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New Jersey

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Salem County

Index to Locations

  • Elmer Chestnut Grove Cemetery
  • Norma Alliance Cemetery
  • Pennsville St. George's Episcopal Church Cemetery
  • Salem East View Cemetery
  • Salem First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
  • Salem St. John's Episcopal Churchyard
  • Woodstown Woodstown Baptist Burial Ground


    Chestnut Grove Cemetery
    Elmer, Salem County, New Jersey
    Politicians buried here:
      Arthur P. Schalick (d. 1981) — of Centerton, Salem County, N.J. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1940 (alternate), 1956, 1964 (alternate). Died April 22, 1981. Interment at Chestnut Grove Cemetery.
      Relatives: Brother of W. Orvyl Schalick.


    Alliance Cemetery
    Norma, Salem County, New Jersey
    Politicians buried here:
      Nathan L. Karp (1915-2000) — also known as Nat Karp — of Jamaica, Queens, Queens County, N.Y.; Bergen County, N.J. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., April 25, 1915. Socialist. Clothing cutter; Industrial Government candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1950; Industrial Government candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1952; Industrial Government candidate for mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1953; Industrial Government candidate for Governor of New York, 1954; Socialist Labor candidate for New Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1961. Died in California, April 22, 2000 (age 84 years, 363 days). Interment at Alliance Cemetery.
      Gary Edward Greenblatt (1949-2010) — also known as Gary E. Greenblatt — of Vineland, Cumberland County, N.J. Born December 1, 1949. Democrat. Real estate broker; lawyer; candidate for New Jersey state house of assembly 1st District, 1975; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1976; director and vice-president, Covenant Bank; board chairman, Landis Savings Bank. Jewish. Died in Vineland, Cumberland County, N.J., April 8, 2010 (age 60 years, 128 days). Interment at Alliance Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Newton Greenblatt and Ruth (Rosenbaum) Greenblatt; married, March 25, 1979, to Barbara Cheryl Konell.


    St. George's Episcopal Church Cemetery
    Pennsville, Salem County, New Jersey
    Politicians buried here:
      John Sinnickson (1755-1816) — of Salem County, N.J. Born in Lower Penns Neck Township (now Pennsville), Salem County, N.J., September 20, 1755. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Salem County, 1791-95, 1798. Died in Lower Penns Neck Township (now Pennsville), Salem County, N.J., May 29, 1816 (age 60 years, 252 days). Interment at St. George's Episcopal Church Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Sarah (Gilljohnson) Sinnickson and Andrew Sinnickson; brother of Thomas Sinnickson (1744-1817); married 1777 to Susan Bilderback; uncle of Thomas Sinnickson (1786-1873) and John Sinnickson (1789-1862); granduncle of Clement Hall Sinnickson; great-granduncle of Henry Sinnickson; second great-granduncle of William H. Chew.
      Political family: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    East View Cemetery
    Salem, Salem County, New Jersey
    Politicians buried here:
      Collins Bassett Allen (1866-1953) — also known as Collins B. Allen — of Salem, Salem County, N.J. Born in Mannington Township, Salem County, N.J., August 9, 1866. Republican. Farmer; Salem County Sheriff, 1905-08; member of New Jersey state senate from Salem County, 1915-23; defeated, 1913. Member, Grange; Knights of Pythias. Died January 12, 1953 (age 86 years, 156 days). Interment at East View Cemetery.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Charles Royal Hires (1873-1935) — also known as Charles R. Hires — of Mannington Township, Salem County, N.J. Born in Quinton, Salem County, N.J., February 1, 1873. Republican. Farmer; chair of Salem County Republican Party, 1925. Died July 6, 1935 (age 62 years, 155 days). Interment at East View Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Charles Hires and Susannah DuBois (Smith) Hires; brother of Nathaniel Stretch Hires; married, March 4, 1896, to Anna Frances Fogg; nephew of George Hires; first cousin of Lucius E. Hires; first cousin once removed of Benjamin Franklin Hires; second cousin twice removed of James Ezra Sayers and Mary Estelle Sayers; second cousin thrice removed of Reuben Fithian; third cousin once removed of Albert Harwood Sayers and Jane Sayers; third cousin twice removed of Amos Fithian Garrison Sr.; fourth cousin of Albert Allison Sayers; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Grant Garrison, Alexander Robeson Fithian and Lindley Miller Garrison.
      Political family: Garrison-Fithian-Hires-Sayers family of New Jersey (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      W. Orvyl Schalick (d. 1993) — of Salem, Salem County, N.J. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1944, 1948. Died August 15, 1993. Interment at East View Cemetery.
      Relatives: Brother of Arthur P. Schalick.


    First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    Salem, Salem County, New Jersey
    Politicians buried here:
      George Hires (1835-1911) — of Salem, Salem County, N.J. Born in Elsinboro Township, Salem County, N.J., January 26, 1835. Republican. Merchant; Salem County Sheriff, 1867-69; member of New Jersey state senate from Salem County, 1882-84; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1885-89; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1894; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1896 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business). Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic County, N.J., February 16, 1911 (age 76 years, 21 days). Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of George Hires (1802-1881) and Mary (Royal) Hires; married, January 6, 1858, to Elizabeth Keasby Plummer; father of Lucius E. Hires; uncle of Nathaniel Stretch Hires and Charles Royal Hires; first cousin of Benjamin Franklin Hires; second cousin once removed of James Ezra Sayers and Mary Estelle Sayers; second cousin twice removed of Reuben Fithian; third cousin of Albert Harwood Sayers and Jane Sayers; third cousin once removed of Amos Fithian Garrison Sr. and Albert Allison Sayers; fourth cousin of Charles Grant Garrison, Alexander Robeson Fithian and Lindley Miller Garrison; fourth cousin once removed of James Hampton Fithian.
      Political family: Garrison-Fithian-Hires-Sayers family of New Jersey (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      John C. Belden — of Salem, Salem County, N.J. Member of New Jersey state senate from Salem County, 1870-72. Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
      Joseph Richard Chew (1800-1879) — also known as Joseph R. Chew — of Salem County, N.J. Born in New Jersey, April 13, 1800. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Salem County, 1848. Died in New Jersey, April 6, 1879 (age 78 years, 358 days). Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Jesse Chew and Keziah (Kinsey) Chew; married, October 3, 1822, to Maria Sinnickson (niece of Thomas Sinnickson and John Sinnickson; first cousin of Clement Hall Sinnickson); grandfather of William H. Chew; first cousin thrice removed of Jacob Ezekiel Chew; third cousin thrice removed of Benjamin Chew.
      Political family: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Lucius E. Hires (1860-1937) — of Salem, Salem County, N.J. Born in Quinton, Salem County, N.J., August 29, 1860. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1900 (alternate), 1916. Died in Salem, Salem County, N.J., October 14, 1937 (age 77 years, 46 days). Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Elizabeth Keasby (Plummer) Hires and George Hires; married, November 15, 1883, to Bessie R. McKinley; first cousin of Nathaniel Stretch Hires and Charles Royal Hires; first cousin once removed of Benjamin Franklin Hires; second cousin twice removed of James Ezra Sayers and Mary Estelle Sayers; second cousin thrice removed of Reuben Fithian; third cousin once removed of Albert Harwood Sayers and Jane Sayers; third cousin twice removed of Amos Fithian Garrison Sr.; fourth cousin of Albert Allison Sayers; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Grant Garrison, Alexander Robeson Fithian and Lindley Miller Garrison.
      Political family: Garrison-Fithian-Hires-Sayers family of New Jersey (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).


    St. John's Episcopal Churchyard
    Salem, Salem County, New Jersey
    Founded 1722
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Samuel Dick (1740-1812) — of Salem, Salem County, N.J. Born in Nottingham, Prince George's County, Md., November 14, 1740. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Salem County, 1776; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1784-85; delegate to New Jersey convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Salem County, 1787. Died in Salem, Salem County, N.J., November 16, 1812 (age 72 years, 2 days). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Jacob Hufty (d. 1814) — of Salem, Salem County, N.J. Born in New Jersey. Democrat. Blacksmith; Salem County Sheriff, 1801-04; U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1809-14 (6th District 1809-11, at-large 1811-13, 3rd District 1813-14); died in office 1814. Died in Salem, Salem County, N.J., May 20, 1814. Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Thomas Sinnickson (1744-1817) — of Salem County, N.J. Born in Penns Neck, Salem County, N.J., December 21, 1744. Merchant; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Salem County, 1777, 1782, 1784-85, 1787-88; U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1789-91, 1797-99. Died in Salem, Salem County, N.J., May 15, 1817 (age 72 years, 145 days). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard.
      Relatives: Son of Sarah (Gilljohnson) Sinnickson and Andrew Sinnickson; brother of John Sinnickson (1755-1816); married to Sarah Copher; uncle of Thomas Sinnickson (1786-1873) and John Sinnickson (1789-1862); granduncle of Clement Hall Sinnickson; great-granduncle of Henry Sinnickson; second great-granduncle of William H. Chew.
      Political family: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Daniel Garrison (1782-1851) — of Salem, Salem County, N.J. Born in Lower Penns Neck Township (now Pennsville), Salem County, N.J., April 3, 1782. Democrat. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Salem County, 1806-08; U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1823-27 (3rd District 1823-25, at-large 1825-27); U.S. Collector of Customs, 1834-38. Died in Salem, Salem County, N.J., February 13, 1851 (age 68 years, 316 days). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard.
      Relatives: Son of Judith (Newcomb) Garrison and Daniel Garrison (1757-1782); married, April 6, 1802, to Lurina Cripps; married, March 19, 1807, to Mary Curry; second cousin twice removed of Samuel L. Garrison; second cousin four times removed of Charles Hamilton Garrison; third cousin of Amos Fithian Garrison Sr.; third cousin twice removed of Julius Levi Strong, Herschel Harrison Hatch, Jethro Ayers Hatch, Charles Grant Garrison and Lindley Miller Garrison; third cousin thrice removed of Lorin Andrews Lathrop; fourth cousin once removed of Lemuel Stetson and James Scollay Whitney.
      Political families: Garrison-Fithian-Hires-Sayers family of New Jersey; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Thomas Jones Yorke (1801-1882) — also known as Thomas J. Yorke — of Salem County, N.J. Born in Hancocks Bridge, Salem County, N.J., March 25, 1801. Whig. Merchant; Salem County Collector, 1830; common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1833-34, 1845-54; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Salem County, 1835; U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1837-39, 1841-43; president, West Jersey Railroad, 1866-75; also president of the Cape May & Millville Railroad. Died in Salem, Salem County, N.J., April 4, 1882 (age 81 years, 10 days). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Hedge Thompson (1780-1828) — of Salem, Salem County, N.J. Born in Salem, Salem County, N.J., January 28, 1780. Physician; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Salem County, 1805-06; member of New Jersey State Council, 1819; U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1827-28; died in office 1828. Died, from a liver ailment, in Salem, Salem County, N.J., July 23, 1828 (age 48 years, 177 days). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Joseph Kille (1790-1865) — of Salem County, N.J. Born near Bridgeport, Gloucester County, N.J., April 12, 1790. Democrat. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Salem County, 1815-16, 1856; U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1839-41. Died March 1, 1865 (age 74 years, 323 days). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Clement Hall Sinnickson (1834-1919) — of Salem, Salem County, N.J. Born in Salem, Salem County, N.J., September 16, 1834. Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1875-79; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1880; common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1896-1906. Died in Salem, Salem County, N.J., July 24, 1919 (age 84 years, 311 days). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard.
      Relatives: Son of John Sinnickson (1789-1862) and Rebecca Kay (Hall) Sinnickson; married, June 20, 1862, to Sarah M. Smith; nephew of Thomas Sinnickson (1786-1873); grandnephew of Thomas Sinnickson (1744-1817) and John Sinnickson (1755-1816); first cousin of Maria Sinnickson (who married Joseph Richard Chew); first cousin once removed of Henry Sinnickson; first cousin twice removed of William H. Chew.
      Political family: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Thomas Sinnickson (1786-1873) — of Salem, Salem County, N.J. Born in Salem, Salem County, N.J., December 13, 1786. Merchant; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Salem County, 1827; U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1828-29; common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1830. Died in Salem, Salem County, N.J., February 17, 1873 (age 86 years, 66 days). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard.
      Relatives: Son of Andrew Sinnickson and Margaret (Johnson) Sinnickson; brother of John Sinnickson (1789-1862); married, October 18, 1801, to Elizabeth Brinton Jacobs; nephew of Thomas Sinnickson (1744-1817) and John Sinnickson (1755-1816); uncle of Maria Sinnickson (who married Joseph Richard Chew) and Clement Hall Sinnickson; granduncle of Henry Sinnickson; great-granduncle of William H. Chew.
      Political family: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Henry Sinnickson (1824-1908) — of Salem, Salem County, N.J. Born in Salem County, N.J., February 25, 1824. Democrat. Mayor of Salem, N.J., 1861-63. Died in Salem, Salem County, N.J., October 2, 1908 (age 84 years, 220 days). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard.
      Relatives: Son of John M. Sinnickson and Ann (Dallas) Sinnickson; married 1864 to Harriett A. Wells; grandnephew of Thomas Sinnickson (1786-1873) and John Sinnickson (1789-1862); great-grandnephew of Thomas Sinnickson (1744-1817) and John Sinnickson (1755-1816); first cousin once removed of Clement Hall Sinnickson; second cousin once removed of William H. Chew.
      Political family: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      John Sinnickson (1789-1862) — of Salem County, N.J. Born in Lower Penns Neck Township (now Pennsville), Salem County, N.J., July 9, 1789. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Salem County, 1822. Died in Salem County, N.J., March 27, 1862 (age 72 years, 261 days). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard.
      Relatives: Son of Andrew Sinnickson and Margaret (Johnson) Sinnickson; brother of Thomas Sinnickson (1786-1873); married 1814 to Mary Clarissa Howell; married, September 23, 1826, to Rebecca Kay Hall; father of Clement Hall Sinnickson; nephew of Thomas Sinnickson (1744-1817) and John Sinnickson (1755-1816); uncle of Maria Sinnickson (who married Joseph Richard Chew); granduncle of Henry Sinnickson; great-granduncle of William H. Chew.
      Political family: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      William H. Chew (1871-1962) — of Salem, Salem County, N.J. Born in Camden, Camden County, N.J., September 18, 1871. Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1904 (alternate), 1928 (alternate), 1932. Died December 17, 1962 (age 91 years, 90 days). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard.
      Relatives: Son of Sinnickson S. Chew and Sallie (Miller) Chew; married, April 19, 1900, to Isabel Grey; grandson of Joseph Richard Chew; great-grandnephew of Thomas Sinnickson (1786-1873) and John Sinnickson (1789-1862); second great-grandnephew of Thomas Sinnickson (1744-1817) and John Sinnickson (1755-1816); first cousin twice removed of Clement Hall Sinnickson; second cousin once removed of Henry Sinnickson; third cousin once removed of Jacob Ezekiel Chew.
      Political family: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Woodstown Baptist Burial Ground
    Woodstown, Salem County, New Jersey
    Politicians buried here:
      Isaiah Dunn Clawson (1822-1879) — also known as Isaiah D. Clawson — of Salem County, N.J. Born in Woodstown, Salem County, N.J., March 30, 1822. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Salem County, 1854; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1855-59. Died in Woodstown, Salem County, N.J., October 9, 1879 (age 57 years, 193 days). Interment at Woodstown Baptist Burial Ground.
      Relatives: Married, December 30, 1850, to Martha Wodnutt Shinn.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

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