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John Stothoff Badeau (1903-1995) —
also known as John S. Badeau —
of Jamesburg, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
24, 1903.
Minister; missionary; university
professor; president,
American University in Cairo, 1945-53; U.S. Ambassador to United Arab Republic, 1961-64.
Christian
Reformed; later Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Xi; Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Died, from sepsis,
in Jamesburg, Middlesex
County, N.J., August
25, 1995 (age 92 years, 182
days).
Interment at Fernwood Cemetery, Jamesburg, N.J.
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Samuel Zane Batten (1859-1925) —
also known as Samuel Z. Batten —
of Tioga, Tioga
County, Pa.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Lansdowne, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Swedesboro, Gloucester
County, N.J., August
10, 1859.
Minister; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1894.
Baptist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died June 26,
1925 (age 65 years, 320
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles M. Boswell (1860-1934) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Toms River, Ocean
County, N.J., December
28, 1860.
Republican. Minister; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1900 ; corresponding secretary, Methodist Board of Home Missions and
Church Extension, 1906-17; corresponding secretary, Methodist
Episcopal Hospital,
1917-34; president, Ocean Grove Campmeeting Association, 1925-34.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Methodist Episcopal Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
20, 1934 (age 73 years, 357
days).
Interment at Westminster
Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Henry Augustus Buchtel (1847-1924) —
also known as Henry A. Buchtel —
of Greencastle, Putnam
County, Ind.; Knightstown, Henry
County, Ind.; Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.; Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Denver,
Colo.
Born near Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, September
30, 1847.
Republican. Ordained minister; chancellor,
University of Denver, 1900-21; Governor of
Colorado, 1907-09.
Methodist.
Died October
22, 1924 (age 77 years, 22
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Tunis George Campbell (1812-1891) —
also known as Tunis G. Campbell —
of McIntosh
County, Ga.
Born in Middlebrook (unknown
county), N.J., April 1,
1812.
Minister; abolitionist; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1867; member of Georgia
state senate, 1868, 1869-72; expelled 1868; defeated, 1872; expelled
from the Georgia State Senate in 1868 based on the claim that only
whites could serve; charged
with falsely
imprisoning white men as Justice of of the Peace, and served a
year of hard
labor in Georgia's brutal leased labor system.
Methodist.
African
ancestry.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
4, 1891 (age 79 years, 247
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Fred Pierce Corson (1896-1985) —
also known as Fred P. Corson —
of Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cornwall, Lebanon
County, Pa.
Born in Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J., April
11, 1896.
Methodist minister; president,
Dickinson College, 1934-44; Methodist Bishop of Philadelphia,
1944-68; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1948,
1952;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1948.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Union
League; Rotary;
Kappa
Sigma; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage after a fall, in
St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
16, 1985 (age 88 years, 311
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Corson and Mary (Payne) Corson; married 1922 to
Frances Blount Beaman. |
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article |
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College |
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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, Scotch Plains, N.J.
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Lucille Ann Egan —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Democrat. Catholic nun; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1976.
Female.
Still living as of 1976.
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Otis Allan Glazebrook (1845-1931) —
also known as Otis A. Glazebrook —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Richmond,
Va., October
13, 1845.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; founder of Alpha
Tau Omega fraternity, while a student at the Virginia Military
Institute; Episcopal priest; missionary; rector;
chaplain; U.S. Consul in Jerusalem, 1914-17, 1918-19; Nice, as of 1924-29; Monaco, as of 1929.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died in North
Atlantic Ocean, April
26, 1931 (age 85 years, 195
days).
Buried at sea in North Atlantic Ocean; cenotaph at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Larkin White Glazebrook and America Henley (Bullington)
Glazebrook; married, November
17, 1866, to Virginia Calvert Key Smith; married 1914 to
Emalina Adelia Rumford. |
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memorial |
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William H. Gleason (1833-1892) —
of Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.; Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Durham, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
28, 1833.
Merchant;
lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 1st District, 1864-65;
pastor.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1892 (age 58 years, 146
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Henry Hornblower (1820-1883) —
Born in Belleville, Essex
County, N.J., March
21, 1820.
Republican. Minister; candidate for Presidential Elector for
New Jersey.
Presbyterian.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., July 16,
1883 (age 63 years, 117
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Clark Knowles (b. 1836) —
also known as Daniel C. Knowles —
of Tilton, Belknap
County, N.H.
Born in Yardville, Mercer
County, N.J., January
4, 1836.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; clergyman;
Prohibition candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1894; Prohibition candidate for New
Hampshire state senate 6th District, 1902.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Norman MacQueen —
of Warren
County, N.J.
Minister; Dry candidate for delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment from Warren
County, 1933.
Burial location unknown.
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J. Vance McIver —
of Essex
County, N.J.
Minister; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1956-57.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John Gardner Murray (1857-1929) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Baltimore,
Md.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lonaconing, Allegany
County, Md., August
31, 1857.
Democrat. Episcopal priest; Bishop of Maryland, 1911-29;
Presiding Bishop of the United States, 1926-29; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died, of a stroke,
during a session
of the House of Bishops, in St. James Church,
Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., October
3, 1929 (age 72 years, 33
days).
Interment at Druid
Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of James Murray and Ann (Kirkwood) Murray; married, October
13, 1881, to Harriet May 'Hattie' Sprague; married, December
4, 1889, to Clara Alice Hunsicker. |
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Charles Ithamar Quigley (1878-1973) —
also known as Ithamar Quigley —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.; Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Pennsylvania, May 2,
1878.
Pastor; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1952, 1956.
Pentecostal.
Died in September, 1973
(age 95
years, 0 days).
Interment at Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Saddle River, N.J.
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Philip Rizzo —
Republican. Builder;
pastor; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 2021; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 2022.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2022.
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Wilbour Eddy Saunders (1894-1979) —
also known as Wilbour E. Saunders —
of Hightstown, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Warwick, Kent
County, R.I., September
20, 1894.
Pastor; chaplain; school
headmaster; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Mercer County,
1947; interim president,
Keuka College, 1965-66.
Baptist.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons;
Junior
Order; Royal
Arcanum; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died in 1979
(age about
84 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Colver Leeds Saunders and Harriet (Robertson) Saunders; married,
September
22, 1919, to Mildred A. Paige. |
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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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Joseph Ross Stevenson (1866-1939) —
also known as J. Ross Stevenson —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Ligonier, Westmoreland
County, Pa., March 1,
1866.
Democrat. Pastor; college
professor; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912 ; president,
Princeton Theological Seminary, 1914-36.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
13, 1939 (age 73 years, 165
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Francis Marion Taitt (1862-1943) —
also known as Francis M. Taitt —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Burlington, Burlington
County, N.J., January
3, 1862.
Republican. Episcopal priest; bishop of the Episcopal Diocese
of Pennsylvania, 1931-43; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Crozer Hospital,
Upland, Delaware
County, Pa., July 17,
1943 (age 81 years, 195
days).
Entombed at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Jacob Hendrick Trapp (1899-1992) —
also known as Jacob Trapp —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Denver,
Colo.; Summit, Union
County, N.J.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich., April
12, 1899.
Democrat. Unitarian minister; poet;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1968.
Unitarian-Universalist.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M., December
28, 1992 (age 93 years, 260
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Willen Jansz Trapp and Aafke 'Effie' (Hertog) Trapp; married, July 13,
1925, to Helen B. Whitmore. |
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John Witherspoon (1723-1794) —
of Princeton, Somerset County (now Mercer
County), N.J.
Born in Gifford, Haddingtonshire, Scotland,
February
5, 1723.
Presbyterian minister; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1783, 1789;
delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify U.S. constitution from
Somerset County, 1787.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry.
Became blind
in 1792.
Died near Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., November
15, 1794 (age 71 years, 283
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Samuel Howard Woodson Jr. (1916-1999) —
also known as S. Howard Woodson, Jr. —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 8,
1916.
Democrat. Pastor; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Jersey, 1964;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1964-76 (Mercer County 1964-67,
District 6-B 1968-73, 13th District 1974-76); resigned 1976.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., July 28,
1999 (age 83 years, 81
days).
Interment at Ewing
Cemetery, Ewing, N.J.
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John Hopkins Worcester Jr. (1845-1893) —
also known as John H. Worcester —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., April 2,
1845.
Republican. Pastor, Sixth Presbyterian Church, Chicago,
1883-90; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888 ;
professor
of Systematic Theology, Union Theological Seminary, 1890-93.
Presbyterian.
Died in Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J., February
5, 1893 (age 47 years, 309
days).
Interment somewhere
in Burlington, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of John H. Worcester and Martha P. (Clark) Worcester; married, October
29, 1874, to Harriet Strong. |
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