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Index to Locations
Belvidere Belvidere Cemetery
Blairstown Gravel Hill Cemetery
Blairstown Marksboro Presbyterian
Church Cemetery
Great Meadows Pequest Union
Cemetery
Hackettstown Union Cemetery
Marksboro Presbyterian Cemetery
Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Cemetery
Stewartsville Stewartsville
Presbyterian Cemetery
Washington Washington Cemetery
Belvidere
Cemetery
Belvidere, Warren County, New Jersey
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George Maxwell Robeson (1829-1897) —
also known as George M. Robeson —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Oxford Furnace, Warren
County, N.J., March
16, 1829.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1867-69; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1869-77; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1879-83.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., September
27, 1897 (age 68 years, 195
days).
Interment at Belvidere Cemetery.
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John Patterson Bryan Maxwell (1804-1845) —
of Belvidere, Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Flemington, Hunterdon
County, N.J., September
3, 1804.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1837-39, 1841-43.
Died in Belvidere, Warren
County, N.J., November
14, 1845 (age 41 years, 72
days).
Interment at Belvidere Cemetery.
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Henry Schenck Harris (1850-1902) —
also known as Henry S. Harris —
of Belvidere, Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Belvidere, Warren
County, N.J., December
27, 1850.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1881-83.
Died May 2,
1902 (age 51 years, 126
days).
Interment at Belvidere Cemetery.
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Gravel Hill
Cemetery
Blairstown, Warren County, New Jersey
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John Insley Blair (1802-1899) —
also known as John I. Blair —
of Blairstown, Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Warren
County, N.J., August
22, 1802.
Republican. Merchant;
postmaster;
manufacturer;
railroad
builder; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1860,
1868;
candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1868.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Blairstown, Warren
County, N.J., December
2, 1899 (age 97 years, 102
days).
Interment at Gravel Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John Blair and Rachel (Insley) Blair; married, September
20, 1826, to Nancy Ann Locke; father of Emma Elizabeth
Blair. |
| | | The township
of Blairstown,
New Jersey, is named for
him. — The city
of Blair,
Nebraska, is named for
him. — The city
of Blairstown,
Iowa, is named for
him. — Blair Hall, at Princeton University,
Princeton,
New Jersey, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: King's Notable New
Yorkers of 1896-1899 |
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Marksboro
Presbyterian Church Cemetery
State Route 94
Blairstown, Warren County, New Jersey
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Mark Thomson (1739-1803) —
of Sussex
County, N.J.
Born in Norriton Township, Montgomery
County, Pa., 1739.
Miller;
justice of the peace; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Sussex County, 1779; member
of New
Jersey State Council from Sussex County, 1786-88; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1795-99.
Died in Marksboro, Sussex County (now Warren
County), N.J., December
14, 1803 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Marksboro Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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Isaac Wildrick (1803-1892) —
of Blairstown, Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Marksboro, Warren
County, N.J., March 3,
1803.
Democrat. Farmer;
justice of the peace; Warren
County Sheriff, 1839-41; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1849-53; member of
New
Jersey state house of assembly from Warren County, 1883-85.
German
ancestry.
Died in Blairstown, Warren
County, N.J., March
22, 1892 (age 89 years, 19
days).
Interment at Marksboro Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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Cornelius Edward Gallagher (1921-2018) —
also known as Neil Gallagher —
of Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J., March 2,
1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 13th District, 1959-73; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1968.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Accused,
by Life magazine in 1968, of having made deals with New Jersey
Mafia
leader Joseph Zicarelli. Indicted
in 1972 on federal charges
of income
tax evasion, conspiracy, and perjury.
After losing the primary that year, he pleaded
guilty to some of the charges, and was sentenced
to two years in prison
and a $10,000 fine.
Died in Monroe Township, Middlesex
County, N.J., October
17, 2018 (age 97 years, 229
days).
Interment at Marksboro Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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Abram Wildrick (1803-1871) —
of Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Marksboro, Warren
County, N.J., March 3,
1803.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Warren County, 1842-45;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of New
Jersey state senate from Warren County, 1867-69.
German
ancestry.
Died in Marksboro, Warren
County, N.J., October
28, 1871 (age 68 years, 239
days).
Interment at Marksboro Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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John Albright Wildrick (1838-1918) —
also known as John A. Wildrick —
of Blairstown, Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Blairstown, Warren
County, N.J., November
17, 1838.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Warren
County Clerk; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Warren County, 1903-05;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
1916.
German
ancestry.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., March
19, 1918 (age 79 years, 122
days).
Interment at Marksboro Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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Pequest Union
Cemetery
Great Meadows, Warren County, New Jersey
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Coursen Henry Albertson (1833-1913) —
also known as Coursen H. Albertson —
of Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Independence Township, Warren
County, N.J., March
26, 1833.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Warren County, 1879-81.
Presbyterian.
Died, of acute
cystitis, in Warren
County, N.J., June 7,
1913 (age 80 years, 73
days).
Interment at Pequest Union Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Sarah Clarissa White (daughter of John
White). |
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Union
Cemetery
Mountain Avenue
Hackettstown, Warren County, New Jersey
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Robert Rusling (1812-1879) —
of Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Newburgh, Warren
County, N.J., January
1, 1812.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Warren County, 1859-61.
Died in Hackettstown, Warren
County, N.J., August
9, 1879 (age 67 years, 220
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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James Jacob Rusling (1844-1899) —
also known as James J. Rusling —
of Hackettstown, Warren
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, 1844.
Postmaster at Hackettstown,
N.J., 1898-99.
Died April 2,
1899 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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Caleb H. Valentine —
of Warren
County, N.J.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Warren County, 1830-32,
1835-36, 1869-71.
Interment at Union Cemetery.
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Presbyterian
Cemetery
Marksboro, Warren County, New Jersey
Phillipsburg
Cemetery
Phillipsburg, Warren County, New Jersey
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Robert Baumle Meyner (1908-1990) —
also known as Robert B. Meyner —
of Phillipsburg, Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., July 3,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New
Jersey state senate from Warren County, 1948-51; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1948
(alternate), 1952
(alternate), 1956,
1964,
1968,
1976;
Governor
of New Jersey, 1954-62; defeated, 1969; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Chi Rho; Elks; Eagles;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Rotary;
Grange.
Died May 27,
1990 (age 81 years, 328
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Phillipsburg Cemetery.
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Stewartsville
Presbyterian Cemetery
Stewartsville, Warren County, New Jersey
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Robert Stewart Kennedy (d. 1879) —
also known as R. S. Kennedy —
of Stewartsville, Warren
County, N.J.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1856.
Died March
20, 1879.
Interment at Stewartsville Presbyterian Cemetery.
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Washington
Cemetery
Washington, Warren County, New Jersey
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Johnston Cornish (1858-1920) —
of Washington, Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon
County, N.J., June 13,
1858.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
1888,
1904
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1916
(alternate); member of New
Jersey state senate from Warren County, 1891-93, 1900-02,
1906-11; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1893-95.
Died in Washington, Warren
County, N.J., June 26,
1920 (age 62 years, 13
days).
Interment at Washington Cemetery.
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