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Index to Locations
Delawanna East Ridgelawn Cemetery
Paterson Calvary Cemetery
Paterson Cedar Lawn Cemetery
Paterson Mt. Neboh Cemetery
Paterson Paterson City Hall
Totowa Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
Totowa Laurel Grove Cemetery
East Ridgelawn
Cemetery
Delawanna, Passaic County, New Jersey
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Herbert Worthington Taylor (1869-1931) —
also known as Herbert W. Taylor —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Belleville, Essex
County, N.J., February
19, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1904-05; chair of
Essex County Republican Party, 1913-17; Essex
County Attorney, 1918-21; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1921-23, 1925-27;
defeated, 1926.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Modern
Woodmen; Junior
Order; Royal
Arcanum.
Died October
15, 1931 (age 62 years, 238
days).
Interment at East Ridgelawn Cemetery.
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Calvary
Cemetery
50 McLean Boulevard
Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Charles Francis Lynch (1884-1942) —
also known as Charles F. Lynch —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Franklin, Sussex
County, N.J., January
9, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1916-19; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1919-25.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died June 17,
1942 (age 58 years, 159
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick H. Lynch and Margaret (Crawley) Lynch. |
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Manfield G. Amlicke (1900-1984) —
of Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J., November
17, 1900.
Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1940-44; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1943.
Polish
ancestry.
Died in 1984
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph C. Amlicke and Magdalena Amlicke; married to Anne A.
Blanda. |
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memorial |
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Robert J. Neilley —
of Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New Jersey, 1932.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Cedar Lawn
Cemetery
Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
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Garret Augustus Hobart (1844-1899) —
also known as Garret A. Hobart —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born near Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., June 3,
1844.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1873-74;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Passaic County, 1877-82; member of Republican
National Committee from New Jersey, 1884-96; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1896;
Vice
President of the United States, 1897-99; died in office 1899.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from heart
disease, in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., November
21, 1899 (age 55 years, 171
days).
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery; statue at Paterson City Hall.
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John William Griggs (1849-1927) —
also known as John W. Griggs —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Newton, Sussex
County, N.J., July 10,
1849.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1876-77;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Passaic County, 1883-88; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1888;
Governor
of New Jersey, 1896-98; U.S.
Attorney General, 1898-1901.
Died November
28, 1927 (age 78 years, 141
days).
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., April 2,
1862.
Republican. University
professor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1888;
President
of Columbia University, 1901-45; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1904,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928
(speaker),
1932;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1912; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1920,
1928;
co-recipient of Nobel
Peace Prize in 1931; elected (Wet) delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve; blind
in his later years.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Historical Association; Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, of bronchio-pneumonia,
in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
7, 1947 (age 85 years, 249
days).
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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William Warren Barbour (1888-1943) —
also known as W. Warren Barbour; "The
Champ" —
of Rumson, Monmouth
County, N.J.; Locust, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Monmouth Beach, Monmouth
County, N.J., July 31,
1888.
Republican. Manufacturer;
business
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1931-37, 1938-43; appointed 1931;
defeated, 1936; died in office 1943; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large;
elected 1933.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Moose; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Amateur heavyweight boxing champion of the U.S. and Canada in
1910-11.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Washington,
D.C., November
22, 1943 (age 55 years, 114
days).
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Philemon Dickerson (1788-1862) —
of Paterson, Essex County (now Passaic
County), N.J.
Born in Succasunna, Morris
County, N.J., January
11, 1788.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1821-22; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1833-36, 1839-41; Governor of
New Jersey, 1836-37; chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1836-37; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1841-62; died in office 1862.
Died in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., December
10, 1862 (age 74 years, 333
days).
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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William Hughes (1872-1918) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland,
April
3, 1872.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; stenographer;
lawyer;
candidate for New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1901; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1903-05, 1907-12;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1912
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker),
1916
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); county judge in New Jersey, 1912; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1913-18; died in office 1918.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of sepsis
from a tooth
infection, complicated by bronchial
pneumonia, in a hospital,
at Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., January
30, 1918 (age 45 years, 302
days).
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Raymond J. Newman (1878-1928) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., August
18, 1878.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; accountant;
mayor
of Paterson, N.J., 1928; died in office 1928; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1928.
Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., June 13,
1928 (age 49 years, 300
days).
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Nathaniel Townsend (c.1814-1900) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born about 1814.
Democrat. Mayor
of Paterson, N.J., 1868, 1873-74.
Accidentally knocked
down on the sidewak by a newsboy, did not recover from his
injuries, and died two weeks later, March
17, 1900 (age about 86
years).
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Amos Henry Radcliffe (1870-1950) —
also known as Amos H. Radcliffe —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., January
16, 1870.
Republican. Blacksmith;
ironworker;
structural
iron manufacturer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1908-12; Passaic
County Sheriff, 1912-15; mayor
of Paterson, N.J., 1916-19; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1919-23.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Junior
Order.
Died in Baleville, Sussex
County, N.J., December
29, 1950 (age 80 years, 347
days).
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Henry A. Williams —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Republican. Mayor
of Paterson, N.J., 1862-65, 1867; member of New
Jersey state senate from Passaic County, 1871-73.
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Jennie Tuttle Hobart (1849-1941) —
also known as Esther Jane Tuttle —
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., April
30, 1849.
Second
Lady of the United States, 1897-99.
Female.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Haledon, Passaic
County, N.J., January
8, 1941 (age 91 years, 253
days).
Entombed at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Socrates Tuttle (1819-1885) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Colebrook, Coos
County, N.H., November
19, 1819.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1861-62;
candidate for New
Jersey state senate from Passaic County, 1867; mayor
of Paterson, N.J., 1871-72.
Presbyterian.
Died, while suffering from angina
pectoris, in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., February
12, 1885 (age 65 years, 85
days).
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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David Todd Gillmor (1837-1902) —
also known as David T. Gillmor —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Connecticut, January
25, 1837.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; mayor
of Paterson, N.J., 1881-82.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
while suffering from Bright's
disease, in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., August
17, 1902 (age 65 years, 204
days).
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Benjamin Buckley —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1856-58;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Passaic County, 1859-67; mayor
of Paterson, N.J., 1875-78.
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Christian Braun —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Democrat. Mayor
of Paterson, N.J., 1893-96; member of New
Jersey state senate from Passaic County, 1898-1900.
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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John J. Brown —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Whig. Mayor
of Paterson, N.J., 1854; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1857.
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Brant Van Blarcom —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Democrat. Mayor
of Paterson, N.J., 1855.
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Samuel Smith —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Democrat. Mayor
of Paterson, N.J., 1856.
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Peregrine Sandford —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Democrat. Mayor
of Paterson, N.J., 1857-58.
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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William G. Watson —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Democrat. Mayor
of Paterson, N.J., 1866.
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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John Ryle —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Democrat. Mayor
of Paterson, N.J., 1869-70.
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Joseph R. Graham —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Democrat. Mayor
of Paterson, N.J., 1879-80.
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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David Greenlie (1867-1911) —
of Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1867.
Republican. Shipbuilder;
mayor
of Passaic, N.J., 1904-07.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died, from apoplexy,
in his room at the Northwestern Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
16, 1911 (age about 44
years).
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William Powell Greenlie and Georgina Cameron (Ireland) Greenlie;
married to Mattie Ora Pierson. |
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memorial |
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James Fleming Stewart (1851-1904) —
also known as James F. Stewart —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., June 15,
1851.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1895-1903.
Died in 1904
(age about
53 years).
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Cornelius Andrew Cadmus (1844-1902) —
also known as Cornelius A. Cadmus —
of Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Dundee Lake, Bergen
County, N.J., October
7, 1844.
Democrat. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1884; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1891-95.
Died in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., January
20, 1902 (age 57 years, 105
days).
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Bird Wilson Spencer (1847-1931) —
also known as Bird W. Spencer —
of Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
27, 1847.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1896;
mayor
of Passaic, N.J., 1910-11.
Member, National Rifle
Association.
Died in Sea Girt, Monmouth
County, N.J., July 28,
1931 (age 83 years, 243
days).
Entombed at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Henry Crosby Allen (1872-1942) —
also known as Henry C. Allen —
of Little Falls, Passaic
County, N.J.; Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., May 13,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1905-07; postmaster
at Paterson,
N.J., 1926-35 (acting, 1926).
Died in Mystic, Stonington, New London
County, Conn., March 7,
1942 (age 69 years, 298
days).
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Dow Henry Drukker (1872-1963) —
also known as Dow H. Drukker —
of Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Sneek, Netherlands,
February
7, 1872.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1914-19.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Lake Wales, Polk
County, Fla., January
11, 1963 (age 90 years, 338
days).
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Eugene Walter Leake (1877-1959) —
also known as Eugene W. Leake —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., July 13,
1877.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1907-09.
Died August
23, 1959 (age 82 years, 41
days).
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Andrew H. Demarest (1844-1896) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Small Lots (now part of Fair Lawn), Bergen
County, N.J., November
6, 1844.
Democrat. Grocer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1894; postmaster at
Paterson,
N.J., 1895-96.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., November
4, 1896 (age 51 years, 364
days).
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Hamilton M. Ross (1838-1912) —
of Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in 1838.
Democrat. House
painter; candidate for mayor
of Passaic, N.J., 1909.
Died in Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J., April
17, 1912 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Elizabeth McConnell. |
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Robert Williams —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1890-91;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Passaic County, 1895-97; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1900.
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Henry A. Williams (b. 1895) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., January
15, 1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1922-24;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Passaic County, 1925-27.
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Henry Barrett Crosby (1815-1910) —
also known as Henry B. Crosby; "Father of Paterson
Parks" —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt., April
13, 1815.
Republican. Grocer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1860.
Suffered a stroke of
apoplexy, and died, in Oakland, Bergen
County, N.J., September
25, 1910 (age 95 years, 165
days).
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Leonard Pikaart (1866-1924) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., July 19,
1866.
Republican. Carpenter;
architect;
lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1910-12.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Grange;
Junior
Order.
While repairing a chicken coop, he was accidentally
shot
in the heart, and killed, by a rifle held by 12-year-old Edward
Kupetz, in Hopewell Junction, Dutchess
County, N.Y., October
26, 1924 (age 58 years, 99
days).
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Garret Augustus Hobart Jr. (1884-1941) —
also known as Garret A. Hobart, Jr. —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., August
31, 1884.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Died in Haledon, Passaic
County, N.J., September
29, 1941 (age 57 years, 29
days).
Entombed at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Richard G. Monges (1894-1979) —
Born in 1894.
U.S. Vice Consul in Trieste, as of 1924.
Died in 1979
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
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Mt. Neboh
Cemetery
Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
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Nathan Barnert (1838-1927) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Posen, Prussia (now Poznan, Poland),
September
20, 1838.
Democrat. Tailor;
clothing
manufacturer; real estate
business; mayor
of Paterson, N.J., 1883-86, 1889-90; philanthropist.
Jewish.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., December
23, 1927 (age 89 years, 94
days).
Interment at Mt. Neboh Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Miriam Phillips. |
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Abram Klenert (1869-1943) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., February
16, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1907;
defeated, 1909; common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1913;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1928.
Jewish.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in his apartment at the Alexander Hamilton Hotel,
Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., March 8,
1943 (age 74 years, 20
days).
Interment at Mt. Neboh Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Victor Klenert and Rose Klenert; married to Bessie
Woods. |
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Paterson City
Hall
Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
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Garret Augustus Hobart (1844-1899) —
also known as Garret A. Hobart —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born near Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., June 3,
1844.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1873-74;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Passaic County, 1877-82; member of Republican
National Committee from New Jersey, 1884-96; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1896;
Vice
President of the United States, 1897-99; died in office 1899.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from heart
disease, in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., November
21, 1899 (age 55 years, 171
days).
Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery; statue at
Paterson City Hall.
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Holy Sepulchre
Cemetery
Totowa, Passaic County, New Jersey
| Politicians buried
here: |
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John Johnson (d. 1907) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Democrat. Postmaster at Paterson,
N.J., 1887-91; mayor
of Paterson, N.J., 1906-07; died in office 1907.
Died September
24, 1907.
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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Joseph F. McGurk (1892-1962) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.; Clifton, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., March 3,
1892.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Valparaiso, 1915-17, 1917-18; Antofagasta, 1917; Paris, 1919; Le Havre, 1919; Dakar, 1920-21; Brest, 1921; Dunkirk, 1921; U.S. Consul in Pará, 1922; Zagreb, 1922-24; Helsingfors, 1924-26; La Paz, 1927; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1945; Uruguay, 1946-47.
Died, apparently of a heart
attack, in Rehoboth Beach, Sussex
County, Del., June 12,
1962 (age 70 years, 101
days).
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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Laurel Grove
Cemetery
295 Totowa Road
Totowa, Passaic County, New Jersey
Founded 1872
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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William Edward Simon (1927-2000) —
also known as William E. Simon —
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., November
27, 1927.
U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1974-77.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Also served as federal "energy czar".
Died, of complications from pulmonary
fibrosis, Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., June 3,
2000 (age 72 years, 189
days).
Interment at Laurel Grove Cemetery.
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Gordon Canfield (1898-1972) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Salamanca, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., April
15, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
reporter; secretary to U.S. Rep. George
N. Seger, 1923-40; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1941-61.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
American
Legion.
Died in Hawthorne, Passaic
County, N.J., June 20,
1972 (age 74 years, 66
days).
Interment at Laurel Grove Cemetery.
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Robert Gunn Bremner (1874-1914) —
also known as Robert G. Bremner —
of Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Keiss, Caithness, Scotland,
December
17, 1874.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Jersey, 1912
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1913-14; died in
office 1914.
Scottish
ancestry.
Afflicted with cancer,
which spread from his neck to his left shoulder, he was treated with
then-experimental radiation therapy. National news media followed his
progress in detail for weeks. In Dr. Howard A. Kelley's hospital,
tubes containing $100,000 worth of radium
(almost half of the entire U.S. supply) were temporarily inserted
into the tumor. The treatment was unsuccessful and probably harmful,
and he died, in Baltimore,
Md., February
5, 1914 (age 39 years, 50
days).
Interment at Laurel Grove Cemetery.
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Cornelius G. Garrison (1801-1858) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Slotterdam (now part of Elmwood Park), Bergen
County, N.J., November
24, 1801.
Carpenter;
builder;
Passaic
County Collector, 1842-45; member of New
Jersey state senate from Passaic County, 1845-46.
Died in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., February
11, 1858 (age 56 years, 79
days).
Interment at Laurel Grove Cemetery.
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