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Index to Locations
Allentown Allentown Presbyterian Church
Cemetery
Atlantic Highlands Quinn Chapel
Cemetery
Brielle Unknown location
Brielle Greenwood Cemetery
Cox's Corner East Branch Cemetery
Farmingdale Evergreen Cemetery
Freehold Freehold Cemetery
Freehold Maplewood Cemetery
Holmdel Baptist Cemetery
Holmdel Holmdel Cemetery
Keyport St. Joseph's Cemetery
Long Branch Unknown location
Manasquan Atlantic View Cemetery
Middletown Fair View Cemetery
Middletown Middletown Baptist
Churchyard
Neptune Township Beth Miriam Memorial
Park
Roosevelt Roosevelt Cemetery
Sea Girt St. Catharine Cemetery
Shrewsbury Christ Episcopal
Churchyard
Shrewsbury First Presbyterian
Churchyard
Tennent Old Tennent Cemetery
Tennent Tennent Church Graveyard
Tinton Falls Monmouth Memorial Park
Upper Freehold Township Yellow Meeting
House Cemetery
West Long Branch Glenwood Cemetery
West Long Branch Greenlawn Cemetery
West Long Branch Hebrew Cemetery
West Long Branch Old First Methodist
Churchyard
Allentown
Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Allentown, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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William Augustus Newell (1817-1901) —
also known as William A. Newell —
of Allentown, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Franklin, Warren
County, Ohio, September
5, 1817.
Republican. Physician;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1847-51, 1865-67;
defeated, 1866; Governor of
New Jersey, 1857-60; defeated, 1877; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1864;
Governor
of Washington Territory, 1880-84.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Allentown, Monmouth
County, N.J., August
8, 1901 (age 83 years, 337
days).
Interment at Allentown Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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James Henderson Imlay (1764-1823) —
also known as James H. Imlay —
of Allentown, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Imlaystown, Monmouth
County, N.J., November
26, 1764.
Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Monmouth County, 1793-96; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1796; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1797-1801 (at-large 1797-99, 4th
District 1799-1801); postmaster.
Died in Allentown, Monmouth
County, N.J., March 6,
1823 (age 58 years, 100
days).
Interment at Allentown Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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Quinn Chapel
Cemetery
Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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Solomon Porter Hood (1853-1943) —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., July 30,
1853.
Republican. U.S. Consul General in Monrovia, as of 1922-24; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1922-26.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth
County, N.J., 1943
(age about
89 years).
Interment at Quinn Chapel Cemetery.
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Unknown
Location
Brielle, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Greenwood
Cemetery
Route 9 & County Line Road
Brielle, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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Oliver H. Brown (1852-1924) —
of North Spring Lake, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Farmingdale, Monmouth
County, N.J., December
12, 1852.
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Monmouth County, 1897;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1900;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Monmouth County, 1903-11.
Died in Spring Lake, Monmouth
County, N.J., April 1,
1924 (age 71 years, 111
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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East Branch
Cemetery
Cox's Corner, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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Samuel Gardiner Wright (1781-1845) —
also known as Samuel G. Wright —
of Imlaystown, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Wrightstown, Burlington
County, N.J., November
18, 1781.
Whig. Merchant;
owner of iron
furnaces; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1845; died in office
1845.
Quaker.
Died near Imlaystown, Monmouth
County, N.J., July 30,
1845 (age 63 years, 254
days).
Interment at East Branch Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Evergreen
Cemetery
Farmingdale, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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William A. Prickitt (1839-1929) —
of near Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Monmouth
County, N.J., March
20, 1839.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; banker; insurance
business; stockbroker;
U.S. Consul in Rheims, 1897-1905; U.S. Consul General in Auckland, 1905-14.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth
County, N.J., January
6, 1929 (age 89 years, 292
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Freehold
Cemetery
Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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Thomas Griffith Haight (1879-1942) —
of Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Colts Neck, Monmouth
County, N.J., August
4, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1914-19; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1919-20; resigned
1920.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died January
26, 1942 (age 62 years, 175
days).
Interment at Freehold Cemetery.
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Maplewood
Cemetery
Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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Joel Parker (1816-1888) —
of Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born November
24, 1816.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Monmouth County, 1848; Governor of
New Jersey, 1863-66, 1872-75.
Died January
2, 1888 (age 71 years, 39
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Joseph Dorsett Bedle (1821-1894) —
also known as Joseph D. Bedle —
of Freehold, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Middletown Point (now Matawan), Monmouth
County, N.J., January
5, 1821.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1864;
associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1865-75; Governor of
New Jersey, 1875-78.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
21, 1894 (age 73 years, 289
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Charles Haight (1838-1891) —
of Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Colts Neck, Monmouth
County, N.J., January
4, 1838.
Democrat. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Monmouth County, 1861-62; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1861-62; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1867-71.
Died in Freehold, Monmouth
County, N.J., August
1, 1891 (age 53 years, 209
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Daniel Bailey Ryall (1798-1864) —
also known as Daniel B. Ryall —
of Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, 1798.
Democrat. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Monmouth County, 1831,
1833-35; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1839-41.
Died in 1864
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Baptist
Cemetery
Holmdel, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Holmdel
Cemetery
Holmdel, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Founded 1871
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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Henry Elijah Ackerson Jr. (1880-1970) —
also known as Henry E. Ackerson, Jr. —
of Keyport, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Holmdel, Monmouth
County, N.J., October
15, 1880.
Democrat. Bank
clerk; lawyer; bank
director; member of New
Jersey state senate from Monmouth County, 1915-19; circuit judge
in New Jersey, 1924-47; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1948-52.
Member, American Bar
Association; Royal
Arcanum.
Died, in the Arnold Walter Nursing
Home, Holmdel, Monmouth
County, N.J., December
9, 1970 (age 90 years, 55
days).
Interment at Holmdel Cemetery.
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Cecil S. Ackerson (1887-1963) —
of Keyport, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born October
28, 1887.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; chair of
Monmouth County Democratic Party, 1945.
Died August
11, 1963 (age 75 years, 287
days).
Interment at Holmdel Cemetery.
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St. Joseph's
Cemetery
Keyport, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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James Paul Maher (1865-1946) —
also known as James P. Maher —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Keansburg, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
3, 1865.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1911-21 (3rd District 1911-13, 5th
District 1913-19, 7th District 1919-21); defeated, 1908 (3rd
District), 1908 (3rd District), 1920 (7th District).
Died in Keansburg, Monmouth
County, N.J., July 31,
1946 (age 80 years, 270
days).
Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
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Unknown
Location
Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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John Faucheraud Grimké (1752-1819) —
also known as John Grimké —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
16, 1752.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1781-83, 1784-90; common pleas court judge in South
Carolina, 1783; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1786-88; resigned 1788.
French
Huguenot and German
ancestry.
Died in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., August
9, 1819 (age 66 years, 236
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Atlantic View
Cemetery
Church and Forest avenues
Manasquan, Monmouth County, New Jersey
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Charles A. Rathbun (1867-1927) —
of Madison, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Madison, Morris
County, N.J., January
7, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Morris County, 1914-16.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died in 1927
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Atlantic View Cemetery.
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Frank Durand (1895-1978) —
of Sea Girt, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Asbury Park, Monmouth
County, N.J., March 9,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Monmouth County, 1930-31;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Monmouth County, 1933-38.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in 1978
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Atlantic View Cemetery.
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Fair View
Cemetery
Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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Joseph Azzolina (1926-2010) —
of Middletown, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., January
26, 1926.
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1966-71, 1986-87, 1992-2005
(Monmouth County 1966-67, District 5-B 1968-71, 13th District
1986-87, 1992-2005); member of New
Jersey state senate District 5, 1972-73; defeated, 1973 (12th
District), 1977 (12th District), 1987 (13th District); candidate for
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1988.
Died, from pancreatic
cancer, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
15, 2010 (age 84 years, 79
days).
Interment at Fair View Cemetery.
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Henry Martin Nevius (1841-1911) —
also known as Henry M. Nevius —
of Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Freehold, Monmouth
County, N.J., January
30, 1841.
Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Monmouth County, 1888-90.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Wounded several times during the Civil War and lost his
left arm.
Died, of a stroke,
January
30, 1911 (age 70 years, 0
days).
Interment at Fair View Cemetery.
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Middletown
Baptist Churchyard
Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Beth Miriam
Memorial Park
Neptune Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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George M. Eichler (1896-1967) —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.; Weehawken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J., December
20, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1926, 1928; elected
(Wet) delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment from Hudson
County 1933; candidate for New
Jersey state senate, 1934.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion.
Died December
16, 1967 (age 70 years, 361
days).
Interment at Beth Miriam Memorial Park.
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Roosevelt
Cemetery
Roosevelt, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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Ben Shahn (1898-1969) —
of Roosevelt, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania,
September
12, 1898.
Progressive. Artist;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Jewish.
Died, in Mt. Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
14, 1969 (age 70 years, 183
days).
Interment at Roosevelt Cemetery.
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St. Catharine
Cemetery
Sea Girt, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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Edward Joseph Hart (1893-1961) —
also known as Edward J. Hart —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., March
25, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 14th District, 1935-55; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1944
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1948
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1952,
1956;
New Jersey
Democratic state chair, 1945-49.
Died April
20, 1961 (age 68 years, 26
days).
Interment at St. Catharine Cemetery.
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James John Howard (1927-1988) —
also known as James J. Howard —
of Spring Lake Heights, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Irvington, Essex
County, N.J., July 24,
1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1965-88; died in
office 1988; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Jersey, 1980.
Catholic.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
25, 1988 (age 60 years, 245
days).
Interment at St. Catharine Cemetery.
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Paul Jerome Curran (1933-2008) —
also known as Paul J. Curran —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1933.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1963-66 (New York County 6th District 1963-65,
70th District 1966); U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1973-75;
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1982, 1986.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
4, 2008 (age 75 years, 196
days).
Interment at St. Catharine Cemetery.
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Silvio Joseph Failla (1910-1972) —
also known as Silvio J. Failla; Si Failla —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, May 23,
1910.
Democrat. Undertaker;
mayor
of Hoboken, N.J., 1965; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly District 12-C, 1972; died in
office 1972.
Italian
ancestry.
According to published
reports, he left a bar with
a prostitute,
Deborah Dell; just outside, he was robbed, shot
multiple times, and killed,
in Neptune Township, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
16, 1972 (age 62 years, 116
days). Dell and an associate were later convicted of first-degree
murder and sentenced to life in prison.
Entombed in mausoleum at St. Catharine Cemetery.
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William P. Fitzpatrick (c.1941-1975) —
of Point Pleasant, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born about 1941.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 10th District, 1974-75; died in
office 1975.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Moose; Knights
of Columbus.
While driving east on Route 70 near Burnt Tavern Road, he collided
head-on with another car, and was killed instantaneously, in
Brick Township, Ocean
County, N.J., March 1,
1975 (age about 34
years).
Interment at St. Catharine Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William Fitzpatrick and Ruth Fitzpatrick. |
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Christ Episcopal
Churchyard
Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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Benjamin S. Lippincott —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Member of California
state assembly, 1856-57, 1861-62 (5th District 1856-57, 19th
District 1861-62).
Interment at Christ Episcopal Churchyard.
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First
Presbyterian Churchyard
Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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Edward Delafield Smith (1826-1878) —
also known as E. Delafield Smith —
of New York.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 8,
1826.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1861-65.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Shrewsbury, Monmouth
County, N.J., April
12, 1878 (age 51 years, 339
days).
Interment at First Presbyterian Churchyard.
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Old Tennent
Cemetery
Tennent, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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Thomas Henderson (1743-1824) —
of Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Freehold, Monmouth
County, N.J., August
15, 1743.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1779; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Monmouth County, 1780-84; Governor of
New Jersey, 1793; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1795-97.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died December
15, 1824 (age 81 years, 122
days).
Interment at Old Tennent Cemetery.
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Elmer Hendrickson Geran (1875-1954) —
also known as Elmer H. Geran —
of Matawan, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Matawan, Monmouth
County, N.J., October
24, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Monmouth County, 1911-12,
1916-17; Monmouth
County Sheriff, 1917-20; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1920-22; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1923-25; defeated,
1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1924
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Baptist.
Died January
12, 1954 (age 78 years, 80
days).
Interment at Old Tennent Cemetery.
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Tennent Church
Graveyard
Tennent, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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Nathaniel Scudder (1733-1781) —
of Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Monmouth Court House (now Freehold), Monmouth
County, N.J., May 10,
1733.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1778-79; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Monmouth County, 1780.
Killed
while resisting an invading party of the British Army during the
Revolutionary War, at Blacks Point, near Shrewsbury, Monmouth
County, N.J., October
17, 1781 (age 48 years, 160
days).
Interment at Tennent Church Graveyard.
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Monmouth Memorial
Park
Tinton Falls, Monmouth County, New Jersey
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Charles Irwin Stengle (1869-1953) —
of New York.
Born in Savageville, Accomack
County, Va., December
5, 1869.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1923-25; defeated,
1916.
Died in New Shrewsbury (now Tinton Falls), Monmouth
County, N.J., November
23, 1953 (age 83 years, 353
days).
Interment at Monmouth Memorial Park.
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Yellow Meeting
House Cemetery
Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey
| Politicians buried
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James Cox (1753-1810) —
of Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Monmouth, Monmouth
County, N.J., June 14,
1753.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Monmouth County, 1801-07; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1804-07; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1809-10; died in
office 1810.
Baptist.
Died in Monmouth, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
12, 1810 (age 57 years, 90
days).
Interment at Yellow Meeting House Cemetery.
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Glenwood
Cemetery
West Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey
| Politicians buried
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Ada Byron Nafew (1854-1949) —
also known as Ada B. Nafew; Ada Byron
McIntire —
of Eatontown, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., 1854.
Postmaster at Eatontown,
N.J., 1897-1903.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Died, in the Marlboro State mental
hospital, Marlboro, Monmouth
County, N.J., December
27, 1949 (age about 95
years).
Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Benjamin McIntire and Roxanna (Stearns) McIntire; married
to James Weed Nafew. |
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memorial |
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Greenlawn
Cemetery
West Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey
| Politicians buried
here: |
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William A. Stevens (b. 1879) —
of Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Stapleton Heights, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., July 19,
1879.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Monmouth County, 1920-29; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1924;
New
Jersey state attorney general, 1931.
Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.
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Hebrew
Cemetery
West Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Isadore Schary (1905-1980) —
also known as Dore Schary —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., August
31, 1905.
Democrat. Actor,
playwright,
screenwriter,
movie
producer; replaced Louis
B. Mayer as head of M-G-M Studios in 1951; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1956.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Died July 7,
1980 (age 74 years, 311
days).
Interment at Hebrew Cemetery.
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Old First
Methodist Churchyard
corner Wall St. & Locust Ave.
West Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey
| Politicians buried
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Horace Porter (1837-1921) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa., April
15, 1837.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; received
the Medal
of Honor for action at Chickamauga, September 20, 1863; executive
secretary to Pres. Ulysses
S. Grant, 1869-73; vice-president, Pullman Palace Car Co. (railroad
cars); president, New York West Shore & Buffalo Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1892;
U.S. Ambassador to France, 1897-1905.
Member, Union
League.
Died May 29,
1921 (age 84 years, 44
days).
Interment at Old First Methodist Churchyard.
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