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Raymond L. Acosta (1925-2014) —
of Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J.; San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 31,
1925.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
FBI special agent; U.S.
Attorney for Puerto Rico, 1980-82; U.S.
District Judge for Puerto Rico, 1982-94; took senior status 1994.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Died in Chapin, Lexington
County, S.C., December
23, 2014 (age 89 years, 206
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Cullen Bryant (1849-1905) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
1, 1849.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; Brooklyn Fire Commissioner, 1896-97; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900.
Episcopalian.
Member, Union
League.
Died, of apoplexy,
in Dr. Cooley's Sanitarium,
Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., February
15, 1905 (age 55 years, 198
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Benjamin H. Crosby (b. 1859) —
of Tuckerton, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., January
17, 1859.
Republican. Printer;
newspaper
editor and publisher; fire chief; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Ocean County, 1908-10.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Scott K. Evans (b. 1965) —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born September
8, 1965.
Democrat. Fire fighter; mayor
of Atlantic City, N.J., 2007-08; defeated in primary, 2003.
Still living as of 2008.
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James Emerson Fraser (1916-1950) —
also known as James E. Fraser;
"Sonny" —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born August
4, 1916.
Deputy sheriff; secretary to State Sen. Frank
S. Farley, 1944; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1948-50;
died in office 1950; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1950; died in office 1950.
Champion amateur golfer. Confined to a wheelchair
starting in 1949.
Died, from Hodgkin's
disease, in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., August
29, 1950 (age 34 years, 25
days).
Interment at Absecon Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Absecon, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Jim 'Jolly Jim' Fraser and Milly Fraser; married 1944 to
Madolin Martha Vautrinot. |
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Louis Joseph Freeh (b. 1950) —
also known as Louis J. Freeh —
of New York.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., January
6, 1950.
Lawyer;
FBI agent; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1991-93;
director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1993-2001.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2014.
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Richard J. Gerbounka (b. 1945) —
of Linden, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., November
19, 1945.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War; police
officer; mayor of
Linden, N.J., 2007-14; defeated (Independent), 2014.
Still living as of 2014.
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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.
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John Edmund Hunt (1908-1989) —
also known as John E. Hunt —
of Pitman, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born in Lambertville, Hunterdon
County, N.J., November
25, 1908.
Republican. State police trooper; major in the U.S. Army
during World War II; Gloucester
County Sheriff; member of New
Jersey state senate, 1964-66 (Gloucester County 1964-65, District
1 1966); delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,
1964,
1972;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1967-75; member of
New Jersey
Republican State Committee, 1976.
Died in 1989
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Lemuel James (1831-1916) —
also known as Thomas L. James —
of Tenafly, Bergen
County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., March
29, 1831.
Republican. Canal toll
collector; newspaper
publisher; customs inspector; postmaster at New
York City, N.Y., 1873-81; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1881-82; bank
director; mayor
of Tenafly, N.J., 1896.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died, following several strokes of
apoplexy, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
11, 1916 (age 85 years, 166
days).
Entombed at Church
of the Heavenly Rest, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Thomas M. Kennedy —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Police officer; candidate for mayor
of Hoboken, N.J., 1985.
Still living as of 1985.
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George Gordon Battle Liddy (1930-2021) —
also known as G. Gordon Liddy —
Born in Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J., November
30, 1930.
Conservative. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
FBI agent; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1968; organized and
directed the burglaries
of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate
complex in May and June 1972; the resulting Watergate scandal
led to President Richard
Nixon's resignation in 1974; convicted
on charges of burglary
and wiretapping;
sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined $40,000; released in 1977
after serving four and a half years; became a popular radio talk
show host.
Irish
and Italian
ancestry.
Died in Mt. Vernon, Fairfax
County, Va., March
30, 2021 (age 90 years, 120
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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John L. Montgomery (b. 1885) —
of Red Bank, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Hersman, Brown
County, Ill., May 6,
1885.
Probation officer; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Monmouth
County, 1947.
Burial location unknown.
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Married to Gladys Hardy. |
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Clarence V. Mooney (c.1888-1944) —
of Asbury Park, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Spring Lake, Monmouth
County, N.J., about 1888.
Police officer; mayor
of Asbury Park, N.J., 1941-44; died in office 1944.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died soon after, in Fitkin Hospital,
Asbury Park, Monmouth
County, N.J., January
13, 1944 (age about 56
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Paul John Moore (1868-1938) —
also known as Paul J. Moore —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., August
5, 1868.
Democrat. Fire fighter; fire chief; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1927-29; defeated,
1928; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1928.
Died in 1938
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, East Orange, N.J.
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Ronald L. Rice (b. 1945) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Richmond,
Va., December
18, 1945.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;
police detective; member of New
Jersey state senate 28th District, 1996-; candidate for mayor of
Newark, N.J., 2006.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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David Roberts (b. 1956) —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born July 14,
1956.
Fire fighter; real estate
developer; mayor
of Hoboken, N.J., 2001-.
Still living as of 2008.
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Augustus W. Schwartz (b. 1867) —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., January
4, 1867.
Republican. Newspaper
advertising manager; fire fighter; coal
and masons'
supplies dealer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1909-10.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Royal
and Select Masters; Shriners;
Independent
Order of Foresters; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Isaac R. Srope (c.1802-1862) —
of Kingwood Township, Hunterdon
County, N.J.; Frenchtown, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born about 1802.
Democrat. Blacksmith;
deputy sheriff; farmer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hunterdon County, 1841-42,
1846-47; common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1850.
Died, of typhoid
fever, Frenchtown, Hunterdon
County, N.J., April
14, 1862 (age about 60
years).
Burial location unknown.
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