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Barbara S. Abbott (b. 1930) —
also known as Barbara Straight —
of Edison, Middlesex
County, N.J.; Metuchen, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Mannington, Marion
County, W.Va., November
30, 1930.
Republican. School
teacher; member of New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1965; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1968.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Federation of Teachers; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Still living as of 1981.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Ardas Leo Straight and Nellie (Starkey) Straight; married
1961 to
George Norman Abbott IV. |
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George Breitman (1916-1986) —
also known as Albert Parker; Philip Blake; Chester
Hofla; Anthony Massini; John F. Petrone; G.
Sloane —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
28, 1916.
Socialist. Became a socialist agitator in Newark, N.J., 1935; arrested
about 1936 and charged
with inciting
riots; jailed
for a week; founding member of the Socialist Workers Party, 1937;
member of its National Committee, 1939-81; Socialist Workers
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1940, 1942, 1946, 1948, 1954;
editor-in-chief of the weekly newspaper,
The Militant, 1941-43, 1946-54; writer
under several different pen names; candidate for Presidential Elector
for New Jersey; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Member, International Typographical Union.
Expelled from the Socialist Workers Party for "disloyalty," 1984.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Beekman Downtown Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
19, 1986 (age 70 years, 50
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Breitman and Pauline (Trattler) Breitman; married 1940 to
Dorothea Katz. |
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John C. Butterworth (1870-1952) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England,
1870.
Socialist. Naturalized U.S. citizen; silk
weaver; Socialist Labor candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1913, 1916, 1919, 1925, 1928, 1931, 1937, 1940, 1943,
1949; on October 6, 1924, during a strike at the silk mills in
Paterson, N.J., while the city was under martial law, he and other
strikers and supporters were arrested
and convicted
of unlawful
assembly; the convictions were later overturned by the New Jersey
Supreme Court; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1924, 1932, 1934, 1938, 1942, 1944,
1946; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Industrial Workers of the World.
Died in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., October
17, 1952 (age about 82
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
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Edward Capps (1866-1950) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., December
21, 1866.
University
professor; U.S. Minister to Greece, 1920.
Member, American Association of University Professors; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died in 1950
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Diamond
Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, Ill.
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Charles Woolsey Cole (1906-1978) —
also known as Charles W. Cole —
of Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.; New York.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., February
8, 1906.
University
professor; President
of Amherst College, 1946-60; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1961-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Association of
University Professors; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; American
Historical Association; American
Economic Association.
Died in 1978
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Gerard Dunn (1921-1998) —
also known as Thomas G. Dunn; Tom Dunn —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born April 9,
1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor
of Elizabeth, N.J., 1964-92; defeated, 1961, 1992; member of New
Jersey state senate 21st District, 1974-77; defeated (Re-elect
Experience, Courage), 1977; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 20th District, 1991-93.
Member, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Died, from prostate
cancer, in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., February
11, 1998 (age 76 years, 308
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James E. Gano Jr. —
of Bridgewater, Somerset
County, N.J.
Democrat. Business
representative for Local 262, IBEW; candidate for New
Jersey state house of assembly District 8, 1973.
Member, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Still living as of 1973.
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Paul Joseph Krebs (1912-1996) —
also known as Paul J. Krebs —
of New Jersey.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 26,
1912.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 12th District, 1965-67; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1972.
Member, United Auto Workers.
Died in Hallandale (now Hallandale Beach), Broward
County, Fla., September
17, 1996 (age 84 years, 114
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Raymond M. Pocino —
also known as Ray Pocino —
of Cranbury, Middlesex
County, N.J.; Moorestown, Burlington
County, N.J.; Lawrenceville, Mercer
County, N.J.
Democrat. Labor
leader; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Jersey, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Wesley A. Taylor (b. 1906) —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Mays Landing, Atlantic
County, N.J., July 12,
1906.
Republican. Bookbinder;
Secretary
and Business
Representative, Bookbinders Local Union #62; delegate to
New Jersey AFL and other labor councils; vice-president,
Allied Printing Trades Council; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Essex County,
1947.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Clarence A. Taylor and Almeda S. (Henry) Taylor. |
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