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William Warren Barbour (1888-1943) —
also known as W. Warren Barbour; "The
Champ" —
of Rumson, Monmouth
County, N.J.; Locust, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Monmouth Beach, Monmouth
County, N.J., July 31,
1888.
Republican. Manufacturer; business
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1931-37, 1938-43; appointed 1931;
defeated, 1936; died in office 1943; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large;
elected 1933.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Moose; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Amateur heavyweight boxing champion of the U.S. and Canada in
1910-11.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Washington,
D.C., November
22, 1943 (age 55 years, 114
days).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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John Insley Blair (1802-1899) —
also known as John I. Blair —
of Blairstown, Warren
County, N.J.
Born in Warren
County, N.J., August
22, 1802.
Republican. Merchant;
postmaster;
manufacturer; railroad
builder; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1860,
1868;
candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1868.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Blairstown, Warren
County, N.J., December
2, 1899 (age 97 years, 102
days).
Interment at Gravel
Hill Cemetery, Blairstown, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of John Blair and Rachel (Insley) Blair; married, September
20, 1826, to Nancy Ann Locke; father of Emma Elizabeth
Blair. |
| | | The township
of Blairstown,
New Jersey, is named for
him. — The city
of Blair,
Nebraska, is named for
him. — The city
of Blairstown,
Iowa, is named for
him. — Blair Hall, at Princeton University,
Princeton,
New Jersey, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: King's Notable New
Yorkers of 1896-1899 |
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John Hart Brewer (1844-1900) —
also known as J. Hart Brewer —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Woodsville, Mercer
County, N.J., March
29, 1844.
Republican. Manufacturer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1876; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1881-85; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1888.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., December
21, 1900 (age 56 years, 267
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.
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Fillmore Condit (1855-1939) —
of Verona, Essex
County, N.J.; Santa Paula, Ventura
County, Calif.; Essex Fells, Essex
County, N.J.; Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Roseland, Essex
County, N.J., September
5, 1855.
Grocer; invented
and manufactured the Condit refrigerator door fastener; Essex
County Freeholder; real estate
business; New York representative for Union Oil Company
of California; founder, Long Beach Community Hospital
1924; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1926-27.
Methodist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
6, 1939 (age 83 years, 123
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, N.J.
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Francis Shepard Cornell (1899-1985) —
also known as F. Shepard Cornell —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., July 13,
1899.
Republican. Stockbroker;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1940; general
manager, Kankakee Works of the A.O. Smith Corporation,
manufacturers of water heaters.
Episcopalian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Rotary.
Died in September, 1985
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Birdsall Cornell and Eleanor (Jackson) Cornell; married, February
28, 1923, to Helen Leigh Best; married, May 18,
1933, to Nathalie Lee Laimbeer; married, July 27,
1943, to Lucille Fraser. |
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Charles Francis Craver (1842-1925) —
of Grinnell, Poweshiek
County, Iowa; Harvey, Cook
County, Ill.; Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Franklinville, Gloucester
County, N.J., September
3, 1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1876.
Methodist.
One of the founders of Craver & Steele, farm equipment
manufacturers; invented
the first
successful twelve-foot binder for cutting and binding small grain;
later, he was an oil
producer based in Oklahoma.
Died, of heart
trouble, in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., May 12,
1925 (age 82 years, 251
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Memorial Park, Tulsa, Okla.
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Clifton S. Fleet (b. 1905) —
of Tenafly, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 23,
1905.
Industrial engineer;
mayor
of Tenafly, N.J., 1954.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank E. Fleet and Mary E. (Duggan) Fleet; married, November
12, 1928, to Velma Goad. |
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Elias Kaighn (1799-1864) —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Clarksboro, Gloucester
County, N.J., September
23, 1799.
Manufacturer; mayor of
Camden, N.J., 1838-40.
Methodist.
Died November
4, 1864 (age 65 years, 42
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick W. McMurray (b. 1871) —
of Wildwood, Cape May
County, N.J.
Born in Liverpool, England,
March
7, 1871.
Republican. Glass blower; manager of glass manufacturing
plant; hotel
owner; real estate
business; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Cape May County, 1928-31.
Burial location unknown.
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Lewis Nixon (1861-1940) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., April 7,
1861.
Democrat. Naval
architect; designed battleships
for the U.S. Navy; later, proprietor of shipyards;
president or owner of manufacturing firms; leader of Tammany
Hall in 1901-02; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1900,
1904,
1908,
1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1920,
1924,
1932.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
23, 1940 (age 79 years, 169
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Leesburg, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Joel Lewis Nixon and Mary Jane (Turner) Nixon; married 1891 to Sally
Lewis Wood. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, February 1902 |
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John D. Rue (b. 1833) —
of Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Mercer
County, N.J., July 26,
1833.
Republican. Manufacturer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1878-79;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Mercer County, 1887-92.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Enoch Rue and Lydia A. (Davison) Rue; married 1852 to Amanda
Shangle. |
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John S. Van Gilder (1825-1902) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in New Jersey, 1825.
Manufacturer; banker; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1870-72.
Died in 1902
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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