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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.
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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 Boyd Avis (1875-1944) —
of Woodbury, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Deerfield, Cumberland
County, N.J., July 11,
1875.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Gloucester County, 1902-05;
Speaker
of the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1904-05; member of New
Jersey state senate from Gloucester County, 1906-08; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1912;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1929-44; died in office 1944.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grange; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Foresters;
Redmen.
Died, in Price Memorial Hospital,
Camden, Camden
County, N.J., January
21, 1944 (age 68 years, 194
days).
Interment at Wenonah
Cemetery, Woodbury, N.J.
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James Colgate Cleveland (1920-1995) —
also known as James C. Cleveland —
of New London, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., June 13,
1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1950-62; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1963-81.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Grange; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died December
3, 1995 (age 75 years, 173
days).
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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Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen (1869-1948) —
also known as Joseph S. Frelinghuysen —
of Raritan, Somerset
County, N.J.; Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Raritan, Somerset
County, N.J., March
12, 1869.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
fire
insurance business; insurance
underwriter; member of New
Jersey state senate from Somerset County, 1906-11; defeated,
1902; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1917-23; defeated, 1922, 1928, 1930;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920,
1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1944;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Grange; Union
League; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died February
9, 1948 (age 78 years, 334
days).
Interment at St.
Bernard's Cemetery, Bernardsville, 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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John Dryden Kuser (1897-1964) —
also known as Dryden Kuser —
of Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., September
24, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1926-29;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Somerset County, 1930-35; insurance
agent; real estate
broker.
Member, American
Legion; Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Grange; Audubon
Society.
Died, in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 3,
1964 (age 66 years, 161
days).
Interment at St.
Bernard's Cemetery, Bernardsville, N.J.
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Wesley Leonard Lance (1908-2007) —
also known as Wesley L. Lance —
of Glen Gardner, Hunterdon
County, N.J.; Annandale, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born November
21, 1908.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hunterdon County, 1938-41;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Hunterdon County, 1942-43, 1954-61;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; common pleas court judge
in New Jersey, 1947; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Hunterdon
County, 1947; member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1976.
Member, Grange.
Died August
25, 2007 (age 98 years, 277
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Baumle Meyner (1908-1990) —
also known as Robert B. Meyner —
of Phillipsburg, Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Easton, Northampton
County, Pa., July 3,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New
Jersey state senate from Warren County, 1948-51; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1948
(alternate), 1952
(alternate), 1956,
1964,
1968,
1976;
Governor
of New Jersey, 1954-62; defeated, 1969; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Chi Rho; Elks; Eagles;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Rotary;
Grange.
Died May 27,
1990 (age 81 years, 328
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Phillipsburg
Cemetery, Phillipsburg, N.J.
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Arthur Harry Moore (1879-1952) —
also known as A. Harry Moore —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., July 3,
1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
New Jersey, 1926-29, 1932-35, 1938-41; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1952;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1935-38.
Christian
Reformed. Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Grange; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Royal
Arcanum; Foresters.
Died from a heart
attack while driving
his car along State Highway 29 in Branchburg, Somerset
County, N.J., November
18, 1952 (age 73 years, 138
days).
Interment at Bayview
- New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
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Leonard Pikaart (1866-1924) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., July 19,
1866.
Republican. Carpenter;
architect;
lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1910-12.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Grange; Junior
Order.
While repairing a chicken coop, he was accidentally
shot
in the heart, and killed, by a rifle held by 12-year-old Edward
Kupetz, in Hopewell Junction, Dutchess
County, N.Y., October
26, 1924 (age 58 years, 99
days).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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Horace Griggs Prall (1881-1951) —
also known as Horace G. Prall —
of Lambertville, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born near Ringoes, Hunterdon
County, N.J., March 6,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hunterdon County, 1926-27;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Hunterdon County, 1928-36; Governor of
New Jersey, 1935; common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1937-42.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., April
23, 1951 (age 70 years, 48
days).
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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John F. Schenck (b. 1905) —
of Flemington, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born February
19, 1905.
Republican. President, Foran Foundry and
Manufacturing Company; director, Hunterdon County National Bank; chair of
Hunterdon County Republican Party, 1945; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Hunterdon
County, 1947.
Member, Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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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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