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J. Henry Bacheller (1869-1939) —
also known as Harry Bacheller —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
1, 1869.
President, Fidelity Union Trust Co.;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1900-02; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Essex County, 1903-05.
Baptist.
English,
Scottish,
and French Huguenot ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of heart
disease, in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., December
12, 1939 (age 70 years, 314
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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J. W. Rufus Besson (c.1871-1936) —
of Hudson
County, N.J.; Tenafly, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born about 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1903-04;
district judge in New Jersey, 1910; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1920.
French Huguenot ancestry. Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, following a series of apoplectic
strokes, in Tenafly, Bergen
County, N.J., January
12, 1936 (age about 65
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene Ezra Demarest (1907-1986) —
also known as Eugene E. Demarest —
of Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J., April
20, 1907.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1954; mayor
of Hackensack, N.J., 1960-61; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1961.
Swedish,
Dutch,
and French Huguenot ancestry.
Died August
7, 1986 (age 79 years, 109
days).
Interment at Hackensack
Cemetery, Hackensack, N.J.
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Clarence Douglas Dillon (1909-2003) —
also known as C. Douglas Dillon; Clarence Douglass
Dillon —
of Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Geneva, Switzerland,
of American parents, August
21, 1909.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; financier;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1952
(alternate), 1968;
U.S. Ambassador to France, 1953-57; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1961-65.
Scottish,
French, Swedish,
and Jewish
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on July 6, 1989.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
10, 2003 (age 93 years, 142
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Livingston Farrand (1867-1939) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; Brewster, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., June 14,
1867.
Physician;
anthropologist;
psychologist;
university
professor; president,
University of Colorado, 1914-19; chairman, Central Committee of the
American Red Cross, 1919-21; president,
Cornell University, 1921-37; elected (Wet) delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
French Huguenot ancestry. Member, American
Public Health Association; American
Psychological Association.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
8, 1939 (age 72 years, 147
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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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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Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822-1903) —
also known as Abram S. Hewitt —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Haverstraw, Rockland
County, N.Y., July 31,
1822.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
early manufacturer of wrought
iron; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1875-79, 1881-87; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1876-77; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1876;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1880; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1887-88.
English
and French Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Ringwood, Passaic
County, N.J., January
18, 1903 (age 80 years, 171
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Marie Hilson Katzenbach (1882-1970) —
also known as Marie H. Katzenbach; Marie Louise Hunt
Hilson —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., December
8, 1882.
Librarian;
member, New Jersey State Board of Education, 1921-64; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Mercer County,
1947.
Female.
French ancestry. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Colonial
Dames.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., February
4, 1970 (age 87 years, 58
days).
Interment at Ewing
Cemetery, Ewing, N.J.
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Frank Jacob LeFevre (1874-1941) —
also known as Frank J. LeFevre —
of New Paltz, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in New Paltz, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
30, 1874.
Republican. Banker;
member of New York
state senate 25th District, 1903-04; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1905-07.
French Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., April
29, 1941 (age 66 years, 150
days).
Interment at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Theodore Runyon (1822-1896) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J., October
25, 1822.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1864;
mayor
of Newark, N.J., 1864-66; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1865; chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1873-87; U.S. Minister to Germany, 1893; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1893-96, died in office 1896.
French Huguenot ancestry.
Died, of heart
failure, in Berlin, Germany,
January
27, 1896 (age 73 years, 94
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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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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Garrett Dorset Wall Vroom (b. 1843) —
also known as Garrett D. W. Vroom —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., December
17, 1843.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1876,
1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); mayor
of Trenton, N.J., 1881-84.
Dutch
and French Huguenot ancestry. Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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