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Hardware Business Politicians in New Jersey
Hardware and Building Supply Dealers

William Black — of Rutherford, Bergen County, N.J. Furniture and hardware merchant; mayor of Rutherford, N.J., 1916-19. Burial location unknown.   Kenneth A. Gewertz (1934-2006) — of Deptford, Gloucester County, N.J. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., December 1, 1934. Democrat. Building supply and hardware business; police chief; mayor of Deptford Township, N.J., 1969-72; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1972-79 (District 3-B 1972-73, 4th District 1974-79). Died, from a heart attack, in Orlando, Orange County, Fla., December 12, 2006 (age 72 years, 11 days). Burial location unknown.   Cross-reference: James M. Turner   See also Wikipedia article   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.   Relatives: Son of Joseph Hornblower and Rebecca (Haywood) Hornblower; married 1755 to Elizabeth Kingsland; father of Joseph Coerten Hornblower; grandfather of Harriette Burnet Hornblower (who married Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff), Mary Hornblower (who married Joseph Philo Bradley) and William Henry Hornblower; great-grandfather of William Butler Hornblower.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Hornblower family of Newark, New Jersey (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Robert V. Mundy (b. 1854) — of Bay City, Bay County, Mich. Born in New Jersey, 1854. Hardware business; mayor of Bay City, Mich., 1917-21. In March, 1921, a grand jury charged him with misfeasance in office and neglect of duty, in his tolerance of vice such as illegal liquor sales, prostitution, and gambling in Bay City, and called for the common council to remove him from office. Mundy disputed the grand jury's authority to make this kind of report, and on his motion, it was stricken from the court record. Nonetheless, his organization was defeated in the election shortly afterward. Burial location unknown.   Charles C. Read (b. 1867) — of Ocean City, Cape May County, N.J. Born in Camden, Camden County, N.J., August 6, 1867. Republican. Hardware business; president, Ocean City National Bank; director, Flanders Hotel; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Cape May County, 1925-27; member of New Jersey state senate from Cape May County, 1928-36; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928, 1932. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.

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