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John Anderson Bensel (1863-1922) —
also known as John A. Bensel —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1863.
Democrat. Engineer; worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad;
in charge of construction on New York City's North River waterfront,
1889-95; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1911-14; major in the U.S. Army
during World War I.
Died, of myelitis,
in Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J., June 19,
1922 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Brownlee Bensel and Mary Maclay (Hogg) Bensel; married 1896 to Ella
Louise Day. |
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William A. Blair (b. 1882) —
of Elwood, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1882.
Republican. Mechanical engineer; farmer; Atlantic
County Freeholder, 1916-17; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1918-23.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert L. Bowser (born c.1936) —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born about 1936.
Democrat. City
planner; surveyor;
engineer; mayor
of East Orange, N.J., 1998-2013; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 2000.
African
ancestry. Member, Lions; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2014.
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William J. Bradley (b. 1852) —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Maryland, May 6,
1852.
Republican. Mechanical engineer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Camden County, 1898-1902; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1901-02; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1900;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Camden County, 1903-11.
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander Oswald Brodie (1849-1918) —
also known as Alexander O. Brodie —
of Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Haddonfield, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Edwards, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., November
13, 1849.
Republican. Civil and mining
engineer; Yavapai
County Recorder, 1893-94; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1898; Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1902-05; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arizona Territory, 1904.
Died in Haddonfield, Camden
County, N.J., May 10,
1918 (age 68 years, 178
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Brodie and Margaret (Brown) Brodie; married, December
15, 1892, to Louise Hanlon. |
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Robert Duncan Coombs (1873-1934) —
also known as Robert D. Coombs —
of Paramus, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
15, 1873.
Republican. Engineer; mayor
of Paramus, N.J., 1933-34; died in office 1934.
Died, of heart
disease, in Paramus, Bergen
County, N.J., October
22, 1934 (age 61 years, 37
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Harriet Lord. |
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Allan R. Cullimore (b. 1884) —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., March 2,
1884.
Civil engineer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I;
Dean, later President, Newark College of Engineering; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Essex County,
1947.
Member, American
Society of Mechanical Engineers; American
Chemical Society; Newcomen
Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Cullimore and Mary Pearce (Joy) Cullimore; married, March
25, 1912, to Edith Van Alst. |
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Amos F. Dixon (b. 1877) —
of Stillwater Township, Sussex
County, N.J.
Born near Victoria, Knox
County, Ill., December
5, 1877.
Engineer and executive in the Bell
System, 1902-40; granted more than 60 patents for inventions;
dairy farmer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Sussex County, 1945-49; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Sussex County,
1947.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen Dumont (b. 1869) —
also known as Frederick T. F. Dumont —
of Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Phillipsburg, Warren
County, N.J., March
17, 1869.
Construction engineer, Pennsylvania Railroad,
1889-1901; banker;
U.S. Consul in Guadeloupe, 1911-12; Madrid, 1912-14; Florence, 1914-19; Dublin, 1919-20; U.S. Consul General in Frankfort, as of 1924; Havana, 1929-32.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Finley Dumont and Anna K. (Kline) Dumont; married, May 16,
1900, to Mary Wolfe. |
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John Milton Fessenden (1804-1883) —
also known as John M. Fessenden —
Born in Warren, Bristol
County, R.I., December
21, 1804.
Civil engineer; worked on canals
and railroads;
U.S. Consul in Dresden, 1850-54.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
8, 1883 (age 78 years, 49
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of John Fessenden and Abigail Miller (Child) Fessenden; married, May 21,
1834, to Mary Pierce Bumstead; married, June 25,
1868, to Sarah Ann Murphy; second cousin twice removed of Henry
Nichols Blake; third cousin of Samuel
Clement Fessenden (1784-1869), Benjamin
Fessenden and Charles
Backus Hyde Fessenden; third cousin once removed of William
Pitt Fessenden, Walter
Fessenden, Samuel
Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas
Amory Deblois Fessenden, William
Fessenden Allen, Joseph
Palmer Fessenden and Samuel
Fessenden (1845-1903); third cousin twice removed of James
Deering Fessenden, Francis
Fessenden, Joshua
Abbe Fessenden, Samuel
Fessenden (1847-1908) and Oliver
Grosvenor Fessenden; third cousin thrice removed of Charles
Milton Fessenden; fourth cousin once removed of Timothy
Pitkin, Peter
Rawson Taft, Ebenezer
Oliver Grosvenor and Charles
Grenfill Washburn. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Upham
family; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Clifton S. Fleet (b. 1905) —
of Tenafly, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 23,
1905.
Industrial
engineer; mayor
of Tenafly, N.J., 1954.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank E. Fleet and Mary E. (Duggan) Fleet; married, November
12, 1928, to Velma Goad. |
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Kenneth Allen Gibson (b. 1932) —
also known as Kenneth A. Gibson —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Enterprise, Coffee
County, Ala., May 15,
1932.
Democrat. Engineer; mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1970-86; defeated, 1966; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1981, 1985.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Oscar Frederick Gunz (1854-1916) —
also known as Oscar F. Gunz —
of Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
15, 1854.
Engineer; mayor
of Rutherford, N.J., 1914-15.
Suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage, and died three months later, March
22, 1916 (age 61 years, 189
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George B. Harper (b. 1918) —
of Layton, Sussex
County, N.J.
Born in Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J., December
5, 1918.
Republican. Engineer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1952
(alternate), 1956,
1964
(alternate), 1968,
1972
(alternate); member of New
Jersey state senate from Sussex County, 1954-64; resigned 1964;
chair
of Sussex County Republican Party, 1959.
Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John W. Herbert (c.1820-1898) —
of Marlboro, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born about 1820.
Republican. Civil engineer; farmer; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1872,
1884;
common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1874-79.
Died in 1898
(age about
78 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Josiah Hornblower (1729-1809) —
of Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Staffordshire, England,
February
23, 1729.
Engineer; hardware
merchant; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1779-80; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1785-86; county judge in
New Jersey, 1789-1809.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., January
21, 1809 (age 79 years, 333
days).
Interment at Dutch
Reformed Churchyard, Belleville, N.J.
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William A. Kindred (c.1849-1891) —
of Fargo, Cass
County, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.).
Born in Morris
County, N.J., about 1849.
Civil engineer; railroad
builder; banker; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1882-83.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 8,
1891 (age about 42
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Morgan Foster Larson (1882-1961) —
also known as Morgan F. Larson —
of Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., June 15,
1882.
Republican. Engineer; member of New
Jersey state senate from Middlesex County, 1922-28; Governor of
New Jersey, 1929-32.
Died March
21, 1961 (age 78 years, 279
days).
Interment at Alpine
Cemetery, Perth Amboy, N.J.
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Thomas McEwan Jr. (1854-1926) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., February
26, 1854.
Republican. Civil engineer; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1892,
1896
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker);
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1894; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1895-99; banker.
Died in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., September
11, 1926 (age 72 years, 197
days).
Interment at Flower
Hill Cemetery, North Bergen, N.J.
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Charles Anthony Meyer (b. 1864) —
also known as Charles A. Meyer —
of Andover, Sussex
County, N.J.
Born in Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J., December
31, 1864.
Democrat. Civil engineer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Sussex County, 1909-12;
defeated, 1893.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas M. Muir (b. 1879) —
of Plainfield, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., August
26, 1879.
Civil engineer; newspaper
work; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1923-49.
Member, Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Lewis Nixon (1861-1940) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., April 7,
1861.
Democrat. Naval architect; designed battleships
for the U.S. Navy; later, proprietor of shipyards;
president or owner of manufacturing
firms; leader of Tammany Hall in 1901-02; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904,
1908,
1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1920,
1924,
1932.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
23, 1940 (age 79 years, 169
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Leesburg, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Joel Lewis Nixon and Mary Jane (Turner) Nixon; married 1891 to Sally
Lewis Wood. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, February 1902 |
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William John Orchard (b. 1888) —
also known as William J. Orchard —
of Maplewood, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
15, 1888.
Republican. Sanitary engineer; business
executive; president, Orange Memorial Hospital;
delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Essex County,
1947; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1948.
Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Orchard and Elizabeth (Sayce) Orchard; married, February
1, 1913, to Marie Frances Singler. |
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Henry W. Peterson (b. 1892) —
of Woodbury, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
31, 1892.
Engineer; president, Philadelphia Transportation and
Lighterage Company (dredging
and water
transportation); delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large;
elected 1933; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Gloucester
County, 1947; mayor
of Woodbury, N.J., 1953-54.
Member, Rotary;
Elks; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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James Nelson Pidcock (1836-1899) —
also known as James N. Pidcock —
of Whitehouse Station, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born in White House, Hunterdon
County, N.J., February
8, 1836.
Democrat. Civil engineer; built the Georgia Northern Railroad;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Hunterdon County, 1877-79; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1884,
1888;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1885-89.
Died in Whitehouse Station, Hunterdon
County, N.J., December
17, 1899 (age 63 years, 312
days).
Interment at Lebanon Reformed Church Cemetery, Lebanon, N.J.
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Clyde Potts —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Republican. Engineer; mayor
of Morristown, N.J., 1929-37.
Burial location unknown.
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James Madison Seymour (1837-1905) —
also known as James M. Seymour —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
30, 1837.
Democrat. Engineer; New Jersey State Supervisor of Prisons,
1891; mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1896-1902; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1901.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., April 1,
1905 (age 68 years, 61
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Hirsh V. Singh —
of Linwood, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Republican. Engineer; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 2017, 2021; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 2018; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 2020.
Indian
subcontinent ancestry.
Still living as of 2021.
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John Reynard Todd (c.1868-1945) —
also known as John R. Todd —
of Summit, Union
County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Johnstown, Rock
County, Wis., about 1868.
Republican. Lawyer;
president of the Todd Robertson Todd construction
and engineering firm; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1928,
1932,
1940.
Member, Union
League.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 12,
1945 (age about 77
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Webster Bray Todd (1899-1989) —
also known as Webster B. Todd —
of Oldwick, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
27, 1899.
Republican. President, Todd Associates construction
engineering firm; treasurer of
New Jersey Republican Party, 1943; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New Jersey; director of Economic Affairs in U.S. Mission
to NationalO and Europe, 1953-54; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1960
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1964
(delegation chair), 1968,
1972;
New Jersey
Republican state chair, 1961-69, 1974-77.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Oldwick, Hunterdon
County, N.J., February
8, 1989 (age 89 years, 165
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph W. Ward (b. 1891) —
of Caledonia, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Nutley, Essex
County, N.J., June 28,
1891.
Republican. Engineer; miller;
director of First National Bank of
Caledonia; member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1942-56.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1917 to
Gertrude Hamilton. |
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John Haines Ware III (1908-1997) —
also known as John H. Ware III —
of Oxford, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Vineland, Cumberland
County, N.J., August
29, 1908.
Republican. Engineer; utility
executive; burgess
of Oxford, Pennsylvania, 1960; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 19th District, 1961-70; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1970-75 (9th District 1970-73,
5th District 1973-75).
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died July 29,
1997 (age 88 years, 334
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Halsted Wiley (1842-1925) —
also known as William H. Wiley —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 10,
1842.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War;
engineer; publisher
of scientific works; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1903-07, 1909-11.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in 1925
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Orange, N.J.
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Russell S. Wise (b. 1882) —
of Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J., December
14, 1882.
Republican. Civil engineer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1926-32; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1931.
Burial location unknown.
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Hubbard R. Yetman (1847-1924) —
of Tottenville, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Monmouth
County, N.J., 1847.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; civil engineer; real
estate and insurance
business; member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1889, 1892-93.
Died in 1924
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Bethel Methodist Churchyard, Tottenville, Staten Island, N.Y.
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David Young III (b. 1905) —
of Boonton, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., March 1,
1905.
Republican. Civil engineer; lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Morris County, 1941-46; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Morris County,
1947; member of New
Jersey state senate from Morris County, 1947-53; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1952.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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