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David H. Agans (1868-1945) —
of Three Bridges, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born in Pleasant Run, Hunterdon
County, N.J., November
20, 1868.
Farmer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hunterdon County, 1918-20;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Hunterdon County, 1922-27; Dry candidate
for delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment from Hunterdon
County, 1933.
Member, Grange.
Died in 1945
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Three
Bridges Reformed Church Cemetery, Three Bridges, N.J.
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Martyn Livingston Agens (1855-1909) —
also known as M. Livy Agens —
of Ludington, Mason
County, Mich.
Born in Orange, Essex
County, N.J., June 17,
1855.
Republican. Fruit
farmer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Mason County, 1905-09; died
in office 1909.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Grange;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from spinal
meningitis and pneumonia,
in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., March
30, 1909 (age 53 years, 286
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Ludington, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander Mason Agens and Georgia (Dean) Agens; married to Eva A.
Holmes. |
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memorial |
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Collins Bassett Allen (1866-1953) —
also known as Collins B. Allen —
of Salem, Salem
County, N.J.
Born in Mannington Township, Salem
County, N.J., August
9, 1866.
Republican. Farmer; Salem
County Sheriff, 1905-08; member of New
Jersey state senate from Salem County, 1915-23; defeated, 1913.
Member, Grange;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died January
12, 1953 (age 86 years, 156
days).
Interment at East
View Cemetery, Salem, N.J.
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John Hitchner Avis (1845-1933) —
also known as John H. Avis —
of Deerfield, Cumberland
County, N.J.
Born in Deerfield, Cumberland
County, N.J., December
24, 1845.
Republican. Farmer; merchant;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Cumberland County, 1881.
Died August
27, 1933 (age 87 years, 246
days).
Interment at Deerfield United Methodist Church Cemetery, Deerfield, N.J.
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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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George B. Cole (b. 1851) —
of Greenwich Township, Warren
County, N.J.; Lopatcong Township, Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Harmony Township, Warren
County, N.J., April 9,
1851.
Democrat. Farmer; Warren
County Sheriff, 1900; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Warren County, 1910-11.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Redmen.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Charles Swinburne Fayerweather (b. 1884) —
also known as Charles S. Fayerweather —
of New Lebanon, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., January
12, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; dairy
farmer; member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1931; defeated, 1929, 1931.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Oakley Fayerweather and Lavinia (Cooke)
Fayerweather. |
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John James Gardner (1845-1921) —
also known as John J. Gardner —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Atlantic
County, N.J., October
17, 1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
farmer; insurance
business; mayor
of Atlantic City, N.J., 1868-72, 1874-75; member of New
Jersey state senate from Atlantic County, 1878-92; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1884,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1893-1913; defeated,
1912.
Died in Indian Mills, Burlington
County, N.J., February
7, 1921 (age 75 years, 113
days).
Interment at Atlantic
City Cemetery, Pleasantville, N.J.
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Job Hillman Gaskill (1804-1886) —
also known as Job H. Gaskill —
of Pemberton, Burlington
County, N.J.
Born in Springfield Township, Burlington
County, N.J., March
24, 1804.
Democrat. Farmer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Burlington County, 1854;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1864;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Burlington County, 1868-70.
Quaker.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Pemberton, Burlington
County, N.J., September
14, 1886 (age 82 years, 174
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Pemberton, N.J.
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George W. F. Gaunt (1865-1918) —
of Mullica Hill, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Mantua Township, Gloucester
County, N.J., September
9, 1865.
Republican. Farmer; member of New
Jersey state senate from Gloucester County, 1909-17; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1916.
Member, Grange.
Died in 1918
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Mullica Hill Friends Cemetery, Mullica Hill, N.J.
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Sumner Pell Gerard (1916-2005) —
also known as Sumner Gerard —
of Ennis, Madison
County, Mont.
Born in Melville, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 15,
1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
rancher; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1955-60; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Montana, 1956;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1960; member of Montana
state senate, 1963-66; U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica, 1974-77.
Died, in a hospital
at Vero Beach, Indian
River County, Fla., February
24, 2005 (age 88 years, 224
days).
Entombed at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John Faucheraud Grimké (1752-1819) —
also known as John Grimké —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
16, 1752.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1781-83, 1784-90; common pleas court judge in South
Carolina, 1783; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1786-88; resigned 1788.
French
Huguenot and German
ancestry.
Died in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., August
9, 1819 (age 66 years, 236
days).
Interment somewhere in Long Branch, N.J.
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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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Charles Royal Hires (1873-1935) —
also known as Charles R. Hires —
of Mannington Township, Salem
County, N.J.
Born in Quinton, Salem
County, N.J., February
1, 1873.
Republican. Farmer; chair of
Salem County Republican Party, 1925.
Died July 6,
1935 (age 62 years, 155
days).
Interment at East
View Cemetery, Salem, N.J.
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Hamilton Fish Kean (1862-1941) —
also known as Hamilton F. Kean —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Union Township, Union
County, N.J., February
27, 1862.
Republican. Banker;
farmer; chair of
Union County Republican Party, 1900; member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1905-19; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1916,
1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from New Jersey, 1919-28; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1929-35; defeated, 1924, 1934; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Freemasons.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
27, 1941 (age 79 years, 303
days).
Entombed at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John Kean (1814-1895) and Lucinetta 'Lucy' (Halsted) Kean; brother
of John
Kean (1852-1914); married, January
12, 1888, to Katharine Taylor Winthrop; father of Robert
Winthrop Kean; grandfather of Thomas
Howard Kean; great-grandson of John
Kean (1756-1795); great-grandfather of Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.; great-grandnephew of Philip
Peter Livingston; second great-grandson of Peter
Van Brugh Livingston; 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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Henry B. Krajewski (1912-1966) —
of Secaucus, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., July 15,
1912.
Pig farmer; tavern
owner; candidate for President
of the United States, 1952 (Poor Man's Party), 1956 (American
Third Party); candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1953 (Jersey Veterans Bonus), 1957 (American Third
Party), 1961 (Veterans Bonus Now); candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1954 (American Third Party), 1958
(Politicians Are Jokers).
Died November
8, 1966 (age 54 years, 116
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Lawrence (c.1814-1893) —
of Hamburg, Sussex
County, N.J.
Born about 1814.
Farmer; member of New
Jersey state senate from Sussex County, 1880-82.
Episcopalian.
Died in Hamburg, Sussex
County, N.J., March
14, 1893 (age about 79
years).
Interment at North
Hardyston Cemetery, Hamburg, N.J.
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Harold Orville Mackenzie (b. 1885) —
of California; New Jersey.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., April
21, 1885.
Republican. General manager, Mount Whitney Power &
Electric Co., 1914-16; rancher and fruit
grower; U.S. Minister to Siam, 1927-30.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Burial location unknown.
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James A. McWilliams (b. 1858) —
of Clayton, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Williamstown, Gloucester
County, N.J., May 10,
1858.
Republican. Farmer; banker;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Gloucester County, 1927-32.
Member, Freemasons;
Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Newbold (1760-1823) —
of Burlington
County, N.J.
Born in Springfield Township, Burlington
County, N.J., August
2, 1760.
Democrat. Farmer; banker;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Burlington County, 1797,
1820-22; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1807-13 (at-large 1807-09, 4th
District 1809-11, at-large 1811-13).
Died in Springfield Township, Burlington
County, N.J., December
18, 1823 (age 63 years, 138
days).
Interment at Old
Upper Springfield Friends Burying Ground, Springfield Township,
Burlington County, N.J.
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William Peartree (c.1643-1714) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1643.
Planter; privateer;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1703-07.
Died in Bergen, Bergen County (now part of Jersey City, Hudson
County), N.J., 1714
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Vanneman Porch (1806-1859) —
also known as John V. Porch —
of Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Gloucester
County, N.J., March
12, 1806.
Farmer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Gloucester County, 1853.
English
and Swiss
ancestry.
Died September
12, 1859 (age 53 years, 184
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Porch and Hannah (Fisler) Porch; married 1830 to
Catherine Hartman. |
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Andrew Crozier Reeves (1867-1936) —
also known as A. Crozier Reeves —
of Lawrenceville, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Bucks
County, Pa., December
3, 1867.
Grocer; wholesale
grocer; newspaper
publisher; farmer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
New Jersey; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1925; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Mercer County, 1926-36; died in office
1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1932.
English
ancestry.
Died in 1936
(age about
68 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel A. Ridgway (b. 1848) —
of Bordentown, Burlington
County, N.J.; Woodstown, Salem
County, N.J.
Born in Mullica Hill, Gloucester
County, N.J., May 20,
1848.
Republican. Farmer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Salem County, 1907-08, 1910.
Quaker.
Member, Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Emmor Roberts (b. 1890) —
of Moorestown, Burlington
County, N.J.
Born in Moorestown, Burlington
County, N.J., March
13, 1890.
Republican. Fruit
farmer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Burlington County, 1916-21;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Burlington County, 1922-27.
Member, Delta
Upsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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William Rockhill (1793-1865) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Burlington
County, N.J., February
10, 1793.
Democrat. Farmer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1834-36, 1836-37; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Indiana; member of Indiana
state senate, 1844-47; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1847-49; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1856.
Presbyterian.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., January
15, 1865 (age 71 years, 340
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Isaac R. Srope (c.1802-1862) —
of Kingwood Township, Hunterdon
County, N.J.; Frenchtown, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born about 1802.
Democrat. Blacksmith;
deputy
sheriff; farmer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hunterdon County, 1841-42,
1846-47; common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1850.
Died, of typhoid
fever, Frenchtown, Hunterdon
County, N.J., April
14, 1862 (age about 60
years).
Burial location unknown.
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William S. Stiles (b. 1869) —
of near Penns Grove, Salem
County, N.J.
Born in Salem
County, N.J., September
14, 1869.
Farmer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Salem County, 1920-23; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Salem County, 1927-29.
Burial location unknown.
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Theodore Newton Vail (1845-1920) —
also known as Theodore N. Vail —
of Lyndonville, Lyndon, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Minerva, Stark
County, Ohio, July 16,
1845.
Republican. General superintendent, U.S. Railway Mail Service,
1876-79; president, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Co., 1885-89 and 1907-19; founder of Western Electric and of Bell
Labs; built an electric
railway system in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1890-1904;
farmer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 1916.
Member, Union
League.
Died, from kidney
and cardiac
complications, in Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., April
16, 1920 (age 74 years, 275
days).
Interment at Vail
Memorial Cemetery, Parsippany, N.J.
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Elmer H. Wene (1892-1957) —
of Vineland, Cumberland
County, N.J.
Born in Hunterdon
County, N.J., 1892.
Democrat. Poultry farmer; radio station
president; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1937-39, 1941-45;
defeated, 1950; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1944; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1944,
1948,
1952;
delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Cumberland
County, 1947; member of New
Jersey state senate from Cumberland County, 1947-49; Democratic
candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1949, 1953 (primary).
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Redmen;
Grange.
Died in 1957
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Locust
Grove Cemetery, Quakertown, Pa.
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John Hill Wheeler (1806-1882) —
also known as John H. Wheeler —
of Lincoln
County, N.C.
Born in Murfreesboro, Hertford
County, N.C., August
2, 1806.
Lawyer;
historian;
planter; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1828-31, 1852-53 (Hertford County
1828-31, Lincoln County 1852-53); superintendent of the U.S. Mint at
Charlotte, N.C., 1837-41; North
Carolina state treasurer, 1843-45; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1854-56.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
7, 1882 (age 76 years, 127
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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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, Blairstown, N.J.
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