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Food Industry Politicians in New Jersey
Processors, Distributors, Grocers

  Fillmore Condit (1855-1939) — of Verona, Essex County, N.J.; Santa Paula, Ventura County, Calif.; Essex Fells, Essex County, N.J.; Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Roseland, Essex County, N.J., September 5, 1855. Grocer; invented and manufactured the Condit refrigerator door fastener; Essex County Freeholder; real estate business; New York representative for Union Oil Company of California; founder, Long Beach Community Hospital 1924; mayor of Long Beach, Calif., 1926-27. Methodist. Member, Anti-Saloon League. Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 6, 1939 (age 83 years, 123 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Stephen J. Condit and Catherine Jane (Tappan) Condit; married 1881 to Ida Frances Rafter; first cousin thrice removed of Silas Condict; second cousin once removed of Alfred Henry Condict; second cousin twice removed of John Condit and Lewis Condict; third cousin once removed of Silas Condit and Israel Dodd Condit; fourth cousin of Augustus William Cutler, Albert Pierson Condit, Amzi Condit and Elias Mulford Condit; fourth cousin once removed of Simeon Harrison.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman family; Condit family of Orange, New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
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  Henry Barrett Crosby (1815-1910) — also known as Henry B. Crosby; "Father of Paterson Parks" — of Paterson, Passaic County, N.J. Born in Brattleboro, Windham County, Vt., April 13, 1815. Republican. Grocer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1860. Suffered a stroke of apoplexy, and died, in Oakland, Bergen County, N.J., September 25, 1910 (age 95 years, 165 days). Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Watson Crosby and Desire (Bangs) Crosby; married to Harriet Rogers; third cousin once removed of David Sears; fourth cousin once removed of David Kidder.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Clough family of New Hampshire (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Andrew H. Demarest (1844-1896) — of Paterson, Passaic County, N.J. Born in Small Lots (now part of Fair Lawn), Bergen County, N.J., November 6, 1844. Democrat. Grocer; candidate for U.S. Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1894; postmaster at Paterson, N.J., 1895-96. Member, Knights of Pythias. Died in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., November 4, 1896 (age 51 years, 364 days). Interment at Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Demarest and Anna (Hogencamp) Demarest; married 1865 to Maria C. Oldis; third cousin once removed of William Nelson Demarest; third cousin thrice removed of Eugene Ezra Demarest; fourth cousin once removed of Abraham J. Demarest and Cornelius M. Demarest.
  Political family: Demarest family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Theodore Henry Hinchman (1818-1895) — also known as Theodore H. Hinchman — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Denville, Morris County, N.J., March 6, 1818. Grocer; banker; member of Michigan state senate 2nd District, 1877. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., May 12, 1895 (age 77 years, 67 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of John Redding Hinchman and Mary Morris (DeCamp) Hinchman; married, September 8, 1842, to Louisa Chapin (daughter of Marshall Chapin); grandfather of Theodore Henry Hinchman (1869-1936); first cousin once removed of Jeremiah M. DeCamp.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; DeCamp-Hinchman family of New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  William Howard — of Rahway, Union County, N.J. Republican. Grocer; mayor of Rahway, N.J., 1910-11. Burial location unknown.
  Emil J. Muehlig (b. 1873) — of Lawrence, Essex County, Mass. Born in Hoboken, Hudson County, N.J., November 26, 1873. Grocer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives Sixth Essex District, 1906. Burial location unknown.
  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.
  James P. Sullivan (c.1837-1899) — of Morristown, Morris County, N.J. Born about 1837. Democrat. Grocer; mayor of Morristown, N.J., 1880. Baptist. Member, Freemasons. Died May 9, 1899 (age about 62 years). Burial location unknown.
  C. Raymond Wicoff (1884-1957) — of Cranbury, Middlesex County, N.J. Born in Cranbury, Middlesex County, N.J., February 26, 1884. Democrat. Wholesale grocer; spice salesman; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1940. Died in Cranbury, Middlesex County, N.J., May 5, 1957 (age 73 years, 68 days). Interment at Brainerd Cemetery, Cranbury, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Deborah (Hutchinson) Wicoff and Andrew Jackson Wicoff; married to Grace Suydam; first cousin of John Van Buren Wicoff.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
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