840); second cousin once removed of Benjamin Wood Richards.
  Political family: Rossell-Ellis-Conger-Richards family of New Jersey (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Franklin Conger (1867-1947) — also known as Charles F. Conger — of Newtown, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Monroe, Fairfield County, Conn., December 15, 1867. Democrat. Blacksmith; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Newtown; elected 1912. Died in Newtown, Fairfield County, Conn., November 21, 1947 (age 79 years, 341 days). Interment at Zoar Cemetery, Newtown, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Charles F. Conger (1826-1908) and Julia (Squiers) Conger; married to Mary E. Morrow; second cousin twice removed of Daniel Clark Joyce; third cousin of James Lockwood Conger; third cousin once removed of Hugh Conger; third cousin thrice removed of William Henry Rossell; fourth cousin of Anson Griffith Conger, Harmon Sweatland Conger, Omar Dwight Conger, Moore Conger, Frederick Ward Conger and Chauncey Stewart Conger (1838-1916); fourth cousin once removed of Abraham Bogart Conger, Edwin Hurd Conger, James W. Conger, Franklin Barker Conger, Benn Conger and Chauncey Stewart Conger (1882-1963).
  Political families: Conger family of New York; Conger-Hungerford family (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Elise du Pont (b. 1935) — also known as Elise Ravenel Wood — of Rockland, New Castle County, Del. Born December 27, 1935. Republican. Lawyer; Assistant Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development, 1983; candidate for U.S. Representative from Delaware at-large, 1984. Female. Still living as of 1984.
  Relatives: Daughter of Richard Davis Wood, Jr. (1909-1995) and Margaretta Clarissa (Duane) Wood (1911-1996); married to Pierre Samuel du Pont IV; third great-granddaughter of William John Duane and Benjamin Wood Richards; third great-grandniece of Richard Bache Jr.; fourth great-granddaughter of Richard Bache; fifth great-granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790); fifth great-grandniece of William Henry Rossell; second cousin thrice removed of Robert Walker Irwin.
  Political families: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Flint-Bache family; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Bache-Dallas family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Mapes-Jennings-Denby-Harrison family of New York and Arizona (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
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