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Guy George Gabrielson (1891-1976) —
also known as Guy G. Gabrielson —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.; Ambler, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Sioux Rapids, Buena Vista
County, Iowa, May 22,
1891.
Republican. Lawyer; president, Nicolet Asbestos Mines,
Danville, Quebec; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1926-29; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1929; member of Republican
National Committee from New Jersey, 1944-52; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1949-52; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died in Point Pleasant, Ocean
County, N.J., May 1,
1976 (age 84 years, 345
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Cornelius Edward Gallagher (1921-2018) —
also known as Neil Gallagher —
of Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J., March 2,
1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 13th District, 1959-73; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1968.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Accused,
by Life magazine in 1968, of having made deals with New Jersey
Mafia
leader Joseph Zicarelli. Indicted
in 1972 on federal charges
of income
tax evasion, conspiracy, and perjury.
After losing the primary that year, he pleaded
guilty to some of the charges, and was sentenced
to two years in prison
and a $10,000 fine.
Died in Monroe Township, Middlesex
County, N.J., October
17, 2018 (age 97 years, 229
days).
Interment at Marksboro
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Blairstown, N.J.
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James Cullen Ganey (1899-1972) —
also known as J. Cullen Ganey —
of Bethlehem, Northampton
County, Pa.
Born in Phillipsburg, Warren
County, N.J., April
22, 1899.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Northampton County Democratic Party, 1937; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1937-40; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1940-61;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1961-66; took
senior status 1966; senior judge, 1966-72.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died February
7, 1972 (age 72 years, 291
days).
Interment somewhere
in Bethlehem, Pa.
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Harry Augustus Garfield (1863-1942) —
also known as Harry A. Garfield; Hal
Garfield —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Hiram, Portage
County, Ohio, October
11, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; university
professor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1904;
president
of Williams College, 1908-34; U.S. Fuel Administrator, 1917-19.
Member, American
Political Science Association; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., December
12, 1942 (age 79 years, 62
days).
Interment at Williams
College Cemetery, Williamstown, Mass.
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James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) —
also known as James A. Garfield —
of Hiram, Portage
County, Ohio.
Born in a log
cabin near Orange, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
19, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer; college
professor; president,
Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member of Ohio
state senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81; President
of the United States, 1881; died in office 1881.
Disciples
of Christ. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Upsilon.
Shot
by the assassin
Charles J. Guiteau, in the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
Station, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, and died from the
effects of the wound and infection,
in Elberon, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
19, 1881 (age 49 years, 304
days).
Entombed at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 at Garfield
Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Abram Garfield and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield; married, November
11, 1858, to Lucretia
Rudolph; father of Harry
Augustus Garfield and James
Rudolph Garfield; fourth cousin of Eli
Thayer; fourth cousin once removed of John
Alden Thayer. |
| | | Political families: Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: William
S. Maynard |
| | | Garfield counties in Colo., Mont., Neb., Okla., Utah and Wash. are
named for him. |
| | | Garfield Mountain,
in the Cascade Range, King
County, Washington, is named for
him. — The city
of Garfield,
New Jersey, is named for
him. |
| | | Politician named for him: James
G. Stewart
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $20 gold certificate in 1898-1905.
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about James A. Garfield: Allan
Peskin, Garfield:
A Biography — Justus D. Doenecke, The
Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.
Arthur |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Marie L. Garibaldi (1934-2016) —
of Weehawken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., November
26, 1934.
Lawyer; municipal judge in New Jersey, 1973-75; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1982-2000.
Female.
First
woman to serve on New Jersey's highest court.
Died January
15, 2016 (age 81 years, 50
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Scott Garrett (b. 1959) —
of Wantage, Sussex
County, N.J.
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., July 9,
1959.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1990-2002; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 2003-.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charles Grant Garrison (1849-1924) —
also known as Charles G. Garrison —
of Merchantville, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Swedesboro, Gloucester
County, N.J., August
3, 1849.
Democrat. Physician;
lawyer; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1888-93, 1896-1900;
resigned 1893.
Episcopalian.
Died April
22, 1924 (age 74 years, 263
days).
Interment at Colestown
Cemetery, Cherry Hill Township, Camden County, N.J.
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Lindley Miller Garrison (1864-1932) —
also known as Lindley M. Garrison —
Born in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., November
28, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer; vice-chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1904-13; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1913-16; resigned 1916.
Episcopalian.
Died in Sea Bright, Monmouth
County, N.J., October
19, 1932 (age 67 years, 326
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Leonard I. Garth (b. 1921) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 7,
1921.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1969-73; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1973-86; took
senior status 1986; senior judge, 1986-.
Still living as of 2012.
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Pierre Prosper Garven (1872-1938) —
also known as Pierre P. Garven; Pierre Prosper
Garvin —
of Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J., June 9,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Bayonne, N.J., 1906-10, 1915-19; defeated, 1910; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1916;
Hudson
County Prosecutor of the Pleas, 1919.
Suffered a stroke,
and died soon after, in the Jersey City Medical
Center, Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., March 3,
1938 (age 65 years, 267
days).
Interment at Bayview
- New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
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Joseph H. Gaskill (1850-1935) —
of Mt. Holly, Burlington
County, N.J.
Born in Mt. Holly, Burlington
County, N.J., May 23,
1850.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1888;
associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1900.
Died in Moorestown, Burlington
County, N.J., November
25, 1935 (age 85 years, 186
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Mt. Holly, N.J.
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Nelson Burr Gaskill (1875-1964) —
also known as Nelson B. Gaskill —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Mt. Holly, Burlington
County, N.J., September
12, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1920-25;
chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1921-22.
Died October
6, 1964 (age 89 years, 24
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Elmer Hendrickson Geran (1875-1954) —
also known as Elmer H. Geran —
of Matawan, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Matawan, Monmouth
County, N.J., October
24, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Monmouth County, 1911-12,
1916-17; Monmouth
County Sheriff, 1917-20; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1920-22; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1923-25; defeated,
1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1924
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Baptist.
Died January
12, 1954 (age 78 years, 80
days).
Interment at Old
Tennent Cemetery, Tennent, N.J.
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Robert Gilchrist Jr. (1825-1888) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., August
21, 1825.
Lawyer; mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1850-52; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1857; served
in the Union Army during the Civil War; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1866; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1869-73.
Died in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., July 6,
1888 (age 62 years, 320
days).
Interment at Old
Bergen Church Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
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Nia H. Gill (b. 1948) —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born March
15, 1948.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly 27th District, 1994-2001; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 2000,
2004,
2008;
member of New
Jersey state senate 34th District, 2002-09.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Samuel Hazard Gillespie Jr. (1910-2011) —
also known as S. Hazard Gillespie, Jr. —
of New York.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., July 12,
1910.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1959-61.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Council on
Foreign Relations; Skull
and Bones.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, in Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y., March 7,
2011 (age 100 years,
238 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas J. Gilloon (1949-2006) —
of Dyersville, Dubuque
County, Iowa; Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in North Arlington, Bergen
County, N.J., September
11, 1949.
Lawyer; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1975-78.
Died, of cancer,
October
11, 2006 (age 57 years, 30
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas J. Gilloon and Margaret (Kelly) Gilloon; grandnephew of Frank
D. Gilloon. |
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Anthony Giuliano (c.1897-1970) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., about 1897.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1927; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1948; Essex
County Clerk, 1955; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1956;
municipal judge in New Jersey, 1968-69.
Indicted
in federal court, December, 1969, along with Newark Mayor Hugh
J. Addonizio, other city officials, and reputed organized
crime leader Anthony 'Tony Boy' Boiardo, on extortion
and income
tax evasion charges
over a scheme to share kickbacks
from a sewer contracting company; became ill and died before he could
be arraigned.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
4, 1970 (age about 73
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Freda. |
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Benjamin Gladstone (1896-1935) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
16, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 5th District, 1934-35; died in
office 1935.
Jewish.
Member, Elks; American
Legion.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., December
13, 1935 (age 38 years, 362
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Saddle Brook, N.J.
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William H. Gleason (1833-1892) —
of Sag Harbor, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y.; Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Durham, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
28, 1833.
Merchant;
lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 1st District, 1864-65; pastor.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1892 (age 58 years, 146
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Milton Willits Glenn (1903-1967) —
also known as Milton W. Glenn —
of Margate City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., June 18,
1903.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1950-57; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1957-65.
Member, Union
League; American
Legion; Sigma
Xi.
Died in Margate City, Atlantic
County, N.J., December
14, 1967 (age 64 years, 179
days).
Interment at West
Creek Cemetery, West Creek, N.J.
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Frederick W. Gnichtel (b. 1860) —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Trenton, N.J., 1906-08.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Martin Golder (1891-1946) —
also known as Benjamin M. Golder —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Alliance, Salem
County, N.J., December
23, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1917-25; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1925-33; defeated,
1940; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Jewish.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
30, 1946 (age 55 years, 7
days).
Interment at Mt.
Sinai Cemetery, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.
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William B. Gourley (b. 1856) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.; Clifton, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Gilford, County Down, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), March 2,
1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1886;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1888,
1904.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Gourley. |
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Thomas William Greelish (1939-1991) —
also known as Thomas W. Greelish —
of Mendham, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
31, 1939.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1985-87.
Died, from a pulmonary
embolism, in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., June 23,
1991 (age 51 years, 174
days).
Interment at Hilltop Cemetery, Mendham, N.J.
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Robert Stockton Green (1831-1895) —
also known as Robert S. Green —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., March
25, 1831.
Democrat. Lawyer; Union
County Surrogate, 1862-67; common pleas court judge in New
Jersey, 1868-73; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Jersey, 1880,
1888
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1885-87; resigned
1887; Governor of
New Jersey, 1887-90; vice-chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1890-95; died in office 1895.
Died in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., May 7,
1895 (age 64 years, 43
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Gary Edward Greenblatt (1949-2010) —
also known as Gary E. Greenblatt —
of Vineland, Cumberland
County, N.J.
Born December
1, 1949.
Democrat. Real estate
broker; lawyer; candidate for New
Jersey state house of assembly 1st District, 1975; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1976;
director and vice-president, Covenant Bank;
board chairman, Landis Savings
Bank.
Jewish.
Died in Vineland, Cumberland
County, N.J., April 8,
2010 (age 60 years, 128
days).
Interment at Alliance
Cemetery, Norma, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Newton Greenblatt and Ruth (Rosenbaum) Greenblatt; married, March
25, 1979, to Barbara Cheryl Konell. |
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John William Griggs (1849-1927) —
also known as John W. Griggs —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Newton, Sussex
County, N.J., July 10,
1849.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1876-77;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Passaic County, 1883-88; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1888;
Governor
of New Jersey, 1896-98; U.S.
Attorney General, 1898-1901.
Died November
28, 1927 (age 78 years, 141
days).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, 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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Lloyd Carpenter Griscom (1872-1959) —
also known as Lloyd C. Griscom —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Riverton, Burlington
County, N.J., November
4, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1901-02; Japan, 1902-06; U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, 1906-07; Italy, 1907-09; chair of
New York County Republican Party, 1910-11; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1912.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., 1959
(age about
86 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Clement Acton Griscom and Frances Canby (Biddle) Griscom; married
to Elizabeth Duer Bronson. |
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Nelson Gerard Gross (1932-1997) —
also known as Nelson G. Gross —
of Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J.; Saddle River, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born January
9, 1932.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1962-63;
candidate for New
Jersey state senate District 13, 1965; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1968;
chair
of Bergen County Republican Party, 1969; New Jersey
Republican state chair, 1969; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1970; real estate
developer; restaurant
owner.
Jewish.
Indicted
in May 1973 on charges
of falsifying
a $5,000 contribution to the 1969 campaign of Gov. William
T. Cahill, conspiring to commit tax
evasion by disguising the contribution as a business expense, and
counseling a witness to commit perjury;
convicted
in March 1974, and sentenced
to two years jail;
served six months.
Kidnapped in Edgewater, N.J., robbed of $20,000, taken to New York,
and stabbed
to death, in
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
17, 1997 (age 65 years, 251
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Gross. |
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Anthony J. Grossi —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Haskell, Passaic
County, N.J.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Jersey, 1956
(alternate), 1964;
member of New
Jersey state senate, 1958-67 (Passaic County 1958-65, District 14
1966-67); resigned 1967.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel René Gummeré (1853-1920) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., February
19, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Consul General in Tangier, 1898-1905; U.S. Minister to Morocco, 1905-09.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1920
(age about
67 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Stryker Gummere (1852-1933) —
also known as William S. Gummere; "Dollar-A-Life
Gummere" —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., June 24,
1852.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit judge in New Jersey, 1890; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1895-1901; appointed
1895; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1901-33.
Died, of pneumonia,
in St. Barnabas Hospital,
Newark, Essex
County, N.J., January
26, 1933 (age 80 years, 216
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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