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Thomas Howard Birch (1875-1929) —
also known as Thomas H. Birch —
of Burlington, Burlington
County, N.J.
Born in Burlington, Burlington
County, N.J., September
5, 1875.
Democrat. Carriage manufacturing business; aide to Gov. Woodrow
Wilson of New Jersey in 1912-13; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); candidate for Presidential
Elector for New Jersey; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1913-22.
Died February
1, 1929 (age 53 years, 149
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Burlington, N.J.
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James Henry Roberts Cromwell (1896-1990) —
also known as James H. R. Cromwell —
of Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.; Weehawken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 4,
1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; vice-president,
Peerless Motor Car Company; U.S. Minister to Canada, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New Jersey, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1940; president, Chemwood Corporation,
pulp
and paper manufacturers.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Marine
Corps League; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in 1990
(age about
94 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Samuel Fish (b. 1852) —
also known as Frederick S. Fish —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
5, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1884; member of
New
Jersey state senate from Essex County, 1885-87; director and
general counsel, Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company;
president, Studebaker Vehicle Company; chairman, Studebaker
Corporation.
Baptist.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Clay Fish and Clara (Jones) Fish; married, June 16,
1887, to Grace A. Studebaker. |
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Alpheus Deming Gibbons (c.1819-1900) —
also known as Alpheus D. Gibbons —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Born in East Granville, Granville, Hampden
County, Mass., about 1819.
Carriage builder; mayor of
Rahway, N.J., 1878-79.
Died in Rahway, Union
County, N.J., January
4, 1900 (age about 81
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Timothy Gibbons and Abigail (Seymour) Gibbons; married, December
16, 1857, to Elizabeth Garthwait. |
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Thomas Barrett Leary (b. 1931) —
also known as Thomas B. Leary —
of Michigan.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., July 15,
1931.
Republican. Lawyer;
counsel for General Motors, 1971-82; member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1999-.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2004.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Leary and Margaret (Barrett) Leary; married, December
18, 1954, to Stephanie Lynn Abbott. |
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Charles Stewart Mott (1875-1973) —
also known as Charles S. Mott; C. S. Mott —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., June 2,
1875.
Served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1912-14, 1918-19; defeated, 1914; candidate in
Republican primary for Governor of
Michigan, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1924,
1940;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Episcopalian.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Kiwanis;
Rotary.
Vice-president of General Motors. Philanthropist; founder of
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., February
18, 1973 (age 97 years, 261
days).
Entombed at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Charles Sexton (d. 1883) —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Burlington
County, N.J.
Whig. Minister;
coach trimmer; mayor of
Camden, N.J., 1849-51.
Baptist.
Died in 1883.
Burial location unknown.
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David H. Trembley (b. 1858) —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, 1858.
Carriage painter; mayor of
Rahway, N.J., 1918-22; on May 31, 1919, he prevented a Socialist
orator, Frederick
Harwood, from speaking, by spraying him and his audience with a
fire hose; subsequently arrested
and charged
with assault
and inciting
to riot; retaliated by arresting Justice of the Peace Gustav
Theimer, who had indicted him, and arraigned him on a charge of
improper procedure.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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