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Lawrence A. Appley (1904-1997) —
of Glen Ridge, Essex
County, N.J.; Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y., April
22, 1904.
Republican. Personnel manager, Buffalo Division, Socony Vacuum Oil
Company, 1930-34; vice-president, Vick Chemical
Company, 1941-46; vice-president, Montgomery Ward department
stores, 1946-48; president, American Management Association,
1948-68; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Chi Phi;
Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y., April 4,
1997 (age 92 years, 347
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Joseph Earl Appley and Jessie (Moore) Appley; married, September
1, 1927, to Ruth G. Wilson. |
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John Hitchner Avis (1845-1933) —
also known as John H. Avis —
of Deerfield, Cumberland
County, N.J.
Born in Deerfield, Cumberland
County, N.J., December
24, 1845.
Republican. Farmer;
merchant; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Cumberland County, 1881.
Died August
27, 1933 (age 87 years, 246
days).
Interment at Deerfield United Methodist Church Cemetery, Deerfield, N.J.
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John Bubenheim Bayard (1738-1807) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Bohemia Manor, Cecil
County, Md., August
11, 1738.
Merchant; member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1776; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1785; mayor
of New Brunswick, N.J., 1794-96.
Died in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., January
7, 1807 (age 68 years, 149
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, New Brunswick, N.J.
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Jonathan Hunt Blackwell (1841-1919) —
also known as Jonathan H. Blackwell —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Hopewell, Mercer
County, N.J., December
20, 1841.
Democrat. Merchant; member of New
Jersey state senate from Mercer County, 1875-77; New Jersey
state treasurer, 1885; appointed 1885.
English
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in 1919
(age about
77 years).
Interment at First
Baptist Church Cemetery, Hopewell, 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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Alvah H. Cole (1884-1970) —
of Highland Park, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Pleasant Run, Hunterdon
County, N.J., 1884.
Merchant; mayor
of Highland Park, N.J., 1948-51.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Tall
Cedars of Lebanon; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Edison Lodge Nursing
Home, Edison, Middlesex
County, N.J., May 11,
1970 (age about 85
years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, New Brunswick, N.J.
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James Lockwood Conger (1805-1876) —
of Mt. Clemens, Macomb
County, Mich.; St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., February
18, 1805.
Whig. School
teacher; lawyer;
merchant; banker; patent medicine
manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1851-53.
Died in St. Clair, St. Clair
County, Mich., April
10, 1876 (age 71 years, 52
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio; cenotaph at Clinton
Grove Cemetery, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of David Beeman Conger and Hannah (Lockwood) Conger; married, December
23, 1824, to Paulina Belvedere Clark; second cousin once removed
of Hanford
Nichols Lockwood; second cousin thrice removed of John
Hart; third cousin of Homer
Nichols Lockwood and Charles
Franklin Conger; third cousin once removed of Daniel
Lockwood and Hugh
Conger; third cousin twice removed of Ebenezer
Lockwood, Alfred
Collins Lockwood and Daniel
Clark Joyce; third cousin thrice removed of John
Alsop, William
Henry Rossell and Asbury
Elliott Kellogg; fourth cousin of Thaddeus
Betts, Anson
Griffith Conger, Harmon
Sweatland Conger, Omar
Dwight Conger, Moore
Conger, Chauncey
Stewart Conger (1838-1916) and Frederick
Ward Conger; fourth cousin once removed of Horatio
Lockwood, Walter
Booth, Abiel
Case, Abraham
Bogart Conger, Edwin
Hurd Conger, James
W. Conger, Franklin
Barker Conger, Benn
Conger, Frank
Elisha Reed and Chauncey
Stewart Conger (1882-1963). |
| | | Political families: Conger
family of New York; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Edward Allen Creevey (b. 1859) —
also known as Edward A. Creevey —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., November
7, 1859.
Merchant; contractor;
U.S. Consul in Glauchau, 1901-05; Yarmouth, 1905-07; Colombo, 1907-08; St. Michaels, 1908-11.
Burial location unknown.
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Jeremiah M. DeCamp (1809-1886) —
of Morris
County, N.J.; Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New Jersey, February
2, 1809.
Merchant; Morris
County Surrogate, 1850; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1864.
Died in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., June 23,
1886 (age 77 years, 141
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Grant Decker (1814-1890) —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Deckertown (now Sussex), Sussex
County, N.J., February
4, 1814.
Merchant; miller; lumber
business; mayor of
Flint, Mich., 1855-56.
Episcopalian.
Died in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., July 30,
1890 (age 76 years, 176
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Jackson R. Decker (c.1862-1905) —
of Sparta, Sussex
County, N.J.
Born in Sparta, Sussex
County, N.J., about 1862.
Merchant; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Sussex County, 1905; died in
office 1905.
Died, from typhoid
pneumonia,
in Sparta, Sussex
County, N.J., January
8, 1905 (age about 43
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Augustus Eddy (1854-1931) —
also known as Thomas A. Eddy —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Roseland, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
9, 1854.
Merchant; Consul
for Uruguay in New
York, N.Y., 1892-1903.
Died in Roseland, Essex
County, N.J., October
12, 1931 (age 76 years, 337
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Upper Montclair, N.J.
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Joseph E. Edsall (1789-1865) —
of Hamburg, Sussex
County, N.J.
Born in Rudeville, Sussex
County, N.J., 1789.
Democrat. Merchant; distiller;
tanner;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Sussex County, 1824; common
pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1830; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1845-49 (4th District 1845-47,
3rd District 1847-49).
Died in Hamburg, Sussex
County, N.J., 1865
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Baptist
Burying Ground, Hamburg, N.J.
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Emanuel Joshua Evans (1907-1997) —
also known as Emanuel J. Evans; E. J. Evans;
"Mutt" —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., May 2,
1907.
Democrat. President, United Department Stores; chairman, Cape
Fear Feed
Products; director, Wachovia Bank;
trustee, Watts Hospital;
mayor
of Durham, N.C., 1951-63.
Jewish.
Member, Tau
Epsilon Phi.
Died February
8, 1997 (age 89 years, 282
days).
Interment at Durham Hebrew Cemetery, Durham, N.C.
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James Ewing (1744-1823) —
of Cumberland
County, N.J.; Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Greenwich, Cumberland
County, N.J., July 12,
1744.
Merchant; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Cumberland County, 1778-79;
mayor
of Trenton, N.J., 1797-1803.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., October
23, 1823 (age 79 years, 103
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.
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Clinton Bowen Fisk (1828-1890) —
also known as Clinton B. Fisk —
of Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.; New Jersey.
Born in York, Livingston
County, N.Y., December
8, 1828.
Merchant; miller; banker; insurance
business; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1888.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 9,
1890 (age 61 years, 213
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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Moore Furman (1728-1808) —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in 1728.
Merchant; mayor
of Trenton, N.J., 1792-94.
Died in 1808
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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George B. Guinnip (1794-1869) —
of Salubria, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Hunterdon
County, N.J., September
12, 1794.
Merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Tompkins County, 1834, 1836; member of New York
state senate 26th District, 1850-51; resigned 1851; defeated,
1851.
Welsh
ancestry.
Died in Watkins (now Watkins Glen), Schuyler
County, N.Y., July 20,
1869 (age 74 years, 311
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Watkins Glen, N.Y.
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George Hires (1835-1911) —
of Salem, Salem
County, N.J.
Born in Elsinboro Township, Salem
County, N.J., January
26, 1835.
Republican. Merchant; Salem
County Sheriff, 1867-69; member of New
Jersey state senate from Salem County, 1882-84; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1885-89; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1894; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1896
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., February
16, 1911 (age 76 years, 21
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Salem, N.J.
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Benjamin Franklin Howell (1844-1933) —
also known as Benjamin F. Howell —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Cedarville, Cumberland
County, N.J., January
27, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
merchant; Middlesex
County Surrogate, 1882-92; banker; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1895-1911.
Died in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., February
1, 1933 (age 89 years, 5
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, South Amboy, N.J.
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Thomas Hurst Hughes (1769-1839) —
also known as Thomas H. Hughes —
of Cold Spring, Cape May
County, N.J.
Born in Cold Spring, Cape May
County, N.J., January
10, 1769.
Merchant; Cape
May County Sheriff, 1801-04; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1805-07, 1809, 1812-13; hotel
operator; member of New Jersey
State Council, 1819-23, 1824-25; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1829-33.
Died in Cold Spring, Cape May
County, N.J., November
10, 1839 (age 70 years, 304
days).
Interment at Cold
Spring Presbyterian Cemetery, Cold Spring, N.J.
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William Stevens Jay (1820-1892) —
also known as William Jay —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Whitmore Lake, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.
Born in Pennington, Mercer
County, N.J., July 22,
1820.
Republican. Merchant; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1855; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1856;
member of Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1863-65; mayor
of Emporia, Kan., 1870.
Died in Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan., March
20, 1892 (age 71 years, 242
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Kan.
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Relatives: Son
of Smith Jay and Hannah (Wilson) Jay; married, June 7,
1841, to Jane A. Stevens. |
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Robert Burnet Jones (b. 1856) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Canada,
August
29, 1856.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; merchant; U.S. Vice Consul General
in Guayaquil, 1902-11.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Hiram Lennox (1842-1907) —
also known as Albert H. Lennox; Albert Hiram
Lenox —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., December
22, 1842.
Shipbroker;
commission merchant; Vice-Consul
for Haiti in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1877-83; Consul
for Greece in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1881-91; Consul
for Haiti in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1883-91; in 1891, he and other officers of some mutual
benefit associations were charged
in Philadelphia with obtaining money under false
pretenses; in 1894, he resisted eviction
for non-payment
of rent; he was no longer consul, but falsely
claimd diplomatic
immunity; the government of Haiti contradicted his claim, and a
scandal
resulted.
Died in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., July 4,
1907 (age 64 years, 194
days).
Interment at Colestown
Cemetery, Cherry Hill Township, Camden County, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Elizabeth Jane Lenox and Hiram Lenox; married to Emma
Stoy. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Nicholas Low (1739-1826) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Middlesex
County, N.J., March
30, 1739.
Merchant; real estate
developer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1787-89; delegate
to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New York
County, 1788.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
15, 1826 (age 87 years, 230
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Tilden Munson (1876-1961) —
also known as Samuel T. Munson —
of Franklin, Sussex
County, N.J.
Born in Franklin Furnace (now Franklin), Sussex
County, N.J., November
4, 1876.
Democrat. Merchant; member of New
Jersey state senate from Sussex County, 1913-18; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment from Sussex
County; elected 1933.
Died May 12,
1961 (age 84 years, 189
days).
Interment at North
Hardyston Cemetery, Hamburg, N.J.
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Harry J. Palmer (b. 1872) —
of Rosebank, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.; Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Dover, Morris
County, N.J., February
28, 1872.
Democrat. Merchant; member of New York
state senate 24th District, 1929-34.
Member, Elks; Kiwanis;
Royal
Arcanum.
Burial location unknown.
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William Radford (1814-1870) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., June 24,
1814.
Democrat. Merchant; village
president of Yonkers, New York, 1855-56; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1863-67; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1864.
Died in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., January
18, 1870 (age 55 years, 208
days).
Interment at Old
Presbyterian Cemetery, Westfield, N.J.
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James Schureman (1756-1824) —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., February
12, 1756.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
merchant; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Middlesex County, 1783-85,
1788; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1786-87; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1789-91, 1797-99, 1813-15
(at-large 1789-91, 1797-99, 2nd District 1813-15); U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1799-1801; mayor
of New Brunswick, N.J., 1801-13, 1821-24; died in office 1824;
member of New Jersey
State Council from Middlesex County, 1808, 1810, 1812-13.
Slaveowner.
Died in New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J., January
22, 1824 (age 67 years, 344
days).
Interment at First
Reformed Church Cemetery, New Brunswick, N.J.
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Thomas Sinnickson (1744-1817) —
of Salem
County, N.J.
Born in Penns Neck, Salem
County, N.J., December
21, 1744.
Merchant; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Salem County, 1777, 1782,
1784-85, 1787-88; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1789-91, 1797-99.
Died in Salem, Salem
County, N.J., May 15,
1817 (age 72 years, 145
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Churchyard, Salem, N.J.
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Thomas Sinnickson (1786-1873) —
of Salem, Salem
County, N.J.
Born in Salem, Salem
County, N.J., December
13, 1786.
Merchant; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Salem County, 1827; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1828-29; common pleas
court judge in New Jersey, 1830.
Died in Salem, Salem
County, N.J., February
17, 1873 (age 86 years, 66
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Churchyard, Salem, N.J.
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Nathan Taylor Stratton (1813-1887) —
also known as Nathan Stratton —
of Mullica Hill, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born near Swedesboro, Gloucester
County, N.J., 1813.
Democrat. Merchant; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Gloucester County, 1843-44;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1851-55.
Died in Mullica Hill, Gloucester
County, N.J., March 9,
1887 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Baptist
Cemetery, Mullica Hill, N.J.
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Nathaniel Stratton (1812-1897) —
of Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J.
Born in Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J., July 9,
1812.
Democrat. Merchant; member of New
Jersey state senate from Cumberland County, 1860-62; common pleas
court judge in New Jersey, 1870.
Died in Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J., December
25, 1897 (age 85 years, 169
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Zerviah (Bateman) Stratton and Jeremiah Stratton; married, April 6,
1838, to Mary B. Mulford. |
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Ebenezer Tucker (1758-1845) —
of Tuckerton, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Burlington
County, N.J., November
15, 1758.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
merchant; shipbuilder;
postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1825-29.
Died in Tuckerton, Ocean
County, N.J., September
5, 1845 (age 86 years, 294
days).
Interment at Old
Methodist Cemetery, Tuckerton, N.J.
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Jacobus Van Cortlandt (1658-1739) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Nieuw Amsterdam, Niew Neederlandt (now part of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.), 1658.
Merchant; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1710-11, 1719-20.
Died in Bergen, Bergen County (now part of Jersey City, Hudson
County), N.J., 1739
(age about
81 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Annetje 'Anna' (Loockermans) van Cortlandt and Olof Stevense van
Cortlandt; brother of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt; married to Eva Maria de Vries; grandfather of James
Jay, John
Jay and Frederick
Jay; granduncle of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; great-grandfather of Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843) and William
Jay; great-granduncle of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Nicholas
Bayard, Philip
P. Schuyler, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler, Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler and James
Parker; second great-grandfather of John
Jay II; second great-granduncle of Leonard
Gansevoort, Leonard
Gansevoort Jr., Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, James
Alexander Hamilton, Philip
Schuyler and John
Cortlandt Parker; third great-granduncle of Peter
Gansevoort, Edward
Livingston, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, James
Adams Ekin, Richard
Wayne Parker and Charles
Wolcott Parker; fourth great-grandfather of Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933); fourth great-granduncle of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Ray Hamilton, John
Sluyter Wirt and Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer; fifth great-granduncle of Charles
Ludlow Livingston, John
Eliot Thayer Jr. and Bronson
Murray Cutting; sixth great-granduncle of John
Hubner II and Brockholst
Livingston. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Richard Van Horne (1770-1823) —
of Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Sussex
County, N.J., November
15, 1770.
Merchant; miller;
member of New York
state assembly from Montgomery County, 1808-10, 1812-13, 1815-16;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821.
Died in Van Hornesville, Herkimer
County, N.Y., March
12, 1823 (age 52 years, 117
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abraham Van Horne. |
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Lewis Rodman Wanamaker (1863-1928) —
also known as Rodman Wanamaker —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
13, 1863.
Republican. Department store executive; newspaper
owner; Consul
for Uruguay in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1914-26; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania; Consul
for Dominican Republic in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1921; Consul-General
for Paraguay in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1921.
Died, from kidney
disease, in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., March 9,
1928 (age 65 years, 25
days).
Entombed at St.
James the Less Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; memorial
monument at Rue du Maréchal Leclerc, Sarcus, Picardy, France.
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William J. Wells (1876-1940) —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
15, 1876.
Republican. Accountant;
general manager, later president, R.H. Macy & Co. department
store; bank
director; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1936.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, from a heart
condition, in Mountainside Hospital,
Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., March
22, 1940 (age 63 years, 98
days).
Interment at The
Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Peter Wintermute (1806-1876) —
of Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Sussex
County, N.J., August
20, 1806.
Republican. Merchant; member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1859.
German
ancestry.
Died in Horseheads, Chemung
County, N.Y., May 4,
1876 (age 69 years, 258
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Wintermute (1773-1837) and Sarah (Kiser) Wintermute; married
1841 to
Emeline Lain. |
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William Henry Witte (1817-1876) —
also known as William H. Witte —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Morris
County, N.J., October
4, 1817.
Democrat. Merchant; real estate
business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1853-55; newspaper
editor.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
24, 1876 (age 59 years, 51
days).
Interment at Durham
Cemetery, Durham, Pa.
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Thomas B. Wood —
of Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Allowaystown (now Alloway), Salem
County, N.J.
Democrat. Hotel-keeper;
merchant; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Gloucester County, 1843-44;
Camden
County Clerk, 1844-49; mayor of
Camden, N.J., 1846-48.
Died in Camden, Camden
County, N.J.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Gardiner Wright (1781-1845) —
also known as Samuel G. Wright —
of Imlaystown, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Wrightstown, Burlington
County, N.J., November
18, 1781.
Whig. Merchant; owner of iron
furnaces; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1845; died in office
1845.
Quaker.
Died near Imlaystown, Monmouth
County, N.J., July 30,
1845 (age 63 years, 254
days).
Interment at East
Branch Cemetery, Cox's Corner, N.J.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas Jones Yorke (1801-1882) —
also known as Thomas J. Yorke —
of Salem
County, N.J.
Born in Hancocks Bridge, Salem
County, N.J., March
25, 1801.
Whig. Merchant; Salem
County Collector, 1830; common pleas court judge in New Jersey,
1833-34, 1845-54; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Salem County, 1835; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1837-39, 1841-43;
president, West Jersey Railroad,
1866-75; also president of the Cape May & Millville Railroad.
Died in Salem, Salem
County, N.J., April 4,
1882 (age 81 years, 10
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Churchyard, Salem, N.J.
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