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Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Basking Ridge Basking Ridge
Cemetery
Basking Ridge Basking Ridge
Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Bernardsville St. Bernard's
Cemetery
Bound Brook Bound Brook Cemetery
Bound Brook Presbyterian Cemetery
Hillsborough Weston Burying Ground
Lamington Lamington Presbyterian Church
Cemetery
Liberty Corner Liberty Corner
Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Pluckemin Pluckemin Cemetery
Somerset North Plainfield Township
Burying Ground
Somerville First Reformed Dutch Church
Cemetery
Somerville Mountain Top Cemetery
Somerville New Somerville Cemetery
Somerville Old Cemetery
South Bound Brook St. Andrew Ukrainian
Orthodox Cemetery
Private or family
graveyard
Somerset County, New Jersey
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Ferdinand Schureman Schenck (1790-1860) —
of Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Millstone, Somerset
County, N.J., February
11, 1790.
Republican. Physician;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1829-31; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1833-37; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1844; Judge, New
Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals, 1845-57; candidate for New
Jersey state senate, 1856.
Died in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., May 16,
1860 (age 70 years, 95
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Basking Ridge
Cemetery
Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey
Basking Ridge
Presbyterian Church Cemetery
1 East Oak Street
Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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Henry Southard (1747-1842) —
of Basking Ridge, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Hempstead, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
7, 1747.
Democrat. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1792-99,
1811; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1801-11, 1815-21 (3rd District
1801-03, at-large 1803-05, 6th District 1805-07, at-large 1807-09,
5th District 1809-11, 2nd District 1815-21).
Slaveowner.
Died in Basking Ridge, Somerset
County, N.J., May 22,
1842 (age 94 years, 227
days).
Interment at Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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John Annin (1764-1824) —
of Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in 1764.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1804.
Died in Basking Ridge, Somerset
County, N.J., April
12, 1824 (age about 59
years).
Interment at Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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St. Bernard's
Cemetery
Bernardsville, Somerset County, New Jersey
| Politicians buried
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Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen (1869-1948) —
also known as Joseph S. Frelinghuysen —
of Raritan, Somerset
County, N.J.; Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Raritan, Somerset
County, N.J., March
12, 1869.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
fire
insurance business; insurance
underwriter; member of New
Jersey state senate from Somerset County, 1906-11; defeated,
1902; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1917-23; defeated, 1922, 1928, 1930;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920,
1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1944;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Grange;
Union
League; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died February
9, 1948 (age 78 years, 334
days).
Interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery.
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Ogden Haggerty Hammond (1869-1956) —
also known as Ogden H. Hammond —
of Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
13, 1869.
Republican. Real estate
business; director, First National Bank of
Jersey City; president, railway
and real
estate development companies; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1915-16;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1916,
1924
(alternate), 1932;
U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1925-29.
Presbyterian.
Died October
29, 1956 (age 87 years, 16
days).
Interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery.
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Robert Winthrop Kean (1893-1980) —
also known as Robert W. Kean —
of Livingston, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Elberon, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
28, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; banker;
elected (Wet) delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment from Essex
County 1933; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1936,
1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1964;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 12th District, 1939-59; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1958; chair of
Essex County Republican Party, 1961.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died September
21, 1980 (age 86 years, 359
days).
Interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Hamilton
Fish Kean and Katharine Taylor (Winthrop) Kean; married, October
18, 1920, to Elizabeth Stuyvesant Howard; father of Thomas
Howard Kean; nephew of John
Kean (1852-1914); grandfather of Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.; second great-grandson of John
Kean (1756-1795); second great-grandnephew of Philip
Peter Livingston; third great-grandson of Peter
Van Brugh Livingston; third great-grandnephew of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Philip
Livingston and William
Livingston; fourth great-grandson of James
Alexander; fourth great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; fifth great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Pieter
Van Brugh; fifth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler, Abraham
de Peyster, Johannes
Cuyler, Johannes
de Peyster and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin once removed of Nicholas
Fish and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936); first cousin thrice removed of Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); first cousin four times removed of
Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, John
Stevens III and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; first cousin five times removed of Robert
Gilbert Livingston and Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin six times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Johannes
DePeyster, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746), Cornelis
Cuyler and John
Cruger Jr.; first cousin seven times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin once removed of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); second cousin twice removed of Hamilton
Fish (born 1951) and Alexa
Fish Ward; second cousin thrice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer and William
Jay; second cousin four times removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Edward
Livingston (1764-1836); second cousin five times removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Matthew
Clarkson, Philip
P. Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler, Henry
Cruger and Henry
Rutgers; third cousin twice removed of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard and John
Jay II; third cousin thrice removed of Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); fourth cousin once removed of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870). |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
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Archibald Stevens Alexander (1906-1979) —
also known as Archibald S. Alexander —
of Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
28, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1948 (Democratic), 1952; assistant
secretary of the U.S. Army, 1949-50; undersecretary, 1950-52; member
of Democratic
National Committee from New Jersey, 1952; New Jersey
state treasurer, 1954-55; candidate for New
Jersey state house of assembly District 6-A, 1969; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Episcopalian.
Died in Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J., September
4, 1979 (age 72 years, 311
days).
Interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery.
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Millicent Hammond Fenwick (1910-1992) —
also known as Millicent Fenwick —
of Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
25, 1910.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1960;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly District 8, 1970-72; resigned
1972; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1975-83; member of
New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1976; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1982.
Female.
Model
for Lacey Davenport in the Doonesbury comic strip.
Died in Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J., September
16, 1992 (age 82 years, 204
days).
Interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery.
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John Dryden Kuser (1897-1964) —
also known as Dryden Kuser —
of Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., September
24, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1926-29;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Somerset County, 1930-35; insurance
agent; real estate
broker.
Member, American
Legion; Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Grange;
Audubon
Society.
Died, in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 3,
1964 (age 66 years, 161
days).
Interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery.
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Gouverneur Morris Carnochan (1892-1943) —
also known as Gouverneur M. Carnochan —
of New City, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., June 28,
1892.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; served in
the U.S. Navy during World War I; stockbroker;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Member, Freemasons.
While in wartime
service, he was killed in a plane
crash, in South America or the Atlantic Ocean, October
12, 1943 (age 51 years, 106
days).
Interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery.
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Kate Prentice Schley (1885-1970) —
also known as Kate deForest Prentice —
of Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April
23, 1885.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from New Jersey, 1944-49.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died May 22,
1970 (age 85 years, 29
days).
Interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery.
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Bound Brook
Cemetery
Mountain Avenue
Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey
Founded 1864
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Presbyterian
Cemetery
Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey
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Samuel Swan (1771-1844) —
of Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born near Scotch Plains, Somerset
County, N.J., 1771.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1807; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1821-31 (at-large 1821-23, 2nd
District 1823-25, at-large 1825-31).
Died in Bound Brook, Somerset
County, N.J., August
24, 1844 (age about 73
years).
Entombed at Presbyterian Cemetery.
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Weston Burying
Ground
(formerly Van Nest Cemetery)
Hillsborough, Somerset County, New Jersey
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Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753-1804) —
of Somerset
County, N.J.
Born near Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J., April
13, 1753.
Lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1778; served in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1784,
1800-04; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify U.S. constitution from
Somerset County, 1787; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1793-96; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1801.
Slaveowner.
Died in Millstone, Somerset
County, N.J., April
13, 1804 (age 51 years, 0
days).
Interment at Weston Burying Ground.
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Lamington
Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Lamington, Somerset County, New Jersey
Liberty Corner
Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Liberty Corner, Somerset County, New Jersey
Founded 1837
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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William C. Annin (1790-1872) —
of Somerset
County, N.J.
Born January
5, 1790.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1828.
Died January
30, 1872 (age 82 years, 25
days).
Interment at Liberty Corner Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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James Wilson Arrowsmith (1816-1901) —
also known as J. W. Arrowsmith —
of Bernards Township, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, October
6, 1816.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1860-61,
1870.
Died November
20, 1901 (age 85 years, 45
days).
Interment at Liberty Corner Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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Pluckemin
Cemetery
Pluckemin, Somerset County, New Jersey
North Plainfield
Township Burying Ground
Somerset, Somerset County, New Jersey
First Reformed
Dutch Church Cemetery
Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey
| Politicians buried
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Peter Dumont Vroom Jr. (1791-1873) —
also known as Peter D. Vroom —
of Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Hillsborough, Somerset
County, N.J., December
12, 1791.
Democrat. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1826-27,
1829; Governor of
New Jersey, 1829-32, 1833-36; chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1829-32, 1833-36; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1839-41; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1844; U.S.
Minister to Prussia, 1853-57.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., November
18, 1873 (age 81 years, 341
days).
Interment at First Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery.
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Mountain Top
Cemetery
Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey
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William E. Ozzard (1915-2002) —
of Bridgewater Township, Somerset
County, N.J.; Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Weehawken, Hudson
County, N.J., June 15,
1915.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1954-58;
resigned 1958; member of New
Jersey state senate, 1958-67 (Somerset County 1958-65, District 8
1966-67); resigned 1967; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1969.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary.
Died June 29,
2002 (age 87 years, 14
days).
Interment at Mountain Top Cemetery.
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New Somerville
Cemetery
South Bridge Street
Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey
Founded 1867
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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Clifford Philip Case (1904-1982) —
also known as Clifford P. Case —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Franklin Park, Somerset
County, N.J., April
16, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1943-44; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1945-53; resigned
1953; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1955-79; defeated in primary, 1978;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1956,
1964,
1968;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1968.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., March 5,
1982 (age 77 years, 323
days).
Interment at New Somerville Cemetery.
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William Gaston Steele (1820-1892) —
also known as William G. Steele —
of Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, February
17, 1820.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1861-65.
Died April
22, 1892 (age 72 years, 65
days).
Interment at New Somerville Cemetery.
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Alvah Augustus Clark (1840-1912) —
also known as Alvah A. Clark —
of Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Lebanon, Hunterdon
County, N.J., September
13, 1840.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1877-81; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1880,
1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); postmaster at Somerville,
N.J., 1896-99.
Died in Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J., December
27, 1912 (age 72 years, 105
days).
Interment at New Somerville Cemetery.
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Peter J. Biondi (1942-2011) —
also known as Pete Biondi —
of Hillsborough, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., June 23,
1942.
Republican. Mayor
of Hillsborough Township, N.J., 1986-93; Somerset
County Freeholder, 1994-97; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 16th District, 1998-2011; died in
office 2011.
Member, Rotary;
Elks.
Died, from non-Hodgkin's
lymphoma, November
10, 2011 (age 69 years, 140
days).
Interment at New Somerville Cemetery.
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Culver Barcalow (1823-1896) —
of Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, October
23, 1823.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Collector of
Internal Revenue for the 3rd New Jersey District, 1879.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died June 1,
1896 (age 72 years, 222
days).
Interment at New Somerville Cemetery.
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Old
Cemetery
Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey
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George Houston Brown (1810-1865) —
also known as George H. Brown —
of Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Lawrenceville, Mercer
County, N.J., February
12, 1810.
Member of New
Jersey state senate from Somerset County, 1845; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1851-53; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1861-65.
Died in Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J., August
1, 1865 (age 55 years, 170
days).
Interment at Old Cemetery.
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Isaac Southard (1783-1850) —
of Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Basking Ridge, Somerset
County, N.J., August
30, 1783.
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1831-33.
Slaveowner.
Died in Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J., September
18, 1850 (age 67 years, 19
days).
Interment at Old Cemetery.
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Eugene S. Doughty —
of Somerset
County, N.J.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1851-52;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Somerset County, 1882-84.
Interment at Old Cemetery.
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St. Andrew
Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery
South Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey
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Mary V. Beck (1908-2005) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Ford City, Armstrong
County, Pa., February
29, 1908.
Democrat. Social
worker; lawyer;
member, Detroit City Council, 1950-70 (first
woman to be elected); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1950; candidate in
primary for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1969.
Female.
Eastern
Orthodox. Ukrainian
ancestry.
Died, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Clinton Township, Macomb
County, Mich., January
30, 2005 (age 97 years, 0
days).
Interment at St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Michael Beck and Anna (Woytowych) Beck. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1969): "Sweep the Deck
with Mary Beck." |
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