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Index to Locations
Absecon Absecon Presbyterian Church
Cemetery
Egg Harbor City Egg Harbor City
Cemetery
Egg Harbor Township Beth Kehillah
Cemetery
Egg Harbor Township Laurel Memorial
Park
Estell Manor Atlantic County Veterans
Cemetery
Estell Manor Head of the River
Cemetery
Hammonton Greenmount Cemetery
Mays Landing Union Cemetery
Pleasant Mills Batsto - Pleasant Mills
Cemetery
Pleasantville Atlantic City
Cemetery
Pleasantville Greenwood Cemetery
Absecon
Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Absecon, Atlantic County, New Jersey
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James Emerson Fraser (1916-1950) —
also known as James E. Fraser;
"Sonny" —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born August
4, 1916.
Deputy
sheriff; secretary to State Sen. Frank
S. Farley, 1944; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1948-50;
died in office 1950; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1950; died in office 1950.
Champion amateur golfer. Confined to a wheelchair
starting in 1949.
Died, from Hodgkin's
disease, in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., August
29, 1950 (age 34 years, 25
days).
Interment at Absecon Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Jim 'Jolly Jim' Fraser and Milly Fraser; married 1944 to
Madolin Martha Vautrinot. |
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Egg Harbor City
Cemetery
Egg Harbor City, Atlantic County, New Jersey
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Beth Kehillah
Cemetery
Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey
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Joseph B. Perskie (1885-1957) —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Alliance, Salem
County, N.J., July 20,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1933-47.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; Elks; Eagles;
Moose.
Died May 29,
1957 (age 71 years, 313
days).
Interment at Beth Kehillah Cemetery.
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Joseph Aaron Lazarow (1923-2008) —
also known as Joseph Lazarow —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born December
17, 1923.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; mayor
of Atlantic City, N.J., 1976-82.
Jewish.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., January
3, 2008 (age 84 years, 17
days).
Interment at Beth Kehillah Cemetery.
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David M. Perskie (1913-1969) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., 1913.
County judge in New Jersey, 1966-69.
Died in 1969
(age about
56 years).
Interment at Beth Kehillah Cemetery.
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Marvin D. Perskie (1920-1977) —
of Wildwood Crest, Cape May
County, N.J.
Born in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., 1920.
Democrat. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Cape May County, 1966-67;
defeated, 1967.
Died in 1977
(age about
57 years).
Interment at Beth Kehillah Cemetery.
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Laurel Memorial
Park
Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey
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Walter Sooy Jeffries (1893-1954) —
also known as Walter S. Jeffries —
of Margate City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., October
16, 1893.
Republican. Delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment from Atlantic
County; elected 1933; Atlantic
County Sheriff, 1935-38; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1939-41; defeated,
1940; Atlantic
County Treasurer, 1941-44.
Died October
11, 1954 (age 60 years, 360
days).
Interment at Laurel Memorial Park.
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Frank S. Farley (1901-1977) —
also known as "Hap" —
of Ventnor City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., December
5, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1938-40;
member of New
Jersey state senate, 1941-71 (Atlantic County 1941-65, District 1
1966-67, District 2 1968-71); defeated, 1971; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1972;
chair
of Atlantic County Republican Party, 1945-47, 1959-64; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Atlantic
County, 1947.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in 1977
(age about
75 years).
Entombed at Laurel Memorial Park.
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Atlantic County
Veterans Cemetery
Estell Manor, Atlantic County, New Jersey
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James Leroy Usry (1922-2002) —
also known as James L. Usry —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., February
2, 1922.
Republican. Professional
basketball player, 1946-51; mayor
of Atlantic City, N.J., 1984-90; defeated, 1982; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1988;
arrested,
on July 28, 1989, along with thirteen others, and charged
with bribery;
he later pleaded
guilty to improper reporting of campaign
contributions.
African
ancestry.
Died in Absecon, Atlantic
County, N.J., February
25, 2002 (age 80 years, 23
days).
Interment at Atlantic County Veterans Cemetery.
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Head of the River
Cemetery
Estell Manor, Atlantic County, New Jersey
Greenmount
Cemetery
Hammonton, Atlantic County, New Jersey
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Marcellus Leroy Jackson (1846-1921) —
also known as Marcellus L. Jackson —
of Hammonton, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Hartland, Somerset
County, Maine, September
25, 1846.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1896-97;
postmaster at Hammonton,
N.J., 1899-1907; mayor
of Hammonton, N.J., 1907.
Died in Hammonton, Atlantic
County, N.J., October
14, 1921 (age 75 years, 19
days).
Interment at Greenmount Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of George Jackson and Elizabeth Jackson; married to Margaret 'Maggie'
King. |
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memorial |
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Union
Cemetery
Mays Landing, Atlantic County, New Jersey
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William Moore (1810-1878) —
of Weymouth, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Mays Landing, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa., December
25, 1810.
Republican. Common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1855-65; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1856;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1867-71; member of
New
Jersey state senate from Atlantic County, 1872-74.
Died in Mays Landing, Atlantic
County, N.J., April
26, 1878 (age 67 years, 122
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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Batsto - Pleasant
Mills Cemetery
Pleasant Mills, Atlantic County, New Jersey
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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John Wurts (1792-1861) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Flanders, Morris
County, N.J., August
13, 1792.
Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 1st District, 1821-23; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 3rd District, 1825-27.
Died in Lazio, Italy,
April
23, 1861 (age 68 years, 253
days).
Interment at Batsto - Pleasant Mills Cemetery.
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Atlantic City
Cemetery
Pleasantville, Atlantic County, New Jersey
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John James Gardner (1845-1921) —
also known as John J. Gardner —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Atlantic
County, N.J., October
17, 1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer; insurance
business; mayor
of Atlantic City, N.J., 1868-72, 1874-75; member of New
Jersey state senate from Atlantic County, 1878-92; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1884,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1893-1913; defeated,
1912.
Died in Indian Mills, Burlington
County, N.J., February
7, 1921 (age 75 years, 113
days).
Interment at Atlantic City Cemetery.
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Emerson Lewis Richards (1884-1963) —
also known as Emerson L. Richards —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., July 9,
1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1912-14;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Atlantic County, 1917-18, 1923-34; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large;
elected 1933; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1936.
Died in 1963
(age about
78 years).
Entombed at Atlantic City Cemetery.
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Greenwood
Cemetery
Pleasantville, Atlantic County, New Jersey
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Anthony Joseph Siracusa (1894-1938) —
also known as Anthony J. Siracusa —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Messina, Sicily, Italy,
January
23, 1894.
Republican. Lawyer; bank
director; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1924-34; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1927.
Member, Elks.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., January
13, 1938 (age 43 years, 355
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Antonio Sindoni Siracusa and Lucy (Ruffu) Siracusa; married to
Anna B. Mattix. |
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memorial |
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