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Index to Locations
Berkeley Heights St. Mary's
Cemetery
Elizabeth First Presbyterian Church
Burial Ground
Elizabeth First Presbyterian Church
Cemetery
Elizabeth First Presbyterian
Churchyard
Elizabeth St. John's Churchyard
Hillside Bnai Jeshurun Cemetery
Hillside Evergreen Cemetery
Hillside Oheb Shalom Cemetery
Linden Rosedale and Rosehill
Cemetery
Plainfield Grace Episcopal Church
Cemetery
Rahway Rahway Cemetery
Scotch Plains Hillside Cemetery
Scotch Plains Scotch Plains Baptist
Church Cemetery
Westfield Fairview Cemetery
Westfield Old Presbyterian Cemetery
St. Mary's
Cemetery
Berkeley Heights, Union County, New Jersey
First
Presbyterian Church Burial Ground
Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey
First
Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey
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Stephen Crane (1709-1780) —
of Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J.
Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J., 1709.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1774.
Died in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J., July 1,
1780 (age about 71
years).
Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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First
Presbyterian Churchyard
Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey
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Elias Dayton (1737-1807) —
of Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J.
Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J., May 1,
1737.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1778; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1791-92,
1794-96; mayor
of Elizabethtown, N.J., 1795-1805.
Died in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J., October
22, 1807 (age 70 years, 174
days).
Interment at First Presbyterian Churchyard.
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St. John's
Churchyard
61 Broad Street
Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824) —
of Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J.
Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J., October
16, 1760.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1786-87, 1790,
1814-15; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1787-89; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1791-99; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1795-99; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1799-1805.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons.
Arrested
in 1807 on charges
of conspiring with Aaron
Burr in treasonable
projects; gave bail and was released, but never brought to trial.
Died in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J., October
9, 1824 (age 63 years, 359
days).
Entombed at St. John's Churchyard.
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Isaac Halsted Williamson (1767-1844) —
also known as Isaac H. Williamson —
of Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J.
Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J., September
27, 1767.
Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1816; Governor of
New Jersey, 1817-29; chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1817-29; mayor
of Elizabethtown, N.J., 1830-33; member of New Jersey
State Council, 1831-32; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1844.
Died in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J., July 10,
1844 (age 76 years, 287
days).
Interment at St. John's Churchyard.
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John De Hart (1727-1795) —
of Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J.
Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J., July 25,
1727.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1774-76; postmaster at
Elizabethtown,
N.J., 1775-76; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1776-77; mayor
of Elizabethtown, N.J., 1789-95; died in office 1795.
Died in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J., June 1,
1795 (age 67 years, 311
days).
Interment at St. John's Churchyard.
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Isaac Williamson Scudder (1816-1881) —
also known as Isaac W. Scudder —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J., 1816.
Republican. Lawyer; Hudson
County Prosecutor of the Pleas, 1845-55; director and counsel for
railroad
and canal
companies; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1873-75.
Died in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., September
10, 1881 (age about 65
years).
Interment at St. John's Churchyard.
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Bnai Jeshurun
Cemetery
Hillside, Union County, New Jersey
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Louis Lippman (1864-1934) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., October
30, 1864.
Republican. Banker; insurance
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1920
(alternate), 1928,
1932
(alternate).
Jewish.
German
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in South Orange, Essex
County, N.J., March
23, 1934 (age 69 years, 144
days).
Interment at Bnai Jeshurun Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Leopold Lippman and Elizabeth (Beumel) Lippman; married to May
Rosenstein. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Evergreen
Cemetery
1137 N. Broad Street
Hillside, Union County, New Jersey
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1991
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Jerome Taylor Congleton (1876-1936) —
also known as Jerome T. Congleton —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., August
25, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1928-33; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1932.
Methodist
or Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks.
Died, from a heart
attack, while sitting in his
car, in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., December
10, 1936 (age 60 years, 107
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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William Jay Magie (1832-1917) —
also known as William J. Magie —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., December
9, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer; Union
County Prosecutor of the Pleas, 1866-71; member of New
Jersey state senate from Union County, 1876-78; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1880-97; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1897-1900; chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1900-08.
Died in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., January
15, 1917 (age 84 years, 37
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Sarah Frances Baldwin. |
| | | Epitaph: "The path of the just is as
the shining light." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Kean (1852-1914) —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.; Union Township, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Union Township, Union
County, N.J., December
4, 1852.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1883-85, 1887-89;
candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1892; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1896,
1904;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1899-1911.
Died November
4, 1914 (age 61 years, 335
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John Kean (1814-1895) and Lucinetta 'Lucy' (Halsted) Kean; brother
of Hamilton
Fish Kean; uncle of Robert
Winthrop Kean; granduncle of Thomas
Howard Kean; great-grandson of John
Kean (1756-1795); great-grandnephew of Philip
Peter Livingston; great-granduncle of Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.; second great-grandson of Peter
Van Brugh Livingston and Lewis
Morris; second great-grandnephew of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Philip
Livingston and William
Livingston; third great-grandson of James
Alexander; third great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; fourth great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Pieter
Van Brugh; fourth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Abraham
de Peyster, Johannes
Cuyler, Johannes
de Peyster and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin of Nicholas
Fish and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936); first cousin once removed of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991); first cousin twice removed of Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873) and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); first cousin thrice removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, John
Stevens III, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Hamilton
Fish (born 1951) and Alexa
Fish Ward; first cousin four times removed of Robert
Gilbert Livingston and Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin five times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Johannes
DePeyster, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746), Cornelis
Cuyler and John
Cruger Jr.; first cousin six times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer and William
Jay; second cousin thrice removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Edward
Livingston (1764-1836); second cousin four 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 once 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 twice removed of Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); third cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), James
Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, Philip
DePeyster and James
Parker; fourth cousin of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); fourth cousin once removed of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson, John
Jacob Astor III, Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Bronson
Murray Cutting, Robert
Reginald Livingston and Brockholst
Livingston. |
| | | 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 — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Sulzer (1863-1941) —
also known as "Plain Bill" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., March
18, 1863.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1890-94, 1914 (New York County 14th District
1890-92, New York County 10th District 1893-94, New York County 6th
District 1914); Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1893; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1895-1912 (11th District 1895-1903,
10th District 1903-12); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1896,
1900,
1912
(speaker);
Governor
of New York, 1913; removed 1913; defeated, 1914, 1914.
Presbyterian.
German
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Impeached
and removed from
office as governor, 1913.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
6, 1941 (age 78 years, 233
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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William Chetwood (1771-1857) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J., June 17,
1771.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1836-37; mayor
of Elizabethtown, N.J., 1839-42.
Died in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., December
17, 1857 (age 86 years, 183
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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David Naar (1800-1880) —
of Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J.; Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in St. Thomas, Danish West Indies (now Virgin
Islands), November
6, 1800.
Democrat. Mayor
of Elizabethtown, N.J., 1842-45; U.S. Consul in St. Thomas, 1848; newspaper
editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Jersey, 1860;
New
Jersey state treasurer, 1865.
Jewish.
Portugese
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., February
24, 1880 (age 79 years, 110
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Phineas Jones (1819-1884) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Spencer, Worcester
County, Mass., April
18, 1819.
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1873-74; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1881-83.
Died April
19, 1884 (age 65 years, 1
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Amos Clark Jr. (1828-1912) —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
8, 1828.
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state senate from Union County, 1867-69; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1873-75; defeated,
1874.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
31, 1912 (age 83 years, 358
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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John Brisbin (1818-1880) —
of Tunkhannock, Wyoming
County, Pa.; Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Sherburne, Chenango
County, N.Y., July 13,
1818.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1851.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
13, 1880 (age 61 years, 215
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Charles August Sulzer (1879-1919) —
also known as Charles A. Sulzer —
of Sulzer, Prince of
Wales-Hyder census area, Alaska.
Born in Roselle, Union
County, N.J., February
24, 1879.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
member of Alaska
territorial senate 1st District, 1915-17; resigned 1917; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1917-19, 1919; died in
office 1919.
Died in Sulzer, Prince of
Wales-Hyder census area, Alaska, April
28, 1919 (age 40 years, 63
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Howard P. Frothingham (1861-1907) —
of Mt. Arlington, Morris
County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
12, 1861.
Stockbroker;
mayor
of Mt. Arlington, N.J., 1891.
Following large financial losses, he jumped
from the second-story window of his home, fell about
30 feet, fractured his skull, and subsequently died, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
2, 1907 (age 45 years, 327
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Oheb Shalom
Cemetery
Hillside, Union County, New Jersey
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Meyer C. Ellenstein (1886-1967) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
15, 1886.
Democrat. Dentist;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1924
(alternate), 1940,
1948;
lawyer;
mayor
of Newark, N.J., 1933-41; candidate for Presidential Elector for
New Jersey.
Jewish.
Died February
11, 1967 (age 80 years, 119
days).
Interment at Oheb Shalom Cemetery.
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Rosedale and
Rosehill Cemetery
355 East Linden Avenue
Linden, Union County, New Jersey
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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Joseph Anthony LeFante (1928-1997) —
also known as Joseph A. LeFante —
of Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J.; Toms River, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J., September
8, 1928.
Democrat. Furniture
merchant; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1970-76 (District 12-A 1970-73,
31st District 1974-76); U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 14th District, 1977-78; resigned
1978; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1982.
In the 1984 election, he headed a group called "Democrats for
Reagan-Bush.".
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
26, 1997 (age 68 years, 171
days).
Interment at Rosedale and Rosehill Cemetery.
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George Hudak (c.1935-1996) —
of Linden, Union
County, N.J.
Born about 1935.
Democrat. Mayor of
Linden, N.J., 1983-87; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 20th District, 1986-93.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, in Linden, Union
County, N.J., November
4, 1996 (age about 61
years).
Interment at Rosedale and Rosehill Cemetery.
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Harwood Edward Odery Fish (1875-1934) —
also known as Harwood E. Fish —
of Roselle Park, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Otterville, Ontario,
August
23, 1875.
Mayor
of Roselle Park, N.J., 1912-16.
Killed
himself with illuminating
gas, in Roselle Park, Union
County, N.J., September
4, 1934 (age 59 years, 12
days).
Interment at Rosedale and Rosehill Cemetery.
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Grace Episcopal
Church Cemetery
Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey
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Jeremiah Eaton Cary (1803-1888) —
of Cherry Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y.; Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Coventry, Kent
County, R.I., April
30, 1803.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1843-45.
Died in Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., June, 1888
(age 85
years, 0 days).
Interment at Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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Rahway
Cemetery
Rahway, Union County, New Jersey
| Politicians buried
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Abraham Clark (1726-1794) —
of Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J.
Born near Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth Union
County), N.J., February
15, 1726.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776-78, 1779-83,
1787-89; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1776, 1783-85;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1791-94; died in office
1794.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Rahway, Union
County, N.J., September
15, 1794 (age 68 years, 212
days).
Interment at Rahway Cemetery; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Almeth White Hoff (1878-1950) —
also known as Almeth W. Hoff —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
24, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 18th District, 1911-12, 1914-15;
defeated, 1933; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1944.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
22, 1950 (age 71 years, 272
days).
Interment at Rahway Cemetery.
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Benjamin Marsh Price (1809-1892) —
also known as Benjamin M. Price —
of Woodbridge, Middlesex
County, N.J.; Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Rahway, Union
County, N.J., October
4, 1809.
Democrat. Banker;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1858; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1864.
Died in Rahway, Union
County, N.J., September
10, 1892 (age 82 years, 342
days).
Interment at Rahway Cemetery.
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Hillside
Cemetery
1401 Woodland Avenue
Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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James Edgar Martine (1850-1925) —
also known as James E. Martine; "Farmer
Jim" —
of Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
25, 1850.
Democrat. Candidate for mayor
of Plainfield, N.J., 1896; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1911-17; defeated, 1916; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1912
(speaker).
Died February
26, 1925 (age 74 years, 185
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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William Nelson Runyon (1871-1931) —
also known as William N. Runyon —
of Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., March 5,
1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1915-17; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Union County, 1918-22; Governor of
New Jersey, 1919-20; defeated, 1919, 1922; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1920;
U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1923.
Died November
9, 1931 (age 60 years, 249
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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Charles Aubrey Eaton (1868-1953) —
also known as Charles A. Eaton;
"Doc" —
of Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Toronto, Ontario;
Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Watchung, North Plainfield, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Pugwash, Nova
Scotia, March
29, 1868.
Republican. Baptist
minister; magazine
editor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1920,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1925-53 (4th District 1925-33,
5th District 1933-53).
Baptist.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
23, 1953 (age 84 years, 300
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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Ernest Robinson Ackerman (1863-1931) —
also known as Ernest R. Ackerman —
of Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 17,
1863.
Republican. President, Lawrence Portland
Cement Company; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; member of New
Jersey state senate from Union County, 1906-11; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1908,
1916;
member of New Jersey
state board of education, 1918-20; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1919-31; died in
office 1931.
Presbyterian.
Member, Union
League.
He was elected to the American Philatelic Society Hall of
Fame in 2000.
Died, of heart
disease, in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., October
18, 1931 (age 68 years, 123
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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Percy Hamilton Stewart (1867-1951) —
also known as Percy H. Stewart —
of Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., January
10, 1867.
Democrat. Mayor
of Plainfield, N.J., 1912; chair of
Union County Democratic Party, 1914; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1931-33; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1932.
Died June 30,
1951 (age 84 years, 171
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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Charles Joel Fisk (1858-1922) —
also known as Charles J. Fisk —
of Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, June 16,
1858.
Republican. Banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1896
(alternate), 1900;
mayor
of Plainfield, N.J., 1897-1900.
English
ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died, from angina
pectoris and myocardial
degeneration, in the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
27, 1922 (age 64 years, 164
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Harvey Fisk and Louisa (Green) Fisk; married 1879 to Lizzie
Richey. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Plainfield (N.J.)
Courier-News, November 27, 1922 |
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John Peters Stevens (1868-1929) —
also known as J. P. Stevens —
of Fanwood, Union
County, N.J.; Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in North Andover, Essex
County, Mass., February
2, 1868.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; postmaster at Fanwood,
N.J., 1901-03; founder of J.P. Stevens textile firm; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., October
27, 1929 (age 61 years, 267
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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Joseph Washburn Yates (1826-1904) —
also known as Joseph W. Yates —
of Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Bristol, Lincoln
County, Maine, January
30, 1826.
Democrat. Ship
captain; importer
and exporter; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1871; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee); Consul
for Liberia in New
York, N.Y., 1881-97.
Died in Lake Minnewaska, Ulster
County, N.Y., July 29,
1904 (age 78 years, 181
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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Pierre Mali (1856-1923) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Verviers, Belgium,
August
19, 1856.
Woollen
manufacturer; importing
business; Vice-Consul
for Belgium in New
York, N.Y., 1889-99; Consul
for Belgium in New
York, N.Y., 1899-1903; Honorary
Consul-General for Belgium in New
York, N.Y., 1921.
Belgian
ancestry.
Died in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., October
4, 1923 (age 67 years, 46
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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Frederick Washburn Yates (1866-1930) —
also known as Frederick W. Yates —
of Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., March 9,
1866.
Lawyer;
Consul
for Liberia in New
York, N.Y., 1898-1903.
Presbyterian.
Died, from heart
trouble, in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
10, 1930 (age 64 years, 215
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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Scotch Plains
Baptist Church Cemetery
333 Park Avenue
Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey
Founded 1742
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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George Kyte (1846-1900) —
of Fanwood, Union
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1846.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1891-93; Union
County Sheriff, 1894-97; mayor of Fanwood, N.J., 1898-1900.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Fanwood, Union
County, N.J., May 5,
1900 (age about 53
years).
Interment at Scotch Plains Baptist Church Cemetery.
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Fairview
Cemetery
Westfield, Union County, New Jersey
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Charles Newell Fowler (1852-1932) —
also known as Charles N. Fowler —
of Beloit, Mitchell
County, Kan.; Cranford, Union
County, N.J.; Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.; Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Lena, Stephenson
County, Ill., November
2, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1895-1911 (8th District
1895-1903, 5th District 1903-11); member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1898-1907.
Died in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., May 27,
1932 (age 79 years, 207
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Arthur N. Pierson (b. 1867) —
of Westfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Westfield, Union
County, N.J., June 23,
1867.
Republican. Wholesale sewer pipe and clay
products business; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1915-22; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1919; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1916;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Union County, 1923-32.
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Robert Sayre MacCormack (1872-1938) —
also known as Robert S. MacCormack —
of Westfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1872.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
president of a fruit
auction company; president, New York Fresh
Fruit and Vegetable Exchange; director, Franklin National Bank of
New York; mayor
of Westfield, N.J., 1936-38; died in office 1938.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, in Memorial Hospital,
Rahway, Union
County, N.J., September
7, 1938 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Old Presbyterian
Cemetery
Westfield, Union County, New Jersey
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William Radford (1814-1870) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., June 24,
1814.
Democrat. Merchant;
village
president of Yonkers, New York, 1855-56; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1863-67; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1864.
Died in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., January
18, 1870 (age 55 years, 208
days).
Interment at Old Presbyterian Cemetery.
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